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GOOD AFTERNOON.

[Community Input Meeting]

IT IS 6:30 P.M.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FRISCO ISD.

WE HAVE SEVEN TRUSTEES PRESENT, AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I ESPECIALLY LIKE COMMUNITY INPUT TONIGHT BECAUSE IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS, AND SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

BOARD I WILL ASK THAT AS WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS, THAT YOU WILL REFRAIN FROM QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HERE SPECIFICALLY TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER AND THAT IS MISTER PAUL JENSEN.

AFTER PAUL JENSEN, WE HAVE CHRISTINA WOLF.

TIME LIMIT. IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON THIS? OKAY. I JUST I JUST LOOKED PREPARED.

I JUST THOUGHT I WAS COMING FOR A DISCUSSION.

AND THEN I FOUND OUT OUT THERE WE HAD TO SIGN UP.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? WELL, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, I THOUGHT.

MM. SO.

I GUESS I WOULD START BY SIMPLY SAYING, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.

WE ALL WANT WHAT BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WHEN WE SEE THINGS THAT WORK, WE CELEBRATE THEM AND WE SEE THINGS THAT DON'T WORK.

WE SAY, WELL, WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES ON? AND MAKING NOISES AT ME.

UH, A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS THIS TEAM HERE FROM ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WAS DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB, BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO GO TO DEBATE. AND, MR. JENSEN, CAN YOU GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT? WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

YES, THAT'S WHY I WAS MOVING.

OKAY. SO CAN WE PAUSE HIS TIME? I GET TO START OVER.

WE PAUSED IT FOR YOU, SIR.

OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

THANK YOU. ANYWAY, MY CONCERN WAS THEY COULDN'T GO TO REGIONAL DEBATE, SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MONEY. FOR THE FOR THE REGISTRATION FEES.

AND I'M GOING LIKE WHAT? AND BACK WHEN I WAS STILL ACTIVE ACADEMICALLY, I WOULD JUDGE THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENTS AND SOME OF THE WERE HELD RIGHT HERE IN FRISCO.

AND I'M WONDERING WHERE ARE THE FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? AND I WAS WONDERING WHY WE WERE SEEING NOT AS MANY AS I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.

SO MY CONCERN WAS TO FIND OUT FOR THOSE IN THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAMS AROUND THE THE CITY, IF WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE REGISTRATION FEES AND THEY GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, IF SOMEHOW IN THE BUDGET IT COULD BE PUT THERE SO THE KIDS WOULD KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE COMING TO IT AND REALIZING WE CAN DO THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD, WORK OUR LITTLE TAILS OFF, BUT CAN'T GO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THOSE KIDS WHO WORKED SO HARD ON VERY BASIC SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GRADUATE, COULD KNOW THAT IF THEY GET THERE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO CLEAR TO THE FINALS IF THEY'RE IF THEY GET THERE.

BUT NOW IT'S LIKE HAVING A FOOTBALL TEAM THAT'S TOLD, BY THE WAY, OR GET THREE, THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE SEASON AND WE'RE GOING TO QUIT PLAYING AND LET THE OTHER PEOPLE GO PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE KNOW IT'S COMING.

IT'S NOT A MYSTERY.

ANTICIPATE IT.

SO THESE KIDS WOULD START THE SCHOOL YEAR KNOWING IF WE DO OUR JOB, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS OUR BACK, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS OUR BACK.

WE WILL HAVE THE MONEY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO THERE.

SO LET'S WORK KNOWING THAT GOAL IS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. JENSEN. I STILL HAVE TIME.

OH, YEAH, YOU SURE DO.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY'RE LOOKING THEY'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT SO THEY CAN START.

WHAT IS IT? OCTOBER, NOVEMBER ALMOST THAT THEY WHEN THEY GET TOWARD THE END.

THANK YOU, MR. JENSEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO SO, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT IS HERE TODAY, HOW THIS WORKS IS YOU HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR CONCERN.

YOU'VE GIVEN US THE INFORMATION.

OUR SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS ARE HERE.

THEY ARE TAKING FEVERISH NOTES TO ENSURE THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THAT, AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED YOUR CONCERNS TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL

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DEPARTMENTS BY TOMORROW OR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

THERE'S A FAQ ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED.

OKAY, OKAY.

OH 48 MR. JENSEN. MAYBE 48 HOURS.

OKAY. IT'LL BE UP THERE, THOUGH, I PROMISE.

OH 72.

OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME A CORRECTION? HOW, 72 HOURS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

72 HOURS.

OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T LOOK TOMORROW AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT MISS DAVIS TOLD ME A STORY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. CHRISTINA WOLF.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS FORUM.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINA. I'M A PARENT OF TWO FRISCO ISD STUDENTS.

MY KIDS ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE ARE NOT ZONED FOR STALEY.

HOWEVER, I HAVE HEARD RUMBLINGS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT THE STATE OF STALEY AND HAVE NOW SEEN PICTURES AND VIDEO OF THE CUMULATIVE RECENT EVENTS.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

THE BUILDING THAT IS NOW STALEY WAS BUILT IN 1973.

OVER THE 80S AND 90S IT HAD EXPANSIONS AND WORK, AND IN 1996 BECAME STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FAST FORWARD TO 2019 AND STALEY WAS SLATED FOR THEIR 25 YEAR REFRESH.

BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO NOW.

