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[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E]
IT IS 5:30 P.M.AND I CALL TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FRISCO ISD.
WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
AND WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.
CAN THEY NOT HEAR ME AT ALL AGAIN? THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF FOLKS.
AND I CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL FRISCO ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE WILL GO BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AND OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
DR. FOUCHE.AND THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL COMING BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE INVOCATION, MR. CLASSE. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME.
HEAVENLY FATHER, TODAY WE OFFER THANKS FOR OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND THE BLESSINGS OF FELLOWSHIP.
LET US BE OUTWARD IN SHOWING OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FRISCO ISD HOME.
IT'S THESE THINGS THAT WE PRAY IN YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU, MR. CLASSE. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS BOARD REPORT.
[4. Board Report]
MS. GILLESPIE. I'LL JUST LEAD OFF BY SAYING WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AGAIN. THIS IS OUR SECOND MEETING SINCE SCHOOL STARTED, BUT WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE PTAS AND PTOS THAT ARE ALREADY HARD AT WORK SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR STUDENTS AND AND STAFF.THE NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN SEPTEMBER 26TH AND WE HAVE MOVED THOSE TIMES TO 6:30.
AND THEN ONE BIG THING THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE FOURTH, MAYBE FIFTH AARON BAND SHOWCASE. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY NOW IT'S BEEN, BUT ALL 12 HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE PERFORMING THEIR HALFTIME SHOWS ALL IN THE SAME NIGHT, SO EVERYONE'S INVITED TO THAT. MORE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN CERTAINLY BUY A TICKET AND COME SEE ALL OF THE GREAT BANDS IN, WHAT, ONE NIGHT? SO THANK YOU. AND THAT DATE IS SEPTEMBER 27TH.
GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION REGARDING CELEBRATION OF LEARNING.
[5. Discussion regarding Celebration of Learning: Pre-K Making the Difference for Our Students]
PRE-K, MAKING THE DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.GOOD EVENING. I AM PLEASED TO ASK MS. MELISSA ELLIS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
WE CERTAINLY HAD A DIVERSE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY IN 2020.
BUT THIS PROGRAM HAS BENEFITED OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE BEST EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE FOR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT IN FRISCO ISD WHILE PROTECTING THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
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MS. ELLIS, THANK YOU FOR LEADING OUR FIRST CELEBRATION OF LEARNING FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.THANK YOU, DR. WALDRIP AND BORA, FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE OUR THIRD YEAR OF FULL DAY PRE K WHEN WE FULL DAY IN 2020. WE WERE SERVING ABOUT 700 KIDDOS AND WE KNEW THAT PREVIOUSLY WHEN IT WAS HALF DAY, THAT WE WEREN'T QUITE REACHING ALL THE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICE OF PRE-K BEFORE KINDERGARTEN.
AND NOW TODAY WE HAVE FULL DAY PRE-K ACROSS 12 OF OUR CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE 57 TEACHERS AND 57 PRE-K TEACHING ASSISTANTS.
AND AS OF TODAY, WE'RE SERVING ABOUT 1147 STUDENTS.
YEAH, PRETTY PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM.
AND THEN COLLECTIVELY, OVER THE THREE YEARS SO FAR, WE'VE REACHED OVER 3000 CHILDREN IN FRISCO.
AND WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
FIRST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY PRE-K FACILITATOR, TERRY HARRELL, AND OUR PRE-K PRINCIPALS.
WOULD YOU ALL STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED? THEY PUT IN A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.
THEY PUT IN SO MUCH WORK AND HAVE REALLY EMBRACED THE PROGRAM.
AND WE JUST LOVE THAT SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. HI I'M DALLAS, LET'S WATCH MY VIDEO? HI. MY NAME IS DALLAS SIMPSON, I'M IN PRE-K IN FRISCO, I'M A BUSY GIRL.
WE HAVE A MORNING MEETING EVERY DAY.
WE WORRIED ABOUT BECOMING A FAMILY.
EVERY HARD WORKER DESERVES A BREAK.
AFTER WE GET WATER, IT'S TIME FOR MATH.
DOING MATH, WE COLLABORATE AND WE PROBLEM SOLVE TOGETHER.
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE PLAYING GAMES.
ONE DAY, I HOPE THAT I COUNT TO A MILLION.
NEXT IT'S TIME FOR LEARNING CENTERS.
I LOVE WHEN I GET TO GET TO PLAY IN THE KITCHEN AND THE WRITING CENTER . NEXT UP... WRITING. DID YOU KNOW YOU WE LEARN HOW TO WRITE IN PRE-K? AND I WORK WITH MY TEACHER TO SET GOALS FOR MY LEARNING.
AFTER MORE LEARNING, WE GET TO GO TO RECESS AGAIN.
WE GET TO HAVE ONE MORE SNACK.
I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME COOKIES.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S TIME TO CLOCK OUT OF THE DAY.
LET ME SAY GOODBYE TO MY FRIENDS AND MY TEACHER AND GET READY TO GO HOME.
[APPLAUSE] YOU STAY RIGHT THERE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING ABOUT YOUR DAY WITH US, DALLAS.
SO DALLAS IS CURRENTLY IN PRE-K THIS YEAR.
THIS IS HANNAH AND SHE WAS IN OUR PRE-K BILINGUAL PROGRAM LAST YEAR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO HANNAH FOR A MINUTE.
HANNA WHERE DID YOU GO TO? WHERE DO YOU GO TO? PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN.
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CHRISTIE ELEMENTARY.ALL RIGHT. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING IN PRE-K? TO LEARN.
GREAT. WHAT DID YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT? WE LEARN ABOUT HOW TO SPELL AND DO THE ABCS . THAT'S RIGHT, YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU? THAT'S GREAT.
AND YOU'RE READING TO RIGHT? ARE YOU A READER? YEAH. AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU LOVE TO WRITE ABOUT? WE WRITE ABOUT ANIMALS.
WE WRITE ABOUT NUMBER AND ABCS.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU GOT TO LEARN WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND DO? DID YOU WORK WITH FRIENDS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT LAST YEAR? YES. TELL US WHAT YOUR FAVORITE THING WAS TO DO WITH FRIENDS IN PRE-K.
CARE FOR OTHERS? YEAH. TO BE NICE AND CARE FOR OTHERS.
SO, HANNAH, AT SCHOOL, WHAT LANGUAGES ARE YOU LEARNING IN? TWO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, RIGHT? WHAT CAN YOU. WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGES YOU USE AT SCHOOL? SPANISH. IN ENGLISH.
HOW IS THAT? TO LEARN IN TWO LANGUAGES? GOOD. IS IT? YEAH. YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT IT, AREN'T YOU? GREAT. WELL, I KNOW YOU HAD A GREAT YEAR IN PRE-K, DIDN'T YOU? YOU WERE SO GREAT.
COULD YOU GIVE DALLAS SOME ADVICE FOR HER AND OUR OTHER NEW PRE-K KIDS ON HOW THEY CAN HAVE A GREAT YEAR IN PRE-K, TOO? WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HER? BE STRONG.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET YOUR HAND FOR HANNAH AND DALLAS.
DID YOU? WE'RE PRETTY ADVANCED IN FRISCO ISD.
SO THIS IS YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKING CREDIT FOR THE YEAR.
IT WAS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
SO GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TO SHOW OFF OUR PRE-K PROGRAM.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX DISCUSSION REGARDING UPDATE ON INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY.
[6. Discussion regarding update on Internal Audit Department activity]
MR. GROOVER.NOW, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE DALLAS COME BACK IN AND READ YOUR AUDIT SLIDES? YES, ACTUALLY, PROBABLY COULD BE GREAT.
STARTED OFF WITH FISCAL YEAR 22 AUDIT PLAN STATUS.
WE COMPLETED THE AUDIT OF E SCHOOL.
YOU RECEIVED THAT DURING THE QUARTER AND YOU ALSO HAVE THAT IN YOUR MATERIALS THIS EVENING.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE RESPONSES FROM MANAGEMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE VERY SOON TO.
THEN WE CAN FINALIZE THAT REPORT AND GET IT TO YOU.
WE HAVE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FINGERPRINTING IN PROGRESS.
CUSTODIAL SERVICES IS ROLLING REALLY GOOD.
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WE'RE ABOUT 65% COMPLETE WITH THAT ONE.AND OF COURSE, OUR CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUNDS ARE IN FULL SWING.
WE'RE ABOUT 40% COMPLETE WITH THOSE.
THIS JUST SHOWS HOW WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION BY YEAR.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS WHICH AUDITS HAVE OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
THAT'S ABOUT USUAL FOR A HOTLINE.
25, MAYBE 30% MIGHT BE SUBSTANTIATED.
SO OUR INTERNAL AUDITING STANDARD 1300 REQUIRES THAT I DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY IN WHICH WE DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING TONIGHT RELATED TO ONGOING MONITORING.
SO KIND OF GOING CLOCKWISE, WE HAVE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS, WHICH THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE COME IN AND REVIEW OUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS AND CODE OF ETHICS AND DEFINITION OF INTERNAL AUDITING THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE KICKING OFF NEXT WEEK.
THEN WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS.
THE TWO COMPONENTS WITH THAT ARE PERIODIC SELF ASSESSMENTS AND ONGOING MONITORING.
ONGOING MONITORING IS BASICALLY JUST THE DAY TO DAY STUFF THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVE A GOOD QUALITY AUDIT DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE STANDARDS AND OUR LOCAL POLICY.
THOSE ARE INCORPORATED INTO OUR DAILY ROUTINES AND OUR PERIODIC SELF ASSESSMENTS.
EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW IS GOING TO BE A SELF ASSESSMENT WITH INDEPENDENT VALIDATION.
THIS IS SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR ONGOING MONITORING.
WE FOR EACH ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE PLANNING AND SUPERVISION.
WE HAVE AUDIT WORK, PAPER AND REPORT REVIEW.
MY SENIOR AUDITOR, DANA, SHE CROSS REVIEWS MY WORK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT A ROGUE AUDITOR.
I GUESS WE MONITOR THE AUDIT PROGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT AUDITS AREN'T TAKING TOO LONG.
WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THE TIMING OF THEM.
OBVIOUSLY, WE FOLLOW UP ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A DOCUMENTED INTERNAL AUDIT MANUAL TO HELP US GUIDE PRACTICE.
THE TIMELINE FOR REPORTING ON THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO THE EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW WILL START NEXT WEEK.
SO AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
THANK YOU, MR. KRUEGER. BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, JUST AS NOT CURRENT CHAIR, BUT PAST CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK, YOU AND DANA AND YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THIS IS YEAR FIVE NOW FOR THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
AS WE GOT THINGS GOING AND WE LEARNED HOW TO WORK AND MANAGE THESE THINGS.
I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD GROOVE NOW, SO I APPRECIATE THE REPORTS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY INFORMATIONAL AND APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOU AND DANA, THANKS.
[7. Discussion regarding Title IX and student bathroom use]
MS. MILLER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN STUDENT SERVICES THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT, LIKE THE WORK OF OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT OR THE AMAZING THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH OUR MENTORING PROGRAM. BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING A PRETTY COMPLICATED ISSUE.
EACH PARENT OR GRANDPARENT OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE, EVERYONE IS THINKING ABOUT YOUR OWN KID AND HOW OUR PRACTICES AFFECT YOUR STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT.
PLEASE LET US LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF COMPASSION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS WE DISCUSS THIS TONIGHT.
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OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO ARE WORKING THOUGHTFULLY AND EMPATHETICALLY TO WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE DON'T TAKE THIS CHARGE LIGHTLY.
SO FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE IS SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE.
SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. LUCAS HENRY FROM THE ABERNATHY LAW GROUP.
WALDRIP, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
AS AARON MILLER SAID, MY JOB TONIGHT IS TO INFORM THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE LAW ON STUDENT RESTROOM USE, ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO TO NOT COMMENT NECESSARILY ON WHAT THE DISTRICT'S POLICIES SHOULD BE OR WHAT THEY NECESSARILY WERE IN THE PAST OR WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S TO PRESENT KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE LAW CURRENTLY IS ON THIS TOPIC, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LAW IS ACTUALLY EVOLVING AND IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING AMENDED AS WE SPEAK.
IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION THAT YOU ASK, I WILL PROMISE YOU TO GO FIND OUT.
AND THEN WHEN I AM DONE, AARON MILLER WILL PRESENT REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S PRACTICES AND AND POLICIES AS THEY PERTAIN TO RESTROOM USE.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS THAT THERE IS NO STATE LAW THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF RESTROOM USE AS IT PERTAINS TO STUDENTS SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR SEX.
THERE IS STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALLOW STUDENTS TO USE THE RESTROOM.
IT'S A PROHIBITED DISCIPLINE TECHNIQUE TO WITHHOLD RESTROOM USE FROM STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S THE EXTENT TO WHICH STATE LAW REALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS A STATE LAW PERTAINING TO ANY UIL RULE PERTAINING TO STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS AND SPORTS TEAMS. THAT DOES STATE THAT STUDENTS MUST PARTICIPATE ON THE ATHLETIC TEAM ACCORDING TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX AT OR NEAR THE TIME OF BIRTH.
THEREFORE, PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND LOCKER AND RESTROOM USE AS IT PERTAINS TO SPORTS IS REALLY A SETTLED QUESTION UNDER STATE LAW, IF THAT CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, OR IF THERE ARE ANY LAWSUITS ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE AND THAT LAW CHANGES IN ANY WAY, OF COURSE YOU'LL BE INFORMED ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS MORE OF THE DAY TO DAY RESTROOM USE LAWS.
AND EVERYONE HAS LONG UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT MOST CERTAINLY MEANS THAT SCHOOLS CANNOT DENY STUDENTS ACCESS TO PROGRAMS ON THE BASIS OF THE STUDENT BEING A BOY OR BEING A GIRL.
HOWEVER, OF COURSE, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN DEBATE ABOUT WHAT DO TITLE, WHAT DOES TITLE NINE MEAN WITH REGARD TO STUDENTS AND THEIR GENDER IDENTITY AND THEIR SEX CHARACTERISTICS? AND THE TITLE NINE IS A LAW THAT ALLOWS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER REGULATIONS.
AND THOSE REGULATIONS HAVE TO BE ADOPTED THROUGH A LEGAL PROCESS.
AND THEN AFTER THOSE REGULATIONS ARE ADOPTED, AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S REGULATIONS ARE CONCERNED, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS ARE BOUND BY THOSE BY THE TERMS OF THOSE REGULATIONS.
SO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS THROUGH A REGULATION, AS LONG AS IT'S LEGALLY IMPLEMENTED, BECOMES A, IN EFFECT, LAW. RIGHT NOW, THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PROMULGATING REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE NINE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN WHAT'S CALLED THE COMMENT PERIOD.
IT'S A 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD AND IT ENDS TODAY.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE COMMENT PERIOD.
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MOST PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS LOOK AT LAWS THAT THEY WANT TO MAYBE ALTER THE REGULATIONS, TOO, AND BEGIN THAT PROCESS WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION CHANGES OVER.AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR TITLE NINE THAT ARE UP FOR COMMENT RIGHT NOW THAT END TODAY STATE THAT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST STUDENTS ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS VIOLATES TITLE NINE.
THAT'S JUST THE STATEMENT OF WHAT THE REGULATION SAYS.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GUIDANCE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE TERMS OF THE REGULATION? THE WELL AND THOSE REGULATIONS, THEY DON'T EXPLICITLY MENTION RESTROOM USE, BUT THEY CAN BE FAIRLY INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST CONSIDER THE CONCERNS OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS WHO DO NOT WISH TO USE THE RESTROOM.
THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE BIOLOGICAL SEX THAT THE STUDENT WAS GIVEN OR ASSIGNED AT BIRTH.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL FEDERAL COURT CASES THAT HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE.
IN OTHER STATES, OTHER FEDERAL CIRCUITS.
THERE WAS A LAWSUIT IN THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.
GRIMM IS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE LITIGANTS, AND THAT COURT FOUND THAT A BLANKET POLICY DENYING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE A RESTROOM THAT CONFORMS WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY WAS DISCRIMINATION UNDER TITLE NINE. AND SEVERAL COURTS HAVE FOUND THAT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS DON'T VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF NON TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
THE TWO THAT I JUST MENTIONED ARE IN OTHER CIRCUITS.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
AND THIS IS BY NO MEANS AN ABSOLUTELY SETTLED AND FULLY LITIGATED ISSUE.
BUT IT IS ONE THAT WE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH GUIDANCE TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE LAW SAYS AND THEN PROVIDE ADVICE SO THAT THE DISTRICT CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.
SO FRISCO ISD BOARD POLICY, AS YOU KNOW, FFA PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT AGAINST STUDENTS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEX AND GENDER, AND THAT INCLUDES GENDER IDENTITY.
AND WHEN I USE THOSE WORDS, I MEAN, AS THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX IS CONCERNED.
BUT THAT IF A STUDENT WISHES TO USE A DIFFERENT RESTROOM THAT THEY ARE THEY NEED TO GO TO THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR PARENTS NEED TO COME TO CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION WORKS WITH THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT TO IDENTIFY A SOLUTION.
SO THIS PRACTICE IS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAW.
IT DOES NOT RUN AFOUL OF TITLE NINE, OR AT LEAST THE DISTRICT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD BY AN AGENCY, A FEDERAL AGENCY OR A COURT THAT SUCH A POLICY IS VIOLATIVE OF THE LAW.
THE DISTRICT ALSO TAKES PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT STUDENT PRIVACY.
AS YOU KNOW, UNDER FERPA, A DISTRICT CANNOT DISCLOSE PRIVATE INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT OR WITHOUT AN EDUCATIONAL NEED TO DO SO. SO INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS REGARDING RESTROOM USE ARE SHARED ONLY AS NECESSARY IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO EFFECTUATE WHATEVER SORT OF RESOLUTION HAS BEEN DETERMINED, BEST AND NOT SHARED WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OF COURSE, SHARED WITH THE PARENTS BECAUSE PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO INFORMATION UNDER FERPA.
OTHER DISTRICTS POLICIES ARE LARGELY THE SAME AS FRISCO ISD POLICY IN THIS REGARD.
I KNOW THERE WAS A NEWSWORTHY EVENT RECENTLY WHERE ANOTHER DISTRICT ADOPTED A POLICY THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MOST OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE ADOPTED, AND THAT POLICY DOES HAVE TWO CARVE OUTS IN IT, THOUGH ONE SAYS TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
I THINK THAT'S A SAFETY RESERVATION FOR THAT DISTRICT.
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IT SAYS TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, THE DISTRICT SHALL REQUIRE STUDENTS TO USE THE RESTROOM THAT IS OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX.AND THEN THE END OF THAT POLICY SAYS THAT ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE MADE UNDER THE POLICY.
THAT POLICY IS IN KEEPING WITH FRISCO ISD PRACTICE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S REGULATIONS WILL BECOME FINAL AT THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, BUT THERE'S A PROCESS THAT STILL NEEDS TO GO TO THROUGH FOR THEM TO BE TO BE PUBLISHED AND TRULY FINALIZED.
IT IS LIKELY THAT LAWSUITS WILL FOLLOW.
WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING TITLE NINE.
A WHILE AGO, THERE WERE, I BELIEVE.
215 AND 20 STATES THAT JOINED IN A LAWSUIT TO ENJOIN THAT.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS MAY ALSO SEE THAT KIND OF LEGAL TREATMENT.
SO JUST IN SUMMARY, THAT'S THE LANDSCAPE OF THE LAW AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER PRESENTATION ON THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF THE DISTRICT.
BUT I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
REGARDING THE LAWSUITS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT STATES HAVE ALREADY SORT OF GOTTEN INVOLVED IN.
IS TEXAS ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE AHEAD OF OUR 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I'M CURIOUS IF TEXAS HAS TAKEN A STANCE ON THIS AND IF SO, WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE CERTAINLY STATE LAW SUPERSEDES THIS GOVERNING BODY.
RIGHT. AND THAT THE FIRST THING IS THAT LAWSUIT WAS NOT BROUGHT ABOUT THESE REGULATIONS.
SO IT WAS BROUGHT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.
SO TO THAT END, NO STATE HAS TAKEN A WHAT I'LL CALL FORMAL LEGAL OPINION ON THESE REGULATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FORMAL AND FINALIZED YET.
I CAN'T RECALL WHETHER TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SIGNED ON TO THE PRIOR LAWSUIT AS A LITIGANT IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER LAWSUIT. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND THAT.
THAT'S EASY ENOUGH. THANK YOU.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US, FOR SURE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS YOU SAID, THE COMMENT PERIOD ENDS TODAY.
BUT WHAT IS THE TIMELINE PROCESS FROM HERE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE STILL TAKING COMMENTS BEING THAT IT'S AFTER 5:00, BUT AFTER THAT THERE'S A FORMALIZATION PROCESS BY WHICH THESE RULES GET PUBLISHED AND WHAT'S CALLED THE FEDERAL REGISTER.
I'M TALKING A FEW DAYS OR WEEKS TO A MUCH LONGER TIME, DEPENDING ON WHETHER CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE AND ALL REGULATIONS HAVE SOME SORT OF TWEAKING THAT IS AT LEAST CONSIDERED AFTER THE COMMENT PERIOD.
AND THESE ARE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, CONTROVERSIAL TO SOME EXTENT.
FORD. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR LUCAS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR LAW ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW THAT PERMITS THE DISTRICT FROM SAYING, IF YOU WERE BORN OR IF YOU'RE A BIOLOGICAL BOY, YOU GO TO BIOLOGICAL BOYS BATHROOMS. AND IF YOU'RE A BIOLOGICAL GIRL, YOU GO TO A GIRLS BATHROOM.
IS THERE ANYTHING PROHIBITING THE DISTRICT FROM DOING THAT AND HAVING THAT AS A PART OF ITS POLICY? FIRST, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S THE DISTRICT'S PRACTICE.
IT'S NOT. WELL, SO THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED TO.
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REPORT. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE, BUT WE REALLY NEED THIS INFORMATION FROM OUR ATTORNEYS.AND IF THE BOARD COULD JUST LISTEN TO THE RESPONSES, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF EVERYONE JUST KEPT A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF DECORUM THROUGH THESE VERY POLITICALLY CHARGED TOPICS. THANK YOU.
