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AND I CALL TO ORDER A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FRISCO ISD.
WE DO HAVE QUORUM WITH FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT.
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2023-2024.
[1. Discussion regarding 2023-2024 draft attendance zones, including opportunity for citizen input]
DRAFT ATTENDANCE ZONES INCLUDING OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZEN INPUT.ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS NOW, WE'VE I THINK AS OF THIS MORNING WE WERE UP TO 304 EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND RESPONDED TO.
WE HAVE SINCE WE FIRST DID OUR PROPOSAL BACK AT THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING.
YOU KNOW, WE SAY ALL THE TIME, THIS PROCESS NEVER REALLY ENDS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT ONLY DO WE LISTEN TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AFTER THAT INITIAL BOARD MEETING, WE CONTINUE TO INTERNALLY TO DIG IN AND LOOK FOR OPTIONS THAT HAD FEWER IMPACT ON STUDENTS.
AGAIN, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT UP HERE IS ELEMENTARY, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE CHANGES TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ZONES THAT WE PRESENTED BACK AT THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING. AND OF COURSE, THERE IS NO ZONING FOR HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE 17 FEWER NEIGHBORHOODS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED WITH THOSE CHANGES EQUALING 544 STUDENTS THAT FROM OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WILL NOW NOT BE ASKED TO CHANGE SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S A NET 544.
SO WE THINK THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW ZONING CHANGES.
SO WHAT YOU SEE, THIS IS OUR LATEST PROPOSED ELEMENTARY ZONE MAP.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT ZONES TODAY, THIS ISN'T THEM.
WE HAVE A TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, LEBANON RIDGE AND AL-TAQWA AT FRISCO GOING FROM ALLEN TO BLEDSOE.
THAT'S THIS BLUE COLOR HERE ON THE MAP WE HAVE FROM RIDDLE TO SMITH TRIBECA, WHICH IS THIS LITTLE PURPLE BLURB DOWN HERE AT THE VERY NORTHERN EDGE OF RIDDLE. WE HAVE RICH WOODS NORTHEAST, SO THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF RICH WOODS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO TAKE FROM MCSPEDDEN TO TALLEY.
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE THEM FROM ISABELL TO COMSTOCK.
THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND WENT OUT ON NOVEMBER 3RD TO THOSE IMPACTED FAMILIES.
ALSO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO MENTION WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT REZONING AND WE TRY TO EXPLAIN OUR WHY AND WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITY OF SCHOOLS AND WE TALK ABOUT OVERCROWDING AT SCHOOLS AND WE TALK ABOUT OPENING THE NEW SCHOOLS SUCH AS WILKINSON AND WORTHAM NEXT YEAR.
ALSO A NICE REMINDER IS CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN CLOSED CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE CLOSED AT SOME POINT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF, AND WE'RE OVERFLOWING NEW ENROLLEES TO THOSE CAMPUSES, TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS.
THOSE CAMPUSES ARE RIDDLE, ALLEN, ISABELL, SPEARS, SCOGGINS AND TRENT.
AND WITH OUR REZONING PROPOSALS, ALL OF THOSE WILL OPEN BACK UP NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS A POSITIVE FOR NOT ONLY INCOMING FAMILIES, BUT FAMILIES WHO MAY BE MOVED IN THIS YEAR AND HAD TO GO TO AN OVERFLOW CAMPUS.
THEY'LL BE ABLE NEXT YEAR TO GO BACK TO TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS.
NELSON IS OUR ONE CLOSED CAMPUS THAT WILL REMAIN CLOSED AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE TYPICALLY DO IT.
SO CURRENT FOURTH GRADERS NEXT YEAR, FIFTH GRADE, IF THEY WOULD WANT TO REMAIN AT ALLEN.
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WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.YOU KNOW, IN YEARS PAST, WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT EXCEPTIONS, WE'VE MADE SOME EXCEPTIONS WHEN WE HAVE HAD THAT CAPACITY AT SCHOOLS AND WE'VE HAD HAD OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE WE COULDN'T ALLOW THOSE EXCEPTIONS BASED ON CAPACITY ISSUES.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE AND THERE WAS ONE OMISSION THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
I'LL UPDATE THIS BEFORE WE POST IT AND SEND IT OUT TOMORROW.
IF YOU CHOOSE THAT EXCEPTION AND NOT STAY AT YOUR HOME CAMPUS.
AND THOSE EXCEPTIONS ARE FOR THAT INCOMING FIFTH GRADER.
SO THEN THAT FAMILY WOULD HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE.
OUR SUGGESTION IS WE DON'T ALLOW EXCEPTIONS, RIGHT? WE COULD EASILY HAVE A HAVE A SITUATION WHERE ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES CHOOSE TO TAKE THAT EXCEPTION.
THEN WE'RE ALSO SAYING THE CURRENT FOURTH GRADERS AT OGLE, COMSTOCK, ELLIOTT AND THOSE ISABELL STUDENTS EAST OF CUSTER, THEY MUST ATTEND WORTHAM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR AS FIFTH GRADERS.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THOSE ARE CLEAR AND WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE HERE ONCE WE FINISH UP.
RELEASE TO CLOSE UP WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT MONDAY AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, WE WILL COME UP TO YOU WITH OUR FINAL ZONING PROPOSAL.
WE WILL CONTINUE AS WE HEAR FEEDBACK TONIGHT.
