[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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>> HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IF I CAN HAVE YOUR ATTENTION UP HERE.
THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT AND WAITING WITH US AND FOR US.
[7. Recognitions (Part 1 of 2)]
I'M COURT MCLINTON CHIEF LEADERSHIP OF STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER HERE IN THE DISTRICT.THIS IS THE PORTION BEFORE THE ACTUAL FORMAL BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE SOME KIDDOS FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE OF AN INFORMAL SETTING, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS COME UP.
WE'RE GOING TO CLAP, APPLAUSE, TAKE PICTURES, HAVE A FUN TIME JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES.
THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO WORK, HERE IN JUST A SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS COME IT'S GOING TO BE CENTENNIAL TENNIS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO EXIT WITH THEIR PARENTS AFTER THEY'RE DONE.
NATIONAL MERIT PARENTS, WE WANT YOU TO STAY TIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO HONOR ALL 12 SCHOOLS, NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS.
ONCE THE 12 SCHOOLS ARE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM GO OUT ONE AT A TIME INTO THE ATRIUM.
AFTER THE 12TH SCHOOL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, AT THAT TIME, I'LL REMIND YOU, THEN YOU GO OUT TO THE ATRIUM AND YOU'LL HAVE PICTURES AND EVERYTHING DONE OUT THERE AS WELL.
WHILE WE'RE IN HERE, WHEN YOUR STUDENTS COME UP, UP ON THE SCREEN, IT'S GOING TO BE THEIR NAMES. YOU STAND UP.
IF IT'S YOUR SCHOOL, YOU TAKE PICTURES, YOU SMILE, YOU WAVE, TORY IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE DISTRICT TAKING PICTURES.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN TIME, LIKE I SAID, CELEBRATION WISE AS WELL.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ONSTAGE AND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL SENDING UP HERE WITH YOUR STUDENTS TOO.
THOSE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS. IF ANYBODY MESSES UP, WE'RE KICKING YOU OUT, NO AM JUST KIDDING WE WON'T KICK YOU OUT.
NOW, THOSE ARE INSTRUCTIONS, BUT I'LL CONTINUE TO REMIND YOU THROUGH THAT.
LET'S KICK IT OFF FIRST WITH CENTENNIAL TENNIS.
I'M GOING TO ASK CHRIS BIRCH, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF FRISCO IT TO COME ON UP.
CENTENNIAL TENNIS, IF YOU'D COME UP HERE, BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD COME ON THE STAGE.
BOARD MEMBERS [APPLAUSE] KEEP SCOOTING JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN HE SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO KICK OUT THE FIRST PERSON THAT MESSES IT UP, THAT'S PROBABLY ME THAT HE'S GOING TO KICK OUT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE PARENTS OF ONE OF THESE ATHLETES UP HERE, WOULD YOU STAND UP REAL QUICK SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PRACTICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU TAKE THESE KIDS TO.
THIS GROUP, AND I'LL TELL THEIR STORY REALLY QUICKLY.
LET ME FIRST INTRODUCE KIARA HENDERSON.
THAT IS THE PRINCIPAL OF CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR HEAD COACH, DOUG FAIR, AND ASSISTANT COACH, CARLOS AGUILAR.
BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING IN WHAT THEY DO.
IN FACT, BOTH OF THEM WERE RECOGNIZED AS THE TEXAS TENNIS COACHES ASSOCIATION REGIONAL COACHES OF THE YEARS. GREAT JOB, GUYS.
THIS GROUP OF ATHLETES THAT IS BEFORE YOU, THEY'RE ON A DISTRICT MATCH WIN STREAK OF 31 MATCHES IN A ROW.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL. GREAT JOB.
WHAT WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE, AND I'M GOING TO USE COACH AGUILAR. COME HERE.
I'M GOING TO USE YOU AS AN EXAMPLE.
NOT AS AN EXAMPLE, MAYBE AS A I DON'T KNOW, VISUAL.
WE ARE CELEBRATING, HOLD IT UP, THE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S PRETTY RARE TO GET ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT TO GET BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
GREAT JOB. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
CENTENNIAL TENNIS [APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE TAKE OUR PICTURE, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. HILL, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, JUST TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS, AND THEN WE'LL DO A LITTLE PICTURE UP HERE.