THE LAW IS THAT TITLE NINE STATES THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT I'M PARAPHRASING, CAN DEPRIVE STUDENTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEX.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND SO THESE REGULATIONS ARE GOING TO STATE WHEN THEY BECOME FINALIZED THAT SEX MEANS SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS.
I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, DOES IT MEAN THAT? THAT IS A QUESTION THAT IS VERY FAR ABOVE MY PAY GRADE? OKAY. WELL, LET ME LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
IS IT ANY LAW PROHIBITING US FROM SAYING BOYS GO TO BOYS RESTROOMS AND GIRLS GO TO GIRLS RESTROOM? IN OTHER WORDS, WILL I, WILL WE MAKE THAT POLICY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GET SUED OR THE FBI SHOWS UP TO ARREST US.
CAN WE DO THAT LEGALLY? SURE. SO THE FIRST ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE DISTRICT CAN PASS POLICIES THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DULY VOTES UPON PASSES ACCORDING TO YOUR NORMAL PROCEDURES.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS.
WITH EVERY SORT OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE LIKE THIS, THERE IS SOMEONE WAITING TO EITHER FILE A COMPLAINT WITH OCR, A LAWSUIT TO GET TO A, LIKE I SAID, A PERSON ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, WHICH WOULD BE A COURT, AN ACTUAL FEDERAL COURT, AND GET A JUDGE WHO'S BEEN APPOINTED OR ELECTED TO STATE WHAT THE WORDS.
TODAY. WHAT TIME IS IT? 10 MINUTES AFTER SEVEN.
CAN WE SAY BOYS USE BOYS BATHROOMS AND GIRLS USE GIRLS BATHROOMS AND NOT HAVE AND BE OKAY.
AND YOU CAN'T POINT TO A PARTICULAR LAW THAT WE ARE VIOLATING.
THAT'S MY VERY NARROW QUESTION.
MR. HENRY, IF I COULD, WAS THERE NOT AN INTERPRETATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIRECTIVE? YES. AND THAT IS I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING LITIGATION IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ISSUED A DIRECTIVE THAT SAID THAT THE REFUSAL, THE BLANKET POLICY TO THE REFUSAL WILL MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WOULD VIOLATE TITLE NINE.
DOES IT SAY WHAT THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE TO BE? IT DOES NOT. SO IF WE MADE THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT SOMEONE WHO IS A BIOLOGICAL BOY AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE TRANSGENDER, THEY WERE TRANSGENDER OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT THEY WERE BORN WITH, WOULD ACCOMMODATION BE TO USE THE NURSE'S BATHROOM OR ANOTHER FACILITY? WOULD THAT BE AN ACCEPTABLE ACCOMMODATION? THAT IS A POSSIBLE ACCEPTABLE ACCOMMODATION.
WOULD THAT BE AGAINST THE LAW AT ALL? I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AS THE LAW IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THAT THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW.
IT IS, IN FACT, SOMETHING THAT I THINK I'VE ADVISED DISTRICTS TO CONSIDER IS TO SAY IF YOU HAVE THAT SITUATION WHERE A TRANSGENDER STUDENT WANTS TO USE A RESTROOM, THAT IS NOT THE SEX THEY WERE ASSIGNED AT BIRTH THAT YOU SIT DOWN, ADMINISTRATION SITS DOWN WITH THE PARENTS AND THEY WORK OUT A SOLUTION AND THAT THAT SOLUTION IS OFTEN TO USE THE NURSE'S NURSES RESTROOM OR A SINGLE USE RESTROOM.
EXCUSE ME. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT MS..
MILLER IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PRACTICES AS WELL, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT SHORTLY.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE ATTORNEY.
HE'S THE ONE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
THE REASON THESE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING, I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME OR YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME ANY A HARD TIME BECAUSE I, I AM NOT HERE TO EXPRESS ANY SORT OF OPINION ABOUT THIS MATTER WHATSOEVER.
RIGHT. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS, IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRACTICE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PRACTICING, YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THAT MOST PEOPLE GO WITH THE HEY, YOU CAN USE A NURSES RESTROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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THAT'S OK.BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
WE ARE DOING THINGS OTHER THAN MAKING THAT ACCOMMODATION.
AND I WANT TO FIND OUT FROM YOU LEGALLY, IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THEM NOT GO A BIOLOGICAL BOY OR A BIOLOGICAL GIRL GO INTO A BIOLOGICAL A BOYS OR GIRLS BATHROOM? CAN WE HAVE THEM AND SAY, HEY, WHATEVER YOU'RE BORN WITH, IF YOU HAVE BRANCHES AND BERRIES, YOU GO TO ONE ROOM AND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, YOU GO TO THE OTHER RESTROOM. MADAM PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THAT OUR ATTORNEY HAS ANSWERED MR. LOWE'S QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MS..
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED..
WELL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TO MY SATISFACTION AND TILL I'M SATISFIED.
THANK YOU. THAT'S UP TO MS. ARCHAMBAULT, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM WHO ARE YOU TALKING? WHY ARE YOU TALKING THEN? IF IT'S UP TO HER, SHE LOVE HER.
I ACTUALLY MENTIONED ALREADY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MS. MILLER ON THE PROCEDURES AND THE POLICIES THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT UTILIZES ON OUR CAMPUSES.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO MS. MILLER FOR THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE ONE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE ACTUAL LEGAL IMPLICATIONS? I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
NO, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE WITH PARENTS.
YOU MENTIONED THAT IF SOMEONE IS USING, SAY, A TRANSGENDER PERSON IS USING THE BATHROOM, THAT'S NOT ACCORDING TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL BIRTH, THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL THAT TO PARENTS.
WAS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING, OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU MEAN PARENTS.
SO CERTAINLY TO THE PARENTS, WHAT I MEAN TO THE PARENTS OF ARE WE ALLOWED TO LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW? OKAY. OKAY.
OK, THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT RESTROOM THAT STUDENT USES, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, NURSE'S RESTROOM OR OTHER RESTROOM THAT IS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT BE MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR PARENTS, THAT THEIR PARENTS BE INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION.
SO TO THAT END, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THAT PART OF THE QUESTION.
THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION MIGHT BE, CAN THE SCHOOL TELL THE PARENTS OF OTHER STUDENTS? AND IT'S NOT THAT PARENT'S CHILD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LUCAS BEFORE WE MOVE TO MISS MILLER.
SO THE DISTRICT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT PASSED THE POLICY, IT WAS JUST RECENTLY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, YOU SAID THAT THERE ACCOMMODATION IS THAT THEY DO ALLOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR ACCOMMODATION IS.
I SIMPLY KNOW THAT THE POLICY ITSELF STATES THAT AND I'LL ACTUALLY READ IT.
AND WHAT SHE SAID WAS THAT THEIR ACCOMMODATION IS TO USE A SINGLE STALL, NURSES, RESTROOM, TEACHER RESTROOM, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DID NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ALLOW STUDENTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX TO ENTER THE OTHER RESTROOM IF IT IS A RESTROOM THAT ACCOMMODATES MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME. AND WHAT I WAS ALSO TOLD WAS THAT THEY CONSULTED LEGAL COUNSEL.
AND I WOULD AGREE THAT THERE ARE THAT DIFFERENT LEGAL COUNSEL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
I, I DO NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, ON ITS FACE, SEE THAT THE POLICY THAT THAT DISTRICT PASSED ON ITS FACE VIOLATES TITLE NINE OR ANY OTHER LAW THAT I'M AWARE OF.
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SAY ABOUT THAT? AND BUT AGAIN, FACIALLY, NO, I DON'T THINK IT VIOLATES TITLE NINE.OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO PICK WHAT SIDE OF THE LAWSUIT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON.
SO I GUESS EVERY DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE THAT FOR THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU. BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LUCAS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MS. MILLER.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MISS MILLER.
THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING SITUATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS. AND IT'S TRICKY.
IT'S DEFINITELY TRICKY TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THIS.
SO OUR PRACTICES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE THROUGH THE ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL AND LOOKING AT TITLE NINE AND LOOKING AT OCR AND LOOKING AT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ARE TO MEET WITH THE PARENTS.
THE PARENTS HAVE TO BE A PART OF THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND WE MAKE A PLAN FOR THAT STUDENT.
GENERALLY, THAT IS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THE NURSES RESTROOM? WE WOULD, WE THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR EVERYONE IF YOU WOULD USE THE NURSE'S RESTROOM.
AND NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
STUDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO JUST GO BACK AND FORTH IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT RESTROOMS. OUR GENERAL RULE THAT WE ENFORCE IS THAT BOYS USE THE BOYS RESTROOM, GIRLS USE THE GIRLS RESTROOM.
IT IS ONLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A STUDENT, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE USING THAT RESTROOM ASSIGNED TO THEM THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION.
AND SO WE TAKE THE CIRCUMSTANCES INTO CONSIDERATION.
JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, IN TALKING TO SECONDARY CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, THAT'S GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.
SO THAT'S OUT OF 40,000 SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN FEWER THAN 50 CASES IN MOST CASES AGAIN, THEY CHOOSE TO USE THE OTHER RESTROOM.
IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY DID NOT AGREE WITH THIS ACCOMMODATION, THAT WE WOULD BE DENYING ACCESS AND THAT WOULD VIOLATE TITLE NINE. THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TITLE NINE AND OF THE LAW, WHICH IS WHY WE DO IT THIS WAY.
IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEN AN INVESTIGATION WOULD TAKE PLACE POTENTIALLY ON HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AND DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A STUDENT MIGHT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS SITUATION.
ANY STUDENT WHO FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE IN OUR DISTRICT FOR ANY REASON SHOULD GO TO A TRUSTED ADULT A PARENT, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, A COUNSELOR, SO THAT WE CAN TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT STUDENT NEEDS TO FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED ON CAMPUS.
SO THIS IS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT.
THANK YOU, MS. MILLER. BOARD, QUESTIONS FOR MISS MILLER.
SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS I'LL JUST BACK UP.
I WANT TO SAY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE INCLUDE THE PARENTS.
AND SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED WHEN YOU SAID THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN OTHER INSTANCES OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT WHERE THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS ABOUT SUCH SENSITIVE TOPICS THAT WERE NOT THE PARENTS WERE NOT BROUGHT IN.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE THAT IS CONCERNING.
AND I UNDERSTAND MAYBE WE CAN'T SAY THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT RIGHT HAS THIS ISSUE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY KNOW TO KNOW THAT THIS COULD BE HAPPENING AT YOUR CAMPUS.
IT WAS HAPPENING ON MY DAUGHTER'S CAMPUS.
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AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING SOME OF THE CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY IS THAT IT FEELS LIKE IT HASN'T BEEN TRANSPARENT AND PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE THAT IT'S HAPPENING.I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A PARENT WHO FEELS LIKE THEIR CHILD IS BEING TOLD TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE? AND THEN AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME WHERE THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CAMPUSES ARE MANAGING THIS RIGHT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY MANAGING SO MANY THINGS WITH OUR RESTROOMS. WE'VE WE EVEN GOT AN EMAIL TODAY ABOUT AN INCIDENT IN A RESTROOM RIGHT.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INCIDENTS IN THE RESTROOMS. LIKE WE'RE KIND OF LAYERING A LOT ON OUR CAMPUSES, I THINK, TO BE DEALING WITH ALL THESE THINGS.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I THINK ANY STUDENT WHO FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE IN A IN A LARGER RESTROOM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR IT HAS TO DO WITH MAYBE SOME PERSONAL MEDICAL ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU RESPOND TO THE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT.
WAS THAT THREE QUESTIONS? I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I ANSWER ALL OF THEM.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SPEAK TO JUST THE THE FERPA ISSUE OF OF TALKING ABOUT AND LETTING OTHERS ON THE CAMPUS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T RELEASE ANY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT.
SO THERE COULD BE INSTANCES WHERE A PARENT MIGHT SAY, IS THIS HAPPENING ON THE CAMPUS WHERE MY CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL? AND THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
BUT IT COULD BE THAT SAYING, YES, THIS IS HAPPENING ON YOUR CAMPUS WOULD BE OUTING A STUDENT.
IT WOULD BE GIVING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT STUDENT, WHICH WE CAN'T DO.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO VIOLATE VERPA.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE PRACTICES OF THE DISTRICT.
SECONDLY, MONITORING THE BATHROOMS. WELL, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT COMMENTING TO PARENTS WHO MAYBE HAVE CONCERNS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS GOING ON IN.
THEIR STUDENT COMES HOME AND AND SAYS, SHARE THIS.
AND MAYBE THAT STUDENT'S UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE PIECE I THINK THAT HASN'T BEEN PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES OF STUDENTS WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN THEY WALK INTO A BATHROOM AND FIND SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX USING THE RESTROOM.
SURE. RIGHT. THE SPECIFIC INSTANCE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO ME WAS A BOY WHO WENT INTO THE RESTROOM AND THERE WAS A GIRL IN THERE AND HE WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE USING THE URINAL.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT WHOLE OTHER PIECE LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, BODY PARTS CAN BE EXPOSED AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FEMALES WITH THERE'S FEMALES WITH FEMALE ISSUES.
RIGHT? IT'S JUST IT'S A VULNERABLE PLACE TO BE.
AND SO WHEN YOU AND YOU'RE DEALING IN SOME CASES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO I THINK THAT'S THE PIECE THAT THAT'S MISSING, IS HOW DO WE HANDLE THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE CONCERNS? BECAUSE I THINK THE ANSWER OF, WELL, YOUR STUDENT THEN CAN GO USE THE NURSES RESTROOM, IT JUST MAKES IT COMPLICATED BECAUSE THAT STUDENT IS NOT THE ONE WITH THE ACCOMMODATION.
SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USING THE NURSE'S RESTROOM AND WHICH ONES? SO. AND AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, JUST TO TACK ON TO THAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN STUDENTS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AND THIS GOES BEYOND GENDER OR SEXUAL IDENTIFICATION, THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE IN OUR RESTROOMS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. I MEAN, THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT EVER COMFORTABLE CHANGING IN FRONT OF A PEER REGARDLESS OF THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE IN THE RESTROOM? WHAT ARE OUR ACCOMMODATIONS BEYOND THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE, WHICH IS I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT I THINK ABOUT STUDENTS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, EVERYONE DEVELOPS DIFFERENTLY. AND THERE ARE GIRLS AND BOYS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT COMFORTABLE IN OUR LOCKER ROOMS. THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE FROM A TICK TOCK CHALLENGE THAT WENT AWRY, THAT WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN BATHROOMS. AND NOW THERE ARE SENSORY ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SOAP DISPENSERS.
IT'S WELL BEYOND THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.
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RIGHT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EACH CAMPUS HAS TO WORK THROUGH WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL SITUATION.AND SO, STEPHANIE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT COULD BE ONE ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS OFFERED.
AND FOR EVERY HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION THAT COMES UP, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE HYPOTHETICAL RESPONSES.
SO IT REALLY HAS TO BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND WORKING THROUGH IT.
AND TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT IT CAN JUST BE HERE'S YOUR ONE OPTION.
SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND OTHER OPTIONS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
AND THAT'S FOR THAT SITUATION OR FOR THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP.
MAYBE THERE'S A STUDENT WHO'S JUST NOT COMFORTABLE CHANGING IN THE LOCKER ROOM FOR WHATEVER REASON.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR KIDS.
WHAT ABOUT LOCKER ROOMS? YOU MENTIONED LOCKER ROOMS. SO WHAT ABOUT THAT? IF A STUDENT IS UNCOMFORTABLE USING THE LOCKER ROOM BASED ON THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX AND THEY DON'T WISH TO USE WHATEVER ELSE THEY WOULD CHANGE, ARE THEY ALLOWED THEN IN THE OTHER SEX LOCKER ROOM TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES? WE HAVE NOT HAD A STUDENT USING ANOTHER LOCKER ROOM AT ALL.
HERE IS A CHANGING PLACE FOR YOU THAT IS A PRIVATE CHANGING PLACE.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'VE HAD TO EXPLORE ANY OTHER OPTION THAN THAT.
I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT COULD BE COMING.
MARTHA. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I GOT HEARD. I ACTUALLY CALLED HIM.
LET'S LET EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
AND I APPLAUD THE EMAIL THAT WE SENT OUT LAST WEEK THAT DETAILED THOSE THINGS.
BUT. FOR THOSE THAT SAY, WHY ARE WE JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT THIS? WHY ARE WE JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT THIS? I SPENT A GOOD PART OF THE WEEKEND, GOING BACK OVER ALL OF THE EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD IN 2014, I'VE GOT THEM ALL AND I LOOKED AT EVERY ONE THAT MENTIONED BATHROOM GOING BACK TO 2014.
THE FIRST ONE THAT MENTIONED TRANSGENDER USE OF A RESTROOM WAS SENT TO US IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
AND IT DID NOT MENTION A SPECIFIC INSTANCE IN ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS OR A STUDENT THAT ATTENDED FISD.
IT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION OF WHAT OUR POLICIES ARE AND HOW WOULD WE HANDLE THE SITUATION.
THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER EMAIL THAT CROSSED MY INBOX UNTIL AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
AND AT 3:00 TODAY WE HAD RECEIVED 33 TOTAL.
NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I THINK MR. LUCAS ARTICULATED VERY WELL THAT THE LAW EITHER DOESN'T EXIST OR IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR.
AND WITH DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS, IT'S BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH ON DIFFERENT REGULATIONS.
NOBODY IS BRINGING TO THE BOARD OR THE HIGH LEVEL ADMINISTRATION, HOLD ON.
HEY, NOBODY'S BRINGING TO THE BOARD OR THE HIGH LEVEL ADMINISTRATION THAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT MS. MILLER IS TALKING ABOUT AREN'T WORKING ON OUR CAMPUSES.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
WE WANT YOU TO WORK WITH THE CAMPUS.
WE WANT YOU TO SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL OF US SO THAT WE KNOW IT.
BUT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT OF ALL OF THOSE EMAILS THAT I MENTIONED, THE 30 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HERE, ONLY ONE OF THEM MENTIONED A SPECIFIC STUDENT OF A PARENT IN OUR DISTRICT. ALL THE REST WERE EITHER QUESTION OF WHAT OUR POLICY WOULD BE OR A STANCE FOR ALLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS OR NOT ALLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS.
BUT NOBODY ELSE MENTIONED THAT THEIR KID HAS BROUGHT HOME AN ISSUE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I'M JUST SAYING IT HASN'T CROSSED MY INBOX IN NINE YEARS.
AND IF WE'VE GOT ISSUES AND IF WE HAVE LAW TO FALL BACK UPON, THIS BOARD SHOULD ADOPT A POLICY.
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BUT AT THIS POINT, BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, A PUBLISHING OF OUR EXISTING PRACTICES IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.AND THEN WE SEE WHERE WE GO WITH LAW AS IT'S PASSED, EITHER AT THE STATE LEVEL OF THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE I DON'T DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THIS PRACTICE IN PLACE? WHAT YEAR OR DO WE ADOPT THE FIRST ONE? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS BEEN SINCE ABOUT 2015.
OKAY. SO NOW YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2009.
AND YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS AND YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2009, THE FIRST TIME THE QUESTION WAS EVER POSED TO ME.
IF YOU'RE HAVING THIS PRACTICE, WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND WE SHOULD PUT OUR GIVE OUR INPUT ON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING OR SHOULD IT HAPPEN OR SHOULD IT NOT HAPPEN? BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO I'M SORRY, I DON'T INTERRUPT YOU.
THE NUMBERS THAT MS. MILLER GAVE JUST A MOMENT AGO, WE'RE TALKING 50 SECONDARY STUDENTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN 2/10 OF 1% IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THESE THINGS, HOWEVER IT'S ALSO PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO LET US KNOW WHEN THEY SEE AN ISSUE.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS.
BUT PARENTS HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO PRINCIPALS.
THEY WENT AND SAID, HEY, LOOK, MY BOY IS IN THE BATHROOM.
THEY BROUGHT IT TO THAT BEFORE 2019, I GUESS THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD OF IT.
THE WAY IT WAS HANDLED WAS, I'M SORRY, THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE.
AND YOUR BOY CAN GO USE THE NURSE'S BATHROOM.
THAT'S JUST THE FACT OF THE MATTER.
AND BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS NOT GIVEN A SOLID POLICY, BECAUSE THE BOARD HASN'T COME OUT AND SAID, THIS IS HAPPENING, THIS IS OUR POLICY, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY DO NOT WANT.
SO LET ME I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO TO ASK YOU, ERIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WHEN WERE THE PARENTS OF THE DISTRICT FIRST NOTIFIED OF THIS POLICY? AND DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PARENTS OF THE DISTRICT SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY.
DO YOU THINK THAT PARENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THAT? YOU KNOW, I HAVE A 14 YEAR OLD AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT MOST OF THE DON'T YOU THINK THAT MOST OF THE PARENTS WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT? MR. LOWE, WHEN PARENTS HAVE CONTACTED OUR CAMPUSES AND ASKED FOR INFORMATION OR AS WE'VE SAID, OUR CAMPUSES HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB WORKING WITH PARENTS.
DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT FIRST.
MR. LOWE? I THINK SHE'S ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? SHE HASN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION, PERIOD.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, SAY SHUT UP, MARVIN.
DON'T TALK. DON'T ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
OKAY? BUT I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE MATTER IS.
RATHER THAN ASK THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER.
ASK YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME.
WOULD THEY WANT TO KNOW? I MEAN, I CAN ONLY ASK ONE MORE TIME.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THE SAME QUESTION.
ONE MORE TIME WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER IT.
WELL, I'M TRYING TO KEEP SOME DECORUM HERE, AND I'M TRYING TO BE RIGHT.
BUT THAT IS JUST INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO TELL ME.
YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT AND TREAT ME IN THAT WAY.
[APPLAUSE] WAS THIS WAS THIS UNWRITTEN POLICY PURPOSELY KEPT IT AWAY FROM PARENTS? NO. YES.
IT WAS NOT PURPOSELY KEPT AWAY FROM PARENTS.
HOW MANY PARENTS CONTACTED THE DISTRICT ABOUT THIS UNWRITTEN POLICY? OPPOSING. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU HEARD FROM? HOW MANY PARENTS OPPOSE THIS UNWRITTEN POLICY?
