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>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S 5:35 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE FRISCO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE DO HAVE QUORUM WITH FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT.
[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E]
OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CLOSED SESSION.WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 SUB-CHAPTERS D AND E. WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OUR REGULAR SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM.
>> NOW, MINE'S NOT WORKING EITHER.
GOOD EVENING AT 7:12 PM AND THE BOARD WILL RESUME INTO OPEN SESSION.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, MRS. MCCUNE.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
>> THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM SCOGGINS MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE TO SAY THE PLEDGE IS WITH US.
>> THEREFORE, THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
[BACKGROUND] OUR SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE RECOGNITIONS,
[3. Recognitions]
WE WILL FIRST HEAR FROM OUR TEXAS ALL-STATE BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA, MS. MILLER.>> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR FINE ARTS, MR. PETE HAZARD.
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDROP AND DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TONIGHT TO GET TO DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL AND THAT IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR 42 FRISCOISD FINE ARTS STUDENTS THAT WERE SELECTED THIS YEAR FOR THE TEXAS ALL-STATE BAND.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN HERE.
I TRIED TO SAY THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU AS OUR IST AND OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE GREAT FINE ARTS PROGRAMS DO NOT JUST HAPPEN.
THEY ARE THE RESULT OF PURPOSEFUL AND INTENTIONAL ACTION.
WE'VE TALKED ALL YEAR LONG WITH OUR TEACHERS.
I'VE SAID IT SEVERAL TIMES AS WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THAT, I THINK IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE TEND TO USE THE WORD PASSION AND SOMETIMES NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN BE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING INDEPENDENT OF TWO THINGS, INTENTIONALITY AND ACTION.
ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS THE PASSION THAT OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE FOR OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS AND OUR FINE ARTS STUDENTS.
BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS EVENING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD INTO OUR IST AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND ALL OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG WITH OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THESE STUDENTS WERE CHOSEN FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR THROUGH A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT WAS HELD THIS YEAR IN DISTRICT REGION, IN AREA LEVELS.
THESE STUDENTS ARE PART OF OUR FRISCO ISD BAND, CHOIR, AND ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS, WHOSE DIRECTORS OR MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS AN 11,000 PLUS MEMBER ORGANIZATION THAT'S HEADQUARTERED IN AUSTIN.
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS SELECTED FOR ALLSTATE HONORS HAVE COMPETED THROUGH SEVERAL LEVELS OF AUDITIONS BEGINNING IN THE FALL OF 2022 TO QUALIFY AT THE STATE LEVEL.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT ALLSTATE IS THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOR AT TEXAS MUSIC STUDENTS CAN RECEIVE.
LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE STATISTICS, OVER 1,600 STUDENTS ARE SELECTED THROUGH A PROCESS THAT BEGINS WITH OVER 72,000 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE VYING FOR THIS HONOR.
THIS COMPETITIVE PROCESS BEGINS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND AUDITIONS HOSTED BY 33 TMA REGIONS.
INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS PERFORM SELECTED MUSIC FOR A PANEL OF JUDGES WHO RANK EACH INSTRUMENT OR VOICE PART.
FROM THIS RANKING, A SELECT GROUP OF MUSICIANS ADVANCES FROM THEIR REGION TO COMPETE AGAINST MUSICIANS FROM OTHER REGIONS IN AT&T AREA AUDITIONS.
THE HIGHEST RANKING MUSICIANS JUDGED AT THE TMA AREA COMPETITIONS QUALIFY AS TMA ALLSTATE MUSICIANS.
ONLY THE TOP 3% OF MUSICIANS WHO INITIALLY AUDITION BECOME ALLSTATE MUSICIANS,
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WITH THE PANDEMIC SOME OF THESE STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TMA, ALLSTATE CLINICS REALLY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT IN ITS TOTALITY AGAIN THIS YEAR.OUR STUDENTS ARE BLESSED TO BE TAUGHT BY SOME OF THE FINEST MUSIC EDUCATORS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WHEN I USE THE WORD PASSION TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DO, THEY ENTER THE CLASSROOM EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH INTENTIONALITY AND THEY TAKE ACTION TO HELP SURE THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
IT IS NO SECRET MUSIC EDUCATION AND FINE ARTS EDUCATION IN FRISCO ISD IS SECOND TO NONE ANYWHERE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THESE GREAT TEACHERS.
IT IS THE RESULT OF THESE DEDICATED EDUCATORS THAT SPEND OUR SUPPORTING THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR MUSICAL ENDEAVORS.
TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE TEACHERS AS WELL.
YOU DIDN'T COME HERE TO HEAR ME TALK.
YOU CAME HERE TO SEE THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS.
I'M GOING TO ASK MR. CHANCELLOR, MR. DRAPER, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS AND ONE OF OUR FINE ARTS COORDINATORS THAT WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU DO THIS.
THE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL WILL COME UP HERE AND PARENTS, AS THEY COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR EACH CAMPUS, MR. CHANCELLOR WILL HELP GET US STARTED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HAZARD. WE'LL START WITH CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
KIARA HENDERSON, PRINCIPAL, FIRST FOR BAND.
HE SENT HIS 10TH YEAR AS BAND DIRECTOR OF CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS TAUGHT FOR 18 YEARS.
THE ASSISTANCE AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, OUR ASHLEY K. AND RYAN ANDRE, THE ALL-STATE BAND STUDENT FROM CENTENNIAL IS OMKAR MCGEE, CLARINET, FIRST-YEAR ALLSTATE.
FOR ORCHESTRA, DEVIN BELL HAS BEEN THE HIT ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AT CENTENNIAL FOR FIVE YEARS.
THE HEART TEACHER IS YOUNG PARK AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS JOCELYN HO, ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS THIS YEAR FROM CENTENNIAL ARE CORTEX SHIVALA, SENIOR VIOLA, SECOND YEAR ALLSTATE.
ANDREW PARK SENIOR VIOLA, SECOND YEAR ALLSTATE, ASIAN CHOI, 11TH GRADE VIOLA, THIRD YEAR ALLSTATE.
NATHAN JOE, 11TH GRADE, HARP THIRD ALLSTATE AND ALISON QUE, 11TH GRADE HARP, SECOND ALLSTATE.
THESE ARE ALLSTATE STUDENTS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR NEXT CAMPUS IS FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
DAVID SIMON HAS BEEN THE BAND DIRECTOR AT FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL FOR SIX YEARS.
THE ASSISTANCE AT FRISCO HIGH ARE MATTHEW COURTNEY, HEATH HILLARD, TOBY LIKENESS, AND PHIL MARTINEZ.
THE ALL-STATE BAND STUDENT FROM FRISCO HIGH THIS YEAR IS TYLER HERMAN, 12TH GRADE PERCUSSIONISTS TO FIRST-YEAR ALL SEDER FOR ORCHESTRA.
THE ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR IS JULIE DANIELSON SEARCH 21ST YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD, THE ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENT IS JAMES LEE, 11TH GRADE CELLO SECOND YEAR ALLSTATE.
CHEERS FOR ALLSTATE FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] WILL CONTINUE NOW WITH ALLSTATE STUDENTS FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL.
BAND DIRECTOR JASON PACIFICA IS CURRENTLY IN HIS 23RD YEAR SERVING THE STUDENTS IN FRISCO ISD.
HIS ASSISTANCE ARE LOGAN STONE AND ALAN BROADENING ALL-STATE BAND STUDENTS THIS YEAR, NAMORADO BOGUTUM, 11TH GRADE FLUTE AND FIRST-YEAR ALLSTATE.
ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR ELIZABETH BALKIMA IS CURRENTLY IN HER 14TH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD, HER ASSISTANT IS RUSSELL CANNON AND YOUNG PARK IS HER HARP TEACHER.
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS THIS YEAR FROM HERITAGE, LAUREN FROST, 11TH GRADE HARP, FIRST-YEAR ALLSTATE AND J. SMITH, 12TH GRADE BASE, THIRD YEAR ALLSTATE.
CHRISTOPHER RHODES, CHOIR DIRECTOR AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND IS CURRENTLY IN HIS THIRD YEAR IN FRISCO ISD, THE ALLSTATE SINGER THIS YEAR.
JULIANA CARTON, 12TH GRADE SOPRANO, ONE AND FIRST-YEAR ALLSTATE MEMBER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR ALL STATES FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, WE HAVE ALL STATE STUDENTS FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
DANIEL KING IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS THE BAND DIRECTOR AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS ASSISTANT IS DANIEL BROCK.
ALL-STATE BAND STUDENTS FROM INDEPENDENCE THIS YEAR, PRANAV KALISELVIN, 12TH-GRADE BARITONE SAX, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, ANDREW HUMDINGER, 12TH-GRADE BASS TROMBONE, AND FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, AND SAHISH SATISH 9TH-GRADE TENOR SAXOPHONE, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
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LINDSAY TITUS IS IN HER 15TH YEAR OF TEACHING IN FRISCO ISD AND IS THE DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS AND AP MUSIC THEORY TEACHER AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.HER ASSISTANT IS CATHERINE SABRA SULLA.
ALL-STATE STUDENTS FROM THE INDEPENDENCE ORCHESTRA PROGRAM THIS YEAR, JEREMY CHAW 9TH-GRADE VIOLIN, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, AND DANIELLE YUN,11TH GRADE CELLO, THIRD-YEAR ALL-STATE.
STEPHANIE KANE IS IN HER SEVENTH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD AND THIRD YEAR AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
ALL-STATE SINGER FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, ADITIA, NIMBLE LAGOONDE, TENOR, ONE FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE ALL-STATE MUSICIANS FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.[APPLAUSE]
>> IN OUR NEXT CAMPUS IS LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, MR. JAKE DEUCE, PRINCIPAL. WE'LL START WITH BAND.
KELLY COMP IS IN HER 14TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AT LEBANON TRAIL ARE MATTHEW SHAW, MICHELA PROBES, BENJI BAKER, AND MATTHEW TREMBLE.
THE ALL-STATE BAND STUDENTS FROM LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL ARE SOPHIA TAHOE, 11TH GRADE, FRENCH HORN, SECOND-YEAR ALL-STATE.
JACOB BROCO, 12TH GRADE PERCUSSION, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, SWAMI SHOE MOHANTY, 10TH GRADE OBOE, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, QURAN SHARMA, 12TH GRADE, EUPHONIUM, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, AND GWENDOLYN MULLET, 12TH GRADE TRUMPET, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
FOR ORCHESTRA, PAUL VAN DER POOL IS IN HIS SEVENTH YEAR AS ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AT LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
THE ASSISTANTS ARE ELENI MORE AND THE HEART TEACHER IS UNICODE SHLEIFER.
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS ARE IRIS WANG, NINTH-GRADE HARP, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE AND EVAN LEE 10TH GRADE VIOLIN, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR ALL LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
[NOISE] [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT CAMPUS IS LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
STACEY WHALING IS THE PRINCIPAL OF LIBERTY.
THE BAND DIRECTOR IS JAMIE WEAVER, HE'S GETTING HIS 11TH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD AND THE ASSISTANCE AT LIBERTY ARE JONATHAN GIOVANNI, TESLA YOKAM, AND SCOTT MILLS.
THE ALL-STATE BAND STUDENTS FROM LIBERTY ARE HANNAH LEE, 11TH GRADE FLUTE, THIRD YEAR ALL-STATE, NICOLE JOHNSON, 11TH GRADE CLARINET, THIRD YEAR ALL-STATE, EUGENE CHUNG, 12TH GRADE FLUTE, THIRD YEAR ALL-STATE, JOSHUA GRAVES, FRENCH HORN, SECOND-YEAR ALL-STATE.
FOR ORCHESTRA JULIE BLACKSTOCK IS IN HER NINTH YEAR TEACHING AT LIBERTY.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS MADISON WAGENINGEN AND THE HEART TEACHER IS HEMOGLOBIN LIFER.
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS THIS YEAR ARE JANIE JUNE, 12TH GRADE VIOLIN, FOURTH-YEAR ALL-STATE.
ALL FOUR YEARS, CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] ALSO, JILL MENESES,12TH GRADE HARP, SECOND-YEAR ALL-STATE.
FOR CHOIR TONY YUGALINI IS IN HER FIFTH YEAR TEACHING AS THE LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLS, THE CHOIR DIRECTOR.
THE ALL-STATE CHOIR STUDENT FROM LIBERTY IS ASRIEL PATANGI, 12TH GRADE ALTO, HER SECOND YEAR ALL-STATE [APPLAUSE].
HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WE'LL MOVE NOW TO LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, MR. KEITH TELLS US IN HIS PRINCIPAL.
FOR THE BAND, MARK POOLS IN HIS FOURTH YEAR AT LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE SERVES AS THE BAND DIRECTOR.
LONE STAR STAFF INCLUDING TIM HICKMAN, CALLY MCILROY, EMILIO MONORAIL, AND WEIGHED QUINN.
ALL-STATE BAND STUDENTS FROM LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR RACE BLM, 11TH GRADE TUBA, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE AND LANDON MIRROR, 12TH GRADE BASSOON, SECOND YEAR ALL-STATE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE ALL-STATE FROM LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] [NOISE] MOVING NOW TO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, DR. PHILIP POTTER, PRINCIPAL.
BAND DIRECTOR LOGAN STOCK UP IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD, HIS ASSISTANCE ARE BEN AIRS, JACOB CARTER, AND NICOLE ROBINSON.
ALL-STATE BAND STUDENTS ETHAN GOPAIRS, 11TH GRADE PERCUSSION, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, AND EMILY WU, 12TH GRADE, CLARINET FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
RACHEL MASSEY, CHOIR DIRECTOR AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS IN HER FIFTH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD.
[NOISE] HER ALL-STATE THIS YEAR IS BRIA SUBS TENOR AND FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
[APPLAUSE] [NOISE] YOU'RE ALL-STATE FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] MOVING NOW TO REEDY HIGH SCHOOL,
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WHERE MR. JOHN ERIC IS THE PRINCIPAL.BAND DIRECTORS AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL ARE JEREMY DEWINTERS, SCOTT BALDWIN, EMILY MCGEE PARKER, TWITTER, AND KATIE MORRIS.
ALL-STATE BANDS STUDENTS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
RHEA MONET, 11TH GRADE BASSOON, IN FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, RYAN KIM, 11TH GRADE CLARINET, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE, AND SIMEON VOSGES, 10TH GRADE PERCUSSION, FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
ERIC LANE IS IN HIS EIGHTH YEAR AS DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE ASSISTANCE ARE ELLEN CADWELL AND MEGAN LEE, HARP INSTRUCTOR.
ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS THIS YEAR, ANON 11TH GRADE VIOLIN, AND THIRD YEAR ALL-STATE.
YOU'RE ALL-STATE FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
[NOISE] [APPLAUSE] FINALLY FROM LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL MS. DONNA EDGES, PRINCIPAL.
LEWD MILLA DUSTIN IS IN HER 15TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD AND AS DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS AND HER ASSISTANT IS JEFF WALTERS, HARP INSTRUCTOR.