LOOK AT ARE THERE ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON THESE ZONES? WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, THE BOARD, OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL HAVE A FINAL PROPOSAL NEXT MONDAY.
AND THEN NEXT MONDAY, THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THE SCHOOL ZONES FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.
OK MISS GILLESPIE, YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF? YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE 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.
WITHIN EACH GROUP, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT.
PLEASE KEEP ALL COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED ATTENDANCE ZONE CHANGES.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU MAY APPOINT ANY INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF YOUR GROUP.
THANK YOU. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK IN GROUP ONE, WHICH IS ALLEN TO BLEDSOE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO GROUP TWO SPEARS TO SHAWNEE TRAIL.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BRIANNA [INAUDIBLE].
YES, MA'AM. JUST SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE MIC.
AND THEN FOLLOWING BRIANNA, WE HAVE COLLEEN HILDERBRANDT.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THAT ZONE.
HI I AM SO GLAD I GET TO BE THE FIRST SPEAKER.
MY NAME IS BRIANNA [INAUDIBLE].
ME AND MY DAUGHTER MOVED HERE FROM EAST TEXAS THIS YEAR.
I RESEARCHED THE AREA BEFORE I MOVED.
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I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK FOR A GOOD SCHOOL, AND SO WE LANDED ON SPEARS AND I FOUND AN APARTMENT THERE.SO SHE IS GOING INTO FOURTH GRADE NEXT YEAR.
AND I'M REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT MAKES MUCH OF AN IMPACT.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A FEW COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY GOT REZONED FROM SPEARS TO SHAWNEE TRAIL.
IF NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE REZONING OF THAT, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD ALLOW MORE EXCEPTIONS? SHE'S GOT TWO MORE YEARS OF ELEMENTARY IT'S SO HARD FOR HER TO MAKE FRIENDS.
SHE HAS SO MUCH ANXIETY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
AND WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE CHANGE TO MOVE DOWN HERE.
AND NOW SHE'S HAVING TO SWITCH AGAIN.
IT'S TOUGH AND IT'S GOT TO BE TOUGH ON ALL THESE KIDS THAT ARE HAVING TO SWITCH.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS, BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY QUESTION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COLLEEN HILDERBRANDT.
THANK YOU. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.
I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT ISSUE AND FEELS DIVISIVE FOR MANY PEOPLE.
SO OUR WE HAVE GONE TO SHAWNEE TRAIL FOR MANY YEARS.
I HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND HE SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
WHEN I WATCHED THE LAST MEETING WHERE THE ZONES WERE PRESENTED, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS BASED PURELY ON THE GROWTH AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT EACH AREA THAT WAS REZONED REPRESENTED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS CONSIDERED AS WELL, SUCH AS WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE STUDENT POPULATIONS? AND THEN WOULD SHAWNEE TRAIL THEN HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS? AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE THE ZONES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE CHANGED AGAIN NOW AT THIS POINT, DEPENDING ON HOW THE BOARD SEES IT, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S CONSIDERED FOR SHAWNEE TRAIL AND THAT THEY WOULD THEN HAVE THE TRAINING AND THE RESOURCES TO SERVE ALL OF THE STUDENTS.
THAT FOR ME FEELS KIND OF COUNTER TO THE SMALL SCHOOL FEEL THAT FRISCO ISD PRIDES ITSELF ON.
AND SO I DID WANT TO JUST BRING THAT TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO GROUP THREE RIDDLE TO SMITH.
AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA WOLF.
ACTUALLY, OUR ONLY SPEAKER FROM THAT ZONE IS CHRISTINA WOLF.
HI. FIRSTLY, I AM ACTUALLY A SMITH PARENT AND WE ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME MORE PEOPLE TO OUR CAMPUS.
WE LOVE OUR SCHOOL, WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THE BOARD LISTENED TO ABOUT OUR CONCERNS.
WE ALL, ALL CAMPUSES ARE BUS ACCESSIBLE.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY VARYING DEGREES OF ACCESSIBILITY.
AND TO HAVE 300 STUDENTS BE BUS ELIGIBLE WHEN CURRENTLY WE'RE AT ZERO.
I THINK SOME OF THESE FACTORS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE.
THE DISTRICT'S OWN PROJECTIONS FOR YEARS HAVE SHOWN THAT, AND YET THERE IS NO SCHOOL PLANNED.
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FOR MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS. IT'S NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION.WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TEACHER RETENTION, TEACHER SATISFACTION.
THOSE GO OUT THE WINDOW WHEN THEY ARE OVERRUN AND SO FULL THAT THEY'RE CLOSED CAMPUSES.
LET'S NOT YOU KNOW, MAX CLASS SIZE ISN'T GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR AN ACADEMIC LEARNING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THE SOUTH IS NOT GETTING A NEW SCHOOL WHEN THERE ARE ALREADY TWO BONDS THAT HAVE PASSED FUNDS, LANDS, THINGS BOUGHT, CHECK MARKS DONE.
BUT NEITHER OF THEM ADDRESSED THE ISSUES IN THE SOUTH AT ALL.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO GROUP FOUR.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RANGANATHAN.
I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY RAJNEESH.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] HERE.
CURRENTLY. MY KIDS, MY DAUGHTER AND SON.
MY BOTH KIDS ARE GOING TO COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS NEARBY SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, HOWEVER, WE ARE ZONED FOR ELLIOTT SCHOOL, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM COMSTOCK.
