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IT IS 05:34, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER
[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E (Part 1 of 2)]
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FRISCO ISD.WE HAVE FIVE TRUSTEES PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 SUBS D AND E.
I KNOW I CAN HEAR MORE VOICES THAN THAT.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE WITH US TODAY.
IT IS O6:49, AND WE ARE RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 2,
[2. Pledge of Allegiance ]
WHICH IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.>> TONIGHT, WE HAVE JOINING WITH US THE CADETS FROM THE NAVY JROTC PROGRAM AT LEBANONTREAL HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENTS FROM THE INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AMBASSADORS PROGRAM AND STUDENT COUNCIL.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3,
[3. Recognitions]
RECOGNITIONS. MISS SAN.>> THANK YOU. MS. DAVIS AND DR. WILDER, WOULD YOU JOIN US DOWN ON STAGE.
TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR INSIGHT CLASS OF 2024.
IF YOU WILL ALL STAND AND FOLLOW SHERRY AND TERRY UP TO THE STAGE FOR US.
INSIGHT IS A CLASS THAT ANY FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN APPLY FOR AROUND NOVEMBER.
USUALLY, THE APPLICATION CLOSES RIGHT AROUND NOVEMBER 20TH TO 30TH SOMEWHERE.
THESE MEMBERS OF OUR FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY CAN BE FROM FRISCO, LITTLE ELM, MCKINNEY, OR PLANO, ANY OF THOSE PLACES THAT ARE FRISCO ISD ZONED.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SPEND ABOUT FOUR MAYBE FIVE MONTHS GOING IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLASSES.
WE STARTED WITH A MEET AND GREET IN JANUARY.
THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST CLASS OVER TEACHING AND LEARNING.
WE HAD A LOT OF OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING STAFF COME AND EXPLAIN HOW WE CREATE CURRICULUM.
YOU GUYS I'LL INTERRUPT REAL QUICK.
IF YOU COULD GET IN THE MIDDLE FOR A PICTURE, FOLLOW RACHEL RIGHT HERE.
SHE'S GOING TO GET YOU A NICE PICTURE.
THAT MEANS COME TO THE MIDDLE, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO TWO ROWS.
THE NEXT MEETING WAS OUR STUDENT SERVICES, WHICH IS WHERE WE COVERED FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS AND THEY GOT A NICE TOUR OF EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC AND FINE ARTS PROGRAM.
THE NEXT ONE WAS OUR ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAD OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCE, AND OUR LEGAL AFFAIRS PRESENT TO THE GROUP, AND THEY ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
FINALLY, THEY HAD CTE, OUR CAREER IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER, AND I THINK THEY FED THEM THAT DAY, SO THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO JOIN.
TECHNOLOGY, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, AND THEN THEY HAD THEIR LAST SESSION WITH OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, WHICH INCLUDED CHILD NUTRITION, SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, NURSING, CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU TAKING THE TIME.
THAT WAS ABOUT A HALF DAY, ACTUALLY, FIVE TIMES IN FOUR MONTHS.
SHE'S GOING TO JOIN US AND CAN SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE INSIGHT PROGRAM, MISS BROWN.
>> DOCTOR WALDROP, SCHOOL BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS VON BROWN, AND MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF FRISCO FOR 13 YEARS.
WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN FRISCO ISD FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, HEATHER ARISING JUNIOR AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL,
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GO WARRIORS AND KELLY A RISING SEVENTH GRADER AT MOSS, MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNTAIN LIONS.I'M ALSO A PROUD PTSA BOARD MEMBER.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND FEEL HONORED TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND SUBSEQUENTLY CHOSEN TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR INSIGHT CLASS OF 2024.
FIRSTLY, WE WANT TO THANK ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN SHAPING THIS INITIATIVE, MAKING IT HAPPEN AND PROVING AN AVENUE FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S OBVIOUS A TON OF WORK AND DEPTH OF DETAIL GOES INTO THE COORDINATION OF SPEAKERS, LOCATIONS, AND GENERAL LOGISTICS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TO SHERRY, TERRY, AND ASHLEY, AND THE ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE AMAZING.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDED A PLATFORM PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR RESIDENTS TO GAIN A REAL TIME INSIGHT INTO A MULTITUDE OF DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND HOW THEY KEEP OPERATIONS FLOWING DAY IN AND DAY OUT AT TIMES UNDER CHALLENGING CONDITIONS.
TO QUOTE ONE CLASS MEMBER, IT'S LIKE PEEKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF A GRAND STAGE, REVEALING ALL THE EFFORTS THAT MAKE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THRIVE.
WE APPRECIATED THE INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK MANY QUESTIONS AND ENGAGE IN HEALTHY DISCUSSION AND THOSE WITH THOSE WHO SERVE OUR CHILDREN DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY SOME OF US WERE OVER ENTHUSIASTIC WITH A FLOAT OF QUESTIONS AND COULD JUST NOT GET ENOUGH OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, IN DOING SO, WE BELIEVE WE EQUALLY PROVIDED FOOD FOR THOUGHT BACK TO THE DISTRICT ON SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM OUR SIDE.
TO QUOTE ANOTHER CLASS MEMBER, THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN STAFF AND PARTICIPANTS WAS RICH AND BENEFICIAL.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Q&A WITH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU, JOHN AND DANTE THAT DAY, SITTING WITH AND EXPERIENCING THE BAND AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, FINANCIAL INTRICACIES INVOLVING STATE AND CITY FUNDING, A WONDERFUL TOUR OF THE CTE CENTER AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT KEEPS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATING EVEN WHILE WE ARE SLEEPING.
COUNSELING SERVICES AND THE REALITIES THIS DEPARTMENT FACES IN TODAY'S COMPLICATED WORLD WAS A PERSONAL FAVORITE OF MINE AND ITS SUPPORT OF STUDENTS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.
WE ALSO WELCOMED REFRESHMENTS AT EACH SESSION 2, AS SOME OF US WERE QUITE THE HUNGRY BUNCH.
THE NON MOURNING FOLKS AMONG US CERTAINLY NEEDED THE EXTRA COFFEE FOR EARLY STARTS.
OUR FAVORITE, THOUGH, WAS THE HOT BUNCH BUFFET PROVIDED BY CULINARY STUDENTS AT THE CTE CENTER.
THE EXPERIENCE WAS OVERALL POWERFUL PROVIDING CLARITY ON VARIOUS DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AND FOR SOME CLEARED UP MISCONCEPTIONS THAT MAY HAVE EXISTED.
ONE CLASS MEMBER NOTED AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH ALL THINGS FOR FRISCO ISD FOR MANY YEARS, I LEARNED SO MANY NEW THINGS.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS PROGRAM.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE CURIOUS TO GET INVOLVED AND CONSIDER THIS OR ANY OTHER PROGRAM THAT WELCOME YOU TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY INPUT.
IT'S BEEN INSPIRING TO SEE THE LENGTHS TO WHICH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP HAS GONE TO FOSTER A POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WHAT WOULD I SAY TO ANYONE STILL WONDERING HOW BENEFICIAL OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO OUR CHILDREN AND LIFESTYLE.
THERE ARE CLEAR EYES ON EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE AND LEARNING BOTH NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE IN FRISCO ISD.
IF NOT, THERE IS A PERSON AND A PLACE TO QUESTION IT AND FIND YOUR ANSWER. THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3B RECOGNITION OF STATE VASE COMPETITION. MR. HAZZARD.
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP AND DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. FRISCO ISD IS PROUD TO PRESENT SOME HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR OUR VISUAL ARTS AND THEATER STUDENTS.
AS WE SEEK TO RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS, ACTORS, AND THEATER TECHNICIANS TONIGHT, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT SUPERIOR ARTISTRY DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT,
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IT'S THE RESULT OF INTENTIONALITY DEMONSTRATED DAILY IN THE CLASSROOM BY THE FINEST FINE ARTS FACULTY ON THE PLANET.TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING FINE ARTS EDUCATORS AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO BEHIND THE SCENES TO CREATE THE EXCELLENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN DEMONSTRATED AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL.
TONIGHT, PARENTS, IF YOU'RE HERE, WE'D LIKE TO HONOR YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO A ROBUST AND RELEVANT FINE ARTS EDUCATION IN FRISCO ISD.
AS YOUR STUDENT'S NAME IS CALLED, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.
COORDINATORS ROB DRAPER, WHO SUPPORTS OUR VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM, AND CADE BUTLER, WHO SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR THEATER STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE RESULTS OF THE STATE VASE COMPETITION. MR. DRAPER.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND FRISCO ISD STAKEHOLDERS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT IS TO RECOGNIZE EXEMPLARY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS BY PROVIDING HIGH SCHOOL ART STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN WHICH TO ACHIEVE.
THE FIRST VASE EVENT WAS HELD IN 1994 WITH JUST OVER 400 STUDENT ENTRIES.
IN 2024, 33,157 PIECES WERE ADJUDICATED IN REGIONAL BASE EVENTS ALL ACROSS TEXAS.
FOLLOWING A RIGOROUS SERIES OF EVALUATIONS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 2,342 STUDENT ART PIECES ADVANCED TO THE STATE ROUND WITH 1,418 RECEIVING THE HIGHEST RATING AT STATE.
FRISCO ISD HAD 79 STATE-QUALIFYING PIECES AT OUR REGIONAL EVENT AND OF THOSE 79 WORKS THAT ADVANCED TO STATE, 69 RECEIVED MEDALS FOR EARNING THE HIGHEST SCORES.
FROM THOSE 69 PIECES, 10 OF THOSE WORKS RECEIVED THE COVETED GOLD SEAL, THE HIGHEST HONOR BESTOWED BY THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
THE STATE ONLY AWARDED THIS DISTINCTION TO 162 PIECES, REMEMBER, THAT IS OUT OF 33,000 PLUS, AND 10 OF THOSE 162 WERE AWARDED TO FRISCO ISD ARTISTS, PLACING THEM IN THE TOP 1/2 OF 1% OF ARTISTS IN THE STATE.
TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE 29 REGIONS IN TEXAS, REGION 10 NORTH OF WHICH FRISCO ISD IS A MEMBER RECEIVED 16 GOLD SEALS TOTAL, THE SECOND MOST BY ANY SINGLE REGION.
FRISCO ISD ALONE, RECEIVED AS MANY OR MORE GOLD SEALS THAN 26 OF THOSE 28 OTHER REGIONS AND RECEIVED MORE GOLD SEALS THAN REGIONS 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, AND 20 EAST COMBINED.
IN SHORT, FRISCO ISD OUTPERFORMED EVERY OTHER DISTRICT AND MOST OF THE OTHER REGIONS IN TEXAS.
TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING EFFORTS OF THESE AWARD-WINNING ARTISTS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS.
FIRST, WE HAVE ONE GOLD SEAL FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL WHERE DR. KRISTEN SOMMERS SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF CHARLES BUECHELE, JAMIE SNIDER, AND CHEYENNE WILSON.
CHARLES BUECHELE HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 11 YEARS AND FIVE OF THEM IN FRISCO.
THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
MR. BUECHELE STUDENT, DIYA KASHYAPA EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED BURIED ALIVE.
YOUR GOLD SEAL STUDENT FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] LEONARD BUSCEMI HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 23 YEARS WITH 10 OF THOSE YEARS IN FRISCO ISD.
IN ADDITION TO HIS SERVICE TO INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. BUSCEMI SERVES AS THE REGION 10 NORTH VASE DIRECTOR.
SEVEN OF MR. BUSCEMI'S STUDENTS EARNED THE GOLD SEAL DISTINCTION THIS YEAR.
HIS STUDENTS RECEIVING GOLD SEALS FOR THEIR WORK ARE EUNYUL CHO FOR HER PIECE THE MEMORY, [APPLAUSE] AANYA GUPTA FOR HER PIECE THE STARGAZER, [APPLAUSE] EMILY HOLLIS FOR HER PIECE MY CAT SIMBA, [APPLAUSE], PARUL KABRE FOR HER PIECE MOONLIGHT.
I'M GOING TO SKIP TO, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE KAMILLA PASHAYEVA FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, WHOSE TEACHER IS ELISE REID.
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ELISE HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR IN FRISCO ISD.KAMILLA PASHAYEVA EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE THE LINES OF LIFE.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, WE'RE BACK IN ORDER.
HASINI PULAVARTHY FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE FACE IT.
[APPLAUSE] SUCHAY VISWANATHAN [APPLAUSE] EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HIS PIECE A CUP OF CHAI.
MR. RYAN RIMMER HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 14 YEARS, ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN IN FRISCO ISD.
MR. RIMMER SERVES AS THE INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION CHAIR.
MR. RIMMER STUDENT RECEIVING A GOLD SEAL IS VAISHNEVI KHATRI FOR HER PIECE WEIRD FISHES.
[APPLAUSE] JASMINA VRTANOSKA, ONE OF MR. BUSCEMI'S STUDENTS EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR THE PIECE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.
[APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR GOLD SEAL STUDENTS FROM FRISCO ISD FOR 2024.
[APPLAUSE] THE PURPOSES OF THE UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST ARE TO FOSTER APPRECIATION OF GOOD THEATRICAL DESIGN, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE ADAPTED TECHNICAL THEATER AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT IN SCHOOL CURRICULA, TO LEARN TO LOSE OR WIN GRACIOUSLY, ACCEPTING WITH GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP THE DECISION AND CRITIC WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVE FUTURE PROJECTS AND TO SATISFY THE COMPETITIVE ARTISTIC SPIRIT WITH FRIENDLY RIVALRY AMONG SCHOOLS.
EACH SCHOOL SUBMITS DESIGNS FOR A STATE-SELECTED PLAY OR MUSICAL TO THE UIL OFFICE AS DIRECTED IN THE CURRENT THEATRICAL DESIGN GUIDE.
FROM THERE, DESIGNS ARE ADJUDICATED AND RANKED, AND ADVANCING SCHOOLS ARE ANNOUNCED, RANKED FIRST THROUGH SIXTH PLACE.
THIS YEAR, THE STATE CHOSE FOR THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE TO DESIGN FOR HADESTOWN, THE MUSICAL, WRITTEN BY ANAIS MITCHELL.
FRISCO ISD HAD SIX STUDENTS ADVANCING TO THE STATE ROUND REPRESENTING FOUR CAMPUSES, CENTENNIAL, HERITAGE, LIBERTY, AND WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOLS.
TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE THEATRICAL DESIGNS, THE STUDENTS THAT CREATED THEM, AND THE TEACHERS THAT INSPIRED THEM.
FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE MICHELLE ZERK SERVES AS PRINCIPAL, WE HAVE LUNA GIBSON, A CURRENT 11TH-GRADE STUDENT AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE CREATED THIS MARKETING DESIGN WHICH ADVANCED TO THE STATE CONTEST IN AUSTIN.
LUNA'S THEATRICAL DESIGN WAS A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION OF FRISCO ISD AT STATE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
MS. MICHELLE ROBINSON HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 19 YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY IN HER SEVENTH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL.
MR. BRANDYN SMITH HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR EIGHT YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN FRISCO ISD AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. LUNA GIBSON.
[APPLAUSE] FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL WHERE DR. DONNA EDGE SERVES AS PRINCIPAL WE HAVE CHLOE WALLACE AS AN 11TH GRADER AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL AND HER MARKETING DESIGN, WHICH ADVANCED TO THE STATE CONTEST.
HER THEATRICAL DESIGN REPRESENTED FRISCO ISD AT THE STATE MEET THIS PAST WEEKEND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE KATIE LEE, WHO IS AN 11TH GRADER AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND HER COSTUME DESIGN ADVANCED TO STATE.
THIS COSTUME DESIGN PLACED FIFTH OUT OF THE ENTIRE 5A CONFERENCE AT THE STATE MEET THIS PAST WEEKEND.
[APPLAUSE] GARRETT BROOKS IS A 12TH GRADER AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
HE ADVANCED WITH HIS SCENIC DESIGN TO THE STATE-LEVEL COMPETITION THIS SATURDAY.
HIS DESIGN SEEN HERE, PLACED FOURTH OVERALL OUT OF THE ENTIRE 5A CONFERENCE.
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AT WAKELAND, MS. OLIVIA CANTRELL IS A FIRST-YEAR TEACHER, AND SHE HAS MULTIPLE STATE QUALIFIERS IN THE UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST.SHE IS TEACHING TECHNICAL THEATER IN FRISCO ISD AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
MS. JONETTE DALFONZO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 31 YEARS WITH 19 OF THEM HERE IN FRISCO ISD.
SHE IS COMPLETING HER SEVENTH YEAR AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE MS. KIARA HENDERSON SERVES AS PRINCIPAL, WE HAVE SAMI HENSTENBERG.
SHE IS A 10TH GRADER AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE COMPETED IN THE SCENIC DESIGN CATEGORY AND EARNED ADVANCEMENT TO THE STATE-LEVEL CONTEST IN AUSTIN.
HER SCENIC DESIGN PLACED THIRD OVERALL OUT OF THE ENTIRE 5A CONFERENCE AT THE STATE MEET THIS PAST WEEKEND.
[APPLAUSE] WITH HER TONIGHT IS MS. ALLISON GARRETT, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING THEATER FOR SIX YEARS WITH ALL OF THOSE IN FRISCO ISD AND ONE OF THEM THERE AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND MR. DARIUS MOORE, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR NINE YEARS, ALL OF THOSE IN FRISCO ISD CURRENTLY HIS FOURTH YEAR AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, FRISCO ISD IS A STATE CHAMPION IN THEATRICAL DESIGN.
FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL WHERE MS. STACEY WHALING SERVES AS PRINCIPAL, WE HAVE KARTHIKA MENON, A 9TH-GRADE STUDENT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] KARTHIKA COMPETED IN THE HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN CATEGORY AND ADVANCED TO THE STATE-LEVEL CONTEST WHERE SHE OBVIOUSLY BECAME THE STATE CHAMPION FOR THE 5A CONTEST.
[APPLAUSE] WITH HER IS MS. CECILY MAUCIERI, WHO HAS TAUGHT FIVE YEARS, ALL OF THOSE HERE IN FRISCO ISD AND ONE OF THOSE BEING AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENT THEATER TECHNICIANS AND THEIR TEACHERS.
AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ANY OF THESE WONDERFUL TECHNICIANS, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
>> FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE AGENDA THAT WAS AGENDA ITEM 3C.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE. I'M SORRY.
>> YES I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE AGENDA.
THAT WAS 3C. WE'RE GOING TO NOW COVER 3D.
THE PURPOSES OF THE UIL ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST ARE TO FOSTER APPRECIATION OF GOOD THEATER.
SATISFY THE COMPETITIVE ARTISTIC SPIRIT WITH FRIENDLY RIVALRY AMONG SCHOOLS TO LEARN TO WIN OR LOSE GRACIOUSLY AND PROMOTE INTEREST IN THEATER DURING THEIR ADULT LIFE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE ADOPTED THEATER ARTS AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT IN SCHOOL CURRICULA.
THE CONTEST SERIES IS A COMPETITION WHERE SIMILARLY SIZED TEXAS SCHOOLS PRESENT AN 18-40 MINUTE PLAY AND ARE ADJUDICATED BY A PANEL OF THREE JUDGES.
THERE ARE SIX POSSIBLE LEVELS OF COMPETITION FROM ZONE, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, AREA, REGION, AND STATE.
EACH LEVEL OF COMPETITION, A PANEL OF THESE JUDGES AWARD INDIVIDUAL ACTING AND TECH THEATER AWARDS, AS WELL AS SELECT THREE PRODUCTIONS TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF COMPETITION, ALL THE WAY UP TO REGION, WHERE THERE ARE ONLY TWO ADVANCE TO THE STATE LEVEL.
AFTER A GRUELING COMPETITIVE CIRCUIT, FRISCO ISD HAS ONE OF OUR THEATER PROGRAMS SELECTED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP EIGHT ONE-ACT PLAYS ACROSS THE STATE TO ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND IN 5A.
THEY WILL COMPETE THIS WEEKEND AT THE AUSTIN ISD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON FRIDAY, MAY 17TH.
THE FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, ONE-ACT PLAY COMPANY WILL PERFORM THEIR SHOW ENTITLED ANTONIO LORENZO VANNOZZO PINOCCHIO, TO A CROWD OF SPECTATORS CELEBRATING THEATRICAL EXCELLENCE FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
AT THE END OF THE EVENING, THE TOP THREE SHOWS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS THE GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTIONS.
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THE FRISCO THEATER DEPARTMENT IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JAMIE SAULS AND LISA CUSTER, BOTH IN THEIR THIRD YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD.JAMIE HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 21 YEARS AND LISA HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 22 YEARS TOTAL.
FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL DR. SHAN PERRY.
THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL STATE QUALIFYING ONE-ACT PLAY ARE MIA BAILEY, 11TH GRADE, EMMA DONDREA 10TH GRADE, EMERSON DANIEL, 11TH GRADE, REGAN DONNELLY, 11TH GRADE, GAGE DRAGU 12TH GRADE, ANDREW GODWIN, 12TH GRADE, SAMANTHA AMINA, 12TH GRADE, ANISH JAVARI 11TH GRADE, FINLEY JOHNSON, 12TH GRADE, PALMER JOHNSON, 10TH GRADE, ANGELINA KAMAYA, 11TH GRADE, VER KRISHNA PURIM 11TH GRADE, OLIVIA LE 10TH GRADE, RYAN LESAR 12TH GRADE, MADELEINE LEVERAGE 11TH GRADE, CRYSTAL NARIN 11TH GRADE, HUDSON ROSE, 11TH GRADE, [INAUDIBLE] 11TH GRADE, ANSLEY SMITH, 12TH GRADE, MEREDITH STIWILL, 11TH GRADE, LOUISA SWAIN, 11TH GRADE, COREY VICE, 12TH GRADE, ANAYA VINCENT, 12TH GRADE, AND ISAAC VINCENT 12TH GRADE.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENT THEATER ACTORS, TECHNICIANS, ALTERNATES, AND THEIR TEACHERS.
AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ANY OF THESE WONDERFUL THEATER STUDENTS, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING THEATER ARTS EDUCATION IN FRISCO ISD.
