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>> GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 PM.
[1. Call Meeting to Order]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.WE HAVE FIVE TRUSTEES PRESENT, AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION
[2. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E]
UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 SUBCHAPTERS DNE.IF YOU CAN HEAR ME CLAP TWICE.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME CLAP THREE TIMES. THANK YOU.
[3. Reconvene in Open Meeting]
AND WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE UNDER AGENDA ITEM 3 INTO OPEN SESSION.BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE TO THE AGENDA, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE RECORD.
WE WILL BE PULLING AGENDA ITEM 11.
THEN WE WILL ALSO PULL CONSENT AGENDA ITEM B.
WE'LL BE PULLING THAT FROM CONSENT, AND IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA IS RECOGNIZED.
ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL PULL AGENDA ITEM 11, AS WELL AS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM B.
WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 4,
[4. Pledge of Allegiance ]
WHICH IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MS. MCKEEN.>> THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO GROUPS HERE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH US.
WE HAVE THE LEBANON TRAIL NJR OTC COLOR GUARD WHO WILL PRESENT THE FLAGS AND THE WORTHM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL STOKO CLASS TO SAY THE PLEDGE WITH US.
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>> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 5,
[5. Board Report]
WHICH IS OUR BOARD REPORT.WE'LL BEGIN OUR BOARD REPORT THIS EVENING WITH REMARKS AND WELL WISHES FOR TWO OF OUR TRUSTEES THAT ARE RETIRING AFTER THIS MEETING.
THEY WILL BE MOVING ON TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE WANT TO AS A BOARD, WISH THEM WELL AND ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED.
WE HAVE MR. GOPAL PENANGI, WHO HAS SERVED FRISCO ISD FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
HE HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE ROLES AS VICE PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN OF SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WERE BOARD-LED.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY OF SERVICE WITHIN FRISCO ISD.
BEFORE THE BOARD DOES GIVE COMMENT ON GOPAL AND MR. MARVIN LOW, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CALL ON OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR. WALDRO.
>> I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TOUGHER THAN SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND YOU DO IT ALL FOR FREE.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP FOR PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. LOT ON HER VICTORY.
CONGRATULATIONS, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO WISH WELL, MR. MARVIN LOW, ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD, AND I KNOW OTHER TRUSTEES WILL HAVE THINGS TO SHARE REGARDING BOTH OF YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE HAD OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
WHEREVER THE FUTURE TAKES YOU, I KNOW YOU'LL DO GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU.
BEFORE THE BOARD SPEAKS, WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, SO I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SCREENS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE] WE CAN START RIGHT TO LEFT, AND I'LL COME BACK AND CONCLUDE THE BOARD REPORT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH MRS. SALAS.
>> SORRY. AS ONE OF THE NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS, I'VE ONLY WORKED THE ONE YEAR WITH YOU GUYS, AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING.
IT'S BEEN NICE, AND LIKE DR. WALDRO SAID, IT'S A LOT OF SERVITUDE, AND FOR YOU ALL TO GO, PAUL YOU DOING SIX YEARS AND MARVIN YOU DOING THREE.
IN THE ONE YEAR, I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH IT IS, AND I HAVE NOTHING BUT APPRECIATION FOR YOU SERVING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CAPACITY THAT YOU HAVE.
I WISH YOU WELL FOR THE NEXT STEP. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK I MET BOTH OF YOU A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE ALL RUNNING IN 2022, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY.
SOMEONE ASKED ME TODAY OR SAID SOMETHING TO ME TODAY THAT THREE YEARS SURE COMES AND GOES FAST, AND IT REALLY DOES, BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE A THREE YEARS.
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU BOTH, AND I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST GOING FORWARD.
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>> YES, I'LL SHARE WELL WISHES TOO.
I THINK I MET MARVIN, YOU MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO, AND ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IS TO APPRECIATE NOT JUST YOUR PASSION.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR KIDS A LOT, AND YOU'RE A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND CARING FATHER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT'S BEEN GOOD GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND IS HE STILL AT ANM? HE'S STILL IN AGGIE.
IT'S BEEN GOOD GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A LITTLE BIT AND WISH YOU CERTAINLY THE BEST.
GOPAL, I ACTUALLY GOT TO KNOW BACK IN FEF DAYS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE MS. SIGN HERE WHO LEADS THE FEF, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DON'T KNOW THIS, BEFORE GOPAL SERVED ON THIS BOARD, HE CONTRIBUTED AND GAVE HIS TIME AND HE RAN MARATHONS AND HE DID ALL FUN THINGS TO SUPPORT THE FRISCO EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
EVERY YEAR, WHEN I SERVED ON THAT BOARD, LATE TEENS, 20 TEENS, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, HE'D GO IN AND RUN A MARATHON, AND HE'D BRING A CHECK, RAISE MONEY, FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
GOPAL HAS BEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF THIS DISTRICT BEFORE HIS SERVICE ON THIS BOARD AND DURING.
IT'S ALSO BEEN VERY NICE LIKE WITH MARVIN TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A LITTLE BIT, AND I CERTAINLY WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
EDUCATION IS MY PASSION, AND THIS IS A VERY GRATIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
THIS HAS BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO A LOT OF FAMILIES AND BROUGHT ME CLOSER TO A LOT OF STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING THE WAYS OF WORKING.
BUT ONE THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
NOT MANY PEOPLE WILL BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN I FEEL BLESSED THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
MY BIG THANKS TO ALL THE PREDECESSORS WHO HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AS TRUSTEES AND WHO HAVE BUILT IT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY.
WHAT WE ARE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE BY OUR TRUSTEES YEARS AGO.
THAT'S WHAT [INAUDIBLE], WHETHER YOU TAKE THIS SMALL SCHOOL MODEL OR SO MANY OTHER THINGS.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND THE INTENTIONALITY WITH WHICH THEY HAVE WORKED AND MADE THE DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR DISTRICT.
EQUALLY THANKFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
STUDENTS AND STUDENTS' SUCCESS IS IN THE CENTER OF THEIR HEART.
THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY.
DR. WALDRO AND IST THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE TOO.
THIS AFTERNOON THE EVENING WHEN WE WERE HAVING DINNER, I WAS TELLING THEM THAT YOU ARE THE GUYS WHO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK.
WE GET ELECTED AND THEN WE GET THE LAURELS, BUT YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING ALL THE HARD WORK.
TO THE IST, TO THE STAFF, TO THE TEACHERS.
FOR ANYBODY TO BE IN THIS EDUCATION FIELD, IT HAS TO BE PASSION, NOTHING ELSE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THIS WORLD, BUT ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ROLES IS TO BE AN EDUCATOR TO BE A STAFF MEMBER IN A EDUCATION INSTITUTION.
I APPLAUD ALL THE STAFF AND TEACHERS, AND EVERYBODY WHO ARE PART OF THIS.
FOR WHOM IN THE CENTER OF THEIR HEARTS IS STUDENT SUCCESS.
THAT'S WHAT WAKES THEM UP IN THE MORNING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY COME HERE AND THEN DO IT.
MY BIG THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THESE LAST FEW YEARS, IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY, FISD GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR KIDS.
I HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT AUSTIN TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR INSTITUTION.
IT ALSO GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO DC TO ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT.
ALSO, IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF LEADERSHIP TASK B, WHICH IS A ONE-YEAR PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS,
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WHERE OUT OF AROUND 7,000 SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES, THEY PICK ABOUT 30-35 TRUSTEES AND THEN GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND GIVE THEM AN UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THE EDUCATION IS IN THE STATE, NOT JUST FROM THE DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE], FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, MY WINDOW HAS NOT BEEN JUST THE FRISCO ISD, BUT FROM THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EDUCATION WAS THROUGH FISD.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO GAVE ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GOOD WE ARE COMPARED TO SO MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THEN WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? BOTH WAYS.
IN SEVERAL WAYS, IT HAS ENRICHED ME TO BECOME A BETTER HUMAN BEING FROM WHAT I WAS IN 2019 TO WHERE I AM TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR THEIR SACRIFICES.
THEIR PERSONAL TIME THEY'VE GIVEN ME SO THAT I CAN BE WITH YOU AND SERVE THE DISTRICT.
MY APOLOGIES. I'M UNABLE TO HOLD. THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO, YOU CAN.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THIS AWESOME PRIVILEGE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED TO REALLY SAVE IT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO REALLY SPEAK TO YOU ALL FROM THE HEART.
I REMEMBER WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD; IT WAS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
I SAW THINGS THAT I THOUGHT COULD BE DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, A LITTLE BETTER, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST ABOUT IT, I REALLY KNEW HOW TO RUN A DISTRICT.
I COULD HAVE RUN THIS THING WITH HALF MY BRAIN TIED BEHIND MY BACK WHEN I FIRST JOINED. I KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
TO BE HONEST, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD ABOUT THE DISTRICT WERE LEGITIMATE.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS AS I STARTED SERVING AS I STARTED GETTING TO KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE OUR DISTRICT WORK, I STARTED REFLECTING AND SAYING, MAYBE I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS I THINK I KNOW, OR MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE THINGS I KNOW MAY NOT BE THE EASIEST TO GET IMPLEMENTED.
I LIKE TO BE HONEST WITH MYSELF, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE WRONG THAT WEREN'T.
NOW, TO BE FAIR, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE CHALLENGES THAT I THINK NEEDED TO BE CHALLENGES, AND I ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR THOSE THINGS.
TO BE HONEST, MY PRINCIPLES HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL.
WHAT I DID DISCOVER WAS, WE DO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR DISTRICT AT HEART, AND HOW WE GET THERE, AND WE CAN DIFFER ON SOMETIMES, BUT I VERY RARELY NOW WOULD QUESTION THE MOTIVES OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR LEADERSHIP.
THEN, WHEN I LOOK AT THE FACT THAT I'VE HAD FOUR KIDS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH FRISCO SD, AND I LOOK AT THE EDUCATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN AFFORDED, IT REALLY BLOWS MY MIND THE JOB THAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT HAVE DONE, FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS DOWN TO THE ACTUAL TEACHERS.
I WAS AT I DON'T KNOW, SOMEWHERE, AND SOME TEACHER CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, HEY, WAS SUCH AND SUCH YOUR SON.
I REMEMBER HIM AND THE WAY SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE POURED INTO IT.
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IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART.THAT IS REALLY THE GENERAL SPIRIT OF OUR DISTRICT.
TEACHERS WHO LOVE WHAT THEY DO.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A DISTRICT THAT HIRES THE BEST.
I'VE JUST REALLY BEEN HONORED TO SERVE.
IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, AND THE COMMUNITY CHOOSES YOU TO REPRESENT THEM, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY, REALLY THE EDUCATION OF OUR KIDS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I LEAVE HERE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN I HAD WHEN I CAME ABOARD.
I COME AWAY UNDERSTANDING WHY SOME OF THE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
I COME TO THE TABLE, STILL WANT SOME THINGS TO BE DIFFERENT.
BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS THAT I MIGHT QUESTION SOME OF THE POLICY OR SOME THINGS THAT WE DO, BUT I COULD NEVER QUESTION THE INTEGRITY AND THE DESIRE TO DO THE BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AMONGST THE ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS.
IT WAS JUST AN HONOR TO SERVE AS THE BIGGEST HONOR OF MY CAREER.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS AND BEEN RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT COMPANIES FOR DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT THIS IS REALLY THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF THEM ALL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU AND SOME OF THE PAST TRUSTEES.
I'M A BETTER MAN FOR HAVING SERVED.
>> THERE'S AN OLD SAYING. NEVER GO BEHIND A GUEST OF HONOR TO SPEAK BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY THAT'S GOING TO PROVE UPON WHAT THEY JUST SAID.
I WILL JUST SAY, THANK YOU, GO PAUL, AND THANK YOU, MARVIN, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT TO BE LAST, BUT THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, GO PAUL AND MARVIN, FOR YOUR SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE REALLY GIVEN US OVER THE PAST 3-6 YEARS.
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BOARD REPORT, I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT REGARDING TWO THINGS.
ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO JUST DO STALEY FOR TODAY.
I WANT TO BEGIN WITH SHARING AS THIS BOARD'S PRESIDING OFFICER, THAT I WANT TO SHARE JUST A FEW THINGS AS IT RELATES TO STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND GOING INTO YEARS HAS NOT BEEN IDEAL.
I WANT TO SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR THE ROUGH JOURNEY THAT THIS HAS BEEN FOR EVERYONE TO NAVIGATE.
WHEN THE MOTION FAILED TO CLOSE STALEY AFTER THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE INTENT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE WOULD EVERY YEAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS LEFT WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MORE CONCERN, AND A LOT OF CONFUSION.
STALEY WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR THE 2025-'26TH SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WILL MAINTAIN ALL GRADE LEVELS.
THAT MEANS WE WILL MAINTAIN SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWING TRANSFERS, AND WE WILL HAVE IN MORE DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF STALEY BEGINNING THIS FALL.
I HOPE THAT THIS PROVIDES CLARITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT WITH YOU ALL.
WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD HAVE REMARKS AND COMMENTS IN A DECISION BY THIS BOARD MEETING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY WORDS ARE CLEAR, AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT BY THE VOTE DURING OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6,
[6. Recognitions]
WHICH WILL BE RECOGNITIONS, MS. SI.[00:25:10]
>> WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, IF YOU WANT TO GET CENTERED, SO YOU CAN SEE RACHEL RIGHT HERE, AND SHE'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU.
THERE YOU GO. [LAUGHTER] THANKS.
TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING PARTNERS, FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES.
THEY'VE BEEN A LONG RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS CONTINUES TO MAKE A POWERFUL DIFFERENCE.
EACH SUMMER, WHEN OUR CAFETERIAS CLOSE AND MANY STUDENTS LOSE REGULAR ACCESS TO MEALS, FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES STEPS IN.
THROUGH THEIR SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM HELD AT CHRISTIE ELEMENTARY AND BRIGHT ACADEMY, LET ME SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES, THEY ENSURE THAT NO CHILD IN NEED GOES WITHOUT NOURISHMENT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
LAST SUMMER, JOIE WAS JUST TELLING ME THAT THEY PROVIDED ALMOST 10,000 MEALS, WHICH IS AMAZING.
ANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE MEALS DURING THE SUMMER, AND THEY'RE BOTH AT CHRISTIE ELEMENTARY AND BRIGHT ACADEMY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HEARS THAT MESSAGE.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS A REALLY COOL PARTNERSHIP THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES.
ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE REALLY HAPPY TO KEEP THEIR MARKET STOCKED YEAR-ROUND.
THESE EFFORTS NOT ONLY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL ITEMS FOR LOCAL FAMILIES, THEY ALSO TEACH OUR STUDENTS THE VALUE OF SERVICE, COMPASSION, AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS YEAR, FRISCO FAMILY SERVICE HAS PROVIDED 724,000 MEALS FOR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, AND A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS IN THAT MARKET WERE PROVIDED BY FRISCO ISD SCHOOL.
WE APPRECIATE THIS PARTNERSHIP SO MUCH.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HART FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES BRINGS TO THEIR WORK EVERY DAY.
