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GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
AND WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
MRS. MCCUNE. THANK YOU.. NICE JOB, Y'ALL. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE RECOGNITIONS, MRS.
[3.A. Student recognitions]
MILLER. THANK YOU.WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.
SO IF I COULD CALL MR. PETE HAZARD, OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, UP TO THE PODIUM.
YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER STUDENTS THAT WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT WITH SOME ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR OUR VISUAL ARTS AND THEATER STUDENTS AS WE SEEK TO RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS, TECHNICIANS AND ACTORS TONIGHT.
LET US NOT FORGET THAT SUPERIOR ARTISTRY DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
IT IS ON PURPOSE, AND IT IS THE RESULT OF INTENTIONALITY DEMONSTRATED DAILY IN THE CLASSROOM BY THE FINE ARTS, FINEST FINE ARTS FACULTY ON THE PLANET. AND TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING FINE ARTS TEACHERS THAT ARE BEHIND THE EXCELLENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN DEMONSTRATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT AS WELL.
PARENTS AS WE RECOGNIZE STUDENTS TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. ROB DRAPER, WHO WILL SPEAK TO US FIRST, FOLLOWED BY MR. CADE BUTLER, TWO OF OUR COORDINATORS OF FINE ARTS, THAT WILL MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS.
WE START THIS EVENING WITH OUR VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS.
MR. DRAPER. THANK YOU, MR. HAZARD. BOARD, THE PURPOSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT, OR VASE, IS TO RECOGNIZE EXEMPLARY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS BY PROVIDING HIGH SCHOOL ART STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN WHICH TO ACHIEVE.
THE FIRST BASE EVENT WAS HELD IN 1994 WITH JUST OVER 400 STUDENT ENTRIES.
IN FEBRUARY, APPROXIMATELY 2000 STUDENT PIECES ADVANCED TO THE STATE ROUND.
71 OF THOSE PIECES WERE FROM FRISCO ISD AND OF THOSE 71 WORKS THAT ADVANCED TO THE STATE ROUND, 49 RECEIVED MEDALS FOR EARNING THE HIGHEST SCORES. 19 OF THOSE PIECES OF THOSE 49 WORKS RECEIVED THE COVETED GOLD SEAL, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST HONOR BESTOWED BY THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
THE STATE ONLY BESTOWS THIS DISTINCTION ON 150 PIECES EACH YEAR, AND 19 OF THOSE WERE AWARDED TO FRISCO ISD STUDENTS, PLACING THEM IN THE TOP 0.5% OF ARTISTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THOSE AWARD WINNING ARTISTS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS.
FIRST, WE HAVE TWO GOLD SEALS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE TRAVIS ZAMBEZI SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF ASHLEY HAMM, SHAUNA, JAMIE AND JACKIE MOORE.
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HER STUDENTS RECEIVING GOLD SEALS ARE GINA SCHUH FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "COLORFUL GIRL WITH BASEBALL HAT" AND CLAIRE ZHANG FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "GIRL WALKING DOWN A NEW YORK STREET".YOUR GOLD SEALS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE ARE 11 GOLD SEALS FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE MR. ALAN WALKER SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
FIRST UP, MR. BUSCEMI STUDENTS.
MR. BUSCEMI SERVES AS THE REGION TEN NORTH BASED DIRECTOR.
EIGHT OF MR. BUSCEMI STUDENTS EARNED THE GOLD SEAL DISTINCTION THIS YEAR.
HIS STUDENTS RECEIVING GOLD SEALS FOR THEIR WORK ARE YUZHU CAI FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "BLOSSOMING".
ERICA GUERRA FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "SMILING DAVE".
SIMON HALLEZ FOR HIS PIECE ENTITLED "SUBMERGED IN LUXURY".
VAISHNEVI KHATRI FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "STIFLED".
AISHWARYA KOTHALANKA FOR HER PIECE, "PERSEPHONE THE MAIDEN".
HELEN QUINN FOR HER PIECE, "THE OVERTAKING".
ADAM TORRES FOR HIS PIECE, "THE COMING OF AGE".
AND ALEKHYA VATTIKUTI FOR HER PIECE, "THE REVERIE".
JACQUELINE SEIDLER HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH THE PAST TWO YEARS IN FRISCO ISD.
THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
HER STUDENTS RECEIVING GOLD SEALS FOR THEIR WORKS ARE SAMIKA JOSHUA FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "DAD".
ISHAANI KUSUNAM FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "GIRL IN GOLD".
AND SHREE MISHRA FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "INDIFFERENCE".
IT SHOULD BE NOTICED THAT NONE OF THOSE PIECES WERE PHOTOS.
THERE ARE TWO GOLD SEALS FROM LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE DR.
JACOB DUCE SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
KRISTEN SUMMERS HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 24 YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN FRISCO ISD FOR THE PAST 18.
SHE HAS BEEN AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
DID I SAY MEMORIAL? LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, IN ADDITION TO HER SERVICE TO LEBANON TRAIL, MS..
SUMMERS ALSO SERVES AS THE LEAD TEACHER FOR SECONDARY ART HERE IN FRISCO.
HER FIRST GOLD SEAL WAS FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "ME, MYSELF AND EYES BIRTHDAY".
THERE IT IS. NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
"ME, MYSELF AND EYES BIRTHDAY".
HER SECOND GOLD SEAL WAS FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "GIRL WITH SCREENS".
YOUR GOLD SEAL WINNER IS CAMILA SALINAS.
THERE IS ONE GOLD SEAL FOR MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HEATHER ALBUQUERQUE SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
SARAH WATKINS HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 16 YEARS, ALL OF THEM IN FRISCO.
THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
YOUR GOLD SEAL WINNER FOR MEMORIAL.
THERE ARE TWO GOLD SEALS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE JOHN ERIC ZAHIR SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
MRS. SHRANTZ HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 14 YEARS, ALL OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD.
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SHE'S BEEN AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.AND ELLIE PARK FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "MY MOTHER IN A LEATHER JACKET".
YOUR TWO GOLD SEALS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR FINAL GOLD SEAL OF THE EVENING IS FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE DONNA EDGE, DR.
DONNA EDGE SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE VISUAL ART TEAM AT WAKELAND IS COMPRISED OF GEOFF BAKER AND KRISTEN GARZA.
MR. BAKER STUDENT MADISON HAYDEN RECEIVED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED "AND THE AURA REMAINS".
YOUR GOLD SEAL FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO RECOGNITION OF OUR FILM STUDENTS WITH MR. BUTLER. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, COULD I ASK ALL THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS FROM OUR UI, ALL STATE BASED COMPETITION WINNERS, TO PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU AS WELL? THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF THE UIL YOUNG FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL IS TO PROMOTE THE ENGAGEMENT OF ASPIRING FILMMAKERS TO CREATE SHORT FILMS THAT SHOWCASE A SKILL AND CREATIVE STORYTELLING THROUGH A RECORDED AND EDITED FORMAT.
THESE FILMS RANGE FROM 30 SECONDS TO 7 MINUTES IN LENGTH.
OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF SHORT FILMS SUBMITTED ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE FILM THE UIL FILM CONTEST, FRISCO ISD HAD TWO STUDENT SHORTS SELECTED TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL OF COMPETITION.
THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR DIRECTORS AND FRISCO ISD IN THIS CONTEST, WHICH WAS FINALIZED IN MARCH AS TWO OF THE TOP FILMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THESE STUDENTS WERE DIRECTED BY MISS MICHELLE ROBINSON AND MISS CANDICE BAGWELL.
MISS BAGWELL, THE AV PRODUCTION AND PHOTOJOURNALISM TEACHER AT HERITAGE HAS SERVED THESE STUDENTS, HAS SERVED THE STUDENTS OF FRISCO ISD FOR NINE YEARS. HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL DR.
