Apr 04, 2023 Board of Trustees

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GOOD EVENING IT IS 5:32 P.M.

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

[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E]

WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SUBCHAPTERS D AND E AND WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 P.M..

GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:49 P.M.

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

WE WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

[2. Pledge of Allegiance]

MRS. MCCUNE, OH MRS. MILLER. THANK YOU PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT DR.

WALDRIP BOARD AND ISD.

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL OUR HUNT MIDDLE SCHOOL AVID STUDENTS WHO WILL BE RECITING OUR PLEDGE TODAY.

OKAY. WAY TO GO.

PARENTS AND FANS IN THE STANDS, IT'S TIME TO TAKE A PICTURE.

AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I'M AMAZED AT YOUR TEACHERS WHO SUPPORT YOU ON A DAILY BASIS.

IF YOU ALL WILL NOTICE, WE HAVE A LOT OF HUNT AVID HUSKY MIDDLE SCHOOL PERSONNEL HERE.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE RECOGNITIONS.

[3. Recognitions]

ALL RIGHT. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS ON ME, SO I APOLOGIZE.

YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF AND YOU CAN FIRE ME LATER.

I'M GOING TO ASK COACH MCDOWELL TO COME UP.

AND WE HAVE ONE POWER LIFTER THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE FIRST.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE POWER LIFTING FIRST.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

SO COACH MCDOWELL IS UP.

AND BEFORE COACH MCDOWELL SPEAKS, ONE OTHER THING IN THE BACK RIGHT HAND CORNER, Y'ALL'S LEFT OR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE WAVE? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

COACH MCDOWELL. YOURS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COREY. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. DR. WALDRIP AND PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ISD FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STATE MEDALIST IN POWERLIFTING, AS WELL AS OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM.

SO BEFORE THE INTRODUCTIONS, I WANT TO QUICKLY UPDATE EVERYBODY ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FRISCO ISD ATHLETICS.

JUST RECENTLY WE HAD 18 ONE EIGHT TEAMS GO TO THE SOCCER PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT ADVANCED IN THE PAST. THE MOST WE'VE HAD ADVANCE IS EIGHT.

SO THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE KIDS.

WITH THE ADDITION OF EMERSON AND PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT UIL DISTRICTS, WHICH HAS DOUBLED THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEAMS TO ADVANCE. AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY MODEL BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE ALSO HAVE FOUR OF OUR SOCCER TEAMS, REEDY GIRLS AND BOYS, BOTH TEAMS, FRISCO GIRLS AND LONE STAR BOYS THAT WILL BE COMPETING THIS WEEKEND IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AND WILL BE COMPETING FOR A TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAVE 35 FRISCO ISD TENNIS PLAYERS THAT HAVE ADVANCED TO REGIONALS, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL GOLF TEAMS AND ATHLETES COMPETING IN THE REGIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENTS THE WEEK AFTER THAT.

SO OUR FRISCO ISD ATHLETES ARE COMPETING AT A HIGH LEVEL IN ALL SPORTS AND WE ARE LOOKING TO A VERY FORWARD TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL SPRING.

BUT NONE OF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD, OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.

AND DR. WALDRIP, SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

SO I HAVE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS CHRIS BURCH AND BECKY CRAIG HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING TO PRESENT OUR STATE MEDALISTS.

CHRIS WILL GET US STARTED WITH POWERLIFTING AND THEN BECKY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH GIRLS BASKETBALL.

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FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, I BELIEVE THAT OUR ATHLETES MOM, HELMET'S MOM IS HERE.

ARE YOU HERE TONIGHT? WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE IT? WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. YOUR DAUGHTER IS SUCH A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT FRISCO IS ALL ABOUT.

SHE IS HIGH CHARACTER AND WORKS HARD.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER.

SO THIS IS OUR LONE MEDALIST FOR POWERLIFTING THIS YEAR.

OUR TWO COACHES.

AND WE'VE KIND OF CHANGED HOW WE DO POWERLIFTING OUR COACHES.

THIS IS ANTHONY HICKS, WHO IS AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S BEEN PART OF FRISCO ISD FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

AND LANDON BARNES 14 SORRY, 14 YEARS.

THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD, THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE NOTES AND NOT RELY ON YOUR MEMORY.

IT LOOKS LIKE LANDON BARNES HAS BEEN HERE A LOT LONGER THAN 22 YEARS, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN 22 YEARS FOR COACH BARNES.

YEAH. AND SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU TWO GUYS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH POWERLIFTING.

I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO YOU BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STREAMING GOING ON.

SO AS YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR ATHLETE.

YES.

THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. THEY SAID, MY NAME IS COACH HICKS.

I'VE BEEN WITH HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL SINCE IT OPENED IN 2009 AND HAVE BEEN REALLY BLESSED WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK UNDER, STARTING WITH MR. MIMS, WHO'S HERE, AND ALSO WITH DR.

GRAY, WHO'S ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AND THEN WITH OUR ATHLETIC SUPERVISORS OR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

SO TO TALK ABOUT HALIMA.

AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO START OFF WITH IS THAT SHE IS THE DEFINITION OF A STUDENT ATHLETE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY HER SECOND TIME BEING RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

JUST A MONTH OR SO AGO, SHE WAS HERE FOR A COLLEGE BOARD AWARD FOR THE SCORE SHE HAD ON HER PSAT.

SO THIS WAS MY FIRST YEAR TO COACH HALIMA AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

IT'S BEEN GREAT. IT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME TO BE ABLE TO COACH MULTIPLE SCHOOLS OF ATHLETES, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES I'VE HAD AS A COACH TO BE ABLE TO BROADEN MY HORIZONS, GETTING TO WORK WITH VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

AND IT ACTUALLY MADE ME, I FEEL LIKE A BETTER COACH, A BETTER PARENT AND A BETTER COLLEAGUE.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THIS SITUATION.

SO HALIMA ENDED UP PLACING SECOND IN THE GIRLS STATE POWERLIFTING MEET LAST MONTH OR EARLIER THIS YEAR.

IT WAS LAST MONTH, AND THESE WERE HER NUMBERS, JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW ACCOMPLISHED THIS YOUNG LADY IS.

SHE HAD A 470 POUND SQUAT.

WHICH WAS A PR 235 POUND BENCH.

AND A 390 POUND DEADLIFT.

HER TOTAL WAS 1,095 POUNDS.

SO THAT IS HALIMA.

AND JUST SO PROUD OF YOU.

SO, SO BLESSED AND HAPPY THAT COACH BARNES AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS JOURNEY.

AND THAT YOU'RE JUST A JUNIOR, SO

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THE ONE LAST PART I'D LIKE TO SAY, AS WELL AS BEING, AGAIN, A GREAT STUDENT ATHLETE AND AMBASSADOR FOR CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, SHE'S ALSO A PART OF THEIR TRACK TEAM.

SO YOU MAY SEE HER AGAIN BECAUSE SHE ALSO IS A DISCUS AND SHOT PUT THROWER.

SO AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE'RE HAVING A CHALLENGE.

I'D LIKE TO CHALLENGE HER.

SHE'S RIGHT OUT BACK.

WE HAVE SOME RACKS SET UP.

I'M JUST KIDDING. BEFORE I INTRODUCE COACH BRADY AND OUR LIBERTY BASKETBALL TEAM, FIRST OF ALL, WE JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE BEST PART OF OUR JOB WHEN WE GET TO COME HONOR KIDS AND COACHES AND WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY GIVE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY GIVE TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO OUR ATHLETES.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PARENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICIPANTS ON THIS LIBERTY BASKETBALL TEAM AND YOUR PARENT IN THE CROWD, PLEASE STAND UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GIVE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR YOUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND COMMITTING TO LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, COACH SWEENEY AND STACY WHALEN, ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AND PRINCIPAL OF LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

OKAY, COACH REEDY, GO AHEAD AND BRING YOUR TEAM DOWN.

THEY LIKE TO PLAY THAT WAY, TOO.

SO THIS YEAR'S BASKETBALL TEAM AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL WENT 29 AND TEN.

THE GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON TO THE END OF THE SEASON OBVIOUSLY WAS AMAZING.

AND THESE GIRLS FOUGHT WITH A LOT OF GRIT.

THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY EVIDENT TO ALL OF US THROUGH THIS RUN AND EVEN TO THE UIL WAS HOW THEY THEY HANDLED THEMSELVES ON THE COURT AS YOUNG LADIES, AS COMPETITORS, AND THEY REALLY REPRESENTED LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND FRISCO ISD IN AN AMAZING WAY.

AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR TEAM, BUT FOR YOUR CAMPUS AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COACH REEDY, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HIM TO INTRODUCE HIS STAFF AND HIS TEAM.

AND THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HE HAS TAKEN A TEAM TO STATE FIVE OUT OF THOSE EIGHT YEARS.

AND HAVE THE LAST FIVE HE HAS GONE FOUR YEARS.

SO THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

THERE ARE SOME RUMORS OUT THERE THAT HE'S GOING TO LEAVE US AND HE'S NOT.

SO HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

SO IF YOU HEAR HIM, TELL HIM THEY'RE CRAZY.

BUT NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK COACH REEDY, COME OVER AND SPEAK ABOUT HIS STAFF AND AMAZING TEAM.

THANK YOU, GUYS, DR.

WALDRIP, ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GIVING US THIS, THE ATMOSPHERE, THE ENVIRONMENT, SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THESE YOUNG KIDS.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN BE REALLY QUICK WITH JUST A FEW WORDS.

START WITH OUR COACHING STAFF.

I'M GOING TO GO COACHING STAFF FIRST AND THEN BRING IT BACK AROUND HERE.

ALL RIGHT. TAYLOR RISCH IS NEW TO OUR STAFF.

SHE ONLY WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS ONE YEAR COACHING, TAYLOR RISCH.

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OKAY. BECAUSE I LIKE THE MIC.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO ANYWAY, ALSO, SIMONE JACKSON, WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE STEP FORWARD WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. AND THEN SOMETIMES FRISCO HAS SO MUCH TALENT, WE ALLOW IT TO SPILL OVER INTO OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND SO THE NEW WALNUT GROVE HEAD COACH IS DANIELLE KILL, WHO'S BEEN WITH US.