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MR. LOWE I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH MY EMAILS TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOW MANY HAVE OPPOSED AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN FOR IT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BOTH.NO, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHO'S WHO'S OPPOSE IT.
DO YOU HAVE YOU GOT ANYONE SHE DOESN'T KNOW? SHE DOESN'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.
SHE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON IT.
I'M NOT. YOU'RE NOT HER? I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
STILL, MR. LOWE, WE'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM BOTH SIDES.
SO YOU HAVE RECEIVED QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS? YES. OPPOSING THIS.
FROM BOTH SIDES. AND YOU DON'T.
I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT BOTH SIDES.
I'M SAYING HAVE YOU GOTTEN QUESTIONS OF PARENTS WHO OPPOSE THIS POLICY? SIMPLE YES OR NO? YES, SIR. YOU'RE ON THE LEADERS EMAILS.
OKAY. NOW, LET ME I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE LEADERS EMAILS.
AND SO WE SEE EVERY EMAIL THAT COMES THROUGH TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF FRISCO ISD.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS OF SUPPORT FOR CRAFTING A POLICY, AS MR. LOWE'S SUGGESTING. WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED EMAILS IN THE DIRECT OPPOSITE THAT THE PRACTICES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT WORK THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT WITH THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH A MYRIAD OF ISSUES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, WITH THEIR CAMPUSES.
SO I THINK THAT DISTILLING IT DOWN TO OUR PARENTS, MAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY ISN'T REALLY A FAIR ARGUMENT HERE BECAUSE OF COURSE, THERE ARE PARENTS THAT ARE MAD WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY. I DIDN'T SAY PARENTS, MAN, I'M ASKING DID PARENTS PLEASE JUST LIKE WE WOULD BE WE WOULD RECEIVE THE SAME IF WE DID HAVE A POLICY.
SO IT'S IT'S HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WHICH YES ARE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, BUT HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS BUT LOOKING AT IT FROM EVERY SINGLE ANGLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
CAN I FINISH MY ANGLE THEN? SURE. OKAY. DOES THE DISTRICT SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRANSGENDERS AND PEOPLE? STUDENTS SUFFERING FROM GENDER DYSPHORIA? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS AN OPINION ON.
SO SOMEONE, DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT SUFFERING FROM GENDER DYSPHORIA? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S FAIR. WHEN DID THE THE DISTRICT START DESIGNATING BATHROOM USE BASED ON THE LATEST DEFINITION OF GENDER RATHER THAN BIOLOGY? SO AS I SAID, DATING BACK TO ABOUT 2015, THAT WAS WHEN WE STARTED GETTING IT'S WHEN IT STARTED KIND OF COMING TO LIGHT AS FAR AS IN TITLE NINE AND LEGALLY.
AND SO ACCORDING TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND OUR ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY I WASN'T IN STUDENT SERVICES AT THAT TIME, BUT LOOKING BACK AND TALKING, THAT'S ABOUT WHEN WE STARTED WITH THESE PRACTICES.
NOW, WE JUST TALKED TO THE DISTRICT'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL, AND HE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT USING THE BATHROOM OF YOUR GENDER OR WHATEVER GENITALIA YOU YOU MAY HAVE.
SO IS THAT, WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT? SO IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT.
AND OF COURSE, WE TRY TO WE TRY TO SUGGEST FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO USE THAT RESTROOM TO USE A PRIVATE RESTROOM, OR IT'S ON OUR UNDERSTANDING IF THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THAT FAMILY, THAT WE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS AND WE WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF TITLE NINE.
THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM LEGAL COUNSEL.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
[INAUDIBLE] JUST YOU JUST SAID THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
NEXT THING, DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE A POSITION ON HOW MANY GENDERS THERE ARE? THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION.
I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD JUST JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'M LEARNING.
MR. LOWE LUCAS HAS ASKED TO ADDRESS YOUR LAST COMMENT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND. I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT ONE THING, JUST IF YOU DON'T MIND.
OKAY. AND THAT IS, AGAIN, THESE REGULATIONS ARE A QUESTION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, AND EVERY ADMINISTRATION HAS A DIFFERENT PRIORITY ABOUT WHAT THEY ENFORCE WITH REGARD TO FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
AND SO THE ANTICIPATION AND OF COURSE, ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGED IN 20 AFTER 2015 AND 2016 AND THEN CHANGED AGAIN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND SO WITH THESE NEW REGULATIONS COMING OUT, THE SIGNAL IS THAT THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IS GOING TO BE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THOSE REGULATIONS, AND THAT LIKELY UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, A, THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACCOMMODATIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED AND THAT OCR WOULD PURSUE THOSE VIGOROUSLY.
AGAIN, PURSUIT OF ENFORCING REGULATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT DOES CHANGE.
AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED UP HERE ALREADY, DISTRICTS TAKE STANCES ON THESE ISSUES AND THEN THERE ARE LEGAL STEPS THAT THEY GO THROUGH AFTER THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S WHAT BOTTOM LINE IS, ALL THAT STUFF MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
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BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BY THAT.CORRECT. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OCR COMPLAINT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST.
BUT I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF ANY OCR COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DISTRICT REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON.
HOW DO YOU THINK ENDING THIS UNDER THIS UNWRITTEN POLICY WOULD AFFECT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT? I COULDN'T I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE THAT.
OKAY. YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
DO YOU KNOW THE EFFECT THAT THIS HAS HAD ON STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE DISTRICT, WHO ARE NOT TRANSGENDER, BUT WHO DISCOVER SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THEIR BATHROOM? I UNDERSTAND WHEN PARENTS COME TO US AND SHARE THEIR CONCERNS ON BOTH SIDES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH AND THEY SHARE THEIR CONCERNS.
I REALLY WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
I REALLY CARE ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER STUDENT I CARE ABOUT, I CARE ABOUT STUDENTS IN GENERAL.
EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS, THAT'S WHAT MY FAITH TELLS ME.
BUT WE ARE TALKING NOT ABOUT WHETHER A LIFE IS PRECIOUS OR NOT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE JUST CHANGED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SO HOW DO WE AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE LESS THAN 1% OF THE WHOLE STUDENT POPULATION.
WHY ARE WE CHANGING ALL OF OUR RULES FOR LESS THAN 1% WHEN WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN 1% ARE GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SITUATION? MISS MILLER? YES, MA'AM.
I WOULD JUST CLEAR THE ROOM SO THAT YOU COULD SPEAK, SO.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY FEEL SAFE AND SUPPORTED.
BUT THEY DON'T. MAY I? MAY I? THANK YOU. YES, MR. CLASSE. I REALLY FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY AT THIS MOMENT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LESS THAN 1% OF OUR STUDENTS.
AS A TRUSTEE, YOU'RE ELECTED TO REPRESENT EVERY KID IN FISD.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BE MADE, THAT PLEASE THE COMMUNITY, A CAMPUS, A FAMILY.
THEY DON'T. AARON, I JUST HAD ONE MORE QUESTION, BECAUSE SOMETHING YOU SAID MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING, WERE THE FERPA REGULATIONS, WERE THOSE DISBANDED OR SUSPENDED DURING COVID.
SO WERE THERE SEPARATE FERPA LAWS IN REGARDS TO COVID? SO THAT WASN'T A SCHOOL DISTRICT CHOICE TO DO THAT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO.
GOT IT. MR. STOCKTON, I THINK, IS GOING TO..
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. I DID WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.
AND THEN I WAS GOING TO I THINK MISS DAVIS HAD SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED TO SAY.
I, I REACHED OUT TO HR DIRECTOR OR CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER JUST FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S NATIONAL BUT BASED HERE IN TEXAS TO TO SEE WHAT THEIR POLICIES ARE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT A SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME TO LEARN THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THAT THEY MAKE INDIVIDUAL ACCOMMODATIONS. THEY DON'T HAVE A LAW TO FALL BACK UPON AND THEREFORE THEY DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY.
AND WHETHER IT'S A FORMAL POLICY, WHETHER IT'S STUDENT HANDBOOK, AS LONG AS IT IS WRITTEN AND OUR PRACTICES ARE THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, WHICH I THINK HAPPENED LAST WEEK, BUT COULD GO FURTHER, THAT WOULD SATISFY ME AS WELL.
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TYPE OF POLICY THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.I TOYED WITH WHAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE THIS EVENING CONCERNING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO ASK MS. MILLER IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.
DISCRIMINATION, I'M SORRY TITLE NINE PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
AND I LEARNED TODAY SEX CHARACTERISTICS.
YES, MA'AM. SO AND THIS WAS I KNOW THAT THIS, WHAT TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 2021, WAS AN AMENDMENT FROM SOMETHING THAT TOOK PLACE ORIGINALLY IN 1972.
SO I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE WORD DISCRIMINATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY UNPOPULAR.
THIS IS A VERY UNPOPULAR OPINION.
AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS WORD TODAY, BECAUSE AFTER HEARING FROM EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS, I FELT THE NEED TO SHARE MY HEART CONCERNING NOT JUST THIS SUBJECT, BUT WHAT WILL BECOME OF THIS SUBJECT IF WE CONTINUE TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND DEBATE WHOSE SIDE IS RIGHT.
I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT IN 2022 WE'RE HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF CONVERSATION CONCERNING DISCRIMINATION.
68 YEARS AGO, THAT'S THE AGE OF MY MOTHER.
WE COULD NOT SIT IN THE SAME CLASSROOMS. 56 YEARS AGO, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HERE RIGHT IN FRISCO ISD DID NOT ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOL WITH THEIR WHITE PEERS.
THEY ATTENDED THE HAMILTON SCHOOL UNTIL THE END OF SEGREGATION IN 1965.
THAT WAS TWO BATHROOMS, TWO ROOMS SPLIT IN HALF.
NO RUNNING WATER, OUTHOUSES AND RESTROOMS. THEY USE BOOKS FROM THEIR ALL WHITE SCHOOL.
YET. HERE WE ARE AGAIN TODAY DECIDING WHAT SPECIFIC GROUP OF HUMAN BEINGS DESERVE WHAT? WHEN WE INITIALLY RECEIVED, WHEN WE INITIALLY RECEIVED THIS INQUIRY, I DID MY OWN RESEARCH.
AND MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD FOR THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
THE FIRST WAS WHO DECIDES WHERE THIS POPULATION OF STUDENTS CAN USE THE RESTROOM ON OUR CAMPUSES? AND IF YOU COULD REITERATE THAT, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
ULTIMATELY, IT'LL BE THEIR PARENTS WHO HELP US MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND WHO WITHIN THE DISTRICT WORKS WITH THAT PARENT GROUP TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE MADE? THE CAMPUS.
THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR? THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR, THE COUNSELOR.
HOW ARE ALL FISD STUDENTS PROTECTED AND ENSURED SAFETY? THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE.
NOT JUST STUDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF OUR TRANSGENDER POPULATION, BUT STUDENTS THAT WANT TO GO TO THE RESTROOM AND THEY COME IN TO THEIR PEERS HAVING SEX OR VAPING OR HAVING FIGHTS OR CREATING TIK TOKS AMONG A LAUNDRY LIST OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THAT WE REALLY COULD BE TALKING TO TALKING ABOUT TODAY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT MR. LOWE HAS SHARED.
I AM THANKFUL FOR YOU, MS. MILLER. THANKS FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ANSWER MY CALL, THAT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS LAST THING, AND THAT IS HOW MANY STUDENT INCIDENTS HAVE WE HAD ON THIS TOPIC? SPECIFICALLY TO BATHROOM SAFETY OR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN THE BATHROOM? BOTH. SO WHEN WE PULLED THE DATA FOR DISCIPLINE INCIDENTS IN RESTROOMS FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE 361 INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN A RESTROOM.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
OF THOSE 361 INCIDENTS, HOW MANY WERE RELATED TO TRANSGENDER BATHROOM USE? NONE OF THEM. NOW I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT POPULAR.
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I WANTED TO GET TO THE FACTUAL INFORMATION.I KNOW THAT THIS YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE SHARED THAT THIS IS VERY EMOTIONALLY CHARGED.
I REALLY WANTED TO JUST KNOW THE NUMBERS OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
YOU'VE GIVEN US 361, ZERO OF WHICH ARE TRANSGENDER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE, JUST AS JOHN SHARED AND AS MR. LOWE HAS SHARED, THAT WE ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT WITHIN FRISCO ISD FEELS SAFE.
AND IF THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO.
I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT MR. MCCLENDON AND ALL THE IST HAS WORKED ON WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS IS OVERALL SAFETY SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE RESTROOMS? SO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WE NEED TO HAVE RESTROOMS ACTIVELY MONITORED SPECIFICALLY DURING PASSING PERIODS AT ALL TIMES, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE RESTROOMS MONITORED.
THAT MEANS HEARING WHAT'S HAPPENING, BEING ABLE TO INTERVENE IF YOU NEED TO.
PRINCIPALS HAVE COME UP WITH OTHER WAYS.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HAVING MORE INCIDENTS ON CAMPUS HERE OR THERE.
SO THEY KNOW THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN PUT PEOPLE TO SPECIFICALLY MONITOR.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.
CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE AWARE OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND THEY'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL.
WE'RE ALSO PUTTING STOP AT POSTERS IN EACH OF OUR RESTROOMS ON ALL CAMPUSES TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN REPORT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING, AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT PRINCIPALS HAVE BROUGHT TO US THAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL.
SO IT'S AN INTENTIONAL CONVERSATION AND ENSURING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS MILLER? OKAY, THANK YOU, MISS MILLER.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION.
I KNOW THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL BE HAVING FOR MANY MONTHS AHEAD.
IT IS, AGAIN, EMOTIONALLY CHARGED.
YES, WE HAVE FACTS. WE HAVE DATA THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
BUT AND WHILE THAT'S IMPORTANT, WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT OUR OUR KIDS ARE OUR FIRST PRIORITY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FAMILIES FEEL COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR CAMPUSES.
SO JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS AS A BOARD.
I KNOW OUR BOARD LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN IN FRISCO ISD [APPLAUSE] AND WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US ALL TO REMEMBER AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID TO STEPHANIE AND MARVIN, IN FACT, I SAID IT TO THEM THE DAY AFTER THEY WERE ELECTED IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN US AGAINST THEM.
THIS ISN'T THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AGAINST STEPHANIE AND MARVIN.
THIS IS NOT THE BOARD MEMBERS AGAINST STEPHANIE AND MARVIN.
IT'S NOT STEPHANIE AND MARVIN AGAINST US.
SO WHILE WE MAY DISAGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE CAN HAVE HEALTHY DEBATES.
WE CAN COME TO THE TABLE FEELING DIFFERENT THINGS, HAVING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, BUT WHAT I WANT TO AVOID IS HAVING HALF OF OUR BOARD ROOM CLAPPING FOR MYSELF OR DYNETTE OR MR. CLASSE OR GOPAL OR DEBBIE AND THE OTHER HALF CLAPPING FOR MARVIN AND STEPHANIE.
THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE DIVISION THAT HAS GOTTEN US HERE TO BEGIN WITH, AND SO WHAT I JUST ASK IS, AS THIS BOARD LEARNS TO WORK TOGETHER, THAT YOU ALL GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND TO BE PATIENT WITH THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT DISCUSSION REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES AND UPDATES.
[8. Discussion regarding FISD social media practices and updates]
DR. FOUCHE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.IF YOU KNOW ME VERY WELL AT ALL, YOU THINK IT'S REALLY FUNNY THAT I'M PRESENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M STILL KIND OF WAITING TO SEE IF FACEBOOK'S GOING TO TAKE OFF BEFORE I TAKE THE PLUNGE AND JOIN [CHUCKLING].
OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS OUT IN HER BACKUPS OUT, AND SO I'M PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IF YOU ASK ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO KNOW MANY OF THE ANSWERS, AND THAT'S A FACT.
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TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF TO GO ONLINE TWO YEARS AGO, THEN HAVE TOLLS AND THEN GO BACK AND FORTH FROM THESE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND US STILL BE THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN NORTH TEXAS TO HAVE AN A IS UNBELIEVABLE AND I WOULD LIKE AND TONS OF CAMPUSES DID AMAZING THINGS BUT JUST A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BRIGHT FOR RECEIVING AN A AND THREE ACCOMMODATIONS AND TO FRISCO HIGH FOR RECEIVING AN A AND THREE ACCOMMODATIONS. [APPLAUSE] IT'S JUST WORTH MENTIONING TO ME BECAUSE THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS THE LAST FEW YEARS.SO NOW I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT.
I'M MOSTLY GOING TO BE READING RIGHT NOW.
SO PREEXISTING GUIDELINES THAT WE HAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES WE PUT IN PLACE IN THE FALL OR IN 2019, AND KIM SMITH SENT ALL YOU GUYS KIND OF THAT GUIDE, AND THE PRINCIPLES ARE UPDATED WITH THOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR AND SOME RECENT CHANGES WE'VE MADE.
WE CREATED A SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES DOCUMENT THAT LIVES ON OUR FRISCO ISD INSIDER STAFF PAGE, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE COME UP WITH BEST PRACTICES THAT DEFINE HOW EMPLOYEES SHOULD USE OFFICIAL FISD MEDIA ACCOUNTS, AND THE ONLY OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS ARE CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS.
CLEARLY WE HAVE 8500 EMPLOYEES.
SO THERE ARE BETWEEN TIKTOKS AND INSTAGRAMS AND TWITTERS AND FACEBOOKS.
I BET WE HAVE 20 OR 25,000 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS REPRESENTED WITH OUR STAFF, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A PROCESS TO CLARIFY WITH THE PUBLIC WHICH ACCOUNTS ARE OFFICIAL AND MONITORED BY FISD AND WHICH ACCOUNTS ARE PERSONAL, AND PART OF THAT PROCESS WILL BE CONSOLIDATING SOME ACCOUNTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSOLIDATING THOSE ACCOUNTS AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE INSTAGRAM INCIDENT.
THAT'S NOT AS EASY AS I THOUGHT IT'D BE.
IN ADDITION TO THESE STEPS, WE'VE ALSO FORMED A WORKING GROUP WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO FURTHER REFINE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES.
THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY THAT WILL GUIDE HOW OFFICIAL FISD SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT TO GOVERN THEM GOING FORWARD.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
THE LAST 75% OF THE THINGS I SAID HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
SO THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE INFORMATION TO COME IN THE COMING MONTHS ON THIS TOPIC.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
I DO. I JUST MADE YOU A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT WHILE WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE.
SO NOW EVERYONE CAN--NO! [CHUCKLING] I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHEN FACEBOOK CAME OUT, AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. FOUCHE, WHICH HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER? GETTING MY PIN OUT, BECAUSE IF I CAN'T ANSWER THEM, I'LL WRITE THEM DOWN AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
I'M NOT SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM, BUT BEFORE I ASK THE QUESTIONS, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT IF ANYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT, AND MESSAGES GO OUT THAT MAYBE WE WISH HADN'T, IT'S DEFINITELY ME.
I THINK WHERE MY CONCERNS LIE IS HOW DO WE HANDLE IT ONCE IT OCCURS, RIGHT? SO, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WE WISH WE COULD TAKE IT BACK.
IT'S THAT THEN WHAT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK ALSO IS WHAT MATTERS TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEY SEE THE POSTS OR WHATEVER GO OUT, BUT THEN THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED, AND SOME OF THAT IS PERSONNEL RELATED, AND AGAIN, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT BETTER THAN ME, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF CONCERN AROUND THESE THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
SO AND I WAS THE ONE WHO REQUESTED THIS AGENDA ITEM, WHEREAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT DID BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF RECENT INCIDENTS THAT I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF, AND AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE DETAILS AND ISN'T REGULARLY OR AREA, BUT THE FIRST ONE IT WAS RELATED TO A BOOK CLUB, THE FRISCO ISD LIBRARY, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT.
I THINK IT WAS THE TWITTER ACCOUNT.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHO IS ALLOWED AND AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT WHO IS ALLOWED TO POST ON THAT ACCOUNT? LIKE, IS IT ANY LIBRARIAN? IS IT THE HEAD OF LIBRARY SERVICES? IS IT A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL? I MEAN, DO WE KNOW THAT? SO I DO NOT KNOW THAT, BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION, AND ARE THERE ANY APPROVALS REQUIRED? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE FISD LIBRARY TWITTER ACCOUNT WANTS TO POST SOMETHING?
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DOES THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY SOMEONE IN THE DISTRICT, SOMEONE AT A CAMPUS? I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THE WORKING GROUP THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS AN APPROVAL LEVEL THAT HAPPENS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.THE FISD TWITTER ACCOUNT IS HANDLED THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S HANDLED IN COMMUNICATIONS.
SO THANK YOU, DR. WALDRIP, AND THEN ALSO EACH ACCOUNT SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST AN ADMINISTRATOR LIKE SOMEONE WHO OWNS THE ACCOUNT, LIKE YOU OWN YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE THAT PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT JUST CREATED FOR YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THAT.
SO THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AND RELATED TO THE ACCOUNT ARE, WAS THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATED WHEN IT OCCURRED? I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB THAT FEATURED SOME OF THE BOOKS THAT WERE UNDER REVIEW FOR POTENTIALLY HAVING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT.
THERE WAS A POST THAT WENT OUT THAT SAID, HEY, BOOK CLUB, AND IT HAD THOSE BOOKS.
SO DID SOMEONE INVESTIGATE THAT INCIDENT? YES, THEY DID.
WAS IT HUMAN RESOURCES? IT WAS ME. IT WAS YOU PERSONALLY.
WAS ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION GIVEN TO ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS INVOLVED IN THAT? NO, OTHER THAN DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
SO NOTHING WRITTEN IN ANYONE'S FILE? NO. DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS BOOK CLUB OCCURRING RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE BOOKS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE.
IT WAS IT A FACETIOUS COMMENT? OH, SO IT WAS LIKE A JOKE OR A PRANK OR SOMETHING.
JOKE. OKAY, AND SO THEN THE POST WAS OBVIOUSLY MADE THEN AFTER THE BOOKS WERE FORMALLY CHALLENGED, WHICH WAS RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME TIME FRAME? AFTER WE RECEIVED A LIST FROM REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON.
