[Community Input Meeting]
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IT IS 6:30 P.M.AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FRISCO ISD.
WE HAVE FIVE TRUSTEES PRESENT, AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING TODAY WITH OUR ONLY AGENDA ITEM.
AND THAT IS COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD, AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING ANY ITEM RELATED TO DISTRICT, BUSINESS OR GOVERNANCE FROM CITIZENS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES DGBA, LOCAL, F AND G, LOCAL AND GF LOCAL.
EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR THIS EVENING IS TONY ADAMS. FOLLOWING TONY ADAMS, WE HAVE PAUL JESSON.
GOOD EVENING HONORABLE BOARD, HONORABLE TRUSTEES, HONORABLE SUPERINTENDENT AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
MY NAME IS TONY ADAMS. MY DAUGHTER IS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN FRISCO AND HERITAGE HIGH.
I BEEN TO A DRILL DANCE RECENTLY AND PARTICIPATED IN THE DANCING, AND I NEVER MISSED A FOOTBALL GAME, SO I LOVE FRISCO ISD.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DETRIMENTAL FACTS ON SCHOOL VOUCHERS.
THIS IS A PROFOUND EXISTENTIAL MOMENT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
TEXAS PUBLIC FOUNDATION PARENTS CHOICE COALITION FOR HOME SCHOOLS AND ON AND ON.
ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMING DOWN ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.
AND ON THE OTHER HAND, TEACHERS PAY ARE BEING HOSTAGE, KEPT HOSTAGE.
PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN KEPT CHOKED IN STATE.
AG IS SUING THE FISD AND OTHER ISD'S.
RECENTLY TEXAS SCORECARD STARTED TO ATTACK OUR HARD WORKING SUPERINTENDENTS.
AND SUNDAY DEPUTY GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK ASKED THE TEXAS SANDERS TO LOOK INTO PROPERTY TAX ELIMINATION, WHICH IS 64% OF FUNDING GOES TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS.
WE ALL KNOW THAT. WE NEED A FRIEND IN STATE.
WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN STATE.
AND OUR EDUCATORS SHOULD GET INVOLVED AT THEIR OWN TIME OUTSIDE SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY, THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING, ETC.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A PROFOUND EXISTENTIAL MOMENT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
THE WORD IS GET ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.
COULD YOU REPEAT THE SPECIFIC WORDING OF THE PURPOSE FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT? SOMETHING BUT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN.
[00:05:02]
OUR COMMUNITY.AND SO TONIGHT IS RESERVED FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME AND SHARE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON ANY SPECIFIC AGENDA. OKAY.
AND THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THERE AND THEY'RE MAKING A CONVERSATION.
AND SO WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED COMING TO THESE MEETINGS OVER THE LAST YEAR IS THINGS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED OR BROUGHT UP, AND THERE'S NEVER A FEEDBACK.
AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE A YEAR OLD, SIX MONTHS OLD, A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED HERE. AND NOTHING'S EVER BEEN FED BACK.
NEVER, NEVER DON'T KNOW WHAT, DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S EVEN BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO AND THEN I THINK THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT UP THE THE WHOLE PART ABOUT OLD BUSINESS, ALMOST EVERY PARLIAMENTARY MEETING I'VE EVER BEEN IN AT ANY LEVEL, ALWAYS HAD OLD BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESS.
OKAY, WHAT ARE WE REPORTING BACK? WHAT ARE WE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID LAST TIME? TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND NOW LET'S GO TO THE NEW BUSINESS AND IT BECOMES A FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I CAN START I'M STARTING TO KEEP A LIST OF STUFF, AND THEN I CALL THE SCHOOL BOARD NUMBER, AND THE PEOPLE ANSWERING THE PHONE CAN'T GIVE ME DIRECTIONS.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT THAT SMART.
I DON'T KNOW COMPUTERS OR PHONES EVEN, TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO WHAT I WANT TO GO TO.
AND I'M TOLD, WELL, YOU GO, HERE YOU GO, HERE YOU GO HERE.
HOW COULD YOU PLEASE WALK ME THROUGH THIS, AND THEY CAN'T DO IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED THE WEBSITE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES NOW.
AND IT'S INTERESTING ALL THE WEBSITES THAT ARE CLEAR AS A BELL GO RIGHT TO IT, FIND WHAT YOU WANT.
CLEARLY. AND THE ONES THAT ARE OBTUSE, THEY'RE CONFUSING LIKE THE FRISCO ISD WEBSITE.
AND BE KEPT UP TO SPEED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND US WOULD NOT BE ONE PERSON STANDING THERE IN A CONVERSATION, BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE DIALOG, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSES OF THE THING CALLED OLD BUSINESS.
AS IT RELATES TO OUR COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME AND SHARE THEIR CONCERNS AND ASK QUESTIONS WITHIN, I BELIEVE, 72 HOURS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE ITEMS ARE PLACED ON AN FAQ PAGE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE WEBSITE.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH DOCTOR WALDRIP AND HE IS GOING TO SHARE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST, BECAUSE I DO REALIZE SOMETIMES NAVIGATING TECHNOLOGY CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
AND SO DOCTOR WALDRIP HAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS YOU MEET WITH SOMEONE ON OUR STAFF THAT CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT. THAT HE DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO ENSURE I PUT A PEPPERMINT IN MY MOUTH THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR YOU. OKAY.
OH. OH, DOCTOR WALDRIP SAYS WE HAVE IT, AND SO WE WILL REACH OUT AND GET YOU WALKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU WOULD FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS.
PORT, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
AND SO IT IS 6:39 AND I WILL ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.