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR UIL FILM STUDENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST ARE TO FOSTER APPRECIATION OF GOOD THEATRICAL DESIGN, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE ADAPTED TECHNICAL THEATER AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT IN SCHOOL CURRICULA TO LEARN, TO LOSE OR WIN, GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTING WITH GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP THE DECISION AND CRITIQUE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE FUTURE PROJECTS AND TO SATISFY THE COMPETITIVE ARTISTIC SPIRIT WITH FRIENDLY RIVALRY AMONG SCHOOLS. EACH SCHOOL SUBMITS DESIGNS TO THE UIL OFFICE, AS DIRECTED IN THE CURRENT THEATRICAL DESIGN GUIDE FROM THEIR DESIGNS OR ADJUDICATED AND RATED STATE QUALIFYING ENTRIES ARE ANNOUNCED.
AND FINALLY, SOME OF THE STATE QUALIFYING ENTRIES ARE RANKED FIRST THROUGH SIXTH PLACE.
THIS YEAR, FRISCO ISD HAD NINE STUDENTS ADVANCED TO THE STATE ROUND OF THE UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST REPRESENTING FOUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR TALENTED DIRECTORS AND FRISCO ISD IN THE SPECIFIED DESIGN CATEGORY AT THE STATE THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST, WHICH WAS HELD THIS PAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 3RD AND 4TH.
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BREN PERALTA IS AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT AT FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.SHE COMPETED IN THE CATEGORY OF SCENIC DESIGN.
THIS STUDENT IS DIRECTED BY MRS. LISA CUSTER AND MRS. JAMIE SOLES.
FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL DANNY BERENTEIN.
THE NEXT STUDENTS ARE EMMA HINKSON, WHO IS AN 11TH GRADER AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE COMPETED IN THE CATEGORY OF HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN.
ALFIE JOSEPH IS AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL WHO COMPETED IN COSTUME DESIGN.
THESE STUDENTS ARE DIRECTED BY MS. SARAH JARVIS AND MS. MICHELLE ROBINSON.
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL DR.
RUCHIKA DHESI, WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, IS IN THE 12TH GRADE.
SHE IS AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE COSTUME DESIGN CATEGORY.
THIS STUDENT IS DIRECTED BY MS. LAURA DARCE AND MRS. HEATHER WILLINGHAM. MS. DARCE IS THE TECHNICAL THEATER DIRECTOR AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS SERVED THE STUDENTS OF LHS FOR TWO YEARS.
LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL ASHLEY RAINWATER.
CAROLYN GIRARD IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL WHO COMPETED IN COSTUME DESIGN.
HANNAH HOLTON IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT FROM LAKELAND WHO COMPETED IN COSTUME DESIGN, AND EMILY WILLIAMS IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL WHO COMPETED IN HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN.
THESE STUDENTS ARE DIRECTED BY MR. ERIN YAO AND MRS. JOHNNA DELFONZO.
MRS. DELFONZO, THE THEATER DIRECTOR AT WAKELAND, HAS SERVED THE STUDENTS OF FRISCO ISD FOR 17 YEARS.
WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL DR.
THE PURPOSES OF THE ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST ARE TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION OF GOOD THEATER, TO SATISFY THE COMPETITIVE AND ARTISTIC SPIRIT WITH FRIENDLY RIVALRY AMONG SCHOOLS, TO LEARN TO WIN AND TO LOSE GRACIOUSLY AND PROMOTE INTEREST IN THEATER DURING THE ADULT LIFE, THEIR ADULT LIVES, AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE ADOPTED THEATER ARTS AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT IN SCHOOL CURRICULA.
THE CONTEST SERIES IS A COMPETITION WHERE SIMILARLY SIZED TEXAS SCHOOLS PRESENT AN 18 TO 40 MINUTE PLAY AND ARE ADJUDICATED BY A PANEL OF THREE JUDGES.
THERE ARE SIX POSSIBLE LEVELS OF COMPETITION FROM ZONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH STATE.
AT EACH LEVEL OF COMPETITION, A JUDGE AWARDS INDIVIDUAL ACTING AWARDS AS WELL AS SELECTING THREE PRODUCTIONS TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF CONTEST UP TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL, WHICH ONLY TWO SCHOOLS ADVANCE TO THE STATE LEVEL.
AFTER A GRUELING COMPETITIVE CIRCUIT IN THE UIL ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST, FRISCO ISD HAD ONE OF OUR THEATER PROGRAMS THAT WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TOP EIGHT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE ROUND ROCK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THIS PAST FRIDAY, MAY 6TH. ALTHOUGH THIS PRODUCTION DID NOT PLACE IN THE TOP THREE FROM ACROSS THE STATE, WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. THE LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, ONE ACT PLAY COMPANY, PERFORMED THEIR SHOW ENTITLED THE COVER OF LIFE.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO COMPETED IN THIS EVENT.SOPHIA LASCARIS IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT.
CARSON MEYERSON IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT.
SANDY SWEEJIT IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT AND NAOMI WERTH IS A 12TH GRADE STUDENT.
AT STATE, THE FOLLOWING STUDENT WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS AUNT OLA.
THE LEBANON TRAIL THEATER DEPARTMENT IS DIRECTED BY MR. MICHAEL HOLLIMAN AND MR. JOHN DAVENPORT.
MR. DAVENPORT, THE TECHNICAL THEATER DIRECTOR, HAS SERVED LT FOR FOUR YEARS.
LEBANON TRAIL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL DR.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR STATE SOCCER AND TENNIS TEAMS. MR. MCCLENDON? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO ASK GRACE MCDOWELL, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR FRISCO ISD, TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
AND WHILE SHE IS DOING THAT AND ACTUALLY ALREADY UP THERE AGAINST THE WINDOWS, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND ATHLETIC COORDINATORS AND ASSISTANT ATHLETIC COORDINATOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE AWESOME STUDENT ATHLETES.
YOU KNOW, THE SPRING HAS CONTINUED TO BE A GREAT ONE FOR FRISCO ISD.
PARENTS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE TO YOUR SON AND DAUGHTER, AS WELL AS OUR TEAMS, OUR COACHES AND OUR PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH TENNIS, AND OUR TENNIS PROGRAMS ARE SUPER COMPETITIVE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT OUR TENNIS PROGRAMS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE, LAST FALL OUT OF THE TOP 25, FIVE, EIGHT TENNIS TEAMS IN THE STATE, WE HAD FIVE OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD AND THREE OF THOSE WERE IN THE TOP TEN.
SO VERY COMPETITIVE TENNIS AND WITHIN FRISCO ISD.
AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE SPRING, WE EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN OUR REGION.
IN ALL FOUR OF THE REGIONS, THEY ONLY SEND 16 TOTAL TENNIS PLAYERS FROM EACH REGION TO STATE.
16. OUT OF THOSE 16, FRISCO ISD HAD 11.
AND HE'S GOING TO STEP UP JUST A SECOND.
AFTER. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THIS IS AWESOME TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND HE'S GOT A GREAT SMILE AND [INAUDIBLE].
THESE TWO BOYS ARE JUST REALLY REPRESENTS CENTENNIAL AND REPRESENT FISD IN SUCH A GREAT MANNER.
ARVIND IS A JUNIOR AND SHREE IS A SOPHOMORE, SO WE EXPECT TO SEE YOU GUYS NEXT YEAR.
HOPEFULLY, THEY ARE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
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THEY ARE REGIONAL RUNNER UPS, BARELY ALMOST WON REGIONALS AND THEN TOOK THIRD PLACE AT STATE, WHICH IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE ABLE TO MEDAL.TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MATH, DON'T DON'T CHECK THE NUMBERS ON THIS.
BUT IT REALLY IS A VERY SPECIAL SITUATION.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY QUALIFY FOR STATE AND TENNIS, YOU'RE IN THE LESS THAN ONE PERCENTILE.
SO ABOUT 99 POINT WHATEVER PERCENT IS NOT.
WE'LL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO STATE.
NEXT UP IS OUR HEAD COACH FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, ERIKA DOBSON.