NOW LET US CONGRATULATE ONE FINAL TIME OUR FRISCO ISD STATE VASE THEATRICAL DESIGN AND ONE-ACT PLAY REPRESENTATIVES.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3E, CITIZEN BEE STATE QUALIFIERS.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK MEREDITH MANUS, OUR SECONDARY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THE HONOR TO GET THIS GOING FOR US TONIGHT WITH OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE VERY OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD AND DR. WALDROP.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS WHO EXCEL IN SOCIAL STUDIES AND ARE DOING GREAT THINGS WITH CITIZENSHIP IN FRISCO ISD.
PATIENCE LEBANC HERE IS OUR SPONSOR.
SHE IS A SOCIALIST COORDINATOR HERE IN FRISCO.
SHE STARTED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A TEACHER IN FRISCO ISD.
SHE HAS BROUGHT IT TO BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO GET TO HONOR THESE KIDDOS TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO PATIENTS TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING OUR STUDENTS AND CELEBRATING WITH US TODAY.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITIZEN BEE AND JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE.
THE HIGH SCHOOL CITIZEN BEE IS CALLED THE CITIZEN BEE AND JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE IS FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.
THESE ARE ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS, AND THEY CONSIST OF A WRITTEN TEST.
STUDENTS HAD TO TAKE A WRITTEN TEST, PARTICIPATED IN AFTER SCHOOL ORAL COMPETITION, AND THEY ALSO WENT TO THE REGION TEN COMPETITION.
THE COMPETITION INCORPORATES THE 11TH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE STATE US SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS OR TICKS.
THE TOPICS INCLUDED THE CONSTITUTION, DOCUMENTS, PEOPLE, AND VETS.
THE COMPETITION IS SPONSORED BY THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS LAW FOCUSED EDUCATION, AND THE SUMNER'S FOUNDATION.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD SEVERAL FISD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A CITIZEN BEE COMPETITION.
THE REGION 10 WINNER IS FROM PANTHER CREEK, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL IS RYAN SOLANO, ADITYA OSWAI, IF YOU'LL STEP UP, DR. TEE.
HE WON FIRST PLACE AT THE REGION 10 COMPETITION, AND THEN HE WENT ON TO REPRESENT FRISCO ISD AND WINNING SECOND PLACE AT THE STATE COMPETITION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
HE HE EARNED A TOTAL OF $2,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TODAY.
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND REPRISE.
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THE JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE, THIS YEAR WE DID 18 MIDDLE SCHOOL.ALL 18 MIDDLE SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE, FRISCO ISD TEACHERS SPONSORED AND HELPED ORGANIZE THE SCHOOL CLASSROOM COMPETITIONS ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 4,469 STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE WRITTEN TEST IN OUR DISTRICT, 253 STUDENTS COMPETED IN THE AFTER SCHOOL CAMPUS ORAL COMPETITIONS, AND 36 FRISCO STUDENTS COMPETED IN THE FIRST ROUND AT THE REGION 10 COMPETITION.
FROM REGION 10, THE TOP 10 STUDENTS GO ON TO THE FINAL REGION, AND WE HAD SO WE TOOK THEM ALL, ALL TOP 10, FOUR FROM FRISCO ISD OUT OF REGION 10, AND WERE SO CLOSE IN SCORE, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK 11.
ELEVEN OF OUR STUDENTS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ADVANCED TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE REGION 10 AT FRISCO.
THE TOP 3 ADVANCE TO THE STATE COMPETITION, AND THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK.
OUR TOP 2 WINNERS, FIRST PLACE, AARUSH GUPTA OF STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIS PRINCIPAL, TARA FRANCIS.
THERE SHE IS. SECOND PLACE, FARAH YUSUF OF MOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HER PRINCIPAL KOSHA POWELL.
AARUSH WON $500 GIFT CARD AND FARAH $250 GIFT CARD.
WE'D LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THEIR PARENTS.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF OUR CITIZEN BEE WINNER, IF YOU WILL GO AHEAD AND STAND UP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
>> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3F, SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. MRS. MCDONALD.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL IS REALLY TO LEARN, GAIN SOME INSIGHT, ASK QUESTIONS, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
THERE WERE VARIOUS GROUPS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO OUR GREAT STUDENTS.
EACH HIGH SCHOOL WAS REPRESENTED WITH GRADES 9 THROUGH 12, ONE STUDENT FROM EACH GRADE, AND SO WE HAD A GREAT REPRESENTATION FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.
SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT SET WORKED WITH OUR STUDENTS WAS SAFETY AND SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION, EMERGENCY, MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, STUDENT SERVICES, TEACHING AND LEARNING AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO NAME A FEW.
I WILL TELL YOU THEY TOOK THEIR JOB SERIOUS.
EVERYONE THAT LEFT ALWAYS LEFT VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO COME BACK AND ASK MORE.
WE THANK YOU FOR HELPING US OUT THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE A LOT OF YOU NEXT YEAR.
DR. WALDROP AND MS. DAVIS, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A QUICK PICTURE WITH OUR GROUP? THE BALLOONS ADD A GOOD TOUCH.
BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3G RECOGNITION OF [INAUDIBLE] MILITARY GRADUATES. DR FIORE.
>> THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A LIEUTENANT COLONEL ACOSTA WHO'S GOING TO JOIN US AT THE PODIUM TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL ACOSTA IS OUR NAVAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND HAVING HIM HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.>> GOOD EVENING. I'M LIEUTENANT COLONEL ACOSTA, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND I'M THE NAVAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR HERE AT LEBANON TRAIL.
BEFORE I ACTUALLY GETTING TO THIS INTRODUCTION, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS BEEN MILITARY, WHETHER YOU'RE A VETERAN OR HAVE SERVED BECAUSE IT IS ALSO MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH AS WELL SO IF YOU LIKE IF YOU ARE OR HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE MILITARY IN THE PAST, PLEASE STAND UP.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR PROGRAM.
IT IS THE NAVY NATIONAL DEFENSE CADET CORP IN NNDCC AS IT'S WELL KNOWN.
IT IS HOSTED HERE AT LEBANON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS STARTED BACK IN 2021 BY MAJOR BILLINGS HE'S ACTUALLY IN CHICAGO WITH THE BPA CONFERENCE AT THE MOMENT BUT IT'S BECOME A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS NOT ONLY FOR LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN STUDENTS FROM OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM.
WE FOCUS ON DEVELOPING WELL ROUNDED CITIZENS, INSTILLING LEADERSHIP TEAM, CHARACTER, AND A SENSE OF SERVICE.
ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYBODY JOINS THE MILITARY SOME STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO CHOOSE THAT ROUTE, AND SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
CADETS, WHO DO JOIN AND GO ENLISTED AND COMPLETE AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN NAVY JROTC THEY ARE ENTITLED TO ADVANCE PROMOTION TO PAY GRADE OF E3, AND THAT WILL BE INTO THE NAVY, THE AIR FORCE AT THE COAST GUARD OR E2, IF THEY GO INTO THE MARINE CORPS OR THE ARMY.
IN THE CLASSROOM ITSELF, THE CADETS DO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT ENGAGING COURSES AND LEADERSHIP, COMBINED WITH OTHER ACADEMIC LEARNING IN THIS CASE, NAVAL SCIENCE, BUT ALSO THEY DO PHYSICAL TRAINING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
THEY ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER EVENTS AS YOU SAW TONIGHT WHERE WE HAD OUR COLLAR GUARD HERE PARTICIPATING.
BUT BEYOND THE ACADEMICS, WE ALSO OFFER A VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND COMPETE IN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS.
OUR COLLAR GUARD WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT THEY PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
THIS YEAR, WE SURPASSED OUR GOALS AND OUR EXPECTATIONS.
OUR PHYSICAL TRAINING TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE MCKENNEY MARINE CORPS JROTC FITNESS CHALLENGE.
OUR ACADEMIC TEAM WON A SLOT TO REPRESENT TEXAS FOR THE BOWL NATIONAL COMPETITION, AS WELL AS COMPETING IN THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC BOWL COMPETITION IN WASHINGTON, DC, WHICH IS GOING TO COME UP IN JUNE AND DURING OUR ANNUAL AREA MANAGERS INSPECTION, WE RECEIVED AN OUTSTANDING, WHICH IS THE MOST OR THE BEST THAT YOU CAN GET, AND WE EXCEEDED THAT IN EVERY SINGLE STANDARD THAT WE WERE INSPECTED IN.
FINALLY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WERE AWARDED THE AREAS MOST IMPROVED UNIT AWARD AND A UNIT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SO WE HAVE DONE OUTSTANDING ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
LOOKING AHEAD, THE NNDCC PROGRAM IS THRIVING AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO JUST LAST WEEK, WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED OFFICIAL STATUS AS A NAVY JROTC PROGRAM.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE OFFICIALLY A NAVY JROTC PROGRAM [APPLAUSE] AND WITH THAT DESIGNATION, ALSO COMES FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT NORMALLY, YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR THIS DESIGNATION, BUT WE HAD OUR SUPERIOR COMMANDERS NOTICE HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CADETS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT THEY FELT IT NECESSARY TO JUST AUTOMATICALLY GIVE US THAT DESIGNATION SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM.
WE'LL CONTINUE DOING OUR JOB AND DOING AS WELL AS WE CAN TO PUSH FORWARD.
WE DID END THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 107 CADETS AND NOW WE HAVE 19 OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE.
WE HAVE TWO HERE WHO ARE GOING TO THE MILITARY AND THEN WITH THAT SAID, WE DO HAVE OTHER STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THIS CEREMONY TONIGHT THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE UPCOMING SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S ROTC AND LISTING AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE TO THE END.
I'LL CALL THEIR NAME THEY'RE GOING TO COME FORWARD AND THEN LATER ON, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THEM WITH A FLAG.
FIRST NAME IS LUCAS ANTONELLI.
HE'S GOING INTO THE COAST GUARD.
HE'S A LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
NEXT IS FORD COOPER FROM LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
HE'S GOING TO ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC ARMY ROTC.
HE'S GOING TO TARLETON STATE ARMY ROTC AND HE'S FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
EMMA ESCOBEDO. SHE'S GOING TO THE MARINES.
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ROSAB GABRIEL.HE'S GOING TO THE AIR FORCE RESERVES AND HE'S FROM LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
VANIAN KUDU, FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO THE NAVY.
JACKSON MADRID, FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, HE'S GOING TO THE NAVY AS WELL.
JOHN CARLO ARCE MASON FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, GOING INTO THE MARINE CORPS.
LEXIE PATTERSON FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO THE NAVY.
JUAN PABLO PINSON FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING INTO THE MARINE CORPS.
OURA TAYLOR, HE'S GOING TO UC SAN ANTONIO FOR THE AIR FORCE ROTC PROGRAM.
CIARA YOUNG, SHE'S GOING INTO TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD UNTROTC.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> BOARD WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3H TRACK AND FIELD MEDALIST. MR. MCCLINTON?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE SOME REALLY FAST PEOPLE IN OUR PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO ASK BECKY CRAIG THAT'S NOT WHO I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING REALLY REALLY FAST, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK BECKY CRAIG ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THESE FAST ATHLETES.
SHE MIGHT BE FAST. WHO KNOWS? [BACKGROUND]
>> THAT'S OKAY IF I'M NOT THE FASTEST IN HERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETES HERE THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT AND IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO ANNOUNCE OUR COACHES AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR ATHLETES.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS THAT OUR MEDALISTS ARE REALLY FROM TWO OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THOSE A LITTLE BIT.
AS OUR ATHLETES AND COACHES FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND THEIR COACHES.
FIRST OFF, WE JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, DR. WALDROP AND BOARD, AND IST FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES.
THEY WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY SACRIFICE A LOT DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE.
WITH THAT, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE THEM SUCCEED AND DO SOME REALLY BIG THINGS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO KNOW YOU PARENTS MAKE A LOT OF SACRIFICES.
IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE ATHLETES AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE STAND UP.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT YOUR KIDS AND THEIR DREAMS, BUT OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND COACHES.
THEN LASTLY, BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE COACHES, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PRINCIPAL OF HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, MISS MICHELLE ZERK.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, I GET TO TURN IT OVER TO COACH RICTUS AND COACH HOOPER.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS FOR THESE KIDDOS.
THEY ABSOLUTELY WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF TO GET WHERE THEY'RE AT.
ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS, I'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT THEM OR NOT A LOT ABOUT THEM, BUT I'LL SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT THE SENIORS THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AWESOME THING THAT WE DO FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY REALLY DESERVE IT IN THE YEARS THEY PUT IN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PROGRAM, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY GET DONE ARE AWESOME.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, FRISCO HERITAGE HAS ONE OF THE BEST TRACK PROGRAMS IN DFW AND IT'S HANDS DOWN, IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE AND MOST PEOPLE WHO KNOW TRACK KNOW THAT.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FORMER COACH THAT THEY HAD COACH KRISTI GAINS WHO HELPED THESE LADIES, ESPECIALLY TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
SHE PUT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME INTO WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED.
A LOT GOES TO HER AS WELL, BUT ESPECIALLY THESE TWO SENIORS THAT I HAVE STANDING UP HERE AND THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.
THEY'RE FEARED INDIVIDUALS AT TRACK MEETS AND IT MAKES IT FUN TO BE AROUND THEM AND FUN TO GO TO WORK WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE KIDDOS,
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A LOT OF CREDIT TO THEIR PARENTS FOR THAT.WHAT WE HAVE UP HERE WE'RE MISSING ONE INDIVIDUAL OFF THE RELAY BECAUSE SHE HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT BUT THE ONES I DO HAVE UP HERE, I'LL INTRODUCE HERE IN A MINUTE.
THEIR SPRINT RELAY GOT THIRD AT STATE THIS YEAR.
THEY GOT FIRST AT EVERY LEVEL UNTIL WE GOT TO REGIONALS, WE GOT SECOND AND THIRD STATE, THEY GOT TEXAS RELAYS AS WELL, WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF ALL CLASSIFICATIONS COMING TOGETHER AND RUNNING EVEN WITH THE SIX AS AND THEY GOT THIRD THERE AS WELL SO THEY'RE AN ELITE TEAM.
THEY FINISHED SIXTH OVERALL, AND THAT'S ALL FIVE AS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WE TOOK FOUR GIRLS TO THE STATE TRACK MEET AND GOT SIX OVERALL SO I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEM AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THE FIRST PERSON I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT REAL QUICK AND AGAIN, YOU CAN CLAP FOR AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE, I DON'T HAVE AS MANY, BUT I WANT YOU TO PLEASE CLAP FOR THEM BECAUSE I THINK THEY DESERVE IT.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR SOPHOMORE, OUR YOUNG AND LONE UNDER CLASSMAN SUMI [INAUDIBLE] SHE'S A SOPHOMORE STEP FORWARD SUMI LET THEM SEE YOU.
SHE WAS A REALLY GOOD KEPT SECRET BECAUSE SHE WAS YOUNG.
WE HAD TOLD ALL OF OUR COACHES DON'T TELL ANYBODY IN FRISCO ABOUT HER, WAIT TILL WE GET THERE AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB. SHE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
SHE RUNS LIKE AN 11,7 AND 100 THAT'S FASTER THAN I RAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT SHE QUALIFIED IN REGIONALS FOR THE 100, THE FOUR BY ONE AND THE FOUR BY TWO.
SHE'S ON THE FOUR BY ONE, OF COURSE, THAT WENT TO STATE AND SET THE SCHOOL RECORD.
THEN SHE JUST BRINGS GREAT ENERGY, GREAT SMILE, GOING TO BE A GREAT LEADER TODAY.
THE OTHER ONE I HAVE FOR YOU HERE IS MISS KYLA BRAXTON, YOU STEP FORWARD RIGHT THERE, A SENIOR.
[APPLAUSE] SHE'S A STUD. SHE'S A GREAT LEADER.
BAYLOR IS GOING TO PAY FOR HER SCHOOL TO RUN TRACK THERE SO THAT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH OF A STUD SHE IS.
SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE IN THE SPRINT RELAY, BUT ALSO THE HURDLES.
I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
SHE'S A MULTI SPORT ATHLETE PLAYED MULTIPLE SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE GOT SECOND AT TEXAS RELAYS AND THE HURDLES THERE AGAIN, 5A, 6A, AND SHE GOT SECOND SO THAT'S A GREAT ACCOLADE.
SHE'S GOT THE SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 100 HURDLES AND ON THE FOUR BY ONE THAT'S GOT THE SCHOOL RECORD.
SHE'S ALSO NAMED THE DISTRICT TRACK METS MVP ATHLETE HECK OF A THING BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT IS PRETTY TOUGH.
ALSO, SHE'S A TWO TIME STATE CHAMPION IN THE HURDLES.
SHE GOT ONE LAST YEAR AND ONE OF THIS YEAR. SHE'S A STUD.
BROOKE FREEMAN, MOTHER SENIOR.
THIS PERSON, WHEN YOU THINK OF LEADERSHIP IN ALL BUSINESS, THAT'S IT.
IT'S LASER FOCUS. NO MATTER WHAT SHE DOES, IT'S GOING TO TURN TO GOLD BECAUSE OF THAT FOCUS AND HER WORK ETHIC.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE AND IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO COACH THESE SENIORS. THEY'RE ALL LIKE THAT.
THE THREE THAT WE HAD WERE LIKE THAT, AND SHE'S SPECIAL AT THAT.
SHE WAS A MULTI SPORT ATHLETE AS WELL.
SHE'S SUCH A STUD THAT KANSAS IS GOING TO TAKE HER TO RUN TRACK UP THERE AT UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.
SHE HOLDS SCHOOL RECORDS IN FOUR BY ONE AND THE FOUR BY TWO.
SHE QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS AS SPRINT RELAY FOUR BY TWO AND THE 200 WHERE SHE PR AND GOT INTO THE FINALS AND THAT SHE HAS TWO BRONZE MEDALS FROM THE STATE MITCH.
SHE GOT THIRD IN THE 400 LAST YEAR, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE GOT THIRD IN THE SPRINT RELAY THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WHAT THEY'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY THE SENIORS AND THE WORK ETHIC THEY PUT IN, SECOND TO NONE.
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO COACH THEM AND I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS FOR THOSE WHO GET TO KEEP COACHING THEM.
BUT THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE COACH HOOPER NOW FOR THE BOYS.
>> MICROPHONES BOTHERING ME A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MY TWO YOUNG MEN FIRST.
I'LL GO WITH OUR SOPHOMORE, CJ WILLIAMS. CJ LAST YEAR, QUALIFIED FOR REGION IN BOTH THE SHORT AND DISC.
BOTH THE SHOT AND DISC, HE WASN'T THROWING WAY THROUGH THIS YEAR, BUT HE WENT AND PUT IN THE WORK.
HE WENT TO TEXAS RELAYS AND PLACE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND DISC FOURTH AND FIFTH.
THEN HE WENT TO STATE THIS YEAR AND PLACED SECOND IN BOTH THE SHOT AND DISC AND HE'S ON A SOPHOMORE, SO WE GET HIM TWO MORE YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] THIS NEXT YOUNG MAN, I'M GOING TO SPEAK LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT JACKSON MILLER.
HE'S ONE OF OUR THREE SENIORS.
TELL A LOT ABOUT JACKSON I'M SO PROUD OF HIM.
HE HIS FRESHMAN YEAR, WE NEEDED A LEG ON THE FOUR BY ONE, AND HE WAS THE FASTEST PERSON ON THERE.
JACKSON HAS THE RECORDS ON THE FOUR BY ONE FOUR BY TWO AT HERITAGE.
HE'S BEEN A FOUR YEAR THREE SPORT ATHLETE, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND TRACK.
THIS YEAR IS THIS FIRST YEAR HE'S DONE A LONG JOB ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.
WITH BASEBALL, IT IS VERY HARD TO DO TRACK AND BASEBALL.
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BUT HE FOUND A WAY TO DO IT WITH THE HELP OF HIS PARENTS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BRING HIM TO THE TRACK MEETS AND THEN TAKE HIM BACK FOR THE BASEBALL GAMES THAT EVENING.THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR WHAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED.
I DO SAY WE'RE RELATED BECAUSE HIS MOTHER'S MADE AND LAST NAME IS HOOPER AND SHE'S FROM DALLAS AND MY LAST NAME IS HOOPER AND SO I'M FROM DALLAS, SO I JUST SAY WE'RE RELATED.
JUST SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT ATHLETICISM AND BONES.
BUT JACKSON DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR, CAME IN AND JUST FOCUSED ON THAT LONG JUMP.
HE ALSO RAN ON FOUR BY ONE, AND HE WENT TO STATE AND HE FINISHED SECOND.
CAN BE MORE PROUD OF YOU. HE'LL BE PLAYING BASEBALL AT MCLENNAN COLLEGE NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE] NOW WE WILL INTRODUCE TO PANTHER CREEK, COACH HOOPER AND COMPANY COME ON DOWN.
>> AS OUR COACHES AND ATHLETES FROM PANTHER CREEK ARE COMING DOWN, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACK STORY THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
WE'RE GOING TO LET COACH SAULS GO FIRST AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS MALE ATHLETE.
BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GIRLS SIDE REAL QUICK AND GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON TRACK.
PANTHER CREEK IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR.
THEIR PROGRAM HAS DONE PHENOMENAL THINGS WITHIN TWO YEARS.
ONE THING IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S PRETTY NEAT AND PRETTY UNIQUE IS THAT THEY HAD FIVE GIRLS THAT COMPETED AT THE REGIONAL TRACK MEET THIS YEAR.
THOSE FIVE GIRLS COMBINED FOR 79 POINTS.
WHEN YOU WIN FIRST PLACE OR SECOND PLACE, YOU GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS.
THOSE FIVE GIRLS COMBINED FOR 79 POINTS AND THEY WON THE REGIONAL TRACK MEET.
[APPLAUSE] THEN THE THREE ATHLETES THAT QUALIFIED FOR STATE.
SHE COULD NOT BE WITH US, COMBINED FOR 76 OF THOSE POINTS TO CONTINUE ON TO THE STATE MEET.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COACH SAULS AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIS MALE ATHLETE AND THEN COACH HOOPER WILL TALK ABOUT HER LADIES.
>> THANK YOU, COACH. THANK YOU, GUYS.
AGAIN, WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT FRISCO PANTHER CREEK AND THESE ATHLETES.