ON BEHALF OF FRISCO ISD, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES, AND HOW YOU SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, DURING THE SUMMER, AND WHENEVER THERE IS A NEED, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6B, RECOGNITION OF STATE VASE COMPETITION STUDENTS.
>> HI NETIS. I'M NOT PETE, BUT I'M CORRY. PETE HAD TO STEP OUT.
I'M GOING TO ASK ROB DRAPER TO STEP UP.
HE IS OUR FINE ARTS COORDINATOR, AND HE IS GOING TO TAKE IT FROM HERE AND HONOR SOME AWESOME ARTISTS.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME AMAZING STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. FRISCO ISD IS PROUD TO PRESENT SOME HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR OUR VISUAL ARTS AND THEATER STUDENTS.
AS WE SEEK TO RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS, ACTORS, AND THEATER TECHNICIANS TONIGHT, LET US NOT FORGET THAT SUPERIOR ARTISTRY DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
IT IS THE RESULT OF INTENTIONALITY DEMONSTRATED DAILY IN THE CLASSROOM BY THE FINEST FINE ARTS FACULTY ON THE PLANET.
TONIGHT, WE TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING FINE ARTS EDUCATORS BEHIND THE EXCELLENCE.
WE HAVE SEEN DEMONSTRATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND PARENTS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU AS WELL.
AS WE RECOGNIZE YOUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.
OUR FIRST RECOGNITION IS THE STATE VASE, WHICH IS THE VASE CONTEST.
IT STANDS FOR THE VISUAL ART STATE EVENT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLASTIC EVENT, VASE, IS TO RECOGNIZE EXEMPLARY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS BY PROVIDING HIGH SCHOOL ART STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE TO PURSUE AND ACHIEVE.
THE VERY FIRST VASE EVENT WAS HELD IN 1994 WITH JUST OVER 400 STUDENT ENTRIES ACROSS THE STATE.
IN 2025, 32,518 PIECES WERE ADJUDICATED IN 29 SEPARATE REGIONAL VASE EVENTS ALL ACROSS TEXAS.
FROM THOSE REGIONAL EVENTS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 02,362 STUDENT ART PIECES ADVANCED TO THE STATE VASE EVENT.
FRISCO ISD HAD 85 STATE-QUALIFYING PIECES AT OUR REGIONAL EVENT, ROUGHLY HALF OF THE NUMBER OF PIECES THAT MOVED ON FROM OUR REGION,
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WHICH COVERS 12 DISTRICTS AND NEARLY 40 HIGH SCHOOLS.OF THOSE 85 WORKS THAT ADVANCED TO STATE, 64 RECEIVED MEDALS FOR EARNING THE HIGHEST SCORES IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF JUDGING.
FROM THOSE 64 PIECES, 19 OF THOSE WORKS RECEIVED THE COVETED GOLD SEAL, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST HONOR BESTOWED BY THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
THE STATE ONLY AWARDED THIS DISTINCTION TO 164 PIECES, PLACING THESE STUDENT ARTISTS IN THE TOP ONE-HALF OF 1% OF ARTISTS IN THE STATE.
REGION 10 NORTH, WHICH FRISCO ISD IS A PART RECEIVED 30 OF THE 164 GOLD SEALS, THE MOST BY ANY SINGLE REGION.
MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THAT, FRISCO ISD ALONE RECEIVED MORE GOLD SEALS THAN ANY OTHER ENTIRE REGION AND RECEIVED MORE GOLD SEALS THAN COMBINING REGION 2, 03, 6, 8, 9, 10, SOUTH 14, 15, 17, 18, AND 19.
IN SHORT, FRISCO ISD OUTPERFORMED EVERY OTHER DISTRICT AND EVERY OTHER REGION IN TEXAS.
TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING EFFORTS OF THESE AWARD-WINNING ARTISTS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS.
AS WE CALL THE STUDENT ARTISTS, WE INVITE AGAIN, THE PARENTS TO STAND, AND WE'LL START WITH CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR FIRST RECOGNITION TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO GOLD SEALS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE KIARA HENDERSON SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF ASHLEY HAM, CHANA JAMIE, AND JACKIE MOORE.
ASHLEY HAM HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 10 YEARS, WITH NINE OF THOSE YEARS IN FRISCO ISD AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
MISS HAM'S STUDENT, SADIE O'NEAL, EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED A GIRL IN THE WATER.
[APPLAUSE] JACKIE MOORE HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 29 YEARS, AND FIVE OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
MS. MOORE'S STUDENT, CRITIA SAHE, EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED REFLECTIONS OF IMPERFECTIONS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR GOLD SEAL STUDENTS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE ONE GOLD SEAL FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE DR. KRISTIN SUMMERS SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF CHARLES BEAKLEY, JAMIE SNYDER, AND CHEYANNE WILSON.
JAMIE SNYDER HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 18 YEARS, ALL OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD.
THIS IS HER FOURTH YEAR AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
MS. SNYDER'S STUDENT, AZUL MARTINEZ, EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED BIS DE SOLE.
YOU GOLD SEAL STUDENT FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, THERE ARE NINE GOLD SEALS FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WHERE MR. ALAN WALIGURA SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
NO ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MR. WALIGURA, GOT IT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
THE ART TEAM AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF LEONARD BUSCEMI AND RYAN RIMMER.
LEONARD BUSCEMI HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 24 YEARS WITH 11 OF THOSE YEARS IN FRISCO ISD AT INDEPENDENCE.
IN ADDITION TO HIS SERVICE TO INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. BUSCEMI SERVES AS THE REGION 10 NORTH VASE DIRECTOR.
EIGHT OF MR. BUSCEMI'S STUDENTS EARNED THE GOLD SEAL DISTINCTION THIS YEAR.
HIS STUDENTS RECEIVING GOLD SEALS FOR THEIR WORKS ARE EUNYUL CHO FOR HER PIECE GOLDEN BONDS.
[APPLAUSE] NAVYA CHIDANANDA, FOR HER PIECE, BLACKNESS.
[APPLAUSE] EMILY HOLLIS, FOR HER PIECE OCEAN EYES.
[APPLAUSE] I SHOULD CLARIFY THAT IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH, THAT IS A DRAWING.
MOVING ON. DEVNA JAIN, FOR HER PIECE, EUPHORIA.
[APPLAUSE] GAYATRI KATIKALA FOR HER PIECE, WHISPERS OF SOLACE.
[APPLAUSE] SAARIKA SALGANESH, FOR HER PIECE BUILT TO BLOOM.
[APPLAUSE] SRESHTE VEMULA, FOR HER PIECE HANDS OF SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE] SUCHAY VISWANATHAN FOR HIS PIECE TOILING IN THE GARDEN.
[APPLAUSE] AGAIN, NOT A PHOTOGRAPH, A DRAWING.
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RYAN RIMMER HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 15 YEARS, ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN IN FRISCO ISD.MR. RIMMER SERVES AS THE INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION CHAIR.
MR. RIMMER STUDENT RECEIVING A GOLD SEAL IS VAISHNEVI KHATRI FOR HER PIECE, ME AND MY FRIEND, AND I SHOULD GO BACK. THERE WE GO.
[APPLAUSE] ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, THERE IS ONE GOLD SEAL FROM LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE FERN BAMFO-ADDO SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF JENNIFER NODES, YANA, AND KRISTIN SOMMERS.
JENNIFER NODES HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 30 YEARS WITH 24 YEARS IN FRISCO ISD, AND THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR AT LEBANON TRAIL.
MS. NODES' STUDENT RECEIVING A GOLD SEAL IS JASMINA VRTANOSKA FOR HER PIECE REMINISCING THE PAST.
[APPLAUSE] YOUR GOLD SEAL WINNER FROM LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
NEXT, THERE IS ONE GOLD SEAL FROM LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE KEITH TALISON SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF STEVEN BARTU, DARCI MASSEY, AND FRED RODRIGUEZ.
STEVEN BARTU HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 21 YEARS WITH SIX IN FRISCO ISD, AND THIS IS HIS FOURTH YEAR AT LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
MR. BARTU'S STUDENT RECEIVING A GOLD SEAL IS ELMIRA TATCH FOR HER PIECE, THE TRIDENT'S KEEPER.
YOUR LONESTAR GOLD SEAL WINNER.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, THERE IS ONE GOLD SEAL FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE BROOK FESCO SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF STEPHANIE LAMBERT AND SARAH WATKINS.
SARAH WATKINS HAS BEEN TEACHING ART FOR 19 YEARS.
ALL OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD, AND THIS IS HER SEVENTH YEAR AT LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE SERVES AS THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT CHAIR.
MS. WATKINS' STUDENT RECEIVING A GOLD SEAL IS ADDISON ENDRESS FOR HER PIECE BALANCE.
YOUR GOLD SEAL WINNER FROM MEMORIAL.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE TWO GOLD SEALS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE JOHN ERIC ZIER SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF MISTY FOSTER, MICHELLE MCCLENDON, AND TAYLOR SCHWINN.
MICHELLE MCCLENDON, HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 25 YEARS WITH 20 YEARS IN FRISCO ISD.
THIS IS HER FOURTH YEAR AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
MS. MCCLENDON STUDENT, STEPHANIE FU, EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED CAT, AND HER STUDENT, ARENA PENA, EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED FOREST LIGHT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR GOLD SEAL WINNERS FROM REEDY.
[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, WE HAVE TWO GOLD SEALS FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL WHERE DONNA EDGE SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE ART TEAM AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF JEFF BAKER AND KRISTEN GARZA.
KRISTEN GARZA HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 12 YEARS, ALL OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
MS. GARZA'S STUDENT, JOY SHA, EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED BEHIND THE SUCCESS.
[APPLAUSE] MS. GARZA'S STUDENT, EMILY YIN EARNED A GOLD SEAL FOR HER PIECE ENTITLED FLIGHT AFTER DEATH.
[APPLAUSE] YOUR GOLD SEAL WINNERS FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME RECOGNIZING THESE AMAZING ART STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS.
I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. BUTLER, WHO HAS EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT STATE THEATRICAL DESIGN.
>> FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 6C.
>> TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE THE VIBRANT ARTISTRY AND DEDICATION OF OUR YOUNG THEATRICAL DESIGNERS, BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST.
THIS COMPETITION ISN'T JUST ABOUT WINNING.
IT'S ABOUT CULTIVATING A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE POWER OF THEATRICAL DESIGN, ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS TO EMBRACE TECHNICAL THEATER AS A VITAL PART OF THEIR ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND FOSTERING INVALUABLE SKILLS OF ARTISTRY WHILE CONTINUING THEIR OWN ARTISTIC GROWTH THROUGH RECEIVING CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK FROM INDUSTRY ARTISTS, ALL WHILE IGNITING THAT COMPETITIVE ARTISTIC SPARK THROUGH FRIENDLY RIVALRY.
EACH YEAR, SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE POUR
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THEIR CREATIVE ENERGY INTO DESIGNING FOR A CHOSEN PLAY, SUBMITTING THEIR VISIONS TO THE UIL.THESE DESIGNS ARE THEN CAREFULLY EVALUATED AND THE TOP CONTENDERS ADVANCED TO THE STATE LEVEL.
THIS YEAR, OUR STUDENTS TOOK ON THE UNIQUELY CAPTIVATING WORLD OF SAN MENDELSON'S, AXELOS THE MUSICAL.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF RECOGNIZING NINE REMARKABLE STUDENTS FROM FRISCO ISD WHO NOT ONLY MET THIS CHALLENGE, BUT EXCELLED, ADVANCING TO THE PRESTIGIOUS STATE ROUND OF COMPETITION.
REPRESENTING THE TALENTS FROM ACROSS FRISCO ISD AT THE STATE CONTEST THIS WEEKEND ARE STUDENTS FROM CENTENNIAL, FRISCO, LIBERTY, AND WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE THEATER DESIGNS, THE STUDENTS THAT CREATED THEM, AND THE TEACHERS THAT INSPIRED THEM.
FIRST, FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE DR. SEAN PERRY SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
CHARLOTTE DEJECACION, A CURRENT 12TH GRADE STUDENT AT FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, CREATED THIS COSTUME DESIGN.
THIS STUDENT WAS LED BY MRS. LISA CUSTER, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 23 YEARS, CURRENTLY IN HER FOURTH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD AT FHS, AND MS. JAMIE SOS, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 22 YEARS AND CURRENTLY ALSO IN HER FOURTH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD AT FHS.
YOUR STATE THEATRICAL DESIGN QUALIFIER FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] UP NEXT FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE MS. KIARA HENDERSON SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
UP FIRST IS LESIYA KATHURI, A CURRENT 12TH GRADE STUDENT AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL WHO CREATED THIS MARKETING DESIGN.
[APPLAUSE] UP NEXT, WE HAVE NOSF GOGUNEMI, A CURRENT TENTH GRADE STUDENT AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHO CREATED THIS MARKETING DESIGN.
[APPLAUSE] THESE STUDENTS WERE LED BY MRS. HOPE WARNER, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR FOUR YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY IN HER FIRST YEAR IN FRISCO ISD AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND MR. DARIUS MOORE, WHO'S BEEN TEACHING FOR 10 YEARS, CURRENTLY IN HIS 10TH YEAR IN FRISCO ISD.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] UP NEXT FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE DR. DONNA EDGE SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THIS DESIGN WAS CREATED BY ELIZABETH TENNANT, A CURRENT 12TH GRADE STUDENT AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE CREATED THIS MARKETING DESIGN.
THIS STUDENT WAS LED BY MS. OLIVIA CANTRELL, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR TWO YEARS, BOTH IN FRISCO ISD AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND MRS. JANETTE ALFONSO, WHO'S BEEN TEACHING FOR 32 YEARS AND WITH 20 OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE MS. STACEY WHALING SERVES AS PRINCIPAL.
THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS HAVE QUALIFIED AS A GROUP FOR THE THEATRICAL DESIGN COMPETITION WITH THIS DESIGN.
NATHAN CRISTO, A CURRENT NINTH GRADE STUDENT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
KARTHIKA MANAN, A CURRENT TENTH GRADE STUDENT, AND FORMER THEATRICAL DESIGN STATE CHAMPION, WHO IS, AS I SAID, A CURRENT 10TH GRADE STUDENT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, RIYA PANATHRL NARANAN, A CURRENT 10TH GRADE STUDENT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, AND [INAUDIBLE] AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE STUDENTS WERE LED BY MR. AARON YAL, WHO'S BEEN TEACHING FOR 10 YEARS, WITH FIVE OF THEM IN FRISCO ISD AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, AND MR. CHRIS ALLEN, WHO'S BEEN TEACHING FOR 21 YEARS, WITH FIVE IN FRISCO AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
>> MS. DAVIS, BEFORE WE MOVE ON,
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COULD I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT FINE ARTS?>> MR. DRAPER, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU REALLY QUICK IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK UP.
PROBABLY WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS MY DAUGHTER HAD MR. DRAPER WHEN SHE WAS AT INDEPENDENCE, AND IF YOU ASK HER WHO HER FAVORITE TEACHER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WILL SAY, MR. DRAPER, HANDS DOWN.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE DISTRICT.
WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, YOU WERE MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER AND TO SEE HOW YOU'VE GROWN INTO THIS ROLE AS A COORDINATOR IN FINE ARTS, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. ALL OF YOU IN FINE ARTS.