THE ALL-STATE VIOLIN PLAYER IN THE ORCHESTRA FROM WAKE ISLAND HIGH-SCHOOL JIAN LI, NINTH-GRADE VIOLIN AND FIRST-YEAR ALL-STATE.
YOU'RE ALL-STATE FROM LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
>> ONE MORE TIME WE JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH FOR GIVING US TIME TO DO THAT TODAY.
WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR PRESENCE AT PERFORMANCES, YOUR PRESENCE AT EVENTS AND SHOWCASES FOR ART STUDENTS MEANS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU TO OUR ISD, THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS FINE ARTS SO VIGOROUSLY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS EVENING.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, STATE QUALIFYING ATHLETICS AND SWIMMING, DIVING, AND WRESTLING. MR. MCCLENDON.
>> I'M GOING TO INVITE GRACE MCDOWELL OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
WHILE MR. MCDOWELL IS COMING UP TO THE PODIUM, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT OVER HERE IN THE CORNER ARE A LOT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
[APPLAUSE] THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WORK AND INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO THE STUDENTS AND US THAT ARE ALL HERE, SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, DR. WALDROP AND PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STATE MEDALISTS IN SWIMMING AND DIVING, AS WELL AS WRESTLING.
DR. WALDROP AND ISTM BOARD FOR SUPPORTING OUR ATHLETES AND COACHES.
I KNOW DR. WALDROP AND MR. CLASEY WHO WERE IN SAN ANTONIO ON SATURDAY CHEERING ON THEIR LIBERTY RED HOT GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM.
WHILE THEY WANT A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
[APPLAUSE] FEW WEEKS AGO, MS. DAVIS ATTENDED A LEADERSHIP EVENT AT THE BSN HEADQUARTERS WITH A GROUP OF OUR OUTSTANDING COACHES.
KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS HAVE ATTENDED SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND WE JUST REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND IT'S NOTICED, OUR COACHES APPRECIATE YOU AND CERTAINLY WE DO AS WELL.
THIS EVENING WE HAVE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CHRIS BIRCH HERE TO RECOGNIZE WRESTLING AND ARE SWIMMING AND DIVING COORDINATOR MELISSA HOWARD TO RECOGNIZE OUR SWIMMING AND DIVING MEDALISTS.
BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK A COUPLE OF MORE FOLKS, OUR COACHES OFTEN TAKE THE LEAD IN ORGANIZING DISTRICT AND REGIONAL EVENTS, AND THAT'S NOT FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.
JUST ADDITIONAL WORK BASICALLY, BECAUSE THEY DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR SPORT AND OUR ATHLETES.
FOR WRESTLING, WE HAD COACH MICHAEL HEGGIE FROM EMERSON HOSTED DISTRICT FOREST, AS WELL AS MALTHUS LONG.
COACH LONG WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE? COACH LONG WAS A DISTRICT AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR OUR TOURNAMENTS FOR WRESTLING THIS YEAR AS WELL AS HOSTED REGIONAL.
HIS LEADERSHIP IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, SO THANK YOU, COACH FOR ORGANIZING THIS.
ALSO, MELISSA HOWARD, OUR SWIM AND DIVE COORDINATOR, WHO WILL GET UP HERE AND SPEAK IN A FEW MINUTES AS
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WELL IS JOHN DANEK OUR NATATORIUM MANAGER.TYPICALLY THEY RUN THE DISTRICT AND REGIONAL SWIM MEETS FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THIS YEAR WITH THE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS AND THE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO RUN FIVE DIFFERENT MEETS.
WE HAD THREE DISTRICT MEETS 4A AND 5A AND THEN TWO REGIONAL MEETS, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK ON THEIR PART, SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AS WELL.
MR. WHISTLER, MY LAST THANK YOU TO MR. BENNY METCALF, OUR DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, AND HIS STAFF BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR QUICK ACTION AND HELP WITH THE HVAC SYSTEM [INAUDIBLE] BANKS NATATORIUM, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO MOVE ALL FIVE OF OUR DISTRICT AND REGIONAL SWIM MEETS TO ANOTHER FACILITY AND WE CERTAINLY PLAN TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM HERE AT THE BOARD THIS EVENING AS WELL.
NEXT ARE WRESTLING PRESENTATION COACH BIRCH.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU DR. WALDROP FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE REST OF ADMINISTRATION.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU DEVELOP A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE, NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY AND IN FINE ARTS THAT YOU JUST SAW, BUT ALSO IN ATHLETICS AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WRESTLING. WE HAD 11 SCHOOLS THAT WERE REPRESENTED AT THE STATE MEET THIS YEAR, SO 11 OF OUR 12 HIGH SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTING THE STATE.
NINE OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS HAD BOTH MALE AND FEMALE WRESTLERS THAT WERE REPRESENTED AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 49 WRESTLERS REPRESENTED AT THE STATE MEET.
THAT WAS A GREAT SHOWING BY FRISCO ISD.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE HEAD COACH AT CENTENNIAL JAKE JACKSON.
HE'S BEEN IN FRISCO ISD FOR 11 YEARS AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE, DO WE HAVE A MICROPHONE FOR [BACKGROUND] OKAY GET IT.
>> OUR NEXT COACH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS JONATHAN REED.
JONATHAN REED IS OUR HEAD COACH AT FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL AND HE'S BEEN PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR SIX YEARS.
HE WAS ALSO NAMED THE GIRLS DISTRICT AND REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR.
I THINK IT'S A FIRST FOR FRISCO ISD HAS GIRLS TEAM ACTUALLY WON THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, SO GREAT JOB THIS YEAR COACH. [APPLAUSE]
I WANT TO INTRODUCE DESTINY SAMS. DESTINY SAMS HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
I CAN'T YOU PROUD I'M [INAUDIBLE] 26 WINS WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COLD HERE [INAUDIBLE] STATE FINALS THIS YEAR, REST OF THE LIGHTS OUT, SHE DID LOSE TOO.
SHE WAS A JUNIOR HIGH STATE RUNNER UP AT UTAH STATE CHAMPION.
[LAUGHTER] I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'M PROUD OF HER.
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT SHE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO OUR SERVICES IN THE AIR FORCE.
>> THANK YOU COACH. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT COACH I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS COACH ROBERT.
ROBERT, HE IS OUR HEAD COACH AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE HAS BEEN A PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR SIX YEARS.
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>> THE NEXT COACH I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS MALTHUS LONG.
MALTHUS LONG AS THE HEAD COACH AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND HE HAS BEEN A PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR 12 YEARS.
>> AWESOME. YES. THIS IS ONE OF THE TIMES COACH COONS, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO WHAT I ASKED YOU TO DO.
[LAUGHTER] THE REASON IS WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO WATCH THIS VIA STREAM OR PLAYBACK.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO USE THE MIC SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A COACH COONS.
JUSTIN COONS, IS THERE A HEAD COACH AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
COACH COONS HAS BEEN A PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR 11 YEARS.
SHE'S BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM FOR ALL FOUR YEARS.
SHE'S BEEN A FANTASTIC ASSET AND SHE'S WRESTLED FANTASTICALLY FOR US.
SHE IS A TWO-TIME DISTRICT CHAMP, TWO TIMES REGIONAL CHAMPION AND THIS YEAR, SHE CAME UP SECOND AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
SHE WRESTLED A HECK OF A MATCH TO A REALLY GOOD GRAPEVINE GIRL THAT IS 34 AND TWO.
WE CALL THAT 34 AND MERCEDES BECAUSE HER TWO LOSSES CAME BOTH TO MERCEDES.
[APPLAUSE] SHE'S A TOUGH COOKIE AND SHE'S GONNA BE MISSED AND LOVED HAVING YOU.
[APPLAUSE] SHE GOT HER 101 WINS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.
>> NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE COACH HALTERP.
COACH HALTERP IS OUR HEAD COACH AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
COACH HALTERP'S HAVE BEEN PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR NINE YEARS.
>> PLUS FOUR AS AN ATHLETE AT CENTENNIAL, CORRECT?
>> YES, SIR. THIS IS CAITLIN FLAHERTY, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING HER TONIGHT.
THEN LIKE A LOT OF THESE COACHES HAVE ECHOED ABOUT OUR SENIORS, IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH THEM GROW IN FOUR YEARS.
I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT ALL DOWN BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LONG RESUME.
SHE BECAME OUR FIRST STATE CHAMPION IN SCHOOL HISTORY THIS YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TOURNAMENT TO DO THAT HAD TO BE A RETURNING, SAY, FINALIST WHO WAS UNDEFEATED IN THE QUARTER FINALS, HAD TO BE TO RETURNING STATE CHAMPION THE SEMIFINALS AND HAD TO AVENGE TO ALL LOSSES FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO AN UNDEFEATED RETURNING STATE PLACER IN THE FINALS.
IT WAS LIGHTS OUT TYPE EFFORT.
BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS THE REGION 2 RUN HER UP.
SHE WAS A DISTRICT 8 CHAMPION AND MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER.
SHE BROUGHT HER MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER PRAC WITH HER.
SHE ALSO ACHIEVED 100TH WIN, WHICH IS A HUGE WRESTLING MILESTONE.
FIRST-TIME ANYONE IN MEMORIAL HAD DONE THAT AS WELL.
SHE FINISHED HER CAREER WITH 115 WINS.
[APPLAUSE] ON TOP OF THAT, SHE IS ALSO A FOUR TIME ALL AMERICAN AND FREESTYLE AND WILL WRESTLE COLLEGIALLY IN THE FREESTYLE.
WE HAVEN'T NAMED A SCHOOL YET, AT NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE IN ILLINOIS.
SHE HASN'T TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THAT YET.
>> THEN I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH FOR LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, JAMES GILLESPIE.
COACH GILLESPIE HAS BEEN PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR NINE YEARS.
I'VE BEEN WITH KARL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
THE ATHLETES YOU GUYS SAW UP HERE ALREADY.
THEY DON'T GET TO START WRESTLING UNTIL THEY'RE FRESHMEN.
IF YOU HAD SEEN KARL AS A FRESHMAN, I DON'T THINK I'D EVER IMAGINED HIM BEING HERE, BUT LOOK AT HIM NOW.
[LAUGHTER] SO PROUD OF THIS KID.
KARL'S LOSSES THIS YEAR CAME TO STATE CHAMPS.
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HIS LAST MATCH, THIRD PLACE.HE GOT A CHANCE TO GET SOME REVENGE AGAINST THE KID THAT BEAT HIM IN A STATEMENT LAST YEAR.
ALL AMERICAN, LOTS OF WINS, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THEN THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE WRESTLERS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND JUST FOR A SECOND SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? WE APPRECIATE YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, DR. WALDROP AND BOARD, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THESE COACHES AND ATHLETES TO YOU.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT THEM AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
JUST REAL BRIEFLY A COUPLE OF FUN FACTS, WE TOOK BETWEEN THE 4A AND THE 5A STATE MEETS, WE TOOK 100 ATHLETES TO STATE.
THERE IS NO OTHER DISTRICTS, NONE.
THERE'S NO OTHER DISTRICT THAT COMES CLOSE TO US IN SWIMMING AND DIVING.
I WILL ARGUE WITH ANYBODY ON THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND YOUR SUPPORT AND WHAT YOU DO FOR US AND FOR OUR FACILITIES, THEY'RE BORN ON.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SEVERAL PEOPLE.
FIRST OF ALL IS OUR PANTHER CREEK STAFF AND STUDENTS.
COACH CONNOR, RIGHT HERE IS OUR HEAD COACH.
THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR AS A HEAD COACH AND HER FIFTH YEAR IN THE DISTRICT.
COACH SUNDAY IS OUR HEAD DIVING COACH FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
SHE'S GOING TO BE UP HERE A LOT WITH ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO READ HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS VERY QUICKLY AND THEN LET THEM GET STARTED.
COACH SUNDAY THIS YEAR, SHE WAS THE DISTRICT SEVEN 4A GIRLS COACH OF THE MEET AND REGION TWO 4A GIRL'S COUCH IN THE MEET.
SHE WAS ALSO THE DISTRICT NINE 5A GIRLS AND 10 5A GIRLS AND BOYS COACH TO THE MEET, THE REGION THREE 5A GIRLS COACH OF THE MEET.
LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T GET CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE HER AT THIS LEVEL BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN NAMED YET.
BUT SHE WAS THE 2022 STATES DIVING COACH OF THE MEET.
[APPLAUSE] COACH CONNOR SERVED AS ONE OF OUR ASSISTANTS BEFORE SHE STEPPED INTO THIS HEAD COACHING ROLE.
THIS YEAR AS HER FIRST YEAR AS A HEAD COACH WITH A BRAND NEW PROGRAM, SHE WAS HONORED AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN 4A GIRLS AND BOYS COACH OF THE MEET AND THE REGION TWO 4A GIRLS AND BOYS COACH OF THE MEET.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
>> GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE ARIEL LUCHERO.
SHE'S A FRESHMAN AT PANTHER CREEK.
THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR DIVING.
SHE IS THE DISTRICT AND REGION CHAMPION AND SHE PLACED SIXTH AT THE STATE MEET AND SHE HAS BEEN NAMED FIRST TEAM, ALL DISTRICT, ALL REGION, AND ALL STATE.
[APPLAUSE] I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MY ASSISTANT COACH, MARK SHEPPARD.
HE HAS ASSISTED ME WITH ALL 12 HIGH SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU, MARK. COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT.
>> THIS IS JACOB NICEWANDER AND HE'S THE ASSISTANT COACH FOR PANTHER CREEK.
[APPLAUSE] ISABELLE ZACHARIAH WAS AN ALTERNATE IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.
LAUREN GREEN WAS A PART OF THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY THAT PLACED SECOND.
SHE WAS 15TH IN THE 100 FLY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY THAT GOT FOURTH.
CORA ECKERT SWAM ON THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY THAT GOT SECOND.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY THAT GOT SECOND, AND WAS FOURTH IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE.
CUBA ECKERT SWAM ON THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, THAT GOT SECOND, 200 FREESTYLE, SHE GOT 11TH IN THE 100 BUTTERFLY, AND SWAM ON THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY THAT GOT FOURTH.
DANA CHAO, GOT 12TH IN THE 50 FREESTYLE, 10TH IN THE 100 FREESTYLE.
WAS A MEMBER OF THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY AND A MEMBER OF THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.
EDEN ADDISON GOT SECOND AS A MEMBER OF OUR 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
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SHE WON THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, GOT SECOND AND THE 500 FREESTYLE AND WAS A MEMBER ON THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY THAT PLACED SECOND.[APPLAUSE] AVERY WHARTON WAS FIRST PLACE IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL FREESTYLE.
FIRST PLACE IN THE 500 INDIVIDUAL FREESTYLE, WAS A MEMBER ON THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND A MEMBER OF THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.
[APPLAUSE] AIDEN ECKERT WAS A MEMBER OF OUR BOYS 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
THEN GOT SECOND IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY HIMSELF AND THE 100 BACKSTROKE HE GOT FIRST.
>> ONE THING THAT WE DID NOT MENTION IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE THREE PROGRAMS THAT WERE THE STATE RUNNERS UP IN PANTHER CREEK, AND THEIR FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE AS A PROGRAM, IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. I GUESS AIDEN IS VOLUNTEERING TO HOLD THE GIRLS TROPHY FOR THEM.