SHE'S COACHED FOR 18 YEARS IN TENNIS TOTAL, BUT HAS BEEN AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL SINCE LIBERTY OPENED 16 YEARS AGO AS THE HEAD TENNIS COACH. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ONE OF COACH DOBSON'S PLAYERS HAS THE SAME LAST NAME AS HER, AND THAT HAPPENS TO BE BECAUSE IT'S HER DAUGHTER.
PRETTY SPECIAL. COACH THOMPSON.
WELL, I WASN'T GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL, BUT THERE YOU GO.
SO THEY ARE BOTH JUNIORS AND DOBSON AND SANJIV RAO, AND THEY BEGAN PLAYING TOGETHER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. SORRY.
ANYWAY, BUT THEY WENT TO STATE LAST YEAR AS JUNIORS AND THEY GOT THIRD.
AND THIS YEAR THEY THEY WON IT.
NEXT WE HAVE SOCCER, SO WE HAVE TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER TEAMS TO RECOGNIZE.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SEASONS.
BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND OUR SHARE TWO THINGS WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THESE TWO TEAMS. FIRST OF ALL, NEITHER OF THESE TEAMS WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT. THEY WERE STATE CHAMPIONS BUT DID NOT WIN THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S THIS SHOWS THE INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF SOCCER THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL AS OUR REGION.
AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT TO STATE.
BUT TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, OBVIOUSLY, IS IS THE PINNACLE.
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UIO, THERE'S ONLY BEEN THREE TIMES WHEN THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL HAS WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE SAME YEAR.
THREE. TWO OF THOSE THREE WAS WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COACHES WHEN I INTRODUCE THEM, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NEVER SHARE THESE THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES OR VERY HUMBLE MEN AND AWESOME COACHES AND VERY ACCOMPLISHED.
SO I WANT TO BRAG ON THEM A LITTLE BIT.
SO OUR HEAD SOCCER COACH FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, GIRLS SOCCER COACH JIMMY LANKFORD, IS FINISHING HIS 20TH YEAR OF COACHING, 15 YEARS AS A HEAD COACH, AND THE LAST FOUR AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL AS A COACH.
SO COACH LANKFORD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE GROUP? HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO LOUD.
IT IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THESE GIRLS.
THEIR MOTTO THIS YEAR WAS FIND A WAY.
AND IN SO MANY WAYS, THIS YEAR THEY FOUND A WAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOWED OUR SEASON, BUT WE ENDED UP SECOND IN DISTRICT.
THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE GOT INTO THE PLAYOFFS, GET INTO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, FOUND A WAY TO GO TO STATE.
WE GET TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN OUR FIRST SEMIFINAL.
A LOT OF PLAYERS PLAYED. WE FOUND A WAY TO WIN IT INTO THE FINAL.
AND THERE ARE STATE CHAMPIONS.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF SENIORS.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THEY WERE LEADERS IN THEIR WAY.
AND IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THIS TEAM DEVELOP INTO FRIENDS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
AND IT WAS LED BY THESE SENIORS.
LEFT A BIG, BIG ROLE FOR YOUR FUTURE TEAMS COMING.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE GIRLS FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
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THIS YEAR WAS INCREDIBLE.I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
BETWEEN THE BOYS AND GIRLS PROGRAMS. WE BOTH WON. BUT THERE WAS OVER 1000 TEAMS PLAY SOCCER THIS YEAR.
THERE WAS ONLY SIX WEARING THESE MEDALS AND TWO OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT.
DURING HIS SIX YEARS AS THE HEAD COACH AT WAKELAND HIGH, HIS TEAMS HAVE MADE FIVE TRIPS TO STATE.
THE ONE SEASON THEY DIDN'T GET TO GO WAS THE YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE SOCCER.
WE DIDN'T FINISH BECAUSE OF 2020 AND COVID.
HIS TEAMS HAVE WON FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
I WANT TO THANK COACH ESFANDIARI.
COACH ANDERSON, THESE ARE ASSISTANT COACHES.
THESE GUYS ARE OUT HERE THAT STAND BEFORE YOU.
WE HAD 22 SENIORS SQUAD THIS YEAR.
MOST USUALLY YOU HAVE ABOUT 12 TO 14.
SO WE HAVE 22 SENIORS, A GROUP THAT FOR ME THEY'VE DONE THREE THINGS.
AND THE THEME OF IT IS WORKED.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WORKED ON THEIR CRAFT.
THESE GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE SOCCER PLAYERS.
GUYS ASK, HOW DO YOU GUYS LIKE WHAT'S THE FORMULA? HOW DO YOU GUYS KEEP GOING BACK? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE WE GOT TALENTED GUYS THAT WORK AND ARE SUPER TALENTED.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, THEY WORK AS A TEAM.
FOR FOUR YEARS, THESE GUYS HAVE GROWN AND DEVELOPED AND UNDERSTOOD AND REALIZED WHAT TEAMWORK IS.
AND THEY GIVE THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER.
THEY CELEBRATE. IF YOU WATCH US WHEN WE SCORE A GOAL, IT'S LIKE THEY SCORED A GOAL.
IF YOU'RE SITTING ON THE BENCH, IT'S LIKE THEY SCORED A GOAL.
THEY'RE THERE, THEY ARE EXCITED FOR THEIR TEAMMATES.
THESE GUYS HAVE GROWN AS YOUNG MEN.
THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GROW AS YOUNG MEN.
AND IT'S BEEN A PHENOMENAL FOUR YEARS.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN COACHING.
THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THEY ASKED ME ONE TIME, COACH OR WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEAM TO EVER COACH? THIS GROUP IS SPECIAL.
THEY HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FUN AND JUST A GREAT GROUP.
THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STATE CHAMPIONS.
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EDUCATION. MS. MCCUNE THANK YOU.I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALISON MILLER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
DR. WALDRIP PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT BOARD ISTE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO RECOGNIZE TWO GROUPS TONIGHT.
SO YOU'RE NOT STANDING UP THERE TONIGHT? I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FRISCO ISD BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAM AND OUR VOLUNTEERS.
THE PROGRAM TAKES STUDENTS AT FOUR FRISCO ISD HIGH SCHOOL CENTENNIAL, FRISCO HERITAGE AND LONE STAR.
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TURNING A BUSINESS IDEA INTO AN ACTUAL PITCH INCUBATOR EDU PROVIDES CURRICULUM, RESOURCES AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT AN ALREADY EXISTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSE OFFERED AT ALL FISD HIGH SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES TEN THROUGH 12.
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REAL ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS EXPERTS SERVE AS VOLUNTEER COACHES AND MENTORS, GUIDING STUDENT TEAMS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING HYPOTHESIS ABOUT A BUSINESS CONCEPT, TESTING THOSE HYPOTHESES, ADAPTING AND CONTINUALLY LEARNING AND IMPROVING.THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS COURSE IS TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, PREPARING A BUSINESS PLAN, DETERMINING FEASIBILITY OF AN IDEA, USING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPING A PLAN TO ORGANIZE AND PROMOTE THE BUSINESS AND ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
ON APRIL 28TH, FISD BUSINESS INCUBATOR HELD ITS FINAL PITCH NIGHT.
OUR STUDENTS WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT THE AMAZING VOLUNTEERS GIVING MANY HOURS OF THEIR TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS COACHES, MENTORS, SHARKS AND COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS. THANKS TO THE FRISCO EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHO SERVES AS THE FISCAL AGENT? $3,000 WAS AWARDED TO FIVE TEAMS, ACTUALLY FOUR TEAMS AT THE PITCH, SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE ON TO THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM AND APPLY FOR THEIR LLCS. TONIGHT IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FOR THE INSTRUCTORS.
WALDRIP AND PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT, IF YOU COULD COME TO THE STAGE, PLEASE.
AND IF. SHARON WHITE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON WOULD MEET ME HERE.
I'M GOING TO START WITH JAMARCUS LANGSTON.
HE'S THE INSTRUCTOR AT FRISCO HIGH.
AND WITH HIM, HOPEFULLY TONIGHT WE HAVE DARRELL DUVALL.
AND DARRELL, IF YOU'LL COME UP.