>> THANK YOU, COREY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF ALL, NOT JUST ON WINNING THIS YEAR, BUT ON WINNING THREE TIMES IN A ROW.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHILE I WAS UP HERE, I WANT TO SEE IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE STUDENT ATHLETES, PLEASE STAND UP. DO WE HAVE ANY PARENTS HERE? COME ON, STAND UP [APPLAUSE] I WANT YOU TO KNOW ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND THEIR POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP AND BEING GREAT AMBASSADORS FOR THIS DISTRICT.
NOT JUST ON THEIR SUCCESS, AND THANK VERY TALENTED KIDS HERE, BUT WE LOVE SEEING THE SUCCESSES AND THE POSITIVITY THAT YOU ALL BRING TO THE DISTRICT.
IT'S BECAUSE OF PARENTS LIKE YOU ALL THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS, TOO. LET'S GO DO IT AGAIN [APPLAUSE]
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ALL THE TALL GUYS AND GIRLS, Y'ALL GET IN THE BACK HERE.YOU GO TO SQUEEZE IN TWO LINES.
ALL THE ATHLETE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS FAST.
YOU SQUEEZE IN. TWO LINES. THERE YOU GO.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU ALL CAN GET AROUND.
>> ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR A TITANS [APPLAUSE] CENTENNIAL TENNIS, IF ALL WOULD GO OUT IN THE ATRIUM, CENTENNIAL PARENTS, IF ALL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THEM OUT IN THE ATRIUM, ALL CAN GO THERE AT THIS TIME, AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO OUR NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
THANK YOU [BACKGROUND] HERE WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT GROUPS.
REMEMBER, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
MR. CHETTI, MAKE EYE CONTACT. HERE HE IS.
HE'S COMING UP. HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING HERE.
THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 12 SCHOOLS COME THROUGH.
STUDENTS, WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, WE'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE YOU TOGETHER WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE, AND THEN ALL ARE GOING TO EXIT PARENTS, ALL STAY SEATED UNTIL THE 12 SCHOOL, THEN WE'LL SEND ALL OF Y'ALL OUT THERE AT ONE TIME.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS BLOCKING FOR THE TENNIS TEAM SO THEY COULD GET OUT.
I DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OUT.
WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST IN FRISCO.
WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE 146 STUDENTS THAT ARE NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS [APPLAUSE] IN THE NAME OF A THREE PIT, THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT FRISCO ISD HAS THE MOST NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS [APPLAUSE] ALL THAT SAID, STUDENTS EARN THIS BY TAKING THE PSAT/NMSQT IN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.
THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE A PART OF A VERY EXCLUSIVE GROUP THAT REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE UNITED STATES.
BEYOND HERE, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL A FEW OTHER STEPS TO POSSIBLY BE FINALISTS AND STUFF.
THEY WERE ALL GIVEN A FANTASTIC NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR YARD SIGN THAT I'M SURE IS UP IN ALL OF THEIR YARDS RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND, YOU SHOULD SEE 146 OF THOSE COUNT THEM.
BUT IN THE NAME OF THAT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL UP THE CAMPUSES ONE AT A TIME AND LET THEM STAND UP HERE WITH THE BOARD.
CENTENNIAL, IF YOU GUYS WILL WORK YOUR WAY UP HERE [APPLAUSE] THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
PARENTS, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. YOU CAN STAND UP AND TAKE THEIR PICTURE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
DON'T BE EMBARRASSED THAT YOUR CHILDREN STAND.
THEY'VE GOT TO GO OUT THAT WAY.
EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL HAS STEPPED UP NOW.
EMERSON, PARENTS, AGAIN, NOW YOU'RE IN. THERE YOU GO
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[APPLAUSE] THAT'S GOT TO BE GOOD.EMERSON, THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS IS FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, PARENT HOPEFULLY YOU'VE STOOD, TAKE YOUR PICTURES. THERE SHE GOES.
AGAIN, FEEL FREE, PARENTS TO STAND UP TO TAKE YOUR PICTURES SO YOU DON'T GET THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HEAD.
THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS. I SHOULD SEE A LOT OF PICTURES [BACKGROUND] THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME GREAT PICTURES IN THERE. INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE]
>> WELL DONE. THE LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] THIS IS LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].