[LAUGHTER] BUT WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL THESE TEAMS AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR PANTHER CREEK.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR LIBERTY CREW.
OUR HEAD COACH FROM LIBERTY IS ZACH GANOZA.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'LL SEE A FEW PEOPLE ROTATING THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HELPED WITH A LOT OF PROGRAMS. ZACK HAS BEEN IN FRISCO ISD FOR SIX YEARS.
THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR AS A HEAD COACH AS WELL.
THIS YEAR WAS EXCITING TO WATCH COACH CANOZA AS HE IS CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THIS FANTASTIC TRADITION THAT LIBERTY HAS.
HE WAS VOTED THE DISTRICT 1058 GIRLS COACH TO THE MEET AND THE REGION, 358 GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR.
>> HE HELPED US. LEADERSHIP AND WE HAVE ISABELLA OSHAK.
SHE WAS SECOND AND HER BACKSTROKE AT STATE AND THE GIRLS 200 MEDLEY RELAY, THE 400 FREE RELAY, AND BOTH THOSE RELAY SET NEW SCHOOL RECORDS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER THIS YEAR JUST AS A FRESHMAN, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS.
>> OUR NEXT GROUP COMING UP HERE IS THE REEDY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOME TEAM.
THEY WERE ALSO THE STATE RUNNERS UP THIS YEAR.
THEIR HEAD COACHES COACH JENNY BEAGLE.
BEAGLE HAS BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS.
THIS IS HER SIXTH YEAR AS THE HEAD COACH AT REEDY.
THIS YEAR SHE WAS VOTED AS THE DISTRICT 958 GIRLS COACH OF THE MEETS AND SHE'LL GET TO INTRODUCE HER FABULOUS GIRLS.
>> THAT WORD DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO BE HONEST.
MARK SHEPPARD AGAIN, EVERYBODY DYING ASSISTANT, WE HAVE COUPLED GIRL DIVERS OVER HERE, CLAUDIA SUNDAY, COACH MEGAN MICK ON THE END.
SHE'S BEEN SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US IN THE MORNINGS AND WE SHARE HER WITH INDEPENDENCE AND EMERSON ALSO.
YOU CAN SEE CAMERON IS HOLDING OUR STATE RUNNER-UP TROPHY.
IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT, 2019 AND WE HAD ALL AMERICANS, GOLD AND SILVER MEDALIST, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING UP HERE, WE'VE GOT FOUR MEDALS IN THE HIGHEST PLACING WHAT WE HAD AT THE STATE MEET THIS YEAR WAS A BRONZE MEDAL IN ONE RELAY, ONE EVENT BUT WE DID IT TOGETHER.
WE WENT FROM 11TH PLACE LAST YEAR TO FIGHTING AND CLAWING AND COMING UPSTATE RUNNER-UP WITH ONE EVENT THAT MEDAL.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY'VE PUT A TON OF WORK INTO THIS.
THEY WAKE UP, THEY EAT, THEY PRACTICE, THEY EAT AGAIN, THEY PRACTICE.
THEY GO TO SCHOOL, THEY EAT, THEY GO TO PRACTICE AGAIN, THEY SLEEP AND THEY REPEAT.
THEY SPEND A LOT OF EARLY MORNINGS AND LATE NIGHTS AND THEY'RE EXCELLENT IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL.
CAMERON WARREN IS A SENIOR WITH US.
SHE'S AN ALTERNATE FOR OUR RELAY.
SHE'S AN ACADEMIC, ALL STATE ACADEMIC, ALL AMERICAN, AND A FULL-TIME MEMBER OF OUR STATE TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE APPLAUSE TILL THE END.
WE DO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH, BUT WE'LL WAIT.
ELIANA RISER CAN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT.
SHE IS ALSO OUR TWO FREE RELAY ALTERNATE.
SHE'S ALSO AN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN AND FULL-TIME MEMBER OF OUR STATE TEAM.
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AUDREY BRAMLET IS A SOPHOMORE WITH US.HER FIRST YEAR ON OUR STATE TEAM.
SHE HELPED SOME OF OUR REALIZED QUALIFY AND SHE WAS GOING TO BE OUR MEDLEY RELAY ALTERNATIVE IF WE NEED ENOUGH TO CALL ON HER STEP UP AND HELP US OUT.
JADE ALVAREZ IS A JUNIOR, ONE OF OUR CAPTAINS IS OUR SECOND YEAR ON THE STATE TEAM.
SHE'S SWIMMING THE FOREIGNER FREESTYLE RELAY.
SHE'S AN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE STUDENT ATHLETE.
ARE TWO DIVERS. KIERRA HUDSON.
SHE'S A SOPHOMORE OR STEER, QUALIFYING FOR STAGE.
ALL DISTRICT ALL REGION AND UP.
THEN WE'VE GOT CAMERON GANCER.
SHE'S A JUNIOR, FIRST-TIME QUALIFYING FOR STATE.
SHE IS ALL AMERICAN CONSIDERATION.
SHE IS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, DISTRICT AND REGION ATHLETE OF THE MEETS.
SHE IS OUR NEW SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER.
ALSO LISTED FIRST TEAM, ALL DISTRICT, ALL REGION AND ALL STATE.
[APPLAUSE] WE COULDN'T HONESTLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.
AMAYA, SHE'S A SOPHOMORE WITH US SECOND HERE ON OUR STATE TEAM.
SHE QUALIFIED IN OUR 200 MEDLEY RELAY AS WELL AS THE 100 BUTTERFLY INDIVIDUAL EVENT.
LAUREN GUARDIOLA, SHE'S A FRESHMAN, AND SHE WAS ON OUR 200 FREESTYLE RELAY.
THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO START YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL SWIMMING CAREER MY FRIEND LAUREN.
WE HAVE JUST NOW DUBBED HER IN THE HALLWAY RELAY RHEA.
SHE REALLY IS A GREAT CONTRIBUTING MEMBER.
SHE'S A STATE METALS AND THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND SHE WAS ALSO ON THE MEDLEY RELAY THAT WAS JUST SHY OF THE PODIUM IN FOURTH PLACE.
SOFIA HERNER ANOTHER FRESHMEN DOWN THERE.
SHE END UP QUALIFYING 100 BRUSHSTROKE AS WELL TO TUNE OR MEDLEY RELAY.
ISA HENDERSON, ISABEL HENDERSON CALLED ISA.
SHE'S A SOPHOMORE AND SHE QUALIFIED FOR STATE LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THIS YEAR.
SHE WAS ON OUR 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.
SHE ALSO ASSUME THAT 200 FREE AND 500 IN BOTH PRELIMS AND FINALS FOR US THIS YEAR.
THIS IS HER THIRD YEAR AT THE STATE MEET.
SHE QUALIFIED IN TWO INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS TWO RELAYS AND WE ENDED UP PULLING HER FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TO PUT HER ON A RELAY SCORES DOUBLE AND YOU CAN TELL AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF HOW WE GOT WHERE WE WERE.
SHE WOULD QUALIFIED THE 100 FREE AND 50 FREE SWIMMING, ALL THREE RELAY.
SHE'S A STATE RELAY MEDALIST, DISTRICT ATHLETE OF THE MEET, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE DISTRICT CHAMPION IS FOR OUR REGION CHAMPION.
ISABEL KRASHED IS HER PARTNER IN CRIME DOWN THERE ON THE END AND OTHER JUNIORS, HER THIRD YEAR ON OUR STATE TEAM.
ANOTHER SELFLESS ONE THAT WE HAVE QUALIFYING AND TWO INDIVIDUALS AND TWO RELAYS AND WE PULLED HER FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TO HELP STRENGTHEN SOME OF THOSE RELAYS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SHE ENDED UP PLACING FOURTH OVERALL AND 100 FLY, IT WAS ON ALL THREE OF THOSE RELAYS, WAS NOTABLY THE THIRD PLACE.
TO OUR FREE STORY, SHE'S AN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, SHE'S A STATE RELAY MEDALIST, SHE IS ALSO A DISTRICT AND REGIONAL CHAMPION AS WELL AS WE HAVE QUITE A FEW IF THEY WERE ON OUR MEDLEY RELAY AND 200 FREESTYLE REALLY DISTRICT MEET HOLD RECORD HOLDERS.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE FANTASTIC. [APPLAUSE] THEY'RE TRANSITIONING. I WILL INTRODUCE OUR FINAL GROUP.
THIS IS OUR LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM.
WE'VE GOT BOYS AND GIRLS REPRESENTED.
THE BOYS WERE THE STATE RUNNERS UP THIS YEAR.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GROUPS THAT FINISHED AT THE VERY TOP.
AND COACH GRIFFIN MARSHAL, THIS IS HIS SECOND-YEAR IN FRISCO AND SECOND YEAR AS HEAD COACH AT WAKELAND AND HE WAS VOTED AS THE DISTRICT 958 BOYS COACH TO THE MEET.
I'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE HIS PEOPLE.
FIRST OFF, LET ME INTRODUCE ASSISTANT COACH KATIE NAVIDAD.
SHE'S IN OUR FIRST-YEAR WITH WAKELAND, ONE OF THE BEST ASSISTANT COACHES I'VE EVER HAD.
I'M ONLY HALF JOKING BECAUSE MY ASSISTANT COACH LAST YEAR IS SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE [LAUGHTER] COACH CANOZA.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH THINGS UP.
IF YOU DON'T MIND IF YOU COULD APPLAUD AFTER I SAY THE NAMES.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW THEY WOULD AS WELL.
SHE FINISHED THIRD OVERALL IN THE 500 FREESTYLE, FIFTH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE, 11TH IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, SIXTH IN THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY, IN WHICH SHE SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 200 FREE, 500 FREE, 200 IM, 100 BUTTERFLY AND SHE'S COMMITTED TO SWIM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN THE FALL.
[APPLAUSE] RIGHT HERE WE HAVE NICHOLAS FOX.
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THIS WAS HIS FIRST YEAR ATTENDING STATE WHERE HE SERVED AS OUR ALTERNATE IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE EMMANUEL RAJ, HIS FIRST YEAR ATTENDING STATE WHERE HE ALSO SERVED AS AN ALTERNATE IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.
[APPLAUSE] UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING WAS ELIJAH TONG, A FRESHMEN WITH HIS FIRST YEAR ATTENDING STATE WHERE HE FINISHED 18TH OVERALL IN THE 100 BUTTERFLY, AND ALSO SERVED AS AN ALTERNATE IN THE MEDLEY RELAY, 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND 400 FREESTYLE RELAY.
>> NEXT STEP WE HAVE CHASE LANDRY.
HE IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND HE PLACED 13TH AT THE STATE MEETS.
HE'S FIRST TEAM ALL DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION AND SECOND TEAM ALL STATE.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE TIM ROBERTSON.
PLACING TENTH OVERALL AT STATES.
ALSO FIRST TEAM ALL DISTRICT AND ALL REGION AND THE SECOND TEAM ALL STATE.
CONGRATULATIONS BOYS. [APPLAUSE]
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BRANDON WOO.
HE'S A SECOND YEAR ATTENDING STATE.
WELL, HE FINISHED FIRST AND THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, SEVENTH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, SEVENTH IN THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY, AND 17TH IN THE 100 BUTTERFLY, LEADING TO A NEW SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE HAVE MATEO SANCHEZ AND ITS HIS SECOND YEAR ATTENDING STATE.
FINISHED FIRST IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, SEVENTH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, SEVENTH IN THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY, 11TH IN THE 50 FREESTYLE, ALSO SETTING A NEW SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP ONE OF OUR SENIOR CAPTAINS EDEN TENCOUGH.
IN HIS FOURTH YEAR ATTENDING STATE, HE FINISHED SEVENTH OVERALL IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY.
SEVENTH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, SEVENTH IN THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY, 15TH IN THE 500 FREESTYLE RELAY AND HE IS ALSO A NISCA ALL-AMERICAN CONSIDERATION IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY.
[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE OUR OTHER SENIOR CAPTAIN, JONATHAN MICHAELS IN HIS FOURTH YEAR.
FINISHED FIRST OVERALL IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, THIRD IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE, FORTH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE, SEVENTH IN THE 400 FREESTYLE RELAY, WHERE HE IS THE NISCA ALL-AMERICAN IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, NISCA ALL-AMERICAN CONSIDERATION IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE, AS WELL AS SETTING A NEW SCHOOL RECORD IN THE MEDLEY RELAY.
[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, WE HAVE JACKSON ARMOR.
HIS SECOND YEAR ATTENDING STATE WHERE HE FINISHED FIRST IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, FIRST IN THE 100 BRUSHSTROKE, THIRD IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, SEVENTH IN THE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY WHERE HE IS A NISCA ALL-AMERICAN IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY AND 100 BRUSHSTROKE.
THE DISTRICT 95A SUMMER OF THE MEET, REGION 35A SUMMER OF THE MEET, AS WELL AS SETTING SCHOOL RECORDS IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY AND 100 BRUSHSTROKE.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE.
CONGRATS TO LOGAN AND YOUR UIL 5A STATE RUNNERS UP.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN TO THIS FABULOUS GROUP OF ATHLETES AND COACHES.
WE ALSO HAD 11 OF THE 12 HIGH SCHOOLS REPRESENTED AT THE STATE MEETS.
WE CLEARLY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE ATHLETES, WHICH ARE OUR PARENTS.
PARENTS, YOU'RE LEAVING, YOU BETTER STOP.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE WONDERFUL ATHLETES, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND BECAUSE WE WOULD DEFINITELY HONOR YOU.
[APPLAUSE] COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. CAN WE PLEASE GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
[APPLAUSE] THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AMAZING COACHES BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM [APPLAUSE] OUR KIDDOS WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE IN THESE POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE IN.
WE THANK OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COACHES FOR BUILDING UP OUR STUDENT ATHLETES EVERY YEAR.
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WHAT IS SHOWING IN FRISCO ISD.CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO EVERYBODY.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM C, PARTNER AND EDUCATION RECOGNITION.
DR. WALDROP, IST AND BOARD, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE A COMMUNITY PARTNER.
IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO DO SO, LAUGH AND I CAN'T EVEN GET ACROSS MY POOL ON A FLOAT WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.
[LAUGHTER] TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM AS OUR MARCH FASD PARTNER IN EDUCATION.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM HAS PARTNERED WITH OUR SECOND GRADE TEACHERS TO ORGANIZE VISITS TO STUDY COMMUNITY HISTORY AND HOW PEOPLE AND EVENTS INFLUENCE OUR LOCAL HISTORY IN FRISCO.
SPECIFICALLY THIS PAST YEAR, THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM, ARTS AND CULTURE EDUCATOR ON ANI SIMMONS WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR SEVENTH GRADE TEXAS HISTORY TEACHERS AND HIGH SCHOOL AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHERS, OVER THE SUMMER, TO BUILD AN INQUIRY PROJECT TO ACCOMPANY OUR FIELD STUDY TRIP TO THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM.
