[00:00:01] >> GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:31 P.M. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL [1. Call Meeting to Order] TO ORDER MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OF FRISCO ISD. WE DO HAVE SIX TRUSTEES PRESENT, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO AGENDA ITEM 2 CLOSED SESSION [2. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E] UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 SUBCHAPTERS D AND E. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE? >> GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IT IS 6:32, AND WE WILL RECONVENE INTO OUR OPEN MEETING. [3. Reconvene in Open Meeting] BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE JUST ONE MOMENT TO WELCOME CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMN AND BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, MISS LEILA LEE SHE IS HERE WITH US TODAY. SHE IS CURRENTLY A NURSE AND WILL BE SHADOWING OUR LEADERSHIP THIS EVENING WITHIN FRISCO ISD. SHE DOES CURRENTLY RESIDE HERE. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND SELECTING OUR BOARD MEETING TO GAIN SOME INSIGHTFUL KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 4, [4. Pledge of Allegiance] WHICH IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MRS MCCUNE? >> THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM WILKINSON HERE TO SAY THE PLEDGES WITH US. >> NOW FOR THE TEXAS FLAG. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 5, [5. Board Report] WHICH IS OUR BOARD REPORT AND WE'RE GOING TO START THIS EVENING WITH MRS. ELAD. AS WE SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TO THIS MONTH. >> THANK YOU, MISS DAVIS. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO REPORT ON TONIGHT. WE HAD A TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF OR SO AGO, AND MR. PONANGI, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE ISN'T HERE TONIGHT, SO I AM ALSO ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO I'LL BE GIVING THE REPORT. WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT DURING THAT MEETING WAS HOW THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM IS LOOKING AT THE REFRESH PLAN FOR THE CAMPUSES, THE TECHNOLOGY REFRESH, IN LIGHT OF THE BONDS NOT PASSING, AND ALSO LOOKING AT A REDUNDANCY PLAN FOR OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE BOND. THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK. I THOUGHT THEY HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND APPRECIATED HEARING ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS JUST PRELIMINARY WORK AND THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME. THANK YOU, MISS MCDONALD, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK ON THAT. WE ALSO RECEIVED AN OVERVIEW OF A DOCUMENT THAT'S BEING PRESENTED RIGHT NOW, IT'S FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY REGARDING THE USE OF AI IN FRISCO ISD. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S BECOMING AN ISSUE, THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE TEAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER A DOCUMENT OUTLINING HOW WE DEAL WITH AI RELATED ISSUES HERE IN FRISCO. PROBABLY MORE TO COME ON THAT SOON. THEN ALSO, THE TEAM IS WORKING ON A PRETTY DETAILED APPLICATION, A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE ONE ACTUALLY TO EARN A SPECIFIC DESIGNATION CALLED THE TRUSTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SEAL. IT'S VERY PRESTIGIOUS, VERY HARD TO GET, AND THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT AND THEY'LL BE A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR THE DISTRICT IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION. THAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE. ALSO, THE TEACHING AND LEARNING SUBCOMMITTEE MET LAST WEEK AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE THIS YEAR. WHAT WE DID IN THIS PARTICULAR SESSION WAS WE DID A DEEP DIVE INTO OUR CURRENT GRADING PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, RELATED TO SECONDARY EDUCATION AS WELL AS HOW THOSE PRACTICES HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE ALSO REVIEWED SOME BENCHMARKING OF SOME NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AS WELL TO SEE HOW OUR GRADING PRACTICES COMPARE TO THE DISTRICTS THAT SURROUND US. MORE TO COME ON THAT IN THE FUTURE VERY MUCH, AND I WANT TO THANK DR. FIORI AND HER TEAM FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE, ANSWERING MY NUMEROUS QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. [00:05:04] THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY WATCH OR VISIT BOARD MEETINGS ARE AWARE THAT TRUSTEES VISIT CAMPUSES. WE'RE ALL ASSIGNED A MEMBER OF THE IST TO TAKE US AROUND TO CAMPUSES EVERY YEAR AND THEY HAVE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR VISITING. WE TAG ALONG ON THOSE CAMPUSES. OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T ALL REPORT ON EVERY CAMPUS VISIT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CAMPUSES AND A LOT OF TRUSTEES. BUT I DID HAVE ONE VISIT A FEW WEEKS AGO TO CARROLL ELEMENTARY THAT I DID WANT TO SHARE BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THAT I KNEW ABOUT HOW DUAL LANGUAGE IS DONE IN EDUCATION THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ACCURATE. I WON'T SHARE A LOT TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT PROGRAM IN TWO OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, CARROLL BEING ONE OF THEM. I WAS ABLE TO GO SEE HOW THAT LIVES IN THE CLASSROOM. ONE OF THE MAJOR LEARNINGS THAT I HAD WAS THAT THE TRANSITION TO ENGLISH LEARNING IS ACTUALLY PHASED IN EVEN WHEN THE PROFICIENCY IS REACHED. STUDENTS ARE STILL LEARNING IN THIS CASE, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, EVEN WHEN THEY BECOME ABLE TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'VE LEARNED THAT STUDENTS LEARN BEST. THE PERCENTAGES CHANGE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE IN ENGLISH VERSUS HOW MUCH IN SPANISH, AND THAT CHANGES AS THE STUDENT PROGRESSES THROUGHOUT THE GRADES, BUT THEY ARE STILL TAUGHT IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, THINGS LIKE MATH AND HISTORY AND SCIENCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. I WAS VERY FASCINATED TO LEARN THAT. I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING. IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE VISITED SEVERAL GRADES, I THINK, AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR GRADES AND SAW IT IN ACTION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ON THE WALL FOR THE STUDENTS TO READ, AS WELL AS THE TEACHING AND THE MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE USING. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND WANTED TO SHARE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. MR. HILL? >> YES, I WILL SHARE THE SUCCESSES OF FRISCO ISD MARCHING BANDS IN THE LAST MONTH. WE HAVE ONCE AGAIN, BEEN VERY WELL REPRESENTED IN OUR COMMUNITY BY OUR MARCHING BANDS. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT. IF EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE ALAMODOME. THIS YEAR, WE HAD WAKELAND AND LONE STAR REPRESENTING US. BOTH MADE IT THROUGH THE PRELIMINARIES TO THE FINALS. WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TWO OUT OF THE TOP SIX MARCHING BANDS IN THE STATE. IN 5A, AND WE HAVE PANTHER CREEK IN 4A, WHICH GOT SECOND IN THE STATE. ALL THINGS, AS MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE VERY GOOD AT FINE ARTS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. MARCHING BANDS, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, IT'S AN OPERATION LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN, AND THE SKILL AND THE DEDICATION AND THE TIME THAT GOES INTO THOSE EFFORTS IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR ALL THOSE BAND PARENTS, THOSE BAND STUDENTS. I AM THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED EVERY TIME I GO SEE THEM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF LONE STAR AND WAKELAND HERE AND PANTHER CREEK AS WELL. JUST KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL IN THE STATE. FRISCO IS SYNONYMOUS WITH EXCELLENCE IN MARCHING BAND, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALL AND YOUR TEAMS, AND YOUR BAND DIRECTORS AT EACH OF YOUR SCHOOLS, AND, OF COURSE, THE ARMIES OF PARENTS THAT HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF Y'ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6, [6. Recognitions] RECOGNITIONS, PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, MISS SINE. >> SORRY. I'M LOSING MY MOUSE HERE, GUYS. I AM SORRY. I'M LOSING MY MOUSE. LET'S SEE. THERE IT IS. SORRY. MISS DAVIS AND DR. WALDRIP, WOULD YOU JOIN US ON STAGE, PLEASE? WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO GO ON STAGE? GOOD. TONIGHT WE ARE RECOGNIZING BOTH THE VFW AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. WE ARE CELEBRATING VETERANS DAY, OF COURSE. WE DECIDED TO BRING IN TWO OF OUR MAJOR PARTNERS FOR THE MONTH. LET'S START WITH VFW FIRST. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. [00:10:02] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO REALLY WELL IS THEIR SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST, THE PATRIOTIC STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST. THEY GIVE OUT OVER $2,000 ANNUALLY TO OUR TEACHER AWARDS AND OUR YOUTH PROGRAM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT, 10,000. DID I SAY 10,000? I SAID TWO? SORRY, 10,000. THE OTHER THING THAT THEY DO REALLY WELL, THEY'RE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THE VETERANS IN CLASSROOM PROGRAM, EDUCATING AMERICA'S FUTURE LEADERS AND BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THERE IS A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SIGN UP THROUGH OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU AND THEY'RE PART OF THAT. WHEN TEACHERS KNOW THAT THEY NEED A SPEAKER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GO TO. THEY TRUST WE'VE GOT THE SPEAKERS A LITTLE BIT. WE DO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE TRADING PHONES. WOULD YOU GUYS STAY, MISS DAVIS AND DR. WALDRIP, SORRY, ONE MORE. THERE YOU GO. WE'VE GOT AMERICAN LEGION NEXT. JOHN IS ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF BOTH VFW AND THE AMERICAN LEGION, SO HE JUST FORGOT HIS OTHER HAT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO AMERICAN LEGION FOR HIM TONIGHT. I WANT TO START. SINCE 2014 POST 178 HAS SPONSORED 201 TEXAS BOYS STATEMEN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW MORE THINGS. THEY ALSO HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST WHERE THEY GIVE OUT FOUR $500 AWARDS EVERY YEAR. IT'S AN ORATORICAL SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST, WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY DIFFICULT. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE THE CUB SCOUT PACK CHARTERS FOR ACTUALLY ALL THREE ASHLEY, NORRIS, AND LISCANO ELEMENTARIES. THANK YOU FOR THAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ALSO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN OUR FRISCO COMMUNITY AND THEY HELP A LOT WITH OUR LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL JROTC PROGRAM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO BOTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6B, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. MR. MCCLENDON? >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AS BECKY CRAIG, OUR ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS COMING UP TO THE PODIUM TO HONOR SOME REALLY FAST GUYS THAT WE HAVE WITH US TODAY. BUT BEFORE SHE GETS STARTED, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A TWO QUICK SHOUT OUTS. BEAR WITH ME FIRST. WAKELAND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, SINCE WE'RE ON THE SPORTS THEME JUST FOR A MINUTE. WAKELAND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL IS PLAYING IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS TOMORROW NIGHT OVER IN GARLAND. THEY'RE IN THE FINAL FOUR RIGHT NOW. IF THEY WIN TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY'LL PLAY SATURDAY IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. GOOD LUCK TO THE WAKELAND GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM. [APPLAUSE] THEN ALSO, WE'RE IN THE AREA OF FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS THIS WEEK AS WELL. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS COMPETING STILL. WE HAVE PANTHER CREEK, WHO'S BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES ALREADY. LONE STAR, REEDY, AND WAKELAND ALL COMPETING IN THE AREA AROUND FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, TOO. THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY AND FUN NOVEMBER. AS MR. HILL SAID, THE LAST LITTLE SHOUTOUT THERE FOR THE BAND, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE BAND AGAIN, BUT THEY JUST FINISHED UP THEIR STATE MARCHING CONTEST. DECEMBER BOARD MEETING IS WHEN WE HONOR OUR BANDS. IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND SEE FINE ARTS AND THE BAND SIDE OF IT, WE WOULD BACK IN HERE DECEMBER HONORING THOSE THREE OUTSTANDING BANDS, TOO. JUST WANT TO GET A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE GROUPS AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN WATCHING OUR STUDENTS COMPETE. THEY ARE OUTSTANDING AND OUR COACHES AND OUR BAND DIRECTORS ARE ALL OUTSTANDING AS WELL. >> WE HAVE GAMES HERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE STAR. >> CORRECT. >> FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES. >> CORRECT. >> WE'RE HOSTING. >> YES, SIR. PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT. BECKY CRAIG, OUR ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, SOME REALLY FAST GUYS OVER HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK OUR WAKELAND BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TO COME FORWARD. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS THEY'RE MOVING THIS WAY. FIRST OF ALL, DR. WALDRIP, ISD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG MEN AND THESE COACHES FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 2024 CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. HAS THEY PLACED THIRD AS A TEAM AT THE UIL STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET. [APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. FIRST OFF, OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, JERRY LI JOHN. [APPLAUSE] DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, AND HE'S GOING TO COME RECOGNIZE TEAM TENNIS NEXT, [00:15:02] CHRIS BURTCH [APPLAUSE] OUR OTHER ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DEIDRA RUCKER. [APPLAUSE] OUR ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FROM WAKELAND, STEPHANIE SELLERS. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH CHANDLER ISOM OF WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE YOUNG MEN, PLEASE STAND UP. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES. WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF EARLY MORNINGS AND A LOT OF HOURS AND A LOT OF TRAVELING, AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR FRISCO ISD ATHLETICS IN WAKELAND CROSS COUNTRY. I HAVE A LITTLE CHEAT SHEET. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY AND HOW IT'S SCORED AS A TEAM BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE SPORTS THAT YOU SEE VERY OFTEN AND KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT. THESE GENTLEMEN COMPETED AT EVERY RACE, IT'S A 5K, WHICH IS 3.1 MILES. IN ORDER TO GET TO THE STATE MEET, THEY HAD TO PLACE IN DISTRICT AND THEN THEY HAD TO PLACE IN REGIONALS. AT DISTRICT, THEY PLACED THIRD AS A TEAM, AND THEN THEY ENDED UP GOING TO REGIONALS WHICH I WOULD ARGUE TO SAY, OUR REGION IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST REGION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND PLACED SECOND OVERALL AS A TEAM AND THEN IN TURN PLACED THIRD OVERALL AS A TEAM. SO WHAT'S INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY AND IT'S LIKE GOLF. THE LOWER THE SCORE THE BETTER. AND SO AS YOU PLACE, THAT'S WHAT SCORE YOU GET THAT GOES TOWARDS YOUR TEAM. YOUR TOP FIVE RUNNERS ARE THE RUNNERS THAT SCORE FOR YOUR TEAM, BUT YOUR SIX AND SEVEN THAT COMPETE CAN KNOCK OUT OTHER TEAMS FROM SCORING. WHAT'S REALLY PHENOMENAL ABOUT THIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR IS THE PLACEMENT THAT THEY SCORED AT THE STATE MEET, AND I'M GOING TO READ THEM OFF TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT THEY PLACE 25TH, 28TH, 29TH, 32ND, 39TH, 46TH AND 57 OUT OF 151 RUNNERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. PRETTY PHENOMENAL. WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IS THAT PLACEMENT AND THEIR TIME THAT ACCUMULATED INTO THEIR TEAM SCORE AND THEIR TOP RUNNER CAME IN AT 16 MINUTES AND 32 SECONDS, 3.1 MILES. THAT'S PRETTY FAST. AND THEN THEIR SEVENTH PLACE RUNNER FINISHED IN 16 MINUTES AND 56 MINUTES, WHICH IS A 24 SECOND SPREAD. PRETTY INCREDIBLE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOGNIZE THESE COACHES AND ATHLETES. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE HOLD THE APPLAUSE, BUT JUST IF YOU'LL STEP OUT AND GIVE A NICE LITTLE WAVE AND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP WITH THAT. OUR HEAD BOYS COACH, COACH MARTY TIDWELL. PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE. OUR HEAD GIRLS COACH BREGHAN ENRIGHT. IT'S HARD, ISN'T IT? YOU JUST GET SO EXCITED. OUR ASSISTANT COACH, JULIAN SPRINGER. IT'S OKAY, YOU CAN APPLAUSE. WE'RE ALREADY ON IT. WE'LL GO QUICKLY. IF I CAN GET MY PAPERS APART. THERE WE GO. SENIOR, DAX RICHIE. JUNIOR, DYLAN WINESKI? I PROBABLY BUTCHERED THAT. I'M SORRY. SENIOR, BRITTIN CHANCELLOR. SENIOR, GRAYSON HUGHES, SOPHOMORE THAT CANNOT BE WITH US TONIGHT, ADAM LANE. SENIOR, JOHN LINSMEYER. JUNIOR, BRADLEY VOSTIC. SOPHOMORE, HAYDEN ROGERS, SOPHOMORE GAVIN ANDERSON, AND SOPHOMORE BRODIE YOCUM. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND HOW YOU'VE REPRESENTED WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL AND FRISCO ID IN THIS 2024 SEASON. THANK YOU AGAIN, DOCTOR WALDRIP, ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, [00:20:01] AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CHRIS BURTCH TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM TENNIS. >> GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR WALDRIP, FRISCO ISD LEADERSHIP AND DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES. TO BE A STATE MEDALIST AND A STATE CHAMPION IN TEXAS HIGH AS A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE IS AN AMAZING FEAT. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 800,000 BOYS AND GIRLS THAT PARTICIPATE IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN OUR GREAT STATE. TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN TEAM TENNIS. THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE COMPETED IN ADVANCED THROUGH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS TO REACH THE UIL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO BE TAUGHT BY THE BEST TEACHERS, COACHED BY THE FINEST COACHES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE PRIVILEGE TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN. IT IS A RESULT OF DEDICATED EDUCATORS, COMMITTED STUDENTS, AND SUPPORTIVE PARENTS THAT SACRIFICE HOURS UPON HOURS TO REACH THIS LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE. IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE STUDENT ATHLETES, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? COACH FAIR. AS THEY'RE WALKING UP, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE LINDSAY BROTHERSON, THE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL JOINING US TONIGHT SOMEWHERE. RIGHT BACK HERE. IN ORDER TO EXPRESS HOW DOMINANT THIS TEAM WAS, HOW MANY OF YOU ALL UNDERSTAND HOW SCORING, NOT PARENTS, YOU DON'T GET A PART OF THIS. UNDERSTAND HOW TEAM TENNIS SCORING HAPPENS. YEAH. NOT VERY MANY. THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. THERE ARE 19 POSSIBLE MATCHES, THREE GIRLS DOUBLES, THREE BOYS DOUBLES, ONE MIXED DOUBLES, AND 12 SINGLES. THE FIRST TEAM THAT WINS 10 MATCHES, THEY WIN. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. THE STATE SEMIFINAL ROUND. THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH DISTRICT, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH AREA. THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH REGIONALS. THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH ALL OF THIS STUFF TO GET TO THE STATE CHAMPIONS. THE BEST FOUR IN THE ENTIRE STATE ARE HERE, AND CENTENNIAL IS ONE OF THEM. IN THE SEMIFINAL ROUND, THEY WON 10-0. THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND, THE BEST OF THE BEST AGAINST EACH OTHER, 10-2. THE TITANS TRULY DOMINATED THEIR OPPONENTS THIS YEAR. THIS GROUP IS NOT ONLY THE 2024 CHAMPIONS, BUT THEY ARE THE BACK TO BACK 2023 AND 2024 STATE CHAMPIONS. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM NOW. I APOLOGIZE IF I MESS UP YOUR NAME, BUT JUST STEP FORWARD AND WAIVE WHEN I DO HEAD COACH, DOUG FAIR. THIS YOUNG LADY STANDING TO HIS LEFT IS ACTUALLY THE BOSS. THIS IS HIS DAUGHTER. SHE COMES TO ALL OF THE MEETS. THIS IS JOSEPHINE FAIR. ASSISTANT COACH CARLOS AGUILAR. AKRITI VAHTI. SAHASRA DOTA. NOAH CASMAN. TRUDY CASMAN. MEDHA COTA, ASHITA RATNAKURAM, KRATIKA VARAGANTI. ISABELLA STOBA. CHETANA THENIKA. RAYON ALTAV, TRIANCH CHAN CHAVIN. ANDREAS CRUZ. VARAJ GAIT. AKSHE KOMININI. ROHAN SHARMA. [00:25:01] RAJ SHETH. ROHAN SHETH. AND ROHAN SINGH. DID I GET EVERYBODY? YEAR 2024 STATE CHAMPIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> BOARD, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6D, OUR NATIONAL MERIT SEMI FINALIST, DOCTOR FIORI. >> THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS, SO YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE GATHERING HERE TONIGHT. WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING IS ALL OF THESE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED AS OUR NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST IN THE 70TH ANNUAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THERE'S 134 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING. MIGHT I ADD THIS YEAR FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. THESE STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR THIS HONOR THROUGH THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE PSAT, NMSQT, WHICH STANDS FOR, NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST, AND THEY REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% OF ALL US HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. SEMI FINALISTS CAN FULFILL ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO COMPETE FOR THE FINALIST LEVEL OF COMPETITION AS WELL. ALL OF OUR NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR YARD SIGN IN THE CAMPUS PRESENTATION, BUT TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND HIGHLIGHT THEIR PLANNED UNIVERSITY AND FIELD OF STUDY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. KRISHNA CHETTI. HE'S OUR ADVANCED ACADEMICS COORDINATOR AND HE'LL BE INTRODUCING OUR AMAZING STUDENTS TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIORI. THANK YOU BOARD, DOCTOR WALDRIP, CENTENNIAL, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STEP UP? THERE WE GO. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAVE TO START WITH. ONE. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I SAY WHAT I SAY FOR MAJOR AND UNIVERSITY ARE PLANNED BECAUSE IT'S TOO EARLY AND NONE OF THEM WANT TO JINX ANYTHING. SOME OF THEM DIDN'T SAY. WE WILL ALSO START BY RECOGNIZING THE PARENTS. IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THE 134 STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU NOW. HERE WE GO. SO THIS IS OUR CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL GROUP. EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, I WILL SAY ALL OF THEIR NAMES. AMLAN ABHIDARSHI PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. AARUSH BANOOR. ATIFA BASHA PLANS TO STUDY BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. SAHIL BELAM PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE. ANIKETT BADADUOCH, PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. HEATH BENUANI, PLANS TO STUDY CHEMISTRY AND ASTRONOMY. PADME TAMARI PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, VAISHNAVI CHAKURI, AKASH DASARAJU, NAMISH DIXIT, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER ENGINEERING AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. JONATHAN EBENEZER, ALSO PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. ABINAV GUPTA PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE. PIA S HIRA, RITHIKA JAMASETI, SAKE MUNVURI, PLANS TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, PAVEN NATHANI, RITHVIC STONEWALKER, PLANS TO STUDY MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, KADEN TANG, [00:30:05] PUNALI VORA, PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, ROGER WANG, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, JUAN XI JOE IS NOT HERE, AND THAT IS CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. SORRY, I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU UP WITH THEM. EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE ONE BRAVE SOUL TODAY. APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I WISH I REMEMBERED WHICH ONE WAS YOU, SO JUST JUMP UP WHENEVER I DO GET YOUR NAME. JUAN JAY CHO, STUDYING BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. MAYAN JANE, STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE. DOYUN KIM, STUDYING BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, ARIA KOMENUR, COLE ROBINSON. LAST ONE. RITSHAN STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE AKOSH CHIRVURI, STUDYING BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TIA DESAI, MANANYA GUPTA, STUDYING INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, SAMUEL KNOX, HANK LEE, PLANNING TO STUDY ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, SAI LINGALA, PLANNING TO STUDY DATA SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. CASEY MULLER, PLANNING TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, ABIRAM NANDIRAJU. SOMEONE'S PROUD, THAT'S GOOD. RASHI SHARMA. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. ROY SHU. THEY ALL LOVE YOU. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT CLAPPING, THEY LOVE YOU GUYS. ANIKA SINGH, BIOLOGY AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, ESTHER YUN PLANNING TO STUDY INFORMATION SCIENCE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT. >> FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, [INAUDIBLE] CHUNDURI PLAN TO STUDY COMPUTER AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. MOHANA DIAME PLANS TO STUDY HEALTH SCIENCES AT WRIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. [INAUDIBLE] PLAN TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, KISHIN SARGUR, AGNIV SARKAR, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, VIVON SHARMA, [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, EMILY JOE, [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE], SAMIRA HANAN, PLANS TO STUDY BIOCHEMISTRY. LESLIE HWANG, STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AT AUSTIN, [INAUDIBLE] RADISH KAMATH, KRISTI [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, [INAUDIBLE], SANJIT KUMAR, [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT GEORGIA TECH, [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE, HANS MANISH, PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT STANFORD. [INAUDIBLE], THERAN NAIDOO, PLANS TO STUDY FINANCE, [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TO STUDY ARCHITECTURE. [00:35:03] [APPLAUSE] RYAN [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE. [INAUDIBLE] PULAVARTI, PLANS TO STUDY BIOLOGY. [APPLAUSE] ARMAN SHARMA, AND AARON CHUANG, INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE AISHA [INAUDIBLE], PRANEETH BAMIK, PLANS TO STUDY CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. VALERIE CHU PLANS TO STUDY FILM AND TELEVISION AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. SHREYA GAUL, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE. [APPLAUSE] CHRISTOPHER HORAK, [APPLAUSE] ALEXA JUNEJA, SASI KONDRU PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE. ZACHARY LESLIE, [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY PRE-MED AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE. ISAAC MANTLE, COMPUTER AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. CARINA ROBERTS, PLANS TO STUDY BIOCHEMISTRY AT VANDERBILT. ZAINAB SAHIN, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE. ADEHTIA SINGH, PLANS STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. SADHIA [INAUDIBLE], AND EDDIE JOE. [APPLAUSE] LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE AMOG ARION, [INAUDIBLE] ASHWIN, PLANS TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. [INAUDIBLE], VERONICA G, KRISH JAYANTHI, JOVEL JOVAN PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT RICE UNIVERSITY. ALI KHAN, ARIA MEHTA, PLANS STUDY AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, DUANE METAL, RP NANDI, [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. MICHELLE KWAN, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. RASHOO BERTHOD [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE NATHAN ROCHA, [INAUDIBLE], AVISHI SINGH, [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AND JENNY WANG, AND THAT'S LIBERTY. [APPLAUSE] I MADE THESE YOUNG LADIES A DEAL. THIS IS TWO SCHOOLS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, LONE STAR AND PANTHER CREEK. FROM LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. WE HAVE SHREYA CHOUBEY, [APPLAUSE] WHO'S STUDYING BIOLOGY, [INAUDIBLE] GOSWAMI PLAN STUDYING STATISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND REN SYLVESTER. THEN FROM PANTHER CREEK, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE] THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO BY THEMSELVES, SO THEY'RE UP THERE TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S LONE STAR AND PANTHER CREEK, GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. ALESSANDRO [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY SPORTS MEDICINE. [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. NIA GUPTA, PLANS TO STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE. ISHAN [INAUDIBLE], ETHAN LANCE, PLANS TO STUDY PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. SRIJA [INAUDIBLE], PLANS TO STUDY BIOCHEMISTRY. JULIANA NEGRE, PLANS TO STUDY UI/UX DESIGN AT EITHER THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OR TEXAN UNIVERSITY. GAURANG PENDYALA, PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, SHREYA RAJ, PLANS TO STUDY HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION, AND SHE JUST KNOWS SHE WANTS TO GO OUT OF STATE. [00:40:01] [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE], AMAL SAMIO, [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TO STUDY NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. [INAUDIBLE] PLANS TO STUDY PSYCHOLOGY AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. SHASTRA THOMALLA, PLAN TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE. RASHMIKA [INAUDIBLE] MAZETALLO, PLANS TO STUDY BIOLOGY AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY. REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. GREAT. [APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB. LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL. MAN BALANI, PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE. SIDDHARTH TAAMAPURAM, ANDERSON DOE PLANS TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT UT AUSTIN. [INAUDIBLE] JAYANTI, AYUMI KATRE, ARJUN MUNDA PLANS TO STUDY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. NIKIO [INAUDIBLE], COLIN STACK, MUNCHI SWAIN, TRICIA VJ, AND MANAK SHEALINA. WAIT, SADARTH, YOU'RE SADARTH, RIGHT? YOU CAN STEP UP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I GOT YOU. SADARTH [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE] THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THAT IS ALL 104 RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR STUDENTS TO COME AND BE RECOGNIZED TODAY, 134 STUDENTS. ALL AT THE TOP 1% OUR NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] NOW, I DO HAVE TO SAY, I THINK UT WON THIS ROUND. [LAUGHTER] SORRY. I HAVE SOME TALLIES HERE. THANK YOU T1. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AGENDA ITEM 6E PUREFOY ELEMENTARY STAFF MEMBER AWARD, MR. MCCLENDON? >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK KENNA ROBERTSON. SHE IS OUR PRINCIPAL AT PUREFOY ELEMENTARY. SHE'S GOING TO JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO LOVE THE STORY. SHE HAS AN AMAZING STORY ABOUT ONE OF HER STAFF MEMBERS WHO'S BELOVED OVER AT PUREFOY ELEMENTARY, SO I'LL JUST KENNA, TAKE IT FROM HERE. >> GOOD EVENING. LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING MR. JAVON PRINCE, A DEDICATED PRE K PARAPROFESSIONAL AT PUREFOY ELEMENTARY ON OUR CAMPUS. HOWEVER, A SIMPLE RECOGNITION ON CAMPUS FELT INSUFFICIENT GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF HIS ACTIONS. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO DR. WALDRIP AND THE BOARD FOR GRANTING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR MR. PRINCE TONIGHT IN PERSON IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU. DURING LUNCH DUTY IN HIS PRE-K CLASSROOM, ONE OF MR. PRINCE'S STUDENTS BEGIN TO CHOKE ON HIS MEAL. RECOGNIZING THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION AS THE CHILD WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK, COUGH OR BREATHE, MR. PRINCE ACTED SWIFTLY AND DECISIVELY. HE ADMINISTERED THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER WHICH SUCCESSFULLY DISLODGED THE FOOD, POTENTIALLY SAVING THE STUDENT'S LIFE. WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MR. PRINCE AS PART OF OUR PUREFOY FAMILY AND WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. HIS QUICK THINKING AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF HIS STUDENTS EMBODY THE VERY BEST OF WHAT WE STRIVE FOR IN EDUCATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S ALL GIVE MR. PRINCE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [00:45:01] >> THANK YOU, PUREFOY FAMILY FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 6F, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS PSYCHOLOGISTS TASP AWARD, DR. JACKSON. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME MORE STAFF MEMBERS WITH YOU TONIGHT. MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE STAGE IS A FRACTION OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST TEAM, AND THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR A STATEWIDE AWARD. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I TOLD THEM THEIR ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES WERE ONLY 10 MINUTES. WE'LL RUN THROUGH THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY. ONE PERSON THAT THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY. I APPRECIATE THAT. [LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR. AMBER LARUE WHO IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR FOR OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST TEAM. >> THANK YOU, DR. JACKSON. I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE TO THE FRISCO ISD BOARD AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM FOR THIS RECOGNITION THIS EVENING. OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY TEAM RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM YOU, THE BOARD, AND ISD. WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF OUR PRACTICE AND STRIVING TO BECOME THE BEST POSSIBLE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS RECOGNITION. OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS PROVIDE THOROUGH EVALUATIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS. THEY COLLABORATE WITH CAMPUS STAFF ON BEST PRACTICES OF BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION, PROVIDE DIRECT COUNSELING SERVICES TO OUR ELIGIBLE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND SERVE OR COLLABORATE WITH SEVERAL TEAMS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT. I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR ADVOCACY, STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, AND SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION WITH ONE ANOTHER. THEY ARE AMAZING AND ARE MOST DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF THEIR WORK. THANK YOU. >> MISS DAVIS AND DR. WALDRIP, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A QUICK PHOTO WITH THESE FOLKS? THANK YOU. Y'ALL GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7, [7. Invocation] INVOCATION. MRS. A LOT. >> THANK YOU. A VERSION OF THIS PRAYER IS SAID IN SYNAGOGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALSO AROUND THE WORLD EVERY SATURDAY, SO I PICKED THE SHORTEST VERSION I COULD FIND. BUT IT IS A PRAYER FOR 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 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. SPEEDILY FULFILL THE VISION OF YOUR PROPHETS. NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN MORE ANYMORE. FOR ALL OF THEM, FROM THE LEAST OF THEM TO THE GREATEST, SHALL KNOW ME. LET US SAY, AMEN. >> THANK YOU, MRS. A LOT. WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8, [8. Future Ready Spotlight] FUTURE READY CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT. MR. MCCLENDON. >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. JAMIE ROWAN, OUR PRINCIPAL AT WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GOING TO MAKE HER WAY TO THE PODIUM. WE STARTED A SERIES LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH WITH ADAM ALAN WALIGER, [00:50:04] OUR PRINCIPAL OVER AT INDEPENDENCE, AND HE SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHTS AND OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AT INDEPENDENCE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT TONIGHT. I CANNOT TALK TODAY. WITH A FOCUS AROUND FUTURE READY FRAMEWORK AND THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON THESE CAMPUSES. JAMIE, LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HER, JUST SO YOU KNOW I MET HER LAST YEAR AS WELL, BUT JUST REMIND YOU SHE'S A NUT FOR PUNISHMENT. SHE OPENED UP MOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2009 WITH ME AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. THEN WENT OVER TO PEARSON AND OPENED UP PEARSON AS A PRINCIPAL, GOT THAT UP AND RUNNING, AND NOW SHE HAS TAKEN ON OUR LATEST MIDDLE SCHOOL WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OPENED IT UP AS WELL. I KNOW WHEN I SAY NUT FOR PUNISHMENT, OPEN UP A BUILDING IS AWESOME, BUT I ALWAYS SAID, I DID IT ONCE, AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO DO. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN. SHE HAS DONE IT THREE TIMES AND DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB EACH TIME. SHE'S BUILT ON EACH ONE OF THOSE AND SO SHE'S GOING TO SHARE SOME GREAT THINGS SHE'S DOING OVER A WILKINSON WITH US. >> HE FORGOT ONE. ROACH. I OPENED ROACH MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A TEACHER. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU, BARD FOR LETTING ME BE HERE AND JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON AT WILKINSON. I WAS HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND WAS FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF OUR SIGNALING AND SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT KEY QUESTIONS. NOW I GET TO TALK ALL ABOUT WILKINSON, AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR YEAR AND A HALF. TWO THINGS THAT WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE STARTED OUR INTERVIEWS WERE STUDENT BELONGING, AND INQUIRY INSTRUCTION. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO. THE FRAMEWORK ON THE LEFT THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER, THAT'S OUR FUTURITY FRAMEWORK. I'M GOING TO DIG INTO REALLY THOSE OUTER RINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE OUTER RINGS TO REALLY GET INTO THE DIFFERENTIATED PIECES. BASIC LEARNING CONDITIONS, AND JUST HAVING A POSITIVE CULTURE. TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON AT WILKINSON IS STUDENT BELONGING, AND QUALITY INSTRUCTION. YOU CAN SEE ME SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS. THOSE T SHIRTS ON THE LEFT PROBABLY LOOK VERY SIMILAR AS THE ONES THAT OUR PLEDGE WAS WET IN. OUR PLEDGE HAD OUR HOUSE AMBASSADORS, AND THE WORE THEIR HOUSE SHIRTS. LEADING INTO THAT, WE WERE THE FIRST MIDDLE SCHOOL TO START WITH THE HOUSE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO OUR ELEMENTARIES, A COUPLE OF OUR ELEMENTARIES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE HOUSE SYSTEMS, AND WE AT SECONDARY HAD NOT HAD THAT YET. WHEN WE OPENED WILKINSON, WE PULLED IN HOUSE SYSTEMS. THESE ARE OUR SIX HOUSES, AND THIS IS A WAY TO INITIATE STUDENT BELONGING. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TOUGH TIME FOR KIDS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY KID HAS A PLACE TO BELONG. EVERY STUDENT, STAFF, EVERYBODY IN OUR BUILDING HAS A HOUSE, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE SIX. I OBVIOUSLY THINK ROCA IS THE BEST. I KNOW I HAVE A RED ON. IT'S BECAUSE MY SCHOOL COLORS ARE RED, BUT MY HOUSE IS ORANGE. WITHIN THE HOUSES, WE'RE ABLE TO EMBED OUR PBIS INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT FOR OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS. WE HAVE A LEADER BOARD. THIS BOARD THAT YOU SEE UP HERE, THAT'S IT'S IN THE CAFETERIA, IT'S IN ALL OF OUR ACADEMIC PODS. IT CHANGES AS STUDENTS GET POINTS. WHOEVER IS UP THERE IS THE KID WHO GOT THE MOST RECENT POINT, AND THEY WATCH FOR THEIR FACES TO SHOW UP. THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE MOST POINTS. THEY HAVE THE MOST RECENT POINTS. THIS IS A WAY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO REWARD OUR KIDDOS AND SHOW RECOGNITION FOR FOLLOWING OUR CAMPUS EXPECTATIONS AND JUST BEING A GOOD KIDDO BASICALLY ON CAMPUS, AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. WITHIN OUR HOUSES, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE HOUSE MEETINGS. WE HAVE HOUSE PARTIES, WHICH IS THE OLD SCHOOL PEPEROLI BUT THEY DO A LOT OF TEAM BUILDING, THEY JOIN EACH OTHER, AND WORK TOGETHER. THIS IS SIX THROUGH EIGHT. WE ARE NO LONGER ISOLATING OUR SIXTH GRADERS, OUR SEVENTH GRADERS, OUR EIGHTH GRADERS. WE'RE HAVING THEM WORK TOGETHER, AND TEACHING EACH OTHER HOW TO WORK WITHIN DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS. OUR EIGHTH GRADERS HAVE STEPPED UP AS YOU SAW BY SAYING THE PLEDGE. THEY ARE OUR HOUSE AMBASSADORS. THEY LEAD OUR HOUSES. THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE HOUSE AMBASSADORS FOR THEM. THE KIDS EVEN CAME TO OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HELPED US PLAN WHAT OUR HOUSE MEETINGS WERE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. THOSE SIX KIDDOS THAT SAID THE PLEDGE, THEY WERE DOING TEAM BUILDING WITH OUR STAFF. THEY HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THOSE HOUSE MEETINGS. THEY WANTED TO HAVE FUN AND ENGAGING TIME. WE ALSO HAVE INCENTIVES THAT THE KIDS CAN GET FOR THEIR HOUSE POINTS. EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT INCENTIVE FOR THE KIDS, WHETHER IT'S JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF FREE TIME, HAVING POPCORN, [00:55:01] POP SICKLES, SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE FOR KIDS WHO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOUSE POINTS. PULLING IN THE KIDS AND MAKING THEM FEEL ENGAGED, WE CAN'T ISOLATE JUST THE KIDS. WE NEEDED TO BRING IN THE FAMILIES ALSO. WE BROUGHT IN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, AND MADE THAT A BIG THING. WE HAVE PARENT TOURS ONCE A MONTH THAT THE PARENTS SIGN UP FOR. YES, THEY COME IN BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR GAMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN ARE PARENTS TRULY IN THE BUILDING WHILE INSTRUCTIONS GOING ON, NOT VERY OFTEN. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE A MONTH FOR OUR PARENTS TO COME IN. I WALK THEM AROUND. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN LEARNING AND HAVE A LOT MORE OF THAT INSTRUCTIONAL CONVERSATION. WE ALSO HAVE GAME NIGHTS, WHICH IS THE FUN STUFF. WE HAVE ONE TOMORROW NIGHT, WE HAVE OUR TRIVIA NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT. BUT THE LAST GAME NIGHT, IT WAS A PACKED CAFETERIA. WE WERE JUST PLAYING GAMES, FAMILIES WERE OUT, SIBLINGS WERE OUT. WE WANT EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY TO BE COMFORTABLE IN OUR BUILDING AND KNOW THAT THEIR KIDDOS, AS WELL AS THEM ARE WELCOME AND SAFE. GETTING TO THE INSTRUCTION, WE ARE INQUIRY BASED CAMPUS. A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IS INSTRUCTION. INSTRUCTION IS A PASSION OF MINE. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE ASKING QUESTIONS. LAST YEAR, WE LEARNED A LOT FROM OUR ELEMENTARIES. WE TALKED ABOUT WORKSHOP MODEL, WHEN I CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE WITH YOU ALL LAST YEAR, I SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP MODEL AND CO TEACHING. WE'VE NOW ACCELERATED THAT TO OUR FIVE V INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL. WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE WAY WE WERE TAUGHT. WE WANT OUR KIDS TO START ASKING QUESTIONS AND EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING, AND THEN WE START FEEDING IN THE ANSWERS. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GIVE THEM ALL THE ANSWERS. WE WANT OUR KIDS TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT PROBLEMS AND FIND SOLUTIONS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT TEACHERS GIVING THEM THOSE ANSWERS. THEN THAT OBVIOUSLY CONNECTS TO OUR INQUIRY PHASES AS WELL. IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. WE TRY TO EMBED THIS DURING THE DAY. IT IS DIFFERENTIATED THROUGH BADGES. WE HAVE A BADGE PROGRAM FOR OUR TEACHERS, AS WELL AS A CHOICE BOARD. OUR TEACHERS GET A CHOICE BOARD WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WHERE THEY CAN PICK WHAT THEY WANT TO WORK ON AS A TEACHER. WHO KNOWS YOURSELF BEST BESIDES YOURSELF? KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO WORK ON, AND THEY INVITE WHICHEVER INSTRUCTIONAL COACH IN, ADMINISTRATOR, WHOEVER THEY NEED SUPPORT FROM, THEY CHOOSE HOW TO RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT. WE ALSO HAVE A CRITICAL FRIENDS. IT'S VERY SCARY AS A TEACHER. YOUR LESSONS ARE YOUR BABIES. THAT IS WHAT YOU DO, THAT'S YOUR CRAFT, AND SHARING THOSE THINGS SOMETIMES AND GETTING FEEDBACK IS HARD. OUR TEACHERS HAVE TAKEN THAT ON LIKE A CHAP. THEY SIT DOWN IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUPS AND SAY, HERE'S MY MATH LESSON, HERE'S HERE'S WHAT I WANT THE KIDS TO WALK OUT WITH. EVERYBODY LOOKS AT IT, THEY ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY GIVE FEEDBACK AS WELL. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUMP UP OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN ORDER TO GET TO OUR INQUIRY PHASES. THAT IS A LITTLE BIT. THANKS FOR GIVING US TIME, GIVING ME TIME TO TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT THROUGH OUR JOURNEY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. IF Y'ALL ARE EVER AROUND, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AND WE WILL GET YOU A HOUSE AS WELL IF YOU COME INTO THE BUILDING. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND FOR SHARING ABOUT OUR AMAZING MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR FRISCO ISD, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE PRIOR TO OPENING THIS NEW CAMPUS. I AM ALSO A PART OF THE ORANGE HOUSE. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO PRONOUNCE IT, BUT THAT WAS WHAT I SPENT. IF THERE ARE ANY TRUSTEES THAT HAVE NOT SELECTED THEIR HOUSE YET, I URGE YOU TO GO DO SO. THE COMPETITION IS REAL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9 DISCUSSION [9. Discussion regarding the 2024 Financial Audit] REGARDING THE 2024 FINANCIAL PLAN, MISSES SMITH. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOHN DE BURROW, WHO IS A PARTNER WITH WEAVER, OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT FIRM TO COME AND GIVE YOU GUYS A PRESENTATION. AS HE'S MAKING HIS WAY UP, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK PIECES OF INFORMATION. YOU ALL RECEIVED THE FULL ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT IN BOARD BOOK. IT'S ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU GOING TO BE TAKING ACTION ON LATER THIS EVENING AND WHAT MR. DEBORA WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. YOU ALSO HAVE THE CLIFFS NOTES VERSION AT YOUR CHAIR. THIS IS OUR POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. [01:00:02] IT'S A 17 PAGE REPORT THAT BOILS DOWN INTO LAYMAN'S TERMS, THE RESULTS OF OUR YEAR FROM A FINANCE STANDPOINT. THIS ONE IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE AND WAS SENT OUT VIA OUR DISTRICT NEWSLETTER, AND IT'S REALLY MEANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT. BUT FOR NOW, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT. >> THANKS, KIMBERLY. GOOD EVENING, MR. SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JOHN DE BURROW AND I HAVE TO SAY, MY HANDS ARE A LITTLE SORE FROM ALL THE CLAPPING. THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A LOT TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT, A LOT OF GREAT STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION WITH GREAT NEWS ABOUT THE AUDIT. THERE'S A SPOILER ALERT, AND I'D LIKE TO SPEND THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OR SO JUST GIVING YOU THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT. TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIRM AND THE AUDIT PROCESS, GO THROUGH THE AUDIT RESULTS, AND THEN I HAVE SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS WITH INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THIS YEAR'S AC FOR. I SERVED AS THE AUDIT PARTNER ON THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, AND LAUREN FUTCH, WHO'S WITH ME, WAS THE AUDIT MANAGER FOR THE SECOND YEAR. GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS, I THINK IS A GOOD THING TO UNDERSTAND, AND ESPECIALLY FOR ANY OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. BUT WE START OUR AUDIT PROCESS LONG BEFORE WE COME OUT TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT FIELDWORK. DURING THE SPRINGTIME, WE CONDUCT INTERIM FIELDWORK IN MAY AND JUNE. THEN WE COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO CONDUCT OUR FINAL FIELD WORK. THEN WE ISSUED OUR FINAL REPORTS LAST TUESDAY. IN BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE ISSUANCE OF OUR REPORT AND NEXT YEAR'S AUDIT, WE ALWAYS MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO KIM AND HER STAFF BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED THE HELP IS DURING THE ACTUAL FISCAL YEAR. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK KIMBERLY AND ROBIN TURNBULL AND THE REST OF THE FINANCE STAFF FOR ONCE AGAIN DOING A GREAT JOB OF PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, AND PROVIDING US WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED IN A TIMELY BASIS. WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS. WE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, WHICH REQUIRE US TO ISSUE A WRITTEN REPORT ON OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS. THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF STANDARDS, THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, WHICH GOVERNS THE DISTRICT'S FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SPENDING OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS. WE HAVE ALL THOSE STANDARDS, AND THEN WE ALSO PERFORM COMPLIANCE TESTING OF THE DISTRICT'S COMPLIANCE WITH VARIOUS LAWS AND REGULATIONS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, AND THE TEA, STATE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE AUDIT PROCESS ITSELF, AS I MENTIONED, INCLUDES BOTH INTERIM AND FINAL FIELD WORK. DURING THE INTERIM FIELD WORK, WE GENERALLY LOOK AT INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THE SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION CYCLES, AND WE PERFORM WHAT ARE CALLED WALK THROUGHS OF THE CONTROLS. WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES WITH STAFF, WE IDENTIFY THE CONTROLS, AND THEN WE WALK THROUGH THE CONTROLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN PLACE AND OPERATING AS DESIGNED. WHEN WE START THE AUDIT PROCESS, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE CONSIDERED SPECIFIC RISKS THAT ARE INHERENT IN ALL AUDITS. IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDIT, GENERALLY, THE SPECIFIC RISKS THAT WE IDENTIFY ARE IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION, AND MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE. THEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTROL SYSTEM AND PERFORM TESTING TO GET TO A GOOD COMFORT LEVEL. THOSE AREAS ARE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT REVENUES AND RELATED EXPENDITURES AND STATE FOUNDATION, SCHOOL PROGRAM REVENUE RELATED ESTIMATES. WE LOOKED AT THE CONTROLS SURROUNDING THOSE AREAS AND THEY WERE VERY STRONG. THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF ANY NON COMPLIANCE OR ANY CONTROL DEFICIENCIES, AND THEN WE PERFORM SUBSTANTIVE TESTING. SOME OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE AUDIT AREAS THAT WE ALSO TEST ARE CASH INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL ASSETS, ALL THE VARIOUS LIABILITIES, SUCH AS ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUALS, AND LONG TERM DEBT. >> AS I MENTIONED, THE WALK THROUGHS THAT WE PERFORMED DURING THE INTERIM FIELD WORK, THE THINGS SUCH AS CASH DISBURSEMENTS, CASH RECEIPTS, PAYROLL, AND THE BUDGET, AND THE CLOSING PROCESS, THOSE ARE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION CYCLES. WE TEST VARIOUS INTERNAL CONTROLS BOTH OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE AND TEST COMPLIANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. [01:05:03] I MENTIONED VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF COMPLIANCE THAT WE TEST, THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND THE TEA, STATE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. WE PERFORM TESTING OF THE DISTRICT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BID AND PROCUREMENT TESTING. THEN WE PERFORM SUBSTANTIVE TESTING OF THE ACCOUNT BALANCES AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT'S ACTIVITY FOR THE YEAR, THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACTIVITY USING A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT AUDITING TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS VOUCHING, SAMPLING, AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DURING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, WE'VE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION, THAT MEANS THAT WE FEEL THAT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAP FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2024. WE IDENTIFIED NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL. THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF ANY NON-COMPLIANCE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPORTED UNDER THE STANDARDS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DISTRICT ON A CLEAN FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. OUR OTHER AUDIT, THE FEDERAL AWARD AUDIT OR THE SINGLE AUDIT, WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AS WELL. THAT MEANS THAT WE FEEL THAT THE DISTRICT COMPLIED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH THE DIRECTING MATERIAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THE FOUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT HAD TO BE TESTED THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, THE MAJOR PROGRAMS, WHERE THE CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLUSTER, TITLE 1 PART A, AND TITLE 3 PART A. ALL OF THOSE WERE TESTED AS MAJOR PROGRAMS, AND THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OF A COMPLIANCE. THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OF A COMPLIANCE. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DISTRICT ON A CLEAN SINGLE AUDIT. SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU UNDER THE AUDIT STANDARDS ARE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY SIGNIFICANT AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE TO ARRIVE AT THE FINAL NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NONE. WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU WHETHER THERE WERE ANY UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS, SO ANY PAST ADJUSTMENTS AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS, EITHER. OTHER THINGS THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO YOU, ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE LARGEST ESTIMATE IS ACTUALLY THE FOUNDATION STATE PROGRAM REVENUE. EVEN THOUGH THAT IS REVENUE AND IT'S A BIG NUMBER, IT TRULY IS AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE IT'S A NUMBER THAT CHANGES CONTINUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND EVEN AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BUT WE LOOK AT THE INPUTS TO THE NUMBERS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY ATTENDANCE FIGURES AS WELL AS COLLECTIONS OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND FELT THAT THEY WERE REASONABLE IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE. THERE WERE NO INSTANCES OF ANY MATERIAL ERRORS. THERE WERE NO DIFFICULTIES OR DISAGREEMENT DURING THE COURSE OF OUR AUDIT, NO INDEPENDENCE ISSUES, AND NO CONSULTATIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO OVER ANY DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. THE ONLY GASB STATEMENT THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR WAS GASB STATEMENT 100, WHICH IS ENTITLED ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND ERROR CORRECTIONS, AND THAT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL '24. JUST A FEW SLIDES I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION ARE SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE FIRST TWO SLIDES ARE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, WHICH CONSIST OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS, AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS IN THE AGGREGATE. TOTAL GOVERNMENTAL FUND REVENUES FOR 2024 TOTALED $983 MILLION. THAT WAS A $38.2 MILLION OR 4% INCREASE OVER FISCAL '23. THIS INCREASE WAS PRETTY MUCH NET EFFECT OF A FEW THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON. THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN STATE PROGRAM REVENUE OF $109.7 MILLION, AND THAT WAS OFFSET BY DECREASES IN LOCAL AND FEDERAL PROGRAM REVENUES. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISONS OF LOCAL STATE, AND FEDERAL REVENUES, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LOCAL REVENUES HAD DECREASED BY $47.9 MILLION WHILE STATE REVENUES INCREASED BY 109.7 AND FEDERAL DECREASING BY 23.6 AS THE ESRA FUNDING WAS GOING AWAY, [01:10:05] BUT OVERALL, 38.2 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES RELATE TO THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS EXPENDITURES, WHICH TOTALED $1.04 BILLION THIS YEAR. THAT WAS A $62.9 MILLION DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THAT DECREASE WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE CAPITAL OUTLAY DECREASING BY $91.4 MILLION THIS YEAR. CAPITAL OUTLAY REALLY CAN VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT. ALSO, DEBT SERVICE DECREASED BY $6.5 MILLION, AND THEN THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER SMALLER INCREASES IN SOME OF THE OTHER FUNCTIONAL AREAS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THESE SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISONS HERE ON THIS SLIDE. OVERALL, THE DISTRICT'S FUND BALANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TOTALED $639 MILLION AS OF JUNE 30TH. MOST OF THAT WAS PRETTY WELL DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WHICH HAS ONGOING PROJECTS, AND OVERALL, THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCE INCREASED BY $3.6 MILLION THIS YEAR. FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL PRESENTATION. THE GENERAL FUND IS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE DISTRICT, AND THERE'S A PRESENTATION IN THE ACT FOR THAT SHOWS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, THE FINAL BUDGET, AND ACTUAL ACTIVITY FOR THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. OVERALL, THERE WAS A FAVORABLE BUDGETARY VARIANCE OF $30.5 MILLION. MOST OF THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND WERE BELOW BUDGET BY $29.6 MILLION. THERE WAS A SMALL VARIANCE BETWEEN REVENUE AND BUDGET FOR THE REVENUES OF $135,000. THAT WAS PRETTY FLAT. THEN OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES EXCEEDED BUDGET BY $1.0 MILLION. OVERALL, THE AUDIT WENT VERY WELL, THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO KIMBERLY AND HER STAFF, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE INTERIM FIELDWORK PERIOD. HOW LONG WAS THAT AND WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR THAT? >> I'M SORRY. HOW LONG WAS WHAT? >> BETWEEN THE INTERIM FIELDWORK AND THE FINAL FIELDWORK. YOU SAID IT WAS AN INTERIM PERIOD. HOW LONG WAS THAT PERIOD AND WHY WAS THERE A GAP? >> THE FIELDWORK TIMING. >> ON YOUR REPORT, YOU HAVE INTERIM FIELDWORK AND YOUR FINAL FIELDWORK. I AM ASKING HOW LONG WAS THAT GAP AND WHY ARE YOU TAKING A GAP BETWEEN THEM? >> HOW LONG WAS THAT GAP BETWEEN INTERIM AND FINAL FIELDWORK? >> WHY? >> THE INTERIM FIELDWORK TAKES PLACE DURING THE SPRING. I BELIEVE WE DID THAT IN APRIL THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING MOSTLY AT INTERNAL CONTROLS. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS DURING THE PERIOD UNDER AUDIT. THAT'S WHY WE LOOKED AT THEM IN THE SPRINGTIME. IT'S USUALLY GOOD TIME BOTH FOR THE FIRM AND THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR US TO SIT DOWN WITH THE STAFF AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES AND LOOK AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. THEN WE DO THE FINAL FIELD WORK AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE FINAL BALANCES. THE DISTRICT HAS CLOSED THE BOOKS RELATIVELY QUICKLY. JUNE 30TH IS THE FISCAL YEAR END. IT TAKES SOME TIME TO CLOSE THINGS AND GET ALL YOUR ACCRUALS INTO PLACE. WE USUALLY START AT THE END OF AUGUST BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER TO DO THE FIELDWORK. I CONSIDER THAT A VERY GOOD TIME PERIOD FROM CLOSING THE BOOKS TO BEING READY FOR AUDIT AND ESPECIALLY BEING READY TO AUDIT WITH NO ADJUSTING JOURNAL ENTRIES. >> BOARD. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. TAPIRO, FOR COMING OUT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, [10. Discussion regarding the 2025-2026 Instructional Calendar] DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2025, '26 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR. DOCTOR CUNNINGHAM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE ARE PLEASED HERE TO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR COMMITTEE THIS EVENING WITH US, DR. NATALIE MILLER AND MR. MITCHELL READER, ARE PART OF A GROUP OF 22 STAFF MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STUDENTS WHO HELPED DEVELOP THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR THAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS EVENING. KIM SMITH AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CO-FACILITATE THESE MEETINGS AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THEY WORKED FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY ON THEIR OWN TIME TO BRING UP SOME DRAFTS, [01:15:02] BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL. TO OUR FISCAL ID STAFF OUT THERE, PLEASE KNOW, WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED DURING THIS PROCESS. DR. MILLER, MR. READER. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO REPRESENT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE TONIGHT. WE REALLY ENJOYED THE PROCESS. BOTH OF US WERE A LITTLE BIT VOLUNTEER TO JOIN IT. HOWEVER, WE WOULD JOIN IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF HOW WELL KIM AND WES RAN THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. OUR COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF 10 STAFF MEMBERS, EIGHT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND FOUR STUDENTS. THEY ALL REPRESENTED ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST MEETING WAS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS, SOME OF OUR CONSTRAINTS, PRIORITIES, A LOT OF WHAT WE WILL DO, WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE, MANY QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF US, AND THEN COMPARING CALENDARS OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, AND THEN THEY LEFT US WITH SOME HOMEWORK. TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND CREATE YOUR OWN CALENDARS. HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS? IT'S LIKE YOUR IDEAL CALENDAR, KNOWING THE CONSTRAINTS AND PRIORITIES. SOME PEOPLE CREATED TWO OR THREE CALENDARS, I CREATED ONE, BUT THEN WE CAME BACK FOR THE SECOND MEETING, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AS A GROUP, AND THEN THEY SPLIT US OFF INTO TWO TEAMS, BASICALLY REPRESENTING ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS. WE TOOK OUR CALENDARS AND GAVE FEEDBACK TO CREATE OUR OWN CALENDARS FOR EACH TEAM. IT WAS GREAT CONVERSATION. GREAT STUDENTS, GAVE GREAT FEEDBACK, BUT IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR THE WISE BEHIND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE IN ELEMENTARY VERSUS HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD A LOT OF COMMON UNDERSTANDINGS THAT WERE DEVELOPED DURING THAT TIME. FROM THAT MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO WES AND KIM, SENT OUT A SURVEY ACROSS WORKVIVO FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE TWO CALENDARS. IT WAS SO EXCITING BECAUSE BEING IN THE SCHOOL SETTING, EVERYONE WAS EXCITED TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT FOR THE THIRD MEETING TO SEE IF OUR CALENDAR IS ALIGNED TO THEIR FEEDBACK. ALSO TRADITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANTED TO STICK WITH. WE TOOK ALL THAT DATA TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD THAT FEEDBACK ALIGNED. THEN THE FINAL MEETING, WE TOOK BOTH OUR CALENDARS, LOOKED AT THE WORKVIVO DATA. THEN WE ALSO TALKED AGAIN ABOUT WHY OUR CALENDARS WERE SET THE WAY THEY WERE, HAD A LOT OF CONSENSUS BUILDING WITH SOME FIRST TO FIVE, AND THEN DETERMINED WHAT THAT CALENDAR WOULD LOOK LIKE TO GO TO IST, THEN IT WAS SENT TO IST. FOR THEM TO MAKE SOME TWEAKS. IT WAS NECESSARY. SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE CALENDAR MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST 75,600 MINUTES. WE HAD TO MAKE SURE INSTRUCTIONAL OF INSTRUCTION. TWO BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAYS HAD TO BE INCLUDED. THE SCHOOL BREAKS NEEDED TO ALIGN WITH THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THEN WE WANTED TO CONSIDER THE FALL BREAK THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY DOING. IS THAT SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY WANTED? THEN HISTORICALLY, WE HAD AT LEAST ONE LONG WEEKEND PER MONTH FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, WHICH WE LIKE. THEN CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF GRADUATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING ELEMENTARY DOES NOT THINK ABOUT. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THEN THE FIRST AND LAST DAY. THE FIRST DAY WAS NOT HARD TO DECIDE BECAUSE EVERYONE KNEW THEY DIDN'T WANT TO START ON A MONDAY. IDEALLY, IT WAS STARTING ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE B DAYS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR YOUNG LEARNERS AS WELL. THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SUGGESTED THAT ENDING THE SCHOOL BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. WE TOOK ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THEN TEACHER PREFERENCES, THE CALENDAR SHOULD PROVIDE FOR 184-DAY TEACHER CONTRACT, ALLOWING FOR THOSE 5-7 CONTRACT PD DAYS FOR TEACHERS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. THEN TEACHERS PREFER TO START IN AUGUST RATHER THAN JULY, AND THEN STARTING LIKE I SAID ON A WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, NOT A MONDAY. THEN BALANCING SEMESTERS WITHIN 5-7 DAYS ARE IMPORTANT FOR SECONDARY CLASSES. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR ALL LEVELS, AVOIDING TOO MANY DAYS OFF IN APRIL DUE TO TESTING AT ALL LEVELS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. >> AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE DEFINITELY DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION INFORMATION FROM OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, SOME OF WHICH HAS REALLY ONLY RECENTLY COME TO LIGHT. WE HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WE HAD SOME PRETTY SOLID, WE KNEW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OURS DEFINITELY DOES COLLABORATE WITH THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WINTER BREAK THAT ALIGNS OR SPRING BREAK THAT ALIGNS? OF COURSE, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR SPRING BREAK ALIGNED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CONCURRENTLY ENROLLED AT COLLIN COLLEGE, UNT, WHAT HAVE YOU. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A SPRING BREAK, SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING A WEEK OFF HERE AND A WEEK OFF THERE, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING THE WHOLE TIME. WE'VE ALSO GOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, PARENTS. AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS, THEY DON'T LIVE IN FRISCO. THEIR KIDS GO TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THAT CAN CAUSE CONFLICT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY WELL LINED UP, I THINK OUR COMMITTEES DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF COLLABORATING ON THIS. I'M ACTUALLY VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW CLOSE OUR A AND B CALENDARS WERE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN JUST A MOMENT. I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR '25, '26 HERE. [01:20:04] DEFINITELY A LOT GOING ON. AS IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT A COUPLE OF KEY DATES ARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING MIDWEEK, THAT'S GOING TO BE A WEDNESDAY. WE'LL BE OUT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE MAY 22. THERE IS BUILT-IN A SMALL FALL BREAK, AS WAS LARGELY REQUESTED BY THE STAFF SURVEYS. PER THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DID RECEIVE, WE GOT ALMOST 2,000 RESPONSES, WHICH I DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT THAT FEELS LIKE PRETTY GOOD FEEDBACK. IT COULD HAVE BEEN 10 PEOPLE ALL COMPLAINING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN 10,000. WHO KNOWS? I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WELL, THIS IS IT. I CAN TELL YOU FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, OVERWHELMINGLY CONSTRUCTIVE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE OFFERED A AND A B CALENDAR VERSIONS, WELL, THEY LIKED IT. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS 44% FOR VERSION A, 44% FOR VERSION B, AND 13% REFUSED TO CHOOSE, OF COURSE, THAT'S INSUFFICIENT DATA. THAT COULD BE THEY HATE THEM BOTH. THEY LOVE THEM BOTH AND CAN'T DECIDE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT DATA. BUT I DO LOVE THAT BOTH CALENDARS WERE LIKED BY THE POPULACE PRETTY EVENLY. I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL TO THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. WE TRIED TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT THESE SURVEYS GAVE US SUCH AS 79% TALKED ABOUT WHEN THEY WANTED THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 69%. WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THOSE. THE MINI-FALL BREAK WAS REQUESTED BY 78%, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. I WAS IN THE NO GROUP, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT. WE DECIDED TO NOT DO THE ELECTION DAY HOLIDAY THIS YEAR. IT'S GOING TO, OF COURSE, NOT BE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS POPULOUS AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. WE DIDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT. PLUS, I BELIEVE IT FALLS ON A TUESDAY, WHICH CAUSES A PROBLEM IF YOU'VE GOT MONDAY, NO TUESDAY, YES, WEDNESDAY, ON. THEN THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HALF-DAY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN FEBRUARY VERSUS A FULL DAY, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WENT WITH THE FULL DAY, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. CUNNINGHAM? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> YEAH. ALL RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] >> NICE. I'M A TEACHER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD TELL, FOLKS. SOME OF THE HOT TOPICS WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THIS LIST. STAFF WORKDAY CALENDAR. WORKDAY CALENDARS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY, EXPECTATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER WORK TIME. PARENT CONFERENCE TIME, ETC., HAVE NOT YET BEEN DESIGNATED. THEY'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE WORKDAY CALENDARS. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STUDENT HOLIDAY, STAFF HALF WORKDAY ON FEBRUARY 13 WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN THE WORKDAY CALENDARS ARE RELEASED. BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAY, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT WE WILL HAVE TWO ON THERE. BALANCED SEMESTERS. YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR FIRST SEMESTER IS SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN THE SECOND SEMESTER. THAT'S BY DESIGN. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL WELL FAMILIAR THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TESTING IN THE SPRING, WHETHER IT'S STAAR, EOC, AP TESTING, IT GETS WILD SO HAVING A FEW EXTRA DAYS BUILT INTO THAT SECOND SEMESTER IS DEFINITELY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. STAFF FEEDBACK. AGAIN, WE DID REACH OUT TO LITERALLY EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND ASKED FOR THEIR INPUT. EVERYBODY HAD EQUAL OPPORTUNITY THERE. CALENDAR ALIGNED WITH LAST YEAR'S SURVEY RESULTS AS WELL, NOT JUST THIS YEAR'S SURVEY RESULTS. A FULL WEEK OFF AT THANKSGIVING. TO END THE SECOND GRADING PERIOD BEFORE WINTER BREAK. TO END SCHOOL BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND TO ALIGN SPRING AND WINTER BREAKS WITH NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. FOLKS, THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MRS. SALAS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE AWESOMENESS OF THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE I SAT IN ON SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND THE FIRST DAY WE WENT, WE HAD TEAM WEST AND TEAM KIMBERLY. WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT IS I DIDN'T GET TO BE ON A TEAM BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ACTUAL INPUT, BUT I WOULD SNEAK INTO THIS TEAM AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THEIR CALENDAR PICKS. THEN I GO SNEAK INTO THIS TEAM AND IT WAS JUST REALLY COOL THAT THE GROUPS WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THEY WERE DELIBERATELY REALLY THINKING THROUGH THIS AND THAT. IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S A HARD JOB. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DAYS ON THE CALENDAR AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH WEST AND KIM, BECAUSE YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB. >> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] BOARD ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11, [11. Discussion regarding an overview of Access Frisco Plan] WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING AN OVERVIEW OF ACCESS FRISCO PLAN. MRS. KOLNI AND MR. NEAL. >> THANK YOU, BOARD. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION ABOUT ACCESS FRISCO. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT REPRESENTS THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS [01:25:02] OF ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT. WE WORKED VERY HARD TO REALLY OPTIMIZE OUR RESOURCES, ENHANCE OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY IMPACT AND HELPED TO CREATE A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR FRISCO ISD THROUGH THIS PROJECT. WHAT IS ACCESS FRISCO. THIS IS AN EFFORT TO ALLOW STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF FRISCO ISD TO ATTEND OUR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS WHILE ENSURING AND PRESERVING THAT FRISCO ISD REMAINS THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE GROWN TO LOVE AND SUPPORT AND BE PART OF AND MAINTAIN THE UNIQUENESS OF FRISCO ISD. IN THE '25-'26 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE ASKING AND SEEKING APPROVAL TO ALLOW STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 7TH GRADE TO PARTICIPATE AND JOIN IN OUR AVAILABLE SEATING THAT WE HAVE AT SEVERAL CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO OPTIMIZE AVAILABLE CLASSROOM CAPACITY AT LOWER ENROLLMENT CAMPUSES, AND WE WILL MAINTAIN SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR FILLING THOSE AVAILABLE LIMITED SPOTS ON THOSE CAMPUSES. YOU MIGHT ASK WHY WE ARE MOVING TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL. WE'VE SEEN AN ENROLLMENT SHIFT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE WERE ONCE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, AND WE ARE NOW PLATEAUING JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND WE HAVE DECLINED IN A FEW AREAS AROUND TOWN. SCHOOLS HAVE AVAILABLE SEATS, BUT NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS TO FILL THEM AROUND IN SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE AIMING TO FILL THE FUNDING GAP. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SOME TIME AS A PROACTIVE MEASURE. FRISCO ISD HAS BEEN OPERATING IN A BUDGET DEFICIT, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THE STATE HAS NOT INCREASED SCHOOL FUNDING SINCE 2019, DESPITE INFLATION, RAISING COSTS FOR THE SAME SERVICES. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE SOURCE TO HELP SUPPORT FRISCO ISD SALARIES AND EXPENSES. WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND ACCESS. MANY FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE INTO FRISCO BECAUSE OF OUR HIGHER COST OF LIVING WITHIN TOWN. OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT BRINGING NEW STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT AS THEY ONCE WERE, AND WE WANT TO ALLOW TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE OPEN SPACES WITH STUDENTS FROM SURROUNDING AREAS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM OUR HIGHLY RATED SCHOOLS. WE WANT TO SHARE THE EXCELLENCE THAT IS FRISCO ISD WITH OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE ALSO HOPING TO OPTIMIZE OUR CLASS SIZES. FISD CAMPUSES WERE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CLASSROOMS OF A SPECIFIC SIZE WITH PROGRAMS STRUCTURED TO FUNCTION OPTIMALLY AT THAT CAPACITY, RESULTING IN GREATER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. OPTIMAL CLASS SIZES CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO COLLABORATE, BUILD DIVERSE RELATIONSHIPS, AND TO ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, 12 NEARBY DISTRICTS WITHIN THE AREA HAVE OPENED THEIR ENVIRONMENTS OUTSIDE THEIR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN SOME CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO ENROLL IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE SHARED WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY EXAMINED AND DETERMINED THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLAN FOR FRISCO ISD AS WELL. ALL OF THE REASONS HAVE LED US TO PROPOSE ACCESS FRISCO. WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY CHOSEN SPECIFIC CAMPUSES THAT HAVE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS COMFORTABLY. WE HAVE CREATED GEOGRAPHIC ZONES WEST, CENTRAL AND EAST TO ALLOW FOR A NATURAL PROGRESSION AND EFFICIENT RESOURCE USE. ON OUR WEST SIDE WE HAVE MINETT, PINK AND PUREFOY ELEMENTARY, AND GRIFFIN AND WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOLS. ON OUR CENTRAL ZONE, WE HAVE BRIGHT, ROGERS, AND TADLOCK, ALONG WITH STALEY AND TRENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS. ON OUR EAST SIDE, WE HAVE ELLIOTT, OGLE AND SONNTAG ELEMENTARIES, ALONG WITH WORTHAM INTERMEDIATE AND SCOGGINS AND VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS A RESULT OF ACCESS FRISCO, WE HOPE TO GENERATE REVENUE IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN AND ENHANCE OUR EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRISCO, PLENTY OF THOSE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. [01:30:02] WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE OUR CAMPUS RESOURCES BY MAKING USE OF EXISTING CAPACITY IN OUR SELECTED SCHOOLS WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF. WE WANT TO BUILD CONNECTIONS THROUGH STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY TIES AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GROW AND CONNECT WITHIN OUR OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS. THEN OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP ENROLLMENT NUMBERS STRONG AND FILL ANY ENROLLMENT GAPS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR FISD CAMPUSES. I'LL NOW ASK ESTHER KOLNI OUR GENERAL COUNSEL TO COME AND DISCUSS SPECIFIC POLICY AND GUIDELINES RELATED TO ACCESS FRISCO. >> THANK YOU, ALBERT. ALBERT JUST DISCUSSED A VERY BROAD PLAN THAT INVOLVES A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT. I HAVE TROUBLE CLICKING THINGS. >> I'LL CLICK THEM. >> THERE ARE THREE CORE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US TO OPERATIONALIZE THIS LARGE ACCESS FRISCO PLAN. TWO OF THEM ARE BOARD POLICIES, AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON THOSE TWO POLICIES THIS EVENING. THE THIRD CORE DOCUMENT IS ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THOSE TWO POLICIES. THE FIRST POLICY IS FOR INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFERS. THAT'S BOARD POLICY FDB (LOCAL). IT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY RESIDENTS OF FRISCO ISD TO TRANSFER BETWEEN SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THIS POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S NOT BEING REVISED IN A MAJOR WAY. IT'S STAYING MOSTLY THE SAME WITH A FEW UPDATES TO MAKE THE LANGUAGE CONSISTENT BETWEEN THIS POLICY AND OUR NEW INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER POLICY, WHICH IS BOARD POLICY FDA (LOCAL). THIS POLICY HAS ALSO BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT PREVIOUSLY FOCUSED MOSTLY ON OUT OF DISTRICT NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO WERE THE CHILDREN OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND HAS NOW BEEN OVERHAULED TO INCLUDE THE ACCESS FRISCO PROGRAM IN THAT POLICY. IT REFERENCES GUIDELINES IN BOTH FDB LOCAL, WHICH IS OUR IN DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND FDA LOCAL ARE OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS. THOSE GUIDELINES ARE THE THING IN GREEN, THAT GOES INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL ACTUALLY WORK FOR OUR RESIDENT STUDENTS, FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES, AND THEN ALSO OUR NEW ACCESS FRISCO STUDENTS. IT GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS IN DETAIL, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO APPLY FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE GROUPS, AND THEN HOW WE WILL MONITOR AND MAINTAIN QUALITY OF STUDENTS IN ALL THREE OF THOSE GROUPS. THAT TRANSFER GUIDELINE DOCUMENT IS LIKE I SAID, MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN THE POLICIES WHICH CREATE THE FRAMEWORK. AS MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN ALSO KEEP THAT UP TO DATE AS NEW QUESTIONS AND ISSUES COME UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION AS IT'S NEEDED. I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAIL THAT THE TRANSFER GUIDELINES GO INTO. THE FIRST THING THAT'S BIG FOR ACCESS FRISCO IS THAT THE STUDENTS WHO COME IN WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF FRISCO ISD, WILL HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. THEY HAVE TO SHOW APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC PROGRESS WITH PASSING GRADES IN CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AND SATISFACTORY SCORES ON STANDARDIZED TESTS. THEY HAVE TO ALSO BE COMING IN WITH A CLEAN BEHAVIOR RECORD. THEY CAN'T HAVE BEEN A DISCIPLINARY PROBLEM AT THEIR PREVIOUS SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE, MEANING THAT THEY HAVE 90% OR BETTER ATTENDANCE AND THEY ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR ACCESS FRISCO. IT ALSO GOES INTO THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, AS ALBERT MENTIONED, WE HAVE TARGETED ENROLLMENT AT SPECIFIC CAMPUSES TO FILL THE SPACES WITHOUT OVER EXTENDING OUR RESOURCES. THERE WON'T BE STUDENTS WHO ARE NON-RESIDENTS GOING TO CAMPUSES THAT ARE ALREADY AT CAPACITY. THEY'LL BE GOING TO OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE UNDER ENROLLED TO HELP US OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EFFICIENT STAFFING. OUR TEACHERS ARE BEING UTILIZED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DIVERSE CLASSROOMS AND THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN SUPPORT ALL THE STUDENTS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PART OF ACCESS FRISCO ALSO WILL BE REQUIRED TO REAPPLY EACH YEAR. THIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE [01:35:01] CONTINUING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM AND THAT THEY'RE MEETING OUR ACADEMIC BEHAVIORAL AND ATTENDANCE STANDARDS ON A YEARLY BASIS AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RESOURCES AT THE CAMPUSES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT EFFICIENT STAFFING RATIO. ALSO, OUR ACCESS FRISCO STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING FRISCO AS A PRIVILEGE AND THEY CAN LOSE THAT PRIVILEGE IF THEY DON'T MAINTAIN THEIR ELIGIBILITY WITH THAT GOOD ACADEMIC PROGRESS, THEIR EXCELLENT BEHAVIOR AND EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE. I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK OVER TO ALBERT. HE'S THE CHAMPION OF THE PROGRAM. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT? >> THE PROCESS FOR THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS. ON DECEMBER 16TH, WE WOULD OPEN A PRIORITY WINDOW. WHEN THE PRIORITY WINDOW OPENS, THE PROCESS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS INTERESTED WOULD BE WHAT YOU SEE ABOVE. THEY WOULD APPLY WITHIN THAT FIRST APPLICATION WINDOW. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WINDOW ON JANUARY 10TH, WE WOULD CONDUCT A LOTTERY. AT THAT POINT, RANDOMLY, STUDENTS WOULD BE SELECTED BASED UPON THEIR CHOICE OF THEIR FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD SCHOOL THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN, GIVEN A CONDITIONAL OFFER. THIS CONDITIONAL OFFER IS TIED TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH ANOTHER APPLICATION THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO FILL OUT, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS THAT EVERY STUDENT WITHIN FRISCO ISD FILLS OUT, BUT THEY'LL BE FILLING IT IN EARLIER. ONCE THAT IS SUBMITTED, WE WILL SEND INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS AND TO THEIR SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ATTENDING, REQUESTING ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE REQUIRING IN ORDER TO DETERMINE INITIAL ELIGIBILITY. WE HAVE TEAMS OF STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL SCREEN THOSE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN IF THE APPLICANT MAKES IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS, THEY'LL BE OFFERED A SEAT, AND THEN THAT ENROLLMENT PROCESS CAN THEN BE COMPLETED WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL STEPS. THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL APPLICATION WINDOW ON JANUARY 14TH THROUGH JANUARY 24TH. ANY STUDENT THAT APPLIES DURING THAT PROCESS WILL BE PLACED ON A WAIT LIST IF THEIR REQUESTED CAMPUS IS AT THAT POINT FULL, OR THEY WILL THEN BE GRANTED ACCESS IF THE REQUESTED CAMPUS HAS AN AVAILABLE SLOT. THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >> YES. >> MR. LOWE. >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. HAD A COUPLE OF FEW QUESTIONS. WHAT CAPACITY DO WE HAVE FOR STUDENTS TRANSFERRING IN AT THIS TIME? >> WE HAVE ABOUT 900 OPEN SEATS AVAILABLE ACROSS ALL THE CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE OPENED IN THAT K THROUGH SEVEN WINDOW. >> DO WE HAVE ANY GOALS FOR THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WE WANT TO TRANSFER IN AT ALL OR HAVE WE CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED? >> I THINK WE'VE SENT SOME INTERNAL GOALS. SCOTT, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? >> SURE. I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE KEY FOR THIS FIRST YEAR 900 IS REALLY OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS WITHOUT INCREASING FTES. WE KNOW THERE'S THIS NUMBER THAT WE HAVE THIS CAPACITY. IF WE GO ABOVE 900, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START HIRING ADDITIONAL TEACHERS TO SUPPORT, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOOD. I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE SEE HOW THIS YEAR GOALS WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS MAYBE TO SOME ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO AS WELL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE CAN BRING IN. >> DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE PROJECTED REVENUES THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN? >> IT'S ABOUT $750,000 FOR EVERY HUNDRED STUDENTS. >> DO THE MATH. [LAUGHTER] LET ME SEE. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ADVERTISING THIS PROGRAM. IS THAT THE AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO ASHER MEDIA? ARE THEY GOING TO THE COMPANY? >> YES. ASHER MEDIA IS WHO WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH TO HELP WITH THE MARKETING. >> LAST QUESTION, ARE WE CONSIDERING ANY FEES FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSFERRING IN? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED OR WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THAT? >> AT THIS TIME, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT FEES FOR STUDENTS. THEY WOULD COME TO US WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY A FEE OR A TUITION PER SE BECAUSE [01:40:05] WE WILL RECEIVE ADA FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO COMES ON BOARD FROM OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT. >> DO WE THINK WE WON'T GET AS MANY STUDENTS IF WE STARTED A NOMINAL FEE, 500 BUCKS OR SOMETHING? HAS YOUR STUDY SHOWN THAT WE MIGHT NOT GET AS MANY STUDENTS IN OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU JUST HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT? >> I WOULDN'T SAY WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IT IS NOT AS COMMON. YOU SAW THE MAP OF OTHER DISTRICTS THAT OFFER ENROLLMENT TO STUDENTS OUTSIDE THEIR BOUNDARIES. IT'S NOT COMMON TO CHARGE TUITION. THERE ARE SOME. IT'S JUST NOT THE COMMON CHOICE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES THAT PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS, PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL. PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE FREE. PRIVATE SCHOOLS, OF COURSE, THERE'S TUITION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF I THINK THIS YEAR, AT LEAST, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT CHARGING ANY TUITION AND TRYING TO FILL UP THOSE AVAILABLE SEATS SO THAT WE CAN EARN THE ADA FROM THOSE STUDENTS. >> I SAID THAT WAS LAST QUESTION. HEAR ONE MORE. NOW EACH STUDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY EVERY YEAR, CORRECT? >> YES, SIR. >> THEY MIGHT GET IN THE DISTRICT 1 YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED TO SIT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT OF PROBLEMS THAT MAY CREATE OR? >> WE DEFINITELY HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT FUTURE YEARS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OUR FIRST YEAR RUNNING THE PROGRAM. FOR OUR FIRST YEAR RUNNING THE PROGRAM, WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE IT BE A ONE YEAR AT A TIME APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN GAUGE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM BEFORE WE PUSH IT OUT. >> OF THOSE WHO'S GOING TO HAVE ANY PRIORITY IN REAPPLYING OR DOES HE JUST START FROM SCRATCH AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LOTTERY PROCESS AGAIN? >> WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR FUTURE YEARS AND THE GUIDELINES WOULD BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE ANY PRIORITY GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE IF THE PROGRAM CONTINUES BEYOND THIS YEAR. >> IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON TODAY THOUGH? >> NO. FOR TODAY, YOU WOULD BE JUST VOTING ON THE POLICIES, WHICH ALLOW TO CREATE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACCESS FIRST GO PROGRAM. THE GUIDELINES ARE MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND CAN BE UPDATED AS NEED BE, AS LONG AS IT CORRESPONDS WITH BOTH THE LAW AND THE BOARD POLICY. >> THANK YOU. >> MISS ALICE? >> IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE SELECTED K37, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. >> ABSOLUTELY. ONCE WE START GRADE 8 AND THEN PUSH FORWARD INTO HIGH SCHOOL, THERE ARE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING ISSUES AND STAFFING CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WHEN INCORPORATING THOSE GRADES INTO THE PROCESS. FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE MADE IT AS SMOOTH A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PARENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO FRISCO ISD. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THOSE CLASSES THAT WE COULD CONTROL WITHOUT SELECTING TOO MANY OPTIONS FOR EARNING CREDIT LIKE THEY WOULD IN EIGHTH GRADE AND THEN ABOVE. ONCE WE START INCORPORATING HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS AND TRYING TO EARN THOSE, IT BECOMES JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED. WE WANTED THIS PROGRAM TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE REASONS THAT WE MENTIONED. WE REALLY WANTED TO START WITH K-7 IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU. THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, YOUR ITEM 11 ON THIS AGENDA AND ITEM 12 IS OUR FAVORITE TOPIC IN FRISCO, WHICH IS ZONING. MR. WESTLER, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT 900, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE ALREADY EXPECT AND ANTICIPATE PER REGULAR GROWTH OR PLATEAU OR WHATEVER. I WANT THAT EXPLAINED TO THE PUBLIC. THEN ALSO GOING FORWARD, WHEN OUR GROWTH MAY SHIFT OR CHANGE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT OUR ZONE KIDS ARE OUR PRIORITY, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. >> WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE CAMPUSES THAT YOU SAW PRESENTED TONIGHT, WE WEREN'T JUST LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTIONS, WE WERE LOOKING LONG TERM AND FOR US, LONG TERM IS ABOUT 3-5 YEARS. OUTSIDE OF PROJECTIONS, THREE YEARS, YOU START TO GET INTO THIS NEBULOUS WORLD THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HOLD TRUE. WE LOOKED AT SCHOOLS THAT WE BELIEVED WOULD HOLD FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS IF NOT LONGER. [01:45:02] THAT'S HOW WE CHOSE THOSE. THEN AGAIN, WE DO BELIEVE IF THERE IS SUCCESS IN THIS PROGRAM INITIALLY THAT WE HAVE CAPACITY IN SOME ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> MISS ALOTT. >> YEAH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND THEN PROBABLY A QUESTION AT THE END. THIS IS MY 12TH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD. WHEN I WENT TO SIGN UP MY DAUGHTER FOR ASHLEY ELEMENTARY FOURTH GRADE, WE WALKED IN, I HANDED IN WHATEVER PAPERWORK, AND SOMEONE YELLED OUT ABOUT FIVE SECONDS LATER. WE'RE CLOSED, MEANING THAT I THINK MY DAUGHTER WAS THE LAST ONE THEY ACCEPTED BEFORE THEY CLOSED THE CAMPUS. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. THERE WAS A LOT OF BUZZ GOING ON AND I WAS VERY GLAD I WENT IN THAT DAY AND NOT THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THEN SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR HOME. MY POINT IS THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT IN FRISCO ISD IN THOSE YEARS. I FIRST WANT TO JUST SAY, I AM FOR THIS PLAN. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN. I APPLAUD THE DISTRICT FOR DOING THIS. I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IT IN FOR NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF CAMPUSES BEING UNDER CAPACITY. WE'VE SEEN OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US HAVING TO CLOSE CAMPUSES. WHEN YOU HAVE SMALLER CAMPUSES, THAT'S MORE OF A RISK. I'M GLAD WE ARE DOING THIS SO THAT HOPEFULLY THIS WILL AVOID US HAVING TO DO THAT. THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES. AGAIN, I THINK THE PLAN WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IS A SOUND ONE AND I AGREE WITH IT. I THINK THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE IN SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHALLENGES IN DOING THIS. I'M SURE THIS WILL BE AN EVOLVING PROCESS. I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND, THE WHY, BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING. I PERSONALLY HAVE GOTTEN SOME CHALLENGES ABOUT IT. JUST IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CHATTER ONLINE AND I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TEACHERS IN THE PAST WEEK. THERE SEEMS TO BE A SENSE THAT WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AFTER THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHICH I THINK WE KNOW IS NOT THE CASE. WE DID A WORKSHOP ON THIS, WHAT, 3, 4, 5 WEEKS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS. WHEN I'M DONE WITH MY COMMENTS, I'D LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, TOTALLY UNRELATED TO THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY, WELL, I GUESS WHY DON'T WE SPEAK TO THAT AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. >> I'LL START THEN IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, FEEL FREE, MR. LEAL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT AN ISD ALMOST A YEAR AGO, AND THEN I BELIEVE LATE SPRING, WE REALLY STARTED WITH A CHARGE FROM DR. WALDRIP TO DIG INTO THIS AND START PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN TO MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE ORGANIZED THE COMMITTEE THAT ALBERT HAD SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT EARLIER AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALL SUMMER, ALL FALL GETTING READY FOR THIS DAY TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL DIRECT THOSE FOLKS WHO'VE REACHED OUT TO ME WITH THOSE COMMENTS, I APPRECIATED. I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT PERSONALLY, ALTHOUGH I DID LET THEM KNOW WE HAD A WORKSHOP ABOUT THIS. THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY IS THAT I REVIEWED THE COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION PIECE IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT SEEMS LIKE A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT SHOULD STRONGLY BE CONSIDERED IS OUTREACH EFFORTS TOWARDS STUDENTS HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM FRISCO ISD, BUT STILL LIVE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. I HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I EVEN JUST RAN INTO A COUPLE OVER THE WEEKEND THAT CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, OUR OLDER ONE GRADUATED FROM SUCH AND SUCH, BUT OUR YOUNGER ONE, WE NOW HAVE DOING SOME OTHER OPTIONS. I THINK THAT IT JUST REMINDED ME WHEN I HEARD THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE FAMILIES WHO'VE CHOSEN OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO BRING BACK TO FRISCO ISD, I THINK THEY LEAVE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T BRING THEM BACK AND I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO DIRECT SOME OF OUR EFFORTS INTO THOSE WHO LIVE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS POLICY IS FOR, BUT IT'S RELATED. IT'S RELATED TO ENROLLMENT AND HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE. I DO THINK THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE TO INVITE SOME FOLKS TO COME BACK IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THEY LEFT AND PERHAPS NOW WOULD BE [01:50:03] A TIME MAYBE WHERE THEY WENT ISN'T MEETING THEIR NEEDS LIKE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE. I KNOW SOMETIMES WE DO SEE STUDENTS COME BACK FROM OTHER OPTIONS, WHETHER IT BE HOME SCHOOL, CHARTER SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT OUR PLAN INCLUDE THAT PIECE AS WELL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. >> MR. HILL. >> JUST A FEW COMMENTS. MOST OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. I DO THINK IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PLAN. I'VE SAID THIS AT OTHER MEETINGS BEFORE BY ALMOST EVERY METRIC FISD LEADS ON ACADEMICS AND FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS, AND YOU NAME IT. I SUSPECT THIS WILL BE A VERY ATTRACTIVE OPTION TO MANY OTHERS. I THINK THAT'LL BE EYE OPENING, I THINK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST HOW ATTRACTIVE THIS REALLY IS. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK A LOT OF US ARE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. BUT I THINK, THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS ALREADY MADE, I THINK BY MISS ALICE AND MR. LOWE, AND THAT IS UTILIZING EXISTING CAMPUSES AND FACILITIES WITH NO NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IS THE INTENT IN THE PLAN HERE. I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT, WHICH LEADS ME TO REALLY MY ONLY QUESTION, AND THAT IS, I DON'T REALLY NEED ANY EXACT COMMITMENT, BUT YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF PLAN AS FAR AS REPORTING BACK TO US OR MEASURING THIS PERFORMANCE AND THEN COMING BACK TO US IN A YEAR OR IN SOME TIME AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THIS TO A YEAR SO THAT WE CAN ALL EVALUATE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT MEASUREMENT LOOKS LIKE AND THE PLAN TO REPORT BACK TO US ON IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. WITH ANY NEW CHANGE PROCESS, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE REFLECTING ON THE PROCESS ITSELF, CONSTANTLY EVALUATING THE AREAS OF STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS, AND DEFINITELY COMMUNICATING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU, THE ISD, AND ALL OF OUR DISTRICT LEADERS. IN FACT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, BUT HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THOSE STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY, BE ABLE TO PULL THEM OUT, IDENTIFY WHERE THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND WHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING SO THAT WE CAN REALLY EVALUATE OUR PLAN IN GENERAL. THEN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS AND CHANGE AND FLEX AS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE PLAN. THAT'S OUR WHOLE GOAL FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS IS TO REALLY CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND WILL LAST. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT'S GOT TO BE FLEXIBLE, BE ABLE TO CHANGE AND BE CONSTANTLY EVALUATED. THAT'LL BE MY CHARGE AS THE ONE OVERSEEING THE PLAN IS TO REALLY COLLECT THAT DATA, WORK WITH THE HUGE GROUP THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED, AND THEN EVALUATE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS OR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. >> YEAH. I GUESS I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT. I UNDERSTOOD FROM MR. WESTLER THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE HIM EXPAND THAT POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU ALL TRY TO FORMULATE SOME LEVEL OF SPECIFIC REPORT BACK TO US. I KNOW THERE'S STATUTORY OR THERE'S OTHER POLICY REASONS WHY WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO COME. I JUST WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO GIVE A LITTLE THOUGHT AS TO WHAT THE CLARITY THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US ON A GO FORWARD BASIS SO THAT, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN HAVE SOME LEAD UP AS TO HOW WE DO WANT TO EVOLVE THIS IF WE CONTINUE IT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> MR. LOWE? >> YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I NOTICED IT ONLY GOES FROM K-7. IS THAT SO THAT THEY WON'T BE IN THE EIGHTH GRADE LOOKING TO TRANSFER TO HIGH SCHOOL AND WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS OR IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? >> YES, SIR. FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S K-7 BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF EVALUATING A TRANSCRIPT FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF EARNING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT, THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO EIGHTH GRADERS AND ABOVE. WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE AS USER FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEEDED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF GRADES THIS FIRST YEAR AND THEN AGAIN EVALUATE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE FOR NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> MR. LOWE I'M GOING TO ADD ONE THING TO THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS PLAN, IS YOU HEAR A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS YEAR GOES, RE EVALUATE, LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN GROW, MAKE CHANGES, AND WHAT DOES THAT HOLD FOR US NEXT YEAR. YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, K7. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND MONITOR AND DISCUSS AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 6, 07, 8 MONTHS, AND NOT ONLY EVALUATION OF THIS PLAN, BUT MOVING FORWARD IS OPENING UP 8-12 NEXT YEAR. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF THINGS GO WELL WITH THIS PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD OPEN UP TO 8-12, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A CONTINUATION, SO OUR STUDENTS WHO COME IN IN SEVENTH GRADE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY THEN TO LOOK AT AN EIGHTH GRADE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD. [01:55:02] >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GET AT. THANKS. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION, IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT. I DID REVIEW OUR MARKETING PLAN AND I LOVE IT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL PUTTING SO MUCH CARE AND THOUGHT AND CONCERN IN IT. WE HAVE LAUNCHED SOME PRETTY AMAZING PROGRAMS WITHIN FRISCO ISD AND IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, MARKETING OR COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE PROGRAMS MAY HAVE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT OR LOVE AND CARE. MY HOPE IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM THAT I KNOW WE'RE OUTSOURCING FOR OUR MARKETING, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR STORY PRECEDES US BEFORE THOSE APPLICATIONS EVEN GO OUT. MY HOPE IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING THAT WILL ATTRACT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO FRISCO ISD AND THEN NOT TO TAKE OUR FOOT OFF OF THE GAS AFTER WE HAVE OPENED IT UP, CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE AND MARKET OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE WE REALLY DO HAVE SOME AMAZING THINGS GOING ON. THANK YOU. >> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WE'LL MOVE TO IT, THANK YOU, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 12. [12. Discussion regarding rezoning for the 2025-2026 school year] >> REGARDING REZONING FOR THE 2025-'26 SCHOOL YEAR. >> YOU WERE LOOKING AT ALBERT. IF YOU WANTED HIM TO SPEAK TO IT, I WAS GOING TO LET ALBERT TAKE THIS ONE. [LAUGHTER]. >> IT'S ALL YOU. >> RUN ALBERT. >> PLEASE RUN. >> NO. WE HAVE GREAT NEWS TONIGHT. WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT REZONING ANY CAMPUSES FOR THE '25-'26 SCHOOL YEAR. CAN WE GET AN APPLAUSE BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THAT IS GREAT NEWS. I WILL SAY THERE ARE THREE CAMPUSES THOUGH THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH IN CLOSELY. WE HAVE, FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS BEEN OVERFLOWING NEW ENROLLEES FROM NELSON TO WESTER. THAT WILL CONTINUE. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE HINTS OF A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT TIME MAY BE COMING TO AN END SOMEWHERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT IT'S NOT NEXT YEAR. THEN WE HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, GUNSTREAM AND MCSPEDDEN, THAT ARE BOTH TRENDING WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROJECTIONS TO BE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD WANT IN THOSE TWO SCHOOLS. WHAT WE WOULD END UP DOING IS A THING WE'VE BEEN DOING NOW FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, CLOSING THAT SCHOOL AT A SPECIFIC DATE, I NOTIFY YOU THE BOARD THROUGH HOME BASE AND WE VISIT WITH THOSE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, AND THEN WE WOULD OVERFLOW TO A NEARBY CAMPUS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY PROJECTIONS, BUT ACTUAL STUDENTS IN SEATS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR. REMEMBER, PROJECTIONS ARE PEIMS TO PEIMS, SO OCTOBER TO OCTOBER, SO WHEN WE SEE PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, BASED ON WHERE WE WERE THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTIONS, THAT INCLUDES GROWTH THAT HAPPENS FROM OCTOBER THROUGH THE FOLLOWING OCTOBER. BY THE TIME WE HIT APRIL, MAY, WE SHOULD START TO SEE A LOT OF THAT GROWTH FILLING IN. IT ALL DOESN'T HAPPEN OVER THE SUMMERTIME. THERE COULD BE A TIME ESPECIALLY FOR GUNSTREAM THAT WE MAY HAVE TO CLOSE THEM TO NEW ENROLLEES LATE SPRING, MAYBE APRIL, MAYBE EARLY MAY. I THINK MCSPEDDEN WILL BE ABLE TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER INTO MAY, JUNE BEFORE WE HAVE TO CLOSE IT. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THOSE TWO. EVERY OTHER CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE LOOKS FINE FOR NEXT YEAR FROM AN ENROLLMENT STANDPOINT. IT'S MY GOOD NEWS. >> MARK JUST WHISPERED AND TOLD ME THAT DINNER FOR YOU AND WHOEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE WITH YOU IS ON HIM. THANK YOU. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU. BOARD, WE'RE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 13. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION FIRST? >> SURE. >> COULD WE PLEASE COMMUNICATE TO THE NELSON COMMUNITY WHAT IS GOING ON JUST BECAUSE THAT CAMPUS HAS BEEN SO FULL FOR SO LONG. I KNOW MARK JUST OFFERED TO BUY YOU DINNER, BUT HE HASN'T TALKED TO ANY NELSON PARENTS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD LATELY. IF YOU WERE TO, YOU MIGHT NOT BE DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF PAIN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT FEEDER PATTERN. I GET EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS AND WHY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATORS ARE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT. BUT WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING FOR IS A PROACTIVE MESSAGE OUT BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST THAT COMMUNITY, IT'S THE WESTER FAMILIES AS WELL THAT ARE PROBABLY WAITING WITH BATED BREATH TO SEE IF THEY CAN SWITCH TO NELSON NEXT YEAR, [02:00:04] JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT IS A VERY BIG ISSUE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE OTHER THING IS MORE OF A QUESTION IN TERMS OF, WHERE ARE THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ZONED THAT LEXINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OR I GUESS THE WEST SIDE OF COATE. THERE'S ALL THOSE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE GONE UP, PLUS ALL THOSE HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT. WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THAT AREA ZONED TO? >> RIGHT NOW THAT'S GUNSTREAM. THAT'S PART OF OUR GUNSTREAM CONCERN. THEY'RE ALSO ZONED WESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL FOR RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE SHOWING US IS MORE ON THE ELEMENTARY END INITIALLY. WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR ANOTHER YEAR, MAYBE TWO TO CONTINUE TO USE WESTER AS THE OVERFLOW FOR NELSON, BUT THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GUNSTREAM ELEMENTARY IT'S THAT BRINKMAN COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I JUST GET YOU TO RE-EDUCATE HOW THE DIFFERENCE IN A CLOSED SCHOOL SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT? CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT, PLEASE? >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REZONING, IT'S FOR FOLKS TO REMEMBER THAT IF YOU'RE NEW OR HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF REZONING BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN AN AREA OF FRISCO THAT DIDN'T REZONE, REZONING IMPACTS CURRENT RESIDENTS. YOU'RE TAKING A COMMUNITY OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO MAYBE HAS ESTABLISHED ROOTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, AND REZONING MAY IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAUSE YOU TO THEN MOVE TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLOSING A CAMPUS, WE TAKE A SPECIFIC DATE ONCE WE REALIZE A CAMPUS IS FULL AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, ANY NEW ENROLLEE WHO COMES INTO THE DISTRICT, THEN WOULD BE MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORING CAMPUS. YOU'RE NOT IMPACTING CURRENT RESIDENTS OR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE OR TEN YEARS, YOU'RE IMPACTING PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST NOW MOVING INTO THE DISTRICT, THAT WOULD BE FROM OUT OF STATE, IN STATE. WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS OF DOING THIS, IT IS MUCH MORE APPRECIATED AND ACCEPTED FROM OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE MOVED IN A POTENTIAL RE-ZONE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. [13. Public Hearing regarding 2023-2024 FIRST Rating] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 2023-'24 FIRST RATING. MRS. SMITH. >> THANK YOU. EVERY YEAR, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR FIRST RATING, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. WHEN WE RECEIVE THIS FINAL RATING FROM TEA, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PRESENT IT IN A BOARD MEETING AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON IT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT. I AM GOING TO RATHER QUICKLY, GO THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUIRED PRESENTATION PIECES, AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AT THE END OF THIS STANDARD PRESENTATION AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC INDICATOR AND SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THAT ONE. THE GOAL OF THE FIRST SYSTEM IS TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FINANCE. IT ESSENTIALLY AWARDS A LETTER GRADE TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO THEIR FINANCES EACH YEAR. THE RATING FOR '23-'24 IS BASED ON '22-'23 FINANCIAL DATA. THE DATA THAT WE'RE BEING SCORED ON THIS YEAR IS A YEAR OLD. IT IS NOT THE SAME DATA THAT YOU HEARD FROM OUR AUDITOR EARLIER THIS EVENING. THERE ARE 21 TOTAL INDICATORS. IN THE SYSTEM, FOUR OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL, MEANING IF YOU FAIL ONE OF THOSE FOUR, YOU FAIL THE WHOLE SYSTEM. CRITICAL INDICATORS ARE PAST FAIL. OTHER INDICATORS ARE MEASURED ON A FIVE OR 10 POINT SCALE, AND THEN SOME OF THOSE INDICATORS ARE SEALING INDICATORS, WHICH WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. SOME OVERALL STATISTICS FOR THE STATE. THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAVE RECEIVED AN A RATING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT EVERY TIME I DO THIS PRESENTATION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR DISTRICT'S RATING IS, IS THAT THIS RATING DOES NOT HAVE ANY MERIT IN NECESSARILY THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY, SO OUR BONDHOLDERS, OUR INVESTORS, ARE NOT LOOKING AT OUR FIRST RATING, THEY ARE LOOKING AT OUR UNDERLYING CREDIT RATINGS. WE RECEIVE UNDERLYING CREDIT RATINGS FROM MOODY'S AND S&P. THEY GO THROUGH THOSE RATING AGENCIES, GO THROUGH A VERY ROBUST PROCESS TO ANALYZE THE UNDERLYING CREDIT QUALITY OF FRISCO ISD BONDS AND DEBT AND FINANCES AND ISSUE US A CREDIT RATING MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD GET A CREDIT RATING FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO GET A CREDIT CARD OR SOMETHING. WE PUT A LOT OF STOCK INTO THOSE RATINGS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THIS RATING IS NOT IMPORTANT. [02:05:01] WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE WAY TO MEASURE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMPARE THEM ACROSS THE STATE. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THE 21 INDICATORS, TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE, TELL YOU HOW THE DISTRICT SCORED, AND THEN LIKE I SAID AT THE END, WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT ONE SPECIFICALLY. THE FIRST FOUR INDICATORS ARE CRITICAL INDICATORS. INDICATOR NUMBER 1 ASKS BASICALLY WHETHER OUR FINANCIAL REPORT WAS FILED ON TIME. REMEMBER THIS IS FOR THE '22-'23 SCHOOL YEAR, SO A YEAR AGO. WE DID FILE OUR REPORT ON TIME, SO WE PASSED THAT ONE. INDICATOR NUMBER 2 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. UNMODIFIED OPINION MEANS THAT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT, MATERIAL ERRORS, OR POOR INTERNAL CONTROLS. WE PASSED THAT ONE AS WELL. INDICATOR NUMBER 3 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT WE MADE ALL OF OUR REQUIRED DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ON TIME, WE DID, SO WE PASSED. INDICATOR NUMBER 4 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT WE MADE ALL PAYMENTS TO OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INCLUDING TRS, THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, AND THE IRS ON TIME. THOSE HAVE TO BE MADE WITHIN 30 DAYS. WE DID MAKE THOSE ON TIME AND SO WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR. WE'VE PASSED ALL FOUR CRITICAL INDICATORS. THE NEXT SET OF INDICATORS ARE CONSIDERED SOLVENCY INDICATORS. THESE GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF HOW THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IS, LIKE WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF SOLVENCY. INDICATOR NUMBER 5 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT OUR TOTAL ASSETS EXCEEDED OUR TOTAL LIABILITIES. WE DID FAIL THIS INDICATOR. OUR TOTAL NET POSITION WAS NEGATIVE. THE STATE HAS HISTORICALLY GRANTED AN EXCEPTION FOR DISTRICTS WHO ARE FAST GROWTH. OFTEN DISTRICTS WHO ARE FAST GROWTH ARE TAKING ON DEBT MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY'RE BUILDING BUILDINGS, AND THE STATE RECOGNIZES THAT. THERE IS CURRENTLY AND HAS BEEN AN EXCEPTION FOR FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS IF YOU GROW 7% OR MORE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THIS INDICATOR HAS NOT BEEN SCORED SINCE 2017. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THIS INDICATOR HAS BEEN PUT BACK INTO THE FIRST SYSTEM. WE DID FAIL THAT ONE. OUR TOTAL NET POSITION IS NEGATIVE. WE DID RECEIVE THE FAST GROWTH EXCEPTION BECAUSE OUR FIVE YEAR ENROLLMENT GROWTH FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME WAS A LITTLE OVER 11%. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE RECEIVED THE EXCEPTION, BUT WE HIT A CEILING. WHEN WE HAVE A CEILING INDICATOR, IT LIMITS YOU TO THE HIGHEST LETTER GRADE YOU CAN GET AS A DISTRICT. ON THIS INDICATOR, IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE THE FAST GROWTH EXCEPTION, YOU'RE LIMITED TO A C, IF YOU DO RECEIVE THE FAST GROWTH EXCEPTION, YOU'RE LIMITED TO A B. I WILL COME BACK LATER AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INDICATOR. INDICATOR NUMBER 6 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT OUR FUND BALANCE IS DECLINING TOO QUICKLY, AND IF IT IS DECLINING, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCE TO OPERATE THE DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST 75 DAYS. OUR FUND BALANCE WAS NOT DECLINING AND WE PASSED THIS INDICATOR. INDICATOR NUMBER 7 ASKS HOW LONG IN DAYS AFTER THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, COULD WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PAY BILLS? HOW MANY DAYS OF CASH ON HAND DO WE HAVE? THE STATE WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE AT LEAST 90 DAYS OR THREE MONTHS WORTH OF CASH ON HAND. FRISCO ISD HAD A 178 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND, SO WE RECEIVED A SCORE OF 10 ON THIS ONE. INDICATOR NUMBER 9 MEASURES WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD SUFFICIENT SHORT TERM ASSETS AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR TO PAY OUR SHORT TERM LIABILITIES. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH ESSENTIALLY IN THE BANK TO PAY OUR CURRENT LIABILITIES? THE RATIO THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR IS AT LEAST A THREE, OUR RATIO WAS 3.2, AND SO WE RECEIVED A SCORE OF 10 ON THIS ONE. INDICATOR NUMBER 9 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT GENERAL FUND REVENUES EXCEEDED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, SO DID WE SPEND MORE THAN WE EARNED OR NOT? REVENUES IN 2023 WERE GREATER THAN EXPENDITURES, SO WE RECEIVED 10 POINTS ON THIS ONE. INDICATOR NUMBER 10 MEASURES HOW ACCURATELY WE FORECASTED OUR REVENUE BY COMPARING BUDGETED AND ACTUAL REVENUE REPORTED THROUGH PEIMS, WHICH IS THE STATE'S INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO GET I BELIEVE A LESS THAN 3% VARIANCE ON THIS. THIS INDICATOR HAS NOT BEEN SCORED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. I BELIEVE JUST BECAUSE OF THE VARIANCE IN DISTRICTS USING STIMULUS FUNDING, THIS INDICATOR, I DON'T THINK HAS BEEN SCORED SINCE [02:10:02] COVID SO THEY GAVE EVERYBODY 10 POINTS FOR THIS ONE. INDICATOR 11 ASK BASICALLY IF OUR LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG TERM SOLVENCY. THE EXPLAINER THAT THEY GIVE IS THAT IT'S LIKE ASKING SOMEBODY IF THEIR MORTGAGE EXCEEDS THE MARKET VALUE OF THEIR HOME. I DISAGREE WITH THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT. IT'S BASICALLY ASKING IF YOUR DEBT EXCEEDS THE BOOK VALUE OF YOUR ASSETS. I THINK WE ALL CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THE COST OF THE ASSETS THAT ARE ON OUR BOOKS IS PROBABLY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN ACTUAL MARKET VALUE IN MOST CASES. THE STATE HERE IS LOOKING FOR A RATIO OF 0.6 OR LESS IN ORDER TO EARN A 10. OUR RATIO, YOU CAN SEE WAS 0.9457. THIS AGAIN IS ONE OF THOSE INDICATORS THAT GIVES A FAST GROWTH EXCEPTION, AND SINCE OUR FIVE-YEAR GROWTH WAS 11.25%, WE GOT THE EXCEPTION, AND WE RECEIVED 10 POINTS FOR THIS ONE. INDICATOR 12 LOOKS AT OUR ABILITY TO MAKE DEBT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS. THE RATIO HERE THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR TO GET 10 POINTS IS FOUR OR LESS. OUR RATIO WAS 4.5, WE RECEIVED EIGHT POINTS ON THIS ONE. INDICATOR 13 IS MEASURING THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION. THERE'S A SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO THAT THE STATE OUTLINES SO THIS IS NOT JUST DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES COMPARED TO THE REST OF OUR BUDGET, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF OUR EXPENDITURES THAT THE STATE LOOKS AT AND COMPARES TO CREATE THIS RATIO. THE STATE FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO LESS THAN 8.55% TO GET 10 POINTS. OURS WAS 6.45%, SO WE'RE UNDER THAT THRESHOLD SO WE RECEIVED 10 POINTS THERE. INDICATOR 14 ASKS, IF OUR DISTRICT'S ENROLLMENT DECLINED, DID THE NUMBER OF STAFF DECLINE PROPORTIONALLY? OUR ENROLLMENT DID NOT DECLINE, AND SO WE RECEIVED A 10 FOR THIS ONE. THOSE ARE THE SOLVENCY INDICATORS. THE LAST SET OF INDICATORS, 15-21 ARE CONSIDERED FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATORS. >> 15 ASKS HOW WELL WE PROJECTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AT THE START OF THE BIENNIAL. BEFORE EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO IN AND PROVIDE THE STATE WITH ADA OR ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS SO THAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN USE THOSE PROJECTIONS IN THEIR LEGISLATIVE BUDGET. IT ASKS HOW WELL WE PROJECTED. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 7% VARIANCE AND THIS INDICATOR WAS NOT EVALUATED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE STATEWIDE CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT THAT DISTRICTS HAVE SEEN SINCE COVID. INDICATOR 16 MEASURES THE QUALITY OF THE DATA THAT WE REPORT TO PMS. THEY WANT LESS THAN 3% VARIANCE IN WHAT WE REPORT, WE HAD A 0% VARIANCE, AND SO WE PASSED THIS ONE. INDICATOR 17 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS. A MATERIAL WEAKNESS IS A DEFICIENCY IN OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT COULD LEAD TO A MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. OUR AUDITORS DID NOT FIND ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES FOR THAT MATTER, AND SO WE PASSED THIS INDICATOR. INDICATOR 18 ASKED WHETHER OR NOT OUR AUDITORS FOUND THAT WE COMPLIED WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, CONTRACTS, AND REQUIREMENTS FROM GRANTING AGENCIES. THE AUDITORS FOUND NO INSTANCES OF NON COMPLIANCE, SO WE GOT 10 ON THIS ONE. INDICATOR 19 ASKED WHETHER WE COMPLIED WITH ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO POST FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION. WE DO POST ALL REQUIRED FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND MORE, AND SO WE GOT A SCORE OF FIVE FOR THIS ONE. THEN INDICATOR 20 MEASURES, WHETHER OR NOT YOU GUYS AS A SCHOOL BOARD, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS OUR REVENUE OUTLOOK PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE BUDGET. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BUDGET WORKSHOPS EVERY YEAR AND SO THE BOARD DID HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, SO WE PASSED THIS ONE. THEN LAST INDICATOR 21 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT WE BASICALLY HAVE TO BE ON A PAYMENT PLAN IF THE STATE OVERPAID US IN STATE AID. IF THEY OVERPAY US DURING THE YEAR, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT BACK AND IF YOU ARE IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS, [02:15:03] YOU MAY NEED TO ASK FOR A PAYMENT PLAN FOR THAT, WE WERE NOT ON A PAYMENT PLAN, SO WE PASSED THIS ONE. HERE IS THE SUM OF ALL OF OUR SCORES. IF YOU ADD UP THE WEIGHTED SUM OF OUR SCORES, IT WAS A 98 BECAUSE OF THE INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE THAT WE FAILED, WE HIT THE CEILING, AND THE MAXIMUM SCORE THAT WE COULD RECEIVE WAS 89, SO THAT DROPPED OUR FINANCIAL RATING FROM AN A TO A B. A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES, BEFORE I GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE. WE ARE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO PRESENT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WE'RE REQUIRED TO PRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CURRENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, A SUMMARY OF REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FOR WHICH THIS RATING SYSTEM IS FOUR, WHICH IS THE 22 23 FISCAL YEAR. THEN THERE ARE SOME OTHER REPORTS THAT ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO US. THINGS LIKE IF WE'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH ANY ENTITIES THAT ARE OWNED BY A BOARD MEMBER, THINGS LIKE THAT. THESE ARE ALL BUTTONS THAT CAN BE CLICKED, SO THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE IN BOARD BOOK FOR THE PUBLIC AND EACH OF THESE LINKS WILL HAVE THOSE REQUIRED REPORTS. GOING BACK TO INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE REASON THAT FRISCO'S FINANCIAL RATING DROPPED FROM AN A TO A B. JUST TO GIVE YOU A RE LOOK AT WHAT THIS INDICATOR ASKS. IT ASKS WHETHER THE TOTAL NET POSITION BALANCE UNRESTRICTED SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE ANYMORE. THE TOTAL NET POSITION IN OUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, SO THAT'S OUR DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS GREATER THAN ZERO. MOST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE DON'T HAVE A GREATER THAN ZERO NET POSITION, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITIES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT RELATED TO THE TRS PENSION AND OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS, WE HAVE TO REPORT FRISCO ASDS PORTION OF THE STATE'S LIABILITY ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BACK WHEN THAT BECAME AN ACCOUNTING STANDARD, THIS INDICATOR STOPPED BEING GRADED FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE, THEIR NET POSITION TURNED NEGATIVE OVERNIGHT WHEN THEY IMPLEMENTED THIS STANDARD. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IS THE CALCULATION FOR THE 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR. OUR TOTAL NET POSITION WAS NEGATIVE 435 MILLION, IF YOU ADD BACK THE PIECES THAT THE CALCULATION ALLOWS FOR, WE GO FROM NEGATIVE 435 TO NEGATIVE 24.5, BASICALLY. STILL LESS THAN ZERO, WHICH IS WHY WE FAILED. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME TRENDING DATA HERE IN A MINUTE. WE DID APPEAL THE DECISION, WE DID NOT EXPECT TO WIN THIS APPEAL BECAUSE BASED ON THE CALCULATION IN STATUTE, WE DID FAIL THIS INDICATOR. BUT WE DID THINK THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GO AHEAD AND APPEAL THE DECISION. MAINLY FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, THIS INDICATOR HAS NOT BEEN SCORED SINCE THE 2018, 2019 SCHOOL YEAR AND IN 2022, WHEN THE INDICATOR WAS STILL NOT BEING SCORED, TEA CHANGED THE CALCULATION FROM USING UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION AS A BASIS TO TOTAL NET POSITION. NOW, I KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNTANT BRAIN AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE. BASICALLY, UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION REPRESENTS THE PORTION OF YOUR TOTAL NET POSITION, SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT LIKE YOUR TOTAL EQUITY IN THE DISTRICT, THAT DOES NOT HAVE STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT. IT'S THE PORTION THAT YOU CAN USE FOR UNEXPECTED EXPENSES. IT'S THE PORTION THAT IS FREE TO PAY BILLS AND DO THOSE THINGS. THE RESTRICTED PORTION OF IT IS TIED UP IN YOUR INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS AND THE RELATED DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND THEN THE PORTION THAT YOU HAVE SET ASIDE TO MAKE THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS. THOSE THINGS ARE RESTRICTED BY BOND COVENANTS, TIED UP IN CAPITAL ASSETS, THEY'RE NOT LIQUID. THE UNRESTRICTED PORTION IS THE MORE LIQUID PORTION OF YOUR NET POSITION. PRIOR TO 2022, THIS INDICATOR USED UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION, THE MORE LIQUID PORTION TO DETERMINE YOUR FINANCIAL SOLVENCY. IN 2022, IT CHANGED FROM UNRESTRICTED TO TOTAL, WHICH NOW TAKES INTO ACCOUNT OUR CAPITAL ASSETS AND THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARGUED IN OUR APPEAL WAS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST SYSTEM IS TO MEASURE FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE FINANCIAL SOLVENCY AND THAT THE DOWNGRADE OF FRISCO ISD'S RATING FROM AN A TO A B BECAUSE OF THE SCORE ON ONE INDICATOR MAY SUGGEST TO THE PUBLIC THAT [02:20:02] FRISCO ISD'S FINANCIAL SOLVENCY IS AT RISK WHEN IN REALITY, OUR NET POSITION ACTUALLY IMPROVED FROM THE 2022 TO THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. LIKE I SAID, WE DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT THIS APPEAL TO BE GRANTED AND IT WAS NOT. HERE IS THE CALCULATION HISTORY FOR INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE DATING BACK TO 2017, I CHOSE 2017 BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS NOT SCORED. PRIOR TO 2017, WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE NET PENSION LIABILITIES REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND IT WAS SCORED. YOU CAN SEE THE CALCULATION YOU CAN SEE, LET ME SEE IF MY LITTLE POINTER WORKS HERE. 2017-2021, THE CALCULATION USED UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION, LIKE I SAID, THE MORE LIQUID PORTION IN 2022, WHEN IT WAS STILL NOT BEING SCORED, IT CHANGED TO TOTAL. YOU CAN SEE HERE WHEN IT CHANGED FROM UNRESTRICTED TO TOTAL, THAT DROPPED US INTO THE NEGATIVE BECAUSE IT'S NOW TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PORTION OF OUR NET POSITION THAT WE HAVE TIED UP IN CAPITAL ASSETS AND THE RELATED DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WAY BACK, EVEN PRIOR TO 2017, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING THE FAST GROWTH EXCEPTION TO THIS INDICATOR. I THINK AT ONE POINT PRIOR TO 2017, IT WAS NOT A CEILING INDICATOR. I DID NOT GO BACK AND RESEARCH THAT PIECE, I JUST LOOKED AT WHETHER WE PASSED OR FAILED IN EACH YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT BEING SCORED 2017-2022, WE PASSED ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL 2021, AND THEN WE BEGAN FAILING THIS INDICATOR IN 2022 WHEN THEY SWITCHED FROM UNRESTRICTED TO TOTAL NET POSITION AS THE BASIS. IF I WERE TO GO BACK AND USE UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION AS A BASIS TO COMPARE ALL THE WAY ACROSS, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR FY 22 AND FY 23, WE WOULD HAVE PASSED THIS INDICATOR BOTH TIMES. I BELIEVE THAT THE MORE LIQUID PORTION OF OUR NET POSITION IS A BETTER MEASURE OF OUR FUTURE FINANCIAL SOLVENCY. NOBODY ASKED MY OPINION. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A BETTER MEASURE OF OUR FINANCIAL SOLVENCY. IT'S NOT TIED UP IN OUR CAPITAL ASSETS. THE PORTION THAT'S RESTRICTED DOES NOT CONSIDER THE MARKET VALUE OF OUR ASSETS COMPARED TO WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS, WHAT WE BUILT THOSE BUILDINGS FOR. NONETHELESS, THIS IS HOW THE INDICATOR IS WRITTEN IN STATUTE NOW. IT USES TOTAL NET POSITION INSTEAD OF UNRESTRICTED. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THOUGH THE IMPROVEMENT 22-23. LOOKING HERE, GOING BACK TO USING TOTAL NET POSITION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STATUTE USES. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE IMPROVEMENT 22-23, THAT ENDING NUMBER, THE TOTAL NET POSITION WHEN YOU FACTOR OUT THOSE PIECES THAT DON'T NEED TO BE INCLUDED, INCREASED BY $76 MILLION. WE'RE TRENDING UPWARD, WE HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. HOWEVER, OUR RATING WAS DOWNGRADED FROM AN A TO A B JUST BECAUSE THIS INDICATOR WASN'T SCORED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WAS SCORED THIS YEAR. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I DID USE THE TOOL TO CALCULATE OUR ANTICIPATED FIRST RATING FOR NEXT YEAR. NOW THIS IS BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE STATUTE OR CALCULATIONS. BUT WHEN I PLUGGED IN OUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM THE AUDIT REPORT THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING INTO THE TOOL, IT CAME OUT WITH AN ANTICIPATED A RATING FOR NEXT YEAR. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL FLIP FLOP, BE DOWNGRADED FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN GO BACK TO AN A NEXT YEAR. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS RATING IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS NOT AN INDICATOR OF OUR ACTUAL FINANCIAL SOLVENCY, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU GUYS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR FINANCIAL POSITION IS ACTUALLY IMPROVING DESPITE THE STATE'S RATING SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >> JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE, DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE CHANGES FROM THE NET POSITION THAT THEY SENT OUT A NOTICE? I KNOW THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED BEFORE, BUT NORMALLY THEY GIVE YOU SOME TYPE OF HEADS UP THAT IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS OR WAS IT JUST DONE. >> I ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO LOOK AT WHEN THAT RULE CHANGED. TEA DOES USUALLY SEND OUT A NOTICE OF RULE CHANGES ON THOSE. I'M NOT SURE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. THAT INDICATOR JUST HASN'T BEEN SCORED IN SO LONG THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS CHANGING UNTIL WE ACTUALLY WERE BEING GRADED ON IT. [02:25:01] >> OKAY. SECOND QUESTION. WAS ANYONE GIVEN THE APPEAL GRANTED? DO YOU KNOW OF? DID YOU TRACK ANYONE ELSE WHO APPEALED? >> I DID NOT TRACK ANYONE ELSE WHO APPEALED. I DID FILE A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST WITH TEA JUST ASKING FOR ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO OUR APPEAL AND THEY DID SEND ME THE LIST OF ALL OF THE APPEALS WITH THE DECISION, BUT EVERYONE ELSE'S INFORMATION WAS REDACTED. I'M NOT ABLE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS APPEALED A FINDING OR WHETHER IT WAS GRANTED OR DENIED. >> MRS. SALAS. >> FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR APPEALING DESPITE KNOWING THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WIN BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO GET ON RECORD FROM THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED IT. YOU KNOW I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN MY EMAIL ABOUT NUMBER FIVE. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THE STATE LEVEL LIABILITIES ARE IN THAT AREA? WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? WHAT'S THE REASONING THERE? >> THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION. IT'S AN ACCOUNTING STANDARD. THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD, WHICH GOVERNS GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING FOR ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY CAME OUT WITH A NEW STANDARD YEARS BACK WHERE THEY ARE NOW REQUIRING ENTITIES WHO ARE IN WHAT'S CALLED A COST SHARING PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE'S PENSION IS. IT'S RUN BY THE STATE, BUT THE STATE CONTRIBUTES AND EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTE. THAT MEANS IT'S COST SHARING. THE ACCOUNTING STANDARD REQUIRES ENTITIES TO REPORT THEIR PORTION OF THAT COST SHARING PLAN ON THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL LIABILITY OF THE DISTRICT, IT JUST IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OUR ACTUAL OPERATIONS. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT OUR FINANCES, WE FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND ONLY. THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION AND STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES, MEANING WE HAVE TO COMBINE ALL OF THE FUNDS IN THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE REPORT UNDER ALL OF THOSE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, AND THEN WE CREATE THIS OTHER SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS REALLY ONLY LOOKED AT BY INVESTORS AND CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL LIABILITY OF THE DISTRICT, BUT IT IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED. >> I DID UNDERSTAND THAT. I FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE EXPLAINING, WHICH IS WHY I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN YOU SAID IT WAS WHERE IT IS. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AND MAYBE I'M BEING A LITTLE TOO PRESUMPTUOUS, BUT BASICALLY, OUR STATE IS DICTATING WHAT THIS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN ASKING US TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY WITH NO AUTONOMY OVER IT. IS THAT NOT A GOOD NO? >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LIABILITY OR THE RATING? >> WELL, JUST THE IMPACT THE LIABILITY ITSELF AFFECTING OUR RATING. >> THE LIABILITY ITSELF DOES NOT AFFECT OUR RATING BECAUSE THEY ALLOW US TO SUBTRACT IT FROM OUR NET POSITION. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A LITTLE CALCULATION THERE. YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS OUR TOTAL NET POSITION? TAKE OUT THE STUFF THAT THE STATE RECOGNIZES DOES NOT BELONG TO US. >> OKAY. >> THEN WE GET THE ENDING NUMBER. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN WE PASS THE INDICATOR VERSUS NOW WHEN WE'RE FAILING THE INDICATOR IS THAT THEY MOVED FROM USING UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION, WHICH IS THE MORE LIQUID PART TO TOTAL, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CAPITAL ASSETS AND RELATED DEBT. >> THEN ONE MORE THING. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING FROM A THING THAT WAS DONE IN 2023 AND IT'S LIKE 20, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS IF IT'S GOING TO BE DONE A YEAR BEHIND? >> IT HAS TO BE DONE A YEAR BEHIND BECAUSE THE STATE CAN ONLY USE DATA THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. >> OKAY. >> WE REPORT OUR FINANCIAL DATA. IT'S DUE TO THE STATE IN NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR. TAKES THEM SEVERAL MONTHS TO GO THROUGH IT ALL. IF A DISTRICT HAS AN AUGUST YEAR END, THEIR FINANCIAL INFORMATION ISN'T DUE UNTIL DECEMBER. THEY GATHER ALL OF THAT, GET IT ALL PREPARED IN THE SPRING, LATE SPRING, USUALLY, AND THEN THEY ANALYZE IT OVER THE SUMMER AND GIVE YOU A RATING ON IT. BY THE TIME THEY GO THROUGH ALL THE DATA, IT'S A YEAR OLD. I DON'T LOVE THAT, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THE LETTER GRADE OR THIS SYSTEM IN GENERAL IS A GREAT INDICATOR OF OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION BECAUSE IT'S OLD AND IT DOESN'T SHOW TRENDING INFORMATION. BUT IT IS THE SYSTEM MUCH LIKE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. IT IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE UNDER. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. [INAUDIBLE] >> JUST A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. INDICATOR 5, HELP ME UNDERSTAND ON THE FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE A PASS. [02:30:03] HELP ME UNDERSTAND POSITION-WISE HOW YOU'RE GETTING THERE >> I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE CALCULATION FOR NEXT YEAR IN THESE SLIDES, BUT IF YOU TAKE THAT CALCULATION USING THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE JUST PUBLISHED, THAT NUMBER WILL BE POSITIVE. >> I DON'T NEED EXACT NUMBERS HERE, BUT WHAT PORTIONS OF THE NET POSITION ARE CHANGING TO MAKE IT A PASS FOR NEXT YEAR, AT LEAST THAT YOU'RE SEEING? >> I THINK THE TIMING OF ISSUING NEW DEBT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE NEGATIVE. SINCE WE HAVE COME TOWARDS THE END OF OUR 2018 BOND PROGRAM, WE ISSUED LESS DEBT THIS PAST YEAR THAN WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE. IT'S ALSO GOT TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF SPENDING THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEBT, THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE STATE HAS GRANTED A FAST GROWTH EXCEPTION BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS ARE ISSUING MORE DEBT AND BUILDING MORE CAPITAL ASSETS. IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE TIMING. FOR EXAMPLE, WE OFTEN SELL NEW DEBT IN JUNE. IF WE HAD SHIFTED THE SALE OF NEW BONDS TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO SAY AUGUST, THAT NUMBER COULD HAVE VERY QUICKLY FLIPPED BECAUSE OF JUST THE TIMING OF TAKING ON THAT NEW DEBT. AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I LIKE USING THE UNRESTRICTED PORTION BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING OUT THAT FACTOR OF ADMINISTERING A BOND PROGRAM AND BUILDING CAPITAL ASSETS. >> THE OTHER CONCERN AHEAD IS, WHY FAST GROWTH? THERE'S AN EXCEPTION, THERE'S STILL A PUNISHMENT HERE. THE PARALLEL THAT I WAS DRAWING THOUGH, WAS WITH NOT JUST FAST GROWTH, BUT WITH STUDENT OPPORTUNITY MODEL DISTRICTS. LIKE OURS. WOULDN'T A DISTRICT LIKE OURS THAT, EVEN ISN'T GROWING, BUT HAS ELECTED TO PROCEED WITH THE SMALLER CLASSES, THE MORE CAMPUSES, THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURE. ISN'T THAT MORE AT RISK INDICATOR? >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY MORE AT RISK. WE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. HONESTLY, IF THIS INDICATOR STAYS WITH THE SAME CALCULATION, WE MAY VERY LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE AT RISK FROM YEAR TO YEAR, JUST DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF BONDS AND CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> I GUESS THAT'S THE BALANCE. >> IT IS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SYSTEM. THEY'VE DESIGNED A SYSTEM THAT THEY FEEL LIKE WILL MEASURE WHAT THEY NEED TO MEASURE FOR THE STATE AS A WHOLE. YOU COULD SEE FROM THE STATE WIDE STATISTICS, THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ARE AN A RATED DISTRICT. IT'S NOT A BELL CURVE. >> THAT'S WHAT ME AND MS. [INAUDIBLE] WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. YOU HAVE ALMOST 90% A. I WOULD HAVE VENTURED TO SAY MOST OF THOSE ARE NOT STUDENT OPPORTUNITY ORIENTED LIKE WE ARE. ANYWAYS. THE OTHER ISSUE I WANT TO BRING UP WAS ON INDICATOR 11 JUST VERY QUICKLY. IN THIS ISSUE, I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON ON THE BOOK VALUE ISSUE. HOW DO WE ADVOCATE FOR THAT CHANGE? OR WHAT IS IN MOTION, IF ANYTHING, TO CHANGE THAT? BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR ONE I STRUGGLE WITH AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING THE LOGIC BEHIND IT. >> I AGREE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS AN AVENUE TO ADVOCATE FOR A CHANGE IN TERMS OF BOOK VALUE TO MARKET VALUE. WE DON'T ACTUALLY REPORT MARKET VALUE ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE REPORT DEPRECIATED BOOK VALUE, AND THERE'S NOT A MECHANISM FOR US TO GO OUT AND CALCULATE MARKET VALUE OF OUR ASSETS ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO THERE WOULDN'T REALLY BE DATA AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO RECOGNIZE LIKE ANY OF THESE INDICATORS, HOW MUCH STOCK WE PUT INTO IT IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE BELIEVE. >> BUT I KNOW, BUT THIS IS AN OPINION FOR IS WHY HAVE AN INDICATOR ON SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO MEASURE THE ACCURATE VALUE? [LAUGHTER] >> ALL OF THESE RATIOS ARE STANDARD FINANCIAL RATIOS. I DO WANT TO GIVE THE STATE CREDIT FOR THAT. THESE ARE IF YOU TAKE ACCOUNTING 101 OR FINANCE 101, YOU WILL LEARN STANDARD FINANCIAL SOLVENCY RATIOS TO BE ABLE [02:35:01] TO EVALUATE A COMPANY OR AN ORGANIZATION'S FINANCES. IT'S UP TO THE PERSON EVALUATING TO DECIDE WHICH COMBINATION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS IS MOST IMPORTANT AND MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE FINANCIAL SOLVENCY OF THAT ORGANIZATION. THE STATE HAS COMPILED A GROUP OF FINANCIAL RATIOS AND INDICATORS THAT THEY'VE DECIDED MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO MEASURE THE FUTURE FINANCIAL SOLVENCY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THEY DO WHEN THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM. LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY DO GENERALLY PUBLISH THOSE PROPOSED RULES AND GIVE THE PUBLIC AND DISTRICTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT. WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THAT INPUT IS TAKEN AND THE INDICATOR IS CHANGED, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE THAT WE STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH AND WE'RE AWARE OF THE CHANGE HAPPENING, WE DO PROVIDE THAT INPUT. WE MISSED THIS ONE FOR SURE OR WE WOULD HAVE PROVIDED THAT INPUT THEN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MR. LOWE. >> THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. CAN WE LOOK AT INDICATOR 12, PLEASE? >> SURE. >> NOW, COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT AND WHY WE SCORED AN EIGHT AS OPPOSED TO A 10. >> WE'VE ACTUALLY SCORED AN EIGHT ON THIS INDICATOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. THIS IS TAKING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN OUR FUTURE DEBT PAYMENTS AND OUR ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE. WHAT IT'S LOOKING AT IS HOW MANY TIMES OVER DO WE HAVE DEBT PAYMENTS IN TERMS OF PROPERTY VALUE. DO WE HAVE THAT CAPACITY WITHIN OUR TAX BASE TO MAKE THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE? THEY'VE JUST ASSIGNED BASICALLY, THESE ARE ARBITRARY PERCENTAGES AND SCORES. WHAT I TYPICALLY LOOK AT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT CAPACITY IS THE TREND IN THE PERCENTAGE. IF YOU TAKE OUR CURRENT DEBT REQUIREMENT COMPARED TO OUR TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE, THAT'S A RATIO THAT BRIAN GRUBBS, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, EVERY TIME HE PRESENTS A BOND ORDER TO YOU GUYS, HE SHOWS YOU THAT PERCENTAGE. IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM SAYING, 10 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS A 7% AND NOW IT'S BELOW 4%, AND IT JUST KEEPS TRENDING DOWNWARD. THAT TREND, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR CREDIT RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT THAT TREND COMPARED TO AN ARBITRARY CUTOFF WITH A NUMERICAL SCORE ATTACHED. OTHER THING THAT I USUALLY LOOK AT IS OUR DEBT MARGIN. THAT IS A RATIO THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED IN OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. IT'S IN ONE OF THE STATISTICAL SCHEDULES IN THE BACK. IT LOOKS AT OUR TOTAL DEBT, THE LEGAL LIMIT OF DEBT THAT WE CAN TAKE ON IN TERMS OF OUR TAX BASE, AND WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK IT'S AROUND 35 OR 37%. WE'RE AT 37% OF OUR LEGAL DEBT LIMIT. WHEN I'M PROJECTING OUT HOW MUCH DEBT WE WANT TO TAKE ON, I WANT TO FIRST KEEP THAT RATIO THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THAT BRIAN TALKS ABOUT TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF AVAILABLE CAPACITY WITHIN OUR LEGAL DEBT. >> HOW WAS THIS ONE TRENDING? HOW DO WE DO LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE? >> OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T REMEMBER THE ACTUAL SCORE FOR THIS INDICATOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THAT EIGHT RANGE. IT'S BEEN BELOW FIVE, SO IT'S BEEN FOUR POINT SOMETHING FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A SCORE OF EIGHT EACH YEAR FOR AT LEAST THE PAST THREE, MAYBE FOUR YEARS. >> I'LL SAY, TOO, THIS IS ONE YOU OFTEN HEAR ME ASK BRIAN TO REPEAT WHEN HE'S DOING HIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST CAME OFF A CAMPUS AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL FINANCE SIDE OF THINGS, IT WAS OVER SEVEN, SO IT'S REALLY TRENDED DOWN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO TO THAT TO THAT 4.5%. I THINK IT WAS 7.5 ISH, 10 YEARS AGO, AND I COULD LOOK IT UP AND GET YOU THE INFORMATION, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN ONE THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE DOWN YEAR AFTER, BECAUSE TO ME, NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, [02:40:02] THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INDICATOR OF ALL OF THEM. IT'S OUR ABILITY TO REPAY DEBT. THIS ONE'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME. >> DOES THIS SCORE IMPACT THE AMOUNT WE HAVE TO PAY IN INTEREST ON OUR BONDS AT ALL? >> LIKE I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS FIRST SYSTEM HAS NO MERIT WITH OUR INVESTORS OR BONDHOLDERS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT OUR UNDERLYING CREDIT RATINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT INTEREST RATE WE'RE GETTING ON OUR BONDS. IN FACT, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ONE OF OUR CREDIT ANALYSTS IF THEY KNEW WHAT THE FIRST SYSTEM WAS, I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT THEY WOULD SAY NO. BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF FINANCIAL RATIOS AND METRICS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IT DOESN'T IMPACT. NO. IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS OR OUR ABILITY TO SELL DEBT OR THE INTEREST. >> IT'S NOT EVEN A NUMBER THAT THEY LOOK AT. THEY DON'T EVEN ASK IT. THANK YOU. >> MISS ALOTT. >> A FEW OF THESE INDICATORS SEEM TO BE BASED ON BEING A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT. SEVERAL OF THEM. YEAH. WE GOT A PASS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD BECAUSE WE'RE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT. ASSUMING THAT OUR ENROLLMENT STAYS WHERE IT'S BEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AT WHAT POINT ARE WE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT, AND WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE INDICATORS BASED ON THAT? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MOST OF THESE INDICATORS ARE LOOKING AT A CERTAIN PERCENT OVER FIVE YEARS, AND SO TO ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WE WOULD BE CONSIDERED NO LONGER FAST GROWTH IN TERMS OF THIS SYSTEM WHEN WE GET TO A POINT WHERE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, WE'VE PLATEAUED AND WE HAVEN'T GROWN BY THAT RATE OVER FIVE YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT NEXT YEAR FOR THIS SYSTEM, WE STILL ECLIPSE THAT PERCENT THRESHOLD TO BE CONSIDERED FAST GROWTH BECAUSE OF THE FIVE-YEAR TIME PERIOD. REALLY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. LIKE I MENTIONED, A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH JUST TIMING OF WHEN WE DO THINGS SPECIFICALLY, CAPITAL PROGRAMS, BOND ISSUANCES, THAT KIND OF THING. WE DON'T HISTORICALLY MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT IT WILL DO TO OUR FIRST RATING. WE MORE MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS BASED ON HOW WE FEEL THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE DISTRICT. IF IT BECOMES SOMETHING WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NOT BE FINANCIALLY SOLVENT IN THE FUTURE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION, WE WOULD BASE IT MORE ON THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS ON MORE OF AN ANNUAL BASIS BASICALLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER?? >> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. >> THANKS. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT FINANCES TONIGHT, SO THANKS. >> SOME OF OUR SCHOOL FINANCE PEOPLE MAY DISAGREE. I'M LOOKING AT EYEBROWS DOWN ON THIS END. [LAUGHTER] THE REST OF US ARE LIKE, TELL US ABOUT THE GRADES. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 14. [14. Discussion regarding Capital Projects Update] DISCUSSION REGARDING CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE. MR. WESTLER, DON'T FAIL US NOW. >> GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME HIGH LEVEL UPDATES ON SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH AND A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT ON HOLD GIVEN THE FOUR PROPOSITIONS THAT DID NOT PASS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, JUST SO YOU AS A BOARD ARE INFORMED OF HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE VPAC, THE VISUAL PERFORMING ART CENTER, IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG, DOING WELL. GOOD NEWS IS, WE ARE LOOKING TO GO VERTICAL, I BELIEVE DECEMBER 9TH, WHICH MEANS WE WILL START TO SEE THOSE INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS, THOSE ICF WALLS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE. WHEN YOU DRIVE BY LATE DECEMBER, YOU'LL START TO SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BUILDING. USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 4-5 MONTHS FOR THOSE ICF WALLS TO BE PUT UP. I THINK I BELIEVE SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, THEY'LL ACTUALLY START PUTTING UP AND WORKING ON SOME STEEL INSIDE THERE AS WELL. STARTING JANUARY, I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK AND START GIVING YOU EVERY TWO MONTHS OR SO A MORE FORMAL UPDATE ON THE VISUAL PERFORMING ART CENTER WITH SOME PICTURES AND TALK THROUGH WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE ARE STILL ON BOARD TO HIT A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, I BELIEVE MARCH OF 26, WHICH IS WHERE WE WERE GOING INTO THIS PROJECT. [02:45:02] THAT'S A POSITIVE, HOPING WEATHER CAN REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR US WITH THE VPAC. GOOD NEWS THERE. THERE ARE FOUR CAMPUSES THIS SUMMER THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON PAINT AND CARPET, WHERE WE DO THE FULL REFRESH ON RE-CARPETING THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND PAINTING THE BUILDING AS WELL. WE HAVE THREE CAMPUSES THAT NEED WORK ON ATHLETIC TRACKS, TENNIS COURTS RESURFACING THOSE. THE LONGER WE PUSH THOSE OUT AND DON'T FIX THEM, AND WE START TO HAVE CRACKS AND SOME SETTLING IN THE SOIL, THEY BECOME BIGGER ISSUES, SAFETY HAZARDS FOR KIDS WHO ARE RUNNING AND PLAYING ON THOSE AND BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX IF WE PROLONG THOSE. WE HAVE, I BELIEVE FIVE CAMPUSES GETTING UPDATED BOTH DOMESTIC AND HYDRAULIC BOILERS. OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SUMMER, THAT'S SOME OF THAT MAINTENANCE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUSH OFF BECAUSE IF ONE OF THOSE SYSTEMS GOES DOWN, IT CAN CREATE SOME ISSUES IF THAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL DAY. IT MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR US TO GET THOSE SYSTEMS IN AND REPLACED. THOSE IMPACT HOT WATER FOR THE KIDDOS IN THE CAMPUS, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE HEATING SYSTEMS IN OUR CAMPUSES, SOME OF THEM. TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING, WE'RE ONLY TWO WEEKS POST ELECTION. THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING, BUT FOR PROJECTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE ON QUICKLY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY RIGHT NOW WE'RE HOLDING ON AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY, THEY'LL BE MORE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT I BRING TO YOU AS WELL. BUT [INAUDIBLE] MIDDLE SCHOOL IS DEFINITELY RIGHT NOW ON HOLD. THERE WAS 20, 25-YEAR REFRESHES WHERE WE WERE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE AND HAVE FOUR OF THOSE. WE WERE GOING TO START WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECT TO LOOK AT THOSE 25-YEAR REFRESHES, THOSE ARE ON HOLD. THIS SUMMER WE HAD I BELIEVE IT WAS FIVE CAMPUSES THAT WERE TO RECEIVE LED UPGRADES FROM THE 18 BOND AND MOVING FORWARD. RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING THOSE ON HOLD, AND THEN WE HAD MULTIPLE SCHOOLS RECEIVING FURNITURE FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING ON HOLD. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD AND SOME THAT WE'RE PAUSING ON RIGHT NOW. >> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, MR. WARSON. MARK CITY? [LAUGHTER] >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. HAVE WE TRIED THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF? DO WE HAVE PRIORITIZE WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY AND HOW ARE WE HANDLING THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF? WHAT ARE WE DOING? >> GOOD QUESTION. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING ARE ON HOLD, WE HAVE TO DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER THAN A WEEK AND A HALF WORTH OF CONVERSATION TO TRULY UNDERSTAND. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE 25-YEAR REFRESH, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THIS EXAMPLE AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL. WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO A 25-YEAR REFRESH, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY COSMETICS, BUT ALSO MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING SYSTEMS WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS, WHAT WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND REALLY EVALUATE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MY TEAM BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE TO DETERMINE, CAN WE PUSH SOME OF THOSE MEP PROJECTS OFF TO THE FUTURE, MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR OR SO. THEY UNDERSTAND SYSTEMS VERY WELL AND HOW THOSE MEP SYSTEMS WORK. IF THEY BELIEVE WE CAN PUSH ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT A SYSTEM BREAKING OR FAILING, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. IF THEY BELIEVE THAT MAN, ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS IS AT ITS END, WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING AND HAVING TO MAINTAIN IT, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND REPLACEMENT PARTS BECAUSE IT'S A 25-YEAR-OLD SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THAT IN ORDER TO GET IT REPLACED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT BREAKING OR NOT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN GET A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, HOW YOU'RE PRIORITIZING THEM? >> YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. IN ALL HONESTLY, IF YOU GO BACK AND JUST LOOK AT THE BOND PROGRAM, THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THAT PROGRAM FOR US TO GO THROUGH AND TRY TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, I DON'T THINK WOULD BE FAIR TO THE PROJECTS AND WHAT WE NEED, BUT OUR TEAM WILL DEFINITELY, AS WE CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH, I CAN THROW UPDATES TO THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU. >> IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT TOO REALLY QUICKLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST IN TERMS OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO FIX THE THINGS THAT BREAK OR TAKE CARE OF [02:50:01] THOSE MEP SYSTEMS THAT HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR LIFE AND WE CAN'T PUSH OFF. WE'RE NEAR THE END OF THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM, BUT THERE IS STILL SOME MONEY THERE THAT HASN'T BEEN SPENT ON THOSE PROJECTS. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A A BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT'S FOCUSED JUST ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS SIDE OF THINGS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT MONEY IS REMAINING, WHAT SCOTT'S TEAM IS WORKING ON AND WHAT THE PLAN IS GOING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 15, [15. Communication to and from the Board including public comments] WHICH IS COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. HILL? >> WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER, AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT. DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT OTHER ATTENDEES AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK. TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER. PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES, DGBA LOCAL, F&G LOCAL, AND GF LOCAL. EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 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 COMMENTS ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025. THE FIRST PORTION OF OUR 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 AN INDIVIDUAL STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. EACH STAKEHOLDER SHALL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER ON WHICH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, MR. HILL. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS MR. PAUL JASON, FOLLOWED BY MR. JAQUEZ JONES. MR. JASON? >> EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE THIS SHORT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE WE HAVE AS CITIZENS TO DO THIS. I'M HESITANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT [NOISE] TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT SAY. LET ME JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE, BUT LET ME JUST PREFACE MY REMARKS BY SAYING I'VE BEEN COMING TO QUITE A FEW OF THESE MEETINGS, AND I THINK I'VE LEARNED MORE TONIGHT ABOUT HOW THIS WHOLE THING WORKS THAN I HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR. I'VE ALSO GOT MORE QUESTIONS TONIGHT THAN I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST YEAR, SO ITS BEEN INTERESTING THAT WAY. I HAVE CONTACTS HERE OBVIOUSLY LOCALLY. I HAVE OTHER STATES IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE BOTH FOR THE NATIONAL AS WELL AS FOR THE BONDS, HAS BEEN VERY ENTERTAINING FOR SOME OF US. AS WE GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE ELECTION, IT BECAME PRETTY CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'RE RUNNING INTO PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST SCARED TO DEATH IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE RED STUFF IS GOING TO BE ELECTED AND THE BOND STUFF IS NOT. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? WHAT DO YOU KNOW, I SAID, WELL, YOU LOOK AT PATTERNS. YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE LOCALLY IN ALL DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. I HAVEN'T MET ONE PERSON THAT WANT TO WELL, I TAKE THAT BACK. ONE OF MY BUDDIES, I VOTED FOR THE TENNIS COURTS. THAT'S FINE. IT WAS CLEAR TO A LOT OF US THAT THIS WAS GOING TO GO DOWN. WHY? BECAUSE IT WAS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE? AS A PROPERTY TAX PAYER OVER IN PHILLIPS CREEK RANCH AND OTHER FRIENDS AROUND THE CITY, [02:55:02] WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STUFF GOING UP. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN WELL, NO, IT'S NOT REALLY GOING UP, THE PROPERTY TAX IS. I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW I SAY THIS NEXT PHRASE BECAUSE I'M NOT MAKING ANY ACCUSATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT NUMBERS EXCEPT MAYBE ONE TO 10. BOOK THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT CAME OUT WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE WITH A BOOK CALLED HOW TO LOG WITH STATISTICS. YOU CAN MAKE STATISTICS DO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO DO. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LISTEN TO THE ARGUMENTS AND YOU CAN USE STATISTICS TO MAKE IT LOOK THIS WAY OR THAT WAY. SOME OF THE THING THAT'S NOT REALLY GOING UP WELL DEPENDING ON HOW YOU CALCULATE IT. MOST OF THE TAXPAYERS I KNOW IN THIS TOWN DON'T WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES. THEN ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT THE REST OF US HAVE TO DO IS WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, WHERE DO WE CUT? GOVERNMENT SPENDING GENERALLY, AT LEAST IN MY LIFETIME, WE DON'T CUT. WE FIND OUT HOW TO GET MORE MONEY. I'M WONDERING WHAT WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITY AND I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY WITH THIS COMMENT, BUT MAYBE A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE BOOKS BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE STUFF. I SOUND WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD IN THE SAME AND A FORENSIC AUDIT MIGHT REVEAL, GET A DIFFERENT SET OF EYES, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT MAYBE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN USED TO DOING IT FOR OVER THE YEARS IN A CERTAIN WAY, WE HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. MR. JAQUEZ JONES? >> IT'S A LITTLE LATE HERE, [LAUGHTER] TRYING TO MAKE IT QUICK. FIRSTLY, I WANT TO STATE THAT MY NAME IS JAQUEZ JONES. I'M 16-YEARS-OLD, AND I ATTEND THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN FRISCO ISD, LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE FIRST IN DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED. BUT I CAME HERE TO SPEAK PRETTY MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE RECENT BOND ELECTIONS, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCES BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE MEETINGS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW, AND SO I'M WELL VERSED NOT TO PUMP MYSELF UP. [LAUGHTER] I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE MEETINGS FOR A WHILE AND NOT FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE, BUT SCHOOL FINANCE IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO. I COULDN'T MAKE THE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I WAS AT SCHOOL. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT OUR DISTRICT CURRENTLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS $30 MILLION IN A DEFICIT RIGHT NOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FIND WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S BEING SPENT, TO LOOK AT EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S BEING MOVED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REDUCE THAT DEFICIT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE STANDARDS THAT THE CITIZENS INSIDE OF FRISCO ISD ARE EXPECTING THE DISTRICT TO MEET. I ALSO WANT TO URGE THAT THE BOARD PRIORITIZE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EVALUATING THE EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SOME OF THE THINGS I SAW WITHIN THE BUDGET WAS THAT WE WERE SPENDING FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ON AMAZON, SO IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. ALSO, FINALLY, I WANT TO STATE THAT I TALKED TO A LOT OF TEACHERS AROUND MY SCHOOL AND I ALSO TALKED TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE MOST RECENT BOND ELECTIONS, FROM WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME IS THAT DUE TO THE INFLATION THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, WHICH WE'RE NOT IGNORING, WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S AN ISSUE. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CANNOT TAKE ANOTHER TAX INCREASE. THEY CAN'T SPEND MORE MONEY THAN THEY ALREADY ARE, WHICH IS WHY I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THE BOND FAILED. I TALKED TO A LOT OF TEACHERS AS WELL, AND THEY DISAGREED WITH PROPOSITION D A LOT, I'M SORRY. BUT THEY DISAGREED WITH PROPOSITION D BECAUSE THEY JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS UNNECESSARY. I FELT THE SAME WAY AS WELL SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS DEFICIT FOR SO LONG. I'M HOPING THAT IN THIS NEXT UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WE CAN FIND MEANS TO MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATURES TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE PROPER DIALOGUE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, NOT JUST IN FRISCO TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RUNNING DEFICIT BUDGETS. FINALLY, I ALSO WANT TO OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS FRISCO. BUT, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRAVEL DOWN TO AUSTIN TO TALK TO SOME LEGISLATURES AND GET SOME MONEY MOVING, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN TESTIFY FOR SOME BILLS, I'D BE OPEN TO THAT BECAUSE I REALLY AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WORK IN EDUCATION. I TRULY DO COMMEND WHAT YOU GUYS DO ON THIS BOARD, AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE COMMEND YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] [16.A. Consider and act on approval of minutes from October 15th Regular Meeting] >> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 16, WHICH WILL BE OUR ACTION ITEMS. [03:00:02] AGENDA A, CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 15TH REGULAR MEETING. BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 15TH MEETING. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MRS. ELAD, SECOND BY MRS. SALAS. BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> MADAM PRESIDENT JUST A POINT OF ORDER, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REGULAR MEETING THAT'S PRESENTED MOTION. OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST THE REGULAR MEETING. I DON'T THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME CORRECTIONS AS PRESENTED. >> CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION ACCORDING TO HOW IT'S WRITTEN? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 15TH, REGULAR MEETING. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MRS. ELAD, SECOND BY MRS. SALAS. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 16B. [16.B. Consider and act on approval of the 2025-2026 Instructional Calendar17] CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE 2025, 2026 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR. BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025 2026 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. LOWE, SECOND BY MRS. ELAD. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO. MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 16D, [16.D. Consider and act on budget transfers and amendments for the 2024-25 General Fund Budget] CONSIDER AND ACT ON BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION. DID I MOVE. MOVING BACK TO 16C. [16.C. Consider and act on the adoption of legislative priorities for the 89th Legislative Session] CONSIDER AND ACT ON THE ADOPTION OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. HILL, SECOND BY MRS. SALAS. I'M SLEEPY. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO. NOW WE'LL GO TO THE 16D, CONSIDER AN ACT ON BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. LOWE, SECOND BY MR. HILL. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 17, [17. Consent Agenda] CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH Q. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MR. HILL, SECOND BY MRS. ELAD. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO. BOARD, IT IS 9:35 PM. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR SROS FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. [APPLAUSE] MARK SAID HE HAS AS LUNCH TOO. THANK YOU ALL TO OUR DISTRICT ADMIN TEAM FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU FAMILY AND STUDENTS FOR BEING HERE. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. IT IS 9:36, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.