MATT AND SABEL WEIR, IF THEY'RE HERE.
JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT.
I DON'T KNOW. JOSH WOODS? IS JOSH WOODS HERE? NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
AND I KNOW THAT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL INCUBATOR PROGRAM IS BETTER FOR IT.
SO IF TOMMY THOMPSON COULD COME UP, PLEASE.
THIS IS JENNIFER FLORENCE HERE.
ALSO TONIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE RICH ALLEN IF HE'S HERE.
TAMMY MINOR SAGAN, WHO WORKS WITH OUR HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
[INAUDIBLE] WASN'T SURE IF SHE'D GET HERE ON TIME, BUT.
ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME.
THESE STUDENTS ARE STARTING REAL BUSINESSES.
YOU CAN FIND SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY GENERATING REVENUE.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO YOU ALL.
DID WE GET A PICTURE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN WHILE I READ MY LITTLE VERBIAGE.
DID YOU PULL THOSE SIGNS? JUST THE ONES WITH CHECKS.
NEXT UP, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2019, 2020 AND OUR 2021 2022 FISD INSIGHT CLASS MEMBERS.
FISD INSIGHT IS A COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK INTO SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS TO FRISCO ISD STAKEHOLDERS IN EACH OF THE FOUR COMMUNITIES WE SERVE FRISCO, LITTLE ELM, MCKINNEY AND PLANO, FROM STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY CLASSES, WILL ALLOW US TO SHED LIGHT
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ON WHAT GOES INTO CULTIVATING THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO GENERATE AWARENESS AMONG STAKEHOLDERS.
BY SHARING THE STORY OF FRISCO ISD, CULTIVATING THESE RELATIONSHIPS WILL CREATE INFORMED CITIZENS WHO CAN HELP ADVANCE HIGHER LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG FAMILIES, CITIZENS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR WILL OPEN IN NOVEMBER.
AGAIN, THIS GROUP OF COMMUNITY CITIZENS HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT FRISCO ISD AND WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THAT.
WALDRIP AND PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE FRONT.
WE'LL START WITH THE CLASS OF 2020 SINCE THEY GOT CUT OFF.
WITH US TONIGHT IS JUNIOR LYLES, SIMEETA [INAUDIBLE] AND MARGARITA JIMENEZ.
DID I MISS ANYBODY FROM THAT CLASS WHO'S HERE? FROM OUR 2022 CLASS, WE HAVE LISA KIRBY.
CHINA [INAUDIBLE]. AMY YEE. KELLIE WALKER.
WE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS.
AND NOW WE ASK THAT YOU GO FORTH AND SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS.
CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND VOLUNTEERISM.
WE KNOW THAT COMMITTEES ARE IMPORTANT.
FRISCO ISD INSIGHT IS IMPORTANT, AND WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF TIME TO GIVE OF YOURSELF TO FRISCO ISD.
SO WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOURS THAT YOU SHARED WITH US.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE DISCUSSION REGARDING PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PROGRESS.
[5. Discussion regarding Performing Arts Center progress]
DR. FOUCHE? I'D LIKE TO INVITE JOE WITH CORGAN AND ALLISON AND WITH CRBE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.RIGHT NOW, OUR CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE WAS MEETING ON THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM, AND OUR CITIZENS GROUP AT THE TIME VOTED ON EACH PIECE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND THIS ONE WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE 80% MARK.
WE'RE KNOWN FOR HAVING GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IF IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF KIDS, WE WANT YOU TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND IF IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, BUT WORK HARD TO DO THAT.
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RIGHT NOW. THANKS, TODD.MY NAME IS ALISON BAKER AND I'M WITH CBRE.
WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE KEY TEAM MEMBERS.
AS YOU KNOW, FRISCO ISD, THE CITY OF FRISCO AND HALL GROUP HAVE ENTERED INTO A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND EXCUSE ME, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. CBRE, ALONG WITH THE PROJECTS GROUP, ARE THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND OUR DESIGN TEAM WAS ENGAGED FOR THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS ONLY PORTION OF THIS.
THEY ARE NOT YET RELEASED TO DESIGN.
SO THAT IS CORGAN AND STUDIO GANG.
SO AS TODD SAID, THE ORIGINAL BOND PACKAGE, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR FLEXIBLE LEARNING SPACES, PERFORMING ARTS SPACES, AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FRISCO ISD NEEDS. AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS SAID TO BE 160 DAYS.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT POSSIBLY HAS BEEN EXPANDED SOME.
AND AT THE TIME, THE 2018 BOND WAS APPROVED FOR 43 MILLION.
AND THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY WHENEVER WE DISCUSS BUDGET NUMBERS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND JOE HABER WITH CORGAN, PLEASE.
SO I WANTED TO TO START OFF BY ALSO IDENTIFYING THE THE SPECIFIC SCOPE.
AND AS ALISON MENTIONED, THIS IS THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE POTENTIAL VENUE.
STATED TO US THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY LOOKED AT THE RIGHT SIZE OF THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF SEAT COUNT AND SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT ALSO LOOKED AT CONCEPTUAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AS WELL AS THE TIME.
AND ON THIS SLIDE, JUST FROM A PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT, IN ORDER FOR US TO TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ISD, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE INVITED AS MANY GROUPS THAT WE KNEW WERE GOING TO BE USING THIS FACILITY TO COME IN AND SPEND TIME WITH US SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE.
SO GATHERING ALL THAT INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THE INFORMATION AND START TO DETERMINE THE WHAT WE FELT WERE DIFFERENT SIZE OPTIONS.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT ESSENTIALLY LINES UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE USER GROUPS, AND WE START WITH THE FRISCO ISD FRISCO COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT B AND C LEVEL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS.
THESE ARE BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT A LEVEL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS.
WE'RE STARTING WITH 1250 SEATS MOVING UP TO 1500, 1750 AND 2000.
AS WE START TO GET INTO LARGER SEAT COUNTS, WE FIND THAT IT WILL NOT WORK AS WELL.
I WILL NOTE THAT MOST OF THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE USING THE COMMUNITY THEATER.
AND AS REPRESENTED DURING ALL OF OUR STUDIES, THERE WAS NO GROUP, NONE OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS NOR THE ISD THAT HAD A NEED BEYOND WHAT WE'RE CALLING A 1500 SEAT MAIN THEATER THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE EISMANN AND THEN THE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT BOTH B AND C LEVEL PRODUCTIONS. WE'RE SHOWING HERE THAT ONCE YOU GET INTO THE 1500 SEAT AND ABOVE, THOSE WOULD BE VIABLE USES.
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AND AS YOU LOOK IN THE VERY BOTTOM LINE, THE A LEVEL COMMERCIAL, IT'S OUR ASSESSMENT THAT THAT THOSE LARGE PRODUCTIONS WOULD NOT BE VIABLE UNDER SMALLER SEATS.CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS AS YOU GO THROUGH IT, OR WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO WAIT TILL THE END? NO, PLEASE. WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH THE DIFFERENT USER GROUPS FOR THE A LEVEL COMMERCIAL USE, WHAT HOW MANY SEATS WOULD WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE TYPES OF PRODUCTIONS FOR THIS FACILITY? YEAH. SO DURING OUR ANALYSIS, WE LOOKED AT ADDITIONAL VENUES IN THE AREA AND ALSO WHO'S ATTENDING, WHAT VENUE, WHAT SHOWS ARE GOING WHERE MOST OF THE A LEVEL PRODUCTIONS ARE GOING TO THE LARGEST FACILITIES IN THIS AREA, WE'LL CALL IT THE NORTH TEXAS MARKET.
SO FAIR PARK HAS ABOUT 3600 SEATS.
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE MOST OF THESE PRODUCTIONS RESIDE.
THANK YOU. I'VE GOT ONE ON THE COMMUNITY GROUPS HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT THEM CHECKED OFF AT THE 1250 AND 1500 SEATS.