SHE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT ACCOMMODATE AND ENHANCE OUR SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS WHILE PROVIDING AN AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.
MS. SIMMONS HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO PRESENT INQUIRY WITH LOCAL MUSEUMS WITH THE FASD SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATORS AT THE TEXAS COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES, TX CSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2022.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR HER IN THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND STUDENT LEARNING IN FRISCO ISD.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL DOWN DR. WALDROP AND PRESIDENT ARCHIMBO TO THE STAGE, AS WELL AS SHARON WHITE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON FOR FRISCO ISD, FOR OUR RECOGNITION PRESENTATION TO THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM.
[APPLAUSE] TONIGHT FROM THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM, WE HAVE ANI SIMMONS, THE ARTS AND CULTURE EDUCATOR.
FROM FRISCO, ISD OUR SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATOR, PATIENCE LEBLANC.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD PLEASE COME UP.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE HERITAGE MUSEUM, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
IT IS AWESOME. IT'S NOT JUST FOR FIELD TRIPS.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT IT IS FREE. YOU COULD CHARGE FOR IT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 4, INVOCATION. MS. DAVIS.
[4. Invocation]
>> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND RECOGNITION OF EVERY FAITH THAT IS REPRESENTED IN FRISCO ISD.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR EVERY SEAT THAT HAS BEEN FILLED HERE TODAY.
FOR EACH MIND AND HEART THAT FEELS THE PRESENCE OF THIS ROOM. WE THANK YOU.
ONLY YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT WE'RE SETTING OUT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.
WE HAVE AN IDEA, A VISION, HINTS, AND DAILY INSTRUCTIONS.
WE HAVE TALENTS, ABILITIES IN TIME TO WORK.
HOWEVER, ONLY YOU CAN SEE IN PERFECT DETAIL THE END OF EVERY BEGINNING, EVERY PROJECT, EVERY SEASON, EVERY LIFE.
NOTHING IS EVER IN VAIN FOR EVEN MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS ARE USED FOR YOUR GOOD.
STRENGTHEN OUR CONFIDENCE IN WHO YOU HAVE MADE US TO BE.
ALL THOSE PRESENT, AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF THOSE WE WILL ENCOUNTER AFTERWARD.
READY US TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT. AMEN
>> MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, BOARD REPORT.
[5. Board Report]
BOARD ANYTHING TO REPORT?>> I JUST HAVE ONE THING, AND THAT IS THE FIRST GULF FLAG NIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK.
ALL 12 OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED.
I FOLLOW THEM CLOSELY BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS IN COLOR GUARD.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PANTHER CREEK FOR
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THE FIRST TIME WHO HAVE AT EVERY COMPETITION THEY'VE ATTENDED, RAISE THE BAR AS A FIRST-YEAR SCHOOL, INCREASING THEIR STAKES TO THE NTCA CHAMPIONSHIPS.JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COLOR GUARD AND OUR INSTRUCTORS THAT WORK WITH THEM DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND THE CELEBRATION WAS AMAZING.
>> FOLLOWING THE COLOR GUARD THING. TODAY IS HOLY.
THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS CELEBRATED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN INDIA.
AND ON 25TH OF MARCH, AT INDEPENDENCE AND THE ELDORADO CITY OF FRISCO IS HOSTING AN EVENT BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE O'CLOCK, SO ALL OF YOU ARE WELCOME. HAPPY HOLI.
>> THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO ITEM 6,
[6. Discussion regarding update on Internal Audit Department activity]
DISCUSSION REGARDING UPDATE ON INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY, MR. GRUBER.>> GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY FOR THE MOST RECENT QUARTER.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO, WE FINALIZE TWO AUDITS THIS QUARTER.
WE'RE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FINGERPRINTING AND ALSO STUDENT PARKING.
YOU RECEIVED THOSE DURING THE QUARTER AND YOU ALSO HAVE THOSE IN YOUR MATERIALS THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE THREE AUDITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION OF THE FIELDWORK STAGE OF THAT AUDIT.
I'M GOING TO BE WORKING ON DRAFT REPORT SOON, PROBABLY AFTER WE GET BACK FROM SPRING BREAK.
THE OTHER TWO ARE SECTION 504 AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
WE HAVE JUST NOW SCRATCH THE SURFACE ON THE FIELD WORK STAGE ON BOTH OF THOSE AUDITS.
WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 23 PLAN, AT A PRETTY GOOD PACE.
THIS SHOWS THE IMPLEMENTATION PERCENTAGES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED, WE GET PRETTY GOOD HIGH PERCENTAGES ON THOSE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MANAGEMENT TO HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING ISSUES RESOLVED ON THOSE.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU THE DETAIL OF WHICH AUDITS CURRENTLY HAVE OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
[NOISE] WHICH RECOMMENDATIONS GO WITH THE AUDITS ON THAT? THIS IS PRETTY USUAL FOR AN AUDIT DEPARTMENT TO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE HANGING OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY FITS YOUR 23.
WE'VE HAD NINE INCIDENT REPORTS COME IN, THREE SUBSTANTIATED, SIX UNSUBSTANTIATED, AND ZERO UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, AT LEAST WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD IT, WE SCORED A OUR FIRST GOOSE EGG FOR THE QUARTER AND NOTHING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INCIDENT REPORTS THAT CAME THROUGH.
IT DID VERIFY THAT IT IS WORKING.
THIS SLIDE HERE I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY ABOUT THE TIMELINE IS RISK ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT PLANNING TIME.
IN THE AUDIT WORLD THAT PROBABLY THE ONE THING WHERE THE AUDITORS GET TO DIG AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU HOW WE GET FROM THE STARTING POINT TO THE ENDING POINT OF HOW RISK ASSESSMENT, AND THEN WE COME UP WITH OUR AUDIT PLAN.
GOING FROM THE ARROW DIAGRAM THERE, IN EARLY APRIL, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE AREAS AND RISK RATINGS FOR THE AUDIT UNIVERSE, WHICH IS A LISTING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT CAN BE AUDITED.
MID APRIL, WE'LL SOLICIT INPUT FROM ISD.
EARLY MAY, WHO DEVELOPS THE PROPOSED PLAN PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN MID-MAY AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD IN THE JUNE MEETING.
ONCE THAT GETS APPROVED AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH IT, THEN WE WILL BE OFF AND RUNNING WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN WITH A WHOLE NEW SET OF AUDITIES.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
>> BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. GRUBER? THANK YOU.
[7. Discussion regarding findings of Intruder Detection Audits at Frisco ISD campuses]
DISCUSSION REGARDING FINDINGS OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS AT FRISCO ISD CAMPUSES. MR. WHISTLER.>> AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL JOHN BODHI TO THE PODIUM, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
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MY PURPOSE IN JOINING ME TONIGHT IS IN REGARDS TO RECENT INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS AND THE VISITS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEM AGAIN IN AUGUST FOLLOWING A JUNE DIRECTED FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO TEA.
THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE ABILITY FOR INTRUDERS, OR IN THIS CASE, A STATE INSPECTOR, TO GAIN ENTRY TO SCHOOLS THROUGH EXTERIOR ENTRY POINTS.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR FISD, MY PRIMARY ROLES INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF PROTECTIVE ACTION MEASURES TAKEN IN THE PREPAREDNESS, PREVENTION, MITIGATION, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IN THE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION PORTION OF THESE PHASES, THE RESPONSIBILITIES ALSO INCLUDE OVERSIGHT OF STATUTORY SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT VISITS CONDUCTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, A PROCESS THAT ALSO INCLUDES A SEPARATE CHECK OF EXTERIOR DOORS BY LOCAL POLICE AGENCY.
THE RECENT EFFORT BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO IMPLEMENT INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS IS COMPLIMENTARY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT PROCESSES OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN USING FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE SUPPORT OF A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND ALSO A LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS.
AS OF FRIDAY, THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER HAS CONDUCTED INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS THAT ALMOST HALF OF ALL FISD FACILITIES AND CAMPUSES.
THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
YOU HEARD OUR FINE ARTS AND OUR ATHLETICS PERSONNEL.
WE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT INTENTIONALITY AND COMMITMENT AND PURPOSE.
THESE TERMS ALSO DESCRIBED THE EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND THE COMMITMENT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED BY OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF SAFE.
THE AUDIT VISITS BY THE STATE SEEK TO HELP DISTRICTS IDENTIFY HOW CAMPUSES CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS, SUCH AS ENSURING EXTERIOR DOORS ARE LOCKED.
THESE AUDIT VISITS PROVIDE FISD AND OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
WELL, PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIKELY INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF AUDIT RESULTS.
THE STATE HAS INDICATED IT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO THE BROADER PUBLIC.
AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION.
AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THEIR INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS WERE DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING.
RESULTS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF A DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 22, ALSO AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE AND CONDUCTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ACTIONS OUR DISTRICT TAKES TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE.
THIS WORK DOES NOT END AND THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. BODHI, ANY QUESTIONS FOR BOARD.
I KNOW WE CAN'T SHARE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB.
WHEN I HEARD THE NUMBERS, I WAS IMPRESSED AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB, A FANTASTIC JOB, SO THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WAS AT A CONFERENCE LAST WEEKEND IN GALVESTON WITH OTHER TRUSTEES FROM AROUND THE STATE.
ONE OF THE PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS WAS ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
LISTENING AND I ACTUALLY TEXTED DR. WALTER AND RENEE, AND SAID, JOHN BODE NEEDS TO BE HERE DOING THIS PRESENTATION.
[LAUGHTER] WE ARE FAR BEYOND AND ABOVE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING.
A LOT OF THAT IS JUST RESOURCES, BUT THIS GOES BACK TO RIGHT NOW BEING IN THE LEGISLATURE ASKING FOR LOCAL CONTROL.
IF THEY GIVE US MONEY FOR SAFETY, EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SOME DISTRICTS ARE JUST NOW TALKING ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY YEARS, I APPRECIATE THAT SAFETY IS THE FOREMOST ON ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS.
I APPRECIATE [NOISE] EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
>> THAT MEANS A WHOLE LOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
I WOULDN'T BE REMISSED IF I DIDN'T.
ALSO MENTIONED OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY, KEVIN HOWLER AND THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE AT FRISCO ISD ALSO DOES AN AMAZING JOB, AND THE BUY-IN AND COMMITMENT FROM OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.
KUDOS TO THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO KEEP OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF SAFE. THANK YOU.
>> YES. IF I COULD ALSO JUST MENTION A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR CAMPUSES, TO OUR TEACHERS,
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TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING OUR DOORS CLOSED THIS YEAR.>> THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO PROP OPEN A DOOR AND LET YOUR FRIENDS IN, BUT I THINK WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC DECREASE OF THAT THIS YEAR.
IT TAKES ALL OF US TO KEEP OUR CAMPUSES SAFE AND OUR STUDENTS ARE BOUGHT INTO THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THANK EVERYONE ON OUR CAMPUSES FOR BEING VIGILANT AND KEEPING EVERYTHING SAFE.
>> THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY.
>> WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8,
[8. Public Comment Session]
COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT. MS. GLOSSY.>> WE JUST CHANGED THIS, BEAR WITH ME IT'S A LITTLE LONG.
WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA, THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT.
DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT OTHER ATTENDEES, AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.
TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.
PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO DISTRICT BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE.
IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUES, YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES, DGBA LOCAL, FNG LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.
EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE FIVE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM NOT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT MEETING ON APRIL 24TH AT 6:30.
THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY, WHEN THE BOARD WE'LL HEAR FROM PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF FRISCO ISD STUDENTS, FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS, AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS.
ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO VERIFY THE INDIVIDUAL STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 SPEAKERS.
EACH STAKEHOLDER SHALL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING, STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SARCUS [INAUDIBLE].
EXCUSE ME FOR MISPRONOUNCING THAT, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE FISCHER, AND THEN TIFFANY TILLERSON.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SARCUS [INAUDIBLE].
I COME BEFORE YOU AS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT, A HUSBAND, A FATHER, AND A LAWFUL FRISCO COMMUNITY MEMBER.
WE PASS NO JUDGMENT ON ANY HUMAN THAT CHOOSES TO IDENTIFY IN ANY CERTAIN WAY OR LIVE THEIR LIFE.
YOU ALL NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MARVIN LOWE IS A MODERN DAY LYNCHING.
IF YOU AS A BOARD, MAKE THE DECISION TO REVOKE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR ANY RIGHTS OF HIS BOARD DUTIES, THIS WILL MIRROR HOW BLACK PEOPLE WERE TREATED IN THE HORRIFIC PAST.
MARVIN WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND SHOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE.
MARVIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES. [APPLAUSE]
>> IS THERE STEPHANIE FISCHER? WE'LL MOVE ON TO TIFFANY TILLERSON.
MELANIE JONES, WAIT, I'M SORRY.
TIFFANY, IS THAT YOU? AFTER TIFFANY, MELANIE JONES, FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE VARGAS.
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>> THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE ACTION ITEM FOR MR. LOWE.
I WAS RAISED IN A SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAMILY.
I SPENT MANY SUMMERS SQUEEZED BETWEEN MY GRANDPARENTS IN THEIR TINY CHURCH IN RURAL OKLAHOMA.
IF THE DOORS ARE OPEN, MY GRANDMOTHER IS THERE WORSHIPING HER LORD.
SHE IS NEVER MORE THAN A FEW FEET AWAY FROM HER BELOVED BIBLE.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER TOLD HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER THAT SHE IS TRANSGENDER, MY GRANDMOTHER OPENED HER ARMS TO HER.
SHE SAID SHE LOVED HER AND SAID, "YOU ARE PERFECT BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU, AND GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES, INCLUDING YOU".
I HAVE SEEN THE ARTICLES WHERE YOU SAY THAT YOU ADDRESSED THAT STUDENT ONLY TO PREACH LOVE.
WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER DID, THAT IS LOVE.
I DO NOT TRUST YOU TO REPRESENT MY CHILD AND PROTECT MY CHILD AS LONG AS YOU ARE ON THIS BOARD.
>> MELANIE JONES, FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE VARGAS AND VICKI COSTA.
>> LET ME JUMP IN BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MELANIE JONES.
I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY.
I OPEN WITH THAT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY HERE, THOSE LISTENING AT HOME THAT THIS DISTRICT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.
TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FAITH INTENT AND TO SOME DEGREE FAIRNESS.
WHETHER YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN OR NOT, ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC, MUSLIM OR HINDU, THE LIST GOES ON, THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONE PLACE WHERE THE PRACTICE OF ALL OF THAT IS PROTECTED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
THE EXPRESSION OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH ABOUT ONE'S FAITH ARE SACROSANCT, AND ARE AT THE VERY CORE OF OUR VALUES AS A FREE NATION.
BUT SOMEHOW WE HAVE DEVOLVED INTO AN US VERSUS THEM POLARIZED SOCIETY WHERE THERE'S NO MORE ROOM FOR DISAGREEMENT AT THE VERY THOUGHT OF THAT DISAGREEMENT AUTOMATICALLY RELEGATES YOU TO A PERPETRATOR AND AN ANTAGONIST, A HATER, ONE TO BE VILIFIED, CRUCIFIED, AND EXILED.
IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO STAND BY YOUR CONVICTIONS FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE SCREAMS ON THEIR ROOFTOPS AT HOW OFFENDED THEY ARE.
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE MISGUIDED IMPRESSION THAT HE WHO YELLS THE LOUDEST WINS.
LOUD DOES NOT EQUATE STRENGTH, REAL STRENGTH IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE ABILITY TO STAND FIRM IN YOUR BELIEFS AND TO SHOW LOVE AND COMPASSION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM, AND THAT IS WHO MARVIN LOWE IS.
HE IS A MAN OF FAITH, NOT AS A BADGE, NOT FOR SHOW, NOT TO WIELD AGAINST OTHERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS CATHERINE VARGAS, AND A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.
LET ME TELL YOU, I AM TIRED Y'ALL.
I WAS TALKING TO MY MOM AND TOLD HER SHE HAS NO IDEA HOW EASY SHE HAD IT BEING A PARENT WHEN SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE BUDGETS FOR PROJECTORS INSTEAD OF CULTURE WARS.
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DUTIES OF THEIR JOB TO SERVE EVERY STUDENT WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
ONE OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS, MR. LOWE HAS ONCE AGAIN EMBARRASSED OUR DISTRICTS IN HIS WORDS AND BEHAVIOR, WHICH HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY FOUR WITNESSES.
IN SEPTEMBER, I WAS PROUD TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR THIS BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH INFORMATION ON SAFELY STORING FIREARMS. MR. LOWE, DURING THAT MEETING, YOU ADVOCATED FOR PARENTS TO LEAVE WEAPONS ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
YOU CAN GO ON ALL THE RADIO SHOWS YOU WANT TO DISPUTE ANTI-TRANS HATE, BUT DON'T YOU DARE COME IN THIS BOARD AND TALK ABOUT CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
AS MS. MILLER WITH STUDENT SERVICES LAID OUT BACK IN SEPTEMBER, OVER 300 BATHROOM INCIDENCE LAST YEAR, ZERO INVOLVE THE TRANS STUDENT.
MR. LOWE, IF AND YOUR SUPPORTERS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR CHILDREN INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC MAY I SUGGEST THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL IS NOT FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] VICKI COSTA, FOLLOWED BY STACY WATTS AND THEN KEN TAISEL.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VICKI COSTA AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF MARVIN LOWE, WHO I BELIEVE TO BE A WONDERFUL UPSTANDING MAN OF INTEGRITY AND LOVE FOR THE STUDENTS OF FISD.
THE ATTEMPT TO SILENCE MARVIN AND DISCIPLINE HIM FOR ALLEGATIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, ALLEGATIONS FROM A 15-YEAR-OLD TRANS BOY AND HIS MOTHER WHO DON'T AGREE WITH MARVIN ON THE SUBJECT OF STUDENTS OF A CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL GENDER USING RESTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS OF STUDENTS OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER IS AN EFFORT TO DISCOURAGE HIM FROM HAVING AN OPPOSING OPINION, VOICING IT, AND THEN REMOVE HIM FROM THE BOARD.
THE STUDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO DRESS AS THEY PLEASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FISD GUIDELINES, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO REFER TO THEMSELVES TO WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE.
HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO TRAMPLE UPON THE RIGHTS OF OTHER STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS AND PRIVACY, WHEN THEY USE THE RESTROOMS AND DRESS AND UNDRESS IN THE LOCKER ROOMS. TRANS STUDENTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH COMPASSION AND COMMON COURTESY.
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[APPLAUSE] IS THERE A STACY WATTS?>> THAT'S A GOOD CHEERING SECTION.
>> HELLO. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO SUPPORT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, MARVIN LOWE.
HE HAS BEEN SUCH A REFRESHING AND NEEDED ADDITION TO THE FISD SCHOOL BOARD.
I'VE SEEN HOW HE RESPECTS AND LISTENS TO THE COMMUNITY, YET IS FEARLESS IN SPEAKING TRUTH IN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
HE HAS SHOWN EXCELLENT JUDGMENT IN THINKING AND DEALING WITH HARD ISSUES.
HIS CHARACTER HAS BEEN ONE OF HONESTY, FAITH, KINDNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS.
THE NEGATIVE NEWS STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING DO NOT REFLECT THE MAN I HAVE OBSERVED AND HAVE COME TO KNOW AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.
ONE OF HIS MOTIVATIONS IS TO SERVE AS A TRUSTEE MEMBER WAS TO PROTECT THE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS, THEREFORE ANY NEGATIVE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST HIM BASED SOLELY ON AN ACCUSATION WITHOUT EVIDENCE IS UNNECESSARY AND FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> KEN TAISEL, FOLLOWED BY JOHN KIRCHHOFF AND LINEA HUTCHEON.
MY NAME IS KEN TAISEL, I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 9C.
AS OUR RESPONSIBLE TRUSTEES ACTUALLY DO UNDERSTAND, A BOARD MEMBER'S DUTY IS TO REPRESENT ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, EVEN THOSE WITH IDEAS AND LIFESTYLES THEY MAY NOT AGREE WITH AND TO DO SO WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
HOWEVER, WE NOW HAVE CONFIRMED MULTIPLE WITNESSES THAT MARVIN UNDER A CURIOUS FORM OF "LOVE" APPROACHED A 16-YEAR-OLD AND THEIR MOTHER TO CONFERENCE AND GOT INTO A CONFRONTATION THAT CAN AT BEST BE DESCRIBED AS AWKWARD AND AT WORST BULLYING AND DEGRADING.
MARVIN'S BEHAVIOR WHILE REPRESENTING FISD WAS APPALLING AND UNACCEPTABLE.
HE NEEDS TO RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.
[APPLAUSE] BUT IF NOT, I AM HARD TO SEE AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AND IF THE FACTS MERIT, A CENSURE IS APPROPRIATE.
IN THE MEANTIME, TWO ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I ASK THAT AN ASSESSMENT BE PERFORMED OF HOW MUCH THIS EPISODE HAS CAUSED THE DISTRICT IN PERSON HOURS SPENT DEALING WITH INQUIRIES RELATED TO MARVIN'S ESCAPADES.
UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THE BOARD'S INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE-
>> HI, I'M A PARENT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT A MEETING LIKE THIS.
I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE ACTION ITEM REGARDING MR. LOWE, I SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE BY THE BOARD.
I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A STRANGE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND BEHAVIOR THAT MARVIN HAS EXHIBITED IN BOARD MEETINGS ON ONLINE VIDEOS.
PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD SOME UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS THAT I'VE WITNESSED.
I'M VERY SAD TO HEAR THEIR REPORTS OF WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THEY MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND I WISH THAT WE COULD GET BACK TO WHAT THE EARLIER SPEAKER MENTIONED, WHICH WAS FOCUSING ON THE SCHOOLS, THE STUDENTS, WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THESE WALLS, NOT TO FOCUS ON POLITICAL CULTURE WARS THAT REALLY HAVE NO PLACE IN MEETINGS LIKE THIS.
>> LINEA HUTCHEON, FOLLOWED BY MEG REED AND THEN MONICA ROUSSEAU.
>> GOOD EVENING. CHILDREN NEED BOUNDARIES.
EVERYTHING STARTS FROM THE TOP-DOWN.
AN ORGANIZATION MUST HAVE A SET OF RULES, CODE OF CONDUCT, AND TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
REGARDLESS OF ITS PERSONAL OPINIONS, MARVIN HAD A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH A MOTHER AND A STUDENT THAT WAS BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM.
WHERE ARE WE WHEN A DIFFERENT OPINION IS CONSIDERED ABUSIVE, IT IS OUT OF LOVE TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION TO SAY I CARE ABOUT YOU AND WANT THE BEST FOR YOU.
FRISCO ISD HAS HAD TOO MANY CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER.
THIS IS NOT AMERICAN TO ATTACK, SLANDER, DEFAME AND LIBEL SOMEONE IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
WE MUST DO BETTER AS A DISTRICT OF HIGH ACHIEVERS AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
KIDS ARE HURTING IN THIS DISTRICT FOR A REASON.
THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR TRUTH AND MEANING AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES.
TEACHING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE DOES NOT INCLUDE SEXUAL PREFERENCES.
CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER BE DEFINED BY THEIR PERSONAL LIFESTYLES.
BRING DIGNITY AND RESPECT BACK TO THIS BOARDROOM.
>> MEG REED FOLLOWED BY MONICA ROUSSEAU AND THEN HEIDI STONE AND JOE JAMES.
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>> I KNEW THAT MR. LOWE WAS GOING TO DENY THE ACCUSATIONS MADE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE.
BUT I HOPE YOU ALL LOOK UP WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WITH MARK DAVIS ON HIS RADIO SHOW LAST TUESDAY, WHERE HE WENT TO DISCUSS THE ACCUSATIONS.
HE REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO THE 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AS A LITTLE GIRL, A GIRL WHO THINKS SHE'S A BOY AND HE REPEATEDLY USED FEMALE PRONOUNS IN DISCUSSING HER.
WHATEVER YOU DID. [BACKGROUND] LISTEN TO IT.
HE DID. THIS IS MY TIME YOU ALL KNOCK IT OFF.
>> LISTEN TO ME, THIS IS MY TIME, KNOCK IT OFF.
>> WHATEVER YOU DID OR DID NOT SAY IN THAT CONFRONTATION WITH THAT STUDENT, YOUR CHARACTERIZATION OF HIM IS ANYTHING BUT RESPECTFUL.
I ASSUME YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT TRANS KIDS IN FRISCO ISD.
YOU PLEDGE TO KNOW EVERY CHILD BY NAME AND BY NEED.
THESE KIDS HAVE NAMES THAT REFLECT THEIR GENDER IDENTITY.
THEY HAVE NEEDS THAT INCLUDE RESPECT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD AND DR. WALTER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
AS A FRISCO RESIDENT TAXPAYER IN FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEE, I COME TONIGHT HOPING THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE DISCUSSION AROUND TRUSTEE LOWE'S OCTOBER ACTIONS INVOLVING A CONVERSATION WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT AND POSSIBLE CENSURE.
TRUSTEE LOWE, I DO HOPE THAT YOU CAN ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS IN YOUR DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AROUND THIS CONVERSATION IN THE SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST YOU.
YOU DENIED PORTIONS OF THIS CONVERSATION IN A RADIO PROGRAM LAST WEEK.
HOWEVER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW YOU, WOULD LEVY SUCH ACCUSATIONS TO BEGIN WITH. HOW WERE YOU TARGETED? HOW DID THEY SO ACCURATELY DESCRIBE ACTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM YOU IN THIS VERY BOARDROOM? ADDITIONALLY, I QUESTION HOW BYSTANDERS BECAME COMPLICIT IN LEVYING THESE ACCUSATIONS.
WE EVEN HEARD LAST WEEK FROM A FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEE WHO HAS FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FAMILY.
THEY'RE A LOT OF COINCIDENCES TO BE EXPLAINED.
I DO HOPE THERE'S HEALTHY DISCUSSION TONIGHT AMONG THE BOARD.
AS YOU SAID IN THE RADIO PROGRAM TRUSTEE LOWE, YOU DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
MAYBE SOME OF THESE PHRASES WERE MENTIONED, I HOPE FOR TRUTH TONIGHT, SO THE BOARD MAY FOCUS AGAIN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> HEIDI STONE, FOLLOWED BY JOE JAMES.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. I'M A TAXPAYER HERE IN FRISCO.
THE LAST TIME THAT I HEARD THE CONVERSATION OF ACTION ITEM 9F NUMBER 4, WAS BACK IN MAY WHEN THERE WAS AN EXTENSION FOR I BELIEVE 30 YEARS ON SOMEBODY'S CONTRACT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PLEASE REMIND YOU-ALL TO FILTER EVERYTHING WITH TRUTH AND WISDOM.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING WITH EMPATHY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE FILTERING EVERYTHING.
IF YOU ALL COULD MAKE TRUTH AND WISDOM LIKE TOP PRIORITIES, WE WOULD ALL BE SERVED REALLY WELL WITH THAT.
>> JOE JAMES FOLLOWED BY SHERRY SOLACE, AND THEN MICHAEL BURTON.
>> HELLO. I'M HERE FOR MARVIN LOWE.
I HAVE KNOWN MARVIN FOR YEARS NOW.
WE'VE MET EVERY WEEK, THURSDAY MORNINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON HIS INTEGRITY, HIS CHARACTER, AND HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ON THE BOARD.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD.
HE RAN BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF FRISCO ISD, AND HE'S TAKING ALL OF THIS ABUSE, THIS ASSAULT.
IN AMERICA, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
[APPLAUSE] IT JUST GRIEVES MY HEART THAT KNOWING SOMEONE THE WAY I KNOW MARVIN, THAT HE OF ALL PEOPLE WOULD BE ACCUSED OF DOING ANYTHING BUT LOVING CHILDREN, INCLUDING A TRANSGENDER PERSON. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO SET SOME MESSAGING STRAIGHT.
IT'S SET ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HERE TONIGHT THAT MR. LOWE WAS ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY.
MR. LOWE WAS ELECTED BY APPROXIMATELY 5,200 VOTES,
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APPROXIMATELY WITHIN 125,000 REGISTERED VOTERS.THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HUGE REFLECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ON TOP OF THAT, I'M DOING IT FROM MEMORY.
NATALIE ABER, IS NOT LIKE HE WON IN A LANDSLIDE.
ABER WAS LIKE 49% I THINK IT'S LIKE 51.
I DON'T KNOW. HERE'S MY THING.
MR. LOWE, YOU DID ACKNOWLEDGE IN YOUR RADIO SHOW THAT YOU APPROACHED TO SHARE A MESSAGE OF LOVE.
WHEN THE STUDENT ACTUALLY CAME BACK AND WANTED TO ENGAGE YOU IN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, YOU HAD THE OPTION AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO THEN WALK AWAY.
I'M HERE TO SAY THIS TO EVERYONE HERE, I DON'T WANT THAT TO COME FROM ANY OF YOU.
THESE KIDS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME FROM [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] MICHAEL BRITAIN FOLLOWED BY ALEXANDER INGRAM AND THEN ADAM STRANGE.
>> MARVIN WAS ELECTED TO THIS POSITION BY ALMOST 6,000 PEOPLE, LIKE ME WHO VOTED FOR HIM TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND HIGH STANDARDS OF EDUCATION RIGOR THAT ORIGINALLY ATTRACTED OUR FAMILY AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS TO FRISCO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THE VALUES AND STANDARDS OF FRISCO ISD HAS SEVERELY DEPARTED FROM THE HIGH STANDARDS THAT DREW OUR FAMILY TO THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
AS I STATED EARLIER, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MARVIN LOWE BECAUSE HE ACTS AS MY VOICE AND THE VOICE OF LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO SEEK TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WILLING TO SPEAK UP FOR THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD DEAR.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ACTION AGAINST MARVIN BEING CONSIDERED IN FACT, TAKEN TO INTENTIONALLY SUBVERTED AND SILENCE OF VOICE THAT REPRESENTS MUCH NEEDED OPPOSITION, TO CONTROVERSIAL BACKROOM DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT CONSENSUS AND INPUT FROM CONCERNED PARENTS.