SO IT WAS AFTER THAT, AND WHEN CAN THE BOARD EXPECT TO RECEIVE AN INVESTIGATION SUMMARY, INCLUDING ANY WELL, YOU SAID THERE WAS NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, SO I WON'T ASK THAT PART, BUT WHEN CAN THE BOARD EXPECT TO RECEIVE AN INVESTIGATION SUMMARY REGARDING THIS INCIDENT? THERE'S NONE.
CAN ONE BE CREATED? AN INVESTIGATION SUMMARY FOR THAT TWEET? FOR THE INCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATION THAT YOU CONDUCTED REGARDING WHAT OCCURRED WITH THAT TWEET.
RIGHT. YOU SAID THERE WAS CONVERSATION.
WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IN IN CLOSED SESSION AND I'LL PRESENT THE INFORMATION I CAN PRESENT TO YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T TALK ABOUT PERSONAL MATTERS PUBLICLY.
YOU KNOW THAT AS AN HR PERSON, CORRECT? I DO, BUT I WASN'T ASKING FOR NAMES.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN I DON'T KNOW WE'VE GOT 9000 EMPLOYEES.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS.
SO I WASN'T ASKING FOR NAMES, BUT MISS CRUTCHER, CAN YOU PLEASE NOTE IN THE MINUTES THAT I REQUESTED THAT TO BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD? IS THERE A REASONABLE TIME FRAME FOR THAT? [APPLAUSE] BY NEXT CLOSED SESSION, AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER.
WHEN AND HOW WAS THE DISTRICT NOTIFIED OF THAT POST? I THINK YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I'M REFERRING TO.
SO WHEN WAS THE DISTRICT NOTIFIED THAT HAD GONE OUT? I THINK THAT WENT THROUGH HR.
OKAY, SO CAN WE CAPTURE THE QUESTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN GET PASSED ALONG TO DR.
LINTON TO PROVIDE SOME? I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR AN INVESTIGATION SUMMARY OF THAT AS WELL.
I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE CAN PULL THEM FOR HIM.
I CAN TELL YOU I PROBABLY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED TO THAT INCIDENT.
OKAY, WELL, I'D STILL LIKE TO ASK THEM FOR THE RECORD, JUST SO THAT IT'S THERE.
SO MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, WHEN WAS THE NOTIFICATION POSTED THAT ACCOUNT HAD BEEN HACKED? LIKE HOW LONG AFTER THE INITIAL POST WENT OUT? DO WE KNOW? THAT'S A QUESTION FOR H.R.
OKAY, DO WE KNOW WHO'S AUTHORIZED TO POST ON CAMPUS ACCOUNTS? BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A DISTRICT WIDE ACCOUNT.
IT WAS A CAMPUS ACCOUNT. AGAIN, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR HR.
OKAY, DOES ANYONE APPROVE POSTS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL? THAT PARTICULAR POST.
THAT ONE WAS NOT APPROVED. WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY THAT IN GENERAL THE POSTS ARE APPROVED LIKE MAYBE BY THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR NOT? I THINK MR. FOUCHE ADDRESSED THAT INITIALLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
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EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SOME KIND OF PROBABLY FORMAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS VERSUS UNOFFICIAL ACCOUNTS, CONSOLIDATING THOSE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS SO THAT THERE ARE LESS OF THEM AND HAVING KIND OF AN APPROVAL TREE FOR USE OF THOSE ACCOUNTS.NOT SAYING THAT WITH 8500 PEOPLE, THERE STILL WON'T BE A MISTAKE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES JUST BECAUSE OF MY DAY JOB, BUT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, AND THEN HOW DID WE LEARN THAT THE ACCOUNT WASN'T HACKED AND THAT WAS POSTED IN ERROR? THAT AGAIN, IS A QUESTION FOR HR.
WHY WAS THE I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS REALLY A RETRACTION OR AN APOLOGY.
WHY WAS THAT POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TWITTER ACCOUNT VERSUS THE FRISCO ISD TWITTER ACCOUNT? HR. HR WOULD KNOW THAT.
NOT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS? I'M SURE H.R. CAN TELL.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN UPDATE ON THE WHOLE THING.
OKAY, AND THEN WAS THERE ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION GIVEN REGARDING THIS INCIDENT TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED? THAT'S TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
WHEN CAN THE BOARD EXPECT TO RECEIVE AN INVESTIGATION SUMMARY OF THIS INCIDENT? WE'LL EXPEDITE THAT FOR YOU.
OKAY, MS. CRUTCHER, COULD YOU ADD THAT TO THE NOTES TO THAT I DID REQUEST THAT? AND THEN, I HEARD SOMEWHERE, BUT IT WASN'T OFFICIAL.
SO I DO WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE PART OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE POLICY, BUT I HEARD THAT WE WERE WORKING ON SOME REMEDIES AND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR STAFF.
IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE--THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN TRAINING SENT TO STAFF.
THAT PROCESS HAS ALREADY STARTED, AND HOW DID WE DEVELOP THAT TRAINING? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S ANOTHER [INAUDIBLE] QUESTION.
OKAY, GREAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MEAN TO BELABOR THIS, BUT THIS INCIDENT DID RECEIVE NATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE AND IT DID RECEIVE VERY WIDE SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE, AND IT'S NOT THE LIGHT THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT OUR DISTRICT IN, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
[APPLAUSE] BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DR. FOUCHE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE DISCUSSION REGARDING SENATE BILL 797, MR.
[9. Discussion regarding Senate Bill 797]
STOCKTON. GOOD EVENING. I JUST HAVE A BRIEF LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF THIS BILL.SENATE BILL 797 WAS PASSED DURING THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2021.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR OLD.
IT'S BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE WELL KNOWN IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO.
PREVIOUSLY, THE LAW STATED THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD THE ABILITY TO POST A POSTER OR A SIGN OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO IN GOD WE TRUST IN THE SCHOOL.
IT WASN'T A REQUIREMENT, IT WAS JUST ALLOWED.
THIS SENATE BILL, 797, REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO POST A POSTER OR A FRAMED COPY OF THE NATIONAL MOTTO, SAYING, IN GOD WE TRUST WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG CENTERED UNDERNEATH IT, AND A REPRESENTATION OF THE TEXAS FLAG ON THE POSTER AS WELL AND NOTHING ELSE.
IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE POST THAT IF ONE OF THOSE SIGNS IS DONATED TO US, OR IF FUNDS ARE DONATED TO US THAT ARE USED TO PURCHASE THOSE SIGNS AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO POST THOSE SIGNS IN EVERY BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL, OF EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR WHICH THE SIGNS ARE DONATED.
IT WAS THE BILL PASSED 31 TO 0 IN THE SENATE AND 106 TO 35 IN THE HOUSE.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S ONE OF THE SHORTER BILLS THAT WE GOT TO READ.
SO, AND I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSTERS GOING UP ON CAMPUSES, WHICH THEY ARE ON EVERY CAMPUS.
THEY WERE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
SO LAST WEEK THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE INSTALLATION PROCESS.
WE'VE HAD FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE SIGNS.
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WE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY GROUPS REACH OUT AND OFFER TO GIVE A GIFT US THESE SIGNS, AND THEN WE HAD AN ANONYMOUS DONOR THAT DONATED MONEY TO US TO PRINT THEM OURSELVES AND SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT VERY QUICKLY AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL, AND I KNOW THAT TO POSTER 75 CAMPUSES IS NOT AN EASY FEAT.SO I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR DOING THAT SO EXPEDITIOUSLY SO THAT WE WERE IN [APPLAUSE] .
SO THANK YOU. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? OR COMMENTS? I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT BOUGHT THOSE SIGNS.
THEY HAD THEM FRAMED, AND ON AUGUST THE 25TH, THEY SENT A LETTER, AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD, THE LEADERS AND DR.
WALDRIP YOURSELF AND NOTIFYING YOU OF THE DONATION THAT WAS TO BE MADE.
DO YOU RECALL THAT? SO I WAS ACTUALLY MADE AWARE OF THAT.
I WAS COPIED ON THAT EMAIL THAT THE DONATION WAS GOING TO BE MADE TO US DURING THIS BOARD MEETING, AND I THANKED THEM GRACIOUSLY FOR THAT DONATION, AND THEN WE RECEIVED A MONETARY DONATION AHEAD OF THAT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST DONATION IN HAND, AND SO AS I'VE MENTIONED IN MY EMAILS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN COPIED ON, WE HAD TO ACCEPT THE FIRST DONATION OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
I ASKED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WHEN DID WE RECEIVE THE FIRST MONETARY DONATION? SO I ACTUALLY JUST WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL HERE.
SO THE AGENDA ITEM IS ACTUALLY ON SENATE BILL 797 AND IT'S REQUIREMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SENATE BILL 797 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
I WON'T TO ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS.
WALDRIP. IS THAT [INAUDIBLE]? WELL, THE ITEMS ARE POSTED ON THE AGENDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND I JUST WOULD ADVISE YOU ALL TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T POSTED ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, I'M THE ONE WHO REQUESTED THAT THIS BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.
THAT WAS ME. [APPLAUSE] I KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
SO IF IT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA IN A WAY THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, IT WAS WRONG.
I KNOW THE BOARD RECEIVES THE AGENDA PRIOR TO IT BEING POSTED.
I'LL GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE GOING, I'LL ASK DR.
WALDRIP. WHEN DID YOU RECEIVE THE DONATION DR.
SO DO YOU KNOW IF IT WAS BEFORE? DID YOU RECEIVE IT BEFORE AUGUST 25TH? MR. LOWE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE RECEIVED THE DONATION.
OKAY, CAN YOU FIND OUT WHEN YOU RECEIVED IT? I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
YOU DO REALIZE THAT? I THINK I ANSWERED BEFORE.
I RESPONDED TO AN EMAIL WITH THE DATE OF THE DONATION BECAUSE WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE DONATION? I CAN LOOK IT UP REALLY QUICKLY. I DON'T REMEMBER OFFHAND.
NO PROBLEM, I'VE TIME. [CHUCKLING] WELL, WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING THAT UP, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? SURE. CAN THE BOARD GET TO FIND OUT WHO THE ANONYMOUS DONOR WAS? I REALIZED THAT THEY WANTED TO BE ANONYMOUS, AND WE CAN'T SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT CAN THE BOARD BE GIVEN THAT INFORMATION? I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DONATION, SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
CAN THE BOARD BE PROVIDED WITH WHO THE ANONYMOUS DONOR WAS? I THINK THEY WANT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A POLICY? BECAUSE I THINK I DID ASK FOR COULD WE SORT OF BROADEN THIS TOPIC REGARDING HOW WE ACCEPT DONATIONS AND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS? I THINK I RESPONDED TO YOUR REQUEST BY SENDING YOU THAT POLICY.
DID I NOT? I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK IT OUT.
I'LL GO BACK. WE RECEIVED THE DONATION MIDDAY ON SEPTEMBER THE FIRST IS WHAT I SEE IN MY EMAIL.
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NOW, YOU RECEIVED IT ON SEPTEMBER THE FIRST.ONE OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE ONE OF OUR CITIZENS SAID THEY PURCHASED THE SIGNS, SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DONATE THE SIGNS AT THIS BOARD MEETING.
SO NO, THEY ASKED WHAT DID THEY DO? WE BOUGHT THE SIGN AND YOU ASKED SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEM AT THIS BOARD MEETING? YES, AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? AND I SAID, OKAY, AND THEN WE RECEIVED THE DONATION, AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST DONATION IN HAND.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE POSTERS DELIVERED PRIOR TO THAT.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION REALLY IS THEN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENATE BILL 797, IS THAT ABOUT THE SIGNS OR THE POLITICS? NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS, BECAUSE ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
IT SEEMS YOU WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT IN AN EMAIL, BUT NOW YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT IT AGAIN.
NO, NO, I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH HOW THE DISTRICT TREATS ITS CITIZENS.[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE A CITIZEN.
WE TREATED THIS CITIZEN, THIS PERSON WHO WE WORK FOR, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED US UP HERE.
WE TREATED THIS PARTICULAR PERSON WITH UTTER CONTEMPT.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN THEY ADDRESSED THE BOARD, THE BOARD, NOBODY GOT BACK TO HIM.
IT WAS ON AUGUST THE 28TH AFTER I ASKED, IS ANYBODY GOING TO GET BACK TO THIS PERSON? THEY FINALLY GOT BACK TO THAT, AND WHAT YOU WROTE THEM AND I SHOULD HAVE PRINTED IT OUT, EVERYBODY I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOUR EMAIL.
IF YOU WERE TO READ IT RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE WOULD THINK THAT YOU ACCEPTED THE DONATION.
YOU TOLD. EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT FINISHED YET.
YOU TOLD THAT PERSON THAT THEY COULD COME HERE? I DID, AND THEY COULD DONATE IT ON TONIGHT, AND THEN WHAT? SO WHAT? I'M NOT FINISHED YET, RENE.
WELL, I'M RESPONDING TO [INAUDIBLE].
WELL, LET ME FINISH, PLEASE, AND [INAUDIBLE] NO, I'M GOING TO FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING.
GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO AFTER YOU TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULD COME HERE AND THEY COULD PRESENT THE POSTERS AFTER THAT SEVERAL DAYS, YOU RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS DONATION.
[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE'RE THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS DONATION, AND THIS JUST TELLS THIS PERSON WHO SPENT THEIR MONEY AND THEIR KIDS, IT WAS A COMMUNITY PROJECT FOR THEM, SPENT ALL THEIR TIME IS JUST LIKE, SORRY, GO AWAY, AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT BUT THEY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THEM UP AT THE SCHOOLS ANYWAY BECAUSE PER THE LAW ALL THEY HAD TO DO IS SHOW UP AT THE SCHOOL AND THEY HAD TO ACCEPT IT, AND THEY WERE TOLD THE PRINCIPALS AT THE SCHOOL THERE WAS NOTHING UP AT THE TIME.
YOU ALL HADN'T PRINTED OUT ANYTHING AND HUNG THEM.
WALDRIP? NO, I'M NOT BLAMING ANYONE WHO DID.
WELL, DOES THE LAW SAY THAT THEY HAD TO BE IN A DURABLE FRAME? NO, IT DOESN'T.
IT SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE A DURABLE POSTER OR A FRAMED COPY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A FRAME.
OKAY, NOW, SOME OF THESE POSTERS, THEY MADE IT TO THE SCHOOL BEFORE OURS.
THEN WE ACCEPTED ANOTHER DONATION AND WENT OUT AND PRINTED THE COPIES.
IT SHOWS UTTER CONTEMPT FOR THE DISTRICT.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT CONTEMPT AND I AM HAPPY TO PUBLISH THE EMAILS THAT I SENT.
THAT'S HOW THE EMAILS WERE WORDED, BECAUSE I AM NOT UNTIL THIS LAST 30 DAYS I HAVE NOT BEEN ACUTELY AWARE OF SENATE BILL 797, AND AS A TRUSTEE, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THE LAWS THAT ARE BEFORE US AS A DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GUIDED TO DO BY LEGAL COUNSEL, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M HAPPY THE SIGNS ARE UP.
[10. Discussion regarding update on Curation, Review, and Management of Library Resources]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN DISCUSSION UPDATE EXCUSE ME ON CURATION, REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY RESOURCES.[01:50:01]
STOCKTON IS GOING TO STAY AND HE IS GOING TO BE JOINED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES, AMANDA BUTLER, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS STRATEGIC CHANGE UPDATE. GOOD EVENING BOARD AND LEADERSHIP STAFF.THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK AT OUR MEETING THIS EVENING.
AS MS. MCDONALD HAD MENTIONED, MY NAME IS AMANDA BUTLER.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES FOR FRISCO ISD.
IT'S NICE TO MEET SOME OF YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS EVENING, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IS OUR PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR STRATEGIC CHANGE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ADOPTED IN THE SPRING.
SO THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES IN OUR STRATEGIC CHANGE INITIATIVE WERE TO ROLL OUT MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LIBRARIANS.
WE CREATED A WEEDING AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR LIBRARIANS TO SHORE UP OUR COLLECTIONS TO OUR UPDATED GUIDELINES, AND THEN WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED SOME NEW STAFF, AND SO THIS EVENING WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF REVIEW THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL IN THE SPRING BY DISCUSSING THOSE GUIDELINES, THE POLICIES, AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE AND WEEDING PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU ALL ADOPTED A NEW BOARD POLICY EFB LOCAL GOVERNING THE SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS AS WELL AS RECONSIDERATION PROCESS FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS IN JUNE.
THAT POLICY WAS FOCUSED ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IT INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF A STATEMENT THAT EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED OBSCENE CONTENT FROM OUR LIBRARIES USING THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE THAT IS IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE.
IT ALSO ADDED AN EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS FOR TITLES THAT ARE ALLEGED TO BE OBSCENE THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALLOWED US TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE SECTION THAT SOMEBODY SAYS WAS OBSCENE RATHER THAN HAVING TO READ THE ENTIRE TITLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.
AS A REMINDER FOR THAT PROCESS, IF WE DETERMINE THAT SECTION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE PERSON WAS NOT OBSCENE, THAT BOOK DOES STILL GOES THROUGH THE FULL FORMAL RECONSIDERATION PROCESS. SO WE DON'T MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION IN THAT EXPEDITED PROCESS UNLESS WE'RE REMOVING THE BOOK.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE.
ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO REALLY CLARIFY IS, IS THIS DEFINITION OF OBSCENE AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DETERMINING SOMETHING'S OBSCENE AND DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING IS AGE APPROPRIATE.
SO OBSCENE, AGAIN, IS DEFINED IN THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.
IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS THERE'S A WHOLE LONG LIST OF OF SEX ACTS, ESSENTIALLY, THAT IT SAYS IF THERE ARE DESCRIPTIONS OR REPRESENTATIONS OF THESE TYPES OF SEXUAL CONTENT THAT ARE PATENTLY OFFENSIVE, THEN THAT IS CONSIDERED OBSCENE, AND THAT ACTUALLY TRACKS WITH CASE LAW ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN AGE APPROPRIATE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY DIFFICULT TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND A CHARACTER BEING A PROSTITUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FANTINE IN LES MIS OR A CHARACTER DEALING WITH DRUG USE OR OTHER CHALLENGES.
RIGHT, AND SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OBSCENE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS OF THAT OF THAT TITLE AND THAT AND THOSE PIECES THAT ARE IN THERE , AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF TITLES THAT ARE CHALLENGED AND PEOPLE WILL SAY OH THERE'S OBSCENE CONTENT IN HERE, AND REALLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTENT THAT THEY BELIEVE IS NOT AGE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AGE RANGE THAT BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT.
WHEN THAT'S THE OBJECTION THAT GOES THROUGH OUR FULL RECONSIDERATION PROCESS, AND WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THAT AND TRY TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT BOOK MEETS ALL OF OUR CRITERIA, ONE OF WHICH IS AGE APPROPRIATE.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT WAS IT ON THIS SLIDE.
RIGHT. OKAY, AND THEN ALSO I INCLUDED UP HERE RESOURCES FOR YOU ALL, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE, BUT THESE ARE OUR BOARD MEETING UPDATES IN JUNE AND THEN ALSO AN ORIGINAL COPY OF THE STRATEGIC CHANGE INITIATIVE AND I SHOULD SAY JUNE 2022.
YEP. SORRY. SORRY. OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WEEDING.
WEEDING IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.
IT HAPPENS YEAR ROUND FOR A LIBRARY, NO MATTER WHAT LIBRARY, NO MATTER WHAT.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT WEEDING IS CONSISTENT IN OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR.NOBODY WANTS TO READ ABOUT THE TRAIN ANYMORE.
I DON'T KNOW BLUEY TAKE A SHOT.
SO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ARE THE AGE, THE RELEVANCY, IS IT DUPLICATED? ARE THERE TOO MANY COPIES OF ONE TITLE? IS IT LIKE FALLING APART.
IS IT DIARY OF A WIMPY KID WHO IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LOVED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED? ALL OF THOSE THINGS FIT INTO THIS READING CATEGORY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? OK. SO THIS IS AND I WANT TO MAKE THIS SPECIFICATION FOR YOU ALL THESE ARE BOOKS WEEDED FROM CAMPUSES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2022 BOOKS.
PHYSICAL TITLES, PHYSICAL BOOKS.
SORRY, THESE ARE DAMAGED, DUPLICATE, OUTDATED.
THEY'RE NOT CIRCULATING, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THAT GRAPH THAT IT IS SEPARATED OUT BY CAMPUS LEVEL AND INITIALLY THESE SEEM LIKE BIG NUMBERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AVERT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM ROW, WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW MANY PHYSICAL TITLES OR PHYSICAL BOOKS ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS IN FRISCO ISD.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON TO THE NEXT SECTION OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS OUR COLLECTION MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN SOME CASES SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT NOT ALL.
OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECT IS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR TITLES BASED ON OUR UPDATED GUIDELINES.
SO WHAT CHANGES HAVE WE IMPLEMENTED, WHAT MR. STOCKTON WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER AN INCREASE IN PROFESSIONAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS AND FORMAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS.
ARE THESE BOOKS NOT FITTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY STANDARDS THAT HAVE EVOLVED? THE WAY THAT THIS HAPPENS FOR A LIBRARIAN IS SHE IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF HER LIBRARY BOOKS, IN SOME CASES 20,000 RECORDS, AND SHE IS GOING TO PUT THEM INTO A SHEET THAT SHE IS THEN ORGANIZED BY THINGS LIKE INTEREST LEVEL.
IF IT LACKS REVIEWS, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE IN CIRCULATION.
THIS PROJECT, A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION THAT COMES UP IS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BE DONE? AND WE DO HAVE A GOAL.
OUR LIBRARIANS DO HAVE A GOAL OF MAY, THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER A MILLION PHYSICAL BOOKS, AND THEY ARE OUR LIBRARIANS ARE ROCKING IT.
THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE CURRENTLY HAPPENING AND I'LL SHOW YOU BACK TO THE SLIDES, SEE ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THIS MAINTENANCE SECTION, THESE ARE MORE DYNAMIC, MORE SPECIFIC PIECES, BOOKS THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH THE CURRICULUM LIKE WE'RE TEACHING.
WE REMOVED A BOOK THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO LIKE HOW TO USE HTML TO CODE.
WE'LL KIDDOS USE LIKE PHYSICAL ROBOTS AND THINGS IN DIFFERENT APPS ON THEIR IPAD.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THAT.