WE'LL START OFF WITH FIRST, I WANT TO INTRODUCE COACH CARNES.
COACH CARNES HAS BEEN MY RIGHT HAND MAN THIS YEAR AT PANTHER CREEK.
HE ALSO IS THE HORIZONTAL JUMP COACH, SO HE HAD THE BLESSING, THE HONOR TO COACH THESE THREE TALENTED INDIVIDUALS.
COMING INTO PANTHER CREEK IS MY FIRST YEAR HERE, THEY ARE VERY TALENTED.
IT'S A VERY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL. I DIDN'T WANT TO MESS IT UP.
WE'RE JOINING ARMS WITH COACH CARNES AND WE GET A YOUNG MAN LIKE JALEN.
THAT'S A YOUNG SOPHOMORE THAT CAME TO US FROM A VERY STRONG INVOLVED FAMILY WHO REALLY POURS A LOT INTO THEIR KIDS, AND WE SAW THAT.
GREAT ATHLETE, HOLDS OVER 30 DIVISION I OFFERS ALREADY IN FOOTBALL AND IS REALLY TALENTED AS TRACK AS WELL.
ONCE HE CAME AND REALLY GOT COMFORTABLE AND REALLY SHOWCASED WHAT HE HAD, HE WAS ABLE TO GO OFF TO REGIONAL AND COME SECOND IN HIGH JUMP, AND ALSO WON FIRST PLACE IN REGIONALS IN THE LONG JUMP, WHICH BOTH OF THOSE QUALIFIED FOR STATE FOR HIM.
WE WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN AND IT WAS A BIG TASK, HE'S REALLY GREAT ATHLETES IN THIS STATE, AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE STATE TRACK MEET, THAT'S THE BEST OF THE BEST.
TRACK IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SPORTS AREAS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S PURE ATHLETICISM.
JALEN WENT DOWN THERE AND FINISHED FIFTH PLACE IN HIGH JUMP, AND I COULD TELL THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WANTED.
HE IS AS HIGH A COMPETITOR AS I EVER COACHED.
I KNEW THAT HE WANTED IT, SO WHEN HE WENT TO LONG JUMP, HE WAS STILL SHAKING UP FROM THE HIGH JUMP, AND THEN HE LOCKED IN AND YOU HAVE SIX JUMPS AND YOUR HIGHEST JUMP GIVES YOU YOUR PLACE YOU FALL FROM FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH, IF EIGHT JUMPERS THAT QUALIFY FOR STATE ARE NONE ACTUALLY.
ON HIS LAST JUMP, HE WAS SITTING IN FIFTH PLACE.
HE FINALLY JUMPED, WHICH WE KNEW HE CAN JUMP, AND WHAT DID WE GET, A 22.9 AND A QUARTER.
HE DIDN'T JUMP HIS BEST THE FIRST FIVE.
HE DID NOT, SO GOING INTO THOSE LAST JUMP, HE WAS JUMPING AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
ABOUT FIVE OTHER JUMPERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THEY CAN BEAT HIS MARK.
ME AND COACH CARNES HUGGED AND PRAYED FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND THE LAST JUMPER CAME UP THERE AND JUMPED A 22.9.
COACH CARNES LOOKED AND I LOOKED, DON'T SAY NOTHING ELSE.
IT WAS 22.9 AND JALEN LOTT WON A GOLD MEDAL IN THE LONG JUMP.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE BLESSED THAT WE GET HIM FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
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EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR HIM, AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO COACH HIM. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO COACH HOOPER.>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS COACH HOOPER, AND I AM THE HEAD GIRLS COACH AT PANTHER CREEK.
MY ASSISTANT COACHES, JEFF FOLLINS, SARA TERRY, AND DENNIS WEBB, CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR A GREAT SEASON WHICH BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT TO THESE LADIES THAT WE HAVE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SENIOR HANNAH FORD, AT THE STATE TRACK MEET SHE COMPETED IN BOTH THE LONG JUMP AND THE TRIPLE JUMP.
THIS TCU SIGNEE BROUGHT HOME THE GOLD IN THE TRIPLE JUMP WITH A MARK OF 40 FOOT EVEN THROUGH COMPETITION.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE FALLON LOTT, WHO IS A 2024 SENIOR AND A USC SIGNEE, AND SHE COMPETED IN FOUR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AT THE STATE MEET.
SHE WAS THE STATE RUNNER UP IN BOTH THE HIGH JUMP AND 100 METER HURDLES, AND SHE WAS THE STATE CHAMPION IN BOTH THE LONG JUMP AND THE 300 HURDLES.
THIS FOUR TIME STATE MEDALISTS SET THE CONFERENCE 4A 300 METER HURDLE RECORD AND WAS NAMED THE ATHLETE OF THE MEET FOR 4A.
WHAT THEY DO IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SCORES THE MOST POINTS AT THE STATE MEET IS AWARDED THE ATHLETE OF THE MEET AND FALLON WAS AWARDED THAT AWARD FOR SCORING 36 INDIVIDUAL POINTS AT THE STATE MEETS.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR THIRD PLACE STATE TEAM, WHICH CONSISTED OF RUTH, [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, HANNAH FORD AND FALLON LOTT.
OVERALL, THEY FINISHED THIRD AS A TEAM, AND WHAT MAKES THIS SO SPECIAL IS THAT NUMBER 1, WE ONLY TOOK THREE GIRLS TO THE STATE MEET, AND THEN NUMBER 2, IN TRACK AND FIELD RELAYS RECEIVE DOUBLE THE POINTS THAT INDIVIDUAL EVENTS HAVE.
WE ONLY COMPETED IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
WE DID NOT SCORE ONE POINT IN A RELAY, SO WE DID NOT GET ANY DOUBLE POINTS.
THOSE THREE LADIES WALKED AWAY AS THE THIRD PLACE FINISHERS AT THE STATE MEET.
IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO COACH THEM THIS YEAR. I'M GOING TO MISS THEM.
I REFER TO THEM AS THE BIG THREE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SENIORS AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GO OFF NEXT YEAR AND DO GREAT THINGS AT THEIR UNIVERSITIES.
THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR A FANTASTIC SEASON.
BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3(I), WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GOLF TEAM, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO J CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF TEAM.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. WALDRIP, ISD.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU, JOHN CLASSE AND YOU RENE ARCHAMBAULT FOR YOUR SERVICE TO FRISCO ISD.
YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT PART OF OUR BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
[APPLAUSE] SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DR. DONNA EDGE FOR BEING HERE TODAY WITH WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
ALSO, I'D LIKE FOR THE GOLF PARENTS, IF YOU COULD STAND UP REAL QUICK, GOLF PARENTS.
ANY GOLF PARENTS IN HERE? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[APPLAUSE] WE CAN PLAY SOME GOLF IN FRISCO ISD. WE REALLY CAN.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A BANNER YEAR FOR FRISCO ISD GOLF.
WE WENT DOWN THERE AND WE SECURED TWO TEAM MEDALS.
THEY WERE BOTH SILVER, SO RUNNER UPS BOTH BOY 5A AND GIRLS 5A.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TREVOR HOSTIN TO RECOGNIZE HIS GOLF TEAM.
>> THANK YOU, COACH LITTLEJOHN.
THANK YOU, BOARD FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOYS GOLF TEAM FOR THE FANTASTIC SEASON THAT THEY HAD THIS YEAR.
WE CAME OFF OF A THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR AND REALLY LOOKED TO TRY AND IMPROVE THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND REALLY THEY DID.
IT WAS A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR THEM.
I THINK THEY FINISHED FIRST PLACE IN SEVEN OF THE TOURNAMENTS THEY COMPETED IN THIS YEAR.
SECOND PLACE AND TWO OF THE OTHER FOUR, SO REALLY GREAT SEASON FINISHED BY THESE GUYS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE GUYS.
FIRST UP, WE GOT HUNTER BEASLEY OVER HERE ON THE LEFT.
HE HAD A GREAT STATE TOURNAMENT FOR US.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WHERE WE WERE WITHOUT HIM SHOWING UP FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR US.
I THINK HE SHOT ROUNDS OF 75 AND 73, SO A TOTAL OF FOUR OVER PAR FOR US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE HUNTER AS A JUNIOR.
IT WAS HIS FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT FOR US BECAUSE HE WASN'T THERE WITH US LAST YEAR. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, WE GOT JUDE ROBBINS.
HE WAS WITH US LAST YEAR DOWN THERE,
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YEAH, IT WAS HIS SECOND TOURNAMENT WITH US.HE SHOT 10 OVER PAR OVER TWO DAYS.
HE'S NOT EXTREMELY THRILLED WITH THAT, BUT IT'S STILL A REALLY SOLID SCORE FOR US DOWN THERE.
[APPLAUSE] WE GOT SOPHOMORE MAXTON BROWN.
IT WAS ALSO HIS SECOND STATE ROUND DOWN THERE FOR US AS WELL.
HE SHOT SEVEN OVER PAR OVER TWO DAYS.
[APPLAUSE] THEN WE ALSO HAVE A JUNIOR TRIPP TUTHILL, WHO ALSO SHOT SEVEN OVER PAR OVER TWO DAYS DOWN THERE.
[APPLAUSE] THEN UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE OUR STATE CHAMPION WITH US TONIGHT.
LUKE COLTON IS OUR STATE CHAMPION GOLD MEDAL WINNER.
HE SHOT TWO DAY TOTAL OF EIGHT UNDER PAR TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY COMPETING IN A JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF THREE SOPHOMORES AND TWO JUNIORS WHO WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR, LOOKING TO COMPETE FOR ANOTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THESE GUYS BACK.
IF I CAN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY HARD WORKERS.
THEY'RE MATURE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
THEY'RE INCREDIBLY FUN TO BE AROUND.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN TO BE WITH THESE GUYS OUT AT PRACTICE.
JUST A GREAT TIME, GREAT TEAM TO BE AROUND.
COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
[APPLAUSE] I DID FORGET TO MENTION COACH FITCH HERE.
THIS IS HIS FIRST SEASON WITH ME.
IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND FOR HIM, I'M SURE, BUT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT COACH FITCH HERE, PLEASE, I DO APPRECIATE COACH FITCH AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US.
[APPLAUSE] OF COURSE, OUR GOLF PARENTS AND ALL THE WORK THEY'VE PUT IN TO GET OUR KIDS OUT HERE AND GET OUR KIDS READY FOR THEIR COMPETING.
>> THANKS, COACH HASSEN. THE NEXT GROUP WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, AND THEY ARE ALSO SILVER MEDALISTS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BEN MARGRAVES COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HIS SILVER MEDALIST GOLF TEAM, AND AN INDIVIDUAL GOLD MEDALIST AS WELL.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO PRESENT THESE YOUNG LADIES WITH THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD THIS YEAR.
I'LL GET INTO THEM IN JUST A SECOND.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK COACH SHAWN ROBBINS.
HE'S MY FIRST YEAR ASSISTANT THIS YEAR.
HE'S REALLY COME IN AND ADDED A LOT TO THIS PROGRAM.
THE RELATIONSHIPS HE BUILDS WITH THESE KIDS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND HOW FAST HE CAN GET THAT DONE IS BEYOND ME SOMETIMES, AND WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT, HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN EITHER.
GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
[APPLAUSE] THIS TEAM IS A MIX OF COUPLE SENIORS, A COUPLE OF FRESHMEN AND A SOPHOMORE.
WE KNEW COMING IN THAT THIS TEAM WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY STRONG.
WE HAD SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WAS TO COME, BUT IT TOOK ALL OF TWO ROUNDS OF GOLF AND TOURNAMENT TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE, AND AFTER THAT SECOND ROUND OF GOLF, WE ALREADY SET A SCHOOL TEAM RECORD, AND IT WAS OFTEN RUNNING FROM THERE.
THIS TEAM IS ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN EIGHT INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY WON FIRST PLACE IN FIVE OF THOSE INVITATIONALS, FINISHING IN THE TOP FIVE IN EVERY OTHER TOURNAMENT THAT THEY PLAYED IN.
THERE WAS RUNNERS UP IN DISTRICT 10-5A AND BACK-TO-BACK REGION 2-5A CHAMPIONS.
AMAZING JOB BY THESE YOUNG LADIES ALL YEAR-LONG.
FIRST, WE HAVE HERE'S FRESHMAN GRACIE KENT.
GRACIE IS [APPLAUSE] AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG GOLFER, AND SHE GRINDS ALL DAY LONG.
SHE NEVER GIVES UP, SHE NEVER HAS ANY QUIT IN HER, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE A FORCE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HER AT CENTENNIAL.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS SOPHOMORE KENNEDY BRANDSTETTER.
[APPLAUSE] KENNEDY IS LIKE OUR LITTLE BULLDOG ON THE TEAM.
SHE NEVER QUITS TRYING NO MATTER WHAT.
NO MATTER WHAT ADVERSITY STARES HER IN THE FACE, SHE TAKES IT ON THE CHIN, AND SHE JUST GOES BACK AND KEEPS TRYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SHE IS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPROVED GOLFERS IN A ONE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE EVER HAD AT CENTENNIAL, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND GRIT.
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NEXT UP IS FRESHMAN LISA ZANG.[APPLAUSE] I'VE SEEN LISA AT THE GOLF COURSE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND JUST COULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY SHE ARRIVED AT CENTENNIAL.
SHE'S ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL KIND OF PLAYERS THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AT CENTENNIAL, AND ON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S EVEN A GREATER PERSON.
BUT SHE IS YOUR REGION 2-5A INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION.
SHE CAME BACK AND WON IT WITH A GREAT TWO UNDER PAR ROUND DURING THE SECOND DAY TO TAKE THAT INDIVIDUAL TITLE, AND GOOD THINGS SHE'S A FRESHMAN, SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS ALICIA RAMETRA, SENIOR.
[APPLAUSE] ALICIA HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR ROCKS OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WITHOUT HER, WE DON'T HAVE SUCCESS AS A TEAM IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND SHE'S A BIG PART OF THAT.
SHE IS GOING ON TO PLAY COLLEGE GOLF AT ROLLINS UNIVERSITY IN WINTER PARK, FLORIDA NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S AN AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT, AND IT'S THROUGH DEDICATION AND HARD WORK AND A LOT OF TALENT THAT MAKES THAT HAPPEN.
[APPLAUSE] SHE FINISHED TOP 10 AT STATE, INDIVIDUALLY.
[APPLAUSE] WHAT AN ATHLETE THIS YOUNG LADY IS.
SHE IS ALSO YOUR UIL, TEXAS 5A INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION.
[APPLAUSE] SHE SHOT A TWO DAY TOTAL OF EIGHT UNDER PAR 65-71 TO, I THINK, WIN BY TWO OR THREE.
[LAUGHTER] BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRULY MISS THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES NEXT YEAR.
LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE BEEN THE FOUNDATION IN THE ROCK OF OUR PROGRAM EVER SINCE THE DAY THAT THEY STEPPED ON CAMPUS.
[APPLAUSE] LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR PARENTS, THEIR SUPPORT, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR KIDS, BUT FOR COACHES IN OUR PROGRAM AND OUR SCHOOL HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ANY COACH COULD EVER REALLY IMAGINE FROM A PARENT GROUP, AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
THIS IS THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
ALL FIVE OF THESE ARE STUDENT ATHLETES FIRST AND THEY ARE ALL FIVE EXEMPLARY STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR GPA IS AS A TEAM.
I ASKED THE COUNSELOR TO GET THAT FOR ME AND SHE JUST GAVE ME A LOOK TO GO AWAY.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THEY ARE EXEMPLARY STUDENTS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
>> BOARD, WE HAVE ONE MORE ROUND OF RECOGNITIONS, AND SO WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 3K, WHICH IS WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS STATE SOCCER, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL HAVE AGENDA ITEM 3L, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL'S BOYS STATE SOCCER.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS AND PARENTS, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF FRISCO ISD ATHLETICS.
STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TEND TO PERFORM BETTER THAN MOST OTHERS IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY STAYING ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'RE BLESSED TO WORK IN A DISTRICT THAT RECOGNIZES COACHES AND BELIEVE THAT WE REALLY DO IMPACT OUR SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY.
WAKELAND GIRLS AND BOYS SOCCER PROGRAMS HAVE BROUGHT GREAT HONOR TO FRISCO ISD WITH THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THEIR SOCCER SEASONS.
I DEEPLY BELIEVE THESE STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES HAVE A REAL LOVE FOR THE GAME OF SOCCER.
AN ATHLETE ONCE SAID, EVEN WHEN YOU'VE PLAYED THE GAME OF YOUR LIFE, IT'S THE FILLING OF TEAMWORK THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER.
YOU'LL FORGET THE PLAYS, YOU'LL FORGET THE SHOTS, AND YOU'LL FORGET THE SCORE, BUT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU DID WITH YOUR TEAMMATES.
I BELIEVE WAKELAND BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER PROGRAMS EMBODIES THAT ON THE PITCH.
WAKELAND GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER ACHIEVED A REMARKABLE FEAT IN THE 2024 SEASON BY BECOMING THE 5A GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONS.
THIS YEAR'S TEAM MADE HISTORY AS THE 13TH GIRLS TEAM IN THE UIL STATE GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY TO MAINTAIN AN UNDEFEATED RECORD.
THEY SAID A NEW SEASON WINS RECORD BY SECURING 26 VICTORIES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY CONCLUDED THE SEASON AS THE WINTER NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED SOCCER COACHES.
THIS VICTORY MARKED THE FOURTH UIL STATE TITLE
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AND THEIR SECOND TITLE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.IT WAS A JOY TO WATCH THIS TEAM PLAY.
OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS OFFER OUR CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO CALL YOU STATE CHAMPIONS.
NOW I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER TO THE HEAD COACH OF YOUR 2024 UIL 5A GIRLS STATE SOCCER CHAMPIONS, JIMMIE LANKFORD. YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU TO THE BOARD, DR. WALDRIP, PARENTS, OUR ADMINISTRATION, ATHLETIC STAFF.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO RECOGNIZE KIDS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECOGNIZING THESE PLAYERS IN THIS TEAM.
I NEED TO THANK COACH BIRDWELL FIRST YEAR OUT WITH US, CAME FROM FOOTBALL, AS I SAID BEFORE.
HE WAS A GREAT THING FOR US THIS YEAR.
BROUGHT A LOT OF HYPE. I CAN'T SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS YEAR.
COACH SAWERS, WE WOULDN'T BE THE SAME PROGRAM WITHOUT HER.
WE'D STILL BE COMMUNICATING THROUGH STICKY NOTES INSTEAD OF THROUGH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, BECAUSE I LOVE STICKY NOTES.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS A CAMARADERIE BETWEEN ME AND HER, AND SO WITHOUT HER, WE WOULDN'T BE THE SAME TEAM AND WOULDN'T BE THE SAME SUCCESS, I DON'T BELIEVE. THANK YOU.
TEAM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW IT, BUT WE HAVE OVER 150 ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC AWARDS THIS YEAR.
THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, EVERY PLAYER ON OUR VARSITY TEAM WAS AN ACADEMIC, ALL-STATE OR ALL-REGION PLAYER, AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM, THEY'RE THE ELITE IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE 1%.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS TEAM, BUT THE RECORD STANDS FOR THEMSELVES.
FIRST UP IS CLARE MANIS, GOALKEEPER JUNIOR, WILL BE BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] DILAN PISTORIUS, FRESHMAN, WILL BE BACK FOR THREE MORE YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] ARIVA RAJ, I TOLD YOU I WOULDN'T FORGET YOUR NAME.
FRESHMAN, SHE'LL BE BACK FOR THREE MORE YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] KENNEDY CLARK, SOPHOMORE, HAVE HER FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] SOFIA RODRIGUEZ, SOPHOMORE, HAVE HER FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
HARD PART NOW. LG MONCRIEF, TEAM CAPTAIN, SENIOR LEADER OF THIS TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE FOUR YEARS.
LIKE I SAID, I'D FILL YOU IN SOCCER IF I COULD GET A FIFTH OF YEAR OUT OF YOU, BUT GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN COLLEGE, LG MONCRIEF.
[APPLAUSE] DAYLEIGH BOS, SENIOR.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR DYNAMIC SENIORS WHO WAS A BIG PART OF THIS YEAR, FOUR YEARS.
EVERYTHING WE'VE EVER DONE AND ASK, PLAYS AS HARD AS ANYBODY I'VE EVER SEEN.
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT VERY TALL, SHE PLAYS AT SIX FOOT TALL.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN COLLEGE. THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SENIOR THAT'S HERE HAS BEEN WITH US FOUR YEARS, HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS, UPS AND DOWNS, BEEN GOOD THINGS.
SHE WAS REALLY OUR TEAM SPIRIT PERSON THIS YEAR, THE MUSIC AND ALL THE STUFF.
IF YOU SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF COACH SAWERS WOULDN'T DO IT, ZARA WAS DOING IT. THANK YOU, EVERYTHING.
[APPLAUSE] LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WE'RE MISSING FIVE SENIORS.
THEY'RE GRADUATING, BUT 85% OF OUR TEAM IS SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN WITH A FEW JUNIORS.
IT'LL BE A GREAT YEAR NEXT YEAR.
GOING TO BE HARD TO TOP THIS YEAR, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, GIRL, YOU ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH THIS YEAR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR. THANK YOU.
>> LISTEN, I GOT MY PEOPLE IN THREE MINUTES AND LESS.
[BACKGROUND] THIS IS THE NINTH YEAR THE WAKELAND BOYS TEAM HAS MADE IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THEY ARE THE 9-5A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, AREA CHAMPIONS, REGIONAL QUARTER FINALIST CHAMPIONS, AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND FINISHED THE SEASON WITH THE 19, 6, AND 3 RECORD.
WAKELAND HAS FIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THREE SILVER MEDALS, AND ONE BRONZE MEDAL.
WAKELAND BOYS SOCCER HAS BEEN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT SEVEN OUT OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
THIS TEAM BATTLED IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND REPRESENTED FRISCO ISD WITH TREMENDOUS CLASS.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE HEAD COACH OF YOUR 2024 UIL, 5A STATE RUNNER-UP, ANDY HOLT.
>> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU TO ALL THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATORS FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT,
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THE WAKELAND ADMINISTRATORS, AND OF COURSE, YOU GUYS, THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.DR. WALDRIP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THIS GROUP, LIKE COACH TUCKER JUST ALLUDED TO, THERE'S A LEGACY AT WAKELAND I HAVE PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, COACH HOLT, HOW DO YOU WIN? WHAT GOES ON OVER THERE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT'S THE PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU? WE ALWAYS HAVE KIDS THAT SHOW UP AND THEY SHOW OUT.
THEY PLAY EXTREMELY HARD, THEY PLAY FOR EACH OTHER AND THEY PLAY FOR WAKELAND.
THEY LOVE PLAYING FOR WAKELAND AND THEY LOVE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PUT A MEDAL AROUND THEIR NECK.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE DISAPPOINTED TO PUT ON A SILVER MEDAL, BUT I I TOLD THE BOYS AFTERWARDS, THERE ARE TWO TEAMS THAT GOT TO PLAY IN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR. WE WERE ONE OF THEM.
THIS GROUP CAME TOGETHER AFTER LAST YEAR.
WE GOT BEAT IN THE THIRD ROUND LAST YEAR BY ANOTHER FRISCO SCHOOL, FRISCO REEDY, WHO WAS A TALENTED PROGRAM LAST YEAR, AND EVERYBODY ASKED US WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M SITTING THERE, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD YEAR. WE GOT TO THE THIRD ROUND.
BUT THE EXPECTATION IS TO HOPEFULLY GET US TO THE FINALS AND HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THESE GUYS DID THAT THIS YEAR.
THESE GUYS BATTLED. WE HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS.
OUR SCRIMMAGES WENT REALLY WELL EARLY, AND THEN WE WENT INTO DETERMINATE PLAY AND WE HAD A FEW LOSSES.
BUT THEN WE JUST BATTLED BACK AND WE BELIEVED IN EACH OTHER.
WE WON THE DISTRICT, 10, TWO AND TWO.
IF YOU ASK ME, IT'S THE HARDEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE FINISHED 10, TWO AND TWO, WE WENT ON TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AND WE BEAT MCKINNEY NORTH AND THEN WE BEAT WEST MESQUITE TO WIN THE REGION.
WE GO DOWN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WE BEAT A TEAM THAT WAS 29, 0, AND 1.
TO SAY THE LEAST, WE BEAT SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS, SOME REALLY GOOD TEAMS, AND WE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL THIS YEAR.
I WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THESE GUYS DID.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HONOR AND LEGACY.
THESE GUYS HONORED THE ONES THAT CAME BEFORE THEM AND THEY'VE LEFT THEIR MARK, THEY'VE LEFT THEIR LEGACY FOR THE NEXT GROUP, THE NEXT GENERATION OF WAKELAND PLAYERS TO COME UP.
THIS IS YEAR 2024, WAKELAND WOLVERINES.
[APPLAUSE] REAL QUICK, I DIDN'T SAY IT.
COULDN'T DO THIS, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT OUR COACHES, COACH STARNES OVER THERE.
HE WORKED WITH OUR JV2 PROGRAM DID AN AWESOME JOB, OUTSTANDING JOB.
THEN MY RIGHT-HAND MAN WHO'S BEEN WITH ME NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS, BEEN AT WAKELAND.
HE'S BEEN HERE FOR EVERY ONE OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE'S GOT FIVE.
COACH STEPON ESFANDIARY HAS DONE JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
HE AND I WE WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
WE THINK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, WHICH IS AWESOME, AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO TALK AND COMMUNICATE.
COACH ESFANDIARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AGAIN, 2024, WAKELAND WOLVERINES.
>> CONGRATULATION. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, WHICH IS INVOCATION.
[4. Invocation]
MRS. ELI.YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE THEM A MINUTE.
>> THIS PRAYER IS SAID IN SYNAGOGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY SATURDAY DURING SERVICES, AND THIS IS ONE VERSION OF THAT PRAYER.
IT'S A PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY.
OUR GOD AND GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS, WITH MERCY, ACCEPT OUR PRAYER ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY AND ITS GOVERNMENT.
POUR OUT YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS LAND, UPON ITS INHABITANTS, UPON ITS LEADERS, ITS JUDGES, OFFICERS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO FAITHFULLY DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC.
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF JUSTICE YOU HAVE DECREED, SO THAT PEACE AND SECURITY, HAPPINESS, AND FREEDOM WILL NEVER DEPART FROM OUR LAND.
GOD, WHOSE SPIRIT IS IN ALL CREATURES, WE PRAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT BE AWAKENED WITHIN ALL THE INHABITANTS OF OUR LAND.
UPROOT FROM OUR HEARTS, HATRED AND MALICE, JEALOUSY, AND STRIFE.
PLANT LOVE AND COMPANIONSHIP, PEACE, AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG THE MANY PEOPLES AND FAITHS WHO DWELL IN OUR NATION.
GRANT US THE KNOWLEDGE TO JUDGE JUSTLY, THE WISDOM TO ACT WITH COMPASSION, AND THE UNDERSTANDING AND COURAGE TO ROOT OUT POVERTY FROM OUR LAND.
MAY IT BE YOUR WILL THAT OUR LAND BE A BLESSING TO ALL WHO DWELL ON EARTH AND MAY YOU CAUSE ALL PEOPLES TO DWELL IN FRIENDSHIP AND FREEDOM, AND LET US SAY AMEN.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5,
[5. Board Report]
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WHICH IS BOARD REPORT. MR. LOWE?AS I GO AROUND OFTENTIMES AND TALK TO DIFFERENT TEACHERS AND DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATORS, I COME ACROSS SOME THINGS THAT ARE SPECIAL SOMETIMES.
I MET A CRAIG DRENOWATZ AND HIS NICKNAME IS DRANO.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION.
THESE CLUBS THAT THE DISTRICT IS PART OF IT IS CALLED DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATIONAL CLUBS OF AMERICA, BETTER KNOWN AS DECA.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS THING HERE? TELL ME ABOUT THIS THING? HE SAYS, WELL, IT'S A CLUB THAT PROMOTES BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
HE SAYS, IT'S A WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT JUST STATEWIDE OR COUNTRYWIDE, IT'S WORLDWIDE.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT HOW PARTICIPANTS AT OUR SCHOOL HAD AN AWESOME DISPLAY AT THE COMPETITIONS THAT WERE HELD THIS YEAR, AND I, TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT.
HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, FINANCE, OPERATIONS, FRANCHISE, BUSINESS PLANS, HOSPITALITY.
THOSE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT EACH OF THESE KIDS COMPETES IN.
EACH CATEGORY HAS 220 PARTICIPANTS.
KEEP THAT IN MIND. EACH CATEGORY HAS 220 PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAD EIGHT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS.
WHEN HE TOLD ME WHERE WE PLACED IN THIS, IT WAS JUST UTTER AMAZING.
IN ORDER TO BE A FINALIST, IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE TOP 10 OF THOSE 220 PEOPLE.
WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, YOU NEED TO BE IN THE TOP 10 TO BE A FINALIST. WE DID GREAT.
MR. DRENOWATZ BETTER KNOWN AS DRANO, AND HIS COLLEAGUE LEON FRIEDRICH, THEY ARE FROM WAKELAND, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT MADE IT TO THE FINALS.
PANTHER CREEK HAD TRAVIS WIGGINS AND TIFFANY CRITES AS ADVISORS, AND THEY HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT MADE IT TO THE TOP 10.
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL HAS ADVISORS KATE, SOSHEE, AND LAUREN RENSHAW.
THEY HAD ONE PERSON THAT MADE IT TO THE FINALS.
REEDY HIGH SCHOOL HAS AN ADVISOR ELIZABETH MARTIN, AND THEY HAD SIX PEOPLE THAT MADE IT INTO THE FINALS.
CENTENNIAL HAS ADVISORS, TOMMY THOMPSON AND JENNIFER BURROW AND THEY HAD FOUR THAT MADE IT INTO THE FINALS.
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL HAS HEATHER MOON AND JACQUELINE HOLLOWELL, AND THEY HAD ONE PERSON THAT MADE IT INTO THE FINALS.
FINALLY, LEBANON TRAIL WHOSE ADVISORS ARE MEREDITH MACLEOD AND CURTIS TURNER.
THEY HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT MADE IT INTO THE FINALS.
I LOOK AT THIS, AND THAT'S JUST AMAZING.
THIS IS A WORLDWIDE COMPETITION AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE IT AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM KUDOS, GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU, MR. LOWE. I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WISH MY DEPARTING COLLEAGUES, JOHN AND RENE WELL IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MR. WARSTLER.
HE TOOK ME TO, I THINK WE VISITED 10 CAMPUSES THIS YEAR, PROBABLY CLOSE TO IT.
THE LIST WAS INITIALLY, I THINK SIX OR EIGHT, AND I ADDED I THINK FOUR, MAYBE.
I SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE ME, BUT I ASKED IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND.
FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE, IST MEMBERS ARE ASSIGNED TO TRUSTEES TO TAKE THEM TO THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR REALM, I GUESS, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE VISITING ANYWAYS.
I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
I HAD A FEW EXTRAS THAT I WANTED TO SEE.
BUT WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT TOURS.
I WILL HAVE TO SAY THE HIGHLIGHT AND THE LAST SCHOOL WAS NELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS AND I WASN'T PLANNING TO GO TO NELSON BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS THERE, I FIGURED SHE DOESN'T NEED ME SHOWING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
BUT SHE ASKED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES, HOW COME YOU DON'T COME TO MY SCHOOL, AS I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT I HAD VISITED.
I THOUGHT SHE'S IN SEVENTH GRADE NOW AND SHE'S GOING TO BE IN EIGHTH GRADE NEXT YEAR AND SHE MAY NOT WANT ME THERE THEN.
AFTER I HAD ALREADY ADDED SEVERAL SCHOOLS, I ASKED SCOTT IF WE COULD FIT IN ONE MORE.
WE DID IT LAST WEEK. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING ACTUALLY VISITING THE CAMPUS.
I'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN ON THAT CAMPUS MANY TIMES, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THE TRUSTEE.
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I DID SURPRISE HER, SHE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS COMING, AND THAT WAS FUN.A COUPLE OF HER FRIENDS SAW ME IN THE HALLWAY AND WERE A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK, LIKEWISE, RACHEL'S MOTHER HERE.
BUT WE HAD A REALLY GREAT VISITS AND WE SAW SOME GREAT THINGS.
IT JUST REMINDED ME, AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT MAKES FRISCO ISD GREAT AND THE THINGS THAT MAKE US GREAT AND YOU REALLY SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE ON THESE CAMPUSES.
EVERY CAMPUS DOES SOMETHING UNIQUE AND EVERY CAMPUS DOES SOMETHING SPECIAL, THAT MAKES THE DISTRICT SPECIAL, BUT ALSO GIVES THE EXPERIENCE OF THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS AT THAT CAMPUS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.
IT'S JUST NEAT TO SEE HOW MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE CAMPUS SPECIFIC.
I ENJOYED IT, CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR.
THANKS AGAIN, SCOTT. APPRECIATE IT.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE ARTS.
WE SAW THE STUNNING PERFORMANCE MR. DRAPER PRESENTED.
WELL, THAT'S DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE EXCELLENT FACULTY IN THE ARTS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
SINCE THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD A SHOWCASE OF ART FROM OUR FACULTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OVER AT THE FRISCO DISCOVERY CENTER, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIBRARY.
YOU SEE WHY WE HAVE SUCH DOMINATION IN A LOT OF THINGS.
A LOT OF TIMES THE ARTS GETS OVERLOOKED AND IT'S REALLY GROWING TO ITS OWN.
I SEE MR. DRAPER BACK THERE, KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, THE PERFORMANCE THAT YOU ALL HAD IN VASE.
THEN THE EXHIBITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OVER THE DISCOVERY CENTER WAS VERY WELL DONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT BIGGER AND BETTER EVEN NEXT YEAR, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THAT ON.
>> I GO WITH MISS ALARY ABOUT VISITING THE SCHOOLS.
I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME LIKE, IS WHEN I VISITED MOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL, MISS POWELL, THE PRINCIPAL, SHE ALMOST KNOWS EVERY KID BY NAME, THAT REALLY WAS VERY, VERY SURPRISING THE WAY SHE REMEMBERED.
VISITING SCHOOLS IS ALWAYS A FUN THING.
ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING DAYS FOR ME AS A TRUSTEE WAS LAST FRIDAY WHEN I VISITED ANDERSON ELEMENTARY, AND THEN I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ A COUPLE OF STORYBOOKS.
MORE THAN THE STORYBOOKS, THE INTERACTION WITH THE KIDS WAS AWESOME.
THEY KNOW SO MUCH AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE DO AS TRUSTEES.
IT WAS A VERY SATISFYING DAY FOR ME TO STAND SIT IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEN ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.
ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD IS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT FRISCO BADMINTON LOCATION.
THEY HAVE ORGANIZED A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOR ALL THE 12 HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, AND THEN THE FINALS WERE BETWEEN CENTENNIAL AND THE HERITAGE I WAS THERE TO WATCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CENTENNIAL.
BUT IT'S VERY NICE TO WATCH OUR KIDS TAKE UP SPORTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE REGULAR UL AND EXCELLENT THAT.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES ENGAGED IN THAT SPORT TOO. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.
>> LAST WEEK I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVITED BY MISS HARVEY AT ISBEL ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS COINCIDENTALLY WHERE BOTH OF MY GIRLS WENT FROM K THROUGH FIVE, AND IT WAS THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL. GOT TO GREET THE FOUR PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE SERVED OVER THAT CAMPUS OVER THOSE 20 YEARS AND SEE SOME FAVORITE OLD TEACHERS AS WELL.
FAVORITE TEACHERS OF MY GIRLS.
I JUST SCREWED THAT UP COMPLETELY.
BUT THEN ALSO GOT TO READ TO KINDERGARTNERS TWICE LAST WEEK.
TO DOCTOR WALTER'S POINT WHERE HE SAYS, KINDERGARTENERS SCARE HIM.
I READ TWO BOOKS ABOUT BEARS TOO.
MISS LITTLE JOHN'S KINDERGARTEN CLASS THAT CAME THROUGH HER LIBRARY, AND I ASKED IF EITHER OF THE KIDS HAD READ THAT BOOK ABOUT BEARS.
THE FIRST ONE I WAS GOING TO READ, AND I HAD ONE LITTLE KID WHO COULDN'T KEEP ANY THOUGHT FROM COMING OUT OF HIS HEAD.
WHILE WE WERE THERE SAID, I WAS A RING BEAR LAST SUMMER.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
TRUE DEFORM FOR KINDERGARTENERS. IT WAS A GOOD WEEK.
>> JOHN, I THINK I HAD THAT SAME GROUP.
I ALSO READ BOOKS ABOUT BEARS.
THERE WERE TWO BOOKS, BUT I'M WILLING TO BET THAT THE YOUNG MAN THAT TOLD ME THAT HE HAD ALREADY HEARD THE BOOK.
HE DIDN'T NEED TO READ IT AGAIN, WAS THE RING BEAR.
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ARE THERE ANY MORE REPORTS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER REPORTS, I HAVE ONE OF MY OWN ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD.TODAY IS THE LAST MEETING OF TWO GIANTS THAT ADVOCATE FEARLESSLY FOR FRISCO ISD.
BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR ANY ADDITIONAL BOARD COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PLAY A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ALL.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS WITHIN FRISCO ISD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.
BECAUSE OF THE TWO OF YOU AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY TRUSTEES THAT SERVED ALONGSIDE YOU OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS.
IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU COULD STAND, IF THERE ARE ANY FORMER TRUSTEES HERE.
[APPLAUSE] IN THE GOAT OF ALL OF TRUSTEE WAYS, BUDDY MINETTE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BACK THERE.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO STAND, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
[APPLAUSE] I GUESS THEY ARE HERE TO WELCOME THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE, BUT I'M NOT GIVING THEM UP WITHOUT A FIGHT.
JOHN AND RENE, YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED.
I WILL SHARE MY SENTIMENTS AT A LATER DATE BECAUSE OUR MEETING IS ALREADY RUNNING LONG, AND I DON'T HAVE TEAR, TEARLESS LIKE MASCARA.
YES. IT WON'T GO WELL FOR ANYBODY TODAY.
IF YOU CAN JUST DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN.
>> ANOTHER TURNING POINT FOR STUCK IN THE ROAD.
TOM GRABBED YOU BY THE DIRECTS YOU WHERE TO GO.
MAKE THE BEST OF THIS TEST AND DON'T.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION NOT UNLESS YOU LEARN IN TIME.
IT'S ABLE AND IN THE END IS RIGHT.
I HELP YOU AT THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
TAKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND STILL FRIENDS AND YOUR MINE.
HANG IN ON AND SHELF GOOD OUT THERE AND GOOD TIME.
>> HELLO TO TWO OF MY MOST FAVORITE FRISCO ISD BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M SO HONORED TO GET TO BE A PART OF THIS CELEBRATION, AND TO SAY THANK YOU JUST SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE POURED YEARS OF LOVE INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE AN UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR STUDENTS.
TO ME, THAT IS THE EPITOME OF A PUBLIC SERVANT.
EACH OF YOU IS A BLESSING TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I AM SO THANKFUL AS A FORMER TEACHER IN FRISCO ISD FORMER BOARD MEMBER, AND THE MOM OF ALMOST MY SECOND FRISCO ISD GRADUATE FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
YOU ARE AMAZING PEOPLE AND I'M SURE YOUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE SO EXCITED TO GET MORE TIME WITH YOU.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE LOVED AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT YOU'VE REACH YOUR HOLDS.
>> RENE AND JOHN, YOU WERE TWO OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOARD MEMBERS.
RENE I'M JUST SORRY, I DIDN'T GET TO SERVE WITH YOU, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT I CAN SAY I KNOW YOU AND SO PROUD TO CALL YOU, MY FRIEND.
JOHN, I STILL REMEMBER SITTING AT CORNER BAKERY TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU TO DO THIS.
YOU MADE US ALL BETTER JUST BY BEING THERE.
I LOVE YOU BOTH, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET BIG PART OF YOUR LIVES BACK.
>> BRIDGE BUT IN THE END, THAT'S RIGHT.
I HELP YOU AT THAT TIME, OF YOUR LIFE.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO RENE AND JOHN FOR THE YEARS THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE KIDS OF FRISCO ISD.
THIS COMMUNITY IS SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS OF THEIR CALIBER WILLING TO SERVE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TINY FILLED ENVIRONMENT.
THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN A BEACON OF SUCCESS, LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCREDIBLE GROWTH WE'VE REALIZED OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, AND THEY HAVE HELPED KEEP THAT LEGACY INTACT.
THE EXAMPLE THEY HAVE SET AS TRUSTEES IS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL.
I KNOW RENE AND JOHN WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE COMING YEARS AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THEM IN FRISCO ISD.
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>> JOHN AND RENE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE FRISCO ISD BOARD.
JOHN, YOU'VE SERVED FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS RENE FOR SIX.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY AND YOU CAN NEVER MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE TIME AND ENERGY YOU INVESTED IN FRISCO ISD EVEN AFTER YOU LEAVE THE BOARD.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I FOUND THE CHECKLIST OF THE QUALITIES OF A GOOD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION, YOU BOTH CHECK ALL THE BOXES.
YOU HOLD A CONVICTION THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.
YOU ARE COMMITTED TO PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS, YOU BELIEVE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
YOU ARE WILLING TO DEVOTE THE TIME AND ENERGY TO YOUR POSITION.
YOU CAN ACCEPT THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY, YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR YOUR CONVICTIONS.
YOU HAVE THE RESPECT OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WELL.
FRISCO ISD IS A BETTER AND STRONGER DISTRICT IN LARGE PART DUE TO YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR ALREADY SINCE I WAS SITTING IN YOUR VERY SEAT WONDERING WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE AND WHAT COMES NEXT.
BUT GUESS WHAT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT.
IT'S A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES, A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DEDICATED YOUR TIME TO YOUR STUDENTS, THE STAFF HERE, THE FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME IS OUR BEAUTIFUL ART CENTER THAT IS GOING UP AND WILL BE OPENED SOON FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ENJOY.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR MARK ON THAT WE WORK SO HARD TO GET HERE AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF.
EVERYTHING YOU DO, THE TIME IT TAKES FROM YOUR WORK, YOUR FAMILIES, AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, JOHN FOR YOU FOR 10 YEARS AND RENE FOR YOU THE LAST SIX.
NOW YOU GET TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE GREAT MEMORIES AND GREAT TIMES, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILIES AND ENJOY WHATEVER COMES NEXT.
I LOVE YOU BOTH. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU ALL THIS TIME, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.
>> JOHN AND RENE, I REALLY AND TRULY HOPE THAT YOU DON'T FORGET ABOUT US.
BOARD IF YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS FOR JOHN AND RENE.
ALSO, DR. WALDROP AND ISD MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS TO SHARE AT THIS TIME.
>> I'LL GO FIRST. JOHN AND RENE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
YOU ARE AMAZING IN WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AS A TRUSTEE, I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM BOTH OF YOU AND ALSO FROM CHAD AND DEBBIE, AND OF COURSE, BUDDY.
ALL THESE SACRIFICES THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE FAMILY, KEEPING THE KIDS IN THE CENTER OF YOUR LIVES OF YOUR DECISIONS IS AMAZING.
AS I SAID, I'LL BE REPEATING THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU AND THEN I KEEP LEARNING ON A DAILY BASIS.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING ME AND COACHING ME AND
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PROVIDING ME THE INSIGHTS THAT I NEEDED SO THAT I CAN STAND UP ON MY FEET AND THEN RUN WITH THIS ROLE AS A TRUSTEE.I CAN KEEP ON SPEAKING FOREVER, BUT I'LL GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU.
>> THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT I CAN GIVE ANYONE IS THAT THEY'RE ALL IN.
SOMETIMES WE GET THINGS RIGHT, SOMETIMES WE GET THINGS WRONG, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ALL IN AND YOU'RE THERE, IT JUST MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THE TWO OF YOU WE WERE DOING A WORKSHOP FOR PROSPECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SOMEBODY ASKED A QUESTION, IS IT A BOARD MEMBER'S ROLE TO QUESTION OR IS IT A BOARD MEMBERS ROLE TO SUPPORT? THE ANSWER IS BOTH.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THE WAY YOU GUYS GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
RENE ASKED ME MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANYBODY ABOUT THIS BOARD MEETING AND IT'S HER LAST BOARD MEETING BECAUSE SHE SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND.