YEAH I KNOW AND THEY'RE IN OUR DISTRICT OKAY NOW FOR THE FOR THE KIDS STARTING WITH OUR MANAGERS WE HAVE CAMILLE SALES, I, ROSSMAN, LAUREN JOHNS, EXCUSE ME.

SENIOR NATALIE WILSON, SOPHOMORE ANIYA WARRIOR, SOPHOMORE CATHERINE MURPHY, JUNIOR SELENA DOS, SENIOR DORI JOHNSON, SENIOR JESSICA WARNER, JUNIOR, JUDITH ALUGA.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, SO NOW MY EACH INTRODUCTION IS GOING TO GET PROGRESSIVELY LONGER.

OKAY. FRESHMAN AND ALSO AN ALL DISTRICT PERSONNEL, LILLIAN JOHNSON.

SENIOR, ALSO ALL DISTRICT PERSONNEL IS JURNEE HARRIS.

OKAY. SO THIS YOU CAN PLAY 28 POSSIBLE PLAYOFF GAMES.

THIS GIRL HAS PLAYED 26 AND WON 24, SENIOR, ALSO ALL DISTRICT GISELLE JOLIE MORENO.

SENIOR, ALL DISTRICT DEFENSIVE MVP, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ALL REGION PLAYER, ALL STATE PLAYER.

TGCA IS ZANIAH HENSLEY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO INTRODUCE HER IN A FEW YEARS, I WILL NOT NEED TO INTRODUCE HER.

FRESHMAN UNANIMOUS DISTRICT MVP.

ALL REGION.

ALL STATE PLAYER ON THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS JC [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN, I REMEMBER HER NAME.

WE TALK ALL THE TIME.

JUNIOR, UNANIMOUS ALL DISTRICT PLAYER, ALL REGION PLAYER, ALL STATE PLAYER.

STATE TOURNAMENT FINAL GAME MVP., JUNIOR KIERRA ROSEBY.

AND SHE SHE'S GOING TO SAY, I'M VIOLATING AND I'M ODING, BUT SHE STILL LOOKS GREAT, EVEN WITH HER BOOT ON UP HERE.

SHE WAS A LITTLE SHY ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO BEFORE I BEFORE WE LEAVE, I WANT TO JUST SAY THREE THINGS TO KIND OF DESCRIBE THIS GROUP.

AND THAT IS, ONE, YOU KNOW, CRITICISM.

ALL RIGHT. WE THROW IT AROUND ALL THE TIME.

IT'S REALLY EASY. I'M GOOD AT IT.

OKAY. BUT THE WAY THANKS.

BUT THE WAY THAT THEY CRITIQUED EACH OTHER.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLE BEING CRITIQUED.

ALL RIGHT, AND THE FACT THAT THEY DO IT WITH LOVE AND TO PROBLEM SOLVE WAS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.

I MEAN, YOU DON'T LOSE TEN GAMES AND GET BEATEN TWO GAMES IN A ROW BY 82 POINTS AND THEN WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IF YOU DON'T DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

TWO IS SERVICE, ALL RIGHT.

WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY TODAY.

IT'S APRIL 4TH, IT'S SUE STAFFORD'S BIRTHDAY.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SERVED SOMEBODY ELSE TODAY, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT AND THEN DO IT FOR 50 YEARS.

AND YOU MIGHT KNOW HOW SUE FELT WHEN SHE LIVED.

OKAY. BUT GO DO THAT.

THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE, THEY SERVED EACH OTHER AND NOT BEGRUDGINGLY, THEY SERVED EACH OTHER AND CELEBRATED THE SUCCESSES.

ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S TOUGH TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT ALWAYS YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE LAST THING IS THEIR LEADERSHIP.

WE TALK ABOUT OUR BRAND ALL THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT. AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO WIN.

IT'S NOT IMPORTANT FOR US TO WIN BECAUSE WE WANT TO HOIST TROPHIES.

IN FACT, I'VE GOT LIKE EIGHT, EIGHT GOLD BASKETBALLS ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE I'VE JUST NEVER ORDERED THEM.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S THE BRAND OF THE EXAMPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ALL RIGHT.

AND WE WANT THAT ON CENTER STAGE, TOO, TO INFECT AND TO IMPACT THOSE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

AND WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

THEY COULDN'T DO IT.

AND THEY'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE. AND THEY COULDN'T DO THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE BRAND OF FRISCO ISD AND WHAT ITS EDUCATION SYSTEM IS MEANT NOT ONLY TO THIS COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, BUT FROM FOR ALL THE OTHERS THAT WANT TO EMULATE IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU GIRLS, FOR ALL THE TIME I GET TO SPEND WITH YOU.

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CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

CAN WE GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES? OUR NEXT, SORRY OUR NEXT RECOGNITION WILL BE FOR OUR CTE MOCK TRIAL TEAM.

DR. CUNNINGHAM.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE JUST ADDITIONAL STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS TONIGHT.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES OUR STUDENTS HAVE IN FRISCO ISD AND THANKFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

MR. BENNIE WALD IS A CTE CENTER INSTRUCTOR, HAS BEEN SINCE THE CTE CENTER OPENED BACK IN 2008.

NOT SURE WHO HIRED THIS GUY, BUT WE ARE EXCITED FOR WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THE CTE MOCK TRIAL TEAM AND HE'S BEEN TO STATE QUITE A FEW TIMES.

AND HE'S HERE TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT HIS MOST RECENT GROUP OF STUDENTS, MR EWALD.

OKAY, YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND COME ON OVER.

A LITTLE FASTER THAN THAT.

OKAY. WHILE THEY'RE GETTING HERE, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE TEAM HAS DONE.

ON FEBRUARY 4TH, THEY THREEPEATED AS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS FOR REGION TEN GOING UNDEFEATED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO IT WAS ALSO THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY'VE BEEN RUNNER UP IN 22 AND 23.

AND THIS PAST YEAR THEY WENT UNDEFEATED UNTIL THE FINALS, GOING TEN AND ZERO UNTIL WE ENDED UP AGAINST COVENANT CLASSICAL IN THE FINALS, AND THEY WILL BE REPRESENTING TEXAS AT NATIONALS.

WE ALSO HAVE A PART OF THIS GROUP COMPETING IN A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT COMING UP AT THE END OF MAY.

WE HAD INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS CAPTURE BALLOTS FOR WITNESS AND OR ADVOCATE AND ALL NINE BALLOTS THAT WERE POSSIBLE IN REGIONALS AND ALL 12 BALLOTS THAT WERE POSSIBLE AT STATE. SO AND ISHA BANDY ALSO SWEPT HER ONE ROUND AT STATE.

IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION.

AND SHE ONLY GOT TO GO ONCE IN TWO DAYS.

SO SHE GOT TO WATCH A LOT.

SHE SWEPT THAT ROUND ALL THREE BALLOTS AND WAS QUALIFIED FOR BEST WITNESS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE KIDS.

FIRST OFF, AVA BOSWELL.

SHE'S OUR SENIOR CAPTAIN THIS YEAR.

NEXT IS MAYA SILBERMAN.

THEN [INAUDIBLE] SUDARSANAM, GISELLA FIGUEROA RIVERA, CHRISTINE HAHN, ISHA, BINDI AND NIVI MANIKANDAN.

ALSO, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IF ANY OF THEIR PARENTS ARE HERE TONIGHT.

IF YOU'D STAND UP AND LET US SUPPORT YOU.

THESE KIDS PUT IN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS WORKING AT PRACTICE AND THEN IN SMALLER GROUPS OUTSIDE OF PRACTICE.

AND IF THEIR PARENTS WEREN'T SHUTTLING THEM AROUND AND WAITING FOR US WHEN WE'RE RUNNING LATE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR STATE ACADEMIC DECATHLON STUDENTS DR.

CUNNINGHAM. MR. KRISTYN CHETTY IS OUR COORDINATOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND HE OVERSEES THIS PHENOMENAL GROUP OF STUDENTS YOU SEE IN THE BACK.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR OUR COACHES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS ALL YEAR LONG.

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SO THIS WILL TAKE US A FEW MINUTES, SO SIT BACK.

SO AGAIN, THIS SPRING, OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETED IN THE ANNUAL TEXAS ACADEMIC DECATHLON CONTEST, A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

OUR STUDENTS COMPETED IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE, MATH, ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE, ESSAY, INTERVIEW AND SOMETHING ELSE, SPEECH. THEY ALL DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THERE IS NOT ONE. THEY ALL DO ALL TEN THINGS JUST TO GIVE YOU THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS.

THIS YEAR, AS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THIS COMPETITION WAS SPLIT INTO TWO LOCATIONS HERE IN FRISCO AT COLLIN COLLEGE AND THEN AT SAN ANTONIO WITH EACH MEET HAVING DIFFERENT SET OF QUALIFICATIONS. THE TOP 35 SCORERS AT REGION AMONG MEDIUM AND LARGE SCHOOLS WENT TO SAN ANTONIO.

THE NEXT 35 QUALIFIED HERE FOR FRISCO.

11 OF OUR CAMPUSES QUALIFIED FOR ONE OF THOSE TWO MEETS.

THREE OF THEM MEDALED AT A LEVEL THAT ALLOWED ALL OF THE STUDENTS TO GET SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.

AND THOSE THREE CAMPUSES ALSO SET THEIR PRS FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.

SO WE WILL START WITH CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND YOU HEAR LOTS OF CLINKING AS I COME UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH COACHES, THE COACHES OF CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

WELL, THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL TIED FOR A SCHOOL BEST SECOND PLACE FINISH AT SAN ANTONIO MEET, WHICH QUALIFIED ALL OF THESE STUDENTS FOR A $900 SCHOLARSHIP.

THEY ARE COACHED BY JEFF WOLFORD, AMY WOLFORD AND YING-YING LU, AND OUR TEAM IS TEAM MEMBER MADISON WEAVER.

JACOB ABRAHAM, WHO RECEIVED A GOLD IN ESSAY, BRONZE IN MATH MUSIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

VISHAL THIAGARAJAN GOLD MEDALS IN MATH AND ESSAY A SILVER IN SCIENCE AND A BRONZE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE.

ARAV CHIDA SILVER IN MATH AND ESSAY.

YES. WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME.

SORRY, I'M LOOKING DOWN AT THIS.

SO WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME, STEP FORWARD.

THERE YOU GO. OR WAVE SOMETHING.

DANCE. SRI NARAYANA RANGARAJAN GOLD MEDALS IN ART AND LITERATURE.