SO IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE CURRICULUM ANYMORE, AND THEN ALSO YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE CATCHING BOOKS THAT NO LONGER HAVE ENOUGH REVIEWS TO SUPPORT THEIR BEING IN OUR COLLECTIONS, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE ON THAT BOTTOM ROW AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT ROW AS OBSCENE, HAVING ONE TITLE REMOVED FROM A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS REMOVED INTERNALLY BY OUR EVALUATION THROUGH THIS MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
THOSE TITLES DO NOT INCLUDE TITLES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED THAT INCLUDED OBSCENE CONTENT THROUGH THE RECONSIDERATION PROCESS, BUT THOSE TITLES ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE.
APPARENTLY WE HAVE A TYPO ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, BUT SO THOSE ARE UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE.
OKAY, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
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I FEEL LIKE AND I KNOW WE ALL STILL FEEL THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF KIND OF COVID AND ALL OF THE HAMPERING DOWN OF PROGRAMING, BUT LIBRARY SERVICES IS BACK AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.IT IS OUR VERY FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR IS CALLED TREAT TOGETHER, READING, EATING AND TALKING, AND ON OCTOBER 1ST AND SECOND, WE WOULD LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO VISIT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THIS IMAGE.
ON THE LEFT HERE. YOU JUST GRAB YOUR FAVORITE BOOK AND HEAD TO ONE OF THESE RESTAURANTS AND THEY ARE PROVIDING DISCOUNTS, AND WE'RE JUST ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO GET OUT AND KIND OF READ IN THE WILD. IF YOU'LL TAG US ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH #TREATFISD SO THAT WE CAN SEE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ON BOTH OF THESE DAYS.
IF YOU'LL SEARCH FRISCO ISD LIBRARIES, WE ARE TELLING SOME AMAZING STORIES AND WE WANT TO WE WANT TO RESPECT THE PROCESS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE, AND WE WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THAT WORK, BUT WE ARE ALSO DOING, OH, MY GOSH, Y'ALL SO MUCH MORE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, TO PLEASE FOLLOW US ON ANY OF THESE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, GO TO OUR LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE.
WE HAVE TRIED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY AND LEAVE NO QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, AND SPEAKING OF QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, GOOD OKAY, I JUST HAVE A FEW.
I THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I SUBMITTED THIS REQUEST.
ALONG WITH DEBBIE, BUT I WANT TO JUST GET SOME DETAILS ABOUT THIS ITEM.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS, YOU GAVE US THE PERCENTAGE.
YOU GAVE US THE NUMBERS ON I THINK IT WAS THREE SLIDES BACK IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK.
SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WAS IT THE FIRST GRAPH OR THE SECOND, DO YOU REMEMBER? I THINK IT WAS THIS ONE RIGHT, HOW MANY INAPPROPRIATE BOOKS? ARE A PART OF THIS.
CORRECT? YES. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SKIP ONE MORE AHEAD AND THAT THE WEEDING SLIDE IS NOT ABOUT THAT'S THOSE WEEDING CATEGORIES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE DAMAGE NOT CIRCULATING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS THIS SLIDE.
WHAT ROLE THEY'RE PLAYING IN THIS PROCESS.
YES, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
SO WE DID ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL STAFF THIS YEAR.
WE ADDED TWO PROCUREMENT STAFF AND WE ADDED TWO COORDINATORS, AND THOSE COORDINATORS ARE WORKING ON SYSTEMS. THESE NUMBERS THIS EVENING WERE AS A RESULT OF OUR COORDINATORS.
OUR THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS WE DON'T WE WANT TO MAINTAIN BALANCE.
WE WANT TO NOT HAVE INAPPROPRIATE ITEMS IN OUR LIBRARY, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT FEAR TO GET THE BEST OF US IN US ANXIOUSLY REMOVING MATERIALS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE REMOVED.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COORDINATE, OUR COORDINATORS ARE CREATING LISTS.
WE HAVE SOME PRETTY PHENOMENAL LIBRARIANS WHO ARE WIZARDS WITH SHEETS.
IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH, BUT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TOO IN THAT PROCESS.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKING ON CURATING MATERIALS.
THEY REVIEW ALL LIBRARY BOOK ORDERS THAT ARE REPLACED EVERY SINGLE DAY AND ARE ALSO CREATING LISTS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR LIBRARIANS AS WELL AS THEY WOULD LIKE US TO CREATE LISTS FOR THEM INSTEAD OF THEM CREATING THOSE LISTS.
SO LIKE SO AGAIN, AS AMANDA SAID, WEEDING IS SOMETHING THAT LIBRARIANS DO ALL THE TIME.
IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO THIS REVIEW WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES.
IT WAS HELPFUL TO ALSO DO A LIKE AN EXPEDITED WEEDING PROCESS THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT ESSENTIALLY IT HELPS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THIS REVIEW PROCESS ON A BUNCH OF BOOKS THAT WE NEEDED TO PULL BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CIRCULATING ANYWAY.
SO THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER, BUT THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE, BUT THEY DO WORK TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW THAT WE GAVE A TIMELINE OF ONE YEAR.
SO ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME PERCENTAGE WISE HOW FAR WE ARE FROM COMPLETION? I AM NOT I AM NOT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I CAN I CAN GET YOU A NUMBER.
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I JUST WANT TO SAY, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I CONSIDERED RUNNING FOR OFFICE WAS THE LIBRARY BOOKS AND THE INAPPROPRIATE BOOKS THAT WERE IN THE LIBRARY, AND IT REALLY BOTHERED ME THAT WE WOULD HAVE SUCH THINGS THAT JUST WERE INAPPROPRIATE BY ANYBODY'S STANDARD.I FELT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION THEY WERE DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON GETTING SOME OF THOSE BOOKS OUT.
I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW THAT I'M REALLY SATISFIED.
I REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
I'M VERY SATISFIED WITH THE PROCESSES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT FOR THE DISTRICT.
THESE NUMBERS ARE ARE VERY RELEVANT, AND I HOPE THAT THE DATA, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGES YOU THAT OUR LIBRARY STAFF ARE PUTTING IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR DISTRICT, AND BEHIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE NUMBERS IS A HUMAN BEING WHO IS STANDING AT A BOOKSHELF TRYING TO CHECK OUT BOOKS TO HER STUDENTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TRYING TO READ REVIEWS AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE IS COMPLIANT IN MEETING EXPECTATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] AND AND JUST AS AN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW IN JUNE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE A YEAR WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE POLICIES TO Y'ALL, RIGHT, AND WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT IN THAT PRESENTATION AND AGAIN TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS.
PART OF WHAT WE ALSO DID AS THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING WAS MAKE IT EASIER FOR PARENTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BRING BOOKS TO OUR ATTENTION BY IMPROVING THE OBJECTION PROCESS, BOTH IN MAKING A REALLY EASY TO USE ONLINE FORM THAT GETS RIGHT TO THE TO US SO THAT WE CAN START REVIEWING BOOKS AND ALSO PUTTING A TIMELINE ON OURSELVES THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS DONE THAT IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO OBJECTIONS.
WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PENDING OBJECTIONS AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL PENDING, BUT WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A REPORT FOR YOU ON THOSE WHEN THOSE ARE COMPLETE, BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST CAUTION AGAINST ASSUMING THAT JUST BECAUSE A BOOK HAS BEEN CHALLENGED, IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE.
THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] AND BOARD AS A REMINDER ON OUR ON OUR DASHBOARD, WE YOU CAN ACCESS ALL OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE BEING RECONSIDERED, AND THEN FOR THE COMMUNITY, ONCE A BOOK IS PULLED OUT OF CIRCULATION, OUR WEBSITE IS BASICALLY UPDATED ALMOST IN REAL TIME.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, GO TO OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND GO TO LIBRARY SERVICES.
YOU'LL FIND THE LIST OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM OUR SHELVES.
MY TURN. I'M GOING TO ASK TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA JUST BECAUSE I KNEW THAT Y'ALL HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER AND WANTED TO JUST ALL OF MY COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, BASICALLY, BUT JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEES TOO, BECAUSE EVERY BOOK HAS A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO DO THESE VERY QUICKLY TO READ THEM AND GET THE REPORT BACK TO YOU AND MAKE THE DECISIONS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL INVOLVED.
THANK YOU. BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU. DANNY, AMANDA, THANK YOU ALL, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR LIBRARY STAFF, LIBRARIANS AND STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN BUSTING THEIR TAILS TO GET THIS DONE. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID, BUT WE SHOULD WE SHOULD SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING TO GO OVER WHAT IS IT, AMANDA? LIKE A MILLION OVER A MILLION HARD COPY TITLES IN OUR LIBRARIES.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
BOARD WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 DISCUSSION REGARDING STRATEGIC INITIATIVE UPDATE SAFETY AND SECURITY.
[11. Discussion regarding Strategic Initiative Update - Safety and Security]
MR. WARSTLER.IS THAT BETTER? ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.
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I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BACK AT A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 1ST, WE HAD A LENGTHY PRESENTATION GIVEN BY THREE FOLKS KEVIN HALLER, OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY. JOHN BODIE, OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND DR.STEPHANIE COOK, OUR DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND GUIDANCE.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THAT UPDATE AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER, BUT IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY, GO BACK TO THAT JUNE 1ST SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND WATCH THE PRESENTATION FROM THOSE THREE FOLKS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ALIGNING SAFETY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE FUTURE READY FRAMEWORK, IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE FIVE FOCUS AREAS WITHIN THE FUTURE READY FRAMEWORK. THOSE ARE GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM, STRATEGIC, COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP, DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT, THE WHOLE CHILD MODEL AND LEARNER CENTERED ENVIRONMENT.
IF YOU SEE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, TWO OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IN EACH FOCUS AREA WE HAVE KEY QUESTIONS THAT DRIVES THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AS A DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
AND IN THE WHOLE CHILD MODEL, IN THE LEARNER CENTERED ENVIRONMENT FOCUS AREAS.
THESE TWO KEY QUESTIONS PERTAIN TO SAFETY AND SECURITY.
DO OUR LEARNERS FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AND SECURITY AND ARE WE CREATING A SAFE, INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGING AND ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AGAIN FOR OUR GROUP? THAT'S THOSE ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT WILL WILL GUIDE OUR WORK THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD.
I WILL ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN NUMBER THREE, WE WILL FORMALIZE OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS BY ESTABLISHING A READINESS PLANNING GROUP AND REGULARLY ENGAGING BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF OUR FACILITIES.
SO WE HAVE FOUR, I BELIEVE NOW THREE OR FOUR YEARS HAD A SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING OR COMMITTEE MADE UP OF MULTIPLE MEMBERS, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOME WITH POLICE, EMERGENCY MANAGER FROM THE CITY, SUPERINTENDENT, TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO PARENTS, BUT OVER THE SUMMER, WE ESTABLISHED WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE READINESS PLANNING GROUP, AND THAT WORKING GROUP IS LOOKING AT, LET ME JUST BACK UP A SECOND.
THAT WORKING GROUP IS MADE UP OF DISTRICT STAFF AND PRINCIPALS FROM EVERY AGE LEVEL.
SO WE HAVE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS, MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ON THAT WORKING GROUP, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS, THE SRP IS TO, TO, TO CONTINUALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS, HOW CAN WE BECOME BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS? SO YOU'LL SEE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE READINESS PLANNING GROUP MADE THIS SUMMER THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, WHICH ONES WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, THINGS WE'LL LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN THAT READINESS PLANNING GROUP, AS WE DISCUSS AND WE AND WE PUT INTO MOTION SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, WHICH MEETS FOUR TIMES PER YEAR.
WHEN WE LOOK AT IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND WE LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE THREW OUT TO US THIS SUMMER OF THINGS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE RECONVENED IN SCHOOL THIS YEAR, THAT, ALONG WITH JUST A HEIGHTENED INTEREST FROM OUR COMMUNITY, HAS KIND OF ELEVATED OUR ONGOING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THIS STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOR FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
BASICALLY THOSE AUDITS WENT TO EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THOSE AUDITS WERE MADE UP OF 47 QUESTIONS.
ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE PROCEDURAL.
HALF OF THOSE DEALT WITH MORE OF THE PHYSICAL PLANT OR THE SCHOOL FACILITY ITSELF.
ARE YOU A PUBLIC SCHOOL? YES. DO YOU SERVE WHAT GRADE LEVELS? HE CAN FILL THOSE OUT.
WE PUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN A GOOGLE DOC.
WE DID NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE, BUT WE DID HAVE TO ATTEST BY SEPTEMBER 1ST THAT WE HAD EVERY CAMPUS AND THEY HAD COMPLETED THAT TARGETED PARTIAL SAFETY AUDIT. THE SECOND BULLET, YOU SEE THERE, INITIAL EXTERIOR DOOR AUDIT.
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WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO OUT AND PHYSICALLY INSPECT EVERY SINGLE EXTERIOR DOOR IN OUR DISTRICT ON OUR SCHOOLS, AND AND WE DID THAT.WE DID THAT WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK.
WE HAD A GROUP FROM FROM MAD MEN VISIT WITH OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.
THEY DESIGNATED AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO GO AND CHECK ON THOSE EXTERIOR DOORS.
IT'S EVERYTHING FROM THE CENTER POST OF A DOUBLE DOOR IS CALLED A MULLION, AND IS THE MULLION WORKING PROPERLY? IS THE MILLION LOOSE? WE'RE LOOKING AT DOOR FRAMES, THE AUTO DOOR CLOSERS, THE EMERGENCY DOOR OPENER.
OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF THOROUGHLY INSPECTING EVERY SINGLE DOOR , AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE'RE CHECKING FOR, DOES THE DOOR CLOSE BY ITSELF, DOES IT LATCH AND DOES IT LOCK SO THAT SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE CANNOT GET INTO OUR BUILDINGS? THOUSANDS OF DOORS THROUGHOUT OUR THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.
NOW, LET ME CLARIFY THAT, BECAUSE THAT NUMBER SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY HIGH.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR WORK ORDERS HAD TO DO WITH THE CENTER MULLION BEING LOOSE.
IT HAD NO IMPACT ON THE DOOR CLOSING PROPERLY.
HAD NO IMPACT ON THE DOOR LOCKING, AND KEEPING PEOPLE OUT, BUT OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF DEDICATED OUR GENERAL MAINTENANCE TEAM OVER THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE WORK ORDER WAS COMPLETED BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
BULLET NUMBER THREE, REVIEWS OF THE MULTI HAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATION.
THAT'S REALLY OUR DISTRICT DOP.
WE HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING ON JULY 28TH SO THAT WE COULD GO OVER AND REVIEW OUR DISTRICT'S EOP EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
SO WE TOOK CARE OF THAT MANDATE TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF RELATED TO SAFETY PROCEDURES.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
WE EVERY STAFF MEMBER GOES THROUGH COMPLIANCE TRAININGS THAT ARE ONLINE TRAINING COURSES.
YES, THEY ARE ALSO MAKING OUR SUBSTITUTES GO THROUGH THE SRP TRAINING BEFORE COMING ON CAMPUSES, BLOOD BOARD PATHOGENS, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK AND THEN MEDICAL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.
MR. BODIE, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, WORKED WITH CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO ENSURE THAT WAS DONE.
ALL OF THOSE ARE CONTAINED IN A GOOGLE DOC.
I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THOUGH IS WE ARE GIVING VARIANCE IN THAT.
WE'RE NOT CHOOSING SPECIFIC DATES FOR EACH DRILL, BUT WE ARE SELECTING WEEKS THAT DRILL COULD OCCUR.
THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON CAMPUS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY AS TO WHEN WHEN WE GO THROUGH THOSE DRILLS, BUT EVERY DRILL FROM EVERY SCHOOL HAS HAS BEEN AND WAS SCHEDULED PRIOR TO THE START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IN FRISCO ISD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
YOU CAN GET A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION FROM MR. BODIE AND MR. HELLER ON THIS.
THE ONE I WANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT IS NEW THIS YEAR AND IT'S A MANDATE FROM THE STATE.
THE STATE IS REQUIRING US TO DO WEEKLY EXTERIOR DOOR SWEEPS.
AND NOTICE I SAID THE STATE SAID WEEKLY, WE'RE GOING A STEP FURTHER THAN THAT IN FRISCO, AND WE'RE DOING DAILY EXTERIOR DOOR SWEEPS AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE'VE CREATED LOGGING SYSTEMS WHERE WHEN WHOEVER IS ASSIGNED AT THAT CAMPUS TO DO TO DO THAT SWEEP OF THOSE DOORS, IT LOGS INTO A GOOGLE DOC.
SO WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF WHEN THAT AND WHEN THOSE DOOR SWEEPS WERE COMPLETED ON EVERY CAMPUS IN OUR DISTRICT EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
OPERATION WOLVERINE READY AND MAN THIS WAS BIG, Y'ALL.
JOHN BODIE WAS HERE. HE'D BE A LITTLE GIDDY RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A FULL SCALE EMERGENCY EXERCISE AT THE JURISDICTIONAL LEVEL.
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THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION TO DO WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER WITH OPERATION WOLVERINE READY.IT'S THE PINNACLE OF TRAINING FOR NOT ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. FRISCO PD FRISCO FIRE AS WELL, EMT.
THIS IDEA KIND OF EMERGED OUT OF WE DO.
WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANNING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF ANY GIVEN YEAR, AND I KNOW MR. BODIE WAS WORKING, I THINK, WITH FRISCO FIRE ON AN EMERGENCY PARENT REUNIFICATION PROCESS.
IF WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN A SCHOOL, MOVE ALL THOSE KIDS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO FROM THAT, A CONVERSATION EVOLVE, AND I KNOW FRISCO PD TOOK LEAD IN THIS JOINT EFFORT, THEN RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM BOTH FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FRISCO ISD.
BASICALLY WHAT WE DID, I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THIS AT A HIGH LEVEL.
WE WENT THROUGH AND WE SAID WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A DAY IN THE SUMMER.
WE SAID, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO HAVE AN ACTIVE THREAT, ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN A COUPLE OF THE PICTURES THERE.
IF YOU DROVE BY WAKELAND ON THAT DAY WE PROBABLY HAD PARENTS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THEN WHAT THEY GO THROUGH IS AS AS THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS GO THROUGH, CLEAR THE BUILDING, TAKE OUT THEIR TARGET, YOU ALSO THEN HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE INJURED.
WE HAD WE HAD COLLEGE NURSING STUDENTS FROM COLLIN COUNTY WHO WORKED WITH US.
WE HAD A TON OF STAFF WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS DAY.
YOU SEE SOME OF THEM IN THIS PICTURE, AND ONCE WE WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THAT THIS IS A SAFE PLACE AT THIS POINT NOW WE HAVE TO WORK AT IS AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT TAKING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE HAD TO GET TRANSPORTATION INVOLVED BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY TOOK EVERY PARTICIPANT IN THIS IN THIS EXERCISE AND WE TRANSPORTED THEM ON OUR SCHOOL BUSSES OVER TO HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT YOU SEE IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES IS THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS.
WE MAKE SURE THAT IS THE PARENT OF THAT STUDENT.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE THEN HAVE A HOLDING PLACE WHERE WE REUNITE THE PARENT WITH THEIR STUDENT.
YOU SEE THE PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT WHERE THAT IS OUR MOCK PARENT STUDENT REUNIFICATION.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS ABOUT AN EIGHT HOUR DAY, AND AND I KNOW WE AS A DISTRICT ARE VERY THANKFUL TO OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE CITY OF FRISCO. THIS WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING EXERCISE, AND REALLY WHAT IT'S.
IT HELPS THEM. IT HELPS US, BUT IT IT IT HIGHLIGHTS SOME SITUATIONS THAT WE HAD TO GO IN AND LOOK AT AND SAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS BETTER IF THIS WERE TO BE A REAL SITUATION. SO OPERATION WOLVERINE READY HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE PRESENTED ON JUNE 1ST.
THIS HAS BEEN IN THE PLANNING FOR ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF WITH WITH US IN THE CITY.
SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY MORE THAN PROBABLY ANYTHING ELSE WAS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE RESOURCE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS LIKE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WE SAT DOWN AND STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH CHIEF SHILSON AND HIS STAFF IN FRISCO PD, AND WE SAID, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO KIND OF THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE 40 SROS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS FRISCO PD SAID WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THREE ADDITIONAL SROS THAT WILL BE ROVING OFFICERS BETWEEN ALL OF YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EVERY DAY. ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS GO FROM ELEMENTARY TO ELEMENTARY.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS.
WE THEN VISITED WITH PLANO AND MCKINNEY PDS AS WELL.
THEY, OF COURSE, HAVE A LOT LESS SCHOOLS.
THEY BOTH WERE ABLE TO OFFER ONE SRO THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
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WE ENGAGED FRISCO PD FIRST WE WERE ABLE THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLES, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR OUR LOCAL PDS IS WE PAY 50%, THEY PAY 50% OF AN SRO. FRISCO PD WAS ABLE TO WITH THOSE THREE OFFICERS DO A 50% WITH US THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE APPROACHED PLANO AND MCKINNEY LAE IN THEIR BUDGET CYCLES THIS YEAR WE ARE PAYING FOR 100% OF THAT OFFICER AS A DISTRICT BECAUSE WE FELT THE NEED WAS THAT GREAT.NEXT YEAR, THE PLANO MCKINNEY OFFICER, THAT IS THE ROVER THAT WILL GO BACK TO A 50/50 SPLIT, AND THEN LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD A DEDICATED LITTLE SRO OFFICER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS UP IN LITTLE ELM.
A LOT OF THE ITEMS YOU SEE HERE ARE THINGS THAT THE READINESS PLANNING GROUP BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND SAID, HEY, LET'S DISCUSS PRINCIPALS ARE SAYING THIS IS KIND OF AN ISSUE FOR US ON CAMPUS. WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS? MAYBE IT'S JUST A QUESTION.
THE PRE IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE KIND OF PRIORITIZE WHICH CAN HAVE THE MOST.
BENEFICIAL IMPACT IMMEDIATELY.
SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THE AUDIBLE DOOR AJAR ALARMS. OUR EXTERIOR DOORS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE ABILITY TO YOU CAN PROGRAM WHERE IF LEFT OPEN FOR LET'S JUST SAY 30 SECONDS WE CAN PROGRAM THAT TIME THAT DOOR IS AJAR FOR 30 SECONDS.