THE WAY YOU GUYS OPERATE AND YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND YOU SEEK THAT.
BUT YOU QUESTION FIRST BEFORE YOU SUPPORT, YOU DON'T ALWAYS SUPPORT, BUT YOU QUESTION AND YOU SEEK TO UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK THAT TRAIT JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO ME PERSONALLY.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE WORDS FOR YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO THIS DISTRICT WHILE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE THAT I DON'T HAVE IT ALL, BUT THANK YOU GUYS.
>> I WANT TO ECHO, TODD, JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE MY COMMENTS ARE KIND OF SIMILAR.
I'VE KNOWN JOHN AND RENE FOR MANY YEARS.
YOU GUYS KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU ALL LONG BEFORE I JOINED YOU ALL UP HERE.
I'LL SAY THIS, BEING ON THIS BOARD FOR ONE YEAR NOW, BEING A TRUSTEE FOR A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE THIS IS A COMPLICATED THING.
IT'S HARD, IT'S MESSY, IT'S TIME CONSUMING, IT'S DIFFICULT.
SO FOR YOUR TIME OF SERVICE, AS THIS DISTRICT HAS GROWN TO KEEP IT AT THIS LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE IS A THING TO BE COMMENDED ON MANY LEVELS.
BUT THE ONE COMMENT I WANT TO SAY AND ECHO TODD IS, WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS YOU TRULY GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN IN THIS JOB, AND I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT YOU BOTH HAVE PUT IN A WHOLE LOT THROUGHOUT YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. I WISH YOU THE BEST AND I'LL SEE YOU AROUND TOWN.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
TEN YEARS AND SIX YEARS IS A LOT OF TIME, PUT INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T GET PAID MUCH MONEY FOR.
BUT EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES WE MAY HAVE DISAGREED ON THINGS, YOU GUYS REPRESENTED YOUR POSITIONS VERY WELL, SHOWED ME WHY YOU FELT THE WAY YOU DID.
I WILL NEVER QUESTION AT ALL WHETHER YOU HAD THE KIDS BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
A LOT OF TIMES WE CAME FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT I NEVER COULD QUESTION WHETHER YOU LOVED OUR DISTRICT AND LOVED OUR CHILDREN, AND I SINCERELY WISH YOU THE BEST IN WHATEVER YOU GET INVOLVED IN.
>> I SAID A LITTLE BIT THE OTHER DAY.
THERE ARE NO FINER PEOPLE, NO FINER BOARD MEMBERS.
IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE BOTH OF YOU AS PRESIDENT.
MR. RUDY, WHO'S SITTING OUT THERE IN THAT CHAIR BESIDE HIS LOVELY WIFE.
NOW DANTE, YOUR LEGACY IS SET, AND WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRE THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
BUT THIS DISTRICT IS IN GOOD SHAPE, AND BOTH OF YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR HELPING PUT IT THERE.
YOU WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I WILL MISS YOU PERSONALLY.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR FRISCO ISD AND FOR ME.
>> THEN THE WORDS OF MR. BURGUNDY.
[APPLAUSE] JUST KIDDING. WE'RE STILL ON BOARD REPORT.
BEFORE I HAVE JOHN AND RENE SPEAK.
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I WOULD LIKE FOR THEIR FAMILIES TO STAND.I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR FAMILY.
WHEN YOU RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND YOU SERVE FOR AS MANY YEARS AS JOHN AND RENE HAVE, YOUR FAMILIES RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.
IF THEIR FAMILIES CAN PLEASE STAND AT THIS TIME AND BE RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE AND THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED THEM TO BE HERE SERVING THIS DISTRICT, THE LATE NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT, IT'LL BE ONE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO BE NOT PRESENT DURING FAMILY DINNER.
THANK YOU. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. JOHN.
>> WELL, GUYS, IT'S A HECK OF A RIDE.
I'LL TAKE A BREATH. DANTE? HANG ON.
DANTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER TODAY FROM HAVING YOUR SPECIAL FRIEND DO DINNER FOR US TONIGHT.
SLIDE SHOW. I WAS VERY COOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> BEFORE YOU THANK ME, MICHELLE AND MEGAN PUT THE VIDEO TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU SO MANY BELIEVE, SURE.
>> I'M GOING TO DO MORE READING THAN I LIKE TO DO BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT I'LL JUST FORGET SOMETHING IF I DON'T.
I GO BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER I WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING TONIGHT OR JUST SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AT LEAST AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO SUM UP ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS, THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM SITTING UP HERE.
HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TO SERVE AS ONE OF SEVEN, OVERSEEING BUSINESS OF THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN A JOB I FEEL INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE HAD FOR THIS LONG.
IT'S COME WITH SO MANY HIGHS, SO MANY CHALLENGES.
I LEARNED EARLY THAT THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO PLEASE EVERYONE.
BUT IF YOU TRIED YOUR BEST TO TAKE POLITICS OUT OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE UP HERE, THEN IF YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS YOU THINK ARE BEST FOR KIDS, A DECISION THAT YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT THE REST WOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, AND I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S WORKED OUT THAT WAY.
YOU NATURALLY SAY TO YOURSELF, THEN, WHEN'S THE JOB DONE, AND I'VE HAD TO REMIND MYSELF OVER AGAIN THAT IT'S REALLY NEVER DONE.
IT'S A LOT MORE LIKE BEING A RUNNER IN A RELAY LIKE WE SAW TONIGHT.
YOU CARRY THAT BATON FOR A WHILE, YOU HOPE WHEN YOU HAND IT OFF THAT YOU'VE LEFT YOUR TEAM A LITTLE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND YOU PUT THE ONES WHO COME NEXT IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED.
THANKFULLY, I'VE NEVER FELT ALONE IN THIS ROLE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER STRENGTHS TO LEAN ON WHEN THE WAY FORWARD SEEMED UNCLEAR.
WE TRULY GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS.
WHILE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME WHO DON'T THINK IN 10 YEARS THAT I'VE MADE ANY GOOD DECISIONS, THERE ARE A BUNCH WHO OFFERED SUPPORT, AND WITHOUT THEM, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS LONG.
I'M GOING TO THANK A FEW OF THEM TONIGHT, SOME OF WHOM ARE NOT IN THE ROOM.
CHRIS MOSS, WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON I MET IN FRISCO, WHO WAS "INVOLVED" IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND HE GAVE ME THAT BUG.
TRACY GAMBLE, WHO TAUGHT ME 13 YEARS AGO THAT I'D NEVER BE WORSE AT THIS THAN I WAS THEN, AND IT WOULD ONLY GET BETTER, AND SHE WAS RIGHT.
SHE BELIEVED IN WHAT WE WERE DOING AND SHE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN.
WILL SAW, WHO TAUGHT ME WHAT IT MEANT TO PLAY WITH SHARPENED ELBOWS AND SUPPORTED ME EVEN WHEN MY COUNSEL AMBITIONS TURNED TO SERVING THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
BRIAN DODSON, WHO JUST WOULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER, AND ALL THE TRUSTEES SERVING AT THE TIME WHO VOTED TO BRING ME ON BOARD, RENE MK, JOHN HOXIE, ANN, MCCASLAN, DEBBIE GILLESPIE, AND CHRIS TODD.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE CHANCE.
CHAD RUDY, WHO KEPT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE WHEN I GO DOWN AN INEVITABLE RABBIT HOLE.
I KEEP IT UP HERE [LAUGHTER] AND PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED OUTLET WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH.
DR. WALDROP, MEMBERS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM, PAST AND PRESENT, YOU'RE ALL TRUE PROFESSIONALS WHO DO A MAGNIFICENT JOB.
YOU ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB PUTTING UP WITH US TOO, SO OFTEN THE ONES WITH NO BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION AT ALL, BUT ALL THE OPINIONS.
I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR ALL OF YOU.
MY SISTER JENNIFER, SON PENN, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.
YOU ALL PROVIDE CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT.
I'M ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE. MY WIFE, MELANIE.
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MY DAUGHTERS HARLEY AND MASON.YOU PUT UP WITH MORE THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE OF CRUMPINESS FROM ME.
BUT YOU ENCOURAGE ME TO KEEP GOING EVEN WHEN I SAID, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T.
I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP WITH THIS. THESE ARE MY BELIEFS.
IF YOU BELIEVE THE WORLD NEEDS MORE EMPATHY AND NOT LESS, YOU SHOULD SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
IF YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER GETTING TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T LOOK THE SAME OR THINK THE SAME, YOU SHOULD SUPPORT PUBLIC ED.
IF YOU BELIEVE EVERY KID DESERVES A SHOT, WHETHER THEY'RE RICH OR POOR, HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, GT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY COME FROM, YOU SHOULD SUPPORT PUBLIC ED.
BECAUSE HERE IN PUBLIC ED, WE TAKE THEM ALL, ALL KIDS.
THE TEACHERS AND STAFF OF FISD DO A PHENOMENAL JOB READYING OUR KIDS FOR THE WORLD THAT THEY WILL INHERIT.
THIS DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL PLACE, ONE WORTH HOLDING OUT AS A MODEL OF SUCCESS AND ONE WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME YOUR TRUST, ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS YOUR TRUSTEE.
I WISH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ALL THE BEST.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING WITH YOU.
>> MY SENTIMENTS WERE GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
MY DAUGHTER STARTED THIS JOURNEY WITH US WHEN SHE WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE HERE IN FRISCO ID, AND SHE WILL PROUDLY WALK ACROSS THE WAKLAN STAGE ON FRIDAY AT 5:30 TO GRADUATE.
IT'S BEEN SUCH A JOY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY FOR HER AND FOR OUR 67,000 OTHER KIDDOS.
WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD SERVICE, WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE ON THE TAIL END OF ANN AND DEBBIE WINNING THEIR RACE IN 2017, I HAD A GENTLEMAN COME UP TO ME AT THE POLLS AND I LIKE YOU DO, ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.
HE SAID, OH, NO, SCHOOL BOARD IS NOT ELECTED, JUST CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK, WOW, HOW FAR WE HAVE COME FROM PEOPLE NOT REALLY KNOWING THAT SCHOOL BOARD IS AN ELECTED POSITION TO BEING ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
I MISS THOSE DAYS WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIKE, NO, I'M JUST HERE FOR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M LIKE, GOD, OKAY. BUT WHAT AN AMAZING JOURNEY THIS LAST SIX YEARS HAVE BEEN.
I'M SO THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH TOUCHING THE CHILDHOODS OF OVER 100,000 KIDS.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW SPECIAL IT IS TO SIT IN FRONT OF A CLASS OF KIDDOS READING TO THEM, BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT WILL IMPACT GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS, AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT ALONGSIDE, NOT ONLY THE TRUSTEES SITTING UP HERE, BUT OTHER ITERATIONS OF BOARDS, MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
BEING ABLE TO BE A SMALL PART OF ALL OF THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES IS SOMETHING THAT I NEVER TOOK FOR GRANTED ONE DAY.
I LOOK AT MY OWN CHILD AND THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHEPHERDED HER THROUGHOUT HER TIME HERE.
I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS OUT THERE WHO IF THEY JUST NEEDED A BOOK, IF THEY NEEDED A RESOURCE, IF THEY NEEDED A NEW SCHOOL, IF THEY NEEDED MORE TEACHERS, IF THEY NEEDED US TO HAVE REALLY HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE SERVE THEM ALL, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, THE 10 YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD.
THIS IS A SELFLESS AND A THANKLESS POSITION, BUT I AM UNBELIEVABLY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS FOR THE SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN.
KEITH, AND SHERRY, CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING YOUR ELECTION.
I WAS SO HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DO.
SORRY, SHERRY KEITH, YOU REALLY DID PICK THE RIGHT SEAT.
BUT WE ARE JUST THRILLED TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DO WITH YOUR NEXT THREE YEARS.
I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE, BUT IT IS SUCH AN IMPACTFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY, AND I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER EVERY DAY, TWO WORDS, BECAUSE KIDS, YOU WILL NEVER BE LED ASTRAY.
YOU WILL ALWAYS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR KIDS.
I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
HE AND I WERE BATTLE BUDDIES FOR MY TWO YEARS OF PRESIDENCY ON THIS BOARD, AND WE WENT THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER.
THERE'S NO ONE I WOULD HAVE RATHER DONE THAT WITH.
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I TRUST YOU IMPLICITLY.I THINK THAT YOU HAVE LED THIS DISTRICT IN SUCH AN AMAZING FASHION.
YOU WERE AHEAD OF COVID IN THE WAYS THAT CDC WAS NOT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR KIDS BACK ONLINE, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SHIP BE ABLE TO TURN ON A DIME BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT DID NOT LOSE ANY INSTRUCTION, AND THEY ARE BETTER FOR IT AND YOU'VE DONE A LOT.
BUT LEADING THIS DISTRICT THROUGH COVID, IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR MY OWN CHILD AND FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT NEVER HAD TO ASK, AM I GOING TO GET TO HAVE A MEAL TODAY? AM I GOING TO GET TO READ A BOOK TODAY? AM I GOING TO GET TO SEE MY TEACHERS NEXT YEAR? THOSE QUESTIONS WEREN'T IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR TEAM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D FIGHT ABOUT MASKS AS MUCH AS WE DID IN THIS BOARD ROOM, BUT THAT LED US TO SOME REALLY HARD, OPEN HONEST CONVERSATIONS, AND I THINK THAT COVID PREPARED US FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT CAME NEXT, WHICH I FEEL LIKE THIS DISTRICT DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB AT HANDLING UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP SO THANK YOU.
TO ISD CURRENT AND FORMER, YOU GUYS ARE THE DREAM TEAM.
YOU'RE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
I NEVER DOUBTED YOUR GUIDANCE.
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TODD MENTIONED.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I CERTAINLY NEVER DOUBTED THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
THIS IS A CALLING AND A PASSION, AND I AM SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE LEADING THIS DISTRICT ALONGSIDE DR. WALDROP, NOT ONLY FOR MY OWN CHILD, BUT FOR ALL OF THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE NOW AND ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE YET TO COME.
YOU ALL HAVE SET THIS DISTRICT UP FOR SUCH SUCCESS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF YEARS.
I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D HAVE DEBATES ON BOOKS AND BATHROOMS AND COUNSELORS AND LIBRARIANS AND YOU GUYS HANDLED IT WITH SUCH GRACE.
I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE BEEN UP HERE AND TO BE A PART OF YOUR TEAM AS WE WERE FIGHTING CULTURE WARS THAT WE HAD NO IDEA JUST HOW DEEP THEY WENT.
YOU ALL DID IT AND YOU DID IT FOR OUR KIDS, AND YOU GRACED EVERY SINGLE GENERATION OF FRISCO ISD STUDENT WITH YOUR FORTITUDE AND WITH YOUR GRACE AND WITH YOUR PASSION FOR EDUCATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR STICKING IT OUT.
I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF DAYS THAT YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT, GOSH, I COULD RETIRE, BUT YOU DIDN'T, AND I'M FOREVER THANKFUL THAT YOU DIDN'T AND THAT YOU'RE STILL HERE.
I COULD TALK FOREVER ABOUT FRISCO ISD.
I BLEED THIS DISTRICT, BUT I WILL STOP THERE AND JUST SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A TRUE JOY, THE PLEASURE OF MY LIFE.
IT HAS FELT PURPOSEFUL, WHICH IS REALLY HARD, I THINK AS AN ADULT TO FIND THINGS THAT FEEL THIS PURPOSEFUL, BUT THIS HAS BEEN THAT FOR ME.
MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR LOVING ME THROUGH THIS.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY DARK MOMENTS.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE NEWSPAPER, SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT GREAT.
BUT IT WAS YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR FOUNDATION IN MY LIFE THAT HAS GOTTEN ME THROUGH SOME REALLY HARD TIMES SO WE COULD REALLY BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE GOOD.
>> WELL, I WISH WE COULD ALL GO HOME NOW AFTER THAT.
FORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAVE THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, AND I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE MY GLASSES SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO IT.
THANK YOU AGAIN JOHN AND RENE FOR YOUR SERVICE TO FRISCO ISD AND TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WILL MISS YOU.
BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6,
[6. Discussion regarding findings of Intruder Detection Audits at Frisco ISD Campuses ]
WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSION REGARDING FINDINGS OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS AT FRISCO ISD CAMPUSES. MR. WARSTLER.>> AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MR. JOHN BODIE.
>> IS IT THIS ONE OR THIS ONE? YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? GOOD EVENING.
WOW. SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE VIBES IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
MR. CLASSE, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THIS DISTRICT BEING A VERY SPECIAL PLACE, OR MS. ARSEN BOO, IT'S SO SO GOOD.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW THAT IN MY SIX YEARS WITH FISD IN MY ROLE, I FELT VERY SUPPORTED BY OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, INCLUDING THE ISD AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT.
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MADAM PRESIDENT DAVIS, DR. WALTER, ISD AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES THIS EVENING.THE PURPOSE OF MY VISIT AS IT WAS IN APRIL IS TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE RESULTS OF AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT.
ACTUALLY SEVERAL AUDITS HAVE OCCURRED FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER SINCE OUR LAST VISIT TO THE BOARD MEETING.
AS A REFRESHER INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS BEGAN IN AUGUST 2022, FOLLOWING A DIRECTIVE FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT, AND THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE ABILITY FOR INTRUDERS OR IN THIS CASE A STATE INSPECTOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH EXTERIOR ENTRY POINTS.
AS OF TODAY, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS CONDUCTED 77 INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS OR ABOUT 99% OF OUR DISTRICT.
WHILE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIKELY INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT THE DETAILS OF THE AUDIT RESULTS, THE STATES INFORMED US THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC AS IT COULD COMPROMISE IMPORTANT CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION.
BUT AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE IDA RESULTS WERE DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING.
RESULTS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF AN UPCOMING SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 6TH, AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE IN CONDUCTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY FISD TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE FOR LEARNING, AND THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS SINCERELY APPRECIATED AS THIS WORK CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF YOU MAY HAVE.
>> WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MR. BODIE, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DID SHARE WITH US DURING CLOSED SESSION.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WHILE THAT INFORMATION CANNOT BE SHARED PUBLICLY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES RECEIVE A FULL REPORT DURING CLOSED SESSION.
[7. Discussion regarding K-12 Insight Survey - Spring 2024]
TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7 DISCUSSION REGARDING K-12 INSIGHT SURVEY, SPRING 2024, DR. CUNNINGHAM.>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
DO YOU KNOW THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD K12 CAN CONDUCT A SURVEY FOR FISCAL ID.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, K12 INSIGHT HAD A PRESENTER COME IN FROM AFAR.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE DR. JENNIFER KOSAN.
SHE IS LIVE FROM THE EAST COAST, AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HANGING IN.
IT'S A LITTLE LATER THAN I TOLD HER WE MIGHT START, BUT SHE'S BEEN A TROOPER AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF HER GOING OVER THIS.
WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO IS TO GO OVER SOME INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE ANALYZED FROM THE SURVEY.
YOU'VE GOT THAT DRAFT SLIDE DECK THAT IS IN YOUR HOME BASE, AND SHE'LL WRAP THROUGH THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO DR. KOSAN.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. KOSAN FOR HANGING IN THERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY?
>> IF YOU COULD ENABLE FOR ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN PLEASE, AND THEN I CAN PUT UP MY PRESENTATION.
>> OUR CRACK TECH TEAM IS ON IT.
CAN YOU GUYS NOW SEE THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION?
>> WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEYS, THEY WERE SENT OUT TO PARENTS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-12.
YOU'LL SEE THE TOPICS HERE, EVERYTHING FROM TEACHING AND LEARNING TO SCHOOL SAFETY, STUDENT BEHAVIOR, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT.
THEN FOR EMPLOYEES, WE HAD A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEE FOCUSED QUESTIONS AS WELL.
THE SURVEY WAS OPEN FROM MARCH 25TH TO APRIL 7TH, AND EMAILS WITH UNIQUE LINKS WERE SENT OUT TO PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS.
PARENTS COULD TAKE IT FOR EACH CHILD THAT THEY HAD ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL, AND THEN STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SURVEY THROUGH THEIR STUDENT IDS.
THIS REPORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IS YOUR DISTRICT LEVEL SURVEY RESULTS, AND WE BREAK THEM DOWN BY PARTICIPANT GROUP, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SECTION
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THAT WILL HAVE SOME TRENDING WITH THE RESULTS FROM LAST YEAR.WHEN WE LOOK AT PARTICIPATION, WE'LL SEE PARTICIPATION DECREASED A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT PARENTS AND STAFF.
WE DID HAVE A GOOD INCREASE HERE OF JUST OVER 3,000 PARTICIPANTS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT LOWER FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AS WELL.
THE SURVEY WAS AVAILABLE IN SPANISH FOR PARENTS.
SOME SUMMARY INSIGHTS HERE ARE JUST HIGH LEVEL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION WHERE THEY'RE ASKED TO RANK IT FROM A SCALE OF EXCELLENT GOOD, FAIR, POOR, 94% OF STAFF MEMBERS RATED IT AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.
THEN 87% OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AS WELL AS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ALSO SAID EXCELLENT OR GOOD COMPARED TO 84% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RATING INCREASED BY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR FOR CAMPUS BASED STAFF MEMBERS AND PARENTS, AND THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREASE OF ONE PERCENTAGE POINT FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THESE RESULTS ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SEE WITH OUR BENCHMARK REPORT AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH SOME OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE 84% FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND STAFF IS WHAT THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK HAS OF PERCENTAGES OF EXCELLENT OR GOOD, AND THEN SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE AT 70% NATIONALLY.
DEFINITELY WAY ABOVE THE AVERAGE THERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT TEACHING AND LEARNING, 91% OF STAFF, 82% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS, AND 80% OF PARENTS SAID TEACHERS SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
WHEN WE ALSO LOOKED HERE THERE WERE SOME NOTABLE PERCEPTION GAPS BETWEEN STAFF AND SECONDARY STUDENTS REGARDING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING TYPICAL THAT WE SEE STAFF PERCENTAGES ARE USUALLY MORE FAVORABLE THAN SECONDARY STUDENTS AND PARENTS FALL IN THE MIDDLE.