>> I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN I SAY IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND THE STAFF HERE IN FRISCO ISD, THEY'RE THE BEST.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING FINE ARTS TONIGHT.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, SINCE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF FINE ARTS TODAY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND IST AND SOME OF OUR FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO GO AND PARTICIPATE IN THE TOPPING OFF OF OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
I THOUGHT MR. HAZZARD WOULD BE HERE TO SHARE A FEW DETAILS.
BUT IF YOU GO AND DRIVE JUST A LITTLE SOUTH OF HUNT MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU'LL SEE A MAGICAL PLACE WHERE THE PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS WILL DWELL VERY SOON.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU PARENTS BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT AND ENERGY TO GET THE KIDS TO AND FROM THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, PRACTICES, AND REHEARSALS THAT THEY HAVE TO COMMIT TO.
WITH THAT BOARD, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6D, WHICH IS RECOGNITION OF FISD, MILITARY GRADUATES. DR. FIORE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR ANNUAL MILITARY SIGNING AND RECOGNITION NIGHT.
PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING HERE THIS EVENING, ALL OF OUR OTC GRADUATING SENIORS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VERY OWN MILITARY SIGNING EVENT TO CELEBRATE THEIR FUTURE COMMITMENT OF SERVICE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
IT WAS REALLY COOL EVENT THAT HAPPENED JUST NEXT DOOR.
WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THIS CELEBRATION HERE INTO THE BOARD MEETING TO HONOR THESE AMAZING STUDENTS TONIGHT.
JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THERE, IN '24-'25, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THE NN DCC PROGRAM AT LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION THAT SHIFTED US TO THE NJ ROTC PROGRAM BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVY.
THAT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THIS YEAR HAS GONE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL THARP.
HE'S HERE AS THE SENIOR NAVAL INSTRUCTOR ALONG WITH SENIOR CHIEF KEVIN SCHOOL.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS TONIGHT.
ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT RECENTLY OUR NJ ROTC AT LEBANON TRAIL WAS DESIGNATED AS A DISTINGUISHED UNIT OF HONORS.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL THARP, AND HE WILL LEAD OUR MILITARY RECOGNITION NIGHT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL THARP, I'M THE SENIOR NAVAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR FOR LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
TONIGHT, WE COME TOGETHER AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE OUTSTANDING SENIORS WHO HAVE CHOSEN THE PATH OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION BY ENLISTING OR PURSUING SOME COMMISSIONING PROGRAM UPON GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE AND ALSO HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE STUDENTS HAVE ACCEPTED THE CALL TO SERVE IN THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, SPACE FORCE, AND COAST GUARD.
WE ARE PROUD OF THEIR DECISION, AND WE RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH THAT IT TAKES TO EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY.
WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR THEIR FAMILIES WHO STAND BEHIND THEM AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING CITIZENS WILLING TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR NATION.
THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS AND UPHOLD THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD DEAR.
TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE RECRUITERS TO COME FORWARD.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS THAT HAVE ENLISTED OR COMMITTED TO A MILITARY SERVICE.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE MARINE CORPS.
WHEN I CALL YOU FORWARD, PLEASE COME TO THE STAGE.
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ISAIAH EVANS, LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.[APPLAUSE] FRANCESCA DURAN, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] FRANCO DE VALE HOLLAND.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CALL TO DUTY BY PRESENTING YOU WITH A FOLDED FLAG.
>> OUR NEXT RECOGNITION ARE FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THAT ARE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
EMMA WARD, LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
JASON CARTER, LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
DEMETRIUS WILLIAMS, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO PRESENT THEM A FLAG OF THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR CALL TO SERVICE.
NOW WE WILL RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO SERVICE FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
JOHN LARSON, LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.
HE'S ALREADY WELCOME LIKE I SAY, LOOK AT HIM.
ALEXANDER DELICH, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CALL TO SERVICE.
OUR NEXT CATEGORY FOR RECOGNITION IS THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
CAMDEN FOWLER, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
MR. EVAN RUIZ, PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
COLBY DANG, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
MARK CAVAZOS, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WILL ALSO PRESENT THEM WITH A TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR CALL TO SERVICE.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT FOR ENLISTING INTO THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
ALYSSA LOWE, REID HIGH SCHOOL.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT CATEGORY.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH REGARDS TO PURSUING A COMMISSIONING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE ARMED FORCES.
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EITHER YOU CAN ATTEND ONE OF THE US MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES OR YOU CAN EARN AN ROTC SCHOLARSHIP AT ONE OF OUR MAJOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE ACADEMIES IN THE UNITED STATES.WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE EARNED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
ETHAN GEORGE, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AYLA HALL, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST ONE EDITORIAL NOTE, I WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT THESE SCHOLARSHIPS, THEY HOLD $1 AMOUNT UP TO $200,000.
THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE ACADEMIC ROLE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. JOB WELL DONE.
FOR MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, CALEB LAKIN, [APPLAUSE], WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, ETHAN LANG, LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, [APPLAUSE] NAVY ROTC.
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, ALEA BALLIN, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE]. CAILIN DOMIT, THE CITADEL, CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
PETER ELIAPOLIS, LEBANON TRAIL, VIRGINIA TECH, NAVAL ROTC.
DIEGO HERNANDEZ, LEBANON TRAIL, TALTON STATE UNIVERSITY, TEXAN CORPS OF CADETS.
BRICE TRAN, PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, COLORADO UNIVERSITY, NAVY ROTC.
HUDSON ROSE, FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NAVY ROTC.
REYNA THOMAS, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, AIR FORCE ROTC.
[APPLAUSE]. SHUDA DAS, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY.
KADEN CAMPS, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.
VICTORIA STEEL, LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, AIR FORCE ROTC.
ADEN DACOSTA, LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, AIR FORCE ROTC.
SHREYA KAPOOR, PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, UNT ARMY ROTC.
NOW ON TO THE US MILITARY ACADEMIES.
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US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, ZACHARY SMITH, LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL.RAJU KAYLASSAM, PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
KAYE BAUMAN, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR THE US NAVAL ACADEMY, SOPHIE LOPEZ, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
CHRISTIN SMITH, INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
ISAAC ROMERO, LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
LINDSAY SHIN, REID HIGH SCHOOL.
LASTLY, WE HAVE A CANDIDATE FROM THE US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY, KINGS POINT, NICHOLAS GRANITZ, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
TO OUR SENIORS WHO HAVE CHOSEN THE PATH OF MILITARY SERVICE, YOU MADE A DECISION THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER, YOU HAVE CHOSEN DUTY OVER COMFORT, SERVICE OVER SELF, AND CHALLENGE OVER EASE.
THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO WEAR THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
NOT BECAUSE IT COMES WITH RECOGNITION OR AWARDS, BUT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A WILLINGNESS TO STAND GUARD OVER OTHERS.
IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING FREEDOMS THAT MOST ENJOY WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT.
IT'S ABOUT DISCIPLINE, SACRIFICE, AND BECOMING PART OF SOMETHING LARGER THAN YOURSELF.
YOUR JOURNEY WILL NOT BE EASY.
THERE WILL BE LONG DAYS, TOUGH TRAINING, AND TIMES WHEN YOU WILL BE TESTED, PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.
BUT THROUGH IT ALL, YOU WILL GROW.
YOU WILL DISCOVER STRENGTH YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD.
YOU WILL CARRY FORWARD A PROUD TRADITION OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED BEFORE YOU.
YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR FAMILIES, AND YOUR COMMUNITY STANDS BEHIND YOU WITH PRIDE.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD AND ANSWER THE CALL.
YOU REPRESENT THE BEST OF YOUR GENERATION; YOUNG AMERICANS, READY TO SERVE, PROTECT AND LEAD.
AS YOU PREPARE TO EMBARK ON THIS NEW CHAPTER, REMEMBER, YOU WEAR A UNIFORM, NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR THOSE WHO LOOK UP TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR SCHOOL, AND YOUR NATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, WE HONOR YOUR CHOICE, AND WE WISH YOU COURAGE AND SUCCESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
AS WE CLOSE THIS EVENING, LET US REMEMBER THAT SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CALLINGS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, AND WE WISH YOU STRENGTH AND SUCCESS IN THE JOURNEY AHEAD.
MAY YOU SERVE WITH HONOR, COURAGE, AND INTEGRITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING OUR MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO CONGRATULATE OUR FUTURE SERVICE MEMBERS.
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>> THANK YOU AGAIN, MILITARY GRADUATES.
WE DO WISH YOU A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.
BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6E, RECOGNITION OF STATE GOLF STUDENTS. MR. MCCLENDON.
>> THANK YOU, MS. DAVIS. I'M GOING TO ASK DEIDRA RUCKER, OUR ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO MAKE HER WAY TOWARDS THE PODIUM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING RIGHT NOW, SO WE MAY PAUSE JUST FOR A SECOND AND LET EVERYTHING CLEAR A LITTLE BIT.
THEN DEIDRA IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME GOLFERS.
>> DEIDRA, THEY'RE BEING VERY QUIET, SO IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
>> Y'ALL CAN COME ON DOWN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD, GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE OUR WONDERFUL COACHES AND STUDENT ATHLETES.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENCE GIRLS GOLF, WAKELAND BOYS GOLF, AND CENTENNIAL GIRLS GOLF PROGRAM.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR SIBLING, GRANDPARENT, COUSIN, OR ANYONE OF ONE OF THESE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT IS UP HERE, PLEASE STAND.
THERE WE GO. I KNEW WE HAD ONE.
[APPLAUSE] ALSO JOINING US THIS EVENING IS THE PRINCIPAL FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, KIARA HENDERSON.
ALSO THE ASSISTANT CAMPUS COORDINATOR KIMBERLY PEARCE.
I ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR, EVEN THOUGH HE'S RETIRING, JERRY LITTLEJOHN AND OUR ASSISTANT AD NOW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, EXCUSE ME, CHRIS BURTCH.
[APPLAUSE] I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE U'ILANI WOMBLE AS OUR NEW ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
[APPLAUSE] TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR TWO OUTSTANDING ATHLETES WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENING DUE TO THEIR PRIOR COMMITMENTS.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOPHOMORE MEGAN LEE FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
MEGAN CURRENTLY IS CELEBRATING WITH HER TEAM AND HER PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THEIR BANQUET TONIGHT.
MEGAN HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AT THE 5A STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
SHE FINISHED AS THE STATE RUNNER UP WITH AN IMPRESSIVE TWO ROUND TOTAL AND FOUR UNDER PAR, 140 IN GEORGETOWN.
HER SCORE TIED HER FOR THE TOP SPOT, AND AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT TWO HOLE PLAYOFF, SHE EARNED THE SILVER MEDAL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO INDEPENDENCE MEGAN LEE, THE GIRLS 5A INDIVIDUAL SILVER MEDALIST.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LUKE COLTON, A JUNIOR FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN BOYS GOLF FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL.
LUKE COLTON COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S CURRENTLY COMPETING IN THE US OPEN QUALIFIERS. I DON'T BLAME HIM.
COLTON HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE THIS WEEK IN GEORGETOWN.
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE TOURNAMENT WAS SHORTENED TO A SINGLE 18-HOLE ROUND.
COLTON ROSE TO THE OCCASION BY SHOOTING THREE UNDER PAR 69 IN THAT ROUND, WHICH SECURED HIM A STATE TITLE BY ONE STROKE.
THIS VICTORY MARKS LUKE COLTON'S THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR MEDALING AT THE UIL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HE WAS A STATE RUNNER UP AS A FRESHMAN AND NOW A TWO TIME 5A STATE CHAMPION, AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT REFLECTS HIS DEDICATION, AND TALENT, AND CONSISTENCY.
WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO LUKE COLTON, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, 5A BOYS GOLF STATE CHAMPION.
[APPLAUSE] NOW I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF TEAM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SEASON AND PERFORMANCE.
THE LADY TITANS FINISHED AS THE 5A STATE RUNNER UP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WITH A TEAM SCORE OF 609.
THE TEAM, CONSISTING OF LISA, GRACIE, KENNEDY, AND ADITI, AND ISABELLA, HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR PLACING THEM IN THE TOP 5 AT ALL 10 TOURNAMENTS THEY PLAYED IN.
WINNING TWO INVITATIONALS, AND EARNING TITLES AS THE 11 5A CHAMPIONS AND REGION 25A CHAMPIONS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
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THESE ATHLETES WORK HARD YEAR ROUND, SHOWING UP DAILY AND DEDICATING EVERYTHING TO THE TEAM FIRST MINDSET.THEY COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN TEXAS AND DO SO WITH HUMILITY AND SPORTSMANSHIP.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY EXCELLED IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUR TRUE STUDENT ATHLETES WHO REPRESENT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND FRISCO ISD WITH PRIDE.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR 2005 STATE RUNNER UP TEAM.
HEAD COACH BEN MARGRAVES, ASSISTANT COACH JENN ROBBINS.
SENIOR, ISABELLA ANZUALDA. I GOT IT.
SOPHOMORE LISA ZHANG, SOPHOMORE GRACIE KENT, AND FRESHMAN ADITI VINODKUMAR.
I APOLOGIZE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY TITANS, YOUR 2005 5A UIO GIRLS GOLF STATE RUNNER UP.
DID I STEAL YOUR JOY? I'M SORRY.
>> NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, U'ILANI WOMBLE, AND SHE WILL INTRODUCE STATE TRACK.
I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO FOLLOW BY F. THAT WAS E. THIS IS F.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT TO HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FRISCO ISD TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES AND COACHES.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN OUR TRACK AND FIELD PROGRAMS. THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE COMPETED AND ADVANCED THROUGH DISTRICT AREA, THE REGIONAL MEETS TO QUALIFY IN THE STATE TRACK MEET.
THESE ATHLETES ARE HERE TONIGHT, NOT ONLY QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TRACK MEET, BUT ALSO PLACED AT THE STATE TRACK MEET.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE ATHLETES, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THEY START IN FEBRUARY WHEN IT IS FRIGID COLD, AND AT A TRACK MEET, YOU HAVE TO PACK FOR WINTER, AND SUMMER, AND WEAR ALL THOSE CLOTHES THE WHOLE DAY.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB THIS SEASON AND HAVE EXCELLED.
THESE ATHLETES AND COACHES WENT FROM BEING THE BEST IN THEIR DISTRICT WITH EIGHT TEAMS AT THE DISTRICT MEET, THEN THE AREA MEET BEING THE BEST OF 16 TEAMS, THE REGIONAL MEET BEING THE BEST OF 62 TEAMS, AND THEN FINALLY THE STATE MEET BEING THE BEST OF 254 TEAMS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AT THIS TIME, LET'S RECOGNIZE THE COACHES AND ATHLETES OF FRISCO ISD TRACK AND FIELD.
FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, COACHED BY SHANTA PARNELL AND MARK TEMPLE, WE HAVE CAITLYN JOHNSON, AND CAITLIN FINISHED THIRD IN THE TRIPLE JUMP.
[APPLAUSE] FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, COACHED BY LATICIA ROBINSON AND TIFFANY CHIN-ALEONG, WE HAVE SUNMI AKINYEYE, AND SHE FINISHED SILVER IN THE 200-METER DASH.