AND YES, COVID SUPPLY CHAIN, ET CETERA, BUT SMITH ELEMENTARY, WHICH OPENED IN 97 A YEAR AFTER STALEY RECEIVED THEIR 25 YEAR REFRESH IN 2021.

EVEN THOUGH STALEY WAS DUE FIRST, STALEY IS NOW AT YEAR 27.5.

IT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED THAT A REFRESH PLAN WILL BE DRAFTED AND SUBMITTED AFTER SPRING BREAK, THEN APPROVAL QUOTES ACTUAL WORK.

THE 25 YEAR REFRESH COULD BE 29 TO 30 YEARS BY COMPLETION.

I VOLUNTEERED AT STALEY LAST YEAR, AND AT THE VERY END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE STAFF SPENT MULTIPLE EVENINGS AFTER SCHOOL PREPPING FOR THE NEW ROOF THEY WERE TOLD WAS COMING.

AND YET, UPON RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS SEMESTER, THERE WAS NO NEW ROOF AND NO REAL REASON GIVEN.

THERE WERE RUMORS, THOUGH, THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE DESIRED PAINT COLOR WASN'T AVAILABLE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT CONTRACTING WORK FOR THE DISTRICT IS A MULTI STEP PROCESS.

I ALSO LIKE TO THINK THAT IF A STORM CAME THROUGH TONIGHT AND DAMAGED AN FISD SCHOOL AND THERE WAS WATER COMING THROUGH THE ROOF AND SEVERE SMELLS, SPECIAL VENTILATION IN PLACE, A DISASTER SOLUTION COMPANY PARKED OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT WOULD NOT WAIT AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT MONTHS TO HAVE A NEW ROOF INSTALLED, WHICH IS WHAT IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO STALEY.

SO I ASK THE BOARD, DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE A DISTRICT DISASTER PLAN FOR STORM DAMAGE AND OTHER SITUATIONS? WHAT IS THE CRITERIA AND DOES THE CURRENT STATE OF STALEY MEET THIS CRITERIA? ADDITIONALLY, WHY WAS THE ROOF NOT REPLACED THIS SUMMER? THE LONGER IT TAKES TO FIX A ROOF, THE MORE COSTLY THIS WILL BE.

WE KNOW THIS MOLD GROWTH, DRYWALL, CEILING TILES, CARPET.

BUT WHAT ABOUT REDUCED STUDENT PERFORMANCE? KIDS ARE BEING SHUFFLED AROUND, TEACHER RETENTION.

WHO WANTS TO WORK IN THESE CONDITIONS? WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT THAT TEACHERS CAN GO.

WE HAVE THANKSGIVING BREAK COMING IN JUST THREE WEEKS.

THERE'S AN 18 DAY WINTER BREAK AROUND THE CORNER, AND I'M CONFIDENT THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT COULD REPLACE THE ROOF AND PERFORM OTHER NEEDED FIXES IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

FISD SHOULD STRIVE TO KNOW EACH STUDENT AND CAMPUS BY NAME AND NEED, AND STALEY HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE SETS OF NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

IT IS THE OLDEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING BY 27 YEARS.

YES, 27 YEARS BETWEEN THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES STALEY BEING BUILT AND CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT'S SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL, BEING BUILT IN 2000.

STALEY IS ALSO THE ONLY TITLE ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY BRUSHED ASIDE THE STATE OF STALEY, BUT HERE IT IS NOW IN FRONT OF YOU AND ACTION IS DESPERATELY AND URGENTLY NEEDED.

I'VE WITNESSED THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SEEING YOU ALL TAKE ACTION WHEN CONCERNS ARE VOICED, AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS SCHOOL BOARD, I IMPLORE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO EXPLORE THE CAMPUS FIRSTHAND, SPEAK WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF, HELP CRAFT A PLAN, AND HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THAT PLAN ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SO I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE.

A FEW STALEY PARENTS AND OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, WHICH WILL BE SHERRY SALAS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MR. SCOTT WERSTLER, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE, THE BOARD DID GO OVER TO STALEY TODAY TO TAKE A VISIT OR TOUR OF THE SCHOOL.

AND SO MR. WERSTLER IS HERE TODAY.

HE'S GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY LISTENING.

AND AS FAR AS YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNED, YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE A REPLY ON THAT FAQ ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.

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MR. WERSTLER.

THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS, AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALL OF YOU SHOWING UP AND WALKING STALEY WITH US AT 5:00 TODAY.

I WILL JUST START BY SAYING THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT IN 2019, WE NEVER SAID THAT STALEY WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN THEIR 25 YEAR REFRESH.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SLATED TOWARDS THE END OF THE BOND PROGRAM.

UM. SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

WHERE WE ARE TODAY, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE SO THAT EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS THE TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

BACK IN LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER, LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

STALEY WAS SLATED FOR A ROOF REDO DUE TO OUR HAILSTORM THAT OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO.

WE'VE HAD OVER 25 ROOFS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE HAILSTORM IN FEBRUARY OF BELIEVE OF 21 THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON.

STALEY WAS DUE TO GET THAT REFRESHED THIS SUMMER IN A NEW ROOF.

WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH LEAKS BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE HAIL, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH AN INSURANCE CLAIM WITH ALL OF OUR ROOFS THAT WERE DAMAGED FROM THAT HAILSTORM.

IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE LADY WHO SPOKE IS CORRECT.