BUT 89% OF STAFF SAID TEACHERS GIVE HELPFUL FEEDBACK ABOUT SCHOOLWORK COMPARED TO 72% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD 84% OF STAFF WHO STRONGLY AGREED OR AGREED THAT TEACHERS SUCCESSFULLY SHOW STUDENTS HOW LESSONS RELATE TO LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, COMPARED TO 49% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS.
I WILL NOTE THOUGH THAT THAT 49% IS A 3% INCREASE SECONDARY STUDENTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
WHEN WE LOOK AT STUDENT SUPPORT AND RELATIONSHIPS, 98% OF STAFF, 85% OF PARENTS, AND 82% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS SAID THAT THERE IS AN ADULT ON CAMPUS THAT STUDENTS CAN GO TO FOR HELP WITH A SCHOOL PROBLEM.
THEN THERE WERE SOME PERCEPTION GAPS BETWEEN PARTICIPANT GROUPS FOR ITEMS RELATED TO TEACHERS CARING ABOUT STUDENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, 99% OF STAFFS AND TEACHERS GENUINELY CARE ABOUT STUDENTS, COMPARED TO 82% OF PARENTS AND 74% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT, THEIR LARGEST GAP WAS 83% OF CAMPUS BASED STAFF, 78% OF PARENTS SAYING THAT STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO SCHOOL EACH DAY WHILE ONLY 46% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS SAID THE SAME.
THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT SAFETY SECURITY AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR, 96% OF CAMPUS BASED STAFF, 92% OF PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND 82% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS SAID THEIR SCHOOL IS SAFE.
ADDITIONALLY, 79% OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL.
THEN FOR PARTICIPANTS, THEY HAVE HIGH AWARENESS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY PROCEDURES, WHICH IS GREAT AND WITHIN THE NORMS OF WHAT WE SEE WITH 95% OF STAFF, 94% OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, AND 81% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS SAYING THAT STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES AND PROCEDURES.
THEN LASTLY, UNDER SAFETY AND SECURITY, 91% OF STAFF SAID THAT STAFF MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIVE WHEN STUDENTS REPORT BULLYING OR BULLY LIKE BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S COMPARED TO 64% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS AND 62% OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO SAID THE SAME.
BUT THERE IS A 27% OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO RESPONDED DON'T KNOW.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT OVER A QUARTER OF PARENTS SAYING THEY DON'T KNOW THAT DEFINITELY LESSENS THE PERCENTAGE OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT, MORE CAMPUS BASED STAFF AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS,
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COMPARED TO SECONDARY STUDENTS SAID THAT STUDENTS ARE TREATED EQUITABLY AND FAIRLY.THERE WAS HIGH LEVELS OF AGREEMENT FOR PARENTS AND SECONDARY STUDENTS THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF CREATE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.
THERE WAS A LITTLE LOWER AGREEMENT AMONG PARTICIPATING SECONDARY STUDENTS WHEN IT CAME TO STAFF MEMBERS TAKING TIME TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS' BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS TEACHERS AND STAFF, INCLUDING STUDENT PERSPECTIVES WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.
HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ON THE LOWER SIDE, THEY BOTH DID INCREASE FROM 57% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND SO IT IS GREAT TO SEE INCREASES IN FAVORABILITY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE SAW THAT INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 STUDENTS TAKE THE SURVEY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT FAMILY INVOLVEMENT, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND CAMPUS BASED STAFF HAD HIGH LEVELS OF AGREEMENT THAT THE SCHOOL IS WELCOMING TO ALL FAMILIES AS WELL AS THAT THERE'S A CLIMATE OF MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STAFF AND FAMILIES.
BUT FEWER PARENTS DID SAY THAT THE SCHOOL PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE IMPACT ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCE.
THEN LASTLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE READY LEARNER, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND SECONDARY STUDENTS HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST AGREEMENT IN THIS DIMENSION AND THAT'S JUST THE OVERALL AVERAGE OF STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE RESPONSES TO ALL ITEMS WITHIN THAT DIMENSION.
A STRONG MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND SECONDARY STUDENTS SAID THAT STUDENTS ARE CHALLENGED AND SUPPORTED IN THEIR ABILITY TO SHOW COMPASSION AND RESPECT TOWARDS OTHERS AS WELL AS TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS.
THIS NEXT PART TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE NET PROMOTER SCORE AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEE QUESTIONS.
THERE WERE POSITIVE NPS SCORES FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK.
THE NPS FOR PARENTS IS CONSISTENT AT AN AVERAGE OF 29 AND IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR CAMPUS BASED STAFF AND WHAT THE NET PROMOTER SCORE IS WHEN YOU ASK YOUR COMMUNITY ON A SCALE OF 0-10, HOW LIKELY WOULD THEY BE TO RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL TO SOMEBODY MOVING TO THE AREA.
IF THEY GIVE A 0-6, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A DETRACTOR, IF THEY GIVE A SEVEN OR EIGHT, THEY'RE CONSIDERED PASSIVE, AND IF THEY GIVE A NINE OR 10, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A PROMOTER AND TO GET YOUR NET PROMOTER SCORE, YOU SUBTRACT THE DETRACTORS FROM THE PROMOTERS AND YOU GET A NUMBER THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM NEGATIVE100 TO POSITIVE100 SO THE GUIDING RULE IS THAT ANYTHING OVER ZERO IS CONSIDERED POSITIVE BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOU HAVE MORE PROMOTERS THAN DETRACTORS AND SO FOR YOU GUYS, IT'S IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT EVEN THE SCHOOL NPS FOR STAFF AND PARENTS IS EITHER IN LINE WITH OR HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL NORM.
THEN THE ENPS, WHICH IS THE EMPLOYEE NET PROMOTER SCORE, WHICH ASK EMPLOYEES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THEIR PLACE AS A PLACE TO WORK IS 33, AND THEY CITED THEIR WORK SITE ENVIRONMENT AS 81% SAYING THAT IT IS THE ASPECT THAT MOST POSITIVELY IMPACTS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
THIRTY THREE PERCENT IS ALSO ABOVE THE NORM WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK ENPS.
SPECIFICALLY, FOR EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, 92% OF STAFF MEMBERS SAID THAT THEY ENJOY BEING PART OF FRISCO ISD AND THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED A POSITIVE CONNECTION OR RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THEN BOTH PARTICIPATING STAFF MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS GAVE HIGH RATINGS FOR OVERALL DISTRICT QUALITY, WHICH AGAIN, IS EXCELLENT OR GOOD WITH 92% OF STAFF AND 89% OF PARENTS GIVING THOSE SCORES.
THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND WE'VE GOT THIS FOR THIS YEAR'S RESPONSES BASED ON STAKEHOLDER GROUP, SO YOU CAN SEE STAFF, FOLLOWED BY PARENTS, AND THEN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, AND SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THIS IS WHERE WE SAW THE SCHOOL NET PROMOTER SCORE ABOUT BEING LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND.
YOU'LL SEE IT'S 28 FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND 33 FOR CAMPUS BASED STAFF AND THESE TALK ABOUT LIKELIHOOD OF THE IMPACT THAT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAVE ON THEIR LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND AND SO THEY ARE ASKED TO GIVE A POSITIVE IMPACT, NO IMPACT OR NEGATIVE IMPACT.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THE ITEMS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES OF A POSITIVE IMPACT ACROSS BOTH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS FOR PARENTS AND STAFF,
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING, AND COURSE OFFERINGS, LOOKING AT QUALITY OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SECURITY AS WELL AS CUSTOMER SERVICE RECEIVED FROM THE FRONT OFFICE, THOSE ARE ALL SOME BIG INDICATORS FOR CAMPUS BASED STAFF AS WELL AS FOR PARENTS.THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THE DIMENSION SCORES AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
WE DON'T HAVE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN HERE BECAUSE THEY TAKE A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE SURVEY THAT HAS A DIFFERENT ANSWER SCALE BUT THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE RESPONSES WITHIN THAT DIMENSION FOR ALL THOSE ITEMS. AGAIN, GOING IN LINE WITH THE TREND THAT WE SEE ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS, STAFF WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGES FOLLOWED BY PARENTS AND THEN STUDENTS AND THIS NA JUST MEANS THOSE QUESTIONS WEREN'T ASKED TO THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
NEXT, WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE AGAIN, EACH COMPARISON FOR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE OF STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE RESPONSES FOR THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP.
STICKING WITH THE TREND, YOU SEE STAFF HAVE THE HIGHEST FOLLOWED BY PARENTS AND THEN SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THESE ARE GREAT FOR GETTING THAT INITIAL FIRST LOOK AT PERCEPTION GAPS ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS, THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FULL SCOPE OF THE REPORT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE FULL SPREAD OF ANSWER OPTIONS OF STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, DISAGREE OR STRONGLY DISAGREE, AS WELL AS DON'T KNOW.
HERE, SAME STYLE OF CLUSTER GRAPH COMPARING THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND GAPS AND PERCEPTIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS ITEM ABOUT GENUINELY CARES ABOUT THEM AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
HERE IS EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AGAIN, HIGH MARKS WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS HERE FOR CAMPUS BASED STAFF, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SEE WITH THE NORM FOR CAMPUS BASED STAFF INTO THE 90S, WE TYPICALLY SEE UPPER 80S AND INTO THE 90S FOR SOME DIMENSIONS AND THEN PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE FAIRLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE AS WELL.
JUST TO NOTE THAT THE LANGUAGE HERE MATCHES WHAT WAS IN THE PARENT SURVEY SO FOR STAFF, IT WOULD SAY MY STUDENTS EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND FOR STUDENTS, IT WOULD JUST SAY MY EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
GOOD STRONG PERCENTAGES HERE ABOUT BEING AWARE OF SAFETY PROCEDURES AND FEELING THAT THEIR SCHOOL IS SAFE AND CONTINUING ON.
HERE, THESE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED TO STAFF AND SECONDARY STUDENTS ONLY AND THIS IS WHERE WE SEE ABOUT DISCIPLINE BEING ENFORCED FAIRLY RECIPROCITY OF RESPECT AGAINST STAFF AND STUDENTS AS WELL AS WITHIN STUDENT GROUPS.
SOME LOWER PERCENTAGES HERE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, BUT THAT'S PRETTY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS WHO'VE ASKED THE SAME OR SIMILAR QUESTIONS IS THESE WILL TYPICALLY HAVE LOWER PERCENTAGES.
THIS IS FOR INTERACTIONS WITH A TEACHER AND SO FOR THOSE WHO SAID THAT THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO A TEACHER OR SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER WITH A CONCERN IN THE PAST YEAR, HOW THEY FELT THAT INTERACTION WAS.
THIS IS FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND SECONDARY STUDENTS WHO ANSWERED SO POSITIVE FAVORABLE PERCENTAGES HERE.
THEN WE LOOK AT SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AGAIN, NA JUST INDICATES THAT WASN'T ASKED TO THAT PARTICIPANT GROUP.
AGAIN, YOU SEE STRONGER FAVORABLE RESPONSES FROM STAFF COMPARED TO STUDENTS OR PARENTS AND IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE SAW WITH TEACHER INTERACTIONS, THIS ASKED ABOUT PRINCIPAL OR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP INTERACTIONS, AND CAMPUS BASED STAFF DID ANSWER THIS AS WELL.
NEXT, WE LOOK AT CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT.
WE SEE SOME SLIGHTLY LOWER PERCENTAGES HERE WHEN IT COMES TO PERCEPTIONS OF BEING TREATED EQUITABLY AND FAIRLY AND LEARNING ABOUT STUDENTS' BACKGROUNDS.
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THIS IS REALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOME LOWER FAVORABLE RESPONSES THERE FROM SECONDARY STUDENTS.FAMILY INVOLVEMENT, THESE WERE ONLY ASKED TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
BUT HIGH FAVORABLE RESPONSES HERE, WHEN WE LOOK AT FAMILIES FEELING WELCOME AND THERE BEING MUTUAL RESPECT, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER, SLIGHTLY LOWER HERE, WHEN IT'S LOOKING TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE.
OF COURSE, OFFERING THE SURVEY IS ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS TO DO THAT.
THEN HERE ARE THE FUTURE-READY WITH THE ABILITY FOR A CHILD TO BE CHALLENGED AND SUPPORTED IN THEIR ABILITY TO DO THESE FOLLOWING THINGS.
AGAIN, PRETTY FAIRLY HIGH PERCENTAGES HERE OF STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE RESPONSES.
IN CLOSING OUT THE FUTURE-READY LEARNER DIMENSION, AND AGAIN, FAIRLY STRONG PERCENTAGES ACROSS HERE.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES HIGHLIGHT THE TOP FIVE HIGHEST-RANKING ITEMS ACROSS THE SURVEY AND THE LOWEST-RANKING, WHICH JUST MEANS THEY HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF STRONGLY AGREE OR DISAGREE RESPONSES.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THREE OF YOUR FIVE ARE SAFETY, SECURITY, AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT WE SEE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE SOME HIGH PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES THERE.
THEN AGAIN, TEACHING LEARNING, THAT'S ONE THAT WE WILL OFTEN SEE DOWN THERE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO FEEDBACK AND SHOWING HOW LESSONS RELATE TO LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, THOSE TYPICALLY ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOWER PERCENTAGE OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES.
HERE, STUDENT SUPPORT AND RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL AS SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THEN THERE WERE SOME DOWN HERE WITH HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF STRONGLY AGREE OR DISAGREE.
STUDENTS TREATING STAFF MEMBERS WITH RESPECT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE SEE PRETTY STANDARD, AS WELL AS THE DISCIPLINE BEING ENFORCED FAIRLY AND STUDENTS TREATING EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.
THOSE ALL TYPICALLY COME IN ON THE LOWER SIDE FOR MOST OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
SECONDARY STUDENTS, A GOOD MIX HERE OF THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS, BUT GREAT TO SEE ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS, BEING CHALLENGED AND SUPPORTED WITH WORKING TOGETHER.
THEN ON THE LOWER SIDE, AGAIN, IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SAW WITH THE CAMPUS-BASED STAFF, STUDENTS TREATING EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT, DISCIPLINE BEING ENFORCED FAIRLY, AND THOSE ARE ALL PRETTY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SEE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.
THEN WE DID PUT IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HIGHEST AND LOWEST HERE FOR YOU.
AGAIN, YOU SEE SOME SAFETY AND SECURITY UP HERE, WHICH IS GOOD ABOUT THEM FEELING SAFE IN SCHOOL, FEELING THAT SCHOOL RULES ARE ENFORCED, AND THEN JUST PERCENTAGES OF NO, AS YOU CAN SEE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE VERY LOW PERCENTAGES OF NO RESPONSES.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE MIX HERE FOR THESE LOOKING FORWARD TO EACH SCHOOL DAY.
THOSE ARE ALL PRETTY IN LINE AND NORMAL WITH WHAT WE SEE.
THESE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, LIZ TALKED ABOUT TITLE 1 FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, ABOUT BEING PROVIDED A COPY OF THE POLICY, AS WELL AS BEING PROVIDED A COPY OF THE SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT.
YOU CAN SEE JUST OVER HALF RESPONDED, YES, AND THEN THERE WAS A PRETTY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
THEN WITH TITLE 1 FUNDING, LARGE PERCENTAGES OF DON'T KNOW RESPONSES ABOUT HOW THE TITLE 1 FUNDS ARE BEING USED WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS AND FOR PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
WAS SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THOSE SCHOOLS TO REV UP COMMUNICATION, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING AND HOW THAT'S BEING USED WITHIN THOSE TITLE 1 SCHOOLS.
SAME QUESTION, 85% OF STAFF WHO SAID, YES, THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED THAT COMPACT.
AGAIN, REALLY JUST MAKING SURE TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH THAT COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.
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MUCH MORE AGREEMENT HERE AND LOWER DON'T KNOW RESPONSES AS WE LOOK AT CAMPUS-BASED STAFF FUNDING FOR TITLE 1, WHICH IS GOOD.THEN CLOSING OUT, WE'VE GOT THE DISTRICT QUESTION.
THIS IS ABOUT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT FRISCO ISD, WHEREAS THE FIRST ONE WE SAW WAS SCHOOL LEVEL.
GOOD FAVORABLE RESPONSES HERE FOR BOTH PARENTS AND THEN ALL STAFF.
STAFFING FEEDBACK, HIGHER LEVELS OF AGREEMENT HERE ABOUT HAVING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER WHEN WE LOOK AT RETAINING THOSE TEACHERS.
THEN THESE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BY ALL STAFF MEMBERS, WHERE THE PREVIOUS ONES WERE ALL CAMPUS-BASED STAFF.
BUT THESE ARE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE AND GREAT PERCENTAGES HERE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ENJOYING BEING A PART OF THE DISTRICT, FEELING THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED, AS WELL AS BEING SUPPORTED AND HAVING THAT EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND HAVING THAT POSITIVE CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRICT.
THEN THIS IS THAT ENPS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS ALSO AT 33, WHICH IS A GREAT STRONG PERCENTAGE.
THEN FOR IMPACT ON NET PROMOTER, THIS TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS TO FEEDBACK AND RECOGNITION.
YOU'VE GOT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, AND THE OVERALL WORK ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE WE HAD HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABILITY FOR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS BEING THE ONE THAT HAS THE HIGHEST NEGATIVE IMPACT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SEE WITH ALL OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.
THEN THESE ARE THE TRENDING RESULTS.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY, IS GOING TO BE COMPARED, THIS YEAR'S RESPONSES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT OVERALL QUALITY.
YOU CAN SEE OVERALL THE PERCENTAGE OF EXCELLENT AND GOOD RESPONSES DID INCREASE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
WE'RE IN LINE WITH LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NET PROMOTER SCORE.
THIS IS ALSO IN LINE WITH THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK.
THEN DISTRICT QUALITY OF EDUCATION, AGAIN, PRETTY IN LINE THIS YEAR WITH WHAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR, I THINK ACTUALLY IT'S BOTH 89%, SO THAT STAYED THE SAME, WHICH IS GOOD.
YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF RESPONSES.
YOU HAD 53% COMPARED TO 57, BUT THERE WAS A LARGE INCREASE FOR GOOD RESPONSES FROM 35-41.
NET PROMOTER SCORE, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE HERE OF THOSE WHO WOULD RECOMMEND THEIR SCHOOL TO SOMEONE MOVING TO THE AREA.
THIS IS JUST FOR CAMPUS-BASED STAFF, AND THIS IS HIGHER THAN OUR NATIONAL BENCHMARK AS WELL.
JUST A SLIGHT ONE PERCENTAGE DECREASE WHEN WE LOOK AT DISTRICT QUALITY, AND THAT CAN ALSO BE DUE TO ROUNDING, SO PRETTY IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR AND REMAINING CONSISTENT.
THEN THESE ARE THE EMPLOYEE QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, SOME GOOD INCREASES HERE, 1, 2 PERCENTAGE INCREASE, BUT AT LEAST REMAINING CONSISTENT.
HERE'S THE ONE PERCENTAGE INCREASE FROM SECONDARY STUDENTS, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAD THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION.
THEN COMPLETELY IN LINE WITH LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF EXCELLENT AND GOOD RESPONSES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, ANY FOLLOW-UPS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO TAKE BACK TO THE TEAM?
>> BOARD, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND BEING WITH US VIRTUALLY.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP FOR THE BOARD TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, JENNIFER.
>> HI JENNIFER, THANKS. THAT WAS GOOD INFORMATION.
IT'S ALSO NICE TO SEE A SECOND YEAR WHERE WE CAN START TO COMPARE TO THE INITIAL YEAR THERE.
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JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU ON PARENT RESPONSES AS FAR AS THE PARTICIPATION.IT LOOKED LIKE IT DROPPED, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE.
DID WE PROMOTE IT THE SAME WAY, SEND IT OUT THE SAME NUMBER OF TIMES, THAT TYPE OF THING?
>> IT DID, YES. I BELIEVE IT WENT OUT THROUGH EMAIL.
THEY COULD TAKE IT FOR EACH STUDENT AND REMINDERS WERE SENT THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY WINDOW.
>> YOU TYPICALLY SEE AS THESE THINGS BECOME MORE EXPECTED THAT MAYBE PARENT PARTICIPATION DROPS OR ANY OTHER REASON WHY THAT MIGHT BE?
>> IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN A BUSIER TIME OF YEAR FALLING TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH.
IT WOULD REALLY DEPEND IF THERE WERE OTHER SURVEYS GOING OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S NOT THAT HUGE OF AN INCREASE AND LET ME SEE THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGES.
YOU STILL HAVE AN 11% RESPONSE RATE, AND TYPICALLY WE LIKE TO SEE 10-15% FOR PARENTS SINCE WE DO THE CENSUS STYLE SAMPLING.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK AND TARGET THROUGHOUT NEXT YEAR IS MAYBE MONITORING MORE CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY WINDOW, AND MAYBE DO SOME EXTRA TARGETS FOR PARTICIPATION IF WE SEE SOME SITES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN OTHERS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT'S A LOT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AS MOST FOLKS SITTING UP HERE KNOW, THIS IS A BIG PASSION OF MINE, AND I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE US DOING THIS.
I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS.
I WILL NOT, DON'T WORRY, BUT I COULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND DIVE IN AND ASK QUESTIONS FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR.
I MAY SCHEDULE SOME TIME DR. CUNNINGHAM TO DIVE IN A LITTLE FURTHER.
I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS LIMITED TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY TO THE STAFF SURVEY.
I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFF PARTICIPATION AND IT DECLINED, WHICH WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHY YOU THINK THAT IS AND WHAT YOU THINK WE CAN DO ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR TO GET IT NOT ONLY WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT EVEN HIGHER.
THAT QUESTION IS REALLY FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER.
>> I THINK IT WILL BE MAYBE WE CAN DO IN FULL DISCLOSURE.
I WAS NOT THE RESEARCHER THAT DID THIS.
THAT KIND OF INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE, I CAN CHECK WITH DR. BALL AND GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING PARTICULAR GOING ON WITHIN THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.