[APPLAUSE] FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, COACHED BY MINDY YEATMAN, WE'VE GOT ATHLETE AARYA KRISHNAN, AND AARYA COMPETED IN THREE EVENTS IN PLACE TO THE STATE MEET, SECOND IN THE 400 METER, WHEELCHAIR DIVISION, THIRD IN THE HUNDRED METER, AND THEN SIX IN THE SHOT PUT DIVISION.
FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, COACHED BY CARAVE MYKAELA ALFRED, AND ROBERT WILSON, EARNING SILVER IN THE LONG JUMP WITH THE NORTH TEXAS SWEEP OF A LONG JUMP, CAYLEY BEAUMONT.
[APPLAUSE] THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A PROGRAM TO HONOR TONIGHT, THESE GENTLEMEN, NOT ONLY HAVE STATE CHAMPIONS IN THEIR MIX, BUT ALSO AS A TEAM FINISHED SECOND OVERALL IN THE STATE.
THEY HAD THREE INDIVIDUAL FIELD EVENT CHAMPIONS WITH A SHOT PUT, THE DISCUS, AND LONG JUMP, AND THEN EXCEPTIONAL RUNNING BY THESE ATHLETES ON THE STAGE HERE.
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[APPLAUSE] JOSH MCCARTNEY, JOHN NIELSON, KE'ONTE ROSS, [APPLAUSE] AND THEN OUR STATE CHAMPION IN THE LONG JUMP, CORDIAL VANN.[APPLAUSE] THEN DOUBLE STATE CHAMPION FINISHING FIRST IN THE SHOT-PUT CJ WILLIAMS. CJ ALSO WON THE DISC AND HAD A NEW STATE RECORD IN THE DISC, 201 FEET.
THEN CJ WAS ALSO NAMED MALE ATHLETE OF THE 5A MEET.
[APPLAUSE] THESE GENTLEMEN ARE COACHED BY VINCE HOOPER, JEFF RICHTERS, PATRICK VILLA, AND TIFFANY CHIN-ALEONG.
SORRY. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL YOU ATHLETES.
DR. WALDRIP AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING OUR FRISCO ISD ATHLETES AND COACHES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK, DEDICATION, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE BELIEVE THAT EDUCATIONAL ATHLETICS IS A BEST AVENUE TO DEVELOP FUTURE-READY STUDENT, AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN BEING ONE OF THE ELITE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN THE NATION.
THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE EXPERIENCES A REALITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO KNOWING EVERY CHILD BY NAME AND NEED IS EVIDENT IN YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
>> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6G, WHICH IS RECOGNITION OF THE TOP 11 STUDENTS FROM JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 6H, RECOGNITION OF THE TOP STUDENT FROM THE CITIZEN BEE HIGH SCHOOL. DR. FIORE? THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HAVE MRS. MEREDITH MANIS, OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY TEACHING AND LEARNING HERE TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS ALONG WITH SOME OF HER TEAMMATES AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE CITIZEN BEE AND THE JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE THAT TOOK PLACE THIS YEAR.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. MANIS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD AND DR. WALDRIP.
WE'RE EXCITED TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE CITIZEN BEE WINNERS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO PATIENCE LEBLANC.
SHE'S ONE OF OUR SOCIAL ACE COORDINATORS, AND SHE BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM TO OUR DISTRICT, AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE JUST EXCELLED, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE SEEN THEM EXCEL IN TONIGHT.
TURN IT OVER TO PATIENCE. [APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAVIS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I WANT TO WELCOME MY STUDENTS ONTO THE STAGE.
WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST GROUP.
YOU SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
[LAUGHTER] WELL, WE CAME WITH A LITTLE SLIDE SHOW AS WELL.
THE CITIZEN BEE AND THE JUNIOR CITIZEN BEES ARE ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS FOR BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IN BOTH CITIZEN BEE COMPETITIONS, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A WRITTEN TEST, AND AFTER SCHOOL VERBAL COMPETITION, AND A REGIONAL COMPETITION.
THE COMPETITION INCORPORATES THE 11TH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE STATE US HISTORY STANDARDS.
THE TOPICS INCLUDE THE CONSTITUTION, DOCUMENTS, PEOPLE, AND EVENTS.
THE COMPETITION IS ALSO SPONSORED BY THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS LAW FOCUS EDUCATION AND THE SUMNERS FOUNDATION.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BEE, STUDENTS ADVANCE AUTOMATICALLY TO THE REGION 10 COMPETITION.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM OUR FRISCO ISD HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE.
THE TOP 3 WINNERS OF THE REGION 10 WERE ALL FROM FRISCO ISD, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
FIRST PLACE, AND I'M GOING TO WELCOME HIM TO STEP FORWARD MAYBE.
GOOD, VISHNU, STEP FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW.
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YES.VISHNU TALADA, FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WAS ALSO FIRST PLACE AT REGION 10, AND THEN HE PLACED SEVENTH PLACE AT STATE COMPETITION HELD IN AUSTIN.
HE PLANS TO COMPETE AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, VISHNU.
[APPLAUSE] OUR JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE COMPETITION, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL 18 FISD MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE COMPETITION.
FRISCO ISD TEACHER SPONSORS HELPED ORGANIZE THE COMPETITIONS ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE DISTRICT DATA, WE HAD 4,858 STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE CLASSROOM WRITTEN TEST AT THEIR CAMPUSES.
OF THAT, 280 STUDENTS WERE WELCOMED INTO AN AFTER-SCHOOL COMPETITION WHERE THEY COMPETED IN VERBAL ROUNDS.
THE TOP 2 FROM EVERY SCHOOL ADVANCED TO THE REGION 10 JUNIOR CITIZEN BEE COMPETITION.
AFTER THE FIRST ROUND, WE SWEPT THE REGION WITH 11 OF OUR STUDENTS ADVANCING TO THE SECOND ROUND.
REGION 10 ONLY DOES TOP 10, BUT FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD A TIE FOR 10TH, SO THEY TOOK ALL THREE, SO WE HAD 11 STUDENTS COMPETE THAT YEAR.
I'M GOING TO CALL THEIR NAMES OUT ONE TIME AND YOU JUST GOT TO STEP UP.
PARENTS GET READY. HERE WE GO.
TENISH KALDAR, JAVARDA CHAWA, SAVANNAH WANG, ALICE YANG, SIA SINGH, JAY RAJANINI , VALLAD MOSHA VON.
I'VE SAVED THE LAST TWO BECAUSE THEY ARE EXTREMELY SPECIAL.
THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY MOVED ON TO THE STATE COMPETITION FOR CITIZEN BEE.
AVYA ARGAWAL FROM ROACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHE WON FIRST PLACE AT THE REGIONS.
[APPLAUSE] SHRUTHI BASKAR FROM NELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALSO PLACED SECOND PLACE AT REGIONS.
[APPLAUSE] ALISON YANG ALSO PLACED FROM FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL THIRD AT REGIONS.
[APPLAUSE] TOP 2 WINNERS ACTUALLY GO ON TO STATE.
[APPLAUSE] AVYA WON $100 FOR THIRD PLACE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. GOOD JOB, GUYS. WE'RE DONE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE]
>> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7,
[7. Invocation]
WHICH IS IN VOCATION. MR. HILL.>> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO BE A SOURCE OF HOPE.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR WISDOM AND PATIENCE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, EDUCATORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THIS GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAILY BLESSINGS GIVING TO EACH OF US, INCLUDING THE SERVICE OF MR. GOPAL PANANGI AND MARVIN LOW.
WE PRAY THAT YOU KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ALL SAFE FROM HARM.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR THE SAFETY FOR ALL THOSE THAT PROTECT AND SERVE OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY.
HELP US TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF NEIGHBORS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS, AND MAY EACH OF US FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH CARE, EMPATHY, AND GRATITUDE.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN.
BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8 DISCUSSION REGARDING
[8. Discussion regarding K-12 Spring 2025 Insight Survey]
K-12 2025 INSIGHT SURVEY. DR. CUNNINGHAM.>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD TONIGHT, WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE DR. KATE SCHULDERS WITH US TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL CLIMATE SURVEY OF OUR STAFF, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS.
K12 INSIGHT HAS BEEN OUR THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER OF
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THIS ANONYMOUS FEEDBACK MECHANISM THAT HAS PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHT TO OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY.SHE'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY FROM THE EAST COAST, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER TIME.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. HERE'S DR. KATE SCHULDERS.
>> HELLO. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO SHARE A PRESENTATION WITH YOU.
>> BUT WE CAN SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> WE'RE GOOD. HOW ABOUT NOW? OH, PERFECT. THANK YOU.
AS WAS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS DR. KATE SCHULDERS.
I WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND K12 INSIGHT AND WAS THE RESEARCH CONSULTANT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY FOR FRISCO THIS YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGH-END DATA JUST FROM A VERY BIRD'S EYE VIEW, AS THE DATA CAN BE VERY DETAILED.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK THIS EVENING IN THE INTERESTS OF TIME.
HOWEVER, THE FULL REPORT, I'M SURE, CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU HAVE FURTHER INTEREST.
FIRST, FRISCO ISD HAS RUN THIS SURVEY FOR YEARS.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS THE DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION.
WE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ENSURE THE QUESTIONS BOTH MET THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS AS WELL AS ALIGNED WITH BENCHMARK DATA SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME COMPARISON FOR YOU.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT-LEVEL DATA, BUT SITE REPORT DATA WAS ALSO PROVIDED.
I'M TRYING TO MOVE THIS PART. THERE WE GO.
IN THE PARTICIPATION, YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAD AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION AMONG STAFF MEMBERS, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT TO SEE.
A SLIGHT DOWNTURN FROM PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, AND PARTICIPATION REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AMONG STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS.
WE DID WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THE OVERALL INSIGHTS TO YOU.
FIRST, WE CAN SEE HERE THAT THE NET PROMOTER SCORE AMONG PARENTS AND GUARDIANS INCREASED BY SIX POINTS, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A POINT OF CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT.
THE NET PROMOTER SCORE ASKS THE QUESTION TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
HOW LIKELY WOULD YOU BE TO RECOMMEND YOUR SCHOOL TO SOMEONE MOVING HERE WITH A SCHOOL-AGE CHILD? IT'S A SCALE BETWEEN 0-10.
IT PAIRS PROMOTERS WITH PASSIVES AND DETRACTORS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS PROMOTERS ARE THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE DISTRICT AND ADVOCATING FOR THE DISTRICT, RECOMMENDING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEY DO SO VOCALLY.
THOSE THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS DETRACTORS ARE THOSE THAT ARE BEING VOCAL IN SPEAKING AGAINST THE DISTRICT.
IDEALLY, A DISTRICT WANTS TO HAVE MORE PROMOTERS THAN IT DOES DETRACTORS.
THE NET PROMOTER SCORE IS CALCULATED BY TAKING THE NUMBER OF DETRACTORS AND SUBTRACTING IT FROM THE NUMBER OF PROMOTERS.
ANY NUMBER OVER ZERO INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE SPEAKING FOR YOUR DISTRICT THAN AGAINST.
A TO START WITH 28 AND B TO THEN INCREASE TO 34.
BUT THOSE SIX POINTS, THAT IS, AGAIN, A POINT OF CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT.
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ALSO, NOTE HERE IS THAT THERE WAS A 10% INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS THAT SAID THAT THE PRINCIPAL AND OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE SCHOOL'S GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.THAT WAS EXCELLENT TO SEE, 80% OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SAID THAT WHEN THEY DID CONTACT THE SCHOOL WITH A NEED OR CONCERN, THAT SCHOOL LEADERS ARE RESPONSIVE, AND 85% SAID THEY WERE COURTEOUS.
LASTLY, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT OVERWHELMINGLY THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SAID IS SAFE.
WE CAN SEE THAT 63% OF STAFF MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIVE WHEN STUDENTS REPORT BULLYING AND OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HAD TO REPORT BULLYING OR SAFETY CONCERNS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO SO.
IT HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED.
SEEING THAT THE HIGH PERCENTAGE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS INDICATING THAT THEIR CHILD FEELS SAFE AND THAT THEY TO FEEL THAT THE SCHOOL IS.
AGAIN, A MAJOR POINT OF CELEBRATION AT THE DISTRICT.
ANECDOTALLY, I CAN SAY WE DO NOT SEE THOSE HIGH PERCENTAGES WITH THOSE QUESTIONS VERY FREQUENTLY FROM PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
AGAIN, MAJOR POINT OF CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT AND A UNIQUE ONE.
NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY AND INSIGHTS AMONG STAFF MEMBERS.
AGAIN, A FEW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT.
FIRST, WE CAN SEE AGAIN THAT NET PROMOTER SCORE CALCULATED IN THE SAME WAY INCREASED BY NINE POINTS FROM 33-42.
AGAIN, A POINT OF CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT.
YOU'VE GOT AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE SPEAKING IN FAVOR AND ADVOCATING FOR THE DISTRICT PUBLICLY.
NEXT, 82% OF CAMPUS STAFF MEMBERS SAID STUDENTS TREAT STAFF MEMBERS WITH RESPECT AND THAT THEY TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT.
BOTH OF THOSE INCREASED 8% FROM LAST YEAR.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT POST-COVID, ACROSS THE NATION, WE SAW A MAJOR DOWNTURN IN PERCENTAGES WITH REGARD TO TREATING ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AMONG STUDENTS AND STUDENTS TO STAFF MEMBERS.
TO SEE THAT INCREASE IS BOTH UNIQUE AND A POINT OF CELEBRATION.
NEXT, WE'LL LOOK AT THE SECONDARY STUDENTS AND THOSE OVERALL INSIGHTS.
WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT 72% OF SECONDARY STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY ARE TREATED FAIRLY BY STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS A 6% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, ONE THAT WE DEFINITELY SAW A DOWNTURN AFTER COVID, AND SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS INCREASING AGAIN AS WE GET FURTHER PAST THE PANDEMIC.
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAD BY AND LARGE SIMILAR RESPONSES AS THEY HAVE IN YEARS PAST.
WE'VE INCLUDED A FEW INSIGHTS HERE, BUT WE HAD SOME SLIGHT INCREASES GENERALLY BY 1-2%.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME RESEARCH-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LEISURE.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO GIVE THE DISTRICTS JUST SOME STARTING POINTS TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK FURTHER ABOUT WHAT CHANGE MAY BE DATA-DRIVEN AND MAY CAUSE FURTHER SHIFTS IN SOME OF THOSE DATA POINTS BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA, AGAIN, THOSE HIGH POINTS COMPARING ACROSS PARTICIPANT GROUPS FOR THIS YEAR.
AFTER THAT, WE'LL TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE TRENDING DATA YEAR OVER YEAR AMONG EACH PARTICIPANT GROUP.
FIRST, WE CAN SEE HERE IN THE OVERALL QUALITY OF EDUCATION, VERY HIGH PERCENTAGES ACROSS PARTICIPANT GROUPS AMONG EXCELLENT AND GOOD RESPONSES.