WE WERE STRUGGLING TO MATCH THE GREEN HUE ON THAT ROOF.

WE DID NOT WANT TO THROW AN ADDITIONAL OR AN OFF COLOR GREEN THAT WOULDN'T MATCH SOME OTHER THINGS IN AND AROUND THAT AREA.

WHEN THAT MATERIAL CAME IN LATE AUGUST, WE WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED AT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RENOVATIONS OF THAT ROOF.

ROOF WORK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE EVENINGS AND ON THE WEEKENDS, NOT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED SOME OF THE ROOFING OVER THE MAIN GYMNASIUM BACK IN MID SEPTEMBER.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ODOR THAT MADE IT INTO THE GYMNASIUM.

WE HAD THE SCRUBBERS IN THERE AND WITHIN, I BELIEVE, TWO DAYS WE HAD THAT ODOR OUT.

THE ROOFING COMPANY, OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR RISK MANAGEMENT AND OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM MET AND DEVELOPED A PLAN WHICH THEY THOUGHT WOULD WORK TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PROJECT.

THEY CONTINUED THAT PROJECT ON A SATURDAY.

WE HAD NO ISSUES WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SMELLS PERMEATING THE BUILDING OR THAT GYMNASIUM AT THAT TIME.

THEY MOVED ON TO THE AUXILIARY GYM AT THAT TIME, IN MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE ENTIRE AUXILIARY GYM WITH NO ISSUES.

WE RECONVENED TO LOOK AT PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS GOING TO START ON THE TALLEST PART OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS OVER THE LIBRARY, AND WE DID A LITTLE WORK ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT.

WE HAD NO ISSUES.

WE CAME BACK SATURDAY MORNING, DID A LITTLE MORE WORK, NO ISSUES.

SO THEY WENT FULL SCALE ON THE ROOFING PART ABOVE THE LIBRARY ALL DAY THAT SATURDAY.

THEY LEFT THE BUILDING SATURDAY WITH NO ISSUES.

WHEN THEY CAME BACK ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER, THERE WAS SOME ODORS IN THREE OF OUR 600 HALL CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY.

I BELIEVE AT THAT POINT, MR. OR DR. MEHRA REMOVED STUDENTS FROM THOSE CLASSROOMS. I WAS MADE AWARE ON WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH OF OCTOBER, THAT THE SMELLS WERE ACTUALLY GETTING A LITTLE BIT WORSE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. MYSELF, RISK MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE.

DR. MEHRA, WALK THE BUILDING THAT MORNING, DEVISED THE GAME PLAN.

WE HAD COTTON RESTORATION IN THAT BUILDING BY 1:00 ON THE 18TH THAT AFTERNOON, WORKING WITH SCRUBBERS, INSTALLING TUBING THAT ALLOWED US TO BRING IN FRESH AIR AND ALSO EXTRACT THE THE AIR THAT WAS CAUSING SOME OF THE SMELLS IN THE BUILDING.

WE CONTINUED FOR THAT WEEK.

ACTUALLY LAST WEEK TOWARDS, I THINK THE LAST THREE DAYS OF LAST WEEK, THE THREE CLASSROOMS WERE ACTUALLY FINE.

WE WE BROUGHT KIDS BACK INTO THOSE CLASSROOMS THIS WEEKEND.

WE DID SOME AIR TESTING WITHIN THE BUILDING, AND IN DOING THAT YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE HVAC SYSTEM, CLOSED DAMPERS, LOUVERS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

AIR WAS STAGNANT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR TESTING.

BUT IN DOING THAT, WHEN WE ENTERED THE BUILDING ON MONDAY, THOSE THREE CLASSROOMS ACTUALLY, WHICH IS TODAY, THOSE THREE CLASSROOMS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SMELL AGAIN.

DR. MEYER MOVED STUDENTS OUT OF THOSE.

WE WILL CONTINUE IN ALL DAY LONG.

THE HVAC SYSTEM HAS BEEN BACK UP AND RUNNING.

WE BELIEVE THAT BY TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY, CLASSROOMS WILL BE FINE AGAIN.

WE STILL HAVE SMELLS IN THE LIBRARY THAT WE'RE WORKING TO EXTRACT.

I CANNOT GIVE YOU A TIMELINE BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE ADHESIVE THAT WAS USED IS PERMEATING THE BUILDING AND AND CAUSING THE ODORS IN OUR LIBRARY. SO RIGHT NOW, THE THREE CLASSROOMS ARE CLOSED AGAIN.

THE LIBRARY IS STILL CLOSED AND SHUT OFF.

EVERY OTHER PART OF THE BUILDING IS IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.

I WILL ALSO SAY.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECT FIRM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS ON PLANNING OF WHAT A REFRESH FOR STALEY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE THE PLANNING PHASE IS ALMOST DONE.

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THE WAY WE TYPICALLY BRING ANY PROJECT TO YOU ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE IS ONCE PLANS ARE FINISHED, WE HAVE GONE OUT AND AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING WHICH GENERAL CONTRACTOR WILL DO THIS JOB.

WE WILL BRING PLANS AND SCOPE FOR YOU TO SEE IN EARLY SPRING, AND THEN WE WILL INTRODUCE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR YOU TO ACCEPT.