BRONZE MEDALS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, AN INTERVIEW AND A THIRD PLACE OVERALL IN THE SCHOLASTIC DIVISION.

ALLEN ZHANG A SILVER MEDAL IN SCIENCE AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN MATH.

[INAUDIBLE] A GOLD MEDAL IN MATH AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN ESSAY AND MIHIR GANDHI, A GOLD MEDAL IN ECONOMICS AND A SILVER MEDAL IN MATH AND SCIENCE.

AND THAT IS CENTENNIAL TEAM.

DID ANYONE DANCE. I DIDN'T LOOK UP.

THANK YOU, GUYS AND [APPLAUSE].

OH, YES. AND IF ANY OF PARENTS OF OUR WONDERFUL CENTENNIAL STUDENTS OR THE COACHES, IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE COACH TOO PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE].

AND NOW COMING UP IS EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

I BELIEVE THEIR FIRST TIME AT THE STATE MEET.

SO THAT'S A WIN FOR THEM.

THEY PLACED 13TH AT THE FRISCO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY KYLE WINOKUR.

MICHAEL GARCIA, HALE EVANS AND REBECCA DOCKHAM.

TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE GRACE FUNG, [INAUDIBLE], HAYDEN CARP [WHOO], OKAY, JANELLE BANNERMAN, MICHELE JAFARI AND [INAUDIBLE] PATE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ADITI DEROCHER, WHO CLAIMED A GOLD MEDAL IN ART BRONZE MEDAL ECONOMICS AND A SECOND PLACE OVERALL IN THE HONORS DIVISION.

RITA FAROOQI, WHO CLAIMED A GOLD MEDAL IN ESSAY, AND THEN TIM SAYO, WHO HAD A BRONZE MEDAL IN MATH, AND KRISH PATEL WHO GOT A GOLD MEDAL IN INTERVIEW.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD [APPLAUSE].

DANCE THANK YOU.

AND NOW ANY PARENTS OF OUR EMERSON.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. ANY PARENTS OF EMERSON STUDENTS [APPLAUSE].

KRISH'S PARENTS CAN DANCE TOO, IF THEY WOULD LIKE.

FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL PLEASE STEP UP [APPLAUSE].

I'LL SAY WHILE THEY'RE COMING. FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED SEVENTH PLACE AT THE SAN ANTONIO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY BRANT BEESON, KARL BLACK AND KRISTA WAGNER.

TEAM MEMBERS ARE FRANK VALENZUELA, CONNER SCHAFF, IAN MATTHEW, PHENIX TAYLOR,

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MADHAV RAVIKIRAN SCORED A SILVER MEDAL IN MUSIC.

TATVA TIWARI SCORED A SILVER MEDAL IN INTERVIEW AND [INAUDIBLE] CHALASANI WHO SCORED A GOLD MEDAL IN INTERVIEW [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. NOW, ANY PARENTS OF FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL PLEASE STAND UP [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. WE HAVE HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL COMING UP.

HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED A OKAY, WAIT, WAIT.

HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL HAD THEIR BEST EVER SCHOOL FINISH, THIRD PLACE AT THE SAN ANTONIO MEET, WHICH QUALIFIED ALL STUDENTS FOR $600 SCHOLARSHIP.

COACHES INCLUDE GABE FAIN, CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL, TAMMY MUMFORD, PATSY DEMPSEY AND AMY DAVENPORT.

TEAM MEMBERS ISAAC FILO.

RISHI. RISHI CHILLARA WESTON PARKER.

CHRISTIAN ALVARADO.

AND NILESH BISWAS.

ALSO, WE HAD ALYZA ORTIZ VILLANUEVA, WHO SCORED A SILVER MEDAL IN ART, BRONZE MEDAL IN SPEECH, AND A FOURTH PLACE OVERALL IN THE VARSITY DIVISION.

HENRY BEYER, WHO RECEIVED A GOLD MEDAL IN ESSAY SILVER MEDAL IN ECONOMICS, BRONZE MEDAL IN MUSIC, AND A THIRD PLACE OVERALL IN THE VARSITY DIVISION.

AMRUTHA JAYANTHI SCORED GOLD MEDALS IN MUSIC, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SPEECH, SILVER MEDALS IN ART INTERVIEW AND LITERATURE, BRONZE MEDAL IN MATH.

AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT SHE GOT TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF EVERYONE THERE HAD ONE OF THE ONLY TWO PERFECT SPEECH SCORES THAT DAY AND WAS ABLE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND SHE WAS A FIFTH PLACE OVERALL IN THE HONORS DIVISION [APPLAUSE].

HERITAGE HIGH. AND ANY PARENTS OF HERITAGE STUDENTS.

AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR TAKING ME UP ON THE DANCING.

I REALLY THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD DO THAT.

THIS IS INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY FINISHED NINTH PLACE AT THE FRISCO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY SHELBY HOUSTON, MEGAN ENGLAND, LINDSEY MORRISON AND NICK HENNESSEY.

TEAM MEMBERS PRANAV [INAUDIBLE] RIZVI.

DEBBIE [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] WHO FINISHED WITH A BRONZE IN MATH ANISH [IANUDIBLE] WHO FINISHED WITH A SILVER IN MATH AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] HAD A GOLD MEDAL IN SPEECH AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN INTERVIEW.

AND THAT'S THEM [APPLAUSE]. INDEPENDENCE PARENTS ALSO.

HOPEFULLY YOU HOPEFULLY ALL THE PARENTS KNOW THAT THERE THEY ARE APPRECIATED AND BUT PLEASE STAND AT THE END OF YOUR STUDENTS AS WELL.

WE HAVE YEAH.

LEBANON TRAIL COMING UP THEY FINISHED SIXTH PLACE AT THE SAN ANTONIO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY JILLIAN SHADEL, KRISTIN SOMMERS AND CHRIS LERMAN.

TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE MAYA SMITH, LUJENDRA HARIHARAN JACK JOHNSON AND MANIL THAKUR.

JAMES MANSHI WAS RECEIVED A MEDAL AND SILVER MEDAL IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SPEECH AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN ECONOMICS.

[INAUDIBLE] A GOLD MEDAL IN INTERVIEW AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN MATH.

ABHISHEK KAMBALA A GOLD MEDAL IN MUSIC AND KRITHIKA MANOJKUMAR A GOLD MEDAL IN SOCIAL SCIENCE.

A SILVER MEDAL IN ART AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN LITERATURE.

AND ANY PARENTS OF LEBANON TRAIL STUDENTS AND THANK YOU GUYS [APPLAUSE].

AND NOW WALKING UP IS LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY [APPLAUSE]. LIBERTY FINISHED NINTH AT THE SAN ANTONIO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY HOLLY MOSELEY.

TIM JOHANNES AND HOPE ROJAS.

WE HAVE TEAM MEMBERS ARIA COMMONER.

DIWANI MITTAL.

[INAUDIBLE].

BRANDON GIEBELHOUSE.

CATHY WIYAALA.

SYMPATHY COLA.

ABHAY JOSHI, WHO FINISHED WITH THE SILVER MEDAL IN ESSAY AND A BRONZE IN MATH.

RICHARD BERTHOD A BRONZE IN ESSAY AND THEN TRINITE GOLEMANI FINISHED WITH A GOLD IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES, A SILVER AND MUSIC, BRONZE AND ART

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AND NEXT, COMING UP IS LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, FINISHED SIXTH AT THE FRISCO MEET.

COACHED BY STACY MCDONALD, MEGHAN BUFFORD, GLORY LIN, JENNIFER FRONTIER HOUSE AND NICK GOWER.

AND TEAM MEMBERS ARE CECILIA MURPHY.

CLEA SNELL.

JASMINE GARCIA.

ELENA FOX.

ALICIA KAHN.

CLARA SILVA, WHO WON A GOLD MEDAL IN SPEECH AND A SILVER IN INTERVIEW.

JACK MURDOCK, WHO WON A GOLD MEDAL IN ESSAY.

SILVER AND ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES AND A FIFTH PLACE OVERALL IN THE VARSITY DIVISION.

AND CHRIS STOTTLEMYER GOLD MEDAL IN MATH, SILVER AND SPEECH BRONZE MEDAL IN SCIENCE AND A FOURTH PLACE OVERALL IN THE HONORS DIVISION.

[APPLAUSE] NOW COMING UP IS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED WITH A SCHOOL RECORD SECOND PLACE FINISH AT THE FRISCO MEET AND ALL STUDENTS WERE AWARDED A $450 SCHOLARSHIP.

THEY ARE COACHED BY ALI WEBB.

KRISTEN TAYLOR AND BRIANNA CANALES.

TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE SARAH PUVALA.

LAMIYA HALIM.

[INAUDIBLE] AIDEN GILCHRIST.

SANJANA [INAUDIBLE], WHO ALSO RECEIVED A SILVER MEDAL IN SPEECH.

ROHAN SENTHILKUMAR, WHO RECEIVED BRONZE MEDALS.

BRONZE MEDALS IN MATH AND ESSAY.

NITHIN RAVIKUMAR WHO RECEIVED A SILVER MEDAL IN MATH.

CONNOR KIRKPATRICK, A SILVER MEDAL IN INTERVIEW AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN ECONOMICS.

AND DYLAN LACEY.

GOLD MEDALS IN SPEECH AND ESSAY, BRONZE MEDAL AND MUSIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.

AND SECOND PLACE OVERALL IN THE SCHOLASTIC DIVISION [APPLAUSE].

NEXT. WE HAVE REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.

REEDY FINISHED 13TH AT THE SAN ANTONIO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY MATT FONTANA.

NANCY JO LAMBERT AND MELODIE LANDRUM.

TEAM MEMBERS SERENA GULLAPALLI, MAHI PATEL, BLAKE WEBB, MAGGIE STROUT, ADAM WISE, KASHFI VIJAY, WHO RECEIVED A SILVER MEDAL IN MATH AND A BRONZE MEDAL IN ART, AND BRANDON YU, WHO RECEIVED BRONZE, BRONZE MEDALS IN MUSIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.

AND THAT'S REEDY HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL WHO I'VE MADE A DEAL WITH TO GO REVERSE ALPHABETICAL NEXT YEAR.

SO MISS COHEN IS GOING TO REMIND ME I'VE AGREED TO GO REVERSE ALPHABETICAL NEXT YEAR, SO THEY'RE NOT LAST.