WE GENERALLY AIM FOR THAT 80% MARK, AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ACROSS ALL PARTICIPANT GROUPS, WELL OVER 80% INDICATED THAT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION AT THEIR SCHOOL IS EXCELLENT OR GOOD.
AGAIN, HERE, WE MENTIONED THAT NET PROMOTER SCORE, YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE DID SAY THAT THOSE WERE INCREASES BOTH AMONG STAFF AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS FROM LAST YEAR.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM.
THE IMPACT ON THAT SCHOOL RECOMMENDATION, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, BY AND LARGE, EVERY ASPECT THAT THEY WERE ASKED ABOUT AMONG BOTH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND
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CAMPUS-BASED STAFF EITHER HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT OR NO IMPACT ON THE NET PROMOTER SCORE THAT THEY GAVE.WE CAN SEE HERE WE HAD SOME SLIGHTLY LESS FAVORABLE PERCENTAGES REGARDING CLASS SIZE OR SCHOOL SIZE AS FAR AS THE IMPACT THAT HAD ON THE NET PROMOTER SCORE THAT THEY GAVE.
LOOKING AT THE DIMENSIONS AND COMPARING THOSE ACROSS PARTICIPANTS.
I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE DATA.
HERE YOU CAN SEE. WE'VE GOT PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IN GREEN, THE CAMPUS-BASED STAFF IN BLUE, AND THEN SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THAT GOLDEN ROD.
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAVE AN ABRIDGED SURVEY, AND SO THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FULL DIMENSION SCORES.
THE PATTERN THAT YOU SEE HERE IS VERY COMMON AND ONE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TO CONSIDER AS YOU INTERPRET THE DATA. STAFF MEMBERS.
ANYONE WHO IS REPORTING ON THEIR OWN PERFORMANCE WILL HAVE A SCORE THAT IS TYPICALLY HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT ARE GIVING SCORES ON SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK.
TO SEE THAT THE CAMPUS-BASED STAFF HAVE HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES ON THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE WITHIN A SCHOOL IS VERY MUCH EXPECTED.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, THAT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT SLIGHT SELF-REPORT BIAS THAT WE SEE.
NEXT, BECAUSE OF THE STAGE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE IN WHILE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL IN THESE PARTICULAR GRADES, IT IS VERY, VERY COMMON AND ALMOST EXPECTED TO SEE THOSE LOWER PERCENTAGES FROM SECONDARY STUDENTS THAN WE DO FROM PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OR STAFF MEMBERS.
THEY ARE AT A TIME WHERE THEY ARE RESISTANT TO AUTHORITY.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR OWN PATH AND DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO CONFORM TO WHAT THEY FEEL WOULD BE THE RIGHT ANSWERS TO GIVE.
IT IS VERY, VERY COMMON AND AGAIN, ALMOST EXPECTED TO SEE THEIR PERCEPTIONS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARD NEUTRAL THAN OTHER PARTICIPANT GROUPS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE DIMENSIONS AND COMPARE THEM ACROSS THE PARTICIPANT GROUPS.
OF NOTE HERE, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT OVERALL FAIRLY HIGH AND CONSISTENT PARTICIPATION IN THOSE FAVORABLE RESPONSES, IN THAT THE TEACHERS SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS.
GREAT TO SEE CONSISTENCY AMONG THOSE SECONDARY STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS WITH THEIR PERCEPTIONS.
THEN AGAIN, THAT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER SELF-REPORTING FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS.
WE ALSO SAW THAT SIMILAR PATTERN IN THAT THE TEACHERS CLEARLY EXPLAIN LEARNING STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS TO STUDENTS, WHICH IS AGAIN A POINT OF CELEBRATION.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THIS GREATER DISPARITY IN THIS LAST ITEM, THAT TEACHERS SUCCESSFULLY SHOW HOW LESSONS RELATE TO LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
WE SEE THIS VERY COMMONLY IN DISTRICTS THAT THIS COULD BE AN AWARENESS ISSUE MORE SO THAN AN IMPLEMENTATION ISSUE.
IF STAFF MEMBERS FEEL THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS SUCCESSFULLY, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR AND MAKE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND STUDENTS MORE AWARE.
NEXT, HERE WITH STUDENT SUPPORT AND RELATIONSHIPS.
WE CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY IN THOSE RESPONSES AND THAT THERE IS SOMEONE, AN ADULT, THAT THE CHILD CAN GO TO FOR HELP WITH A SCHOOL PROBLEM, AND WE CAN THEN SEE THAT SIMILAR PATTERN WITH SOME SLIGHT DECLINES IN STUDENT RESPONSES IN THAT THE STUDENT RECEIVES THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND THAT THE TEACHERS GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THEM.
WITHIN WHOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, THOSE STRONG FAVORABLE PERCENTAGES FROM STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD.
I DID AGAIN WANT TO POINT OUT.
HERE WE CAN SEE SOME OF THAT CONSISTENCY.
THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE THREE GROUPS IS LESS HERE IN THAT THE CHILD'S SOCIAL NEEDS ARE BEING MET AT THE SCHOOL.
AS WELL AS HERE IN THAT THE CHILD ATTENDS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATES IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
I DID ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS GREATER DISPARITY.
AGAIN, A SECONDARY STUDENT INDICATING THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SCHOOL EACH DAY MAY BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, MORE SO BECAUSE OF THE STAGE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE IN AND MAY NOT BE AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION IN WHETHER THEY LOOK FORWARD TO ANY ASPECT OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
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>> WITHIN SAFETY SECURITY AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR, WE CAN SEE SOME MAJOR POINTS OF CELEBRATION.
AGAIN, THOSE HIGH PERCENTAGES, AND EVEN AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS, WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE PERCENTAGES THIS HIGH OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES IN THAT THE SCHOOL IS SAFE.
THAT IS A POINT OF CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT.
NEXT, WE HAVE THIS DISPARITY THAT CONSISTENT PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES BETWEEN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND STAFF MEMBERS, BUT THEN THAT DECLINE IN THAT STUDENTS TREAT STAFF MEMBERS WITH RESPECT.
I FOUND THAT INTERESTING BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THERE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SELF-REPORTING, WHETHER THEY AND THEIR PEERS TREAT STAFF MEMBERS WITH RESPECT.
THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE SELF-AWARE IN THAT THEY THEMSELVES COULD BE TREATING STAFF MEMBERS WITH GREATER RESPECT.
THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME EDUCATION AMONG STUDENTS.
AGAIN, WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IF THEY DON'T KNOW IS A RESPONSE THAT COULD BE GIVEN.
THESE LOWER RESPONSES OF AGREEMENT COULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT MORE PARTICIPANTS AMONG STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND GUARDIANS DID NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT STAFF MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIVE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO REPORT BULLYING, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE RESPONSIVE.
THERE SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE IMMEDIATE ALARM WITH THAT DISPARITY.
HERE, AGAIN, WE CAN SEE THOSE DECLINES IN THAT STUDENTS TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT.
AGAIN, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME WORK THERE AMONG STUDENTS.
WITHIN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, WE COULD SEE WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THEIR DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE.
WE'VE GOT SOME HIGH PERCENTAGES HERE, PARTICULARLY AMONG STAFF MEMBERS THAT THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP MAKES DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF STUDENTS.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE THAT AS HIGH AMONG STAFF MEMBERS.
IT CERTAINLY HELPS SHAPE THAT CULTURE WHEN EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAS BEEN SUPPORT.
NEXT, LOOKING AT CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMPARISON ACROSS THOSE RESPONSES.
WE CAN SEE AGAIN, THOSE HIGHER RESPONSES FROM THE STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEN SOME DISPARITY HERE IN THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF INCLUDE STUDENT PERSPECTIVES WHEN MAKING SCHOOL DECISIONS.
WE DID SEE SOME MORE CONSISTENT RESPONSES IN THAT SCHOOL LEADERS AND STAFF ARE WELCOMING TO ALL FAMILIES.
THAT AGAIN IS EXCELLENT TO SEE.
THEN WE DO HAVE HERE THAT HIGH PERCENTAGE FROM STUDENTS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY HIGH PERCENTAGE FROM STUDENTS, THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.
FOR, SECONDARY STUDENTS TO HAVE HIGH FAVORABLE PERCENTAGES AND THAT IS A POINT OF CELEBRATION.
AGAIN, I HAD POINTED OUT THAT DISPARITY IN THAT STAFF MEMBERS TAKE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT STUDENTS' BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES.
STAFF MEMBERS OBVIOUSLY FEEL THAT THEY DO, AND BUT THERE'S THAT DISPARITY AMONG PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND STUDENTS.
THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO SEE WHERE THAT DISPARITY IS OCCURRING AND IS THAT AN AWARENESS PIECE AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION PIECE.
LASTLY, AGAIN, THAT DISPARITY IN THAT THE TEACHERS AND STAFF INCLUDES STUDENT PERSPECTIVES WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.
LOOKING THEN TO FAMILY INVOLVEMENT, WE CAN SEE, THIS WAS JUST ASKED TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND CAMPUS-BASED STAFF, OVERALL PRETTY CONSISTENT RESPONSES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SCHOOL PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT OR EXPERIENCE.
I ALWAYS FIND THAT WHEN INTERESTING THAT ON A SURVEY TO WHERE FAMILIES STAFF AND STUDENTS CAN PROVIDE INPUT ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL DISAGREE THAT THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME FOLLOW-UP AS TO WHY THIS SURVEY THAT IS BEING GIVEN DOESN'T MEET THEIR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS WITH THAT WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
ARE THEY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE FREQUENT OR MORE CONSISTENT? NEXT WITHIN THE FUTURE-READY LEARNER, AGAIN, WE CAN SEE SOME CONSISTENT RESPONSES AND SOME SMALLER DISPARITIES THAN WE SAW AMONG THE OTHER DIMENSIONS.
AGAIN, WE CAN SEE THAT HERE WITH THESE NEXT QUESTIONS WITHIN THE FUTURE-READY LEARNER, HIGH PROFICIENCY IN TECHNOLOGY AND USING TECHNOLOGY, SO HIGH AGREEMENT THERE AND IN THAT SHOWING COMPASSION AND RESPECT TOWARD OTHERS.
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NEXT, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST-RANKING INDICATORS FOR EACH PARTICIPANT GROUP.HERE AMONG PARENTS, WE CAN SEE SAFETY SECURITY AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR WAS FREQUENTLY IDENTIFIED DIMENSION WITHIN THOSE HIGHEST-RANKING ITEMS. THAT IS UNIQUE.
THIS IS TYPICALLY AN AREA WHERE WE SEE SOME LOWER-RANKING ITEMS, SO A MAJOR POINT OF CELEBRATION FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE CAN ALSO SEE HERE, WE'VE GOT TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH THREE OF THE SURVEY ITEMS IN THAT LOWER PERCENTAGE OF RANKING INDICATORS.
THEN AMONG CAMPUS-BASED STAFF, AGAIN, FOR THE STAFF, THOSE SAFETY SECURITY AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR ITEMS ACTUALLY FELL WITHIN THE LOWER RANKING INDICATORS, AND THAT IS MORE COMMON THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE.
AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS, WE CAN SEE NOT ANY OVERALL CONSISTENCY TO POINT OUT WITHIN THOSE DIMENSIONS, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN SEE HERE THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO SCHOOL EACH DAY.
THAT'S A DIFFICULT ONE FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS TO SHOW HIGH LEVELS OF AGREEMENT FOR.
AGAIN, THEIR RESPONSES WERE VERY SIMILAR TO THEY HAVE BEEN IN YEARS PAST.
WE CAN SEE AGAIN, SAFETY, SECURITY, AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR BEING IDENTIFIED AS FOUR OF THE TOP-RANKING INDICATORS FOR THEM.
WE DID INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING TITLE ONE FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS THAT HAVE CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED AS TITLE ONE DID RECEIVE A COPY OF THE PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT POLICY AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT.
AMONG CAMPUS-BASED STAFF, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF THEM DID PROVIDE BOTH THAT PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT POLICY AS WELL AS RECEIVED FROM THAT SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT.
THEN WITHIN THAT TITLE ONE FUNDING, SOME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED TO CAMPUS-BASED STAFF OF TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
WE CAN SEE HERE AGAIN, HIGH LEVELS OF AGREEMENT OR NEUTRALITY WITH THESE ITEMS AND VERY SLIGHT PERCENTAGES OF UNFAVORABLE RESPONSES.
WE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT SCHOOL-BASED OVERALL EDUCATION QUALITY, THE SAME QUESTION WAS ASKED REGARDING THE DISTRICT.
TYPICALLY HERE, WHEN WE ASK BOTH QUESTIONS, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND STAFF MEMBERS HAVE HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF EXCELLENT AND GOOD RATINGS FOR THE SCHOOL THAN THEY DO THE DISTRICT.
TO SEE HERE THAT WE STILL HAVE THESE VERY HIGH PERCENTAGES OF EXCELLENT AND GOOD RATINGS, AGAIN, WELL OVER THAT 80%.
ALSO FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE IS BOTH UNIQUE AND A POINT OF CELEBRATION.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT A DISPARITY HERE.
WE DO HAVE VERY CLOSE TO 80% PERCEPTION AMONG PARENTS AND GUARDIANS THAT FRISCO RECRUITS HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS.
BUT WE DO HAVE A DISPARITY IN THEIR RETAINING OF HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS, AND THEN SOME HIGHER PERCENTAGES OF DISAGREEMENT RATHER THAN DON'T KNOW.
THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME FOCUS ON NOT JUST NECESSARILY RECRUITMENT, BUT ALSO RETENTION OF THOSE HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS.
NEXT, LOOKING AT THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE.
VERY HIGH LEVELS OF AGREEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD IN PERSONAL CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS, BEING SUPPORTED AND PROMOTED.
THEN SOME MORE, GREATER PERCENTAGES OF DISAGREEMENT IN THAT THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES AND RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR HARD WORK COMMITMENT, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, I'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED POINTS OF CELEBRATION, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY ARE POINTS FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO EASILY IDENTIFY AND CELEBRATE STAFF MEMBERS IN A WAY THAT CAN HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES AMONG THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
NEXT, YOU CAN SEE HERE AGAIN, FAVORABLE PERCENTAGES.
PARTICULARLY AND ONE I WANTED TO POINT OUT, I ENJOY BEING A PART OF FRISCO ISC.
AREAS, QUESTIONS THAT RELATE OVERALL TO THAT OVERALL ENJOYMENT OR PRIDE REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURE OF A DISTRICT AND EACH OF AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.
FOR STAFF MEMBERS TO INDICATE NOT JUST THAT THEY HAVE PRIDE FOR THEIR OWN PARTICULAR SCHOOL IN WHICH THEY WORK, BUT THAT THEY ENJOY BEING A PART OF THE DISTRICT
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AS A WHOLE IS AGAIN A MAJOR POINT OF CELEBRATION.WE CAN ALSO SEE HERE WE ASKED THAT NET PROMOTER SCORE QUESTION FOR STAFF MEMBERS, NOT JUST IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE SCHOOL FOR A CHILD TO ATTEND, BUT ALSO AS A PLACE TO WORK.
WE CAN SEE HERE AGAIN, VERY POSITIVE WITH AN E-NET PROMOTER SCORE OF 42, SO EXCELLENT TO SEE.
