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[1. Communication to and from the Board including public comments]

[00:00:02]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

IT IS 5:30 P.M.

AND I CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FRISCO ISD.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.

WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM ONE COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS. SECRETARY RUDY, ANY COMMUNICATION? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ONE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS JOINED US THIS EVENING.

ABDUL RASHID, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE MICROPHONE AND YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE FRISCO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I STAND BEFORE YOU HUMBLED.

I SENT YOU A LETTER THIS MORNING WITH SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAD ABOUT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RELIGIOUS RIGHTS AND RITUALS.

AND BEFORE 3:00 THIS EVENING, I WAS RECEIVING CALLS FROM THE FRISCO ISD BOARD SAYING THAT THEY HAVE RESOLVED ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

THEY HAVE ACCEPTED OUR COMPLAINTS.

I WAS TOLD THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD PASSED THAT INFORMATION ALONG.

THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT GOT INVOLVED, AND WE HAD A SWIFT AND SPEEDY RESOLUTION.

I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW FROM MY HEART HOW THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL I AM AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS, FOR YOUR HASTY ACTIONS IN THIS MATTER.

I ALSO NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT I RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY AFTER 23 YEARS, AND SPECIFICALLY I CHOSE FRISCO FOR MY HOME AFTER RESEARCHING SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND I TOLD IT FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND YOU'VE NOT PROVED ME WRONG.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MS. MILLER FOR HER ACTION TODAY.

IT WAS OUR STAFF IS INCREDIBLE HERE IN FRISCO ISD AND THE BOARD HAD HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH THE RESOLUTION. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE SWIFT ACTION THAT TOOK PLACE TODAY.

SO THANK YOU, MS. MILLER, AND YOUR TEAM FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER THAT WE HAD SIGN UP TODAY.

SO I'D LOVE TO THANK THE BOARD AND IST AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR JOINING US.

OUR POLICE OFFICERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO KEEP US SAFE AS WE CONDUCT OUR MEETING. AND WITH THAT IT IS 5:32 P.M.

AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.