THE REASON IS RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FINE WITH THE SCHOOL.
NOT A PROBLEM. AND ALL HER, MY KIDS, FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO THE SAME SCHOOL.
IT WILL BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET REZONE.
MOREOVER, MY COMMUNITY IS VERY SMALL, LIKE 40 UNITS.
OUT OF THOSE, MAYBE 10 TO 15 KIDS ARE THERE.
AND ELLIOTT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING THE BUS SERVICE.
HOWEVER, SINCE COMSTOCK IS NEARBY, WE DON'T GET BUS SERVICE, BUT THAT IS STILL FINE.
IF WE CAN GET REZONE, THIS WILL BE GREAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE STRONG REASON I'M REQUESTING FOR A REZONING FOR COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RAJNEESH, FOLLOWED BY RAMACHANDRA.
SO MY MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE ONE KID.
SHE'S CURRENTLY GOING TO ISABELL ELEMENTARY AND I SEE LIKE ALL THE COMMUNITY NEAR TO MY SOCIETY IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE KIDS THAT IS GOING TO THE FURTHER GRADES, RIGHT? MOSTLY COMSTOCK WILL GO TO THE [INAUDIBLE].
SCOGGINS. AND THEN SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD AROUND LIKE THE CIRCLES THAT WHAT WE ARE GETTING ISABELL [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT GOING TO THAT SCHOOLS THEY HAVE THE FIFTH GRADE THERE, BUT WE HAVE LIKE TILL FOURTH GRADE.
WE NEED TO MOVE TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.
SO I KNOW LIKE SOME EXCEPTIONS THEY ARE LIKE WE CAN GET IT FOR FOURTH GRADE TO MOVE IT TO COMSTOCK.
IF YOU CAN EXPAND THAT ONE FOR THE THIRD GRADE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AT LEAST MY KID CAN CONTINUE.
SHE CAN GET IT ON COMSTOCK FOR NEXT TWO YEARS, AND THEN SHE CAN JOIN TWO OTHER OTHER FRIENDS THAT ARE JUST A REQUEST FOR MOVING THE ACCEPTANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RAMACHANDRA. GOOD EVENING BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHANGES, THE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN APPLIED WHERE THE MINIMAL DISRUPTION MINIMUM CHANGE IS THE AT LEAST IF NOT THE DESIRED OUTCOME OR THE PRIMARY GOALS, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THESE KIDS BEING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS AVOIDING DISRUPTION? I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE ONLY GOAL, BUT AT LEAST IT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS AND COMES TO MY SPECIFIC SITUATION.
WE HAVE TWO BOYS THAT GO TO ISABELL ELEMENTARY, FOURTH GRADE AND KINDERGARTEN.
OF COURSE, MY YOUNGER ONE IS NOW TAGGING ALONG WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER.
NOW WE ARE BEING REZONED TO COMSTOCK FOR MY NEXT YEAR.
FOR MY OLDER ONE, WHO IS GOING TO BE IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
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SO ARE WE SAYING THERE WILL BE EXCEPTIONS FOR THE SIBLINGS, FOR KIDS THAT HAVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL OR NO EXCEPTIONS? OR IF THERE ARE, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXCEPTIONS? THANK YOU. MR. WARSTLER, COULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YEAH, I. IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, THE EXCEPTIONS WON'T BE NEEDED FOR THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS BECAUSE YOUR ZONE IS AND BASED ON THE PROPOSAL, AGAIN, THE BOARD STILL HAS TO VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL.NEXT YEAR'S FIFTH GRADER WILL GO WORTHAM.
EXCEPTIONS ARE NOT NEEDED IN THAT CASE BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR REASON.
OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO GROUP FIVE MCSPEDDEN TO TALLEY.
AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANNE BERGIN.
TO ME, THIS REVISION IS PUTTING TAPE ON A BURSTING PIPE.
SURE, YOU ARE NO LONGER MOVING THAT MANY CHILDREN THIS YEAR.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR OR YEARS TO COME? WILL YOU NOW HAVE TO MOVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF CHILDREN, IF NOT MORE? BECAUSE THIS CHANGE IN THE COMING YEARS, MCSPEDDEN IS PROJECTED TO HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS WITH THIS DRAFT THAN PREVIOUS.
THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN APARTMENTS IN THIS AREA ARE GENERALLY NOT IN THEM FOR LONG TERM .
FAMILIES NATURALLY REZONE THEMSELVES.
ON THE CONTRARY, WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE, WE HAD THAT INTENTION.
WE OUR HOUSE WAS BUILT OVER A DECADE AGO.
AGAIN, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS REZONING DRAFT AS IT IS NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR MEETING THE CAPACITY NEEDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT IT WILL HAVE A LONG TERM CONSEQUENCE FOR MY FAMILY AS WELL AS MY NEIGHBORS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SANGEETHA.
GOOD EVENING. HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL IN THIS RAINY EVENING.
BUT I STILL WANT TO CONVEY THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE IT'S NOT FINALLY ALTERED AND SET IN STONE.
SO I'M SANGITA RAGHAVAN AND I AM A PARENT OF [INAUDIBLE].
ALL THOSE KIDS WHO ARE AFFECTED AS SHOWN UP AND THEY'VE NEVER SHOWN UP BEFORE.
THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR HEART AS WELL.