AND AT THAT POINT, WE WILL SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THE PLANS FOR STALEY LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE RENOVATIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WERTSLER. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY STALEY PARENTS, BUT FISD COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FAMILIES REACH OUT TO US JUST ASKING FOR INFORMATION TO BE SHARED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THAT? SURE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, WHO WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, THAT A LOT OF THE PICTURES THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA MAY DATE AS FAR BACK AS 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO.

UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT MAINTENANCE OF A DISTRICT WITH 100 BUILDINGS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY GOING AROUND AND WORKING ON WORK ORDERS.

OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT FIXING THINGS.

LAST WEEK WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, 5.5IN OF RAIN.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WE HAD SOME WATER INFILTRATION FROM, FROM THAT HEAVY RAIN, THAT IS I DON'T WANT TO SAY NORMAL, BUT IT'S TO BE EXPECTED WITH 100, 100 BUILDINGS.

WE RESPOND TO THOSE WORK ORDERS.

SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

A LOT OF THE PICTURES YOU SAW OF US TRYING TO EXTRACT THE AIR FROM THAT BUILDING, THOSE ARE REAL AND ACCURATE IN REAL TIME, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PICTURES ARE NOT REAL TIME.

AND WHATEVER YOU SAW, ALL THOSE WORK ORDERS WERE COMPLETED AND THOSE ISSUES FIXED.

THANK YOU, I KNOW IT, IT GIVES MY HEART SOME EASE BECAUSE I DID SEE SOME OF THE THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT WAS TROUBLESOME.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAD A QUESTION.

YES. ARE THERE.

REMEMBER WE'RE NOT DOING QUESTIONS TODAY.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. WERSTLER FOR WHAT HE JUST SPOKE ON.

SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS.

SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN STALEY SCHOOLS THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW BY MR. WERSTLER. BUT WE'RE NOT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS IS THIS PLATFORM IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME..

AND WE JUST WE DIDN'T JUST GAVE YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE STARTED.

BUT WE DIDN'T DO IT THAT WAY.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU ALLOWED SOMETHING TO HAPPEN THAT'S KIND OF OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.

AND SO I WANTED TO ASK MR. WERSTLER A QUESTION.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE HAVING OUR COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHTS, IF A STAFF MEMBER IS ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AT THAT TIME, THEY DO SO.

THE BOARD DOES NOT ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS DURING COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.

WELL, IF I'M SORRY, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IF IT'S COMMUNITY INPUT, I THEY SHOULD INPUT AND WE SHOULD BE QUIET AND ADDRESS THEIR QUESTIONS IN THE SAME WAY.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT THEIR QUESTIONS ARE BEING ANSWERED OVER, OVER THE INTERNET, OVER THE WEBSITE, AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO I'M JUST SAYING, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, MR. LOWE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS OR NOT DISCUSS.

WELL, YEAH, WE CAN'T DISCUSS, BUT WE CANNOT ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME TODAY THAT ARE WAITING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.

NO PROBLEM. I'LL MAKE A STATEMENT THEN.

THANK YOU. TO ME, THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS, ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ROOMS RIGHT NOW? I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS OR TEACHERS THAT ARE CONTINUALLY USING THOSE ROOMS. SO YOU'D LIKE TO? I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

SO NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION.

YOU WANT MR. WERSTLER TO GIVE A STATEMENT.

I'M MAKING A STATEMENT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS, ARE THERE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THESE PLACES THAT STILL HAVE THE SMELL OF THEM, OR ARE THERE TEACHERS IN THERE? OKAY, SO WE JUST DID THE TOUR AND I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED.

SO YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN EITHER ASK HIM TO MAKE THE STATEMENT, SAME STATEMENT HE MADE DURING OUR 5:00 TOUR WITH US WHERE HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION, OR YOU CAN

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ASK HIM TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN YOU DIDN'T LET ME.

I WANTED THE COMMUNITY.

WE WENT ON THE TOUR AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, BUT I WAS PRETTY SATISFIED WITH THE WAY MR. WERSTLER AND THE DISTRICT WAS HANDLING THINGS.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS.

I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME CONCERNS OUT THERE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW.

DO ANYONE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ROOMS? WHAT'S GOING ON? AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I THINK THAT YOU BEING ON THIS DAIS, YOU CAN MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU JUST RECEIVED THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID ON OUR TOUR, THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE.

IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A QUESTION.

THAT'S ALL. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS THAT WAY, YOU COULD HAVE JUST EXPLAINED WHAT HE TOLD, WHAT HE SAID TO US WAS EVERYTHING HE SAID ON THE TOUR.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS THAT WAY, YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID, HEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID ON TOUR AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO ASK MR. WERSTLER OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I YIELD TO YOU. THANK YOU.

MISS SALAS.

GOOD EVENING. SO HAPPY WE ALL GOT TO COME OUT ON THIS REALLY COOL EVENING.

OKAY, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AT HOME MAYBE WATCHING THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW CURRENTLY OUR GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS PRETTY MUCH PUBLICLY SAID HE'S GOING TO HOLD PUBLIC FUNDING FOR TEACHER WAGES, RAISES HOSTAGE UNTIL HE GETS HIS LITTLE VOUCHER BILL PUT IN WITH IT.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IS WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL SUPPORT VOUCHER PRODUCT? AND THAT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO MAKE IT VERY GRAY.

I DON'T SEE IT VERY GRAY.

WHEN YOU GIVE A DOLLAR HERE, YOU GOT TO FIND ONE HERE.

I DON'T CARE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

I DO BELIEVE EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE PUBLIC AID NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.

SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION.

THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF YOU RAN AND RUN ON SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND REALLY CALLING ATTENTION TO TEACHER RETENTION ISSUES.

AND YET HERE WE ARE.

THERE'S A TEACHER RAISE THAT IS HANGING OUT THERE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ON A LOCAL LEVEL WHERE EACH OF YOU STAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THEM IN TEXAS, BUT I ALSO FOLLOW POLITICS, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR INDIVIDUAL POSITION IS ON THAT.

AND I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE IT PUBLIC.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING, AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, MISS ELAD, WHEN THEY WERE GOING OVER THE SURVEY RESULTS, SHE BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

THIS WAS FRUSTRATING FOR ME BECAUSE THAT SURVEY CONTENT WASN'T PUT IN FRONT OF US UNTIL THAT MEETING.

BUT SINCE, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS HAD TO CHANGE AND WE HAD TO CREATE COMMUNITY INPUT DUE TO SPECIFIC REASONS, WE NOW CAN ONLY SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, THE REGULAR MEETINGS.

WELL, THAT SURVEY CONTENT WAS THERE.

AND AS A VOTING TAXPAYER PARENT, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONTENT.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SPOKE ON THAT THAT NIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW, AND NOW IT'S NOT GOING TO RETURN ON AN AGENDA ITEM.

AND YEAH, I COULD SPEAK ABOUT IT TONIGHT.

BUT THE OTHER REALITY IS FOR ME AS A PARENT, THAT HAPPENED THEN.

I MADE MY NOTES. I DID THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND AND THE POOL WAS CRAZY BECAUSE IT KEPT TURNING OFF LAST NIGHT I DIDN'T SLEEP AT ALL.

LIKE, WE ALL HAVE BUSY LIVES, AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY NICE IF THAT CONTENT WAS IN FRONT OF US SO WE COULD SPEAK ON IT, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT IT TOGETHER JUST TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO I WOULD ASK, AND I DO REMEMBER STALEY NOT SMELLING LOVELY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN MY NOW 20 YEAR OLD WAS HERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO VALIDATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. PHILIP RAY.

AFTER MR. PHILIP RAY, WE HAVE AMIR ASHIQ WALI.

MY WIFE MISSY AND I LIVE IN COPPERHILL.

IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S RIGHT THERE NEXT TO MEMORIAL.

MY KIDS GO TO RODGERS AND STALEY.

I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN ROGERS ELEMENTARY.

I APPRECIATE MISS PENNY, MISS BARKER.

I APPRECIATE MISS PORSCHE, WHO'S OUR FRONT DESK PERSON.

THEY'RE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT HELP ME FEEL LIKE I OUGHT TO DONATE TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY, WHICH I DID.

$500 THIS YEAR, MORE LAST YEAR, MORE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME MY DAUGHTER IS AT ROGERS.

BUT IT TOOK US FOUR AND A HALF, FIVE WEEKS TO FIND THE MONEY ONCE I DONATED, BECAUSE YOUR WEBSITE WASN'T WORKING AND THE COMPANY THAT YOU PAID TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY DIDN'T RECEIVE IT PROPERLY. I HAD TO MEET WITH THE LIBRARIAN TWICE.

IT TOOK OVER 15 EMAILS FROM HER, EVEN MORE FROM ME TO THE COMPANY TO FIND THE $500 AND GIVE IT TO ROGERS.

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AND THEN I COME HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT STALEY, AND I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS WENT THERE TODAY, BUT THEN I'M VERY DISCOURAGED BY WHAT HE JUST SAID, BECAUSE SOME OF WHAT HE JUST SAID ISN'T TRUE.

HE SAID THERE WERE THREE ROOMS THAT WERE DOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FINE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE ARE FIVE ROOMS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED.

HE SAID THE PROJECTS WERE FINISHED AND COMPLETED.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU GO IN THE THEATER ROOM, YOU SEE WHERE THE CABINETS HAVE COLLAPSED.

THE CABINETS WERE REMOVED, BUT THE WALL WASN'T PUT UP PROPERLY.

IT'S STILL DAMAGED ON THE SIDE AND THERE ARE EXPOSED NAILS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THERE WHERE THE KIDS GO FOR THEATER.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO FUNCTIONING RESTROOMS IN STALEY RIGHT NOW, AND MY SEVENTH GRADER HAS TO GO FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER TO USE THE RESTROOM.

THERE'S ONLY ONE HALL PASS AVAILABLE AT A TIME BECAUSE THE LIMITATION OF THE PLUMBING.

THERE ARE WATER FOUNTAINS, THEY HAVE TAPE OVER.

NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE, NOR DO I TRUST, THAT YOU WERE SHOWN ALL OF THAT AT 5:00.

BECAUSE WHAT HE JUST SAID WAS, IT'S FINE, WE'LL FIX IT IN THE SPRING.

MY KIDS ARE GOING TO GO THERE.

MY DAUGHTER IS GOING FROM ROGERS TO STALEY.

MY SON'S A SEVENTH GRADER NOW.

I DON'T JUST DONATE TO LIBRARY.

I'M A SPONSOR OF THE BAND.

I'M THERE ALMOST EVERY WEEK IN SCHOOL, CARRYING INSTRUMENTS IN AND OUT.

I'M A PARENT AT STALEY, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE FINE IN SPRING.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT MY KID CAN USE THE RESTROOM, WHEN HE NEEDS TO.