HERE, THE FACTORS THAT DROVE THE SCORES THAT THEY GAVE FOR THE E-NET PROMOTER SCORE.
WE CAN SEE HERE, THOSE THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST POSITIVE IMPACT, WORKSITE ENVIRONMENT, EXCELLENT TO SEE, SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, ALSO EXCELLENT TO SEE.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACT, HERE WE CAN SEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS VERY COMMON TO SEE THAT AS A NEGATIVE HAVING A GREATER NEGATIVE IMPACT FOR PEOPLE'S E-NET PROMOTER SCORE.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING EVERYONE WORKS TOWARD IMPROVING, AND IT'S CERTAINLY A DIFFICULT ONE TO IMPROVE.
WE'LL LOOK THEN VERY QUICKLY AT THE TRENDING RESULTS AMONG EACH PARTICIPANT GROUP.
FOR THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE COMPARISON OVER TIME.
SOME SLIGHT INCREASES HERE AMONG THAT EXCELLENT, JUST ONE PERCENTAGE POINT, BUT LARGELY STAYED THE SAME AMONG PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, WHICH I FOUND INTERESTING THAT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION REMAINED VERY SIMILAR, BUT THE NET PROMOTER SCORE DID HAVE THAT INCREASE THAT WE SAW.
AGAIN, HERE, INTERESTING TO SEE THE ONE STAY VERY CONSISTENT, BUT THE OTHER INCREASE QUITE A BIT.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT HERE THAT THAT INCREASE WAS IN THOSE PROMOTERS.
THE DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITHIN THE SCHOOLS OF FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PASSIVES PREVIOUSLY HAVE NOW MOVED INTO PROMOTERS, WHEREAS THE PERCENTAGES OF DETRACTORS HAS STAYED FAIRLY SIMILAR OVER TIME.
THEN THE DISTRICT QUALITY OF EDUCATION AGAIN, STAYED VERY, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
AMONG CAMPUS-BASED STAFF, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT THE EXCELLENT LEVEL AND THEN A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM BOTH FAIR AND GOOD.
COMING FROM BOTH OF THOSE AND MOVING FOLKS INTO THAT PERCEPTION OF EXCELLENT. GREAT TO SEE.
WE THEN ALSO SAW THAT SAME SHIFT IN NET PROMOTER SCORE.
SOME DECLINE IN BOTH THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS DETRACTORS AS WELL AS PASSIVES AND INCREASING THAT PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY AS PROMOTERS.
DISTRICT QUALITY OF EDUCATION AGAIN, STAYED FAIRLY SIMILAR.
WE HAD A FEW SHIFTING FROM BOTH EXCELLENT AND FAIR TO RATING THE DISTRICT OVERALL EDUCATION AS GOOD, BUT NOT ANY HUGE INCREASE OR DECREASE THERE.
THEN WITHIN THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, PERCEPTION STAYS VERY SIMILAR OVER TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE, ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE.
SLIGHT UPTICK IN THAT DISTRICT LEADERSHIP PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND ENCOURAGES EMPLOYEE INPUT, AND THEN THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO STAFF RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEE NEEDS.
AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS, THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, YOU CAN SEE HAS INCREASED BY 3% AS FAR AS THOSE THAT RATED AS EXCELLENT.
UNUSUAL TO SEE THAT INCREASE AMONG SECONDARY STUDENTS.
THAT'S EXCELLENT TO SEE AS WELL AS THAT DECREASE IN BOTH FAIR AND GOOD MOVING THOSE STUDENTS TO THAT RATING OF EXCELLENT.
THEN AMONG THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, WE CAN SEE THOSE HAVE REMAINED VERY SIMILAR OVER TIME.
WITH THAT, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, AGAIN, THE LARGER REPORT, OF COURSE, HAS MUCH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD THEM AT THIS TIME.
>> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MISS SALES? >. YES. DOCTOR SCHULDERS, IF YOU COULD GO TO PAGE 23.
THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF AN IST QUESTION, BUT THAT VERY BOTTOM LINE, I RECEIVE ADEQUATE COMMUNICATION FROM TEACHERS ABOUT MY CHILD'S ACADEMIC PROCESS.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT QUESTION AND HOW IT IS FRAMED BECAUSE 19%, WHEN I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY TOOLS AT OUR PARENTS' DISPOSAL VIA HACK AND ALL OF THE THINGS.
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DO YOU HAVE INSIGHT, DOCTOR SHOULDERS, OR GO AHEAD?>> THANKS FOR ASKING. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT IS NOT A QUESTION THAT IS ON OUR TYPICAL BENCHMARK.
IT'S UNIQUE TO FRISCO ISC, AND I THINK A GREAT ONE TO ASK.
WE DID ADD A FULL SECTION REGARDING BOTH CAMPUS AND DISTRICT COMMUNICATION.
THOSE THAT DATA ISN'T FOR BREVITY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, BUT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF FOLLOW-UP DATA REGARDING THE COMMUNICATION OVERALL AS WELL AS SOME OPEN RESPONSE ITEMS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT AS WELL TO GIVE THE DISTRICT A MORE ROBUST PICTURE OF WHERE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS THOUGHTS ARE REGARDING THAT.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE DISTRICT FOR HAVING THE BEST PARTICIPATION RATE EVER FOR STAFF.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT AND NOT ONLY DID WE EXCEED LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS THE BEST EVER.
GOOD WORK ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT TO ME AT THE PARTICIPATION NUMBER DRIVES EVERY ELSE.
ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER AT WHAT PERCENTAGE IS IT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT WHERE WE CAN RELY ON THE RESULTS.
BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE PARENT PARTICIPATION, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE OFFHAND, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY MUCH LOWER THAN THE STAFF.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT THRESHOLD IS WHERE WE CAN RELY ON THOSE RESULTS AND SAY THAT THEY ADEQUATELY REFLECT THE FEEDBACK THE PARENTS OF OUR DISTRICT?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I USED TO TEACH AN ENTIRE STATISTICS COURSE THAT RELATED TO THIS SPECIFIC ASPECT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO SHRINK DOWN A NINE-WEEK INSTRUCTION INTO THIS PIECE.
WE UTILIZE CENSUS SAMPLING, MEANING EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND IS INVITED TO TAKE THE SURVEY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, THAT IS RELATED TO INFERENTIAL STATISTICS.
THE GOAL OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS IS TO, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO DO, INFER THE DATA TO A LARGER POPULATION.
THAT IS DONE WHEN A SYSTEMATIC SAMPLE, LIKE A RANDOM SAMPLE OF PARTICIPANTS IS SELECTED FROM A BROADER POPULATION TO WHICH YOU WANT TO GENERALIZE.
BECAUSE EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY IF THEY SO CHOOSE, THEN THE DATA IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY TO INFER TO A LARGER POPULATION BECAUSE THE ENTIRE POPULATION DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
THEREFORE, INFERENTIAL STATISTICS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ACCURATE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO SUGGEST WHY THOSE THAT CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, DID SO.
FROM A PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE STANDPOINT, WHAT WE AIM FOR IN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS IS ABOUT A 15% RESPONSE RATE.
NOW, I WILL GO BACK. I KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS, THAT DOESN'T HAVE A RESPONSE RATE LISTED FOR PARENTS BECAUSE WE ASK PARENTS AT THE END OF THE SURVEY, IF THEY HAVE A CHILD IN ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS IS A SCHOOL-BASED SURVEY, THEY CAN COMPLETE THAT SURVEY AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL THROUGH THAT LINK AT THE END OF THE SURVEY.
WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A PARTICIPATION LINK, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT RESPONSE RATE DUE TO THAT ADDITIONAL SITE THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE, YOU CAN GET A FEEL FOR THAT PERCENT RESPONSE RATE, AND WE AIM FOR ABOUT 15% OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
EVERY PARENT AND GUARDIAN, OF COURSE, HAS CHILDREN THAT THEY CARE ABOUT IN THE SCHOOL, THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE AN EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU HAD 7,704 E-MAILS COMING IN FROM PARENTS AT A TIME OR RIGHT HERE IN THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT, YOU HAD 7,704 PARENTS ATTEND THIS MEETING AND WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THEIR INSIGHTS.
I KNOW YOU WOULD LISTEN TO THEM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THE DATA AND IN THAT REGARD.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GENERALIZE AND SAY THIS IS HOW ALL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE FEELING OR HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING.
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BUT IT IS HOW 7,704 OF THEM ARE FEELING.THAT'S A GOOD CHUNK OF PARENTS THAT CAN SHIFT THE OVERALL CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL WITH THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH BOTH STAFF AND THROUGH THEIR CHILDREN.
AGAIN, WE AIM FOR 15% DOES THAT HELP?
>> THAT DOES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND THE NET PROMOTER SCORE, AND IS THAT PROVIDED AT A CAMPUS LEVEL?
>> DO WE CREATE A NET PROMOTER SCORE FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES? YES. EACH SITE REPORT DOES INCLUDE THE NET PROMOTER SCORE.
>> THEN MY QUESTION PROBABLY FOR DOCTOR CUNNINGHAM WOULD BE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT JUST IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT AT OUR CAMPUSES INDIVIDUALLY? I KNOW WE LOOKED AT THAT LAST YEAR AND DID SOME ACTION PLANNING, AND YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO WALK THROUGH THAT WITH ME OVER THE SUMMER.
I THINK WE SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS IN YOUR OFFICE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE CAMPUS-LEVEL DATA AND WHAT WAS DONE WITH THAT IN TERMS OF ACTION PLANNING.
WILL THAT WORK BE DONE AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WILL IT BE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE NET PROMOTER SCORE?
>> WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GO FROM GOOD TO GREAT, AS I SAY, AND ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS SPECIFIC THAN AT PROMOTER SCORE, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.
>> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY, I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.
IF YOU ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS, WANT TO GO OVER ANYTHING WITH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND GO OVER ANYTHING SPECIFIC WITH YOU.
YOU'VE GOT A VERY HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY BY DOCTOR SCHULDERS, DID A FANTASTIC JOB, BUT I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE LIKELY COME UP.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE WAY TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL DISTRICT IS TO IMPROVE THE CAMPUSES WHO HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S HOW YOU MOVE THE OVERALL.
I THINK THAT WORKS REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.
I KNOW DOCTOR SCHULDERS MENTIONED IT, BUT FOR YOU TO KNOW, THEY'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THIS DATA FROM THE CAMPUS LEVELS FOR OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH DOCTOR SCHULDERS AND A COLLEAGUE FROM K 12.
>> I'M GOING TO ADD JUST AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE DO HAVE SOME DISTRICTS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT NET PROMOTER SCORE AND SEEING HOW SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS SHIFT THAT.
WE DO HAVE SOME DISTRICTS THAT CONDUCT AN NPS POLLS.
IT'S A ONE TO TWO-QUESTION SURVEY THAT SPECIFICALLY ASKS NET PROMOTER SCORE, THE IMP, THE DRIVERS OF THAT NET PROMOTER SCORE, AND THEN AN OPEN RESPONSE ITEM WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL.
THEY'LL DO THAT TO 10%, A SYSTEMATICALLY SELECTED 10% OF THEIR POPULATION EVERY MONTH OR SO, SOMETIMES EVERY TWO MONTHS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE HOW IF YOU ARE PUTTING ACTION ITEMS INTO PLACE IN PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE MAY BE SHIFTING THAT IN MORE REAL-TIME AS OPPOSED TO SEEING IT ANNUALLY.
>> DOCTOR SCHULDER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.
I DO WANT TO GO BACK FOR A MOMENT TO THE PARTICIPATION ISSUE.
WE'RE ALREADY ON SLIDE THREE HERE AND I DO NOTE ON THE PARENT GUARDIAN, WE HAVE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TRENDING REDUCTION IN PARTICIPATION FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 30% OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE INABILITY TO CALCULATE SOME TYPE OF RESPONSE RATE.
YOU WOULD THINK THERE'D BE SOME TYPE OF METRIC TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT EVEN THAT NOTWITHSTANDING, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INCREASE IT UP TO IF YOU SAID 15% THE BENCHMARK AND WEAR IT I DON'T KNOW, ROUGHLY 10% AND TRENDING DOWNWARD, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE?
>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR MEETINGS IN OUR DEBRIEF, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY WINDOW.
I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN SHIFT NEXT YEAR.
CURRENTLY, MOST OF OUR DISTRICTS OFFER A PUBLIC ACCESS LINK TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SO THAT IF THEY AREN'T RECEIVING THE E-MAIL OR THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN THE SCHOOL FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT, OR THEY'RE AT A SPORTING EVENT, ET CETERA, THEY COME INTO THE OFFICE TO PICK UP A CHILD.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE FOR THEM TO CLICK ON A LINK.
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THEY MAY SEE IT IN A NEWSLETTER, THEY MAY GET IT IN A REMIND ME TEXT.IF THEY DON'T GO TO THEIR E-MAIL AND RECEIVE THE LINK, THEIR UNIQUE LINK, WE DO STILL COLLECT THEIR RESPONSES IN THAT PUBLIC ACCESS LINK.
THE DOWNSIDE TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS LINK IS, AGAIN, YOU CAN'T CALCULATE A RESPONSE RATE BECAUSE ANYONE WITH THAT LINK COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY.
BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SITE LINK WITHIN THE END OF THE SURVEY, THE DOWNSIDE OF HAVING A PUBLIC ACCESS LINK IS ALREADY REMOVED.
WE TALKED QUITE A BIT IN OUR DEBRIEF THIS YEAR OF ADDING THAT PUBLIC ACCESS LINK NEXT YEAR TO TRY AND BOOST PARTICIPATION THAT WAY.
>> BUT, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR SCHULDERS? IF THERE ARE NONE, THANK YOU, DOCTOR SCHULDERS, FOR YOUR WORK DONE TODAY, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US BASED ON THIS YEAR'S SURVEY. THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING.
>> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9,
[9. Discussion regarding the findings of Intruder Detection Audits conducted by the Texas School Safety Center]
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FINDINGS OF INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS CONDUCTED BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER. MR. WORSLEY.>> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND JOHN BODIE TO GO OVER THE RESULTS. GO AHEAD, JOHN.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. MADAM PRESIDENT DAVIS, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.
DOCTOR WALDER AND IST, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING.
MY PURPOSE IN JOINING YOU TONIGHT IS REGARDING RESULTS OF AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT CONDUCTED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SINCE OUR LAST VISIT TO THE BOARD IN APRIL OF 2024.
I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN IN APRIL OF 2024.
THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT MEANS I'VE HAD NOTHING TO REPORT TO YOU UNTIL NOW.
AS A REFRESHER, INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS BEGAN IN AUGUST 2022, FOLLOWING A DIRECTIVE BY GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ASSESSING AN ABILITY FOR AN INSPECTOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS THROUGH AN EXTERIOR ENTRY POINT.
INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS PERFORMED BY TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY OCCUR IN THE SAME PHASES WHERE FIST CONDUCTS STATUTORY SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDITS USING A THIRD-PARTY INDEPENDENT AUDITOR.