WITH A NEW REZONING PROPOSAL, [INAUDIBLE] WILL HAVE TO ATTEND TALLEY FOR FIFTH GRADE.
SOME OF OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN WITH MCSPEDDEN FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW AND THEY ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CLOSING THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEAR STRONG WITH MCSPEDDEN. THEY ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THEIR CO CAMPS WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND LEARNING AND FUN IN FIFTH GRADE, MOVING THEM TWO YEARS IN A ROW, FIFTH GRADE TO TALLEY AND SIXTH GRADE TO LAWLER WOULD TAKE A TOLL, BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THESE KIDS, THEY'RE JUST RETURNING BACK TO NORMALCY AFTER A PANDEMIC.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NYANYA, FOLLOWED BY SWAPNA.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
BUT I GUESS THAT EXCEPTION IS A GREAT RELIEF TO US.
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JUST I DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF PARENTS ARE THERE THAT PROBABLY MAY NOT HAVE THIS EXCEPTION, JUST JUST A LITTLE FOR THEM AS WELL.I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO A LOT OF THEM.
WE'VE BEEN WE'RE PART OF RITUALS, WHICH IS HAS BEEN BUILT WAY BACK, LIKE MORE.
WE MOVED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY 2012, 2013.
WE WERE THERE FOR A WHILE AND A LOT LIKE OTHER SPEAKERS HERE, HERE HAVE SAID BEFORE, THAT A LOT OF OUR CHOICES PICKING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE SCHOOLS AROUND AND MCSPEDDEN OPENED AND IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING SCHOOL.
I'VE HAD MY OLDER ONE IN THERE SINCE 2015.
HE'S IN LAWLER NOW, SO I KNOW THERE ARE SUCH OTHER PARENTS WHO MAY NOT BE HAVING THAT EXCEPTION, BUT JUST JUST THAT WE ARE A PART OF COMMUNITY MCSPEDDEN IS FAMILY TO US. THEY ARE AMAZING TEACHERS OVER THERE, AMAZING ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.
I WISH THAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THESE FAMILIES ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR KIDS IN THE SAME SCHOOL THAT THEY CHOSE FOR THEM, AND MAYBE THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE NEWER APARTMENT COMPLEXES LIKE ANNE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IS IF THEY ARE REZONE TO A SEPARATE.
SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUT AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXCEPTIONS TO FOR INCOMING FIFTH GRADERS AS WELL.
SWAPNA FOLLOWED BY SYDNEY HALL.
GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS SWAPNA PATTY.
I'M BEING AN 18 YEAR OLD, 18 YEAR OLD WITH FRISCO RESIDENT.
THE KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT ALREADY.
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH COVID AND ESPECIALLY THE FIFTH GRADE.
IF WE CHANGE THEM IN THIS LAST YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE TWO CONSECUTIVE SCHOOLS THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THEM NOT ONLY EMOTIONALLY BUT ALSO ACADEMICALLY. THAT'S ONE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S A SINCERE REQUEST FOR YOU GUYS.
SYDNEY HALL IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR THIS GROUP.
GOOD EVENING, RESPECTED MEMBERS.
MOST OF MY POINTS WERE ALREADY COVERED BY ALL THE PARENTS HERE.
I HAVE A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION.
MY KIDS GO TO MCSPEDDEN ELEMENTARY FIRST.
MY OLDER DAUGHTER IS IN SECOND GRADE GOING INTO THIRD GRADE.
SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT MY DAUGHTER.
FIRST YEAR IT WAS VIRTUAL SECONDARY.
THIS IS THE ONE YEAR SHE SEES WHAT THE NORMAL BEING NORMALCY IS.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST ADD THE PERSPECTIVE, THE THE SOCIAL AND THE FRIENDS.
SHE HAS SOCIAL INTERACTION AND THE FRIENDS SHE HAS MADE IN THIS PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT CONTACT AND NOT NOT LET HER AGAIN REESTABLISH AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.
AND THEN GET USED TO THIS CHANGE ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO JUST TO AVOID THAT, I WANT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO RECONSIDER THE EXCEPTIONS WHERE SHE CAN STAY IN THAT SCHOOL.
ALONG WITH THAT, SHE ALREADY HAS A YOUNGER SIBLING.
SO IF YOU CAN EXTEND THE EXTENSION TO HAVE THE SIBLINGS IN THE SAME SCHOOL, THAT WOULD HELP US A GREAT DEAL AND HELP US AVOID ANY MORE TRAUMA OR THE SOCIAL INTERACTION SHE HAS DEVELOPED.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT AS INTACT AS POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ABOUT.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP, ANEEL SINGH.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANEEL HERE. SO ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I DID NOT SEE FROM LAWLER TO VANDERVEER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IDEA WAS SCRAPPED OR BUT.
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KIDS ARE SETTLED IN THE SCHOOL.IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND A GOOD SCHOOL AND COMPATIBLE TEACHERS AND THEIR FRIENDS.
WE KNOW THEIR TEACHERS AND HE'S VERY HAPPY.
WE FEEL FEARFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS STUDIES WILL BE AFFECTED.
AS OTHER PARENTS, YOU KNOW, I SHARE MY CONCERNS.
I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IF LAWLER [INAUDIBLE] IS STILL AN OPTION.