WHAT FEEDBACK DID YOU GET IF YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD ON THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WHY THAT WAS THE FIT THERE FOR THEM AS OPPOSED TO OTHER CAPACITIES? YEAH. SO AGAIN, MOST OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS FOUND THEMSELVES UTILIZING THE SMALLER THEATER.
THEY'RE USING EXISTING THEATERS NOW THAT ARE OF THE 300 TO 500 RANGE.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM FOR THIS SPACE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAIN HALL, WHICH IS, IN OTHER WORDS, THE 1250 UP TO THE 2000. AND THEY'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY THEATER THAT'S OF A MUCH MORE DIMINUTIVE SIZE.
THE ORIGINAL, I THINK, BOND PROGRAM MAY HAVE ANTICIPATED A 250 SEAT.
BUT THERE WERE SOME. AND SO AS PART OF THIS STUDY AS WELL, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT CURRENT COSTS FOR THIS TYPE OF VENUE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS THAT ESCALATION HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS RELATIVE TO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, MATERIAL COST INCREASES. THERE'S BEEN A FAIRLY VOLATILE MARKET IN TERMS OF THE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
AND SO THAT WAS TAKEN A CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOKED AT THESE COSTS AS WELL.
WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO INFLUENCE COST.
AND THERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS WHEREBY YOU MAY DETERMINE BETTER EFFICIENCIES, BETTER UTILIZATION OF SPACE IF YOU START TO SHARE SPACES INSTEAD OF BEING PROVIDING INDEPENDENT SPACES.
THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY TO REDUCE OR DEFER SCOPE BASED ON WHATEVER TARGET BUDGET THAT IS PRESENTED.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT.
I DO WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW IT'S FORMATTED UP AT THE TOP.
WE HAVE THE HEADINGS OF 1250, 1500, AND 1750.
SO THEN ON THE LEFT HAND MARGIN, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY TWO CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST AT THE TOP IS THE ELEMENTAL AND THEN BELOW THAT IS THE VARIABLE.
THE ELEMENTAL COSTS ARE THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER HARD COSTS FOR THE PROJECT MATERIAL COSTS, LABOR COST, EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, GENERAL CONDITIONS.
AND THEN THE VARIABLES BELOW THAT ARE MORE GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS SOFT COSTS.
WE DO HAVE CONTINGENCIES LISTED HERE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT FFA WOULD FALL INTO THE SOFT COST CATEGORY, TESTING, COMMISSIONING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY BUT ANCILLARY TO THE HARD COSTS AS WELL.
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UP WITH THE 2022 PROJECT TOTAL, THAT IS THE TOTAL COST TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS.WE ARE REPRESENTING THIS IN BOTH A HIGH AND A LOW FOR EACH THE 1250, THE 1500 AND THE 1750.
THE LOW IS REALLY A LITTLE MORE MAYBE A SORT OF VIEW OF HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT COST BY MONITORING SOME OF THE FINISHES, LOOKING AT, AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE EFFICIENCIES.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME CIRCULATION FACTORS THAT ARE PUT IN HERE AS PART OF THIS FORMULA.
WE DO HAVE THE CURRENT FUND ALLOCATION FROM BOTH THE ISD CITY OF FRISCO AND HALL GROUP AND THAT FOR THE THEATER IS LISTED AT $67 MILLION.
SO AT OUR LOWEST SEAT COUNT, WE ARE SITTING AT A $68 MILLION DEFICIT FOR THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME.
AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGES AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY LARGER THAN THE INITIAL BRUSH.
THE REASON BEHIND THAT, SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE, IS ESSENTIALLY WE ARE FUNCTIONING WITH TWO FACILITIES INSTEAD OF ONE, AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE LARGER FACILITY THAT WILL BE MORE ISD CENTRIC AND THEN THE COMMUNITY THEATER.
BUT IN ORDER TO ENSURE STUDENT SAFETY AND CONSIDERATION OF BACK OF HOUSE, FRONT OF HOUSE SEPARATION, RIGHT NOW THOSE TWO ARE ARE NOT FUNDAMENTALLY INDEPENDENT.
THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL EFFICIENCIES THERE AS WELL, BUT AT THIS TIME THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO INDEPENDENT BACK OF HOUSE FRONT OF HOUSE AREAS. AND IS THE VARIABLE IS THE VARIANCE IN COST BETWEEN THE LOW AND HIGH.
FINISH OUT? I MEAN, IS THAT WHERE MOST OF THAT MONEY IS BETWEEN THE TWO, THE HIGH AND THE LOW? A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT NONE OF THIS IS SUBSTANDARD.
THESE ARE VERY NICE FINISHES FOR BOTH SCHEMES.
I JUST THINK THAT THE LOW WAS A LITTLE MORE JUDICIOUS IN ITS USE OF SOME OF THE FINISHED MATERIALS.
THIS IS JUST SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR FIRST GRANTEES COMMITMENTS WOULD BE AND THEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE PRIMARILY THE IMPACT TO THE ISD.
HOWEVER, YES, THE COMMUNITY THEATER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE THEATER ALONE.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE PARKING STRUCTURE OR THE LAND.
PROBABLY YOU SAID IT ALREADY, BUT DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY THEATER OF 250? AND WE DO HAVE A SLIDE HERE.
IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINISH LEVEL, POTENTIAL FINISH LEVEL.
WOULD THAT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU? YEAH, THAT'LL BE GREAT. LET ME HOP BACK HERE.
AND WE WERE JUST TALKING UP HERE.
WHAT? WE JUST WANT TO. ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NUMBERS INCLUDED THE 400 ACROSS THE BOARD.
WHAT WE'RE REPORTING IS THE DATA, THE DECISIONS HERE GOING FORWARD ARE YOURS.
BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE DATA THAT WAS FOUND DURING THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS.
SO IF YOU'LL SEE THE SORT OF BENCHMARK LEVELS OF MATERIALS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOW AND A MID, ASSUMING THAT THE HIGH IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ANYONE WANTS TO STRETCH TOWARDS.
AND JUST GIVES YOU A VISUAL IDEA OF SOME OF THE FINISHES.
AND JOE, YOU MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FINISHES.
JUST YEAH. JUST REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THESE FINISHES MAY LOOK LIKE IF WE DECIDE TO PURSUE A LOW COST OR IN THE CASE IN THE BOTTOM MID COST, THE TOP LEFT IS THE AUSTIN ISD [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN THE TOP MIDDLE AND RIGHT ARE THE MOODY
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PERFORMANCE CENTER.THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE WAGNER NOEL ISD I'M SORRY, PAC.
AND THEN THE TWO BOTTOM MID AND RIGHT IS RYDER'S THEATER AND THAT'S IN CHICAGO.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK ABOUT THE WORD LOW, JUST AS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A THEATER EXPERT? THE THE ONES WERE SAYING LOW ARE GORGEOUS.
I MEAN, YOU WALK IN THEM AND THEY'RE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
SO I JUST WANT TO LIKE WHEN I HEAR LOW, I HAVE A DIFFERENT THOUGHT IN MY HEAD OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
YES. AND THE QUESTION WAS THE CAPACITY OF ICEMAN THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
DID YOU GUYS WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT? SORRY. OKAY.
YEAH. AND WELL, AND I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT.
ULTIMATELY, THE NEXT STEP IS TO DETERMINE THIS THE SCOPE THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE.
WE HAVE TO DETERMINE SEAT COUNT ON BOTH THEATERS AND AGREED TO THOSE.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY ARE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, MEANING THOSE ARE THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS.
THERE IS NO DESIGN IN FRONT OF YOU.
BUT IN ORDER TO REALLY COME TO THOSE NUMBERS, WE WILL HAVE TO AGREE TO THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THIS FACILITY AND THEN ALLOW THE ARCHITECTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INITIAL DESIGN TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT BUDGET ULTIMATELY REALLY WILL BE.
I THINK I WOULD JUST ADD AND IT WAS WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT JUST FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY TO SHOW THIS TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT. AND THEN I THINK COUNCIL'S GOING TO SEE IT AT THEIR MEETING NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE MEETING, I THINK.