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FREEDOM BECAUSE IT'S THE FREEDOM BY WHICH WE DEFEND ALL OTHER FREEDOMS.
[APPLAUSE] IS THERE AN ALEXANDER INGRAM? FOLLOWED BY ADAM STRANGE AND THEN AMY SNOW?
>> HELLO, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MARVIN LOWE.
I'VE KNOW MARVIN, IT'S BEEN 5, 6, 7 YEARS NOW.
I'VE BEEN AT FRISCO RESIDENT AND MY WIFE'S OF FRISCO ISD TEACHER.
SHE'S COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BABY THAT'S AT HOME.
I'VE NEVER MET A MAN IN MY LIFE WHO IS MORE WILLING TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP SOMEBODY, TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE TO THE POINT THAT I KNEW NO ONE IN FRISCO AND HE CAME TO ME AND SAID, "HEY, YOU WANT TO GO GRAB COFFEE? YOU WANT TO GO GRAB DINNER?" I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING BUT LOVE FROM HIM AND I SPEAK THE INTEGRITY OF MARVIN, ANYTHING THAT HE SAID AND DID WAS OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF DISRESPECT OR SHAME OR TRYING TO ABUSE A CHILD OR ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
I THINK HIS ONLY INTENTION WAS OUT OF LOVE.
NOW, I THINK HE IS A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT FATHER AND A GREAT MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I SPEAK TO THE INTEGRITY AND HEART OF MARVIN AND WHATEVER HE DID WAS OUT OF LOVE AND KINDNESS AND JOY AND PEACE.
>> ADAM STRANGE. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN FRISCO ISD, THE SCHOOLS.
THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR DECISIONS TONIGHT.
IF WHAT THIS PERSON SAID ABOUT MR. LOWE IS TRUE, THEN WHY WOULD YOU NOT INVESTIGATE IT? IF WHAT WAS SAID OF MR. LOWE DIDN'T SAY WHAT HE SAYS, WHAT EVERYONE SAYS HE SAYS, THEN WHY WOULD YOU NOT INVESTIGATE IT? IF THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE INVESTIGATE THIS TRUSTEE FOR HIS BEHAVIOR, THEN THE ANSWER HAS TO BE YES.
BECAUSE WITHOUT INVESTIGATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO DO.
>> AMY SNOW, FOLLOWED BY SANDRA GARZA AND THEN GINA CARTER.
>> GOOD EVENING TO ALL THE TRUSTEES AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AMY SNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I CALL THIS PLACE FRISCO HOME WE LOVE IT, AND WE CAME HERE BECAUSE IT HAD A REPUTABLE ISD.
WE HAVE KNOWN MARVIN AND HIS FAMILY FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE CELEBRATED HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS AS A WHOLE.
AS A FISD PARENT, I CAN SAY THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES THAT KNOW MARVIN CREATES
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A SAFE SPACE AND FACILITATES OPEN AND HONEST DIALOGUE.NO MATTER WHO WAS CONVERSING WITH HIM, HE EXEMPLIFIES IN HIS CONDUCT, THOSE THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR A TRUSTEE.
I LOOKED THEM UP, THEY'RE ONLINE.
TWO, TRUSTWORTHINESS AND STEWARDSHIP.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SANDRA, FOLLOWED BY GINA CARTER, LUKE SNOW, AND THEN MICHAEL MCKIBBEN.
>> I'M THE SANDRA GARZA TO HELP BRING INTO PERSPECTIVE WHAT CHILDREN HAVE TO GO THROUGH AT A DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR BODIES.
IT CAN BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN PARENTS WORK SO HARD TO TEACH OUR KIDS ABOUT SAFE BODIES, PREDATORS, HOW TO BE MODEST, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S BODIES.
NOBODY IS BRINGING UP THE DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES WITH THIS CONCERN WITH CHILDREN AND HOW IT ALREADY BRINGS STRESSORS WHEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH ALL THESE HORMONAL CHANGES.
IF WHAT DR. MARVIN LOWE MAKES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THEN GOOD.
I AM REALLY SORRY THAT THIS OTHER CHILD FELT UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT THERE'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER CHILDREN THAT FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN OTHER BODIES ARE BEING EXPOSED AGAINST THEIR CONSENT, WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE IN A RESTROOM OR IN CHANGING.
[APPLAUSE] THERE SHOULD BE RESPECT FOR ALL.
IF ONE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS [OVERLAPPING]
>> HELLO. I SHARED A MEAL WITH MARVIN BACK IN OCTOBER, LONG BEFORE THE INCIDENT WAS WIDESPREAD.
HE SPOKE OF THIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE STUDENT AND THE MOTHER.
HE DIDN'T SPEAK OF IT WITH EMOTIONAL CHARGE, THAT THE INTERACTION WAS HEATED OR WITH THE NEED TO DEFEND HIMSELF OR ANY OTHER SENSE OF INJUSTICE BEING TAKEN PLACE.
HE SPOKE OF AN INTERACTION WHERE THE DIALOGUE WAS ONE THAT WAS POSITIVE.
HE SAID THAT HE APPROACHED THIS STUDENT WITH LOVE.
HE SAID, "WE LOVE YOU, WE WANT THE BEST FOR YOU." I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT SO MOVED ME THAT I ENDED UP SHARING THIS WITH FRIENDS, WITH MY LIFE GROUP AT CHURCH BECAUSE MARVIN WAS THE MODEL.
MARVIN WAS THE MODEL OF I DISAGREE, BUT I AM APPROACHING YOU WITH LOVE AND DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
[APPLAUSE] LUKE SNOW, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL MCKIBBEN.
THOSE WILL BE OUR FINAL STAKEHOLDER, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM NON STAKEHOLDERS.
MARVIN WAS OUR FIRST FRIEND IN FRISCO, I NEED TO BORROW TOOLS THAT HE HAD.
I CALLED HIM TO GO PICK IT UP.
HE INSISTED ON DROPPING IT OFF AT MY HOUSE AND SO HE DID.
AS SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE, HE HAD A STROKE AND LIMITED USE OF ONE SIDE OF HIS BODY.
HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO GIVE AN INCONVENIENT KINDNESS AND HIS ATTITUDE WAS THAT IT WAS NO BIG DEAL TO HELP OUT.
I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT MARVIN, COMING OUT OF A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD IN LA, HAS LEAD A LIFE THAT COULD ARGUABLY BE AS DISADVANTAGED AS ANYONE ELSE'S.
HOWEVER, I'VE NEVER KNOWN HIM TO SEE HIMSELF THAT WAY.
MARVIN LEND A HELPING HAND BEFORE HE KNEW ME AND MY POLITICAL VIEWS.
BY THIS, I'M CONVINCED THAT HE WOULD GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR ANYONE OF US HERE, BLACK OR WHITE, GAY OR STRAIGHT, MALE OR FEMALE, OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON STAKEHOLDERS, PAUL JUSTIN, FOLLOWED BY ROGER WHEELOCK AND THEN SHANNON ROSE.
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>> WHEN DOES MY MINUTES START?
>> RIGHT NOW, AS SOON AS YOU START TALKING.
>> I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COME TOGETHER.
THESE NICE, LOVELY [APPLAUSE] SIDE.
I GOT ANOTHER PLAN I THINK MIGHT COME TOGETHER THAT WILL UNITE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, UNITE EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS AND NOT COST THE DISTRICT ANY MONEY.
I'M SPEAKING FROM THE POSITION OF SOMEONE WHO HAS TAUGHT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AT THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LEVEL.
I KNOW IT WAS SAID LAST TIME THAT MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE SLOPPY WITH IT. I GOT A GREAT IDEA.
I PROPOSE AS AN ACTION ITEM AND I WILL PERSONALLY PAY FOR THIS BECAUSE I HEARD LAST TIME THEY SAID CUTTING FUNDS FROM THE SPEECH DEPARTMENTS AND STUFF.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY MORE MONEY WITH THE DISTRICT, I'LL BUY THIS.
BUT WE ORDER A BOOK, THE LATEST EDITION OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. I HAVE TO BE FAIR.
THAT WOULD BE BREAKING OUR OWN RULES IF I'M NOT. THANK YOU, SIR.
WE WERE ALL GIVEN A COPY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OF A LITTLE POCKET SIZE BOOK SO I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR US ALL TO CONTINUE TO BRUSH UP ON.
MINE IS NOT LAMINATED, BUT THAT SOUNDS AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU. I'M SPEAKING FOR THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS IN THE FRISCO SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO ARE BEING FORCED TO EMBRACE OR SUBMIT TO IDEAS THAT ARE DANGEROUS AND DEADLY.
THIS VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH GUARANTEES THE RIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO THINK AND SPEAK FREELY WITHOUT FORCE OR COERCION.
PEOPLE WHO TRY TO PREVENT OPPOSING IDEAS ARE BY DEFINITION TYRANTS.
WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT BE RULED BY TYRANTS, WHICH USED TO BE RULED BY GOD AND TO BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY.
YOUR JOB AS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES IS TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM HARM AND TO PROMOTE THE GOOD.
WHEN MARVIN LOWE SPOKE UP REGARDING HIS BELIEFS ABOUT TRANSGENDERISM, HE WAS NOT PHYSICAL, HE WAS NOT VIOLENT.
HE SPOKE FROM HIS CONSCIENCE INFORMED BY ETERNAL BIBLICAL TRUTH TO PROTECT THE KIDS.
YOU ARE PROPAGANDIZING EVERYONE BY ALLOWING ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE TRANSGENDER ARGUMENT INFORMED BY BAD SCIENCE.
THE HARM THAT COMES UPON THESE CHILDREN WILL BE CHARGED TO YOUR ACCOUNT. I'M SORRY.
[APPLAUSE] SHANNON, FOLLOWED BY MIKE REDACTOR AND THEN BILL LITON.
>> I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING LAST WEEK AND WAS HORRIFIED BY WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS BOARDROOM.
ONE AFTER ANOTHER TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS CAME TO THIS PODIUM AND MALIGN US SITTING BOARD MEMBER REPEATING WHAT THEY READ IN A DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE AS FACT.
NOT ONCE WAS THE WORD ALLEGED USED.
A MAN'S CHARACTER IS BEING ATTACKED, DEMANDS FOR HIS RESIGNATION ARE BEING MADE.
THREATS TO END HIS CAREER HAVE BEEN MADE.
HIS ABILITY TO FEED HIS FAMILY BECAUSE OF ONE ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER, ONE FISD STAFF OR EVEN ADMITTED SHE WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS TRUE OR NOT, BUT SHE REPEATED IT ANYWAY, TRULY SHAMEFUL AS IS THE INVESTIGATION OF MR. LOWE BASED ON THE SAME ARTICLE.
THIS HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED BEFORE, WHY AGAIN IN LINE NOW? REGARDLESS, THE FEIGNED OUTRAGE OVER HIS ALLEGED USE OF WORDS LIKE NAKED, AROUSED, AND JUNK IN FRONT OF A TEENAGER IS LAUGHABLE.
PARENTS WHO HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT THOSE OF YOU PERSECUTING TRUSTEE LOWE FOR THIS HAVE FOUGHT HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND EVEN VOTED TO KEEP EXTREMELY GRAPHIC SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARIES.
>> I'VE KNOWN MARVIN FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS, GREAT GUY.
AFTER HE HAD A STROKE, I WAS VISITING HIM IN THE HOSPITAL.
HE FINALLY GOT OUT AND I HAD A FRIEND MOVING DOWN INTO THE FRISCO AREA OR IN THE DALLAS AREA.
I SAID, "HEY, TRY MY FRIEND MARVIN.
HE'S GOT HIS OWN REAL ESTATE COMPANY.
HE'S WORKS HIS BUD OFF. HE HAD A STROKE." MARVIN SHOWED THEM 40 HOUSES AND THEN AT THE END OF 40 HOUSES, THE GUY TRIED TO NEGOTIATE A LOWER COMMISSION, WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED.
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WELL, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PART WAYS.THEN I SAID, "HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?" HE GOES, "EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO DO THINGS.
I FORGIVE HIM, NO PROBLEM." THAT'S THE KIND OF GUY MARVIN IS, I WOULDN'T HAVE FORGIVEN HIM.
WELL, I MIGHT'VE, [LAUGHTER] BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF GUY HE IS.
I DON'T SEE HIM WALKING UP AND DOING WHATEVER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AS BEING JUST A HORRIBLE THING.
I BELIEVE MARVIN OVER SOME ANONYMOUS PERSON.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] BILL LITON FOLLOWED BY MARVIN WILSON AND THEN SID HICKS.
>> MY NAME IS BILL LIT AND I DROVE UP FROM WACO TO DO ONE THING AND THAT IS TO LET MY FRIEND MARVIN LOWE KNOW THAT I LOVE HIM.
I KNOW THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS ARE NOT TRUE.
DUE TO HARRY KALI WORLD ABOUT HARRY'S FOR NEARLY 13 AND 1/2 YEARS.
WHEN YOU PRAY WITH A MAN ON THE PHONE IN PERSON.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S CHICK-FIL-A, SUBWAY IN ITALY AND MAGNOLIA TABLE IN WACO.
WHEN YOU HEAR A MAN PRAY HE ASK YOU TO PRAY, YOU PRAY WITH HIM, YOU LEARN HIS CHARACTER REALLY QUICK.
I CAN'T COMMENT ON ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOARD.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING THE GUY FROM WACO DRIVE UP HERE TO DO THIS.
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REMEMBER THE WISDOM OF BARNEY FIFE, IF THE HORSE IS ALREADY OUT OF THE BARN AND YOU GOT NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS ON ALLEGATIONS, NIP IT IN THE BUD.
>> EXCUSE ME. MARVIN WILSON FOLLOWED BY SID HICKS AND THEN SCOTT COLEMAN AND KEN WHITE.
>> I'M HERE ALSO TO SUPPORT MARVIN LOWE.
NOT JUST HIM, BUT FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AND BY OUR RIGHTS, WE CAN EXPRESS OUR OPINION ABOUT ANYTHING.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MEETINGS HERE TO TRY TO DECIDE TO CENSOR MARVIN OR NOT.
WELL, WHAT YOU ONLY KNOW IS WHAT WAS REPORTED BY A LADY THAT DON'T EVEN HONEST ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY HERSELF, AND A REPORTER THAT WANTS TO SELL NEWSPAPERS.
[APPLAUSE] WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF IS TOTALLY FALSE.
YOU CAN ASK, IT'S NOT HIS CHARACTER AT ALL.
MARVIN BELIEVES THAT HE IS HERE AS A CONSTITUENCY ELECTED BY THE SAME CONSTITUENCY AS EACH OF YOU TOO.
WE'RE ALL GUILTY AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WE HAVE WITH A GOOD VALUED EDUCATION.
THE ACCUSATION'S TOTALLY OUT OF HIS CHARACTER, AS WE'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY ALREADY, THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE].