I HAD MENTIONED, BUT THAT WAS THE OMISSION THAT I HAD ON THAT ONE SLIDE WAS LAWLER TO VANDEVENTER.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR AN EIGHTH GRADE EXCEPTION ONLY.
BUT EIGHTH GRADE EXCEPTION ONLY.
SO IS YOUR STUDENT IN SEVENTH GRADE CURRENTLY? HE IS SIXTH GRADE. OH, HE'S IN SIXTH GRADE NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO GROUP EIGHT VANDEVENTER TO SCOGGINS.
AND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, CYNTHIA KUMAR.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY SON GOES TO [INAUDIBLE] AND MY SON GOES TWO [INAUDIBLE].
AND I ALREADY SAW THE EXCEPTION RECOMMENDATION LIKE YOU MAINTAINING IN VANDEVENTER.
THE ONLY THING IS OUR COMMUNITY IS STILL ON 121.
AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK EXCEPTION.
THAT IS A BIG CHANGE IN OUR DAY TO DAY STUFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THERE MAINTAINING THAT TRANSPORTATION AS WELL, LIKE ALONG WITH THE EXCEPTION.
BECAUSE LIKE, NO, YOU CAN'T GO BICYCLE, WE CAN'T GO BIKE OR ANYTHING ON THIS SO WE NEED TO DROP.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GET THE TRANSPORTATION ON THAT LIKE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO GROUP NINE, WHICH IS LAWLER TO SCOGGINS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SO, I MEAN, MOST OF THE POINTS ARE COVERED BY THE REST OF THE PARENTS ANYWAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, FRISCO ISD HAS DONE 18 REZONING IN LAST 21 YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE A LOT, ACTUALLY.
SO WHAT ARE THE DATA YOU ARE COLLECTING TO DO THE REZONING? IT IS GOING TO SHOW A LOT OF IMPACT ON THE KIDS.
IT'S NOT ONLY ON THE FRIENDS IN A LOT OF PARENTS SPOKE ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR COMMUNITY AND ALL BUT BUT THE ASSOCIATION TO THE SCHOOL YOU KNOW MY KID ARE IF YOU ASK ME I PASTORED MY HIGH SCHOOL 30 YEARS BACK.
IF YOU ASK MY HIGH SCHOOL, MY TEACHERS, EVERYONE NAME I KNOW, RIGHT? MY TEACHERS, MY KIDS ASSOCIATION TO THE STUDENT I MEAN TO THE SCHOOL, TO THE TEACHERS IS COMPLETELY GONE.
WE DON'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS.
BUT IN REAL REALITY HAND-PICK RIGHT.
THE STUDENTS NEED THE FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE.
OTHERWISE THEY ARE ISOLATED, THEY ARE LONELY, RIGHT? SO FRIENDS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE CONSIDERED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE DONE THE EXCEPTIONS, GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND AND I FEEL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE IS EXCEPTIONS FOR THE FINAL YEAR STUDENTS AND SECOND ONE IS WHEREVER IT IS POSSIBLE, YOU CAN IMPLEMENT THE REZONING ONLY FOR THE INCOMING STUDENTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SIXTH GRADERS, WHOEVER IS INCOMING INTO THE SIXTH GRADER.
FOR THEM, IT IS APPLICABLE, NOT THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.
THEY CAN CONTINUE THE SAME SCHOOL KIND OF THINGS.
THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. THANK.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER ON THE LAWLER TO SCOGGINS ZONE.
AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ZONE.
YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE ZONES THAT WERE NOT CHANGING.
SO FEEL FREE TO TACKLE BOTH OF THOSE WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
SURE. YES. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].
SO I CURRENTLY LIVE AND MY FAMILY LIVES IN CRAIG RANCH.
I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MY MESSAGE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS IN A GOOD WAY.
MY DAUGHTER, AS LEAST, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO TO A DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY AND NOT CONTINUING TO COMSTOCK'S SO THAT THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL AND WITH THE EXCEPTION AT LEAST ALSO KNOW MY SON IS NOT AFFECTED SINCE HE'S GOING TO BE GOING TO EIGHTH GRADE NEXT YEAR.
AND RECENTLY HE, HE GOT ADMITTED TO THE ALL REGION FOR HARP.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE.
SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
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I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE FEEDER SYSTEM GOES THROUGH WORTHAM, SCOGGINS AND EMERSON.CHANCES OF REZONING IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN THE CORRECT RANGE COMMUNITY, HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE OF PROXIMITY, STABILITY AND WHATNOT, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN THAT REGION? SO THAT'S MY LONG TERM QUESTION, BUT I HOPE THE PROPOSAL DOES GO THROUGH.
OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO GROUP TEN.
AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER, IS SANDRA READY? FOLLOWED BY ANISHA AND ANUSHKA VIJAY.
HEY, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO I'M HERE TO REPRESENT FROM MY COMMUNITY LIBERTY HILL.
SO WE HAVE SENT AS A COMMUNITY SO MANY EMAILS TO REACH ON OUR COMMUNITY TO COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NEAR TO US THAN THE ONE WHICH IS RIGHT NOW ASSIGNED ELLIOTT ELEMENTARY.
SO RIGHT NOW, MY ALL OUR COMMUNITY STUDENTS, THEY GOT A TRANSFER FROM ELLIOT TO COMSTOCK LAST YEAR.