BUT I THINK IT COULD BE THE SAME APPROACH TO WHAT WE SEE WITH THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IS MONITORING IT MORE CLOSELY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
THEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO THAT'S HAD REALLY GOOD HELP WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION IS IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM OR ALERT SYSTEM FOR PARENTS AND ONE FOR STAFF THAT YOU CAN SEND OUT THE PUBLIC LINK THROUGH THAT AND HAVE THEM TAKE IT BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN JUST CLICK ON IT RIGHT FROM THEIR PHONE AND DO IT.
WHEREAS SOMETIMES WE'VE BEEN FINDING WITH THE EMAILS AND A LOT OF THE SECURITY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SOMETIMES STAFF OR PARENTS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE THAT IT'S FROM THE DISTRICT.
WE CAN ALSO HELP WITH MAYBE SOME PRE SURVEY MESSAGING NEXT YEAR OF, LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS EMAIL ADDRESS, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO SAY.
THIS IS FROM US, IT'S OKAY TO TAKE BECAUSE WE'VE RUN INTO THAT RECENTLY WITH SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS, TOO, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE SEEN INCREASED SECURITY ACROSS DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT, DEFINITELY.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH EMPLOYEE SURVEYS IS NOT IN EDUCATION, IT'S IN CORPORATE.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT IT COULD BE SOMETIMES WHAT YOU DESCRIBED AND THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO OR THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE LINK OR SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK NO MATTER HOW OFTEN WE SAY IT'S CONFIDENTIAL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WORRY THAT IT'S MAYBE NOT CONFIDENTIAL AND SO THEY WORRY ABOUT RETALIATION.
I THINK COMMUNICATING THAT AS WELL.
SOMETIMES THOUGH AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS.
THIS WOULD BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS SPECIFICALLY, THE CAMPUS LEVEL RESULTS TO THE CAMPUSES SO THAT THEY
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KNOW BECAUSE ANOTHER THING THAT I HAVE SEEN AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A FACTOR HERE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING MAYBE TO LOOK AT IS IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE WHEN THEY ANSWER THE SURVEY THAT THEY ARE HEARD AND MAYBE THEY ARE, BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT BECAUSE THOSE RESULTS WEREN'T SHARED WITH THEIR CAMPUS, THEN OVER TIME, THE PARTICIPATION RESULTS CAN DROP OFF.JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTING, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DUG INTO IT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I DO HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR, WE CAN NOT ONLY MEET BUT EXCEED THE PARTICIPATION RATE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR BECAUSE I FELT LIKE WE CAME OUT OF THE GATE IN THAT FIRST SURVEY, PRETTY WELL, CONSIDERING IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US HAVE A HIGHER PARTICIPATION RATE, SO I HOPE THAT SOME EFFORTS CAN BE MADE IN THAT REGARD.
BUT I AM INTERESTED IN WHAT I JUST ALLUDED TO A MINUTE EARLIER IS HOW THE CAMPUS LEVEL SURVEY INFORMATION OR EVEN THE HIGH LEVEL DISTRICT SURVEY INFORMATION IS COMMUNICATED TO THE STAFF.
ABSOLUTELY. WITH THIS, EACH SCHOOL DOES GET A REPORT THAT MIRRORS THE DISTRICT LEVEL REPORT THAT IS JUST THEIR SCHOOL'S RESULTS.
TYPICALLY WE RECOMMEND THAT DURING STAFF MEETINGS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN EITHER SHARE THAT OUT WITH STAFF OR THEY CAN EMAIL IT OUT.
WE ALSO HAVE INFOGRAPHICS THAT CAN BE USED JUST WHERE YOU PULL OUT SOME OF THE SURVEY DATA.
THEN IT ALSO HAS A GREAT AREA THERE WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
THAT REALLY HELPS TO CLOSE THE LOOP.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL TO LOOK AT WHERE YOU HAVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS USING THEIR RESULTS TO HELP DO THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS OVER THE SUMMER.
THEN EITHER AT THE END OF SUMMER, THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS WHEN YOU IN SHARE OUT THAT INFOGRAPHIC OF THIS PAST YEAR, YOU TOLD US XYZ.
IN ORDER TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THIS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THIS OR THESE ARE GOING TO BE SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THEN THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKING FEEDBACK MATTER WORKSHOPS WHERE YOU CAN EITHER DO THEM EITHER AT THE HIGHER LEVEL WITH DISTRICT AND SCHOOL ADMIN OR YOU CAN EVEN GET DOWN TO HELPING SCHOOL LEADERS AND DISTRICT ADMIN ON HOW TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH THEIR STAFF AT THEIR PARTICULAR SITE.
BUT THAT REALLY HELPS THEM DIVE INTO THEIR INDIVIDUAL REPORTS, READ AND UNDERSTAND THE DATA AND START TO BUILD THOSE ACTION PLANS AS TO WHY DO WE THINK THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS IS, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE IT AND THEN PUT AN ACTUAL PLAN INTO PLACE TO HELP HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO SEEING THOSE CHANGES.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD REQUEST.
MY GUESS IS THAT WE'RE STILL PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN IS FOR THE STAFF SINCE THIS IS STILL NEW.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATIONS GETTING READY TO GO.
BUT JUST TO LEAD OFF OF A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT JENNIFER WAS TALKING ABOUT, EACH OF PRINCIPALS, COME TO A MEETING WITH K12 TO REVIEW THEIR RESULTS.
PART OF THOSE RESULTS, WE ACTUALLY DID THE SURVEY EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO CAMPUSES COULD UTILIZE THEIR STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE IN CREATING THEIR CAMPUS NEEDS ASSESSMENT PLANS, THEIR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR AND HOW THEY WERE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THEM AND THEY USE THAT DATA, FOR THAT NEXT YEAR AND REPORT OUT.
YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION ON OUR CAMPUS REPORTS THAT WE STARTED PUTTING OUT ON THE CAMPUS WEBSITES.
FROM A DISTRICT STANDPOINT, WE WILL REPORT FROM A DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, BUT CAMPUSES UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR CAMPUSES TO WORK WITH THEIR TEAMS TO DEVELOP THE GOALS FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO ADD IF I CAN THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE USING THIS INFORMATION IN OUR UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP NEXT YEAR'S BOARD PRIORITIES.
FROM THAT, THEN ONCE YOU GUYS ADOPT YOUR BOARD PRIORITIES, WE WILL SET DISTRICT WIDE GOALS.
JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR AND WORK ON THE ACTION PLANS FOR THOSE OVER THE SUMMER AND COMMUNICATE THIS DISTRICT LEVEL INFORMATION IN OUR DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT THAT WE PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST SEPTEMBER, WE'LL PUBLISH ANOTHER ONE THIS SEPTEMBER.
BUT ONCE WE FINALIZE THOSE BOARD PRIORITIES AND THE DISTRICT GOALS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEM, WE PLAN TO WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO PUT OUT SOME JUST SUMMARY LEVEL INFORMATION THROUGH WORK VIVO TO LET STAFF KNOW IN GENERAL ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT FEEDBACK.
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WE ALSO SHARE THIS REGULARLY WITH OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, SO WHEN THEY START BACK UP IN THE FALL, THEY'LL HEAR THAT.>> I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE JUST SOME REMARKS, AND I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THIS ITERATION OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR FOR SQSD OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE DEFINITELY GIVEN US A LOT MORE INFORMATION AND I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANIPULATE IT IN WAYS THAT WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN BEFORE.
BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL KUDOS FOR FINDING THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF SURVEY.
AS I KNOW, WE'VE GROWN AS A DISTRICT, OTHER SURVEYS THAT YOU'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I CAN'T SPEAK TO AS LONG AS JOHN OR RENE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, BUT EACH YEAR I'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND SIGNIFICANT RESPONSES FROM OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SEEING THAT WE HAD GROWN AWAY FROM THE SURVEYS THAT YOU USED IN YEARS PAST AND GIVING THIS K12 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE US INTO THE FUTURE.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNICATION.
I KNOW THAT I'VE RECEIVED THE SURVEY SEVERAL TIMES VIA EMAIL.
BUT I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE WORTH HAVING THE SURVEY SENT FROM CAMPUSES BECAUSE WHILE IT IS SENT FROM A DISTRICT STANDPOINT MOST PARENTS ARE MORE PRONE TO OPEN EMAILS THAT COME FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.
I'M SURE YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY LOOKED AT IT.
I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE INSIGHT AS TO WHY OR WHY NOT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8,
[8. Discussion regarding 2024-2025 proposed budget and compensation plan]
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2024-2025 PROPOSED BUDGET AND COMPENSATION PLAN. MRS. SMITH.>> THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND TO END THIS ZOOM.
I AM GOING TO VERY BRIEFLY WRAP UP THE BUDGET WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR, JUST TO LEAD INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE EVENING.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES, WE ARE STILL IN A LITTLE BIT OF A STATE OF FLUX IN FRISCO ISD.
WE HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED OUR FIRST, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER FULLY NORMAL YEAR BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY SINCE COVID.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY STIMULUS FUNDING TO HELP US BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
IT'S REALLY THE FIRST NORMAL YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD IN SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE ARE ALSO ROLLING INTO ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THE SPRING OF 2025.
AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ALL ALONG, HAVE BEEN TO MAKE SMART FINANCIAL DECISIONS, BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO IMPACT THE THINGS THAT FRISCO ISD HOLDS TIGHTLY AND THE THINGS THAT MAKE US UNIQUE.
WE HAVE TRIED TO IDENTIFY AS MUCH SAVINGS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT IMPACTING CONSTRUCTION OR THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING ADOPTING A MANAGEABLE DEFICIT WITH THE USE OF OUR RAINY DAY FUNDS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THAT WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON IMMEDIATELY AND THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR.
THEN WE HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER RAISING THE M&O TAX RATE BY A LITTLE OVER $0.03.
THIS SLIDE STILL SAYS TO PAY FOR A RAISE.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE CHANGED THE BUDGET PLAN TO INCLUDE THE RAISE AND THE VAT THAT WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING YOU CALL IN THE FALL WOULD BE TO HELP US PRESERVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE FRISCO UNIQUE AND HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT.
AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE THE THREE CRITICAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE OUR BUDGET.
OUR ENROLLMENT HAS FLATTENED, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THAT'S HAPPENED, IT STILL REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THAT'S AN ANOMALY OR IF THIS IS OUR NEW NORMAL.
ATTENDANCE HAS ALSO DECREASED SINCE COVID,
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WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE SEEING.WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A 2% DECREASE IN OUR ATTENDANCE RATE AS HAS THE REST OF THE STATE, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW ATTENDANCE DIRECTLY IMPACTS FUNDING.
INFLATION, OF COURSE, AND OTHER ECONOMIC FACTORS HAVE PUT A STRAIN ON OPERATING BUDGETS OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019.
WHILE $4 BILLION IN NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING WAS APPROPRIATED DURING THE 88TH SESSION IN THE STATE'S BUDGET, LAWMAKERS WERE UNABLE TO PASS A BILL TO ACTUALLY SPEND THAT MONEY, SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT.
WE DON'T EXPECT ANY ADDITIONAL SPECIAL SESSIONS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BEGINS IN JANUARY OF 2025.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WERE WORKING WITH AN ACCELERATED BUDGET ADOPTION TIMELINE THIS YEAR, WE ARE ADOPTING THE BUDGET ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER THAN WE TYPICALLY WOULD.
IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND WE'VE HAD, I THINK FIVE TOTAL BUDGET WORKSHOPS SINCE THEN.
I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY THANK RICHA HALL, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HER TEAM, WHO ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE DATA IS IN PLACE WITH ALL THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE'VE HAD AND ALL THE MEETINGS THAT ISD AND OTHER DIRECTORS HAVE HAD.
THEY'VE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO GET ALL THE DATA TOGETHER, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
WE ARE NOW IN MAY SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT ON OUR BUDGET AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
OUR OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE ON THE BUDGET WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THEN OUR BUDGET BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JUNE WITH THE NORMAL TIMELINE.
HERE'S OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL THREE FUNDS.
YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THIS. IT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE I SENT IT TO YOU ON MAY 1ST.
IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE SO I WON'T DIVE INTO IT TOO DEEPLY.
JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, WE DID IDENTIFY $16.9 MILLION IN COST SAVINGS FROM LAST YEAR.
WE ADDED 3.6 MILLION IN NEW POSITIONS FOR OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS.
WE INCREASED DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, A NET INCREASE OF $2.7 MILLION FOR INFLATIONARY INCREASES.
THEN THERE'S $17 MILLION IN COMPENSATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE, THAT INCLUDES A 3% RAISE FOR STAFF, AN INCREASE IN TEACHER STARTING PAY TO $60,500, AND AN INCREASE IN THE EMPLOYEE MINIMUM WAGE PLUS EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THAT INCREASE FROM $14.50 TO $15 AN HOUR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS BUDGETED AT A DEFICIT OF 30.8 MILLION.
OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGET IS BUDGETED AT A DEFICIT OF NEARLY 7 MILLION.
I'LL REMIND YOU GUYS, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE WORKSHOPS AGO THAT THAT IS IN RESPONSE TO OUR REQUIRED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND BECAUSE WE ARE CARRYING EXCESS FUND BALANCE FROM ALL OF THE STIMULUS FUNDING THAT CAME FROM COVID.
WE ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO SPEND THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN.
WE CAN'T KEEP MORE THAN THREE MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENSES IN OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND BALANCE.
THIS AMOUNT WILL GET US DOWN TO THIS DEFICIT WILL GET US DOWN TO THAT CAP WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
THEN WE WON'T BE BUDGETING CAPITAL ITEMS BEYOND THAT.
THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR 2018 BOND PROGRAM, WE'VE SOLD ALL OF THE DEBT FOR OUR 2014 BOND PROGRAM NOW, AND WE ONLY HAVE $32 MILLION LEFT IN THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM THAT'S AUTHORIZED BUT UNISSUED.
SINCE WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THAT PROGRAM, OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND IS VERY HEALTHY.
WE DON'T HAVE NEW DEBT THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO ISSUE UNTIL WE ADOPT OR UNTIL THE BOARD VOTES FOR ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FALL.
ONCE WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND ASSUMING THAT THE BOARD CALLS FOR A BOND ELECTION, WE WILL COME BACK AND AMEND OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY DEBT THAT WOULD BE ISSUED IN THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR RELATED TO THAT BOND PROGRAM.
AS I HAVE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES, A $30.8 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT IS NOT A $30.8 MILLION FORECASTED DEFICIT, SO WE TYPICALLY HAVE BETWEEN $10-15 MILLION, GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING ON THE YEAR THAT WE DON'T SPEND IN OUR BUDGET.
YOU CAN MENTALLY SUBTRACT TEN TO $15 MILLION FROM OUR BUDGETED DEFICIT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT END UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND HOW MUCH OF OUR RAINY DAY FUND WE MIGHT EXPECT TO USE.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION,
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WE ARE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE NOT STOPPED WORKING ON THIS BUDGET, AND WE WILL NOT STOP STRIVING FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN.WE PRESENTED THESE OPTIONS FOR GENERATING ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND REDUCING BUDGETS IN, I THINK OUR FOURTH BUDGET WORKSHOP.
ALL OF THE REVENUE GENERATING OPTIONS THAT ARE ON YOUR SCREEN ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED FOR EITHER THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR OR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
THEN IF AND WHEN WE EXHAUST ALL OF THOSE REVENUE GENERATING OPTIONS AND WE STILL NEED TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL PLAN, WE WILL BEGIN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS.
THE ONES ON THE SCREEN HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED SO THAT THEY DON'T IMPACT THE CLASSROOM.
BASICALLY, THEY DON'T LIMIT STUDENT OPPORTUNITY OR OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT FUTURE READY LEARNERS.
WE ALSO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAVE A VIRTUAL SUGGESTION BOX FOR STAFF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE IDEAS AS WELL IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN.
WHILE WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE TONIGHT, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT THE RECOMMENDATION COME AUGUST.
AFTER WE GET FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES IN JULY, WOULD BE TO CONSIDER RAISING THE M&O TAX RATE BY A LITTLE OVER THREE CENTS, WHICH WOULD GENERATE AFTER RECAPTURE ABOUT $12 MILLION TO US.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGNS AND EVALUATING THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR OPENING ENROLLMENT TO STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION TO USING TRS MONEY, AMENDING THAT FINANCING PLAN TO COVER SOME OF OUR OPERATING COSTS FOR OUR FACILITIES.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THAT, WE'LL COME FAIRLY CLOSE TO BALANCING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEFORE WE MOVE INTO SOME BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS.
THAT IS THE RECAP THAT I HAVE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, OR YOU ALL CAN FEEL FREE TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, OR ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THERE'S A LOT.
>> I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE BUT SINCE IT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY SHOULD ASK IT AGAIN JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THIS, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS OVER THE WEEKEND SINCE THIS MOST LATEST VERSION WAS OUT THERE.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TRS FUNDS AND WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE ACTUALLY THAT HAVE THE SAME MEANS OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT IS HOLDING US BACK FROM SAYING WE ARE GOING TO USE THE TRS FUNDS OR WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN.
I KNOW OPEN ENROLLMENT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, PROBABLY IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND THE [INAUDIBLE] OBVIOUSLY UP TO THE VOTERS.
BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY WE HAVEN'T MADE THE DECISION TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD WHEN IT IS AN OPTION THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULD REDUCE THE PROJECTED BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY IF WE WERE TO DO THAT? THAT'S PART 1 OF MY QUESTION.
THEN PART 2 OF MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY YOU'RE PROPOSING TO ASSUME THAT THE DISTRICT IS FULLY STAFFED ALL YEAR WHEN WE KNOW BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN JUST MENTIONED RIGHT NOW THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SAVINGS.
IF WE DO ALL THESE THINGS, THE DEFICIT WON'T BE MOST LIKELY THAT $30.8 MILLION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE DISTRICT CHOOSES TO BUDGET IN THAT WAY WHEN HISTORICALLY AT LEAST THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE DEFICIT BUDGET, THE DEFICIT HAS NOT BEEN AS MUCH AS WAS PROJECTED?
>> I'LL START WITH THAT SECOND QUESTION FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE CHOOSE TO BUDGET AS IF WE ARE FULLY STAFFED BECAUSE OUR HOPE IS THAT WE ARE AS CLOSE TO FULLY STAFFED AS POSSIBLE.
WE ALLOCATE POSITIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED OR THAT WE EXPECT TO BE ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT.
THE IDEAL SITUATION IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF THOSE STAFF AVAILABLE TO SERVE THOSE STUDENTS ALL YEAR LONG.
OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUSES DON'T STOP RECRUITING.
IF WE WERE TO NOT ALLOCATE THOSE POSITIONS AND HAVE BUDGET READY AND AVAILABLE TO PAY THEM IF WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE THEM, IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN OUR HIRING PROCESS IF WE HAVE CANDIDATES THAT COME AVAILABLE TO US MID YEAR AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE US TO MISS OUT ON SOME OF THOSE CANDIDATES IF WE HAVE TO WAIT TO COME BACK AND AMEND THE BUDGET,
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AND ALLOCATE THOSE POSITIONS JUST IN ORDER TO HIRE PEOPLE IN.WE WE CHOOSE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO JUST SAY, THIS IS HOW MANY POSITIONS WE NEED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET FOR.
BUT WE KNOW HISTORICALLY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
THAT'S WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID, WE'RE TREATING A BUDGET DIFFERENT THAN A FORECAST.
THE BUDGET IS OUR BOTTOM LINE AND AS FAR INTO OUR RAINY DAY FUND OR FUND BALANCE AS WE'RE WILLING TO GO, KNOWING THAT MOST LIKELY, WE WON'T DIP THAT DEEP.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE REVENUE GENERATING OPTIONS, THE ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T WANT TO COUNT ON THAT REVENUE UNTIL IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
THE OPEN ENROLLMENT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE AND WOULD CAUSE BOARD POLICIES TO BE CHANGED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO QUICKLY.
THE USE OF TRS FUNDS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE LAST YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET, THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THOSE TRS FUNDS IN 22-23 BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THE ENTIRE DEFICIT WITH SR FUNDING.
THIS YEAR, WE CHOSE NOT TO EXPLORE THAT EARLY ON IN THE YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD A CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN MEETING ALL YEAR IN PREPARATION TO PRESENT A 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, HISTORICALLY HAVE USED TRS MONEY TO HELP KEEP THE DEBT TAX RATE LOW WHEN GOING OUT FOR A BOND PROGRAM.
WHILE OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA ARE HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO $0.50 ON THEIR DEBT TAX RATE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEIR BONDS, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE WITH THE TRS TO BE AT $0.27, AND WE MANAGED THE ENTIRE 2018 BOND PROGRAM LOWERING THE TAX RATE FROM $0.42-$0.27, AND WE KEPT IT AT $0.27 THE WHOLE TIME.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THE BOND COMMITTEE AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO OBLIGATE THOSE FUNDS WITHOUT THE BOARD BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THOSE FUNDS MIGHT BE NEEDED TO FINANCE A 2024 BOND PROGRAM.
WE WILL GET THAT FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO YOU GUYS IN JULY.
WE'LL ALSO GET TAXABLE VALUES FOR THE 2024 TAX YEAR IN JULY.
AT THAT POINT, YOU GUYS AS A BOARD WILL HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO EVALUATE A POTENTIAL BOND PROGRAM, THE FINANCING PLAN, WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF USING THE TRS MIGHT BE ON THE DEBT TAX RATE, AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THAT FUND THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T WANT TO PRESENT THAT AND OBLIGATE THOSE FUNDS BEFORE YOU ALL HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THAT WE LOOK AT THE TRS AND THE ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN.
THE OPEN ENROLLMENT I'M NOT NECESSARILY ADVOCATING.
I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS THAT AND LOOK AT THAT BEFORE WE WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THAT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THAT NOW.
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEN I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2019 FORMULA THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY SITUATION FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING FROM THE DEFICIT STANDPOINT.
HOWEVER, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO RE-LOOK INTO IS FROM THE REVENUE GENERATION STANDPOINT, LOOK INTO THE OPTION OF HAVING THE AUDITORIUMS AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY DURING SUMMER.