ALL RIGHT. THEY FINISHED EIGHTH PLACE AT THE SAN ANTONIO MEET.

THEY ARE COACHED BY JOANNA COHEN, SARAH WOODS AND SEAN O'HARA.

TEAM MEMBERS RYAN ROCCO, PAUL MICHELE, SRI ARIMILLI, SAYED BLANCHETTE, MINAMI CRIMS, ALEX HAHN WITH A BRONZE MEDAL IN ECONOMICS AND SCIENCE.

SOHAM VISHWAKARMA A SILVER MEDAL IN INTERVIEW.

GLADYS MANIS A BRONZE MEDAL IN ART AND AIDAN CARLTON A BRONZE MEDAL IN ESSAY.

AND THAT IS WAKELAND.

AND THAT IS EVERYBODY [APPLAUSE].

SO.

CAN WE GIVE ONE MORE HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR AMAZING STUDENTS [APPLAUSE]? AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM E, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK MENTION FOR THOSE THAT ARE STILL HERE.

I JUST WAS TRYING TO DO THIS PRIOR TO, BUT THIS IS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WEEK NATIONWIDE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

ALSO TODAY IS NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DAY.

SO I WOULD [APPLAUSE].

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SO CAN WE JUST GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF YOU AWESOME FOLKS [APPLAUSE]? AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM E PARTNER IN EDUCATION.

MS. MILLER OH, GOSH, YOU JUST POPPED UP FROM BEHIND THE PODIUM.

OKAY APRIL IS ALSO NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET IT ALL IN HERE.

PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT, DR.

WALDRIP BOARD AND ISD.

AGAIN, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION TONIGHT IN RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION MONTH.

WE DID HOLD OUR VOLUNTEER RECEPTION PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING, AND AT THIS TIME WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF YOU ALL WOULD, PLEASE STAND.

AND THANKS FOR HANGING IN HERE [APPLAUSE].

THESE VOLUNTEERS POUR INTO THE PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, RANGING FROM THINGS SUCH AS CLASSROOM SPEAKERS, PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS, FIELD DAY, WHICH IS COMING UP, FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS READING IN OUR CLASSROOMS, HELPING OUT A CARPOOL LINE, CAFETERIA DUTY OFFICE, HELP READING AND MENTORING.

A FEW QUICK FACTS HERE FRISCO ISD TO DATE HAS HAD 18,457 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE HAPPILY AND GENEROUSLY GIVEN OVER 18,000 HOURS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR.

ACCORDING TO VOLUNTEER NOW THIS IS A COST SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT THAT IS VALUED AT OVER $550,000.

VOLUNTEERS EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY $30 AN HOUR WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER TIME.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

AND I THINK BY SEEING THESE STUDENTS TONIGHT, WE ALL CAN SEE THE VALUE IN OTHERS POURING INTO OUR STUDENTS.

NOW, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER THE PODIUM TO ONE OF OUR LARGEST VOLUNTEER GROUPS IN FISD WITH TERRY PALMER WITH OUR FRISCO ISD COUNCIL OF PTA.

PLEASE COME FORWARD [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

WALDRIP AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR COUNCIL OF PTAS THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS TERRY PALMER AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRISCO ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS.

THE COUNCIL OVERSEES THE PTA ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND ACTS AS A RESOURCE FOR OUR PTA LEADERS AND MEMBERS.

WE ALSO SERVE AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE LOCAL PTA.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN FUN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK INTO A MORE TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES SINCE COVID, AND IT HAS BEEN NICE TO BE BACK ON CAMPUS HELPING.

WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH SOME BACK TO SCHOOL TRAINING AND JUMPED RIGHT INTO THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM WAS SUPPORTED BY MANY OF OUR LOCAL PTAS WITH OVER 400 LOCAL ENTRIES.

FRISCO ISD HAD 23 ENTRIES ADVANCED TO THE STATE LEVEL, WITH 20 OF THEM RECEIVING HONORS AND ONE ADVANCING TO NATIONAL.

THIS YEAR WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS FOR OUR DISTRICT, LIKE THE WORLD OF GAMING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR TEENS AND THE UPCOMING PROGRAM ON FENTANYL.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE WELL RECEIVED AND WELL ATTENDED AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING MORE LIKE THEM IN THE FUTURE.

COUNCIL ALSO ALSO IS ABLE TO HOST OUR COMMUNITY FAMILY FAIR THIS PAST WEEKEND AT PANTHER CREEK, WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE.

THOSE WHO VISITED WERE GREETED BY OUR 85 VENDORS.

PLUS WE HAVE OUR PTA CELEBRATION NIGHT AT THE ROUGHRIDERS GAME COMING UP ON APRIL 21ST, WHERE WE PLAN TO HONOR THE 18 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AWARDED COUNCIL VOLUNTEERISM AND HORIZON SCHOLARSHIPS, ALONG WITH OVER 100 FEF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS FROM THE LOCAL PTAS.

COUNCIL WILL HOST OUR LIFETIME PTA AWARD CEREMONY ON APRIL 27TH AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR SUMMER PREP TRAINING FOR PTA LEADERS ON MAY 3RD AT TRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR US.

WITH THIS BEING A LEGISLATIVE YEAR, COUNCIL AND OUR LOCAL PTAS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PTA RALLY DAY IN AUSTIN IN FEBRUARY.

WE TOOK A CONTINGENCY OF TEACHERS, STAFF, PTA LEADERS AND STUDENTS TO AUSTIN TO RALLY ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL AND MEET WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO REPRESENT FRISCO ISD. OUR STUDENTS WERE THE SHINING STAR OF THE DAY.

THEY ASKED THOSE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES THOUGHTFUL AND MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

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WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE]? THEY ARE TRULY AMAZING EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS FROM FRISCO ISD.

MEMBERSHIP HAS CONTINUED TO BE AMAZING THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUR GOAL OF 30,000 MEMBERS.

WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH 24,233 MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO DATE.

42 OF OUR 70 SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY HAD LOCAL INCREASES.

OUR MEMBERSHIP DISTRICT INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A WAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JOIN MULTIPLE LOCAL PTAS, HELPED WITH 980 MEMBERS THROUGH THAT PLATFORM ALONE.

AND WE LOVE THE TEACHERS AND STAFF SUPPORT WITH 43 OF OUR SCHOOLS ACHIEVING 100% MEMBERSHIP OF THEIR STAFF TO EARN THE GOLDEN APPLE AWARD FROM TEXAS PTA [APPLAUSE]. THIS NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE MEMBERSHIP DISTRICT INITIATIVE MEMBERS THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER.

THANK YOU TO SO MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM WHO HAVE JOINED MULTIPLE PTAS.

YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PTA IS NOTICED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME AND OUR LOCAL CAMPUSES.

ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THIS YEAR IS CONTINUING TO MANAGE OUR STUDENT CLOTHES CLOSET CALLED FRISCO THREADS.

THIS ENDEAVOR WAS A FEW YEARS IN THE MAKING AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL, IS SO HAPPY TO MAKE THIS DREAM OF SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITH CLOTHING A REALITY.

THE CLOTHES CLOSET PROVIDES TOPS, BOTTOMS, SWEATSHIRTS, COATS, UNDERWEAR, BRAS, SOCKS AND SHOES TO EACH OF OUR SHOPPERS.

THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SERVED 304 FAMILIES.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 16,000 ITEMS TO 603 STUDENTS.

WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO HELP THESE STUDENTS FEEL MORE CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE AS THEY ATTEND SCHOOL, BUT WE DEFINITELY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTICIPATION WITH DONATIONS OF BOTH CLOTHING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE HAD 140 VOLUNTEERS DONATE OVER 1200 HOURS TO HELP COUNCIL RUN THREADS.

WE LOVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND HOPE TO CONTINUE IT FOR MANY MORE YEARS.

FINALLY, A FEW MORE STATISTICS ABOUT OUR COUNCIL.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 70 LOCAL PTAS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL BE ADDING THREE MORE IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WORTHAM INTERMEDIATE AND INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COMING WEEKS.

THAT WILL GIVE US 73 PTAS OR PIZZAS NEXT YEAR.

WE HAVE 27 COUNCIL BOARD MEMBERS WHO I COULD NOT DO THIS JOB WITHOUT AND ARE REPRESENTED SO LOVELY BY THE LADIES IN BLUE AND OVER 1500 LOCAL BOARD LEADERS.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE CELEBRATING 22 YEARS OF SERVICE ADVOCACY AND MAKING EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY IN FRISCO ISD [APPLAUSE].

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPRING AND ALL THE SPRING CARNIVALS, BOOK FAIRS, END OF YEAR PARTIES AND CAMPUS CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL PTAS.

COMING OFF COVID, MANY OF THESE LEADERS HAVE HAD TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN WHAT THE PTA USED TO DO AND WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TODAY.

THEY HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS WITH RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE TO LOVE ON THE AMAZING TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PROVIDE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING TO THEIR CAMPUSES.

IT IS AN HONOR TO SUPPORT THEM AND THE STAFF IN FRISCO ISD.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL AND LOCAL PTAS ARE READY AND WILLING TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR WORK.

PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL ON PTA WHENEVER YOU NEED HELP.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRAG ABOUT ALL OF OUR PTA AND COUNCIL [APPLAUSE].

SORRY. OKAY.

DR. WALDRIP AND PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN US ON THE STAGE, ALONG WITH TERRI WEST, THE PTA LIAISON COUNCIL LIAISON FROM OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF YOU LADIES IN BLUE, ALONG WITH SHARON WHITE, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON.

WHEW. YES. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SISTER WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT PTA AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO.

SO IT'S INCREDIBLE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND POURING INTO OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF.

I MEAN, IT'S YOU ALL ARE I'M SPEECHLESS ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL. I'VE SEEN IT AS A PARENT AND AS A BOARD MEMBER.

IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE THE WORK THAT YOU POUR INTO FRISCO ISD AND YOU'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S IT'S A FULL TIME JOB DOING THE THING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'RE DOING IT FOR FREE EVERY DAY.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

CAN WE GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE]?

[4. Invocation]

MR. CLASSE. TO START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY AT THE COVENANT SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

LET'S BOW YOUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, TODAY WE OFFER THANKS FOR OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND THE BLESSINGS OF FELLOWSHIP.

WE ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO BE A SOURCE OF HOPE FOR THOSE IN NEED AND A SOURCE OF CONTENTMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LONELY.