THAT'S AN ANNUAL AUDIT PROCESS THAT INCLUDES THIRD-PARTY INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, PERSONNEL FROM MY DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS, AND THE CAMPUS STAFF.
AS OF TODAY, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS CONDUCTED INTER-DETECTION AUDITS AT 72/76 FIST CAMPUSES.
WHILE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIKELY INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF THE AUDIT RESULTS, STATES HAS INFORMED US, OUR DISTRICT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC.
AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT CAMPUS INFORMATION.
AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND AS YOU AS A GROUP ARE AWARE, SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS WERE DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION A LITTLE EARLIER THIS EVENING.
RESULTS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.
IT'S COMING UP ON JUNE 5, ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE IN CONDUCTING THE IDAS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY FRISCO IST TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE FOR LEARNING, THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS ALSO SINCERELY APPRECIATED AS THIS WORK CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> BOARD, WE RECEIVED A FULL REPORT IN CLOSED SESSION.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEYOND WHAT WAS SHARED WITH US DURING THAT TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
>> WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM,
[10. Discussion regarding Implementation of a School Marshal Program]
WHICH IS 10, DISCUSSION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM. MR. WORSLEY?>> WELL, THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MR. BODI.
HE'S GOT A QUICK PRESENTATION.
HE'S GOING TO GO OVER SO OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE GENESIS OF THE MARSHALL PROGRAM, WHAT IT REALLY MEANS, AND WHAT IT WILL DO FOR OUR DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD. MR. BODI.
>> SCOTT, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE BOARD AND TO IST MEMBERS PRESENT.
FOR A MOMENT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU BACK TO JUNE OF 2022, JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE ROB ELEMENTARY TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED, GOVERNOR ABBOTT ISSUED SEVERAL DIRECTIVES TO THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AT THAT TIME REGARDING SCHOOL SAFETY.
THOSE DIRECTIVES INCLUDED CHANGES THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S OFFICE WAS SEEKING AT THE TIME.
IN TERMS OF TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTERS OVERSIGHT OF KATH 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS,
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AND SPECIFICALLY REGARDING ACTIVE SHOOTER PLANNING, AND TRAINING, ENSURING BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS ARE IN PLACE AND ARE OCCURRING AS REQUIRED, AND ALSO ENFORCEMENT OF ACCESS CONTROL POINT SECURITY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE IMPROVING IN THAT AREA.AT THAT TIME, FISD ADDED SEVERAL PROCESSES OVER THE COURSE OF THAT SUMMER TO EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SAW IN GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S DIRECTIVES TO THE SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.
AFTER CONSULTING WITH LOCAL LEADERSHIP FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS IN FRISCO, MCKINNEY, PLANO, AND TOWN OF LITTLE ELM.
ABSENT OF ANY LEGAL MANDATE TO DO SO, THE DISTRICT OPTED TO ADD POLICE ROVERS TO OUR SRO UNIT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WERE BEING COVERED BY THOSE SRO ROVERS, AS MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE A FULL-TIME SRO AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THIS WAS AN AUGMENTATION OF THAT APPROACH.
THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL MANDATES ADDED BY THE ADH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THE FORM OF HOUSE BILL 3.
MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS.
HOUSE THREE IS MANY THINGS RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AN ARMED SECURITY MANDATE IS ONE KEY PART OF THAT.
REALLY, IT WAS SERENDIPITOUS THAT WE HAD MADE THIS DECISION ALMOST A YEAR PRIOR TO ADD THESE PERSONNEL TO COVER OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AS I MENTIONED, HOUSEP THREE IS FAIRLY MASSIVE.
IT'S 45 PAGES LONG, 30 SECTIONS TOTAL.
BUT QUITE A BIT OF IT IS RELATED TO VARIOUS STATUTES AND REGULATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SOME ARE FOUND IN THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, THAT ARE RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY, INCLUDING THE ARMED SECURITY MANDATE, I JUST MENTIONED, ALYSSA'S LAW, WHICH IS AN ALERTING REQUIREMENT.
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FACILITY SAFETY STANDARDS AND THE DRILL STANDARDS AND ALSO USE OF THE TEA SENTINEL PLATFORM FOR MANDATORY COMPLIANCE REPORTING.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REFERENCES THAT YOU SEE THERE WERE RULEMAKING BY TEA THAT EXTENUATED OUT OF THE STATUTES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED UNDER HOSPITAL 3.
THE ONE I REALLY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THE TOP ONE YOU SEE IN THE LIST THERE.
THAT'S 37.0814, THE ARMED SECURITY MANDATE.
NOW, I KNOW THE FONT IS REALLY SMALL ON THIS.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT UP THERE FOR A MINUTE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT TO IMPACT HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE IT UP THERE, IN FACT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE EVERYONE 15, 20 SECONDS TO LOOK IT OVER.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF SECTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED AND BOLDED, AND UNDERLINED FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF 37.0814 IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR A COMMISSION PEACE OFFICER AT ALL CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY.
BUT IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THERE MAY BE DISTRICTS THAT CAN'T PROVIDE FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PEACE OFFICERS OUT THERE.
WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH OUR INTERACTIONS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP IS THAT THERE IS ACTIVE COMPETITION FOR PEACE OFFICERS AMONG DEPARTMENTS.
THAT MEANS THAT CERTAINLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TIME, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE IN RURAL AREAS WITH ASSIGNING PEACE OFFICERS TO ALL OF THEIR CAMPUSES.
THAT CERTAINLY IS A CHALLENGE FOR US WITH 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 32 OF WHICH ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF FRISCO, AND ANOTHER SIX IN MCKINNEY AND ANOTHER FOUR IN PLANO.
WHERE IT PROVIDES A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION, IT ALLOWS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT WHAT'S CALLED AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD.
THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD THAT YOU SEE THERE MAY INCLUDE A SCHOOL MARSHALL, A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, OR A PERSON WITH WHOM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACTS WHO HAS COMPLETED SCHOOL SAFETY TRAINING AND CAN CARRY A GUN OR THOSE THAT CRIES A HANDGUN ON SCHOOL PREMISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH WRITTEN REGULATIONS OR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATIONS.
THIS PART OF 370814 IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION AND THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PEACE OFFICERS AND THE LACK OF FUNDING, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER ASPECTS TO THIS.
THIS IS A UNDERFUNDED MANDATE.
THERE WAS SOME FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT IN LARGE PART, IT IS UNFUNDED.
IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, AGAIN, 11 MONTHS EARLIER, FISD, AT THE SUGGESTION OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP, WE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD WITH THESE ROVER OFFICERS, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PEACE OFFICERS ARE ROUTINELY VISITING OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
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THERE'S ONGOING VISITATION THAT'S HAPPENING.REALLY ALL THIS BOARD NEEDED TO DO AT THAT TIME IN AUGUST OF 2023 WAS TO ADOPT FORMALLY THE GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BLURRY, BUT THIS IS A SCREEN GRAB FROM THE GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION FROM EDUCATION CODE 37 0814.
THIS IS FROM AUGUST OF 2023, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT I PUT AN ARROW NEXT TO ON THE SLIDE ON YOUR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT I PUT AN ARROW NEXT TO THE DESCRIPTION OF OUR ROVER APPROACH.
THEN A BOX, I PUT AROUND A BOX AROUND ITEM NUMBER 6.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THAT NOT ONLY DID THE BOARD ADOPT A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION AND AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD, BUT IT ALSO WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE HAD A COMMITMENT.
I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN, A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND REASSESS OUR POSTURE AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS ELEMENT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE.
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, WE BEGAN EVALUATION AT THE DIRECTION OF LEADERSHIP.
MYSELF AND KEVIN HOLLER AND THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT, BEGAN EVALUATIONS OF ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.
THIS BEGAN WITH EVALUATION OF ARMED SECURITY CONTRACTORS.
THESE ARE SECURITY GUARDS THAT YOU SEE AT YOUR BANK AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY MIGHT BE AN OPTION.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, WE INVITED ATTORNEY JOE PARKS, WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND WAS PROVIDING AT THAT TIME GUIDANCE ON HOW DISTRICTS CAN COMPLY WITH THIS MANDATE TO EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS AROUND THE STATE.
WE BROUGHT JOE IN. HE GAVE US A SEVERAL-HOUR BOARD WORKSHOP.
IT WAS REALLY WELL PRESENTED ALL OF THE DETAILS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THOSE OPTIONS INCLUDE, AS LISTED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, A ARMED SECURITY CONTRACTOR THAT'S A SECURITY GUARD OR A PEACE OFFICER.
IN SOME CASES, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN FORM THEIR OWN ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHAT SOME SMALL DISTRICTS HAVE DONE.
THEN THERE'S ALSO A GUARDIAN PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES 16 HOURS OF TRAINING THAT IS NOT TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE STATE, IT CAN BE PROVIDED BY ANY PRIVATE TRAINING COMPANY.
THEN THERE'S ALSO THE MARSHALL PROGRAM.
THE MARSHALL PROGRAM IS 80 HOURS OF TEXAS COMMISSION LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING THAT OCCURS AT A POLICE ACADEMY.
AFTER LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE, WHAT REALLY GAINED OUR ATTENTION WAS THE SINGLE ROLE SCHOOL MARSHALL PROGRAM.
LET'S TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SINGLE ROLE MARSHALS VERSUS DUAL ROLE MARSHALS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISCOMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING IS ARMING STAFF, THAT TEACHERS AND COACHES, AND OTHERS THAT HAVE AN EXISTING ROLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AS A STAFF MEMBER.
THE SOLE JOB FUNCTION OF A SINGLE ROLE MARSHALL IS ARMED SECURITY TO PREVENT SERIOUS BODILY HARM OR DEATH.
THEY ARE HIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT DISTRACTED WITH OTHER DUTIES.
WE'RE ALSO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT CANDIDATES ONLY BE ALLOWED TO HAVE PEACE OFFICER EXPERIENCE, OR AS A PREFERENCE THAT THEY ARE FULLY RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS.
AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING IS A DUAL ROLE MARSHALL.
THERE ARE DISTRICTS AROUND US.
WE'VE EVALUATED 17 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL.
SOME HAVE COME UP WITH A SINGLE ROLE MARSHALL PROGRAM.
OTHERS HAVE OPTED FOR A GUARDIAN PROGRAM, SOME HAVE OPTED WITH A GUARDIAN AND AN ARMED SECURITY CONTRACTOR.
SOME HAVE AN ISD POLICE, AND THEY BACKFILL WITH ARMED SECURITY CONTRACTORS.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WHAT WE REALLY FEEL IS IMPORTANT IS THE LEVEL OF TRAINING THAT IS CAPTURED WITHIN THE SINGLE ROLE MARSHALL PROGRAM.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? ESSENTIALLY, WHAT IT MEANS IS A PROCESS THAT WOULD START AS SOON AS THE BOARD AUTHORIZES IT TO RECRUIT AND HIRE, AND TRAIN 49 MARSHALS AS FULL-TIME STAFF, ALONG WITH FOUR SUPERVISORS.
YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF, WELL, WE HAVE 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE NEVER KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT SICK OR OUT TO TAKE CARE OF JURY DUTY, WHATNOT.
THEY NEED TO HAVE BACKFILL POSITION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
THE PROGRAM WILL BE MAINTAINED AND OVERSEEN BY KEVIN HOLLER, OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY, AND THE FISD SECURITY DEPARTMENT, WITH MY DEPARTMENT PROVIDING A SUPPORTING ROLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE INITIAL LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM.
THESE ARE THE VERY BASIC CONCEPTS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE RULE MARSHALL THAT WE'VE PUT OUT THERE THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH 3070814, IS THAT IN ORDER FOR THESE CANDIDATES TO BE
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ACCEPTED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR TRAINING AT ONE OF THE POLICE ACADEMIES, THEY HAVE TO BE A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.FIRST OF ALL, LET ME BACK UP ONE SECOND.
WE HAVE TO BECOME AN AUTHORIZED OR APPROVED ENTITY FIRST.
THAT'S PAPERWORK, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO TCO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ONCE WE HAVE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HIRED, WE CAN THEN SUBMIT THEM TO TCO AFTER WE'VE SUBMITTED THEM TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, WE CAN SUBMIT THEM TO TCO FOR TRAINING.
THESE CANDIES MUST HAVE A LICENSE TO CARRY ALREADY WHEN THEY APPLY.
THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH 4- 6 HOURS OF TRAINING.
ONCE THEY'RE ACCEPTED AND THEY'RE SENT TO ONE OF THE SIX OR SEVEN TRAINING ACADEMIES HERE IN TEXAS, THEY'LL RECEIVE 10 STRAIGHT DAYS, EIGHT HOURS EACH OF MARSHALL TRAINING FROM PEACE OFFICERS.
THAT TRAINING INCLUDES NOT ONLY WHAT YOU WOULD THINK IN TERMS OF USE OF DEADLY FORCE FOR AN ARMED INTRUDER, BUT ALSO BREACHING TECHNIQUES AND SOME OTHER TACTICS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE SCHOOL MARSHALL PROGRAM, AND THOSE CAN BE LOOKED UP ONLINE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THE MARSHALL PROGRAM IS THAT OR A SINGLE ROLE MARSHALL PROGRAM IS THAT CANDIDATES MUST PASS WHAT'S CALLED AN L 3 PSYCH EVALUATION.
THIS IS THE VERY SAME PSYCH EVALUATION THAT PEACE OFFICERS HAVE TO PASS WHEN THEY APPLY FOR A LOCAL POLICE AGENCY.
THEY NOT ONLY HAVE TO PASS THAT INITIALLY, BUT THEY HAVE TO RECERTIFY FOR THAT EVERY TWO YEARS, ALONG WITH RE QUALIFYING BY TAKING 16 HOURS ADDITIONAL OF THE MARSHALL TRAINING.
THAT MARSHALL TRAINING IS PRETTY INTENSIVE.
THE INITIAL MARSHALL TRAINING WITH THE TEN STRAIGHT DAYS, THEY FIRE 800 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER CLASSROOM BASED INSTRUCTION THEY RECEIVE.
THEN THE LAST POINT I WOULD MAKE TO YOU IS THAT THE MARSHALL PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO BOARD REGULATIONS AND THAT MARSHALLS MAY ONLY ACT TO PREVENT OFFENSES INVOLVING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE NOT THERE TO STOP FIGHTS.
THEY'RE NOT THERE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC OR TO TAKE OTHER ACTIONS, SEARCHES FOR DRUGS, THAT THING.
THIS IS SOLELY FOR THE REASON OF ARMED INTERVENTION OF AN ACTIVE THREAT INCIDENT.
THAT'S VERY CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN THE TCO REQUIREMENTS.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT TO DIGEST.
I TRIED TO GET THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS I COULD.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, MR. LAW?
>> THANK YOU, JOAN. A QUESTION, THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BE THERE TO PREVENT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH.
HOW DO WE SEE THEM SET UP ON OUR CAMPUSES? ARE THEY GOING TO BE JUST SITTING IN AN OFFICE? ARE THEY GOING TO BE PATROLLING?