IT CAN SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO SOMEBODY.
YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE IT SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, AP AND THE SRO, AND IT WILL SEND THEM A TEXT MESSAGE THAT SAYS DOOR A3 HAS BEEN OPEN, RIGHT. SO NOW THAT PERSON RECEIVES THAT TEXT AND GO CHECK AND SAY WHAT'S GOING ON? DID SOMEBODY LEAVE IT AJAR ON PURPOSE? IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT HASN'T BEEN CHECKED THAT DAY THAT'S BROKEN? IT GIVES US THAT NOTIFICATION.
WHAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON IS THE ABILITY CAN AND WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, BUT WE BELIEVE THE DOOR IS ALSO WITH AN ADDITIONAL SPEAKER WOULD SOUND AN AUDIBLE ALARM SO THAT ANYBODY WHO IS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND HEARS THAT DOOR ALARM GOING OFF JUST LIKE YOUR REFRIGERATOR GOES OFF WHEN THAT DOOR IS OPEN, RIGHT.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH MCKINNEY SECURITY COMPANY TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION.
WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T WORKED THROUGH ALL THE BUGS ON THIS YET, AND ONCE WE CAN GET THROUGH THOSE ISSUES ON THOSE SCHOOLS, WE WILL WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WE HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT WERE SO CLOSE, WE BELIEVE BY THE END OF THIS SEMESTER WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A TAG WHERE WHEN THEY GET ON TO THE BUS, THEY JUST KIND OF FLASH THEIR BADGE, THEY SCAN IT AND IT KIND OF IT LOGS IN FOR PARENTS.
WHAT TIME THE STUDENT GETS ON THE BUS, WHAT LOCATION? AND THEN PARENTS CAN SEE WHEN THE STUDENT EXITS THE BUS AS WELL.
AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY, MAYBE TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SLOW AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT AS WE START.
VIDEO DOOR STATIONS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE DOORBELLS AT OUR ELEMENTARY'S.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE PUT THEM INTO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
QUESTION IS ALWAYS, WHAT ABOUT HIGH SCHOOLS? I'LL BE HONEST. WE'VE LOOKED AT HIGH SCHOOLS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ENTER AND EXIT A HIGH SCHOOL AT ANY GIVEN PERIOD OF A DAY DURING PERIODS OF THE DAY BUS.
THE KATE CENTER STUDENTS HAVE LATE ARRIVAL, EARLY RELEASE, BUT WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE SAID, HEY, WE'RE WILLING TO BE A PILOT FOR THIS. WE WANT TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS.
WE WANT TO WORK THROUGH, WORK THROUGH THOSE THOSE STRUGGLES AND THOSE QUESTIONS.
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WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THESE PRE IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW PROCESSES, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE RPG.WE'LL TAKE BACK TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.
WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF DISCUSSION ON THOSE MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT AT A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES AS WELL ARE MAGNETIC LOCKING MECHANISMS, THE SAME MECHANISM THAT LOCKS THE EXTERIOR DOOR GOING INTO THE BUILDING.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO THE VESTIBULE, TAKE A RIGHT OR LEFT IN THE FRONT OFFICE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT LOCKING THOSE DOWN AS ANOTHER LAYER OF LAYER OF SECURITY INTO OUR FRONT OFFICES.
WHERE THEN SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO BE BUZZED IN TO GET INTO THE OFFICE.
WHAT WE'RE REALIZING IS WE HAD A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES WHO WERE ACTUALLY JUST LOCKING THAT DOOR AND THE RECEPTIONIST WAS GOING OUT AND DOING MOST OF THE TRANSACTIONS WITH PARENTS OUT IN THE VESTIBULE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO VERY FAVORABLY BY BOTH THE CAMPUS AND SOME OF THE PARENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
I'M SORRY, LET ME REPEAT THAT.
A HIGH SCHOOL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WON'T SAY WHICH ONES FOR SECURITY REASONS, BUT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS PRE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WELL WITH THE GOAL OF EXTENDING THIS TO ALL SCHOOLS MOVING FORWARD.
THE ONE ITEM THAT I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON AND I THINK TWO SCHOOLS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, YOU SEE THAT LITTLE SIGN THERE THAT SAYS A3 WE'RE LOOKING AT AT EXTERIOR DOOR NUMBERING. IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT CENTERS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY HAS A PROCESS ON HOW THIS SHOULD BE DONE SO THAT IT ALIGNS IT WILL HELP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BUILDING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PINPOINT THEM, AND REALLY WHAT WE DO NOW IS SOMEBODY FROM MAD MEN WILL GO OUTSIDE AND WE WILL STAND WHEN WE FLAG DOWN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, WHEN THEY SHOW UP.
WHAT WE CAN DO NOW IS JUST SAY WE'VE GOT AN EMERGENCY.
YOUR EASIEST ACCESS WILL BE DOOR A3, THEY KNOW EXACTLY AS THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND THE BUILDING.
WHERE IT IS THEY NEED TO STOP AND ENTER THE BUILDING.
SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'LL WE'LL HAVE THIS COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD.
REAL QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO AND HAVE THE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BRINGING YOU UP THE FRISCO CHIEF OF POLICE, DAVID SHILSON, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WORDS MATTER, I WANT TO SAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO LET HIM SPEAK, AND THEN I'LL COME ON THE BACK END OF HIM.
SO, CHIEF SHILSON, IT'S ALL YOURS [APPLAUSE].
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. WALDRIP JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS RELATED TO SCHOOL THREATS AND REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE THINGS. AND I GUESS I'LL START BY FIRST SAYING THAT WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO THE TEAMWORK THAT WE DEMONSTRATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR SCHOOLS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS A TEAM EFFORT, AND I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE STUDENTS WHO THIS YEAR HAVE SHOWN DILIGENCE IN REPORTING SCHOOL THREATS AS THEY'VE SEEN THEM.
I THINK THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT, AND UTILIZING THE STOPIT APP OR SOME OTHER MEANS TO REPORT THOSE, IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT WE GET THOSE REPORTED TO US SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THEM.
BUT THERE'S TWO STATUTES THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT DEAL WITH SCHOOL THREATS.
THE FIRST ONE IS A TERRORISTIC THREAT, AND THIS ESSENTIALLY IS A THIRD DEGREE FELONY, AND IT OCCURS WHEN A THREAT IS MADE AND IT PLACES A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF THE PUBLIC IN FEAR OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.
THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH TYPICALLY THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN THESE THREATS ARE POSTED ONLINE AND SOME SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IS SEEN BY SEVERAL PEOPLE AND IT DOES CAUSE FEAR, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A ROLE IN PERPETUATING THESE THREATS.
THE OTHER STATUTE IS COVERED UNDER THE EDUCATION CODE AND IT'S TITLED EXHIBITION EXHIBITION USE OR THREAT OF EXHIBITION OR USE OF A FIREARM. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S IN THE EDUCATION CODE.
THAT'S A LESS SERIOUS PENALTY, BUT IT BASICALLY COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE SOMEBODY THREATENS TO EXHIBIT OR USE A FIREARM ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR SCHOOL BUS.
SO DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE THREAT IS HOW WE WOULD UTILIZE ONE OF THOSE TWO STATUTES TYPICALLY IN RESPONSE TO THESE SCHOOL THREATS.
SO I WILL SAY THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR 22 SCHOOL DAYS, I BELIEVE IF I COUNTED CORRECTLY, I AM AN AGGIE SO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME ON MY MATH.
I GOT A FEW WHOOPS BACK THERE.
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JUVENILE SUSPECTS.NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE IF THE SUSPECTS WERE 17 OR OLDER, THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AN ADULT, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHARGE THAT STICKS WITH THEM. SO IT REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT A STUDENT'S LIFE GOING FORWARD, AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PROUD OF THESE NUMBERS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS.
ONE, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT PARENTS TALK TO THEIR THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES, THESE CONSEQUENCES THAT I'VE OUTLINED RELATED TO MAKING A SCHOOL THREAT, AND IT'S ALSO IMPERATIVE FOR STUDENTS AND KIDS TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT ANY FREE PASSES IN THESE TYPES OF OFFENSES.
WE DON'T TAKE THESE THREATS LIGHTLY.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT YOU YOU DO TO TRY AND GAIN SOME CREDIBILITY AT SCHOOL OR TRY AND BE COOL BECAUSE THERE ARE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES WITH MAKING THESE THREATS.
AND SO WE INVEST A LOT OF RESOURCES IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF THESE THREATS, AND AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND INVESTIGATE THEM AND FIND THE SOURCE OF THE THREAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS WE NEED TO USE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEEK PROSECUTION IN EVERY ONE OF THESE CASES.
SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS MONITOR THEIR CHILDREN'S DIGITAL WORLD JUST LIKE THEY WOULD MONITOR THEM IN OTHER REALMS OF OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, TOO, BECAUSE STUDENTS CAN BECOME VICTIMIZED ON WHETHER IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT APPS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE CHILDREN VICTIMS OF DIFFERENT CRIMES AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF REASONS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING SAFE ONLINE AND PARENTS ARE MONITORING THEIR KIDS BEHAVIOR. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO SCHOOL THREATS.
BOARD ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF SHILSON? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT CHIEF SHILSON JUST WENT OVER, WE DID ERIN MILLER AND HER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PUT TOGETHER A LESSON FOR ADVISORY FOR ALL SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THAT WAS TO BE COMPLETED IN EVERY ADVISORY.
EVERY SECONDARY STUDENT BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST RECEIVED A LESSON ON TERRORISTIC THREATS.
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING THOSE? AS CHIEF SHILSON SAID, THERE IS NO JOKE, THERE IS NO LENIENCY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP ANY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON MY PRESENTATION.
BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A COMMENT.
NEW TO THE BOARD, THE LATEST MEMBER TO JOIN, AND I HAVE NO CLUE HOW SECURITY WORKED UP UNTIL THIS POINT, BUT FORTUNATELY I TOOK I WAS AT OPERATION WOLVERINE READY AND I TELL YOU, IT DIDN'T IT INSTILLS SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ME HAVING FOUR KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK MR. BRODIE FOR [APPLAUSE] FOR WHAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
COMMISSIONER LOWE, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, AND I JUST I ALSO WANT TO THROW OUT BRENT BENNINGFIELD IS IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN OPERATIONS AND HE IS ACTUALLY NOW OVER SAFETY AND SECURITY. SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO BRENT AND THEN ALSO KEVIN HALLER, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME [APPLAUSE].
THANK YOU. ALSO, AS CHIEF SHILSON MENTIONED WHEN HE WAS HERE, I THINK IT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE REPEATED AGAIN HOW INTEGRAL OUR STUDENTS ARE TO KEEPING OUR CAMPUSES SAFE, AND THE STOP IT APP IS AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
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ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO DOWNLOAD EVERY STUDENT THAT DOWNLOADS THAT THEY'RE GIVEN A CODE.SO IT'S INCREDIBLE, AND OUR STUDENTS ARE REPORTING MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, AND SO I THINK IT JUST SHOULD GO BE MENTIONED AGAIN, HOW THANKFUL WE ARE THAT WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY SAY SOMETHING.
SO THAT WILL HELP KEEP US ALL SAFE.
WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 12 COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[12. Communication to and from the Board including public comments]
MS. GILLESPIE. THANK YOU.WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM CITIZENS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING [INAUDIBLE] ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERRABLE 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 PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT.
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 ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESSES 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 TRUSTEE.
IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM OTHER THAN THE ACTION ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER IS ON SEPTEMBER 26TH AT 6:30.
HI. I'VE PROTESTED TO THIS FRISCO BOARD NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS ABOUT THE ONGOING DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE MATERIALS TO OUR FRISCO CHILDREN.
YOU HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE.
HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN SLOW, WHICH CAN EASILY BE INTERPRETED AS TACIT APPROVAL OF THE OBSCENE BOOKS.
TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE JARED PATTERSON SUBMITTED 23 MORE BOOKS FOR FORMAL REVIEW.
AND AS WE'VE SAID, THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT MOCKINGLY ADVERTISED A BOOK CLUB FEATURING THOSE BOOKS.
WALDRIP TONIGHT, EMPLOYEES WHO FLOUT THESE POLICIES ARE NOT DISCIPLINED AND RETAIN THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
I PROPOSE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS AS A DETERRENT.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. MOONEY, FOLLOWED BY MELINDA PRESTON AND THEN TIM LAMBERT.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE STEPPING OUT OF THEIR BOUNDARIES.
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EVEN IF YOU SOLICIT THE DATA.WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT AND HOW IS IT GOING TO BE HANDLED, PROTECTED OR SAFEGUARDED? WHAT IF THE DATA IS BREACHED OR LEAKED? THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT ANY INDOCTRINATION AND NOT TO INVADE THE PRIVACY OF PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I DO NOT CARRY A GUN, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
WHY WOULD A SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSE A RESOLUTION TO SEND HOME TO THE PARENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING ON AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE 46.13, WHICH SAYS NOTHING ABOUT A SCHOOL SENDING HOME A PAPER AND HAVING THE PARENTS SIGN IT.
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING ON DOING WITH THE DATA THEY RECEIVE? WILL YOU BE PUNISHED IF YOU DO NOT FILL IT OUT? EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AGREES THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
WE NEED TO OFFER, WHICH I'M THRILLED TO HEAR OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT WE NEED TO OFFER ENHANCED SAFETY AND SECURITY TRAINING FOR OUR FRISCO ISD STAFF MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE THE CONSIDERATION OF A VOLUNTEER MARSHAL PROGRAM.
TEXAS SCHOOLS HAVE LONG HAD THE OPTION TO ARM STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE MARSHAL PROGRAM.
I HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE MARSHAL PROGRAM AND IT'S FREE.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
TIM LAMBERT, FOLLOWED BY HEIDI STONE AND THEN KEITH BRUNSON.
GOOD EVENING. I PROPOSE THAT YOU REJECT THE NEW RULES IN THE TITLE NINE REGULATIONS DECREED BY UNELECTED FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS. TITLE NINE LEGISLATION ALLOWS THE BUREAUCRATS TO MANAGE THE RULES FOR THIS LEGISLATION, THESE ARE NOT CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED.
BY IGNORING THESE NEW TITLE NINE RULES.
YOU WILL SAVE OUR GIRLS FROM THE HARM CAUSED BY BIO BOYS GETTING INTO THEIR BATHROOM SPACE.
IT'S WORTH THE LOSS OF $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL REVENUE THAT NOW THAT IS NOW ANTICIPATED IN THE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OF $859 MILLION. MOST OF THE CONSTITUENTS YOU EXPECT TO PROTECT THEIR KIDS FROM INVASION OF THEIR BATHROOM SPACE BY BOYS.
DON'T LET THEM DOWN BY APPROVING THIS SOCIAL ENGINEERING DISASTER.
AND PLEASE MAKE YOUR VOTE PUBLIC SO WE PARENTS KNOW WHO, WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON.
HEIDI STONE FOLLOWED BY KEITH BRUNSON AND THEN VICKI COSTA.
I'M HEIDI STONE, AND I'M A 17 YEAR RESIDENT OF FRISCO.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON GENDER IDENTITY BATHROOM USE AND SECURITY.
FISD CLAIMS ITS RESTROOMS ARE SAFELY MONITORED, BUT MANY CAMPUSES HAVE CLOSE ACCESS TO THE BATHROOMS DUE TO VANDALISM, VAPING AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED MISCONDUCT.
IF THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ALL CHILDREN AT ALL SCHOOLS, THESE SCHOOL RESTROOMS ARE NOT SECURE UNTIL SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES ARE SUFFICIENT TO OPEN 100% OF ALL RESTROOMS, STUDENTS ARE AT RISK.
WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE PREPARED TO GUARANTEE RESTROOM SAFETY KNOWING THE EXISTING SECURITY PROBLEMS? [APPLAUSE] KEITH BRUNSON AND THEN VICKI COSTA AND THEN ANNA MARIA [INAUDIBLE].
GOOD EVENING, GUYS. HEAR ME OKAY.
FOLKS IT'S MIND BLOWING THAT WE WERE EVEN DEBATING BATHROOMS TODAY.
THE DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN TO SIDE WITH A MINORITY FACTION OF OUR COMMUNITY FULL, KNOWING THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PARENTS ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO OPPOSITE SEX STUDENTS USING THEIR CHILDREN'S BATHROOMS AND IT IS HAPPENING, IF ONE CHOOSES TO PURSUE A SEX CHANGE AT YOUR RIGHT.
THAT RIGHT DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE USE OF OPPOSITE SEX BATHROOMS EVER.
PRIVATE BATHROOMS SHOULD BE THE ONLY OPTION PERIOD.
OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS POLICY AND IT IS WORKING SO WHY HASN'T FRISCO.
JUST WHO ON THIS BOARD IS IN FAVOR OF THIS? ARE YOU OKAY WITH BOYS IN YOUR GIRLS BATHROOMS OR VICE VERSA? YOU, THE BOARD, ARE DUTY BOUND TO ENSURE YOURS AND THE HIGHEST ADMINISTRATION DECISION REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE TAXPAYERS AND IT IS YOUR JOB.
WELL, HERE'S A SOLUTION CEASE TAKING FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS, WE'RE TAXED ENOUGH.
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THEN WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN RULES.MY ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH BATHROOM POLICY ALSO.
AND SOME OF IT'S GOING TO SOUND REDUNDANT FROM WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD.
BUT THREE YEARS AGO IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, I WAS TOLD STUDENTS AT LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL WERE TOLD THEY COULD USE RESTROOMS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED WITH.
AND I WAS TOLD THIS BY A PARENT.
I CALLED FISD AND I TALKED TO [INAUDIBLE] AND ANOTHER LADY ABOUT THIS, THINKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TELL ME THAT THAT WAS NOT TRUE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THEIR PRACTICE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO FOLLOW SPECIFIC.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS FAST SO I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THOSE POLICIES.
BUT THEIR PRACTICE WAS TO THAT THEY WERE THAT THEY WERE DOING THAT.
[APPLAUSE] ANNA MARIA [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY MITCHELL TOLSON AND THEN PAMELA COLEY.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO LET US, THE PARENTS AND THE TAXPAYER KNOW WHERE EACH OF YOU STAND ON THE BATHROOM POLICY BY TAKING A PUBLIC VOTE ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
I'M FIRMLY I'M FIRMLY AGAINST ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL BOYS TO USE GIRLS RESTROOM.
MY DAUGHTER IS A SECOND GRADE STUDENT AT SPARKS ELEMENTARY, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHEN A FELLOW FEMALE STUDENT AT SPARKS EXPOSED HERSELF WAIST DOWN ON THE BATHROOM IN FRONT OF HER, AND SHE FELT REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO MS. DAVIS. MS. DAVIS, I'M MARRIED TO A BLACK GUY AND I HAVE A MIXED RACE CHILD, AND IT'S NOT THE SAME ISSUE, BATHROOM ISSUE SAFETY, IT'S NOT THE SAME.
[APPLAUSE] MITCHELL [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY PAMELA COLEY AND THEN I JUST HAVE SUMMER.
I WANT TO IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO HAS GENDER DYSPHORIA.
IT WAS ASKED IF THERE'S ANY PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT WITH KIDS WHO HAVE GENDER DYSPHORIA.
I AM ONE OF THEM. MY DAUGHTER HAD WAKING NIGHTMARES IN THE WINTER OF 2020 TO 2021.
IT WAS DETERMINED BY SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND BY AN OUTSIDE COUNSELOR.
SHE WAS 10 AND IN THE 4TH GRADE.
A YEAR LATER, SHE REVEALED TO US THAT SHE SOMETIMES FELT LIKE SHE WAS A GIRL.
AND SHE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED AND SHE CURRENTLY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY THRIVING IN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO AFFIRM HER EVERY DAY IN CLASS.
SHE'S NOW JOINED THE STUDENT COUNCIL.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PARENTS LIKE ME WHO ARE TERRIFIED TO SPEAK UP.
THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE TACTICS THAT ARE USED AGAINST THEM.
AND HONESTLY, TO SIT HERE FOR 3 HOURS AND LISTEN TO THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. PAMELA COLEY FOLLOWED BY SUMMER, FOLLOWED BY KYLE SIMMS. FISD IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROVIDE SEXUAL CONTENT, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO OVERCOME SEXUAL ANXIETY, USING,
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QUOTE, TOYS.IF I HAD POSTED SUCH A THING ON MY EMPLOYER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN INSTANTLY FIRED.
WHY HAS FISD TAKEN NO ACTION ON THESE EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THIS POST? FISD DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE CLEAR POLICIES ON WHAT IS AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE LIBRARY. FISD CONTINUALLY PROMOTES HARMFUL AND DIVISIVE CONTENT TO STUDENTS.
WHY? ARE FISD, COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVING FUNDING FROM QUESTIONABLE RESOURCES? FOLLOW THE MONEY AND WE MIGHT GET OUR ANSWER.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SUMMER. IS THERE ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP NAMED SUMMER THAT'S STILL HERE? NO. WE'LL MOVE ON.
KYLE SIMMS, FOLLOWED BY LINNEA [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN LEE MONTGOMERY.
WHAT IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME IN HERE AND TOLD EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GO UP TO THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING TO JUMP OFF OF IT, WOULD YOU? I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD.
THIS SHOULD BE ABOUT EDUCATION.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET BACK TO THE TO THE FOUNDING FATHERS EDUCATION OF TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND QUIT WORRYING ABOUT PRONOUNS AND TRANSGENDER AND GOING IN THE SAME RESTROOM? I MEAN, THIS IS FRICKING RIDICULOUS.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO EDUCATING OUR KIDS, PROVIDING THEM A STABILITY OF A SCHOOL TO LEARN IN.
THEY HAVE PARENTS TO TEACH THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
WE ALSO DON'T NEED YALLS THUMBS IN GUN STORAGE AT HOMES.
ARE WE TRYING TO TURN THIS INTO A SOCIALIST COUNTRY BECAUSE WE'RE HEADED THAT DIRECTION.
Y'ALL NEED A WAKE UP CALL, AND Y'ALL NEED TO DO YOUR JOB AS BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU WANT TO TRACK THE KNIVES COMING INTO OUR HOMES NEXT? WHERE DOES THIS END? SOME PARENTS DO NOT SHARE WITH THEIR CHILDREN IF OR WHERE THEY STORE THEIR GUNS.