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>> LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, WELL DONE.
[APPLAUSE] LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.
>> GOOD JOB. MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WELL DONE.
[APPLAUSE] ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE, THAT'S NICE.
>> WELL DONE. REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. [NOISE] [APPLAUSE].
>> CONGRATULATIONS, WELL DONE GUYS.
BEFORE WE LET YOU GUYS LEAVE, WE'RE GOING TO LET MR. HILL SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS HERE AS WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE PARENTS AGAIN, FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW WE HAVE HAD THIS DISTINCTION OF HAVING THE MOST NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT YOU GUYS AND YOUR KIDS ARE WHAT SET THIS DISTRICT APART.
AS A BOARD WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING ALL THE EXCELLENCE.
WHETHER IT'S IN FINE ARTS, IT SEEMS LIKE MARCHING BANDS, CRAZINESS, AND THE TENNIS TEAMS. BUT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT THE EXCELLENCE THAT WE HAVE ON THIS FRONT IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES FRISCO ISD FROM ANY OTHER DISTRICT AROUND AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD TO THE PARENTS OUT THERE, THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN YOUR KIDS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THEM COME TO FRISCO ISD.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU-ALL AND FOR YOU-ALL.
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>> YOU-ALL DID AWESOME ONE. NOBODY GOT KICKED OUT.
THAT WAS A FUN CELEBRATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS OUT IN THE ATRIUM, YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> EVERYBODY THERE'S A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING HERE AS THE RECOGNITIONS ARE WRAPPING UP.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE WERE IN OPEN SESSION AND HAVE BEEN SINCE THE RECOGNITIONS BEGAN AT 6:17 PM.
THE TIME IS NOW 6:39 PM AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
I WILL SAY WE NEED TO CLEAN UP A FEW CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND THAT WON'T TAKE US TOO LONG.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GET THE PLEDGES DONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD KIDDOS HERE HELPING WITH THAT.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 4 AND CAN I CALL ON MS. MCCUNE?
>> SORRY, WE'RE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE HAVE BOWLES ELEMENTARY HERE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
SO BOWLES ELEMENTARY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON UP? [APPLAUSE]
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>> THANK YOU. YOU-ALL STAY FOR PICTURES.
>> BOARD IF WE CAN GO TAKE SOME PICTURES REAL QUICK, PLEASE.
>> GRAD SCHOOL, CAN WE ALL SQUEEZE A LITTLE CLOSER TOGETHER SO WE INCLUDE EVERYBODY IN THE PICTURE.
ARE YOU READY? LOOK AT ME FIRST, SO I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY SO MOM AND DAD TO TAKE ALL THE GOOD PICTURES.
>> NOW IN AN EFFORT TO EXPEDITE THINGS A LITTLE BIT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE BACK UP TO AGENDA ITEM
[2. Closed Session under Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E ]
2 CLOSE SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SUB-CHAPTERS D AND E. I WILL ADJOURN THE BOARD.THE TIME IS NOW 6:43 PM. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS ENCLOSED.
THE MEETING IS NOW BEING RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.
[3. Reconvene in Open Meeting]
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH TONIGHT'S AGENDA.WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 5,
[5. Communication to and from the Board including Public Comments]
COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT.>> GOOD EVENING. WE NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA TO BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING, WHICH WERE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
[NOISE] EXCUSE ME. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN AD ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING NOT THE DISTRICT.
DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT OTHER ATTENDEES AND ONLY MAY ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.
TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PODIUM MICROPHONES WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER.
PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE.
IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE DISTRICT GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICY, DGBA (LOCAL), F&G (LOCAL), AND GF (LOCAL).
EACH GRIEVING PROCEDURES ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE ARE FIVE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY CHOOSE A POINT INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY POSTED ON AGENDA.
IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THIS MEETING AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING WHICH WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 23, 2026.
THE FIRST PORTION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION TO TAKE ILL STAKEHOLDERS TESTIMONY WHEN THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM PARENTS OF FRISCO ISD STUDENT, FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS, AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS.
ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME, HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO VERIFY AN INDIVIDUAL STATUS OR STAKEHOLDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
EACH STAKEHOLDER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.
STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MADDOX. THAT'S PROPERLY ON RECORD.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE HERE, BUT [INAUDIBLE].
WE'VE GOT A LONG MEETING, SO IT'S WELCOMED.
WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. SORRY, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS TONIGHT BOTH OF WHICH WE KNOW AND HOLD DEAR.
FIRST ONE UP IS MS. RENE ARCHAMBAULT.
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>> HELLO, BOARD AND DR. WALDRIP IST.
TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A LEADER WHOSE IMPACT ON FRISCO ISD HAS BEEN TRULY REMARKABLE.
AS DR. WALDRIP PREPARES TO RETIRE, WE PAUSE TO HONOR NEARLY A DECADE OF SERVICE THAT HAS SHAPED THIS DISTRICT IN PROFOUND AND LASTING WAYS. I'M NOT GOING TO CRY.
HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN ROOTED IN COMPASSION, HUMILITY, AND AN UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY STUDENT WHO WALKED THROUGH OUR DOORS.
THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, DR. WALDRIP GUIDED FRISCO THROUGH RAPID GROWTH, LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES, AND EVEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
BUT WHAT HAS ALWAYS SET HIM APART IS NOT JUST HIS STEADINESS AND DIFFICULT TIMES, IT'S THE HEART THAT HE BROUGHT TO EVERY DECISION.
HE MADE IT CLEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT MATTERS.
NOT JUST THE HIGH ACHIEVERS, NOT JUST THE ONES WHO ARE EASIEST TO SERVE, BUT ALL STUDENTS.
HE CHAMPIONED PROGRAMS THAT EXPANDED ACCESS, SUPPORTED STRUGGLING LEARNERS, ELEVATED THE ARTS, AND STRENGTHENED PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS OF EVERY BACKGROUND, ABILITY, AND INTEREST.
HIS COMPASSION EXTENDED FAR BEYOND POLICY.
IT SHOWED UP IN THE WAY THAT HE SPOKE ABOUT OUR KIDS, THE WAY HE CELEBRATED THEIR SUCCESSES, AND THE WAY THAT HE REMINDED US OFTEN WHY WE DO THIS WORK.
HE CARRIED THE WEIGHT OF THIS DISTRICT WITH GRACE, ALWAYS CENTERING STUDENTS AND ALWAYS TREATING OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THIS BOARD FOR SIX OF HIS NINE YEARS AS SUPERINTENDENT.
DURING THAT TIME, I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND HIS INTEGRITY, HIS THOUGHTFULNESS, AND HIS DEEP COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION.
HE APPROACHED EVEN THE HARDEST CONVERSATIONS WITH OPENNESS AND EMPATHY.
HE LISTENED AND HE TRULY LISTENED, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS.
HE FOSTERED A CULTURE WHERE EVERY SINGLE VOICE FELT VALUED AND EVERY CHILD HAD A PLACE IN THIS HOME THAT WE CALL FRISCO ISD.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, OUR DISTRICT GREW STRONGER, NOT JUST IN NUMBERS, BUT IN PROGRAMS, BUT IN COMPASSION, AND INCLUSIVITY.
HIS BELIEF THAT FRISCO ISD SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE ALL STUDENTS ARE SEEN, SUPPORTED, AND INSPIRED IS NOW WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF WHO WE ARE.
DR. WALDRIP'S LEGACY IS VISIBLE AND EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES IN STRENGTH AND SYSTEMS, AND IN THE COUNTLESS LIVES TOUCHED BY HIS LEADERSHIP.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT LIVES IN THE STUDENTS WHO FELT UNDERSTOOD, ENCOURAGED, AND WELCOMED BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT HE HELPED CREATE.
DR. WALDRIP, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
IN JUNE, YOU CAN'T LEAVE TODAY.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FORTHCOMING RETIREMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION, FOR YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY PUBLIC SERVICE TO WALK ALONGSIDE YOU.
I WISH YOU AND LISA BOTH JOY, REST, LOSS OF SCUBA ADVENTURES AHEAD.
THESE WORDS ARE ON BEHALF OF BOTH MYSELF AND THEN TWO TRUSTEES, FORMER TRUSTEES RATHER THAT WHO COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, BOTH JOHN CASE AND DEBBIE GILLESPIE.