AND REALLY, I MEAN, THESE THESE NUMBERS ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD AN UPDATE ON IT.
WE HAD THE JANUARY DEADLINE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC PRESENTATION IN QUITE SOME TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PAC? OH, AND FOR THOSE WATCHING, WE'RE REFERRING TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, NOT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
SO JUST FYI, THAT'S HOW WE'RE REFERRING TO IS THE PAC.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX INVOCATION, MR.
[6. Invocation]
CASEY. PLEASE BACK YOUR HEADS.HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER THIS EVENING IN SERVICE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHERS.
WE'RE ALSO BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FRISCO ISD HOME.
WE PRAY FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION, THAT THROUGH COLLABORATION AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER'S PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO DO YOUR WORK. ALLOW US TO BE OPEN TO THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS AND HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE THAT CONNECTS US THAN DIVIDES US.
MAY THEY CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND DISCOVER NEW WAYS OF LEARNING AND GROWING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR GREAT COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
WE PRAY THAT THEY REMAIN SAFE FROM HARM AND ALWAYS FEEL OUR GRATITUDE AND RESPECT.
AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN BOARD REPORT AND JUST HAVE JUST A QUICK NOTE.
[7. Board Report]
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THIS MEETING IS THE LAST FOR TWO OF OUR VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS, CHAD AND NATALIE.WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND WE WILL BE CELEBRATING YOU IN A BIGGER, GRANDER FASHION TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO IF YOU ALL JOIN ME IN, PLEASE, GIVING A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AWESOME TRUSTEES.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[8. Communication to and from the Board including public comments]
SECRETARY RUDY, I KNOW WE HAVE THE FIRST COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.IT IS. THANK YOU. THIS IS FROM THE NORRIS FAMILY.
THEY JUST WANTED TO THANK US FOR THE FLOWERS THAT WE SENT FOR OUR ARMITA'S SERVICE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR. KHALEESI. WHEN I MOVED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA, THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PRESENTS THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT.
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COMMENT COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY NOT OTHER ATTENDEES AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.
THE BOARD SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES DGBA LOCAL, F AND G, LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.
EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DANIEL STRICKLER, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE].
I'M A SENIOR AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND PRESIDENT OF REEDY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR ACDC PROGRAM ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED REMOVAL OF OUR HEAD COACH, MS. KATHLEEN SCHRANTZ.
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 22ND, WE WERE TOLD BY OUR PRINCIPAL THAT MS. SCHRANTZ HAD TRANSITIONED OUT OF HER ROLE TO FOCUS ON HER ART CLASSES.
THIS NEWS WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED TO US.
MS. SCHRANTZ IS AN EXCEPTIONAL COACH AND MENTOR.
OUR TEAM, AND INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT MS. SCHRANTZ'S LEADERSHIP UNDER HER GUIDANCE AND PASSION.
THE REEDY ATHLETIC PROGRAM HAS BECOME A SUCCESSFUL, TIGHT KNIT, SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THAT HAS DEVELOPED BEYOND JUST AN ACADEMIC CLASS OR AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR STATE RUNNER UP FINISH THIS YEAR.
WHILE NEWS OF HER REMOVAL WAS UNSETTLING, IT WAS HOW THE COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN HANDLED AND THE LACK OF ANY INFORMATION AND THE INABILITY TO DISCUSS WITH HER THAT HAS MADE THE ENTIRE SITUATION WORSE.
AS STUDENTS, WE REACHED OUT TO OUR PRINCIPAL REQUESTING TO MEET AS A TEAM.
INSTEAD, WE WERE PULLED FROM OUR CLASSES AND CALLED INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE BY GRADE LEVEL.
FURTHER, THE TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AWFUL.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS KNOWN MS. SCHRANTZ FOR SIX YEARS, I HAVE TAKEN THIS NEWS VERY PERSONALLY.
AND I KNOW MANY OTHERS FEEL THE SAME.
I WORRY FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAM NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND.
AND MS. SCHRANTZ IS NOT REINSTATED AS HEAD COACH.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FOLLOWED BY FARHAN.
HI. MY NAME IS SHASHI VIJAY AND I AM A SOPHOMORE FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WERE GIVEN THE NEWS THAT MS.
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SCHRANTZ WOULD NO LONGER BE THE HEAD COACH OF ACDC.IN A FLASH, THE TEACHER WE HAD GOTTEN TO KNOW WAS GONE.
A WHIRLWIND OF EMOTIONS EMERGED INSIDE ME AND MY PEERS.
SHOCK, FRUSTRATION, SADNESS AND CONFUSION.
THE REASON FOR GROUNDING THIS IS VERY CLEAR MRS. SCHRANTZ IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ARCTIC TEAM.
SHE PAVED THE SUCCESS OF OUR TEAM AT STATE.
WHEN WE FOUND OUT THE NEWS, WE WERE SURPRISED AT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY GIVEN TO US.
THE WAY IN WHICH WE FOUND OUT THAT MRS. SCHRANTZ HAD TRANSITIONED OUT OF HEAD COACH WAS IMPERSONAL AND CAME FROM THE WORDS OF OUR PRINCIPAL, NOT MS. SCHRANTZ HERSELF.
IT FELT AS IF THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR US WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING HOW WE WOULD EVEN BE AFFECTED.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION AND COULD PROVIDE US SOME INSIGHT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FARHAN, FOLLOWED BY JADE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS FARHAN IQBAL AND I'VE BEEN IN THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I'VE WATCHED MRS. SCHRANTZ BUILD UPON AND GROW REALLY ACADEMIC DECATHLON INTO A STATE POWERHOUSE.
AND THUS I'VE LEARNED THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT MAKES A PROGRAM SO SUCCESSFUL.
THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE MRS. SCHRANTZ IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF REALLY ACADEMIC DECATHLON.
HER INFLUENCE ON OUR PROGRAM AND ITS STUDENTS HAVE CHANGED MANY LIVES, INCLUDING MINE.
SHE COACHED ME TO BECOME THE INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION IN THE VARSITY DIVISION, AND I'VE HAD SOME OF THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER BECAUSE OF MRS. SCHRANTZ. NOW THAT SHE IS GONE, THE VERY FOUNDATION OF ONE OF THE BEST ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN THE NATION HAVE BEEN RIPPED OUT WITHOUT HER ENDLESS PASSION AND MOTIVATION FOR ATHLETIC AND HER DECATHLETE. I FEAR FOR OUR PROGRAM.
THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH AND INCREDIBLE MEMORIES I HAVE GAINED FROM ACTING WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER AND WITHOUT OUR HEAD COACH MRS. SCHRANTZ, I FEAR FOR OUR FUTURE.
IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS OF ACADEMIC DECATHLON.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY TEAMMATES, BOTH UNDERCLASSMEN AND JUNIORS WITH SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
BUT WITH THIS RECENT NEWS MRS. SCHRANTZ'S DEPARTURE, SO MANY OF THEM HAVE BECOME DISTRAUGHT, DEMOTIVATED, PLANNING TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM.
AND I BELIEVE THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTIC IS IN COMPLETE JEOPARDY, WHICH IS WHY I URGE THAT MRS. SCHRANTZ BE REINSTATED AS THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON REEDY HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH.
FOLLOWED BY ALLISON DARRELL AND THEN LINNEA ARTINIAN.
HELLO. MY NAME IS JADE HUANG AND I'M A JUNIOR AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE REEDY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON HEAD COACH WAS REMOVED FROM HER COACHING POSITION WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS WARNING OR NOTICE REGARDING THE SITUATION, DESPITE BEING TOLD THAT SHE HAS TRANSITIONED OUT OF HER ROLE.
MY FELLOW STUDENTS AND I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS UNFAIRLY REMOVED.
HOWEVER, ONE THING I HAVE BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE PAST MONTH IS THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL HAVE OFFERED FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND PARENTS INVOLVED. I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY AT THE ADMINISTRATION WORKED TO PROVIDE A BETTER EXPLANATION OF THE RECENT EVENTS.