BECAUSE I KNOW A SECTION OF COMMUNITY GOES ALL OVER THE METROPLEX LIKE IRVING, GARLAND, AND OTHER PLACES TO DO THEIR END OF THE STUDY FINE ARTS, LIKE DANCE AND MUSIC AND ALL.
ROUGH ESTIMATE. THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING, I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO SLIGHTLY OVER ONE HALF MILLION.
I THINK WE ARE SERVING THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALSO FIGURING OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
I COPIED THE SLIDE FROM OUR WORKSHOP SLIDE AND WE HAVE MET BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND YOU BROUGHT THAT IDEA FORTH,
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AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS TO INCREASE REVENUE FROM RENTING OUR FACILITIES.I SHOULD HAVE ADDED THAT TO THE SLIDE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
>> THANK YOU. COULD YOU PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP, PLEASE? YEAH. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, SEEMS LIKE WE CAN GET A LOT OF MONEY FROM OPEN ENROLLMENT.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT TO DIVE INTO THAT.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO STUDY THIS AND HAVE IT EMBLEMENT? IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT, START A STUDY IN IT RIGHT NOW, COULD WE HAVE IT READY FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR OR?
>> I THINK DEPENDING ON THE PARAMETERS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME FORM OF IT READY FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.
I THINK IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE SOME FORM OF OPEN ENROLLMENT THAT WE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WE COULD DO THAT AS EARLY AS THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WITH REGARDS TO THE ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN, YOU SAID YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO THAT IMPLEMENTED?
>> I SHOULDN'T SAY WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT.
WE WILL HAVE AN ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE.
REALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING.
MONEY IS SECONDARY, BUT IT DOES HELP OUR BOTTOM LINE, IF KIDS COME TO SCHOOL, BUT THERE IS A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT TO STUDENTS ON THEIR LEARNING IF THEY DON'T COME TO SCHOOL.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK ON HELPING FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR STUDENTS COMING TO SCHOOL REGULARLY.
>> THAT'S GREAT, KIM. MY LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE TURS.
AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT YOU ARE PUTTING THAT OFF UNTIL SOME OTHER THINGS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WON'T NEED THAT FOR SOMETHING ELSE OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY EXPLORING RIGHT NOW THAT WE GO AHEAD?
>> WE ARE PUTTING ALL OF THE PAPERWORK IN PLACE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE USE OF SOME OF OUR TURS FUNDS.
HOWEVER, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BOARD DECISION, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD HAS ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL DECISIONS THAT TIE TOGETHER.
THE CALLING OF THE BOND PROGRAM, SETTING THE TAX RATE, AND THEN CHANGING THE USE OF THESE FUNDS, ALL ARE VERY INTERTWINED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATION THAT ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS MAY HAVE ON THE OTHER BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION.
WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE PUZZLE PIECES PUT TOGETHER IN EARLY FALL SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION, WE WON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO DO IT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THE EARLY FALL TO MAKE A DECISION.
>> YEAH. YOU'LL HAVE A WORKSHOP, I BELIEVE IT'S SET FOR JULY 29TH TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FINANCING PLAN AT THAT POINT AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON THE TAX RATE.
THEN AFTER THAT WORKSHOP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A REALLY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT LIKE I SAID, THE DOMINO EFFECT OF ONE DECISION ON THE OTHER AS IT RELATES TO USING THOSE TURS FUNDS.
>> DOCTOR WALTER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL I THOUGHT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
I KNOW I ASKED THIS AND YOU PROVIDED THE INFORMATION AND HOME BASE, BUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LOST TO HOME SCHOOL CHARTER AND PRIVATE.
>> I'M TRYING TO GO OVER 3,000. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK IT WAS 3,500 SINCE 2019, IF I'M RECALLING CORRECTLY.
COULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE THINK OF ATTENDANCE? THAT'S NOT EXACTLY ATTENDANCE.
THAT WOULD BE MORE STUDENT RETENTION, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER HERE ON OPEN ENROLLMENT.
IF WE HAD ANOTHER 1,000 STUDENTS THAT WOULD GENERATE SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
IF WE HAD LOST 1,000 LESS STUDENTS, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE SAME NUMBER.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT STUDENT RETENTION.
WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO ENROLL
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THEIR KIDS IN ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS INSTEAD OF FRISCO ISD, BUT I DO THINK AND A LOT OF THIS IS ANECDOTAL, SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.BUT WHEN I HEAR FROM PARENTS AND THOSE ARE THE SADDEST PHONE CALLS THAT I GET IS WHEN A PARENT CALLS ME AND SAYS, I'M CHOOSING TO WITHDRAW FOR REASONS THAT I THINK PERHAPS COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE ADDRESSED.
IF PEOPLE WANT CERTAIN TYPES OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILD, THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
BUT OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M GETTING THOSE PHONE CALLS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANECDOTAL, SO I'M NOT ATTEMPTING TO SPEAK FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE GETTING HERE THAT IT IS OUR ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS EVERY YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT MORE CURIOSITY AROUND AND MAYBE WE'RE DOING THAT AND THE BOARD JUST ISN'T AWARE, BUT I THINK SOME MORE CURIOSITY AROUND WHY THESE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING AND COULD SOME OF THESE BE PREVENTABLE? EVEN IF WE WERE AT 2,500 IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF 3,500, THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I DO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITY, AGAIN, BASED ON ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK THAT WE COULD IMPACT THAT NUMBER IN A POSITIVE WAY AND ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBERS.
>> SURE. I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TO TALK ABOUT THAT SIDE OF THINGS.
I KNOW THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE LEFT AND WHAT WE COULD GENERATE IF THEY CAME BACK OR IF WE OPENED OUR ENROLLMENT TO OTHER STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU THERE.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF NOT, KIMBERLY, I JUST HAD ONE THING.
I RECEIVED A FEW EMAILS OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH TODAY FROM SOME OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD SHOULD THE BOARD MAKE A DECISION DOWN THE ROAD TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE ANYTHING PUBLICLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIORS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED?
>> SURE. LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WON'T BE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE UNTIL AUGUST.
BUT IF YOU DO CHOOSE TO ADOPT A HIGHER TAX RATE, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE OVER 65 AND HAVE AN OVER 65 EXEMPTION ON THEIR HOME, THEIR TAX LEVY IS FROZEN, AND SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THEY PAY IS FROZEN AND IT CAN ONLY GO DOWN, IT CAN'T CO UP.
ACTUALLY, IF WE WERE TO RAISE THE TAX RATE, THEIR TAX BILL WOULD NOT GET ANY GREATER IF THEY HAVE THAT OVER 65 EXEMPTION.
I RECEIVED A FEW, AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I SPOKE BRIEFLY EARLIER TODAY ABOUT IT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I RESPOND TO THEM THAT I'M GIVING THEM CORRECT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. BOARD, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME,
[9. Public Comment Session]
WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9, WHICH IS COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT. MRS. ASHENBURG.>> THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA.
THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED AND 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 BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE.
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, GPPA LOCAL, F&G 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 MEETING.
THE FIRST PORTION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY WHEN THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM PARENTS OF FRISCO ISD STUDENTS, FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEES, AND STUDENTS, AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS.
ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK.
IF WE WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY INDIVIDUALS STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
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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 THEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS.
OUR FIRST UP IS JOSEPH CRUZ, FOLLOWING JOSEPH CRUZ.
WE HAVE MICHELLE MILL HOLLAND.
>> GOOD EVENING, MS. DAVIS, DR. WALDROP, AND ALL TRUSTEES.
MY NAME IS JOSEPH CRUZ, AND I SERVE AS THE MEMBERSHIP SPECIALIST FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS HERE IN REGION 10.
ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS I REPRESENT IN FRISCO ISD, I WANT TO EXPRESS ATPES GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE COMPENSATION PLAN OUTLINED IN AGENDA ITEM 8 OF THE 2024-2025 PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE URGE TRUSTEES TO VOTE YES ON THIS RESOLUTION, GIVEN THE STAFFING CHALLENGES FACED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS.
WE BELIEVE THIS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND STIPENDS WILL BE USEFUL TOOL IN FRISCO'S EFFORTS TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
WE APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT DESIRE TO PROVIDE MORE COMPENSATION DESPITE THE LEGISLATURE'S FAILURE TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
ATPE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER COMPENSATION FOR FRISCO ISD EDUCATORS, AND WE THANK THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT ITS CURRENT AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MICHELLE MILL HOLLAND, FOLLOWED BY KEITH GROAT.
>> I KNOW YOU ALL ARE THINKING WHAT IS SHE GOING TO SAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO KIMBERLY FOR TALKING ABOUT CONSIDERING AT LEAST AT THIS POINT THE TOURS FUNDS AND PUTTING THAT INTO MMO.
I THINK THE THING THAT IS MOST DISAPPOINTING TO ME AT THIS POINT IS THAT WE'VE HEARD ALL THE ACCOLADES AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT ALL THE GREAT STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND IT DOES MAKE ME PROUD.
I CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
DR. WALDROP, I AGREE WITH YOU, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS YOUR BASE. THAT INCLUDES ME.
EVERY YEAR, I SEND YOU ALL A LETTER, AND I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET AND EVERY YEAR, I DO NOT GET A RESPONSE.
I CONTINUE TO WATCH AND I CONTINUE TO CHEER FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PUT IN SUCH HARD WORK FOR THIS DISTRICT.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT VERY PROUD BECAUSE OF ONE ITEM.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE PART IN THE DECISION TO MOVE THOSE ADDITIONAL TAXABLE PROPERTIES INTO THE TASKS, YOU DO KNOW THAT NOW.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT IS SHIFTING OUT OF OUR MMO FUND IS ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ASKING OUR TAXPAYERS TO COME UP WITH AT A TIME WHEN THE ECONOMY TRULY SUCKS.
I WANT THE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT TO HAVE A HEART FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO HAVE A HEART FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE BE HONEST WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT THE SITUATION IS FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MR. KEITH GROAT, FOLLOWED BY MR. PAUL JASON.
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>> WELL, I'M GLAD I DIDN'T TAKE A DRINK OF WATER BEFORE I GOT HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE I WOULD BE IN A WORLD TO HURT.
THOSE WHO HAVE ABLE TO MANAGE THE WHOLE TIME.
I REALLY ADMIRE YOU ALL FOR HAVING A LOT OF STAMINA.
WE HAVE JUST UNDERGONE AN ELECTION FOR TWO NEW TRUSTEES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS.
THE MAIN REASON WE PARTAKE IN AN ELECTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS YOUR ABILITY TO RAISE AND LOWER OUR TAXES.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT THEY ARE UNELECTED BOARDS.
THANKFULLY, THEY CANNOT RAISE OUR TAXES.
THEY MUST STRETCH THEIR DOLLARS, WHICH I MIGHT ADD, IS FAR LESS THAN THE $14,000 PLUS PER STUDENT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
I HAVE GONE TO MOST OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, AND I'VE BEEN TO MANY WORKSHOPS OVER THE PAST YEARS WHERE I AM MAYBE THE ONLY CITIZEN THERE.
ONE TRUSTEE SAID ONE OF THE RECENT WORKSHOPS, AND I QUOTE "WE GAVE THEM $0.31 OVER THE PAST YEARS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM TAKING $0.03 BACK WHEN REFERRING TO TAXES." I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS SENTIMENT.
ALL TAXES ARE TAKEN FROM THE TAXPAYER.
MY OBSERVATION IS MORE EFFORT CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE COSTS AND REDUNDANCIES INSTEAD OF RAISING TAXES.
I URGE YOU TO GO AFTER WASTE AND REDUNDANCIES.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO RAISE TAXES, I CAN ONLY PRESUME THOSE VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR YOU OR THOSE YOU ENDORSED ARE CONTENT TO HAVE THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATES RAISED.
YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT JUDGMENT, I HAVE MORE TIME.
I HAVE ONE MORE MATTER OF INPUT.
I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF WORKSHOPS OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS.
UNTIL STEPHANIE AND MARVIN GOT ON THE WORKSHOP, I'VE BEEN NEVER GREETED AND MADE FEEL WELCOME. I'M AN OUTSIDER.
NO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID, HEY, THANKS FOR COMING OR STAFF.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DR. WALDROP, SECRETARY MICHELLE, WHO I APPRECIATE ONE TIME CAME UP AND OFFERED ME WATER AND A PROGRAM AND SAID, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I THINK THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE THE EFFORT TO MAKE CITIZENS THAT TAKE THE TIME TO COME TO YOUR WORKSHOPS, FEEL REALLY WELCOME.
WE ARE STAKEHOLDER. WE ARE IMPORTANT.
WE DO VOTE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME.
MY EXPERIENCE FROM THE BUSINESS WORLD IS WE INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND CUSTOMERS, WHETHER WE LIKE THEM OR NOT, AND WE MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME.
VERY WELCOME, WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT.
I ASKED YOU TO MAKE THIS CHANGE AS WELL TO YOUR MEETINGS. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK THE LEGS GET COUNTED IN ON THAT LONGEVITY ISSUE.
TWO WORDS STAND OUT TO ME FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT, HISTORICAL AND COMPLICATED, WHICH ARE TWO MY FAVORITE MOVIE LINES.
USING HISTORY, GEORGE SAID, THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT SAID I SHALL BE CONTENT OF THOSE WHO PRONOUNCE MY HISTORY USEFUL, WHO DESIRE TO HAVE A CLEAR VIEW BOTH OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAVE HAPPENED AND OF THOSE WHICH SOMEDAY WILL HAPPEN.
IN ALL HUMAN PROBABILITY, HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE SAME WAY IN A SIMILAR WAY.
WOODROW WILSON SAID THE WORST POSSIBLE ENEMY TO SOCIETY IS THE MAN WHO IS CUT LOOSE FROM HIS STANDARDS OF JUDGMENT FROM THE PAST AND UNIVERSITIES OR SCHOOLS, WHICH TRAIN MEN TO USE THEIR MINDS WITHOUT CAREFULLY ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION OF THEIR THOUGHTS WITH THAT OF THE PAST OR INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL DESTRUCTION.
FINALLY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT SAID TO EDUCATE A MAN IN MIND, BUT NOT IN MORALS, IS TO EDUCATE ME IN AS TO SOCIETY.
I WANT TO APPLY THOSE TO THE BUDGET.
WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO EDUCATION AND I WAS HEAD OF MY DEPARTMENT AND I BROUGHT IT IN UNDER BUDGET AND I GOT COMPLIMENTS BECAUSE MY SCORES WERE THE HIGHEST, I GOT CALLED INTO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE THINKING I WAS GOING TO GET AN ACCOLADE DON'T KNOW IF I GET ONE OF THINGS AROUND MY NECK, BUT I THOUGHT I'D GET A COMPLIMENT.
YOU DID NOT SPEND YOUR BUDGET.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENTAL PROBLEM.
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I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT HERE, BUT IT'S A GOVERNMENTAL PROBLEM AS WELL AS WITH SCHOOLS.THE WHOLE PROBLEM WAS, IF YOU DON'T SPEND YOUR BUDGET, THEN WE CAN'T HAVE THAT SAME MONEY NEXT YEAR, SO YOU MUST SPEND YOUR BUDGET. I DON'T NEED TO.
YOU WILL. I HAD TO BUY AN ENTIRE WALL OF OVERHEAD PROJECTORS THAT WERE NOT NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE BUDGET.
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES DOWN AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WAS HIS BOSS TOLD ME TO HIRE FOUR NEW SECRETARIES.
HE SAID, WELL, I DON'T NEED IT. I ORGANIZE THIS THING THAT, WELL, YOU WANTED TO. IT'S HUMMING.
HE SAYS, YOU EITHER HIRE THOSE FOUR OR I WILL GET SOMEBODY WHO DOES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS HERE, I JUST KNOW THAT THAT KIND OF PROBLEM EXISTS IN ALMOST ALL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A PROBLEM HERE OR NOT.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE REQUEST THAT I WOULD HAVE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET VOTE.
I THINK IT'S WRONG AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO TIE THINGS TOGETHER THAT MAKE YOU LOOK BAD IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR SOMETHING.
I THINK THERE'S ONE FRISCO WAS A FARM TEAM FOR PROSPER AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE DON'T PAY THAT MUCH AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT. I'M NOT DONE.
>> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 ACTION ITEMS.
[10.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from April 9 Regular Meeting, April 18 Special Meeting, April 18 Board Budget Workshop, April 23 Special Meeting and May 8 Board Budget Workshop]
WE'LL GO WITH ACTION ITEM 10A.CONSIDER AN ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 9TH, REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 18TH SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 18TH BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP, APRIL 23TH, SPECIAL MEETING, AND MAY 8TH BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MISSES ARCHAMBAULT SECOND BY MR. CLASSE BOARD.
I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
BOARD, WE ARE GOING TO HOLD AGENDA ITEMS 10B AND C, AS WE DO HAVE TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION TO COVER THE REVIEWS FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT.
WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO AGENDA ITEM 10D, WHICH IS,
[10.D. Consider and act to approve the recommended employment contracts for identified personnel, including contracts for: Principal of Liscano Elementary Principal of Memorial High School]
CONSIDER AN ACT TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR PRINCIPAL OF LISCANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SANAM SHERALI, AND PRINCIPAL OF MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, BROOK FESCO. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASSE, SECOND BY MS. ARCHAMBAULT.
BOARD, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE WE'VE CHANGED THE LANGUAGE ON HOW WE'RE APPROVING THESE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT AND I SEE ESTHER IN THE BACK SO I GUESS SHE CAN CORRECT ME IF I DON'T SAY IT IN THE RIGHT LEGAL WAY.
BUT THIS CAME UP FROM ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD WITH APPROVING PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE AS A TRUSTEE, WE WOULD GET A RESUME AND WE WERE NOT INVOLVED WITH INTERVIEWING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CANDIDATES WERE CONSIDERED.
I WASN'T SUGGESTING THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT WE WERE ASKED TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATION.
WHEN ESTHER CAME ON BOARD, AND WE HAD OUR ONE-ON-ONE AND I GOT TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BIT.
I MENTIONED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR ME THAT THE BOARD WAS ASKED TO APPROVE PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAD THE REQUISITE INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE ON THAT.
SHE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT ACTUALLY WHAT THE BOARD COULD DO IS TO APPROVE THE CONTRACTS INSTEAD OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SHE WORKED IT THROUGH AND WHATEVER CHANNELS SHE WORKED WITH HR.
THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE LANGUAGE CHANGE, AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT JUST IN CASE ANYONE WATCHING THE MEETINGS WONDERED WHY WE HAD CHANGED THAT LANGUAGE.
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I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU.HOW DID I DO, ESTHER DID I GET IT? THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND POSITIVE CHANGE. THANK YOU.
>> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 10.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11, CONSENT AGENDA A-II.
[11. Consent Agenda]
BOARD, YOU WILL FIND EXPLANATIONS REGARDING EVERY ACT ON AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE MAKING TONIGHT CONCERNING THIS CONSENT AGENDA.I REALLY DO APPRECIATE OUR IST MEMBERS FOR TAKING TIME TO PROVIDE SUMMARIES FOR US AS WELL AS ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS PERTINENT TO WHAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON TODAY IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11A-II. I LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH A-II.
>> TELL ME. MOTION BY MR. CLASSE SECOND BY MS. ARCHAMBAULT.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
BOARD, WE ARE NOW GOING TO RETURN TO CLOSED SESSION.
[1. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E (Part 2 of 2)]
IT IS 10:16 P.M. DURING OUR CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING HIS REVIEW AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT, AND THEN WE WILL RETURN TO OPEN SESSION TO ACT ON ITEMS 10B AND 10C.IT IS 11: 05, AND WE ARE BACK.
WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO AGENDA ITEMS 10B AND C.
THE FIRST IS 10B WHERE WE'LL CONSIDER AN ACT ON
[10.B. Consider and Act on Superintendent’s contract extension]
SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT EXTENSION. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> YOU WANT TO DO IT IN UNISON?
MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASSE, SECOND BY MS. ARCHAMBAULT.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
>> I JUST HAD A COMMENT, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE ABOUT THIS IN CLOSED SESSION.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, SPECIFICALLY THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.
THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT, BUT I STILL HAVE CONCERNS THAT IT'S NOT IN THERE AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE REALLY OF THE MATCH FOR THE TRS.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT DOING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT EVERY YEAR, A ROLLING THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
FOR THOSE REASONS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE CONTRACT, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS AS SOMEONE REMINDED ME IN CLOSED SESSION, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, I EXPRESSED THE SAME CONCERNS LAST YEAR REGARDING THE CONTRACT.
BUT I DID OFFER AND WAS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE AND MAYBE MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THAT CONTRACT LANGUAGE FOR NEXT YEAR TO TIGHTEN UP SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
WE HAVE FIVE YES, ONE, NO, AND ONE ABSTENTION AND MR. LOWE, ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A REASON FOR ABSTENTION?
>> YEAH. I'VE JUST BEEN A BIT CONFLICTED FOR REASONS THAT I PUT DOWN IN
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THE REVIEW AND DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO VOTE YES AND JUST COULDN'T REALLY GET TO NO, SO I'M JUST GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE THIS TIME.>> THANK YOU. CAN YOU PUT THAT BACK UP, THE VOTE PASSES 5-1.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WALDRIP.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU LEAD OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM, AND HOW YOU CARE FOR ALL 67,000 STUDENTS WITHIN FRISCO ISD.
I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
[10.C. Consider and act on Director of Internal Audit contract extension]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT CONTRACT EXTENSION.BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT.
>> MOTION BY MR. CLASSE, SECOND BY MR. LOWE.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I WILL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
IT IS 11: 09 AND I THINK THAT THIS MAY BE THE LONGEST MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD ALL YEAR, FULL OF GREAT THINGS.
>> I'M SORRY. IT FEELS LIKE THE LONGEST.
SINCE SHERRY HAS SO MUCH TO SAY SHE'S TREATING YOU ALL TO PIZZA.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU-ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO PROTECT US AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND WHAT YOU DO ON OUR CAMPUSES.
BOARD GO HOME AND GO TO SLEEP.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING, DR. CUNNINGHAM YOU ROCKED ON THAT BOARD.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.