LET US BE OUTWARD IN SHOWING OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FRISCO ISD HOME.

ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTILL THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPLORATION AND INNOVATION INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

ALLOW US TO BE OPEN TO THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS AND HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

WE PRAY THE FEELINGS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS WILL ALWAYS BE REFLECTED IN OUR ACTIONS AS WE LEAD OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.

IT'S IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE BOARD REPORT.

[5. Board Report]

WELL, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE GREAT RECOGNITIONS THAT WE JUST DID.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN.

STUDENTS, COACHES, PARENTS, STAFF, EVERYONE.

THE TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH, IS WE HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS TO TAKE SOME PEOPLE TO THE CAPITOL, AND THE FIRST TRIP WAS WITH STUDENTS AND THEN THE SECOND GROUP WAS WITH TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, AND BOTH DAYS WERE AN EARLY START AT 5:30 A.M., VERY EARLY ON A BUS.

AND BUT THEY WERE GREAT, JUST LIKE AS AS TERRI WAS MENTIONING, THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAD THE DAY THEY CAME DRESSED AT 5:30, THEY HAD TO STUDY BILLS AND THEN THEY HAD TO PRESENT THEIR BILL TO OUR DELEGATION IN OUR MEETINGS AND THE WAY THEY DEFENDED THEIR BILLS AND THEY TALKED ABOUT IT AND THEY HAD REALLY IT WAS IT WAS VERY PROUD MOMENTS FOR ALL OF US THAT WERE THERE.

THEY WERE THEY REALLY MADE US, WELL, PROUD IN FRISCO ISD.

AND THEN THE SECOND GROUP WAS TEACHERS.

AND SAME THING THEY SHARED.

THEY THEY THEY SHARED A LOT AND APPRECIATED BEING WITH THEM.

I THINK WE ALL LEARNED SOME THINGS FROM EACH OTHER THOSE COUPLE OF DAYS AND APPRECIATE ANYBODY, ANYTIME THAT EVER WANTS TO TAKE PART IN THAT PROCESS AND HELP ADVOCATE FOR FRISCO ISD AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I WANTED TO JUST SHARE. I KNOW WE HAD SOME STUDENTS COME IN AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON, BUT LAST SATURDAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VENTURE OVER TO INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE UIL ACADEMIC DISTRICT WAS TAKING PLACE AND THERE WERE WALL TO WALL STUDENTS.

I WAS INVITED TO COME OVER THERE BUT DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY.

AND SO TO MY SURPRISE, WE HAD, I BELIEVE, OVER 600 STUDENTS THAT REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT.

AND IT WAS NOT IT DID NOT JUST TAKE PLACE ON THE INDEPENDENCE CAMPUS, BUT ALSO REEDY HIGH.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO.

OH, HEY, REEDY HIGH.

OKAY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE HOW GREAT OF AN EXPERIENCE IT WAS FOR ME.

I THOUGHT THAT I WAS AN ACADEMIC.

BUT THOSE KIDS, I MEAN, THEY WERE FACING THE WALL, PRACTICING THEIR SPEECHES, PRACTICING THE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC SUBJECT MATTERS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

THANK YOU. BOARD ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. SO ITEM SIX ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REVIEW THE STATUS OF REQUIRED TRUSTEE TRAINING.

[6. Review status of required trustee training]

I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE THAT FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MOVE THAT THERE'S NOTHING WE HAVE TO VOTE ON, BUT I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT TO MAY SO THAT I HAVE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S HOURS ARE RECORDED CORRECTLY. AND MICHELE MRS. CRUTCHER DID SEND US OUT A GREAT PDF, SO IF EVERYONE CAN REVIEW THAT PDF, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING AND LOOK AT YOUR REPORTS AS WELL IN BOARD BOOK AND JUST LET ME KNOW OF ANY DISCREPANCIES. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT IS CLEAR BEFORE WE REPORT ON THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD,

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BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DID HAVE A COMMUNICATION THAT I'VE ASKED SECRETARY DAVIS TO READ FROM A PARENT.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ARCHAMBAULT IS MRS. SMITH I'M SORRY.

MRS. YOUNG FROM SMITH ELEMENTARY HERE TODAY [APPLAUSE]? AND SO WE RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATION FROM A PARENT OF A STUDENT THAT IS A FIFTH GRADER AT YOUR SCHOOL.

AND I WANTED TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

I'D ALSO I'D ASK, WELL, THIS SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THE PARENT PROBABLY JUST BEFORE SHE SENT THIS EMAIL.

AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT.

I WANT TO JUST ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE KIDDOS AT SMITH ELEMENTARY.

AND THAT'S NOT TO SLIGHT OR TAKE AWAY FROM ALL OF OUR OTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL.

BUT WE WANTED TO JUST SHINE A POSITIVE SPOTLIGHT ON SMITH ELEMENTARY TODAY.

AND SO THE PARENT AND I'M GOING TO JUST READ EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID.

I KNOW THIS MAY BE A STRETCH, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY WAY THAT MY SON'S SCHOOL, SMITH ELEMENTARY, COULD BE HONORED AT A BOARD MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AT THAT SCHOOL HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE IN PARTNERING WITH ME DURING MY SON'S MATRICULATION THERE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS OR SO, ESPECIALLY MRS. YOUNG, THE PRINCIPAL.

Y'ALL CAN CLAP FOR HER.

[APPLAUSE] IMPECCABLE LEADERSHIP TRULY IS A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

MY SON WILL BE HEADING TO CLARK AFTER THIS YEAR, SO I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.

IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT MY FAMILY HAS DONE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE.

WHEN MY SON FIRST STARTED IN FISD AT ANOTHER SCHOOL YEARS AGO, OUR EXPERIENCE WASN'T AS PLEASANT.

SO I TOOK HIM OUT FOR A BIT WHEN HE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.

SMITH TRULY RESTORED MY HOPE AND FAITH IN FISD.

AND WHEN I SPEAK OF SMITH, IT LITERALLY BRINGS ME TO TEARS WHEN I THINK OF HOW AMAZING THEY HAVE BEEN TO MY BABY BOY AND I.

HE IS DOING AMAZING THINGS, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATION, LOVE, SUPPORT OF HIM.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE OUT TIME TO GIVE THEM THEIR FLOWERS AS THEY TRULY, TRULY DESERVE IT.

OFTEN AS PARENTS, WE ARE QUICK TO GO TO THE TOP FOR PERSECUTION WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING RIGHT.

SO I WANTED TO GO TO THE TOP TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE APPRECIATED.

I THINK YOU KNOW WHO THAT PARENT IS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MS.

[7. Public Comment Session]

THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

SORRY FORM THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN 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 AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, 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, WHICH IS APRIL 24TH AT 6:30 P.M..

THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY, WHICH THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM PARENTS OF FRISCO ISD STUDENTS, FRISCO ISD

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ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK.

IF WE WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? OKAY. EACH STAKEHOLDER SHALL HAVE THREE MINUTES 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.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BRITTANY CYRIL, FOLLOWED BY MARY PETERS AND JENNIFER SMEDSRUD.

EXCUSE ME IF THAT'S AN INCORRECT.

HI BOARD AND I CAME HERE TO SPEAK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY FIRST.

OUR KIDS ARE INCREDIBLE.

OUR STAFF IS INCREDIBLE.

AND OH, I JUST I'M BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.

SO IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH THAT WE ARE DOING SOME OF THE RIGHT THINGS.

SO JUST I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT.

THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH.

BUT WHY I'M HERE TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS BRITTANY.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN, TWO CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE AN INCOMING STUDENT IN THE FALL.

WE MOVED TO THIS DISTRICT SIX YEARS AGO BECAUSE FRISCO ISD HAS A TOP TIER HISTORY IN TEXAS AND WE SOUGHT AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT WAS MORE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE.

WE SAW IT WITH THE CHILDREN AND THE STAFF HERE TODAY.

MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THE FRISCO ISD BOARD IS TO BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE WITH NO AGENDA OTHER THAN WHAT IS OTHER THAN TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR EACH AND EVERY CHILD IN THE DISTRICT.

I AM HERE TODAY SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A REALITY WITH ALL OF YOU THAT SIT UP ON THE BOARD.

THE TAGLINE OF YOUR WEBSITE INCLUDES THAT TRUSTEES ARE CHARGED WITH THE EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN AS THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS, AND THAT YOU TRANSLATE THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS INTO POLICIES, INTO GOALS, AND TO STRATEGIES THAT REFLECT THE VALUES AND STANDARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

INSTEAD OF FULFILLING THOSE CHARGES AS FIDUCIARIES TO OUR CHILDREN.

BOARD MEETINGS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY FILLED WITH ARGUING OVER ANY AND ALL THINGS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CHILDREN.

YOU ARE HERE TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL CHILDREN FOR FRISCO ISD.

AND IF WE TAKE ANY LEARNINGS AWAY FROM COVID, WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE UNDERSTAND HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, THAT ALL STUDENTS ACTUALLY BENEFIT.

MY HOPE IS THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER HERE WILL BEGIN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL CHILDREN, ALL CHILDREN, NOT JUST ONES THAT YOU THINK ARE NORMAL.

ALL CHILDREN.

ABSOLUTELY ALL CHILDREN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT WAS THE TRAINING THAT THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I NOTICED IN HERE WE HAD TWO BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND A TRAINING AND MR. LOWE. YOU WERE THERE TO LISTEN AND TO LEARN AND TO BRING THOSE LEARNINGS BACK TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR CHILDREN INSTEAD. YOU DID ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING.

ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. MARY PETERS, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER SMEDSRUD AND THEN DAN ELMER.

HI, MY NAME IS MARY PETERS.

I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR SHAWNEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY.

I'M A MEMBER OF OUR PTA.

I ALSO SUBBED FOR FRISCO ISD, SUBBING MAINLY AT SHAWNEE AND I VOLUNTEER AT OUR SCHOOL AS WELL.

MY SON WENT TO SHAWNEE FOR K THROUGH FIFTH AND IS CURRENTLY A SIXTH GRADER AT CLARK.

MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY IN SECOND GRADE AT SHAWNEE.

WE NEED MORE RESOURCES AT OUR SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

LAST YEAR I KNOW A NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT LEFT SHAWNEE TRAIL BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS WERE BEING HANDLED IN THE CLASSROOM.