SO THEY ARE ALL GOING TO THE COMSTOCK RIGHT NOW, AND WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE IN COMSTOCK, WHICH IS NEAR FOR US, THAN I MEAN, WHEN WE GO TO DROP THEM TO ELLIOT, WE HAVE TO CROSS THE COMSTOCK AND GO TO ELLIOT.
IT IS. IF IT IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ZONED TO COMSTOCK, THAT WILL BE GREAT.
AND IT IS ACTUALLY A SMALL COMMUNITY.
LIKE MY OTHER FRIEND [INAUDIBLE].
AND ALSO THERE IS A THERE IS ONE GOOD POINT FOR [INAUDIBLE] THEY CAN SAVE SOME MONEY.
ALSO, WE I MEAN, WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE ANISHA AND ANOUSHKA.
MY NAME IS ANISHA AND I AM CURRENTLY ZONED TO FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, WHILE MY TWIN ANOUSHKA AND I WILL BE FRESHMEN AT FRISCO, OUR OLDER SISTER WILL BE A SENIOR AT REEDY, AND THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WILL CAUSE MANY DIFFERENT SCHEDULE CONFLICTS BECAUSE ALL OF US INTEND TO DO A VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULARS LIKE THEATER, ATHLETIC DECA ORCHESTRA.
AND THAT WILL MEAN STAYING BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THE BUS.
SO IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP THE EXCEPTION IN PLACE.
SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER MY REQUEST.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M ANOUSHKA AND I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT PEARSON WITH A TWIN SISTER AND OLDER SISTER AT REEDY.
WE ARE ZONED TO FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO ATTEND REEDY, AS WE WOULD ALLOW US TO FREELY TAKE PART IN AS MANY BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WE LIKE WITHOUT ANY ADDED STRESS.
SO I BELIEVE THE SIBLING EXCEPTION OFFERED LAST YEAR TO INCOMING FRESHMEN BE EXTENDED TO THIS YEAR.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS SIBLING EXCEPTION WILL ONLY NEED TO BE IN PLACE FOR ONE YEAR.
I HOPE YOU CONSIDER MY REQUEST.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] DIXON AND THEN FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE].
AND THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER OF THE EVENING IS MANDY [INAUDIBLE].
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THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I THINK I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AND WENT TO THE WRONG SLOT.
HOWEVER, I SHOULD BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SMITH.
MY KIDS ARE BOTH TRANSFERRED TO SMITH.
ONE IS GOING TO THE FIFTH GRADE.
HOWEVER, THIS THE HIS HIS YOUNGER BROTHER IS IS GOING TO BE GOING TO THE SECOND GRADE.
I'M HERE TO REQUEST TO ASK FOR THE SIBLING EXCEPTION, MAINLY IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE ARE ZONED.
SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER SIBLING EXCEPTION FOR MY KIDS, FOR KIDS IN THAT TRANSFER TO SMITH THAT WE GO INTO BRIGHT WITH A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM. SO ANY DISCUSSION IS SOMETHING I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT, BECAUSE I THINK BRIGHT RIGHT NOW MAY BE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, TO HAVE THAT CURRICULUM AND TO AVOID KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN MY SON, ESPECIALLY THAT GO INTO A NEW CURRICULUM.
ARE YOUR YOUR CHILDREN ARE BRIGHT CURRENTLY? NO AT SMITH CURRENTLY BUT IF WITH THE ZONING THE MY YOUNGER ONE WILL BE GOING BACK TO GOING BACK TO GO INTO BRIGHT WHILE HIS OLDER BROTHER IS STAYING AT SMITH BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO THE FIFTH GRADE.
SO IF THE EXCEPTION IS HOLD UP YEAH MY OLDER MY OLDER SON WILL BE STAYING AT SMITH WHILE HIS BROTHER IS AT BRIGHT HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE CURRICULUM AT BRIGHT THAT MIGHT POSE A PROBLEM.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT ALSO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE], FOLLOWED BY MANDY [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.
IT'S A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY WERE ONLY 40 FAMILIES OR SO.
AND WE'RE NOT BEING REZONED ON THIS YEAR.
WE'RE BEING ASKED TO GO TO ELLIOTT ELEMENTARY.
WE GOT A TRANSFER TO GO TO COMSTOCK THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, MY MY YOUNGER ONE WILL GO TO ELLIOTT WHEN HE GROWS UP.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE HIM TO GO TO COMSTOCK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NEAR TO US.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE TO HAVE NOTES IN FRONT OF ME.
I'VE GOT THREE CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH IS NOT EVEN GOING TO SCHOOL FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
SO I HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME.
I'M NOT CURRENTLY AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT REZONING PLAN.
I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE.
I'M PERSONALLY GRATEFUL, AND I KNOW THAT MY COMMUNITY IS GRATEFUL.
I DO UNDERSTAND ALL THE CHALLENGES, BUT I'M REALLY SPEAKING FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING THOSE IN THIS ROOM TO FIND A BETTER APPROACH GOING FORWARD THAT REALLY INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
I DON'T INTEND TO OVERSIMPLIFY.
I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE FACTS.
SO SOME IDEAS THAT I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT IS REALLY TRYING TO FIND A LONG TERM SOLUTION.
MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE A TEN YEAR SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT INVOLVES EVERYBODY, NOT JUST AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, BUT MAYBE THE CITY OF FRISCO DEVELOPERS WHO ARE MOVING IN AND REALLY GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LONG RANGE DEMOGRAPHICS, INCREASING THE COMMUNICATION TO THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED, MAYBE GETTING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OR FAMILY OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE THAT'S EVEN MORE REMOVED FROM THE BOARD THAT SOLELY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THIS UNDERTAKING THE APPROACH.
INCREASE IN FORMAL MEETINGS WITH FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE BETTER METHODS FOR INCREASED FEEDBACK AND DEFINITELY A LONGER TIMELINE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS I THINK WOULD BE A REAL BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, I JUST ASK AND CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS GROUP BE GOING FORWARD AND MAKING A CHANGE.
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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.MR. WARSTLER ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, OR SHOULD WE JUST OPEN IT FOR THE BOARD? BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WARSTLER? SCOTT, WHERE ARE FOR MY BENEFIT? I AM NOT ON THE REZONING COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.
HOW DO ANY HOW DOES THE 90% RULE AND TRANSFER APPLICATIONS WORK WITH ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS YEAR? IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.
ONCE Y'ALL APPROVE ZONES NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, THEN WE START THE NEXT PHASE IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS OUR GROUP WILL SIT DOWN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION PRE-K.
WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE MANAGING DIRECTORS OF BOTH HUMAN RESOURCES AND TEACHING AND LEARNING.
AND WE WILL LOOK AT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND BASED ON THE REASONS, DO WE HAVE TO MOVE ANY OF OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS? ARE WE ADDING SOME OF THOSE? WE KNOW NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO ADD QUITE A FEW PRE-K CLASSROOMS. SO WE'LL SIT AND TAKE THE ZONES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE'LL LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE FACTORS.
AND THEN BASED ON THOSE, WE'RE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND THEN DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE AT OR ABOVE 90% AND WHICH SCHOOLS WILL BE BELOW, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC TRANSFERS.
SO WE CAN HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE MAPS THAT YOU SEE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT GOES IN BEFORE WE GET TO A FINAL NUMBER.
THANK YOU. MR. WARSTLER, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON THE PHONE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE MAP IN FRONT OF ME.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THERE, REALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR CAPACITY. YOU'LL KNOW WE HAVE WE HAVE REALLY TWO OPTIONS.
WE CAN BUILD A NEW SCHOOL TO RELIEVE THAT OVERCROWDING.
CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OUR 2018 BOND PROGRAM.
THEN YOU'RE LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS.
THAT IS, YOU CAN EITHER CLOSE AN OVERFLOW OR YOU CAN REZONE.
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WE WE TEND TO FIND THAT WHEN YOU CLOSE A SCHOOL, YOU'RE NOT IMPACTING FAMILIES THAT HAVE LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE YEARS.
YOU'RE IMPACTING FAMILIES WHO ARE JUST MOVING IN TO FRISCO FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO WE HAVE FOUND THAT THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE A BETTER SOLUTION FOR US.
NEITHER SOLUTION IS THE PERFECT SOLUTION.
BUT THAT'S SOME OF THE THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THAT DECISION.
SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKED JUST IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO, AS YOU SEE THAT THAT KIND OF UPPER RIGHT PINK QUADRANT, RIGHT? THAT'S NELSON AND THAT GRAY QUADRANT THAT BELONGS TO MOSS.
THAT'S THE QUESTION I THINK THAT I'VE SPECIFICALLY GOTTEN, IS WHY DON'T WE TAKE ONE OF THOSE AND REZONE TO EITHER ROACH OR MOSS AND KIND OF ALLEVIATE FROM NELSON? WELL, NOT I'M SORRY, NOT THE GRAY ZONE, THE PINK ZONE ON THE UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT OF NELSON.
WITHOUT HAVING NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER, I CAN.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AROUND 1000 IF WE CAN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I MADE A COUPLE OF NOTES JUST AS PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING, SOME KIND OF A COUPLE OF JUST KIND OF GENERAL THINGS.
ONE OF THEM, SOMEBODY MENTIONED NEEDING AN ELEMENTARY IN THE GROVE.
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WHICH WAS THREE TIMES THE GOING MARKET AVERAGE.AND HE SMILED AND THE MEETING ENDED.
SO SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO CHOOSE WHERE WE HAVE LAND, AND THAT MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT.
BUT DEFINITELY WE KNEW THAT WAS A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD COMING.
TALLEY WAS FROM THE LAST BOND PROGRAM, AND IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME CAPACITY IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
AND WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS LAYING OUT IS DO YOU BUILD A $35 MILLION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN YOU HAVE CAPACITY AT EXISTING SCHOOLS? SO IT'S A HARD CONVERSATION.
AND I MEANT TO START BY SAYING THIS IS THE HARDEST THING OUR STAFF DOES EVERY EVERY YEAR.
NO ONE LOOKS FORWARD TO THESE CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT.
AND WE WOULD LOVE, AS A SPEAKER SAID, TO HAVE A TEN YEAR SOLUTION AT A TIME.
I THINK OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE SEE OUR GROWTH STARTING TO STABILIZE.
AND I THINK WE CAN HAVE LONGER TERM PROJECTIONS AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND THAT'S IT PUTS US IN A TOUGH SITUATION.
OKAY. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO MY POINT OF BRINGING THAT UP IS THAT WHILE WE HAVE REZONED MAYBE 18 OF THE LAST 21 YEARS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME AREA, IT'S NEVER THE SAME AREAS YEAR TO YEAR.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SAME CHILDREN NECESSARILY.