AND SLIGHT MILD SMELL.

IF YOU UNDERSTATE EVERYTHING THE WAY HE STATED IT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM COME ELECTION TIME.

THANK YOU. AMIR.

HI, MY NAME IS AMIR. I'M A PARENT AT STALEY AND I HAD ONE CHILD THAT I ALREADY WENT THROUGH, STALEY, AND I HAVE CALEB HERE WHO'S ACTUALLY ATTENDING STALEY RIGHT NOW. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, THAT DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO BE SAID, IS THAT EVERY DAY OUR KIDS WILL BE IN YOUR HANDS.

AND THEN WE'LL GET THEM BACK HEALTHY AND HAPPY, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE UNHEALTHY, TREATED THE WAY THAT THE OTHER PARENTS JUST DESCRIBED.

I PRETTY MUCH AM COMING HERE TO EXPLAIN THE SAME THING TO YOU.

SO WHEN CALEB COMES IN AND TELLS ME THAT HE CAN'T ACCESS THE BATHROOMS, THAT THEY'RE BROKEN, AND THEN I SPEAK WITH KIAN, WHO ALSO SAYS, YEAH, THOSE WERE THE SAME BROKEN BATHROOMS FROM YEARS AGO.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PHOTO FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, LET'S GO LOOK AT THOSE.

AND I OFFERED THAT TO HIM.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO THERE.

I SAID, HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE RIGHT NOW? OH NO. WHAT'S GOING ON THERE RIGHT NOW? THE SMELL, THE ROOMS ARE SHUT DOWN.

OH, NO. I SAID, WELL, WHAT DID YOU DO? WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS AN ISSUE UNTIL NOW.

SO I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING MISLEADING ANSWERS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY STALEY CONTINUES TO BE TREATED LIKE THE LAST SCHOOL.

IS IT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY TITLE ONE SCHOOL? IS IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FIX THAT? WE HAD MONEY. WE KNOW WHERE OUR TAXES ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING, BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT SCHOOL DOES NOT GET THE DOLLARS IT NEEDS? WHY ARE WE REACTIVE TO ISSUES? IS THAT HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HOMES, THE ROOFS, THE BUILDINGS? WE WAIT FOR THEM TO COLLAPSE AND THEN START RUNNING AROUND? IF THERE WAS A BOND PASSED AND THIS IS A BUILDING, THE OLDEST ONE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION, WHY ARE WE WAITING FOR IT TO FALL APART AND THEN SAY MAYBE LAST WILL TAKE CARE OF IT? BECAUSE IN 2019 WE NEVER SAID THIS WILL BE THE FIRST.

MAYBE IT SHOULD BE.

SO IS IT THAT WE JUST DON'T CARE? OR IS IT, IT'S JUST WE'RE GOT UNDERQUALIFIED PEOPLE.

I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCES LEAD UP TO BEING SOMEBODY WHO CAN HANDLE A FACILITY OF, YOU KNOW, 100 FACILITIES OF A LARGE DISTRICT? MAYBE WHEN YOU WERE HIRED, WE ONLY HAD A FEW BUILDINGS.

MAYBE WE NEEDED THAT.

BUT MAYBE TODAY, THE BUILDING, THE BUILDINGS, THE DISTRICT NEEDS A BETTER PERSON QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THAT.

CALEB. HI.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW DESPICABLE THE CONDITIONS AT STALEY HAS BEEN AS OF RECENTLY.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO, A HORRID TOXIC STENCH FILLED OUR SCHOOL, FILLED OUR SCHOOL.

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HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME, THE SUFFERING OF OUR STAFF AND PEERS FOLLOWED.

I STARTED GETTING MIGRAINES AND NOSEBLEEDS.

THANK YOU. SWEETHEART, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL YOUR YOUR STATEMENT TO US? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BUZZER WENT OFF AND I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES, BUT I REALLY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

OKAY. SO IF I COULD CORRECT A MISCONCEPTION, I'VE HEARD IT TWICE ALREADY.

THERE ARE 12 TITLE ONE CAMPUSES IN FRISCO ISD, AND BASICALLY ALL THAT MEANS IS THEY GET A LITTLE MORE MONEY THAN THE OTHER CAMPUSES.

THEY GET FEDERAL MONEY THE OTHER CAMPUSES DON'T GET.

IT'S NOT A BAD THING.

THANK YOU.

MR. WERSTLER. CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US? THE REBUILD OF STALEY.

HOW? IT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST SCHOOLS.

AND IN 2019, THE ADDITIONAL.

CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT YOU EXPLAINED TO US IN ORDER AT STALEY? YES. ARE WE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS? ARE WE GOING TO? WE'RE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS.

WE'RE. YOU'RE MAKING HIM. WE'RE ASKING HIM TO MAKE.

YOU'RE ASKING HIM TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO QUESTION HIM ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HE SAYS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE SAYING THAT THINGS THAT HE SAID WERE NOT TRUE.

AND SO WE WOULD MAYBE LIKE TO SAY MAYBE IT IS TRUE, MAYBE IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.

SO I COULD SAY, HEY, SCOTT, MR. WERSTLER, WOULD YOU CLEAR THIS UP? I COULD COME AND TALK TO HIM, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, I TOLD YOU WHEN YOU ASKED THE FIRST TIME.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK HIM TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

YOU TELL HIM WHAT YOU NEED HIM TO TO SHARE, AND HE CAN DO THAT.