SPECIFICALLY, THREE WENT TO SMITH, ONE WENT TO BRIGHT AND ONE MOVED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY WOULD BE ZONED FOR A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.

THIS YEAR I ALREADY KNOW OF A FAMILY PULLING HER TWO KIDS OUT BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT THEM TO ATTEND SHAWNEE NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS A HUGE LOSS BECAUSE SHE IS ALSO A SUB FOR FISD AND THEY ARE LEAVING FISD ALTOGETHER TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

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WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE COUNSELING.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR OUR SCHOOL TO HAVE TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

THERE ARE THREE OTHER TITLE ONE SCHOOLS IN FRISCO THAT HAVE TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK FOR TWO COUNSELORS, ONE FOR K THROUGH TWO AND ONE FOR THREE THROUGH FIVE.

LAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST JUST FOR OUR CAMPUS THAT IS NOT SHARED WITH SEVERAL OTHER CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER SMEDSRUD AND I AM A PARENT OF A STUDENT AT SHAWNEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT MARY PETERS SAID IN FRONT OF ME, I WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES AT SHAWNEE WITH THIS PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASE.

AS I HAVE A FIRST GRADER AND I'LL HAVE A KINDERGARTNER NEXT YEAR AND I MOVED INTO THE FRISCO ISD AGAIN FOR THE REPUTATION THAT FRISCO ISD HAS.

AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE TEACHERS THAT HAVE LEFT, A COUPLE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LEFT.

WE HAVE ON OUR MOST RECENT TEXAS SCORECARD, SHAWNEE TRAIL RECEIVED B'S AND C'S, WHICH I BELIEVE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT FRISCO ISD AND THE TALENT WE HAVE THAT THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE SCORES BELOW B'S.

SO I'M ADVOCATING, IN ADDITION TO THE EXTRA PRINCIPALS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, A BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST, JUST TO HELP THE TEACHERS BE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON TEACHING. AND THE BEHAVIOR CAN BE HANDLED BY SOMEONE THAT HAS SPECIFIC EDUCATION BEHIND THAT.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

DAN ELMER. FOLLOWED BY AMANDA REID AND THEN LEE MONTGOMERY.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAN ELMER.

I'M A PARENT OF TWO YOUNG KIDS THAT WILL JOIN POTENTIALLY FRISCO SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE MOVED HERE TO FRISCO FROM KANSAS ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO NOW.

AND I THINK IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED SINCE LIVING IN THE MIDWEST, IN MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, KANSAS AND NOW HERE, POLITICS IN FRISCO IS CUT THROAT.

IT IS NASTY.

AND IN THE MINUTES YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON TONIGHT, THERE IS DISCUSSION BROUGHT UP FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT TRUSTEE CONDUCT.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THREE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THIS DAIS HAVE SAID.

AND I DON'T WANT TO PILE ON.

I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD HEARD ABOUT IT FROM MANY CONSTITUENTS.

THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CONDUCTED YOURSELVES IN THAT MEETING WAS UNBECOMING OF THE OFFICE YOU HOLD, AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED [APPLAUSE].

MY REQUEST. IS THIS BECAUSE I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO PILE ON MY REQUEST IS THIS.

I THINK I THINK IN TIMES WHEN WE ARE ENGAGED IN IMPORTANT BUSINESS AND WE'RE ENGAGED IN WHAT FEELS LIKE A FIGHT.

THE INVOCATION OF MR. CLASSE THIS MORNING BROUGHT A SCRIPTURE TO MIND, AND I'M GOING TO SHARE IT WITH YOU BECAUSE I'M A CHURCH GUY AND IT'S FROM EPHESIANS.

OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT IT'S AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR BATTLE ISN'T WITH EACH OTHER.

IT'S NOT AMONG THE TRUSTEES.

IN SEPTEMBER MRS. ARCHAMBAULT YOU MADE A PASSIONATE STATEMENT ABOUT UNITY.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN THE LIGHT AND IN THE DARK IN THE MANNER YOU ASKED FOR IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU ALL HAVE FAILED THAT CALL, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL.

DON'T SQUANDER THE GIFT OF THIS DISTRICT.

AND I'D ASK JUST TONIGHT, EACH OF YOU TAKE TEN MINUTES WHEN YOU GET HOME, LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

LOOK YOURSELVES IN THE EYES AND ASK, HOW AM I CONTRIBUTING TO THE DYSFUNCTION IN THIS DISTRICT AND THE DYSFUNCTION OF THIS BOARD? BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE DAIS IS CONTRIBUTING AND MY VOTE WILL BE WON BY PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND I'VE HEARD FROM A TON OF PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

AMANDA REID AND THEN LEE MONTGOMERY, FOLLOWED BY TOM PLUNKETT.

WHAT A COINCIDENCE. I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE MINUTES AND THE MEETING THAT WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING.

SO I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THAT MEETING, SO I KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE OF IT.

I SAW IT ADVERTISED ON FACEBOOK, AND THE MAIN REASON I WENT WAS BECAUSE I'D NEVER MET ANY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN PERSON.

I'D NEVER ATTENDED THAT SORT OF SMALL GROUP MEETING.

AND I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT HOW IT WOULD GO.

SO I WENT TO A COFFEE SHOP AND TALKED TO PEOPLE.

WHEN I WENT TO THAT MEETING, I HEARD PARENTS ASK QUESTIONS AND I HEARD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ANSWER.

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THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT MONTH HAD BEEN REALLY HOSTILE AND KIND OF WEIRD.

AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE TONE AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT.

AFTER THE MEETING WAS PUBLISHED ON THESE RIGHT WING WEBSITES AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES LODGED A COMPLAINT, I KIND OF THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I TRIED TO DECIDE IF I'D DONE ANYTHING WRONG. I FELT KIND OF INTIMIDATED BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE HAD KIND OF COORDINATED TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE.

I FELT LIKE I JUST KIND OF SHOWED UP TO SAY HI.

I EVEN HAD PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS TO ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT BEFORE THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED, WHICH WAS KIND OF EXTRA INTIMIDATING.

BUT THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S WRONG FOR ME TO WANT TO MEET WITH MY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.

AND I KEEP THINKING ABOUT OTHER PARENTS WHO MIGHT WANT TO MEET WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT A TRICKY TOPIC OR OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

I HOPE THIS KIND OF SITUATION ISN'T INTIMIDATING TO THOSE PEOPLE.

I HOPE OUR OWN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T MEET WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE HEARD MOST OF OUR CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE VOICE OF PARENTS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOME OF THE MOST ONLY WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME PARENTS BECAUSE THEY DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ME.

I HOPE OUR NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AFTER THE ELECTION ARE OPEN TO HEARING FROM AND REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

I HOPE ALL OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CHOOSE TO APPROACH THEIR JOBS AS THEMSELVES, NOT AS REPRESENTATIVES OF SOME SORT OF IDEOLOGY OR A SINGLE POLITICAL VIEWPOINT. I THINK OUR DISTRICT WILL WORK BETTER IF ALL PARENTS CAN TALK TO ALL OF YOU ON THE DAIS.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. LEE MONTGOMERY, FOLLOWED BY TOM PLUNKETT.

AND THEN OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS MEG REID.

LEE HAD TO LEAVE AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ HER REMARKS IF I COULD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY CAN BE EMAILED TO US, BUT IT HAS TO BE LEE BECAUSE SHE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO IT'S JUST PART OF OUR SHE'S WELCOME TO EMAIL THEM TO US.

OKAY. TOM PLUNKETT FOLLOWED BY MEG REID.

HI. FIRST, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

JUST A REQUEST.

FIRST OF ALL, YOUR COO IS PHENOMENAL.

HE'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY HELPFUL.

I DON'T THINK I'M ALLOWED TO SAY HIS NAME, BUT YOU GUYS KNOW WHO THEY ARE, SO PLEASE CONSIDER IN THE BUDGET.

I HEARD THE PTA'S PAY FOR THE SOCCER NETS AT THE SCHOOLS, ASKING THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER PUTTING THIS IN THE FUNDING.

BECAUSE ONE EXAMPLE IS CORBELL ELEMENTARY, WHERE THE SOCCER NETS ARE TORN APART AND THE FIELD IS ACTUALLY NOT VERY SAFE.

SO I'M REQUESTING THAT INSTEAD OF THE PTA PAY FOR THIS, THAT WE PUT IT IN OUR BUDGET AS AN OPERATING COST.

NUMBER TWO, HAPPY TO SAY THAT I HEARD ABOUT HOUSE BILL 4545, AND AS A PARENT I TOOK ACTION.

I TEXT FOUR STATE REP, I'M SORRY TWO STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND FOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, STATE SENATORS, AND BASICALLY ALL OF THEM RESPONDED BACK THAT ACTION WILL BE CHANGES ARE COMING STRAIGHT FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FRISCO FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO WORK THIS.

NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER THREE IS I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM MY HEART FOR SERVING BECAUSE YOU ALL VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME, YOU ALL VOLUNTEER YOUR AREAS, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT DISAGREEMENTS YOU HAVE, YOU VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME.

AND THAT MEANS A LOT.

I SPEAK TO A LOT OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND INDIVIDUALS ON THIS SUBJECT ABOUT UNITY.

I WILL SAY THIS AS A PRIOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AT ANOTHER DISTRICT, THAT UNITY IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED MERGING TOGETHER OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

BUT IT WAS MY 12 YEAR OLD SON THAT CAME HOME AND ASKED ME, WHY DOES THE SCHOOL BOARD HATE EACH OTHER? I WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK THAT IN ABOUT UNITY, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS AND TO THE VOTERS OUT THERE, YOU CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS, HOW THEY VOTED, WHAT THEY VOTED FOR.

DID THEY GET BACK TO YOU? BUT AS A SCHOOL BOARD, I'M REQUESTING FOR UNITY.

IF NOT FOR THE PARENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'VE NOTICED IT, BUT FOR THE KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S MAINLY WHY WE'RE HERE.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

MEG REID. GOOD EVENING.

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, IT'S TAKEN COURAGE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES, WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

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IT'S TAKEN COURAGE AND VISION TO STAND UP TO THE CROWD.

EXAMPLE THE WHITE PARENTS SCREAMING HATE AT BLACK STUDENTS DESEGREGATING SCHOOLS IN THE 60S.