AND AS A RESULT, I FEEL GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT TOWARDS THE ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS.
IF OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION IS TRULY TO KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND NEED, AND I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO BEGIN BY ADDRESSING ISSUES IN A MORE TRANSPARENT AND RESPECTFUL MANNER. AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE REINSTATEMENT OF MRS. KATHLEEN SCHRANTZ AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE REEDY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THE BOARD IS NEGOTIATING SUPERINTENDENT WALDRIP'S NEW THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
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EXCESSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS AND NONACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES.WATERFALL GRADING WHICH ALLOWS FOR RETESTING UNTIL A STUDENT ACHIEVES AN ACCEPTABLE GRADE.
HOMEWORK IS OPTIONAL AND NOT GRADED.
NO WRITTEN TEXTBOOKS ELIMINATED.
THE SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITY OF OUR CHILDREN IS NONE OF THE SCHOOL'S BUSINESS.
IT NEVER HAS BEEN, AND IT NEVER WILL BE.
ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTING PORNOGRAPHY TO OUR MINOR CHILDREN THROUGH THE LIBRARIES, EMPLOYING A WOKE GAY ACTIVIST LIBRARIAN, DISPLAYING A GRAPHIC RAPE EXHIBIT AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAD A MANNEQUIN WITH BLOODY HANDS AND PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY, ET CETERA.
THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN AND AND OUR CITY.
WE HAVE DELIVERED A CLEAR VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE TO THIS BOARD AND TO DR.
WALDRIP. WE FORMALLY REQUEST THAT THIS BOARD HALT DR.
WALDRIP CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL MS. ELLAD AND MR. LOWE ARE SWORN IN IN MID-JUNE SO THAT THEY CAN REPRESENT OUR VOICES IN THE SELECTION OF OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY LEIGH MONTGOMERY, WHO IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER.
I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH AS IT IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN VIOLENCE, VAPING, DRUG USE AND APPARENTLY SEX IN SOME OF THE SCHOOL BATHROOMS AND OTHER PLACES . IN THE NAME OF EQUITY, ALL THE KIDS ARE PAYING THE PRICE WITH LOSING BATHROOM PRIVILEGES.
AND I'M SORRY YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT.
YOU ARE ENGAGING IN THE BAD BEHAVIOR.
HAVE ADMINISTRATORS IMPLEMENTING PUNISHMENT? SORRY. AT THE SCHOOLS FOR THE MASSES.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
I'M SORRY. THAT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE.
WE HAVE RULES IN THE BOARDROOM.
AND YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, WILL YOU? YOU CLICKED ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON, AND YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ON THAT.
THIS IS ABOUT BATHROOMS. WHY PUNISH? LEE MONTGOMERY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE.
THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
YOU MIND IF I JUST FOR A MOMENT? OH, I DON'T KNOW IF MY MICROPHONE IS WORKING.
BEFORE THE STUDENTS LEAVE, I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM LIKE THIS, WE CAN'T SPEAK TO SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES AND ALSO USUALLY EMPLOYEE MATTERS OR PRIVATE BY LAW.
SO DON'T MISUNDERSTAND OUR LACK OF RESPONSE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO TELL YOU THINGS.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM 9A CONSIDER AN ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM APRIL 11TH.
[9.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from April 11 regular meeting, April 20 special meeting and April 21 special meeting]
REGULAR MEETING APRIL 20TH SPECIAL MEETING IN APRIL 21ST SPECIAL MEETING.BOARD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES IS PRESENTED.
SECOND, MR. RUDY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[9.B. Consider and act on resolution to convene the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) for future recommendations of Secondary Health Instruction Materials]
DR. CUNNINGHAM.GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD.
LAST MONTH WE PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TEACHERS WORKING COMMITTEE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, FUNDED BY THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT THAT WE GET FROM TEA. THESE MATERIALS WERE PART OF PROCLAMATION 2022 AND SPECIFIC TO HEALTH MATERIALS AND MATERIALS.
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THE PRESENTATION WAS PART OF OUR NORMAL PROCESS, AS WAS POSTING THE MATERIALS AND TAKING SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY.THERE WAS ONLY ONE VENDOR THAT MET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM TEA AND THAT WAS CLAVER.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WILL NOT INVOLVE ROSTERING OF ANY STUDENT INFORMATION.
FINALLY, AS IT RELATES TO CERTAIN TOPICS IN THE HEALTH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS RECOMMENDED BY OUR TEACHERS AND BECAUSE OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGES PASSED IN 2021 THROUGH SENATE BILL NINE, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO ASK THE BOARD TO CONVENE THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL OR SHACK TO PRESENT THE MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SET OF TOPICS INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATION FOR THEIR OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.
THANK YOU. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
SECOND. SECOND BY MS. HERBERT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES 5-0.
[9.C. Consider and act on personnel recommendations]
LINTON. THANK YOU.THE PERSONNEL REPORT BEGINS ON PAGE ONE.
22 RESIGNATIONS ARE PRESENTED, FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THAT OF JARED KASTER AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
MR. KASTER BEGAN HIS EDUCATION CAREER IN 2012, STARTING AS A TEACHER COACH.
ALL CONTACT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED.
MOTION BY MR. CLASSE, SECONDED BY MR. RUDY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 5-0.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D CONSENT AGENDA.
[9.D. Consent Agenda]
BOARD, FEEL FREE TO PULL ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION.IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
I'M NOT GOING TO PULL AN ITEM, BUT BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE.
ITEM 17 THERE AND JUST BE ON RECORD AS SAYING I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED THIS EVENING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE METROPLEX BY THE DOZENS HAVE RETIRED BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF NAVIGATING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ALL THAT IT BROUGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT DR. WALDRIP HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO RENEW THIS CONTRACT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND. MOTION BY MR. CLASSE. SECOND BY MS. HERBERT. ALL IN FAVOR.
DR. WALDRIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP OF OUR DISTRICT.
WE SUPPORT YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 13 TECHNOLOGY UPDATE.
[10.A. Technology Update]
MRS. FOUCHE? HELLO. I'M GOING TO PRESENT FROM DOWN HERE.SO TONIGHT'S JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP FOR YOU ABOUT HOW THINGS WENT.
SHE WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS TIMELINE JUST TO SAY WE'RE STILL HARD AT THIS.
BACK IN NOVEMBER, SHE ACTUALLY CONVENED HER LIBRARY LEADERSHIP TEAM TO START CREATING DRAFT GUIDELINES AND MAKING SOME CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE CURRENT GUIDELINES FOR NEXT YEAR.
IN MARCH, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING THROUGH THOSE GUIDELINES AS THEY WERE BEGINNING TO PLAN FOR THE OPENING DAY COLLECTIONS FOR MONETTE AND PANTHER CREEK.
APRIL SWUNG AROUND APRIL 26TH, I THINK IT WAS, OR THE 27TH.
WE WENT AHEAD AND WE MET WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
IT WAS A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
I'VE GOT SO I'VE GOT LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU TONIGHT ON HOW THAT ALL WENT.
AND THEN I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT ON THAT.
MAY. LATER IN THIS MONTH, THE LIBRARIANS ARE GOING TO GIVE IT ALL ONE MORE GO.
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AND THEN IN JULY, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU FOR LIKE THESE ARE THE FINAL UPDATES AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE ROLLING FORWARD.WHAT SHE STARTED WITH WITH WITH THE.
WE STARTED WITH THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND THEN WE WERE OUT WITH THE UPDATES.
SHE WENT THROUGH THOSE PRETTY THOROUGHLY WITH THE GROUP AND THEN SHE AND SHERYL HAD PRINTED HUGE POSTERS AND BROKEN OUT INTO SECTIONS. EACH OF THE NEW UPDATES TO THE COLLECTION GUIDELINES TO GET FEEDBACK.
WE GAVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GET UP AND WALK AROUND AND YOU'LL SEE TEACHERS, PARENTS AND THEN SOME.