I WAS ASKING QUESTION BACK AND FORTH.

THAT'S NOT COMMUNITY INPUT.

IF WE'RE NOT GETTING TO THE BOTTOM..

OH, WE'RE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF IT BY NOT ASKING QUESTIONS? JUST LIKE I AM ASKING HIM.

I'M TELLING HIM, MAKE A STATEMENT BASED ON WHAT YOU SHARED WITH US DURING THE MEETING.

I'M GIVING HIM A DIRECTIVE.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

I'M NOT TELLING YOU CAN'T.

ARE YOU? ARE YOU SAYING THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING, MR. WERSTLER, IS THIS A PROBLEM? SAY, MR. WYLER, COULD YOU COMMENT ON THIS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? PLEASE? THAT'S IT. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ASKING TOO MUCH.

THANK YOU. MR. WERSTLER, CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THE BUILD OF STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL? I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHY WE'VE PUSHED STALEY FROM THE BEGINNING BACK.

SO WE HAD WE'VE DONE FOUR RENOVATIONS ON FOUR OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT STALEY, WE KNEW STALEY WASN'T GOING TO BE FIRST AT THAT AT THAT MOMENT.

WE ALSO NEEDED TO LOOK AT PROGRAMING.

AND WHAT DID WE NEED? STALEY'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THOSE FOUR ELEMENTARIES WERE.

THOSE FOUR ELEMENTARIES, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE RENOVATIONS IN A FULL SUMMER.

STALEY WILL PROBABLY TAKE UP TO A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO YEARS.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THAT RENOVATION WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS FOR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE AGING FACILITIES AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

IT'S THE SCOPE IS TOO LARGE.

SO WHAT WE HAD DECIDED AS WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT DO WE WANT STALEY TO BE? WHAT DO WE VISION? WE THEN RAN INTO COVID, AND SINCE POST COVID, WE'VE DECIDED LET'S PUSH IT EVEN FURTHER BACK IN THE BOND PROGRAM TO SEE DO WE HAVE SAVINGS FROM OTHER PROJECTS IN OUR BOND BECAUSE WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR STALEY IN THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM WAS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO TO TAKE US WHERE WE WANT STALEY TO BE.

SO HAPPY TO SAY WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT RIGHT NOW WITH SAVINGS FROM OTHER PROJECTS, THAT WE CAN DO A FULL RENOVATION ON STALEY TO MEET OUR STANDARDS.

THANK YOU. BOARD, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT? OR HAVE A STATEMENT MADE AT THIS TIME.

MS. ELAD. OH.

POINT OF ORDER. THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT YOU ASKED HIM A QUESTION.

ANY TIME YOU START OFF WITH CAN.

THAT IS A QUESTION, CAN YOU.

THAT'S A QUESTION.

AND YOU ARE ASKING HIM QUESTIONS.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE REST OF THE BOARD CAN'T.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN.

THANK YOU, MR. LOWE.

MISS ELAD.

YEAH. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AROUND THE NEW, I GUESS RULES THAT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF TONIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE OPEN MEETING LAWS AND WE CAN ONLY DELIBERATE ON THINGS THAT ARE ON THE

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AGENDA. BUT I THOUGHT THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY INPUT TONIGHT WAS TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY THE VOICE, TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR MATTER IS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'M REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO STALEY BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED COUNTLESS EMAILS ABOUT IT, WHICH IS WHY THE BOARD WENT TO GO VISIT IT TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. WERSTLER, FOR FOR THE TOUR THIS EVENING.

IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

BUT I GUESS WHERE MY CONCERN COMES IN IS, I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHY.

YOU KNOW, STATEMENTS ARE OKAY, BUT QUESTIONS ARE NOT OKAY.

WE ARE THE COMMUNITY'S REPRESENTATIVES AND I THINK IT'S MORE THAN ACCEPTABLE.

AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OPEN MEETINGS LAW RULE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO ASK, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARENT, A QUESTION AROUND THE RESTROOMS OR WHATEVER FOR CLARIFICATION.

THAT'S NOT DELIBERATING, IT'S JUST CLARIFYING.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO GET INTO ALL OF THIS RIGHT NOW IN PUBLIC ON THE RECORD, BUT I WOULD REQUEST THAT AS A BOARD, WE HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD GETS SEVEN VOICES AND THAT EXCUSE ME, THE COMMUNITY GETS SEVEN VOICES AND THAT IS ALL THEY GET.

AND THEY GET THREE MINUTES.

AND ONE OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE WE AREN'T LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

RIGHT. AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE.

AND I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY THAT EACH OF THE SEVEN OF US HOLD.

AND IF WE'RE LIMITED BY DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER MR. LOWE ASKS MR. WERSTLER A QUESTION OR HE REPEATS WHAT HE HEARD MR. WERSTLER SAY A COUPLE HOURS AGO, TO ME, THAT SEEMS MORE DANGEROUS, BECAUSE HE MIGHT NOT SAY IT EXACTLY ACCURATELY, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIVE IN THAT WORLD LIKE MR. WERSTLER DOES.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF US JUST ASKING A QUESTION AROUND WHAT HE SAID.

MAYBE WE THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD APPRECIATE A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT MR. WERSTLER JUST INADVERTENTLY MISSED.