>> THANK YOU, BOARD. I'M HERE IN SUPPORTIVE MARVIN LOWE.
MY WIFE, MY TWO DAUGHTERS, MY GRANDCHILDREN LIVE HERE IN FRISCO.
I'VE KNOWN MARVIN FOR NINE YEARS.
I KNOW HIM TO BE NOTHING LESS THAN A GENTLEMAN, NOTHING LESS THAN RESPECTFUL, COURTEOUS AND IS A BOY SCOUT, KIND, THRIFTY, CLEAN, AND REFERENT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM ACT IN ANY OTHER WAY BESIDES THAT.
I KNEW HIM AT A TIME WHEN HE WENT THROUGH A STROKE.
I COULDN'T HAVE HAD A BETTER ATTITUDE THAN HE HAD IN MY LIFE.
I'M CONCERNED THAT WE TEND TO BELIEVE THE WORLD AROUND US THAT SAYS THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS AND THAT WE DON'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT PERPETUATING A STORY, WHETHER WE BELIEVE IT TRUE OR NOT TRUE.
WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, WITHOUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY.
[APPLAUSE] SCOTT COLEMAN FOLLOWED BY KIM WHITE AND THEN ALEJANDRO JATO.
>> HI, I'M SCOTT AND I FELT COMPELLED TO COME FROM WILEY TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT THIS, THE STORM OVER FRISCO.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW FROM THE EDUCATOR'S STANDPOINT ON THIS ISSUE.
THE FIRST IS THAT CHILDREN ARE BULLIED FOR THE COLOR THEY ARE, CHILDREN ARE BULLIED FOR THE RELIGION THEY ARE, AND CHILDREN ARE BULLIED FOR THE SEXUALITY THEY ARE.
THEY GET VERY MIXED MESSAGES FROM POLITICIANS, SOMETIMES ON SCHOOL BOARDS AND SOMETIMES IN THE STATE HOUSE ON WHETHER THAT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO BE.
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON WHO SAVES THOSE CHILD LIFE IS OFTEN A TEACHER, IS A TEACHER WHO SAVES THAT CHILD'S LIFE AND IT TURNS OUT THE TEACHERS ARE IN DOCTRINE KIDS AT ALL.
THE SECOND THING I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IS THAT WHEN
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WE EDUCATORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON HARASSMENT FROM FOUR CHILDREN, WHEN CHILDREN REPORT HARASSMENT OR ABUSE, OUR FIRST REQUIREMENT IS TO BELIEVE THE CHILD.I KNOW EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER HAS HAD THAT TRAINING AND EVERY SINGLE EDUCATOR IN THIS ROOM HAS HAD THE TRAINING THAT WHEN YOU HEAR ABUSE FROM A CHILD, YOU BELIEVE THE CHILD.
IF YOU CLAP TODAY AND YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE THE CHILD, I WANT YOU TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHETHER YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THE CHILD. THANK YOU.
>> KIM WHITE, FOLLOWED BY ALEJANDRO JATO AND THEN CALVIN CHEN.
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MARVIN LOWE.
THE MARVIN LOWE THAT I KNOW HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF CHARACTER AND A MAN OF INTEGRITY.
MARVIN, I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS, STAND FOR TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
DON'T BE FALTERED BY ANY OF THIS, CONTINUE TO STAND.
>> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO JATO.
I'VE KNOWN MARVIN FOR 14 YEARS, LIKE MY FRIEND BILL LINTNER, MARVIN, WE LOVE YOU, WE SUPPORT YOU.
I HAVE BEEN IN A BIBLE STUDY WITH MARVIN FOR OVER 14 YEARS.
I'VE HEARD HIM PRAY, I'VE HEARD HIM EXPRESS HIS HEART.
I KNOW HE'S A MAN OF COMPASSION, A MAN OF INTEGRITY.
THESE ALLEGATIONS, I WASN'T THERE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE WAS THERE.
IF MARVIN SAYS, I BELIEVE WHAT MARVIN SAYS.
I TOTALLY LIKE MY FRIEND BILL LINTNER SAID THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF MARVIN.
I DON T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE BUT WE LOVE YOU MARVIN AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
>> CALVIN CHEN, FOLLOWED BY DAN GARRISON AND THEN JERRY FULLER.
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK REGARDING MY FRIEND MARVIN.
WHEN PRINCE CHARLES CALLS A PERSON, HE WOULD NEVER SAY HOWDY NEIGHBOR.
WHEN JERRY JONES SEES HIS TEAM, THE COWBOYS MISS A KICK AT THE GOALPOST.
THOSE VOCABULARY USED IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARE NOT IN MARVIN'S DICTIONARY.
THOSE OF US WHO KNOW HIM AND HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS TALKING TO THIS GUY BECAUSE HE TALKS A LOT YOU KNOW.
[LAUGHTER] I'VE SHARED HOTEL ROOM WITH HIM ON A TRIP TO A WEDDING WITH THIS GUY.
BUSINESS, PERSONAL PARTIES, ALL KINDS OF CONTEXTS.
HE DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.
HE JUST DOESN'T, WE WOULD TRY TO GET HIM TO, BUT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME'S DAN GARRISON.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY FRIEND MARVIN.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO FRISCO ISD FOR ALL THE EXCELLENCE THAT WAS PUT ON DISPLAY TONIGHT.
I'M HERE ALSO AS THE DAD OF FOUR CHILDREN WHO ARE GROWN AND WE'RE PART OF THIS TEXAS SCHOOL SYSTEM AT ONE POINT.
I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT SYSTEM FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, AS A STEM EDUCATOR IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I WISH THERE WAS MORE MEN LIKE MARVIN IN SCHOOL BOARDS.
[APPLAUSE] LET ME QUOTE THE GREAT THOMAS SOWELL.
HE SAID, "TOO MUCH OF WHAT IS CALLED EDUCATION IS A LITTLE MORE THAN EXPENSIVE ISOLATION FROM REALITY." NOW, THERE IS A REALITY IN OUR CULTURE AND IN THE TRUTH THAT DISAGREEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DISCRIMINATION OR DEHUMANIZING, NOR DOES EXPRESSING THAT DISAGREEMENT.
IF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND OUR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS GOING TO BE ON DISPLAY, IT NEEDS TO BE IN MORE MEN LIKE MARVIN.
OUR STUDENTS NEED MORE, NOT LESS.
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[APPLAUSE] JERRY FULLER, FOLLOWED BY JEFF SCOTT, TIM LAMBERT, AND THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER WILL BE AMY HAINES.
>> I ALSO HAVE A GRANDMOTHER THAT IS THE SWEETEST, MOST LOVING PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND MARVIN LOWE REMINDS ME OF HER.
BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY ONE I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO GO TO A CHILD THAT HE MIGHT EVEN DISAGREE WITH THE CHOICES THE PARENTS HAVE MADE OR WHATEVER, AND TELL HIM THAT HE LOVES THEM AND HE CARES ABOUT THEM AND HE WANTS THE BEST FOR THEM.
I CAN SEE A MOTHER THAT WOULD BE IN A POSITION SHE'S IN JUMPS ON THE FRONT ROW OF THAT AND WHAT IT MIGHT TURN INTO.
MARVIN MIGHT EVEN THINK, I WISH I HADN'T DONE THAT.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE LOVING PERSON HE IS.
IF ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAD A HAND AND CONSPIRING WITH THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS TO DO A HIT PIECE.
INCLUDING FALSE STATEMENTS INTERPRETED AS TRUTH TO SMEAR, DEFAME, AND SLANDER A WONDERFUL, DISABLED AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
>> JEFF SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY TIM LAMBERT AND AMY HAINES.
>> I'VE ONLY KNOWN MARVIN FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
MY FIRST INTERACTION WITH MARVIN AS A COMPLETE STRANGER WAS I BROKE DOWN IN FRONT OF HIM IN A MEN'S BIBLE GROUP BECAUSE OF A RECENT DIVORCE.
MARVIN'S FIRST ACT WAS TO INVITE ME TO LUNCH, SUPPORT ME, SHOW ME SYMPATHY, BASICALLY TEXT AND GIVE ME PHONE CALLS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
I WAS A COMPLETE STRANGER AT THE TIME.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW HE CAN SERVE AND SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS STUDENTS.
>> YOU CAN BEGIN. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
>> I'M STANDING IN SUPPORT OF MARVIN LOWE AND AGAINST THE CENSURE MOVEMENT.
I BELIEVE HIS PUBLIC POLICY POSITIONS REFLECT THE EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY OF A VAST MAJORITY OF PARENTS WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE FRISCO ISD BOUNDARIES.
MR. LOWE IS A STRONG MAN OF CHARACTER, DEEPLY HELD CONVICTIONS, AND HE'S WILLING TO STATE HIS VIEWS ON BOARD POLICY, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE BOARD MAJORITY.
HE DOES NOT GO ALONG TO GET ALONG.
HIS PUBLIC FACE IS THE SAME AS HIS PRIVATE FACE.
I WOULD SUPPORT HIM WHEN HE RUNS FOR RE-ELECTION 2025 WHEN I BELIEVE HIS VIEWS WILL BE IN THE TRUSTEES MAJORITY.
>> I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE WHO EMBODIES THE QUALITIES OF MORAL CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, HUMILITY, COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO TRUTH.
TRUSTEE LOWE, IT IS YOU OF WHOM I SPEAK.
AS WE ALL KNOW, BEING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE IS A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE OF OUR SOCIETY.
THAT IS WHY IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE SOMEONE IN A POSITION WHO POSSESSES NOT ONLY THE NECESSARY SKILLS BUT ALSO THE RIGHT CHARACTER TRAITS.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT MARVIN LOWE HAS ALL OF THESE QUALITIES IN ABUNDANCE.
HE HAS A DEEP SENSE OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HOLDS HIMSELF TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS.
HE IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY WHO ALWAYS STRIVES TO DO THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT.
MARVIN IS INCREDIBLY HUMBLE AND COMPASSIONATE TOWARD OTHERS.
HE LISTENS CAREFULLY TO THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS, AND WORKS TIRELESSLY TO ADDRESS THEM.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT EVERYONE'S OPINIONS ARE VALUABLE.
[APPLAUSE] WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS,
[9.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from February 13 regular meeting, February 15 special meeting and February 27 special meeting]
ITEM 9A, CONSIDER AN ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 13TH REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 15TH SPECIAL MEETING, AND FEBRUARY 27TH SPECIAL MEETING.BOARD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 13TH REGULAR MEETING,
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FEBRUARY 15TH SPECIAL MEETING AND FEBRUARY 27TH, SPECIAL MEETING.>> SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR.
[9.B. Consideration and possible action regarding the Level III appeal filed by Heidi Koch]
CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LEVEL 3 APPEAL FILED BY MISS HEIDI COOK.BOARD, YOU'VE ALL HEARD THIS HEARING PRIOR TO OUR OPEN SESSION TODAY.
MS. DAVIS AND I RECUSE OURSELVES FROM THIS HEARING, AND SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. GILLESPIE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOTION.
>> BOARD, AS WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, I WILL NOW LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THE BOARD DENY THE LEVEL 3 APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION AT LEVEL 2.
>> MOTION BY MR. BURSEY, SECOND BY MR. LOWE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES FIVE, ZERO.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM C,
[9.C. Consideration and possible action regarding the evaluation, duties and discipline of a public officer or employee, including Trustee Lowe.]
CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE EVALUATION DUTIES, AND DISCIPLINE OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING TRUSTEE LOWE.WHAT I WANT TO CLEAR UP BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, NO ONE IS VOTING ON ANYTHING THIS EVENING REGARDING ASCENTIA.
THIS IS JUST OUR ABILITY TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF REMEDY, SOME TYPE OF INVESTIGATION SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO GO OUT AND DO THAT WORK AND REPORT THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE VOTING ON THIS EVENING.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLEARED THAT UP BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS.
I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
>> I HAD A FEW COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE.
THIS MATTER WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA.
I BELIEVE I RECEIVED A NOTICE ABOUT LAST THURSDAY THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING AN ACTION ITEM VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
AND EARLIER THIS EVENING, I REQUESTED TO SEE THE MINUTES FROM THE CLOSED SESSION BOARD MEETINGS ON THIS MATTER FROM LAST FALL.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED WITH THOSE.
I UNDERSTAND I JUST REQUESTED THEM, BUT I WASN'T SURE WHAT HAD PRECIPITATED THE REASON FOR US DISCUSSING THIS MATTER WHEN IT HAD BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD LAST FALL.
IN ORDER TO MAKE A FULLY INFORMED DECISION ON THIS, I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING DOCUMENTED PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE INITIAL COMPLAINT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT THAT I HAVEN'T READ IN MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
ADDITIONALLY, I DO NOT READ THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND I HAVE NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY BRIEFED AS TO WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED, I GUESS IN THAT ARTICLE.
IF THE BOARD OR DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH I DON'T THINK THAT HAS BEEN OTHER THAN THAT ARTICLE THEN I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.
I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STANDARD THAT VOTING FOR THIS INVESTIGATION TONIGHT WILL SET.
THIS CURRENT DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT IS RELATED TO A NEWS ARTICLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS ON THAT, BUT PREVIOUS RELATED ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY THIS BOARD, AT LEAST IN MY TENURE ON THE BOARD, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TIME FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, HAVE TIME TO PROCESS AND DIGEST IT, AND THEN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THIS JUST BEING PRESENTED TO US IN CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING AND I ALSO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INVESTIGATOR.
I KNOW THAT OUR BOARD COUNCIL HAS RECOMMENDED AN INVESTIGATOR, BUT THIS BOARD DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT INVESTIGATOR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE EXACTLY OR HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
THEREFORE, I MOVE TO TABLE THIS VOTE UNTIL THE ENTIRE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES FROM BOTH MEETINGS WHERE THIS WAS ADDRESSED LAST FALL, AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT OR THE BOARD.
>> I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE BY MS. LOWN.
>> SECOND BY MR. LOWE. ALL IN FAVOR.
[APPLAUSE] WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR.
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IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO HEAR UP HERE.IF WE COULD ASK THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE JUST KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELVES SO THAT THE BOARD CAN DISCUSS AND THEN WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR BACK UP.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE ARBH TO RETAIN ATTORNEY AMY STEWART TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INDEPENDENT [OVERLAPPING]
>> INVESTIGATION INTO A COMPLAINT MADE AGAINST TRUSTEE LOWE ALLEGING HARASSMENT AND MINOR.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE ABOUT TO BRING MOTION.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU ALL WHO CAME OUT HERE TO SPEAK ON MY BEHALF.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN FOR THE NEWSPAPER OF OUR AREA TO MAKE THESE UNFOUNDED CLAIMS. I TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE NOT TRUE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GONE DONE DEAL.
NOW WE'VE COME BACK TO ADDRESS IT COINCIDENTALLY, RIGHT AROUND ELECTION TIME.
MAYBE IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE, I DON'T KNOW.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE PLAYING POLITICS WITH THIS.
THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU GUYS HAVE DEVELOPED A REALLY LOW STANDARD FOR INVESTIGATIONS NOW.