AND IF THE FAMILY DOES NOT KNOW THE INFORMATION, WHY SHARE THIS WITH YOU? TRUTH IS, WE ARE LACKING A MORAL COMPASS IN SOCIETY AND IT IS PERMEATED INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOL'S JOB IS TEACHING, READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC AND SCIENCE AND TRUTHFUL HISTORY, NOT LIVING OUT GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984 BIG BROTHER SPYING ON LAW ABIDING, GUN OWNING CITIZENS.
TEXANS ARE VERY PROUD PEOPLE, AND THIS ROBS US OF OUR PRIVACY.
MORE LAWS DO NOT MAKE PEOPLE MORE MORAL.
[APPLAUSE] HI THERE. I'VE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH SOME OF YOU PREVIOUSLY AND AS YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED WITH BOYS AND THE GIRLS, BOYS AND THE GIRLS SHARING THE SAME PERSONAL AND SAFE SPACES REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY IDENTIFY AS.
WHAT I HAVEN'T DONE IS SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT WHY I'M SO AGAINST IT.
I'M A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT I HAD PTSD FROM IT.
PUTTING GIRLS AND BOYS IN THESE VULNERABLE POSITIONS IS NOT SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS.
THERE IS NO LEARNING TAKING PLACE WHEN YOU DO NOT FEEL SAFE.
THESE GIRLS HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND TO MAINTAIN THEIR MODESTY AND A RIGHT TO SAFETY.
I CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO ASK THE THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] FOLLOWED BY SUSAN KERSHAW, FOLLOWED BY JANET GADD.
THAT'D BE AWESOME. [INAUDIBLE] SUSAN KERSHAW, JANET GADD, AND THEN TAMMY [INAUDIBLE].
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I'M [INAUDIBLE] A FRISCO ISD PARENT SPEAKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.AT A TIME WHEN STUDENTS NEED ACADEMIC FOCUS, OUR DISTRICT IS QUICKLY BECOMING A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT FOR CONTINUALLY SEXUALIZING MINORS BY ENCOURAGING MINOR GIRLS TO MASTURBATE AS PART OF A TWITTER THEME CALLED GIRLS COME FIRST, PROVIDING A DISCOUNT AD FOR MINORS TO BUY A VIBRATOR.
[INAUDIBLE] ONLINE ABOUT THE TWITTER ACCOUNT BEING HACKED AND POSTING A BOOK CLUB OF OBSCENE BOOKS WITH EXPLICIT CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TELLING STUDENTS TO READ THEM. WHO IS IN CHARGE? WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP? IT'S TIME TO STOP SEXUALIZING OUR CHILDREN AND TEACH ACADEMICS.
[APPLAUSE] SO IT WAS CONFIRMED TO BE TO ME BY MY SIXTH GRADE CHILD'S MIDDLE SCHOOL LEADER PRINCIPAL THAT INDEED THERE ARE THROUGH THE WEIRD EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT INDEED THE BOYS ARE ALLOWED IN THE GIRLS SCHOOL.
SHE'S 11 YEARS OLD, MY DAUGHTER, AND THAT BOYS ARE ALLOWED INTO THE SCHOOL RESTROOMS THERE AT HER SCHOOL ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDEOLOGY, THEY SAID, AND THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW CONFIRMED.
CONFIRMED TO ME ALSO IN THIS EMAIL THAT THERE IS NO SCHOOL POLICY, NO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, AS I HAD TO PULL THIS OUT OF HIM WITH MULTIPLE EMAILS AND THAT AND THAT IT IS INDEED TITLE NINE THAT THEY'RE USING TO JUSTIFY THE RATIONALE.
TITLE NINE IS A PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW.
FRISCO IS USING PROPOSALS AS LAWS AND THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
WHERE IS THE BOARD VOTE ON THIS? WE WANT TO KNOW.
I PROPOSE THAT THE GENDER IDEOLOGY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] JANET GADD EXCUSE ME, FOLLOWED BY TAMI LOVE AND THEN JOANNE JANSON.
GOOD EVENING. AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR MYSELF, I'VE ALWAYS RECOGNIZED THE DIFFERENCE THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF DIFFERENT STUDENTS. TRADITIONALLY, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I RETIRED FROM, AND IT WAS A LARGE ONE ALSO.
THOSE FEW STUDENTS, IN HER WORDS, PRIVATELY USE THE NURSE'S OFFICE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM.
AND NOBODY HAD ANY PROBLEMS. WHY WOULD YOU RISK THE WELL-BEING OF ALL STUDENTS IN FRISCO ISD? I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE DISTRICT CRAFT A POLICY AND VOTE ON IT IN OPEN FORUM.
THE TAXPAYERS AND AS WELL AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS, DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE EACH OF YOU STAND ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF 100% OF YOUR STUDENTS. PLEASE DON'T ALLOW FRISCO ISD TO BECOME A LOUDOUN COUNTY.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MENTION ANY VOTE THAT WE TAKE ON POLICY HAS TO BE IN THE OPEN.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE IN THIS ROOM TO THINK THAT ANY OF THAT CAN HAPPEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED BY LAW FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH EVERY VOTE THAT WE TAKE AS A BOARD.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DELIBERATE ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
THERE IS NOT A POLICY VOTE ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW.
SO IT IS HAPPENING AND IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW.
[APPLAUSE] OK. WE'RE 25TH OUT OF ALL THE OTHER NATIONS IN MATH, NOT SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH.
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AND HERE WE ARE DEBATING WHETHER A BOY SHOULD GO INTO A GIRL'S BATHROOM AND A GIRL CAN GO INTO A BOY'S BATHROOM.IF YOU ARE BORN WITH CERTAIN GENITALIA, YOU'RE A BOY OR A GIRL, YOU'RE NOT ASSIGNED YOUR GENDER.
I AM GETTING SO DAMN ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM, FINE.
WE WILL GIVE YOU, HELP YOU DEAL WITH IT.
BUT STOP TREATING ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN LIKE THEY ARE THE PROBLEM.
[APPLAUSE] ANGELA [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY GARY GREG SMITH FOLLOWED BY SANDRA.
ANGELA [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY GARY GREG SMITH AND THEN SARAH FREE.
WE ALL AGREE THAT GUNS SHOULD BE STORED SAFELY AND OUT OF THE REACH OF PROHIBITED INDIVIDUALS.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THE PLACE OF FRISCO ISD TO ASK ABOUT THIS.
GUNS ARE INCAPABLE OF ACTION WITHOUT HUMAN OPERATION.
THEREFORE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS PEOPLE'S BELIEF SYSTEMS IN RELATION TO THE VALUE OF LIFE.
GUNS. IF I'M SORRY, IF YOUR HONEST INTENT WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN SHOULD SERVE THAT PURPOSE, NOT AN INVASIVE QUESTIONNAIRE TO GATHER PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME COMPROMISED.
CRIMINALS HAVE GOTTEN A HOLD OF THESE LISTS AND USE THEM IN VIOLENT HOME INVASIONS IN OTHER STATES.
DOES THE DISTRICT REALLY WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HANDLING THIS HIGHLY SENSITIVE DATA AND WHICH WOULD ALSO LEAVE THE DISTRICT OPEN TO LAWSUITS, NOT TO MENTION OTHER NEFARIOUS ISSUES OF THESE LISTS LIKE PERSECUTION? AND IF ANYONE DISAGREES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSECUTION FROM THESE LISTS, YOU SHOULD READ A HISTORY BOOK.
[APPLAUSE] GARY GREG SMITH, FOLLOWED BY SARAH FREE AND THEN LEE GOUDREAU.
IS THERE A GARY SMITH? NO. SARAH FREE.
AFTER LEE IS [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN A [INAUDIBLE].
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT BATHROOMS. AND YOU CAN BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
IN THOMAS JEFFERSON'S LETTER TO THE DANBURY BAPTIST COMMUNITY HE WRITES, I CONTEMPLATE WITH SOVEREIGN REVERENCE THAT ACT OF THE WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH DECLARED THAT THEIR LEGISLATURE SHOULD MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.
THUS BUILDING A WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
I AM SURE SOME OF YOU HERE AGREE THAT SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR FREEDOM.
UNFORTUNATELY, SB 797 APPEARS TO BE A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO QUASH THAT FREEDOM.
I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT SEVERAL IN GOD WE TRUST POSTERS.
I WASN'T ALLOWED TO BRING THEM IN, IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES.
I HAVE POSTERS IN ARABIC, HINDI, HEBREW, SPANISH AND A RAINBOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION.
THESE ARE TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF FRISCO'S MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY.
AS A COMMUNITY, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY IS [INAUDIBLE] HERE? YES. OH, SORRY.
I'M A PARENT OF A GIRL THAT GOES TO FRISCO ISD.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER KIDS TO BE ACCOMMODATED FOR THEIR NEEDS.
IT IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
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IF YOU ARE PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION TO THEM, BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.AND IT MAKES ME EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING A CLEAR ANSWER ON THAT.
YOU SAID NINE OUT OF TEN TIMES IT HAPPENS.
SO MAYBE THERE IS THAT 10% CHANCE THAT A BOY MIGHT END UP IN MY GIRL'S BATHROOM.
AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SO FOLLOWED. FOLLOWING HER WILL BE LINDA HOWARD AND THEN JASON CONWAY.
SO TEXAS IS CURRENTLY A PART OF THAT LAWSUIT AGAINST THE USDA.
SO AT THIS TIME, TEXAS IS NOT AT RISK OF HAVING TO TAKE ON THOSE TITLE NINE RULE CHANGES.
WHAT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THOUGH, IS A RESOURCE.
THIS IS THE NAVIGATING THE TRANSGENDER LANDSCAPE SCHOOL GUIDE.
I HAVE A COPY FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.
AND THESE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAVE HAD WITH FAIRNESS, INCLUDING BASED ON MEDICAL INFORMATION.
I ATTEND MEDICAL SUMMITS FOR FUN AND THIS INFORMATION IS SOMETHING YOU ALL NEED.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LINDA HOWARD, IS THERE LINDA HOWARD? JASON CONWAY. NO.
YES. AND THEN FOLLOWING JASON WILL BE TED HART AND THEN STACY WATTS.
I'M AN UNCLE TO THREE MORE AND FRISCO ISD.
IT'S NOT. SOME OF YOU ARE COWARDS.
[APPLAUSE] PLEASE, PLEASE STOP HIDING BEHIND TITLE NINE.
I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY SCHOOL HAS BOTH BOY AND GIRL BATHROOMS. RIGHT? WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? MAKE SURE THEY GO TO THE RIGHT ONE.
[APPLAUSE] TED HART. TED HART.
FOLLOWED BY CHERYL SPARROW AND THEN KATHRYN VARGAS.
HI. IN RESPONSE TO THE BOARD STATING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED INCIDENTS BETWEEN TRANSGENDER STUDENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS IN THE BATHROOMS, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A MISLEADING STATEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTACTED THE BOARD IN TWO SCHOOLS REGARDING THIS ISSUE DIRECTLY.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY WERE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO WHEN THEY CAME HOME, THEY JUST MENTIONED IT TO US IMMEDIATELY.
WE CONTACTED THE SCHOOL AND WERE TOLD THAT THERE IS NO POLICY AND WE ARE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY HAD NOTHING ELSE TO TELL US.
IN 2021, AFTER BEING RESIGNED TO A NEW SCHOOL, WE REACHED OUT AGAIN.
WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WE WERE TOLD TO GO CONTACT OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE WERE DIRECTED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING THE TRANSGENDER STUDENT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THE BOARD.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHERYL SPARROW, FOLLOWED BY KATHRYN VARGAS AND THEN CARMEN CHAFFMEN.
CHERYL SPARROW. AND THEN KATHERINE VARGAS.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU DO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THESE POLICIES, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE PLANS TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT REPORTING INCIDENCES OR HAVE YOU ANY? AS WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY PARENTS TONIGHT, THERE AREN'T THERE ARE MANY INCIDENCES THAT ARE GOING UNREPORTED AT YOUR LEVEL.
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SO OBVIOUSLY, THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.NOW, WHEN YOU HAVEN'T PERMANENTLY IMPLEMENTED IT, HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK CONTINUALLY OR EFFECTIVELY GOING FORWARD? THERE IS JUST LIKE BULLYING.
YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS IT INDIVIDUALLY.
AND TO ALLOW 99% OF THE CHILDREN TO BE EXPOSED TO A 1% PROBLEM IS UNREASONABLE.
[APPLAUSE] KATHRYN VARGAS, FOLLOWED BY CARMEN CHAFFMAN AND THEN RONALD SALAMI.
I'M A FRISCO ISD PARENT AND THE LOCAL VOLUNTEER LEAD FOR COLLIN COUNTY MOMS DEMAND ACTION.
SAFE STORAGE IS NOT A PARTISAN OR CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
THE OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT HAVE SHOWN UP TODAY WITH NO CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT OR OUR STUDENTS KNOW THIS, AND I ASSUME THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING IN THEIR COMMENTS. TODAY, YOU CAN TAKE A SMALL ACTION TOWARD KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFER.
NOT ONLY IN SCHOOL BUT AT HOME TOO BY PASSING THE RESOLUTION, WHICH SIMPLY PROVIDES SAFE STORAGE INFO TO FAMILIES AND REQUIRES A SIGNATURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION. NOT A SURVEY, NOT A GUN REGISTRY.
ARE YOU CARMAN? OK CARMAN AND THEN FOLLOWED BY RONALD SALAMI, JENNIE SCOTT AND RAMONA JOHNSTON.
GOOD EVENING. I HAVE TWO MESSAGES FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THE SECOND IS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO MAKE REASONABLE AND WELL THOUGHT OUT DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PRESSURE.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR FEAR MONGERING OR HATRED IN OUR DISTRICT.
[APPLAUSE] RONALD. I'M RON SALAMI.
ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, TWO IN HIGH SCHOOL.
MOST ETHICAL DILEMMAS ARE NOT A CHOICE BETWEEN RIGHT OR GOOD AND BAD.
USUALLY IT'S BETWEEN TWO GOODS, AND THE BATHROOM ISSUE IS NO DIFFERENT.
YOU NEED TO PROTECT THE TRANSGENDER TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
THE NON TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, BUT BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY PROTECT THEM.
I WOULD. CAN I TRUST YOU TO PROTECT MY DAUGHTERS? I'M ENTRUSTING YOU WITH THAT CARE, AND I KNOW YOU WILL TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT.
I PROTECT THEM BY NOT ALLOWING THEM IN MY BATHROOM.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANY OTHER STUDENTS INTENTION IS.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JENNY SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY RAMONA JOHNSTON, FOLLOWED BY MARK JACKSON.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR ADDING THIS ITEM TO THE AGENDA.
EACH OF US HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN KEEPING THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
TONIGHT, I COMMIT MYSELF TO DOING MY PART IN KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES SAFE.
AND I INVITE EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY TO JOIN ME IN THOSE EFFORTS.
LET'S PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL.
OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY ARE WORTH IT.
[APPLAUSE] IS THERE A RAMONA JOHNSTON? RAMONA. THEN FOLLOWED BY MARK JACKSON AND ELIZABETH MICHELLE.
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NO. THEN MARK AND ELIZABETH.I DON'T WANT TO PRESENT ARGUMENTS ABOUT RESTROOMS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.
I WILL NOT LET THE RADICAL VALUES THAT CONTINUE TO ENCROACH ON OUR NATION'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THREATEN MY CHILDREN'S MENTAL, SPIRITUAL OR PHYSICAL SAFETY, EVEN IF THIS MEANS REMOVING THEM FROM THIS SYSTEM.
IT IS THAT THERE ARE VIABLE AND VIBRANT ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] ELIZABETH.
MICHELLE. FOLLOWED BY KEITH GROTE AND THEN BRIAN LAST INITIAL H.
GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH MICHELLE AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO GIRLS IN FRISCO ISD.
SIR THE ONLY WAY YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO KNOW THAT A TRANSGENDER STUDENT IS USING THE SAME BATHROOM AS THEM IS IF THEY'VE TAKEN A LITTLE PEEK TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE.
MAYBE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT.
TO OUR TRANS KIDDOS, YOU ARE SEEN AND HEARD AND LOVED AND IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FRISCO ISD FOR HELPING ALL FISD KIDS.
AND IF EVERYONE COULD JUST WASH THEIR HANDS IN THE BATHROOM, THAT'D BE GREAT.
[APPLAUSE] KEITH GROTE, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN H.
WAIT FOR IT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AUDITS.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE HIM 7 MINUTES? ONE PERSON THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDITS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO MAKING ACCESSING THE AUDITS EASIER SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT NON CONFORMANCE AND THE HOW TO THE NOT THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR THOSE NON CONFORMANCE.
SO THEY'D BE TRANSPARENT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, IN THE LIST OF THE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ITEM TODAY ABOUT IN GOD WE TRUST.
I WAS AWARE OF THAT REQUIREMENT BACK IN APRIL.
I WAS SHOCKED THAT IT WASN'T ALREADY KNOWN IF THAT WAS AUDITED.
THE AUDITOR WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT.
THINGS LIKE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AUDITABLE.
SO IF YOU HAD A COMPLETE ROUNDABOUT AUDIT THAT WASN'T JUST GEARED ON FINANCES, BUT AUDIT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, ALL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] THE TITLE, THE EDUCATION CODE.
YOU WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
SO SINCE THAT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING, MR. GROTE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT.
AND WE LOOKED AT THE SEVERITY OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE ADOPT THAT EACH YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU.
BUT I ALSO CAME HERE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR MY CHILDREN.
I HAVE FOUR KIDS IN FRISCO ISD.
AND OVER THAT DISCUSSION, I ENCOURAGED HER TO BE FRIENDLY, TO REACH OUT, TO BE FRIENDS.
BUT WE STARTED DISCUSSING ATHLETICS AND LOCKER ROOMS, AND SHE TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE CHANGING IN A LOCKER ROOM WITH A TRANSGENDER GIRL.
SO I COME HERE TO TELL YOU TO.
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ROOMS. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT'S NOT A POLICY CURRENTLY, BUT WITH TITLE NINE, SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, TARA HIGHTOWER.
IS THERE A TARA HIGHTOWER STILL HERE? NO. PATTY SCHRECK.
OH, OKAY. SO ARE YOU PATTY OK, FOLLOWED BY ANGELA DUNFORD AND THEN JIM KIRKLAND.
HI THERE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT I DO ALSO APPRECIATE YOU WORKING ON THE BATHROOM BILL POLICY, BUT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON THAN THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM . EXCLUDING TRANS KIDS FROM BATHROOMS OF THEIR PEERS, PUT THE TARGET ON THEIR BACK AND INCREASE CAN AND CAN AND DOES INCREASE BULLYING.
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY IN 2022 BY THE TREVOR PROJECT, THE LGBT LGBTQ YOUTH.
SORRY, I LOST MY NOTES, WHICH IS A CRISIS HOTLINE FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH REPORTS THAT YOUTH ENROLLED IN A SCHOOL THEY FEEL AFFIRMED HAD A 40% LOWER RATES OF REPORTING SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN THE LAST YEAR.
NOT FOR THIS REASON, BUT FOR ANOTHER REASON.
AND WE DO NOT NEED MORE OF THAT.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] ANGELA DUNFORD, FOLLOWED BY JIM KIRKLAND AND THEN ALYSSA WALLACE.
IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DFW AREA DISTRICTS.
WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT OVER 10,000, FISD IS SECOND TO LAST IN PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET ALLOTTED TO GT SERVICES, DESPITE HAVING A PRETTY AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT ENROLLED IN GT.
AND ALSO WE RANK TOWARDS AT THE VERY BOTTOM COMPARED TO OTHER NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF GT SERVICES GIVEN TO OUR ELEMENTARY KIDDOS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT ALWAYS QUANTITY EQUALS QUALITY.
AND SO THESE NUMBERS DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR DISTRICT LOOK AT EXPANDING THOSE SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE THE VERY REAL UNIQUE LEARNING NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE ON THE CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, WHICH IS LEFT UNCOVERED RIGHT NOW AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THE TWO OTHER BUDGETING ITEMS I WANTED TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON HAVE TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
JESSIE [INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING.
SHE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT SHE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE MOST? IT'S NOT WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING, BUT IT'S WHAT THE ADULTS ARE ALLOWING TO HAPPEN.
[APPLAUSE] SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS WORLD AT ALL.
YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYBODY ANY FAVORS BY CODDLING THEM.
WE NEED TO HELP THEM GET OUT OF THIS PREDICAMENT A LOT OF THESE TRANSGENDER FOLKS MIGHT BE IN, BUT TO CODDLE THEM AND DO NOTHING AND FOR FOLKS LIKE YOU ALL TO GO ALONG WITH IT IS SHAMEFUL. YOU'RE NOT DOING THEM ANY FAVORS.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALYSSA WALLACE, IS ALYSSA STILL HERE.
ALYSSA FOLLOWED BY AMANDA REID AND THEN JESSIE [INAUDIBLE].
GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE AS A MOTHER AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO SHARE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR AND URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING SAFE STORAGE PRACTICES. FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS.
YOU ALL HERE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE AND POTENTIALLY SAVE ONE LIFE, AND THAT SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH REASON TO TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THANK YOU.
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[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AMANDA REID.AMANDA REID, FOLLOWED BY JESSIE [INAUDIBLE].
JESSIE YOU'RE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
I'VE ENJOYED SEEING YOU GUYS ASK SO MANY QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY.
I WANTED TO REACH OUT AND GIVE SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT PRACTICES THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR BATHROOMS. I WORRY THAT ADDING ANY KIND OF NEW POLICY IN WHICH TEACHERS OR STUDENTS FEEL COMPELLED TO POLICE WHETHER SOMEONE CONFORMS WITH AN IDEALIZED GENDER NORM IN ORDER TO USE A SPACE IS KIND OF DANGEROUS.
I FEEL LIKE THAT KIND OF POLICY WOULD SET US UP FOR HARASSMENT OF NOT ONLY TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, BUT ALSO ANYONE WHO DOESN'T CONFORM IF THEY'RE TALL OR MUSCULAR, IF THEY DON'T DRESS LIKE EVERYONE.
AND SO I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE DOING IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JESSE [INAUDIBLE] DON'T WORRY I SPEAK FAST.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
POLITICS ASIDE, EVERYONE WANTS GUN RESPONSIBILITY.