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A CENTRALIZED PLACE TO WORK FROM, BUT THAT THEY'RE ON THEIR FEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NOT ONLY OUTSIDE WHEN ARRIVALS AND DISMISSALS ARE OCCURRING, BUT ALSO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE ATHLETICS PROGRAMS THAT HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, WE WANT THEM MOVING IN BETWEEN OBVIOUSLY THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND THE EXTERIOR THE BUILDING, DEPENDING UPON THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS.
WE ALSO ENVISION THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOME ROLE IN OUR EXTERIOR DOOR SWEEPS, WHICH OCCUR DAILY.
RIGHT NOW, ADMINISTRATORS PERFORM THAT DUTY.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT BECAUSE ADMINISTRATORS GET TO KNOW THOSE DOORS INTIMATELY.
THEY KNOW DOORS THAT HAVE CONTINUAL ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH LATCHING, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THOSE THAT ARE BROKEN.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT COMPLETELY AWAY FROM ADMINISTRATORS, BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE THESE PERSONNEL CAN PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF THOSE EXAMINATIONS OF DOORS AS THEY GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
>> THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE PREVENT SERIOUS?
>> IT'S A PHYSICAL SECURITY ROLE THAT IS REALLY DEDICATED AND FOCUSED ON PREVENTING AN ARMED INTRUDER FROM, FROM DEADLY FORCE.
>> I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.
>> MRS. LOT. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. BODI, AS WELL AS YOU, MR. WORSLEY.
I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS CAME UP CLOSE TO TWO YEARS AGO NOW, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW BECAUSE OF STAFFING ISSUES, AND I REMEMBER AT THAT TIME THE BOARD ASKED YOU ALL, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE GET THERE? NOW HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF I'LL JUST CALL IT RED TAPE, I'M SURE, TO GET US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO VOTE TONIGHT ON POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM.
I DO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT NOT JUST OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, BUT OUR ELEMENTARY PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ROLE IS AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM AN SRO BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS MAYBE ALREADY HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT OR HAVE SOMEONE GO THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE USED TO THAT SRO MODEL.
OF DIRECTING TRAFFIC, BREAKING UP FIGHTS, SEARCHING VEHICLES OR LOCKERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT,
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AND THIS WILL NOT BE THAT. IT'S A DIFFERENT ROLE.IT'S A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE VERSUS CITY OF FRISCO POLICE EMPLOYEE.
I JUST THINK THE COMMUNICATION AROUND THAT IS GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR ELEMENTARY PARENTS TO WRAP THEIR MINDS AROUND IT.
I THINK IT WILL BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO OUR CAMPUSES, ASSUMING THAT THIS POLICY PASSES TONIGHT AND WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT I DO THINK THAT PIECE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.
>> IT'S A VALID CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION PIECE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT TRAINING.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR WHAT TRAINING WE PROVIDE TO THESE MEMBERS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY RECEIVE FROM TCO.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED AWARENESS OF WHAT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES ARE, SO THEY HAVE VISIBILITY OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PROVIDE CO TRAINING WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THEM IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING TRAINING FOR OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEIR ROLE IS AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS NOT.
I THINK BY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TIGHT IN TERMS OF PROCEDURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN PROVIDING ONGOING TRAINING FOR THESE MARSHALS, I THINK WHAT WE'LL FIND IS THAT THAT WILL BE MITIGATED TO SOME DEGREE.
I THINK WE'LL ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS THAT WILL COME TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS, BUT WE'LL HAVE TRAINED OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
THAT'S ALWAYS WHERE WE WANT THEM TO GO WITH THEIR QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST ANSWERS. THANK YOU.
>> MR. FANG, AND THEN MR. HILL.
>> MR. BODI, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND GIVING A RECAP AS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN EAR YEARS AND NOW.
QUICK QUESTION IS, ONCE FULLY IMPLEMENTED, I KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET IT FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
WHAT WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE ANNUAL COST AND ALSO FOR WHETHER IT'S A MANDATED OR UNMANDATED, FUNDED OR NOT.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR LISTENERS, IF WE CAN THROW LIGHT ON.
>> IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURES IN FRONT YOU.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE RECEIVE A SET OF DOLLARS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT.
THAT HELPS TO COVER SOME OF OUR COSTS OF OUR SRO PROGRAM.
BUT THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THAT.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE COSTS THAT WILL BE ONGOING FOR THE INITIAL START UP OF THE PROGRAM.
I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE FIGURES.
>> I HAVE IT. I CAN TELL YOU. RIGHT AHEAD.
WE HAVE BUILT 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR INTO THE BUDGET FOR 25 26.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT'LL TAKE TWO FULL YEARS OR TWO YEARS TO BE FULLY STAFFED, SO WE'RE BUDGETING FOR PART OF IT NOW.
PART OF IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR FOR NEXT YEAR, ANOTHER 1.6 MILLION DOLLAR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO A TOTAL OF ABOUT 4.1 MILLION.
WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE ABOUT $2,000,000 IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT UNDER CURRENT SCHOOL FINANCE LAW.
WE SPEND ABOUT FIVE MILLION ON SROS.
WE'RE NOT RECEIVING EVEN 50% OF OUR SRO COSTS FROM THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT.
WE DO ANTICIPATE LEGISLATION PASSING THIS SESSION THAT SHOULD AROUND DOUBLE THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT.
THAT WOULD GIVE US AN EXTRA $2,000,000 IN SCHOOL SAFETY.
WHILE THAT WON'T COVER THE COST OF OUR CURRENT JUST SRO PROGRAM, IT IS STILL $2,000,000 OF NEW MONEY TO FRISCOLISD.
WE'RE ALREADY SUPPLEMENTING THE SRO PROGRAM WITH OTHER FUNDING.
WE'LL HAVE ABOUT $2,000,000 POTENTIALLY ASSUMING LEGISLATION PASSES TO HELP COVER THE FOUR THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL COST.
>> AS LONG AS I'M AWARE OF CERTAIN RECENT HISTORY, AT LEAST, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN A LEADER IN SAFETY, AND I THINK COINCIDENTALLY, THE INSIGHT SURVEY WE JUST SAW HAD EXEMPLARY RESULTS ON SAFETY AND SO THAT'S TO BE COMMENDED.
WHEN THE 88TH SESSION COMPLETED, AND WE DID HAVE THE HB3 VOTE COME BEFORE US, I THINK IN THE FALL, MAYBE 2023, WE HAD THESE ITEMS ALREADY IN PLACE TO A LARGE DEGREE.
THEN, WHEN WE VOTED ON THE EXCEPTION, WE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED, AS NOTED IN YOUR SLIDE, THAT YOU WERE TO AND THE ISD WAS TO KEEP US ABREAST OF HOW WE CAN STAY IN TUNE AND UPDATE SAFETY MEASURES.
THIS, I THINK, IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
I KNOW FOLLOWING THAT WE HAVE HAD EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING FISCAL PD, WHO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH AND WHO WE RELY ON HEAVILY, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR AND MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING DELIBERATE AND SMART.
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ALSO, I THINK YOU HAVE MENTIONED ANALYZING WHAT COMES AFTER THAT VOTE IN 2023, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND JUST BEING DELIBERATE IN WHAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT IN HOW WE IMPROVE ON WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.ALL THAT TO BE SAID, I SEE THIS AS YOU ALL'S EFFORT.
I KNOW MYSELF AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN PINGING YOU ALL OCCASIONALLY, SAYING, HEY, WHEN CAN WE GET MORE UPDATES? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WHAT CAN BE DONE SMARTLY AND DELIBERATELY? I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS REFLECTS, AT LEAST TO ME.
I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS.
I ALSO WOULD ASK THAT THE RESPONSIVENESS CONTINUE.
AS THIS IS IMPLEMENTED AND GOING FORWARD, CERTAINLY WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN DOOR ON HOW TO IMPROVE THINGS EVEN MORE. THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION MR. KEVIN HOLLER, OUR DIRECTOR OF SECURITY, WHO ALSO HAD A HUGE ROLE IN THE EVALUATION PIECE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. I'LL PASS THEM TO HIM.
>> DO YOU MIND IF I ASK MR. BODI TO CLARIFY A VERY IMPORTANT POINT FOR YOURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN THE GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION, AND THAT IT DOES NOT GO AWAY?
>> GREAT POINT. THE ONLY WAY A SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN AVOID A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION IS TO HAVE PEACE OFFICERS ON EVERY CAMPUS.
>> THE MARSHALL PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE ENUMERATED GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTIONS.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IT IS IN THE STATUTE. YES, SIR.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, THANK YOU, MR. BODI, FOR TAKING TIME WITH US THIS EVENING AND SHARING THIS IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
[12. Communication to and from the Board including Public Comments]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 12, WHICH IS COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS.WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13 WHICH [OVERLAPPING].
>> MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING RIGHT HERE.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT COMES HERE TO SPEAK.
PAUL JESSEN, OLDER GENTLEMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE HAS A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY, A HEART FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL NOW.
I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT WE PRAY FOR HIM AND PRAY FOR HIS RECOVERY.
HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT AND HE USUALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
ANYWAY, LET'S JUST SAY WE'RE PRAYING FOR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. LOWE. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13 ACTION ITEMS.
[13.A. Consider and Act on approval of minutes from the April 14th Regular Meeting]
WE'LL MOVE TO A, CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 14 REGULAR MEETING. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 14 REGULAR MEETING AS PRESENTED.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
BOARD, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13 B.
[13.B. Consider and Act on approval of the Canvass of the Frisco ISD May 3, 2025, General Election]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE CANVAS OF THE FRISCO ISD, MAY 3, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CANVAS OF THE FRISCO ISD, MAY 3, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MR. LOWE, SECOND BY MR. PONANGI.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. SERRES MANDUVA, MRS. RENEE SAMPLE IN THE RE-ELECTION OF STEPHANIE ELAD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOU ALL SWORN IN AND READY TO SERVE.
THIS DELIGHTFUL WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN FRISCO ISD AS BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU AND WELCOME. [APPLAUSE].
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>> I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE REPETITIVE, BUT I CAN'T STOP FROM CONGRATULATING MS. ELAD FOR BEING RE-ELECTED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SUREE SHAN RENEE FOR BEING ELECTED AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT ITEMS 13 C AND D. WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE COME OUT AND TAKE ACTION ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13 E,
[13.E. Consideration and possible action regarding Recission of the Motion and Vote Made on April 14, 2025 to Direct the Superintendent to Engage a Demographer to Provide a Second Opinion as to Staley Middle School Enrollment Projections]
AND I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESCISSION OF THE MOTION AND VOTE MADE ON APRIL 14, 2025, TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ENGAGE A DEMOGRAPHER, TO PROVIDE A SECOND OPINION AS TO SALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MR. HILL, SECOND BY MS. ELAD.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA AND WHY WE'RE VOTING ON IT TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL SHARE THAT WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION OR THE MOTION WAS MADE DURING OUR APRIL 14 REGULAR BOARD MEETING, IT WAS NOT A MOTION THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE AS THAT REQUEST WAS UNDER $100,000, WHICH WE WOULD NOT NEED A VOTE OF THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
IT WOULD REALLY JUST BE A DIRECTIVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT THE AGENDA ITEM OR THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE ON APRIL 14, THIS MOTION IS TO RESCIND THAT MOTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NECESSARY.
WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13 F. CONSIDER AND ACT ON ADDITION OF BOARD POLICY,
[13.F. Consider and Act on Addition of Board Policy CKED (LOCAL) ]
CKED LOCAL, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS HB3.BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADDITION OF BOARD POLICY, CKED LOCAL AS PRESENTED.
>> 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.
BOARD, AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THIS MEETING,
[14. Consent Agenda Items]
THAT WE WILL BE PULLING AGENDA ITEM 14 B. I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A AND C THROUGH X. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS REVISED AND PRESENTED.
>> POINT OF ORDER. YOU'LL NEED TO CALL THEM OUT.
YOU HAVE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE MOTION IS.
>> IS IT JUST B THAT WAS REMOVED?
>> YES. YOU'LL HAVE TO VOTE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH B REMOVED AND APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A AND C THROUGH X.
>> 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.
BOARD WILL LOOK AT AGENDA ITEM 14 B,
[14.B. Consider and Act on approval of the recommended employment contracts for identified personnel, including the contracts for: 1. Managing Director of Special Education 2. Principal of Stafford Middle School]
WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION.WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE CONTRACTS FOR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, MICHELLE LOVELACE, PRINCIPAL OF STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, KENZIE WOODS.
BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE CONTRACTS FOR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, MICHELLE LOVELACE, AND PRINCIPAL OF STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, KENZIE WOODS.
BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
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MOTION PASSES 7-0. BOARD,[15. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E #2]
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER AGENDA ITEM 15, WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS 13 C AND D, AS WELL AS WE'LL MOVE UNDER TEXAS CODE 551 SUB-CHAPTERS D AND E, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND RECONVENE INTO OUR OPEN MEETING.FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, IF YOU ARE NOT HERE WHEN WE RETURN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
[16. Reconvene in Open Meeting]
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE INTO OUR OPEN MEETING.WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 17 A. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
[17.A. Consider and Act on the expulsion appeal filing submitted on behalf of student ARS pursuant to Board Policy FOD and the Student Code of Conduct]
>> I MOVE THE BOARD UPHOLD THE LEVEL 2 DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND DENIAL REMEDIES REQUESTED, WHICH HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED AT LEVELS 1 AND 2.
>> POINT OF ORDER. I THINK THAT WAS A MOTION ON ITEM 17 B.
>> YEAH, THAT'S B [BACKGROUND].
>> I MOVE TO UPHOLD THE EXPULSION ORDER OF STUDENT ARS.
>> MOTION BY MR. HILL, SECOND BY MR. LOWE.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, I WILL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
BOARD, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 17 B.
[17.B. Consideration and possible action regarding the Level Three grievance appeal submitted by student/parent Rauf-Khan pursuant to Board Policy FNG]
CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE LEVEL 3 GRIEVANCE APPEAL SUBMITTED BY STUDENT PARENT RAF KHAN, PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICY FNG.I MOVE THE BOARD FIND THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR DECISIONS WERE IN LINE WITH DISTRICT POLICY AND GUIDELINES AND ALLOWED GRIEVANCE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER THEIR STUDENT TO ANY FISD MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH CAPACITY, AND MOVE THE BOARD UPHOLD THE LEVEL 2 DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND DENY ALL REMEDIES REQUESTED, WHICH HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED AT LEVELS 1 AND 2.
>> MOTION BY MR. HILL, SECOND BY MRS. ELAD.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT. I JUST HOPE IT WAS THE CONS AND I FORGOT THE OTHER NAMES. I'M SORRY.
>> YEAH. I'M JUST SAYING I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE BEING VERY GRACIOUS IN WHAT WE EXTENDED TO THEM.
THAT'S IT. WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.
>> BOARD, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
MOTION PASSES 7-0. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13 A,
[13.A. Consider and Act on approval of minutes from the April 14th Regular Meeting]
CONSIDERING ACT ON THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT CONTRACT EXTENSION. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT CONTRACT EXTENSION AS PRESENTED.
BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13 D. CONSIDER AND ACT
[13.D. Consider and Act on Superintendent’s Contract Extension]
ON SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT EXTENSION. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT EXTENSION AS PRESENTED.
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BOARD, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU TO OUR SROS FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.