WELL, IT WAS AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I THINK EVEN ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE PARENTS.
MOST OF THE TEACHERS WERE PARENTS.
SO IT WAS ALL MIXED UP IN THERE TOGETHER.
WE LET THEM JUST WALK AROUND AND GO GO FORTH TO EACH OF THESE LITTLE SECTIONS AND JUST HANDWRITE RIGHT ON THE POSTERS AND THEN COLLECTED ALL OF THAT TO BRING BACK TO YOU TONIGHT AND FOR AMANDA TO USE BACK WITH THE LIBRARIANS.
SHE LET THEM GO THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING A LIBRARIAN AND LOOKING AT A BOOK AND THE REVIEWS AND FOLLOWING ALL OF THE GUIDELINES AND ACTUALLY SEEING OK WOULD WE ADD THIS BOOK OR NO TO ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY LIBRARIES? SO THAT WAS A GREAT THEY ALL REALLY, REALLY LIKED THAT EXERCISE.
I WAS WORRIED BECAUSE THERE WERE A BUNCH OF TEACHERS THERE, WEREN'T THERE? AND I THOUGHT, OH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE INTO THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LIBRARIANS, BUT THEY WERE WAY INTO IT.
IT WAS SUPER COOL. AND THE PARENTS REALLY LIKED IT, TOO.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT GROUP THAT NIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE HAS REALLY BEEN A SNAG FOR US IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON SOME OF THE BOOKS ENDING UP IN OUR LIBRARIES THAT WE DID NOT FEEL LIKE FOLLOWED OUR OUR EXPECTATIONS AS A DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATIONS. A LOT OF THEM WERE REVIEWED BY A VERY SPECIFIC PUBLISHER TO BE AGE APPROPRIATE.
AND THE MORE WE LOOKED AT THAT AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT AS THE YEAR HAS GONE ON FOR CERTAIN TITLES THAT WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT, NO ONE REALLY HAS ABOUT BEING IN OUR LIBRARY.
SO TOGETHER THE GROUP OF LIBRARIANS AND THE EVEN THIS TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMITTEE, THEY WERE ALL ON BOARD WITH ACTUALLY JUST REMOVING KIRKUS AS ONE OF OUR ACCEPTED PUBLISHER REVIEWS.
ONCE YOU'RE IN, ONCE THESE BOOKS ARE REMOVED, IT'S EASY TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, OK.
WITH OUR NEW GUIDELINES, WOULD THIS HAVE KEPT THAT BOOK FROM BEING PLACED ON THE SHELVES? AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH ALL ALONG.
WE FEEL LIKE IF WE MAKE IT INCLUDE TWO REVIEWS RATHER THAN JUST ONE, AND ALLOWING ONE OF THOSE REVIEWS TO BE INFORMAL, THAT THAT WILL HELP AS WELL.
IN THE PAST, THERE WAS ONLY ONE FORMAL REVIEW REQUIRED.
AND THROUGH THE EXERCISE THAT WE DID WITH THE COMMITTEE THE OTHER NIGHT, THEY REALLY STARTED SEEING HOW YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT A REVIEW AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS DECISION BASED ON A SUMMARY ANALYSIS THAT SOMEONE'S READING WRITTEN UP AND WHAT THE REVIEWERS HAVE SUGGESTED AS AGE APPROPRIATENESS.
THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE AND ALL OF US AGREE THAT AN INFORMAL ONE SUCH AS SHOOT.
I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN.
AND WHAT'S THE ONE WE ALL LOOK AT TO SEE IF MOVIES ARE APPROPRIATE? WE USE IT ALL THE TIME.
COMMON SENSE MEDIA. THANK YOU.
YES, I KNOW. I LOVE THAT SITE.
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AND WHILE IT'S INFORMAL, WE JUST FEEL LIKE THAT CAN BE ONE THAT COULD BE INCLUDED ALSO AND SOME OTHERS.THEY GAVE FEEDBACK ON THESE OTHER PIECES THAT YOU'LL SEE LAID OUT HERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WERE PART OF THE COLLECTION GUIDELINES MANGA THAT IS THAT GENRE THAT JUST REALLY IS TOUGH TO GET GOOD REVIEWS AND HAS AND WE'VE RUN INTO SOME SNAGS WITH IT.
SO. YOU'LL SEE IN THE COLLECTION GUIDELINES LIKE THERE ARE, THE LIBRARIANS ARE WORKING ON THEM.
THEY FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME PIECES OF THIS WITH CERTAIN AGE GROUPS THAT LITERALLY THE BOOK JUST NEEDS TO BE READ BEFORE IT'S PUT ON THE SHELF COVER TO COVER WHEN IT STARTS SAYING THAT SOMETHING IS APPROPRIATE FOR 16 PLUS AND A REVIEW OR WHATEVER.
THEY JUST FEEL LIKE IT STILL SHOULD BE READ COVER TO COVER BEFORE IT'S PUT ON THE SHELVES.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SUGGESTIONS LIKE THAT FROM THEM AS WELL.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT AS A WASTE OF MONEY.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS TO US.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE COST OF DOING GOOD BUSINESS FOR THE KIDS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND THEN THEY HAD WRITTEN OUT THERE ALSO DEFINING THE TERM SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BY USING THE TEXAS PENAL CODE IN THE ACTUAL DEFINITIONS FOUND THE GLOSSARY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES.
SO THOSE ARE SOME YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD A REALLY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK.
THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
A GOOD COUPLE OF HOURS THAT NIGHT.
YEAH. AND REALLY APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO SAY.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE WE DID A LITTLE FEEDBACK FORM AT THE END.
BUT. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS KIND OF JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF OUR TIME TOGETHER.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL PROCESS WHENEVER YOU'RE REVIEWING A BOOK OR WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A REVIEW OF THE BOOK? NOT PROCESS YOU SAID INFORMAL REVIEW AND THE INFORMAL IN THE FORMAL REVIEW.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? A FORMAL.
SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY WATER DOWN HERE.
A FORMAL REVIEW IS LIKE FROM A PUBLISHER.
LIKE COMMON SENSE MEDIA IS A WEBSITE THAT'S NOT A FORMAL PUBLISHER REVIEW.
DOES SHE? DID SHE USE THE WORD PUBLIC FOR.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YES, IT DOES.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION, THE BOOKS THAT THEY READ INSTEAD OF IF A LIBRARIAN IS TO READ IT AND IT'S DEEMED NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR CAMPUSES, ARE THOSE BOOKS RETURNABLE? I GUESS IT WOULD PROBABLY DEPEND ON WHERE THEY.
PUBLISH THEM. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE.
AND SO THE FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE.
PROVIDED TO THE BOARD IN THE SUMMERTIME, JULY OR AUGUST.
JULY IS WHEN WE JULY SCOPED IT OUT ON THAT INITIAL STRATEGIC.
INITIATIVE. WE BROUGHT THE OTHER NIGHT.
BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THERE? ROUNDING OUT NICELY, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE AS WE'VE GOTTEN FURTHER ALONG AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THEM AND WE'RE GETTING MORE SETS OF EYES ON THEM.
WE WERE REALLY LUCKY THE OTHER NIGHT.
THERE'S THIS MATH TEACHER THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.
SHE'S LIKE, WHAT'S LAUGHING? SHE'S A MATH TEACHER.
SHE WAS WAY INTO MANGA WHEN SHE WAS A KID.
AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF COOL TO EVERYBODY ELSE WAS LEARNING FROM HER.
CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN BEAT UP OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND.
YOU PUT SO MUCH HEART AND EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND YOU'LL PUT A LOT OF LOVE INTO GETTING THINGS.
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FIXED. I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I WANT YOU AND ALL OF OUR LIBRARIANS AND OUR TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY APPRECIATED.AND WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO IT.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL FIXING IT FOR OUR KIDS.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
THANKS THE LIBRARIANS FOR SURE.
BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US? OKAY. THANK YOU, MELISSA.
THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME OFFICERS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.