OR MAYBE WE WANT IT RESTATED, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE, AS BOARD MEMBERS AND TRUSTEES WHO ARE ELECTED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

SO I WOULD I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE AS A BOARD, DISCUSS THIS, PERHAPS AT OUR NEXT MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE NORMS MEAN AND COME TO IT AS A CONSENSUS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

I'LL YIELD TO MR. CLASSE, OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY AS PARLIAMENTARIAN, I'M SPEAKING AS PARLIAMENTARIAN HERE, MY UNDERSTANDING OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND WE CERTAINLY CAN WORK ON THIS LATER, IS THAT FOR AN ITEM THAT IS NOT DULY POSTED ON THE AGENDA, THE BOARD IS NOT ALLOWED TO DELIBERATE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WILL BE CONSIDERING ON ANY GIVEN EVENING, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, BY LAW, 72 HOURS NOTICE TO KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WILL BE DELIBERATING ON IN A GIVEN EVENING OR A GIVEN MEETING, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE EVENING.

SO THAT THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY CAN BRING ANY CONCERNS TO US, AND A FACTUAL RESPONSE CAN BE GIVEN TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT.

THE BOARD IS NOT ALLOWED TO THEN DELIBERATE ON THE MERITS OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DULY POSTED AGENDA ITEM, AND THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION.

WE OBVIOUSLY SHOULD WORK ON THAT MOVING FORWARD, BUT I WANTED YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHERE THIS DISAGREEMENT IS COMING FROM.

IF IT WERE A REGULAR BOARD MEETING PUT ON THE AGENDA, WE COULD ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS AND OFFER ALL THE OPINIONS WE WANTED TO.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT, YOU CAN TELL US ANYTHING YOU WANT.

THE RESPONSE WE GIVE TO YOU TONIGHT HAS TO JUST BE PURELY FACTUAL, NOT OPINION.

HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER A QUESTION OR WHO SPEAKS.

BUT THANK YOU.

BOARD DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE A QUICK ONE. YES, ONE.

JUST THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE STALEY FIRSTHAND AND FRANKLY THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL GIVING SOME VOICE HERE. I'M A VERY SOLUTIONS ORIENTED PERSON, AND SO HOW WE GO ABOUT ACHIEVING THAT EFFICIENTLY, QUICKLY, SAFELY IS WHAT I KNOW MOST OF US HERE ARE ALL OF US HERE ARE TRYING TO DO, AND I CERTAINLY AM.

AND WE ONLY GET THERE BY.

SEEING IT, HEARING IT, AND THEN HEARING FROM YOU AND THE PARENTS THAT ARE THERE ON CAMPUS AND HELPING INFORM US.

AND SO I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE BEING HEARD.

NOW WE JUST NEED TO GET ACT AND GET SOME SOLUTIONS THERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. ARCHAMBAULT JUST A REQUEST.

IS IT POSSIBLE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THIS EVENING, THAT AN UPDATE COULD BE PUT IN HOME BASE ABOUT THE BATHROOMS, THE THEATER CLASSROOM? COULD WE JUST GET THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL? THAT'D BE GREAT. MR.

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CLASSE. MR.. SO YOU YOU SHARED WITH US ON THE TOUR TODAY SOMETHING I DON'T THINK YOU SAID IT TONIGHT.

IF YOU DID, I MISSED IT.

WHEN WAS THE LAST MAJOR RENOVATION OF STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL? YOU SAID TAKEN DOWN TO THE STUDS.

THANK YOU FOR FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT.

IN 1996, WHEN FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL OPENED AND STALEY WAS TRANSITIONING TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE TOOK STALEY DOWN TO THE STUDS SO THAT.

AND THEN IT REOPENED AGAIN IN 97, I BELIEVE, FOR A FULL YEAR.

WE HAD THOSE STUDENTS OVER AT OUR CURRENT SOC FACILITY WHILE THAT RENOVATION WAS OCCURRING.

SO 96 WAS THE LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S IT'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH OUR 25.

WE'VE GOT OTHER CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE UP FOR A 25 YEAR REFRESH, THAT ARE GOING TO BE OLDER THAN 25 YEARS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THEM.

SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAW ON THE ON THE WALK TONIGHT, THE TILES.

WE DID HAVE A FLOORING AND A REPAINT IN 2017, SO DOWN TO THE STUDS IN 96, FLOORING AND TILE REPAINT IN 2017. AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.

STALEY WAS OUR FIRST SCHOOL IN FRISCO ISD TO RETROFIT TO LED LIGHTING.

BOARD, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK OUR SROS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

OUR SRO FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING UP TIME TO BE WITH US DURING THIS COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.

PARENTS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE AND GIVING YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR CONCERNS MOSTLY ABOUT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS BOARD DOES NOT TAKE WHAT YOU CAME TO OUR DAIS AND SHARE IT WITH US.

I CAN SPEAK FOR HOPEFULLY ALL SEVEN WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE LISTENING.

AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHAT'S BEST FOR STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.

YOUNG MAN, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU EMAIL YOUR STATEMENT TO LEADERS@FRISCOISD.ORG.

OKAY. EVERY COMMENT THAT WAS MADE TONIGHT, WITHIN 72 HOURS, A RESPONSE WILL BE POSTED ON THAT FAQ SITE.

BOARD, YOU ALL WILL HAVE MATERIAL PLACED IN HOME BASED BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED TONIGHT.

AND IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I WILL ADJOURN AT 7:13 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.