PEOPLE SAYING THERE WAS NO MONEY TO WIDEN DOORWAYS, BUILD RAMPS, INSTALL ELEVATORS.

NOW THERE'S A GROUP WHO WANTS TO DENY THE MERE EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ STUDENTS AS IF DENIAL HAS EVER WORKED.

LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED, LIKE IT OR NOT, AND THE ONLY THREAT THEY POSE IS IN MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS TO EXPLAIN TO THEIR KIDS WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT.

GAY TEACHERS ARE NOT GROOMERS, AS THE MEME SAYS.

IF THEY COULD INDOCTRINATE YOUR KIDS, IT WOULD BE TO GET THEM TO TURN OFF THEIR PHONES AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK.

PLEASE, TRUSTEES AND PARENTS, LET THE FACTS DISPEL YOUR FEARS AND SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[8.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from March 6 regular meeting and March 23 special meeting]

BOARD IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 6TH REGULAR MEETING IN MARCH 23RD SPECIAL MEETING AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE. SECOND BY MISS DAVIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM B, CONSIDER AND ACT ON ADOPTION OF AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UNLIMITED TAX BONDS, ESTABLISHING SALE PARAMETERS,

[8.B. Consider and act on adoption of an order authorizing the issuance of unlimited tax bonds, establishing sale parameters, authorizing the execution of a bond purchase contract and an escrow agreement; approving an official statement; and enacting other provisions relating to the subject]

DR. FOUCHE BRIAN GRUBBS TO THE PODIUM.

WHO YOU SEE ABOUT ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS.

AND HIS BEARD IS TURNING GRAY.

YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO MY CHILDREN.

OH, THANK YOU, TODD. DR. WALDRIP, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS EVENING.

THE ACTION ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ADOPTION OF THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF BONDS.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAVE SOME MATERIAL I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

AND THEN I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT TO BEGIN THIS FIRST SLIDE REPRESENTS A LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICE.

THIS REPRESENTS ALL BONDS SOLD TO DATE, WHETHER THAT'S FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REFINANCING BONDS, WHICH WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IN DETAIL HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO POINT OUT TWO THINGS.

FIRST, IF YOU NOTICE, THE PRINCIPAL IS REFLECTED BY THE BLUE BARS IN THE CHART WITH THE INTEREST COMPONENT FOR ALL PAYMENTS THERE IN YELLOW.

BY DESIGN, THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL BOND PAYMENT WITH DROPS IN THE FUTURE.

THAT HAS ALLOWED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO CONTINUE TO SELL THE BONDS AT OR BELOW WHAT WAS TO THE WHAT WAS PROJECTED TO THE VOTERS THAT APPROVED THEM AND DO SO MANAGING THE INS TAX RATE WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE FIGURE IN RED, THE 3.89% IS A STATISTIC THAT WE MONITOR AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO THE DISTRICT.

THIS REPRESENTS THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TAXABLE VALUE FOR A DISTRICT THIS SIZE AND IS ISSUED AS MANY BONDS AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS LOW OF A STATISTIC IS THIS PHENOMENAL, REALLY.

THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME DURING THOSE RECESSION YEARS WHERE THE STATISTIC IN FRISCO ISD WAS JUST NORTH OF 7%.

SINCE THAT TIME, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SELL BONDS.

BUT THIS STATISTIC HAS CONTINUED TO DROP, WHICH IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE GO BEFORE THE RATING SERVICES.

ANY TIME WE SELL BONDS, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN OUR NEXT SLIDE.

ANY TIME THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SELLS BONDS, YOU SELL THOSE TAX EXEMPT MUNICIPAL BONDS WITH A TRIPLE A BOND RATING.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST CREDIT QUALITY RATING.

THAT'S BASED ON THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE THAT WE MAKE APPLICATION FOR TO THE TEA.

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FRISCO ISD HAS THE HIGHEST CREDIT QUALITY RATING IN THE DOUBLE A CATEGORY BY BOTH STANDARD AND POOR'S AT THE DOUBLE A+ AND MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICES AT THE DOUBLE A ONE.

TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, FOR ALL TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOODY'S, YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE TOP.

IN THE MIDDLE CATEGORY, THERE ARE SEVEN TRIPLE A RATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS RATED BY MOODY'S.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE IN STANDARD AND POOR'S, TRIPLE A RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT RATING.

SO WITH YOUR DOUBLE A+ AND YOUR DOUBLE A ONE CATEGORY RATINGS, YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST CREDIT QUALITY RATINGS.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO GO TO SELL BONDS, INVESTORS WILL FEEL COMFORT IN NOT ONLY THE TRIPLE A RATING, BUT THE VERY HIGH QUALITY UNDERLYING CREDIT RATINGS.

THIS NEXT CHART IS A LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S TAXABLE VALUE HISTORY.

IF YOU LOOK AT COLUMN TWO TO THE TOP OF THAT, YOU'LL GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE 2011-2012 FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE HAD A $17.5 BILLION TAXABLE VALUE. YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH IN DOLLAR AMOUNT UNDER COLUMN THREE AND THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH EACH YEAR UNDER COLUMN FOUR.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT FIVE AND TEN YEAR AVERAGES.

THE MAIN POINT HERE IS THAT WHEN YOU WENT TO THE VOTERS WITH THE 2014 ELECTION FROM 2014 TO 2018, THE GROWTH IN THE TAXABLE VALUE EXCEEDED ALL PROJECTIONS THAT WE MADE IN PLANNING FOR THAT ELECTION.

THAT HAS ALLOWED THE DISTRICT TO SELL BONDS OUT OF THAT AUTHORIZATION AND DO SO WITH SETTING AN IRS TAX RATE THAT'S AT OR BELOW WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED IN 14.

IN ADDITION, IN 2018, YOU APPROACHED THE VOTERS.

THEY APPROVED BONDS, AND THE TAXABLE VALUE IS WELL ABOVE WHAT WAS PROJECTED WITH THAT ELECTION RESULT.

THIS MOST RECENT YEAR, YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF COLUMN TWO THAT $57 BILLION THAT IT REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

IT'S THIS GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE TO SELL BONDS, DO SO AT OR BELOW THE INS TAX RATE THAT WAS PROJECTED.

IN FACT, WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT SELLING HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PAYMENTS ON ALL OUTSTANDING, PLUS THE NEW BONDS IF THE TAX BASE DIDN'T GROW ANOTHER DOLLAR.

WHEN WE DO SELL BONDS, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE OUR INTEREST RATE MARKET IS.

THIS IS A NATIONAL INDEX.

IT UPDATES EVERY FRIDAY.

YOU'LL SEE TO THE FAR RIGHT THIS PARTICULAR INDEX UPDATED AT A 3.5%.

WHAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE YEAR IS WE DID SEE A RISE IN INTEREST RATES.

HOWEVER, SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE SILICON VALLEY BANKS AND SOME SITUATIONS WITH THOSE, WE'VE SEEN A RUN OF INVESTMENT DOLLARS INTO TAX EXEMPT MUNICIPAL BONDS.

WHAT THAT'S ALLOWED US TO DO IS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS OUR INTEREST RATES FALLING WHEN WE DID BOTH THE 2014 AND THE 2018 BOND ELECTIONS, WE WERE ASSUMING INTEREST RATES THAT WOULD RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND A QUARTER AND 5%.

I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A MOMENT THAT WE HAVE NOT SOLD BONDS HIGHER THAN 4% IN QUITE SOME TIME.

LOOKING AT THIS CHART, YOU'LL SEE REAL BRIEFLY A LOOK AT THE BOND REFINANCING HISTORY IN THOSE PERIODS OF TIME WHERE WE'VE SEEN LOW INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENTS, THE DISTRICT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE OUTSTANDING BONDS TO SAVE MONEY, JUST LIKE HOMEOWNERS REFINANCE A HOME MORTGAGE.

SINCE 2012 FRISCO ISD HAS REFINANCED $1.2 BILLION WORTH OF PRINCIPAL AND SAVED THE TAXPAYERS JUST UNDER $326 MILLION OF INTEREST COST.

WE DO HAVE A BOND REFINANCING PORTION THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, INCLUDING WITH THIS SALE THAT WE'LL JUST THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.

AND IF WE CAN ACHIEVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SAVINGS, WE WILL ADD TO THE INTEREST COST THAT'S BEEN SAVED SINCE 2012.

THIS CHART IS A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL BOND SALE HISTORY OUT OF BOTH THE 2014 AND THE 2018 AUTHORIZATION.

YOU'LL SEE UNDER THE SECOND COLUMN THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF BONDS THAT WAS SOLD WITH EACH OF THE PRIOR INSTALLMENTS.

YOU'LL LOOK AT THE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE.

AS I MENTIONED, WHEN WE WERE RUNNING BOND ELECTION MODELS, PLANNING FOR OUR ELECTION PROCESS, WE WERE ASSUMING INTEREST RATES THAT RANGED BETWEEN 4 AND A QUARTER AND 5%.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE 2014, WE'VE NOT HAD A SINGLE BOND SALE ABOVE 4%.

SO IT'S THAT GROWTH IN YOUR TAXABLE VALUE AND BORROWING AT INTEREST RATE LEVELS THAT WERE LESS THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED, THAT'S ALLOWED YOU TO CONTINUE TO SELL BONDS, CONTINUE THE

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OUR PLAN OF FINANCE FOR THIS 2013 ISSUANCE.

REAL QUICK AT THE TOP YOU'VE GOT IN THE OUT OF THE MAY 2014 AUTHORIZATION, THE VOTERS APPROVED $775 MILLION, OF WHICH YOU'VE SOLD $749, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $26 MILLION OF AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED BONDS.

OUT OF THE 2018 ELECTION, THE VOTERS APPROVED $691 MILLION.

YOU'VE SOLD TO DATE A LITTLE OVER $565 MILLION, LEAVING A BALANCE OF $125,750,000.

THE PLAN FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THIS INSTALLMENT IS TO SELL $93,750,000 OUT OF THE 2018 AUTHORIZATION.

WE IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALSO TARGETING THE BOND REFINANCING OF BONDS THAT WERE SOLD IN 2013.

THERE'S A LITTLE OVER $56.5 MILLION OF CALLABLE PRINCIPAL WHERE THE AVERAGE RATE ON THOSE BONDS IS OUTSTANDING AT A 4.21%.