EVERY GUN OWNER IN THIS ROOM WANTS OTHER GUN OWNERS TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
ROUTINE. LOCK YOUR GUNS, LOCK YOUR DOORS.
LASTLY, I THINK IT IS A DISGRACE THAT A SITTING BOARD MEMBER WOULD IMPLY THAT IT'S OKAY TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY GROUP OF KIDS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF THEM TO KNOW EVERY CHILD BY NAME AND NEED IS NOT TO KNOW BY EVERY CHILD BY NAME AND NEED EXCEPT TRANS CHILDREN.
TRANS LIVES MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE'S DOES.
[13.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from August 2 special meeting, August 8 regular meeting, August 15 special meeting, August 19 special meeting, and August 23 special meeting]
MEETING, AUGUST 19TH SPECIAL MEETING AND AUGUST 23RD SPECIAL MEETING.IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MR. CLASSE, SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES, AYE.
OK SO MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE TO CLEAR THE BOARDROOM SO WE CAN HEAR EACH OTHER.
MICHELE THAT PASSED FIVE ZERO.
HELLO. SORRY TO INTERRUPT, EVERYONE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CONDUCTING A MEETING.
WE HAVE BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON.
BUT WE STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO CONDUCT, AND I'D LIKE TO GET OUR STAFF HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A FEW MINUTES TO EXIT THE BOARDROOM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RESUME OUR MEETING.
[13.B. Consideration and possible action regarding Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-708-ALM, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas]
708-ALM PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.BOARD WE HEARD ABOUT THIS CASE IN CLOSED SESSION.
MOTION BY MR. CLASSE SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
[13.C. Consideration and possible action regarding Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-709-ALM, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas]
COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.BOARD WE ALSO HEARD THIS CASE IN CLOSED SESSION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, WE REALLY CAN'T DELIBERATE BECAUSE OF THE TOPIC, BUT I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
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MOTION ON MR. CLASSE SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR AYE..[13.D. Consider and act on Resolution Encouraging Safe Gun Storage Practices]
MR. CLASSE, DO YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF ON THAT? YEAH, SURE. SO I DO WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS.THIS THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US AS WELL BY SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AS THE TRAGEDY AND UVALDE HIT. AND THEN AS WE STARTED TO CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD DO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT.
BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
IT'S MEANT TO BE INFORMATIONAL.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO GATHER DATA.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO INSULT ANYBODY'S INTELLIGENCE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE'LL LOOK TO THE AMENDMENT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
LET ME PULL UP MY SCREEN. I'LL BE HAPPY TO READ IT.
AS INITIALLY PROPOSED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO TONIGHT.
WHEREAS, TEXAS PENAL CODE 46.13 MAKES IT AN OFFENSE IF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 17 GAINS ACCESS TO READILY DISCHARGEABLE FIREARM, A READILY DISCHARGEABLE FIREARM BECAUSE A PERSON FAILS TO SECURE THE FIREARM OR LEAVES THE FIREARM IN A PLACE TO WHICH THE PERSON SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE CHILD WOULD GAIN ACCESS.
WHEREAS, 3,683 DEATHS IN TEXAS WERE DUE TO FIREARMS IN 2019.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE REFERENCED PARAGRAPHS, FINDINGS AND RECITALS ARE INCORPORATED INTO AND MADE PART OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT THE FRISCO ISD BOARD HEREBY ENCOURAGES ALL GUN OWNERS IN FRISCO ISD TO SAFELY STORE THEIR FIREARMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFE GUN STORAGE.
THAT THE FRISCO ISD BOARD HEREBY DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MAKE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES REGARDING SAFE GUN STORAGE PRACTICES AVAILABLE TO PARENTS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, AND THAT THE FRISCO ISD BOARD FURTHER DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEVELOP A FORUM/MODIFY AN EXISTING FORUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TEXAS PENAL CODE 46.13 AND THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES REGARDING SAFE GUN STORAGE PRACTICES FROM PARENTS IN FRISCO ISD, RESOLVED THIS DAY 12TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME FEEDBACK BOTH AT THE MEETING, BUT ALSO VIA EMAIL AND A FEW PHONE CALLS AS WELL ABOUT THIS MANY IN SUPPORT OF, BUT SOME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF US COLLECTING DATA, WHICH IS NEVER OUR INTENTION BEYOND BEHIND THIS.
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION, AND IT'S MERELY A WAY FOR US TO MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE AWARE THAT MINOR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FIREARMS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE COLLECTING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OF THAT AND WE CERTAINLY WE WANT THIS TO BE A HEALTHY CONVERSATION AND NOT ANYTHING THAT IS POLITICALLY DRIVEN. AND I KNOW WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT THAT CAN BE A VERY POLITICALLY DRIVEN CONVERSATION.
BUT OUR GOAL IN THIS IS JUST TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
AND WE LOOK AT A VARIETY OF WAYS TO DO THAT THROUGH.
WE HEARD FROM OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY GROUP TONIGHT.
AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY EASY WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN, I'D LIKE TO JUST READ AN AMENDMENT THAT WE HAD OUR INTERNAL COUNSEL REDESIGN FOR US IN RESPONSE TO THE CONCERN ABOUT US DATA COLLECTING.
SO NUMBER FOUR ON THIS RESOLUTION WILL READ THAT THE FRISCO ISD BOARD FURTHER DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEVELOP A FORUM OR MODIFY AN EXISTING FORUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TEXAS PENAL CODE 46.13 AND THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES REGARDING SAFE GUN STORAGE PRACTICES FROM ALL PARENTS IN FRISCO ISD.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THOSE TO JUST SAY, IF YOU HAVE A GUN, YOU SIGN IT.
IT'S FOR ALL PARENTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE PENAL CODE STATES.
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THAT A PARENT'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE STATUTE AND AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO MEAN THAT THE PARENT OWNS A FIREARM.SO THAT'S OUR ADDITION TO THE AMENDMENT AND TO THE RESOLUTION.
WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE GUNS IN YOUR HOME.
ANY DISCUSSION, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR.
YEAH. I LIKE TO SAY THAT MY HEART BREAKS ALSO FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND SHOOTINGS IN GENERAL, THE GENERAL WAY WE ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS AND YOU THINK ABOUT HOW.
JUST SENTENCE IT NOW A LIFE IS JUST TAKEN.
I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE DISTRICT'S LISTING ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE STATE LAW.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR PLACE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DISTRICT.
WHERE I LOOK ON GUNS, SOME PEOPLE DON'T SEE THEY SEE GUNS LIKE A VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, THE KIDS KNOW HOW TO HANDLE GUNS.
THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED IN IT AND IT'S JUST NOT A PROBLEM.
SO I THINK IF THE BOARD WOULD SEND OUT INFORMATION, NOT REQUIRE SOMEBODY TO SIGN SOMETHING THAT SAYS, I KNOW THAT, JUST SEND IT OUT, IT'D BE GOOD. AND FOR THIS REASON, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST STRIKE.
LET ME OPEN THE FLOOR REAL FAST JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION.
BOARD ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST HAD A QUESTION. HAS THE BOARD EVER DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DEVELOP ANY KIND OF FORUM REQUESTING A PARENT RESPONSE IN THE PAST, I JUST DON'T RECALL AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT, THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR AS A FRISCO ISD PARENT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, I GET INFORMATION A LOT, RIGHT? WE ALL DO THROUGH EMAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WE'RE APPROACHING THIS THIS PARTICULAR WAY AND IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE APPROACHED SOMETHING LIKE THIS NOT RELATED TO GUN SAFETY, BUT IN THIS WAY WHERE THE BOARD DIRECTED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO THIS TYPE OF THING.
WE HAVE TO TASK THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE HIS STAFF MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT I READ THE RESOLUTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS AN INSTANCE THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
STUDENT HANDBOOK , YOU SIGN CODE OF CONDUCT, YOU SIGN ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND THIS COMES FROM THAT INTENT.
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF THAT IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.
THANKS. BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING SAFE GUN STORES.
SORRY, I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.
I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT TO STRIKE FOUR FROM THE RESOLUTION AS READ AS I READ PRIOR TO THE VOTE.
SO YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS IF WE'RE STRIKING NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS HOW STAFF OR THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD SEND OUT THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, ARE WE REPLACING IT WITH ANYTHING OR DOES IT JUST.
I'M CONFUSED. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
MY CONCERN IS REALLY JUST THE SIGNATURES THAT WE HAVE TO GO ON.
I DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING OR I'M NOT PROPOSING ANY REPLACEMENT FOR ANY OF IT.
I HAVE A QUESTION. I REALLY ACTUALLY EVEN HATE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT IS THERE ANY IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY CONSEQUENCE OF NOT SIGNING THE FORM? IF THE FORM GOES OUT, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY CONSEQUENCE WITH IT IF IT DOESN'T COME BACK?
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THIS COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A CHECKBOX WHEN PARENTS REGISTER THEIR STUDENTS, IT.WOULD IT BE MANDATORY TO CHECK IT IF YOU WANTED TO.
DON'T CHECK IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT SIMPLE. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A SIGNATURE.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SAYS.
THIS THIS AT LEAST INDICATES TO ME THE WAY I READ IT THAT IT WOULD BE SENT OUT TO ALL PARENTS OR POTENTIALLY COULD BE SENT OUT TO ALL PARENTS, NOT JUST THOSE REGISTERING, BUT ALL CURRENT PARENT HAS TO REGISTER THEIR CHILD.
RIGHT. SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT IT IS DONE AT THAT TIME? IT COULD BE A PART OF THE INFO SNAP REGISTRATION.
CHECK IT IF YOU WANT TO. DON'T CHECK IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM MR. LOWE TO STRIKE NUMBER FOUR OF THE RESOLUTION.
SO IS THERE A SECOND? OH YOU SECONDED IT. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF STRIKING NUMBER FOUR FROM THE RESOLUTION.
[13.E. Consider and act on the revision of Board Policy BQA (LOCAL) and the repeal of the District of Innovation Committee Operating Procedures]
MR. STOCKTON.HEY, Y'ALL. I SENT YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST WANT TO GO OVER IT FOR YOU AGAIN.
WE ROLLED OUT A NEW SINGLE DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPLICATION FORM THAT ALL DISTRICT COMMITTEES USE NOW.
AND SO PART OF THAT PROCESS WAS RELAUNCHING WHAT HAD FORMERLY BEEN CALLED THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AS THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND IT WENT THROUGH ITS FIRST YEAR LAST YEAR WITH CERTAIN STANDING COMMITTEES.
AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC CHANGE PROCESS THAT KIM HAS BEEN LEADING AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, WE ARE WORKING TO ALIGN THAT WITH ALL OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AS WELL.
THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT TEAM RIGHT NOW SERVES A ROLE AS THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE IN STATUTE, AND IT HAS CERTAIN SPECIFIC DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS AROUND IT.
BUT WE'RE CONSOLIDATING THAT WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND THAT IS DESIGNED TO BRING ALL OF THIS KIND OF TOGETHER UNDER ONE UMBRELLA WHERE WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT WORK HAPPENING RIGHT ALONGSIDE ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC CHANGE WORK AND ALL ALIGNED TO THE FUTURE READY FOCUS AREAS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE BOARD POLICY THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU ALL FOR AMENDMENT HAS PREVIOUSLY SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT TEAM BY NAME, RATHER THAN USING THE MORE GENERIC TERM DISTRICT LEVEL PLANNING COMMITTEE.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THESE OTHER TWO COMMITTEES AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE NAME.
WE'RE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TO THE SELECTION, WHAT WE'RE USING THE DAC SELECTION PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN USE THAT FOR, WHICH IS EVERYBODY OTHER THAN PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO BE ELECTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THAT.
SO YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT IN THERE AS WELL.
WE TOOK OUT SOME OF THE OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE LAST PIECE OF THIS IS THE REPEAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION COMMITTEE OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SO THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION STATUTE, THE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS DISTRICTS TO BECOME DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS YOU ALL HAVE ADOPTED CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
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BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING THIS TO THE DAC, THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION OR THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT TEAM TO THE DAC, AND IT'S A MUCH LARGER GROUP.WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATING THE SEPARATE DISTRICT DISTRICT OF INNOVATION COMMITTEE AND JUST GOING TO USE THE DAC TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE, WHICH MEETS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AS WELL, AND ALSO GETS A LOT MORE FEEDBACK FOR US ON THOSE LOCAL INNOVATION AMENDMENTS.
SO Y'ALL HAD ADOPTED A COMMITTEE PROCEDURES FOR [INAUDIBLE] WHICH REALLY WERE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE BOARD ADOPTED, BUT Y'ALL HAD ADOPTED THEM BACK IN 2019.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU ALL REPEAL THOSE BECAUSE THEY WON'T APPLY ANYMORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF ACRONYMS AND A LOT OF COMMITTEE NAMES.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
BOARD ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. STOCKTON? IF NOT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM E AHEAD OF ITEM F.
MOTION BY MR. CLASSE SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR.
[INAUDIBLE] MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO AND I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON.
OR DO YOU WANT TO? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO PRESENT FOR ITEM F?
[13.F. Consider and act on appointment of community members to District committees]
JUST I JUST WANT TO NOTE ON ITEM F.SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER.
I WANT TO NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE SELECTION.
WE BRING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL.
STAFF MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE BRING SELECTIONS THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HAVE MADE FROM THE APPLICATIONS TO YOU ALL AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS.
SO FOR THE DAC, WE HAVE 75, THERE ARE 65 PARENTS AND 10 NON PARENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE THREE ON YOUR LIST FOR THAT ONE.
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY OR PARENT COMMITTEE, THAT WAS A NEW COMMITTEE LAST YEAR.
AND IT'S THE FIRST THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE THOSE NAMES AS WELL.
AND WE BROUGHT THOSE NAMES TO YOU AS WELL.
THERE'S ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT PEOPLE APPLY FOR, AND THAT'S THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT AT THIS TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPENINGS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY NAMES FOR YOU FOR THAT ONE.
WE HAD OVER 253, WE HAD TWO NOT OVER.
WE HAD 253 PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS APPLY FOR 117 AVAILABLE SPOTS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY QUALIFIED, INTERESTED PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T SELECTED.
WE DO KEEP THEIR NAMES IN THE POOL ALL YEAR.
THANK YOU. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
NO QUESTIONS. I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF TRYING TO STANDARDIZE RECEIVING APPLICANTS AND INDICATION OF INTEREST ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND GIVING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PLUG IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND, YOU KNOW, TRIAL AND ERROR, IT'S IT'S IN A GOOD SPOT NOW.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK ON IT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DID SIGN UP.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL PUT MY GLASSES ON.
MOTION BY MS. GILLESPIE SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM G.
[13.G. Consider and act on a resolution of the Board of Trustees declaring intent to opt out of TRS ActiveCare]
MR. STOCKTON SO I AM PRESENTING THIS ON BEHALF OF MS. SMITH, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.Y'ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 1444, WHICH CODIFIED THE PROHIBITION ON OFFERING COMPETING HEALTH PLANS ALONGSIDE TRS IN THE INSURANCE CODE.
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THAT COMPETING PLAN. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WE WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO OFFER THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF SENATE BILL 1444.BUT THE BILL DID MAKE A CHANGE TO THE ABILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEAVE TRS AND COME BACK.
THAT PREVIOUSLY WASN'T AN OPTION.
SO IT GIVES DISTRICTS THE ABILITY TO GO AND SEE IF THEY CAN KIND OF MAKE SOMETHING ELSE WORK AND THEN STILL COME BACK IF IT DOESN'T WORK, RATHER THAN BEING STUCK OUT OF TRS FOR THE REST OF TIME. SO WE CONSIDERED THIS LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AT THE TIME TO MAKE THE DECISION BY THE DEADLINE TO OPT OUT OF TRS. SO WE DIDN'T.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE A COMPETING PLAN OR ANOTHER PLAN THIS YEAR.
BUT AS WE MOVE INTO PREPARING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE DO WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A A BETTER OPTION FOR OUR STAFF OUTSIDE OF TRS.
AND WE ARE GETTING THE DATA THAT WE NEED FROM TRS.
AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AS WELL SOON.
SO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION ON THE DISTRICT.
WE DON'T OFFICIALLY OPT OUT OF TRS UNTIL WE SEND THEM THEIR VERY SPECIFIC FORM.
SO WE WILL SEND THAT FORM WHEN WHEN THE TIME COMES BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST.
HOWEVER, IN AN EFFORT TO ALLOW THE THE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH TRS TO ALSO RESPOND TO OUR OUR RFP, WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD ADOPT A RESOLUTION JUST DECLARING OUR INTENT TO LEAVE TRS SO THAT THOSE PROVIDERS FEEL COMFORTABLE RESPONDING TO OUR RFP AND NOT BASICALLY COMPETING AGAINST THEMSELVES WITH TRS.
SO THAT IS WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
BUT THAT IS NOT A REVERSE OR AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION.
UP UNTIL WE ACTUALLY FILL OUT THAT FORM, WE'RE NOT OPTED OUT OF TRS.
THANK YOU. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND ONE RECOMMENDATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
THE FIRST WOULD BE HAVE OUR STAFF MEMBERS BEEN SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS CHANGE? AND IF NOT, WHAT IS SO GREAT? IF NOT, DO WE PLAN TO DO SO? YEAH. SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR SURE ON THE PLAN JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY MY AREA.
I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVEN'T DONE A SURVEY UP TO THIS POINT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ANECDOTAL RESPONSES FROM STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT OUR COMPETING PLAN.
SO WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY ISSUED A SURVEY AT THIS POINT.
WE ALSO DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION YET TO DO THAT.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF GAINING FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY COMPARE POTENTIAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS BETWEEN EITHER STAYING IN TRS OR THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REAL, ACTUAL OPTIONS WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OTHER PROVIDERS AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S JUST KIND OF A VAGUE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD WHAT THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE.
SO THAT TOOK AWAY ONE OF MY WELL THE STATEMENT THAT BUT I DO STILL WANT TO KNOW IF IN THE EVENT WE DO WALK AWAY FROM TRS, WILL OUR STAFF HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS OR DO THEY JUST HAVE THE OPTION THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM? SO INSTEAD OF IT WILL I WANT AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE IT'LL DEPEND ON WHAT THE RFP RESPONSES ARE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE WILL BE ONE PROVIDER, BUT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PLANS WITHIN THAT PROVIDER.
SO EVEN WITH TRS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE I THINK FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT THEY'RE ALL WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, SO IT'S LIKELY TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND CERTAINLY WE WOULDN'T IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN THAT'S AT LEAST COMPARABLE IN COVERAGE AND COSTS TO TRS, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T CHOOSE TO OPT OUT.
THANK YOU BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
[13.H. Consent Agenda]
AND MS. ELAD WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 25.DR. CUNNINGHAM. SHE'LL HAVE SOME SHE HAS SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON THAT.
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SO BOARD PRIOR TO THAT, IF IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PULL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR JUST ITEMS 1 THROUGH 24.MOVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 24.
ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
I JUST WAS WONDERING, HOW MANY CLASSES DO WE HAVE THAT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY WHERE YOU NEED TO GET A WAIVER RESOLUTION FOR GRADES, I GUESS, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOUR.
SO CURRENTLY I'VE GOT THIS NUMBER.
I DON'T KNOW IF DR. CUNNINGHAM DOES OR NOT.
YOU HAVE IT TOO. SO, YEAH, I HOPE IT IS THE SAME.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AT THE SAME TIME.
[INAUDIBLE] SO CURRENTLY WE SUBMITTED FOR 76 WAIVERS.
TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE HAD WE SUBMITTED FOR 224.
IS THAT THE NUMBER YOU HAD? ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S ANY TIME A CLASS GOES ONE STUDENT OVER.
AND ONCE THEY DO, THEY DON'T GO AWAY.
THEY STAY WITH THAT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
RIGHT. SO IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT KIND OF EVENS OUT FOR MOST OF THE CLASSES DURING THE YEAR AS KIDS MOVE OR TRANSFER OR WHATEVER? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S RELATED TO A STAFFING SHORTAGE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE ADDRESSED IN THE COMING MONTHS? YOU KNOW, IT'S I'M NOT I CAN ANSWER THAT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RELATED TO A STAFFING SHORTAGE.
MOST FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS LIKE US ARE GOING TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF WAIVERS.
I MEAN, GOSH, IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I CAN REMEMBER 350 400 WAIVERS AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING A YEAR IT'S VERY COMMON PRACTICE FOR US WITH AS MANY. AND IF YOU FIGURE WE'VE GOT 4,200 TEACHERS AND 76 CLASS SIZE WAIVERS, IT'S A VERY LOW PERCENTAGE OF OF CLASS SIZES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A WAIVER.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM 25? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR THE A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 25 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION BY MS. ELAD SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
[14. Reports]
WELL, PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO SAY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CLOSING REMARKS.
I'D LOVE TO THANK OUR AMAZING SROS.
THERE YOU GO. OUR FPD CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US.
A FEW OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING MARVIN SAID REGARDING WHO'S MY BOSS.
YOU ARE ONE OF SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS, NOT 25%, AND I DON'T WORK FOR SEVEN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS.
I WORK FOR THE BOARD COLLECTIVE.
THAT'S VERY CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN THE LAW.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO FOUR OF US VOTED TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE OR CAUSE YOU TO LEAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION.
SORRY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TONIGHT.
I KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAD SOME REALLY HARD CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT AND THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE HERE THIS EVENING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SENSITIVE OUR MICS ARE, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST SAY ONE THING, BECAUSE I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WASN'T DOING OUR STUDENTS.
I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE DOING THEM A DISSERVICE IF I DID NOT MENTION IT.
I NEVER WANT TO NORMALIZE A SITUATION WHERE CHILDREN ARE SPOKEN ABOUT IN A DEROGATORY FASHION.
THERE WERE SOME NAMES THAT WERE CALLED ABOUT OUR CHILDREN THIS EVENING THAT BROKE MY HEART.
THAT ADULTS IN THE ROOM THINK SO POORLY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MINORS, THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE FULL FRONTAL LOBE DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
AND SO THEY ARE LEARNING AS THEY GO.
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AND IF WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN A WAY THAT IS RESPECTFUL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT BEST SERVES OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.