REALLY LOW STANDARD, YOU'RE IN THE MAJORITY NOW.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME ACCUSATION AND SOME RIGHT-WING PAPER TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOU AND WE SPEND THE BOARDS MONEY, THE DISTRICT'S MONEY TO INVESTIGATE YOU.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE IS AN ARTICLE COMING OUT ABOUT YOU, RENEE, ABOUT DEBBIE, AND ABOUT DANA DAVIS, WHICH TALKS ABOUT YOU ALL CONSPIRING TO LIMIT THE VOICES OF PARENTS IN THIS DISTRICT AND UNLIKE ME, THERE'S AN ACTUAL VIDEO TAPE RECORDING OF YOU-ALL DOING THIS.
[APPLAUSE] NOW WE GOING TO DO THE INVESTIGATION.
I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD TELL YOU IF I DISAGREE WITH YOU, I DISAGREE, WHAT I STAND FOR, I WILL TELL YOU.
I JUST HOPE YOU-ALL HOLD YOURSELVES TO THE SAME STANDARD WHEN YOU SEE THIS ARTICLE OR WHEN IT'S MADE PUBLIC, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE, MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> I HAVE IT. MS. GILLESPIE, WOULD YOU MIND READING YOUR MOTION AGAIN?
>> I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE ARBH TO RETAIN ATTORNEY AMY STEWART TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO A COMPLAINT MADE AGAINST TRUSTEE LOWE, ALLEGING HARASSMENT OF A MINOR.
SO WITH NO SECOND, THAT MOTION FAILS.
AT THIS POINT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM D,
[9.D. Consider and act on budget transfers and amendments for 2022-2023 budget]
CONSIDER AN ACT ON BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR 2020-2023 BUDGET, MRS. SMITH.[APPLAUSE] I HAVE A $2.7 MILLION BUDGET AMENDMENT PROPOSED TO COVER TWO THINGS.
ONE IS AN INCREASE IN PROJECTED UTILITIES COSTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
THE OTHER IS AN INCREASE IN PROJECTED FUEL COSTS.
IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE PERCENT INCREASES AND THE RATES FOR EACH OF THOSE ITEMS SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE COSTS ARE GOING UP SO SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR.
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>> BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. SMITH? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR 22-23 BUDGET.
SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.
[9.E. Consider and act on pay during closure]
CONSIDER AN ACT ON PAY DURING CLOSURE, MRS. SMITH.>> THANK YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WERE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD DUE TO POWER OUTAGE AND STORM DAMAGE.
BOARD POLICY, DEA LOCAL REQUIRES THAT ANYTIME WE CLOSE THE DISTRICT FOR AN EMERGENCY, WE COME BACK TO YOU GUYS WITH A RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE PAY DURING THAT CLOSURE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FIRST, I HEARD THAT THE TEACHERS WERE WORKING ON THAT DAY, WERE WORKING REMOTE AND DOING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
>> I BELIEVE WE HAD SOME STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WORKING ON VARIOUS THINGS AND SOME WERE NOT.
>> ALSO WILL BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAY BE UTILIZED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES TO MAKE UP THE TIME MISSED WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS CLOSED?
>> YES. WE WILL BE USING A BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAY AND INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WILL BE COMMUNICATED OUT THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE.
>> BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON PAY DURING CLOSURE.
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASEY, SECOND BY MS. DAVIS.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7-0.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM F. CONSIDER AN ACT ON
[9.F. Consider and act on the recommended selection of contractual personnel including: 1. Principal of Bledsoe Elementary School 2. Principal of Gunstream Elementary School 3. Principal of Sonntag Elementary School 4. Contract Recommendations and Extensions]
THE RECOMMENDED SELECTION OF CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL, INCLUDING PRINCIPAL OF BLEDSOE, PRINCIPAL OF GUNSTREAM, PRINCIPAL OF SONTAG AND CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXTENSIONS DR. LINTON.>> THANK YOU. WITHIN THE PERSONNEL REPORT, THAT RESIGNATIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.
OUR CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS THIS EVENING INCLUDE THAT OF TRAN CANAL AS PRINCIPAL OF BLEDSOE ELEMENTARY, MS. CANAL JOINED US IN 2015 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SMITH ELEMENTARY.
WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING MELISSA WHITE AS PRINCIPAL OF GUNSTREAM ELEMENTARY.
MELISSA JOINED US IN 2013 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SHAWNEE TRAIL.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING SARAH BAGCHI AS PRINCIPAL OF SONTAG ELEMENTARY.
SHE JOINED US IN 2012 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SONTAG.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONTRACT EXTENSIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU, DR. LINTON. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. LINTON? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED SELECTION OF CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL.
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASEY, SECOND BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR NEW PRINCIPALS AND CONTRACT EXTENSION.
[APPLAUSE] WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM G. BOARD,
[9.G. Consent Agenda]
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN PULL SOME ITEMS OR WE CAN LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR CONSENT.>> I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6, PLEASE.
>> WE'LL PULL ACT ON AGREEMENT WITH FIRE TROL PROTECTION SERVICES.
BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
>> EXCUSE ME, MOTION BY MR. CLASEY, SECOND BY MS. DAVIS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
WE WILL PULL FIRE TROL PROTECTION SERVICES.
NO, I'M SORRY. IT WAS THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CONTRACTOR ITEM 6.
IS IT DIFFERENT ON THE PRINTED AGENDA?
>> THAT'S NUMBER 5 ON OUR PRINTED AGENDA.
>> THIS ONE, THIS RIGHT HERE, IT'S SHOWING AS NUMBER 6 ON MY SCREEN.
>> I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE OKAY.
>> LET'S ERASE THAT VOTE THAT JUST OCCURRED BECAUSE OUR NUMBERING SYSTEM IS DIFFERENT, SO ON OUR AGENDA, YOU'RE LOOKING TO PULL ACT ON APPROVAL OF CMAR CONTRACTOR FOR THE FRISCO ISD VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER?
>> CAN I GET PLEASE A REPEAT VOTE FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND SIX.
>> YOU NEED TO MOVE TO REVOKE THE PREVIOUS VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASEY TO REVOKE, SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7-0. NOW, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND SIX.
>> MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND ITEM SEVEN.
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>> WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME. LET'S JUST DO THAT.
LET'S JUST DO THEM ONE AT A TIME JUST SO THAT WE GET THEM ON RECORD CORRECTLY.
I'LL LOOK FOR THE FIRST CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
>> THERE ARE MORE ON THE SCREEN THAN THEY ARE ON THE PAPER.
>> I THINK THAT THE FIRE TRUCK PROTECTION SERVICES WAS ADDED LATE TODAY.
>> WHICH PAGE IN THE PDF IS IT? [BACKGROUND]
>> I'M LOOKING AT THIS, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT ON THE SCREEN.
>> THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WERE MOVED FROM CONSENT INTO THEIR OWN ITEM [OVERLAPPING]
>> LET'S FOLLOW OUR SCREEN, THEN INSTEAD OF OUR PAPER VERSION SO THEN I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 7.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 7.
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASEY SECOND BY MR. LOWE. ALL IN FAVOR?
NUMBER 6, ACT ON APPROVAL OF CMAR CONTRACTOR FOR
[9.G.5. Act on approval of CMAR contractor for the Frisco ISD Visual and Performing Arts Center]
THE FRISCO ISD VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MS. ALAD.>> I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 43 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS TO BUILD THIS VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE DECIDED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO PART WAYS WITH THE CITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THEIR OWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND OURS WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR FRISCO ISDS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST BOARD MEETING, DR. FUDGE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHERE WE VOTED TO APPROVE AN ARCHITECT.
IS THAT RIGHT? IT WAS JANUARY.
WE VOTED TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR AN ARCHITECT.
NOW, THE BOARD'S BEING ASKED TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR A CONTRACTOR.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUDGET SHORTFALL BETWEEN THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AND THE AMOUNT IS GOING TO TAKE TO FUND THIS PROJECT.
I THINK BEFORE THE BOARD IS ASKED TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S BOND MONEY, BUT IT'S STILL TAXPAYER MONEY.
I THINK WE NEED A BUDGET AS WELL AS THE PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS ANY SHORTFALL, THAT MAYBE BETWEEN THE 43 MILLION APPROVED BY THE BOND, LET'S SAY IT'S A $60 MILLION PROJECT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT 17 MILLION? AND I THINK BEFORE WE SPEND ANY MORE MONEY ON CONTRACTORS, ARCHITECTS, ETC.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION [APPLAUSE]
>> DR. [INAUDIBLE] WILL PROBABLY GOING TO GO HERE, BUT THIS IS NOT AN ADOPTION OF A BUDGETED AMOUNT OR LOCATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS STRICTLY JUST CHOOSING THE PROCUREMENT METHOD, CORRECT?
>> YEAH. IT'S CHOOSING THE CONTRACTOR AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE WHEN WE DID THAT BOARD WORKSHOP BACK IN NOVEMBER AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS WITH PRICING AND WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM.
BUT ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT START WITH HIRING OF AN ARCHITECT AND THEN AFTER YOU HIRE AN ARCHITECT, YOU HIRE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO RUN THE PROJECT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS BETWEEN NOW AND PROBABLY NOVEMBER, DECEMBER NEXT YEAR, WE'RE WORKING ON THE PROGRAMMING, WHAT WE CALL THE PROGRAMMING PHASE SO THAT'S WHERE WE NEED SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE SPACE AND THEN OUR ARCHITECTS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION GROUP WORK TOGETHER AND THEN WE BRING TO YOU A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
AT THAT TIME IS WHEN WE WOULD SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE ESTIMATE THE PROJECT IS GOING TO COST AND THIS IS HOW WE WOULD COVER ANY SHORTFALLS.
THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND WE'RE IN THE PHASE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE WOULD, ESPECIALLY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN'T GET A SPECIFIC ON THE PRICING AS YOU PROBABLY WANT WITHOUT INVOLVING THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING TONIGHT.
ONCE WE'VE CHOSE THE CONTRACTOR THOUGH WE'RE STUCK WITH HIM, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A CONTRACTOR TO DO WHAT WE COME UP WITH FOR LESS. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> WELL, ALL KINDS OF CONTRACTORS JUST SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE'VE VETTED THEM AND PICK THE ONE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
WE'RE NOT JUST PICKING A CONTRACTOR.
THERE WERE MANY CONTRACTORS WHO SUBMITTED INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS AND THEN WE HAVE A GROUP OF OUR ARCHITECTS AND CBR WHO WORKS WITH US ON THIS PROJECT AND OUR INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION GUYS THAT FILL OUT A RUBRIC TO SELECT THE PROJECT MANAGER.
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>> ARE YOU STATING THAT THE END PRICE OF THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY BEARING ON THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE CHOOSE?
>> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
>> WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE FINALLY FIGURE OUT A PRICE AFTER WE'VE DONE ALL THIS, WE'VE GONE AND WE'VE FOUND OUT WHAT WE NEED.
WE HAVE THAT ARCHITECT THAT PUT IT TOGETHER AND WE FIGURE IT OUT HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST.
BUT AT THAT TIME, WHEN WE FIGURE OUT THE COST, WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY CHOSE THE CONTRACTOR TO DO THE JOB. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. THEY'RE HELPING US DEVELOP THE COST.
IT'S CALLED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND I CAN GET YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE WAY THAT PROCUREMENT METHOD WORKS.
BUT YES, THEY'RE HELPING US DEVELOP.
THEY WORK ON A PERCENTAGE AND THEN THEY HELP US, THEY PARTNER WITH US ON DEVELOPING THE COST.
IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I'M NEW AT THIS, SO I JUST WANT TO ASK THIS FINAL QUESTION.
WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
ONCE WE FIGURE THAT OUT CAN WE EXPLORE WHETHER WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO THIS JOB? OR CAN WE JUST HIRE A CONTRACTOR TO DO THIS FIRST PHASE WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING WHAT WE NEED TO DO? OR IS THAT JUST NOT THE WAY CONSTRUCTION WORKS?
>> THAT'S REALLY NOT THE WAY CONSTRUCTION WORKS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THE BOARD APPROVED THIS DELIVERY METHOD BACK IN THE FALL ALSO BOARD APPROVED THE CMAR DELIVERY METHOD FOR THIS PROJECT.
PART OF WHAT BRINGING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER INTO EVERY PROJECT THAT WE HAVE DONE CMAR IN THIS DISTRICT FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
THIS IS THE METHOD THAT WE GO THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW THAT ALL OF OUR TEAMS ARE WORKING ON IS REALLY THEY CAN HELP US IDENTIFY SUBS AND SUBS COST, LIKE ARCHITECT CAN'T GET YOU A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE JUST BY DESIGNING THE BUILDING.
WHAT THE PROJECT MANAGER WILL DO, THEY'LL GO OUT AND START LOOKING AT SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THIS PROJECT SO THAT THEY CAN REALLY GET SPECIFIC ON THE PRICING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US TO BRING YOU A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST THROWING OUT A NUMBER THAT'S ARBITRARY AND THEN YOU WOULD BE APPROVING AND ADOPTING A NUMBER THAT COULD BE $10 MILLION OVER WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.
THIS PROCESS HELPS US GET TO A FINITE POINT THAT WE CAN SAY THIS PROJECT WILL NOT EXCEED THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT A CONTRACTOR.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ONCE WE GET THAT FINAL NUMBER, THE FINAL MAXIMUM PRICE, AT THAT POINT, IT SEEMS WE MIGHT WANT TO REVISIT THE CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD DO THIS AND LIKE YOU SAID, MR. [INAUDIBLE], IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
>> MR. LOWE PART OF THE BOARD PACKET THAT YOU HAVE ON PAGE 159, PART OF THE CMAR PROPOSALS WAS TO PROPOSE A FEE STRUCTURE AND A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT.
ONCE WE DEFINE THAT, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WOULD CHARGE, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WAS ONE PART OF THE CRITERIA THAT WAS EVALUATED AND SO YOU CAN SEE OF THE FOUR THAT WERE EVALUATED, WHAT THOSE FEE PROPOSALS WERE FACTORING IN, THE COST THAT THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS GOING TO CHARGE IS PART OF THE UPFRONT DECISION AND THEN THEY HELP US NARROW THE COST OF THE PROJECT DOWN AS WE GO.
THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF DOING IT THIS WAY VERSUS COMING UP WITH WHAT WE WANT AND GOING OUT FOR BID FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE CAN GET A MUCH NARROWER SCOPE IF WE DO IT USING A CMAR.
>> THANK YOU BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM 6, ACT ON APPROVAL OF CMAR CONTRACTOR FOR THE FRISCO ISD VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CMAR CONTRACTOR FOR THE FRISCO ISD VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SECOND. BY MS. DAVIS. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. YOU'RE GOING TO ABSTAIN MR. LOWE?
>> I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> MOTION PASSES I GUESS, 5, 0 BECAUSE YOU HAVE ABSTAINED. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS IT.
THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
BOARD THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
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OUR SROS THANK YOU SO MUCH.WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND IT IS 9:32 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.