AND THAT IS A POINT OF Y'ALL'S EMPHASIS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE EXTRA STEP IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, MAINLY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GONE THROUGH THROUGH PHONE CALLS AND MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO FIND EXCEPTIONS WHERE IN THE PAST WE DIDN'T MAKE THEM BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO NEW SCHOOLS.
THE GROWTH WAS AT A RATE THAT WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT.
AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE DONE IT.
WE'VE DONE IT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY DOES TOO.
I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION JUST ABOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, I SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, CARROLL ELEMENTARY AT 338 STUDENTS AND THEN SPEARS ELEMENTARY AT CLOSE TO 900 STUDENTS. RIGHT.
AND SO YOU LOOK AT THAT, IS THERE IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? IS THAT THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOLS? DO YOU KNOW? WERE THE OLDER SCHOOLS BUILT AT A DIFFERENT CAPACITY THAN THE NEWER SCHOOLS? I'M ALSO LOOKING AT ASHLEY, WHICH I KNOW IS AN OLDER SCHOOL, A 20 YEAR SCHOOL, AND MINETT, THAT'S A NEWER SCHOOL AND THEIR NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE MORE SIMILAR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS THAT WE PRESENT FOR ZONING, THE MAPS THAT YOU SEE ARE GEO CODED STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS BASED ON THE ZONES THAT WE'RE PRESENTING, THOSE ARE STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN THAT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, CARROLL'S ONE, CHRISTY'S ONE.
SO I THINK. CARROLL I'M GUESSTIMATING SOMEWHERE AROUND 200 TO 30 STUDENTS.
YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT WE HAVE I THINK IT'S 12 OR 14 CAMPUSES THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON HERE THAT ALSO HAVE PRE-K CLASSROOMS. SO WHEN YOU ADD 20 STUDENTS, 22 STUDENTS IN EVERY PRE-K TO THOSE.
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SO WE LOOK AT THOSE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND MAKING THESE ZONES, WE JUST DON'T PUBLISH THEM BECAUSE IT CAN GET DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ALSO SOMETIMES HAVE TO MOVE THOSE PROGRAMS YEAR TO YEAR.SO UNTIL WE FINALIZE THIS, THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS. SO BRIGHT IS ANOTHER ONE WITH THE IB PROGRAM THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED.
IF YOU LOOK AT FRISCO HIGH'S MAP, YOU'LL SEE YOU WON'T SEE IB NUMBERS FOR FRISCO HIGH EITHER.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE ELEMENTARY MAPS THAT THAT HAVE THOSE CONCERNS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND THESE NUMBERS DON'T INCLUDE OUR NAVAL CADET CORPS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE OTHER. THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHILE I'M APPRECIATIVE OF YOU ALL, EVERY SINGLE YEAR WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS, I KNOW IT'S EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVORITE WORD TO HEAR REZONING.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW HOW YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND PRESENTED MULTIPLE ITERATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS UNTIL IT COMES BEFORE US FOR A VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR MOVING THIS MEETING BECAUSE I THINK IT GAVE THE COMMUNITY A BIT MORE TIME TO SIT WITH THE NEWER MAPS THAN THOSE THAT WERE PRESENTED IN OCTOBER. SO RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY.
CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT, PLEASE? SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A QUESTION AND I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
YOU JUST DRAG THIS OUT AND IT'LL COME BACK TO ME HERE.
WHEN SOMEBODY MENTIONED COULD WE EXTEND THIS PROCESS AND THEY THOUGHT IT COULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO EXTEND THE PROCESS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR FOLKS TO KNOW THIS PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE REZONE.
AN ENORMOUS PROCESS THAT INCLUDES AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE GETTING TO IN THIS PROCESS.
BUT BOTTOM LINE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO GRADE LEVEL PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR SO THAT BEFORE WE HIT SPRING BREAK, WE'RE ABLE TO START HIRING TEACHERS. IF WE EXTEND THIS PROCESS ANOTHER MONTH, WE WILL BE HIRING TEACHERS AFTER SPRING BREAK AND WE WILL NOW LOSE TO PLANO, PROSPER, MCKINNEY FOR FIRST DIBS AT TEACHERS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE HIRING PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT TIMELINE IS FOR US IS REALLY CRITICAL.
AND ALSO TO THAT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, REZONING IS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK MS. SQUIBB, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE PARENT OVERSIGHT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY HARD THING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SUPPORT HAVING PARENTS HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF BEING A PART OF THOSE DECISIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT OTHER PARENTS WERE A PART OF REZONING THEIR CHILD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT CREATES THIS CULTURE OF WORKING TOGETHER.
I THINK IT CREATES A LOT OF DIVISION, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE WE WANT PARENTS INVOLVED IN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN GET PARENTS INVOLVED IN.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR THING, IF I KNEW THAT A NEIGHBOR OR FRIEND OR SOMEONE THAT LIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A TOWN MADE A DECISION FOR MY CHILD, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD GO GREAT.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO TRUST IN THIS PROCESS.
AND I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS HUGE.
BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS, I WOULD REALLY HESITATE TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS NAMES OUT THERE AS A PART OF THAT BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. SO JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO MENTION BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT'S 6:31 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND THANK YOU TO OUR SO FOR BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVING OUR BACK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.