OUR TARGET LEVEL OF SAVINGS IS TO ACHIEVE INTEREST COST THAT IS GREATER THAN 3% OF THE AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL THAT WE ARE REFINANCING, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER $2.3 MILLION.

NOW, THE THING WITH THE REFINANCING IS ADOPTION OF THE ORDER AUTHORIZES US TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT IF WE CANNOT ACHIEVE INTEREST COST SAVINGS THAT ARE AT OR GREATER THAN WHAT'S PRESENTED TONIGHT, WE DO NOTHING.

WE PULL THE REFINANCING PIECE OUT OF THE SALE AND WE JUST ISSUE THE $93 MILLION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

WITH RESPECT TO OUR TIMING, OBVIOUSLY ADOPTION OF THE ORDER AUTHORIZES US TO MOVE FORWARD ALONG WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION.

WE WILL HAVE RATINGS IN PLACE HERE SHORTLY.

WE HAVE A TARGET DATE TO LOCK IN THE INTEREST RATE ON THE BONDS THAT ARE TO BE SOLD OF APRIL 18TH.

ANYTHING YOU DO WITH RESPECT TO A BOND SALE GOES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

IT TAKES THEM APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 WEEKS FROM THE DAY WE LOCK IN THE INTEREST RATE.

SO YOU'LL SEE A CLOSING DATE ON MAY 18TH.

THAT'S THE DATE IN WHICH THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE DEPOSIT OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME THIS EVENING.

BOARD WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR MR. GRUBBS? I HAD A QUESTION.

WHAT FACTORS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO HAVING SUCH A HIGH RATING AND WHAT WOULD BE SOME FACTORS THAT MAYBE WOULD COST SOME OTHER DISTRICTS TO NOT HAVE AS HIGH OF A RATING? WITH RESPECT TO YOUR DISTRICT HAVING THE HIGHEST CREDIT QUALITY RATING IN THOSE CATEGORIES , IT'S PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE THE FINANCIAL OF THE DISTRICT.

THE NOT ONLY YOUR ABILITY.

ANY TIME WE VISIT WITH THE RATING SERVICES, THEY LOOK AT NOT ONLY YOUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN OUTSTANDING FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THE MATRIX OF WHICH THEY HAVE THEIR CATEGORIES.

THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE BUDGET NOT ONLY IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUT IN FUTURE YEARS, AND THE DISTRICT'S BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THEM TIME AND TIME EVERY TIME WE MEET THE POSITIVE FACTORS THAT LEAD INTO ALL THE AUDITED STATEMENTS, THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE ECONOMY.

THEY LOOK AT THE GROWTH IN THAT TAXABLE VALUE, THE COMMERCIAL, THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS, THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE FACILITIES FOR THE GROWING ENROLLMENT.

SO IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK OF 5 TO 6 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR EACH RATING SERVICES THAT THEN THOSE ANALYSTS THEN GET TOGETHER WITH THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND ASSIGN THAT UNDERLYING CREDIT RATING BASED ON THEIR FINDINGS FROM THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

THANK YOU. BOARD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO TAKE SOME OF OUR FINANCE STUDENTS IN THE PAST THAT ARE AT THE CTE CENTER AND LET THEM WATCH AS MRS. ARCHAMBAULT SAID BEFORE, PAINT DRY.

WHEN WE ISSUE THESE BONDS, I SAY THAT WITH ALL THE LOVE IN MY HEART.

I THINK THE SAVINGS THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED THE DISTRICT ARE INCREDIBLE.

I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD ON THAT, BUT IT IS PRETTY IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE WORLD OF BOND SALES, SITTING AND WATCHING BOND SALES IS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. I UNDERSTAND.

SO WITH THAT RINGING ENDORSEMENT, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

YES, YOU WILL BE.

ARE WE DOING IT HERE ON CAMPUS? ARE THEY GOING DOWNTOWN? IT'S GOING TO BE ON CAMPUS THIS YEAR.

AWESOME. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] YOU BET.

THANK YOU. BOARD QUESTIONS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF UNLIMITED TAX BONDS, ESTABLISHING SALE PARAMETERS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A BOND PURCHASE CONTRACT AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT APPROVING AND I'M SORRY, APPROVING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE SECOND BY MISS DAVIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].

BEFORE WE MOVE.

OH, YEAH. LET'S CLAP FOR BONDS.

LET'S CLAP FOR BOND SALE.

I LOVE IT. SO I APOLOGIZE.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO CALL ON MISS MILLER FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A TOWN HALL AND MISS MILLER.

[01:30:05]

SO WOULD YOU PLEASE, BEFORE EVERYONE LEAVES THE BOARDROOM.

SURE. SO, ACTUALLY, TERRY PALMER MENTIONED IT WHEN SHE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL OF PTAS.

TRUSTEE DAVIS CAME TO ME A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SAID, ERIN, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT FENTANYL? AND SO WE STARTED TALKING.

WE TALKED TO TERRY AND THE COUNCIL OF PTAS AND OUR GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL ON APRIL THE 20TH HERE IN THIS BOARD ROOM.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PANEL OF SPEAKERS, INCLUDING FRISCO PD, DR.

MARK GAMBER, AND ONE OF OUR OUTREACH CENTERS THAT DOES DOES OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT SERVICES.

SO WE THINK IT WILL BE A VERY GOOD, INFORMATIVE MEETING FOR PARENTS AND WE BELIEVE SECONDARY STUDENTS AS WELL COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS.

SO THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION GOING OUT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY SOMETHING AT THE MEETING TONIGHT ABOUT IT.

WELL, I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS AN HOUR LATE ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE MEAN, AS A BOARD, AS A DISTRICT, AS A COMMUNITY, THE FENTANYL CRISIS IS REAL.

WE'RE SEEING SO MANY HORRIFIC STORIES ABOUT OVERDOSES ON CAMPUSES.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT JUST HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS, THEN WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE TRUSTEE DAVIS BRINGING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT.

AND FOR YOU ALL ACTING SO QUICKLY AND PUTTING THIS GREAT PANEL TOGETHER.

SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT EVERYONE WILL TUNE IN EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS MESSAGE OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

JUST TO ADD, DR.

WALDRIP DID DO A IT'S NOT A YES INFOMERCIAL AS WELL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GUESS.

AND THEN ALSO, IF Y'ALL EVER DO PODCASTS, THERE'S A PODCAST CALLED [INAUDIBLE].

I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT THAT.

IT'S THE TWO JASON'S FROM WFAA.

THEY JUST LAST WEEK DID ONE ON FENTANYL CRISIS IN THE STATE.

IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD PODCAST.

SO IF YOU NEVER LISTEN TO PODCASTS, I AT LEAST RECOMMEND FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO THAT ONE.

THANK YOU WE'LL MOVE BACK TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. ACTION ITEM C CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE RECOMMENDED SELECTION OF CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE PRINCIPAL OF OGLE ELEMENTARY, PRINCIPAL OF SPEARS ELEMENTARY, AND CONTRACT

[8.C. Consider and act on the recommended selection of contractual personnel including: 1. Principal of Ogle Elementary School 2. Principal of Spears Elementary School 3. Contract Recommendations and Extensions]

DR. LINTON. THANK YOU.

WITHIN THE PERSONNEL REPORT, RESIGNATIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.

OUR CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THAT OF STEPHEN MCCARTY AS PRINCIPAL OF OGLE ELEMENTARY.

STEPHEN JOINED US IN 2014 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT KURTSINGER ELEMENTARY AND THAT OF CATHERINE KATIE REEDY AS PRINCIPAL OF SPEARS ELEMENTARY AND MRS. REDDY JOINED US IN 2007 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SCOTT ELEMENTARY.

ALL CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ARE SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

LINTON? IF NOT, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED SELECTION OF CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL, INCLUDING PRINCIPAL OF OGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MR. MCCARTY AND PRINCIPAL OF SPEARS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MRS. REEDY AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE.

SECOND. SECOND BY MISS GILLESPIE.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. MCCARTY, MRS. REEDY, AND ALL APPROVED PERSONNEL.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM D CONSENT AGENDA.

[8.D. Consent Agenda ]

I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. CLASSE.

SECOND. SECOND BY MS. GILLESPIE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DO HAVE A REQUEST BEFORE WE ADJOURN, IF THAT'S OKAY.

SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE ISD.

I NOTICED THAT THIS MONTH WHEN THE WHEN THE BOARD BOOK CAME OUT AND ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CAME OUT.

IT WASN'T FINAL, AND THERE WAS QUITE A FEW THINGS ADDED BETWEEN WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND NOW, AND JUST A REQUEST THAT IF WE COULD TRY AS BEST WE CAN TO GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN, IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING.

WE EVEN GOT AN UPDATE TODAY OR EXCUSE ME, YESTERDAY AT 4:30 AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO REVIEW THAT.

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT. I TRY TO PLAN OUT MY TIME OVER THE WEEKEND TO SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS DOING IT.

I KNOW WE TRY OUR BEST, BUT THIS MONTH WAS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING.

I'M NOT SURE WHY.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE GIVEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO TRY TO REVIEW EVERYTHING.

AND I EVEN NOTICED AND MAYBE THERE'S A REASON FOR IT, BUT WHEN I PULLED THE BOARD BOOK EARLIER, IT WAS LIKE 380 PAGES AND THIS ONE IS 403 PAGES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF STUFF WAS ADDED SINCE THE LAST ONE.

I'M NOT SURE. ARE YOU REFERRING THE DOCUMENT MS.

[01:35:03]

I KNOW THAT THAT DOCUMENT WAS A PRESENTATION IT WAS A CLARIFICATION DOCUMENT.

YES, AND I APPRECIATED THAT.

BUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WERE ALSO ADDED OVER THE WEEKEND.

IF WE COULD JUST DO THE BEST WE CAN.

I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS STAFF CONTINUES TO ADD THINGS TO CLARIFY OR IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND CAN I PLEASE ALSO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR SROS FOR BEING HERE? THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

WE APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING OUR CAMPUSES AND US SAFE THROUGHOUT OUR MEETINGS AND THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

TODAY WAS A REALLY LOVELY CELEBRATION OF A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF OUR DISTRICT ATHLETICS, ACADEMICS, VOLUNTEERS.

SO TO EVERYONE, THAT MAKES FISD SO INCREDIBLY SPECIAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WITH THAT, IT IS 8:24 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.