WE LOVE YOU, AND WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE SERVED ALONGSIDE YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. ARCHAMBAULT, FOR BOTH YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR PRIOR SERVICE.
NOW UP, NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. ANNE MCCAUSLAND.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP, PRESIDENT HILL, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND IST.
MY NAME IS ANNE MCCAUSLAND, AND I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE FRISCO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM 2011-2020.
DURING THAT TIME, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE DR. MIKE WALDRIP.
FIRST, WHEN HE WAS A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN LATER WHEN HE BECAME SUPERINTENDENT FOR FRISCO ISD IN 2017.
DR. WALDRIP IS EXTREMELY SMART, WHICH IS COMPLEMENTED BY HIS WICKED SENSE OF HUMOR.
HE HAS CONSISTENTLY PRIORITIZED WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, ALL WHILE NAVIGATING THE CONSTANT CHALLENGING CURVEBALLS THROWN AT FISD AND PUBLIC EDUCATION OVER THE YEARS.
HE HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO MAKING A POSITIVE AND POWERFUL IMPACT OR DIFFERENCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY, STARTING IN THE CLASSROOM AND WORKING HIS WAY UP TO SUPERINTENDENT.
FOR OVER 44 YEARS, DR. WALDRIP HAS BROUGHT EXPERIENCE, PASSION, DETERMINATION, AND A TRUE LOVE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
HE HAS ALSO BROUGHT INNOVATION AND VISION, SUCH AS THE DYNAMIC ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY AND FISD FLEX, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THE FRISCO ISD COMMUNITY IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MIKE WALDRIP AS ITS SUPERINTENDENT.
WE ARE ALL BLESSED THAT FRISCO ISD CONTINUES TO BE A DESTINATION DISTRICT FOR FAMILIES DUE TO HIS COURAGE, LEADERSHIP, AND VISION.
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THANK YOU, DR. WALDRIP, AND I WISH YOU AND LISA ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THESE WORDS ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER TRUSTEE WHO'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, CHAD RUDY, ALSO, SINCE HIS VERY BEST.
THANK YOU AGAIN, DR. WALDRIP, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. MCCAUSLAND, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ALSO FOR YOUR PRIOR SERVICE. APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 6, BOARD REPORT.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON THE TRUSTEES TO PRESENT THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARD REPORTS.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, DR. WALDRIP WANTS TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
WE'LL PAUSE ON AGENDA ITEM 6 FOR A SECOND.
>> LADIES, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND SAY THOSE WORDS.
I CANNOT THINK OF ANY BETTER PEOPLE TO SERVE BESIDE THAN YOU TWO AND ALL THE OTHER TRUSTEES.
IT HAS BEEN MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT.
MS. ARCHAMBAULT, YOU AND I HAVE COMMON BATTLE SCARS.
IT WAS QUITE SOMETHING, SOME OF THE THINGS WE WENT THROUGH.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY BETTER PLACE IN THE WORLD TO WORK THAN FRISCO ISD, AND I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED FOR ONE MINUTE DOING WHAT I'VE DONE WITH MY LIFE FOR THE LAST 44 YEARS.
IT'S BEEN MY TREMENDOUS PLEASURE AND HONOR TO SERVE IN THIS DISTRICT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
>> THANK YOU, DR. WALDRIP. I SUSPECT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THIS TO COME IN YOUR FUTURE, TOO. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE TISSUE BOXES AROUND.
>> YOU WILL NEED TISSUES BEFORE WE'RE DONE HERE. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
>> LAST TIME I CRIED WITH MICHAEL JORDAN RETIRED.
>> NOW I'M REALLY GOING TO THE BOARD REPORT.
[6. Board Report]
AT THIS TIME, WHEN I MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 6, AND I CALL UPON THE TRUSTEES TO GIVE THEIR BOARD REPORTS.I DID HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT AS WELL FOR DR. WALDRIP BECAUSE I KNOW WE'LL BE MAKING SOME DECISIONS TODAY REGARDING HIS RETIREMENT. I'LL JUST READ WHAT I WROTE.
SINCE 2020, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ALONGSIDE DR. MIKE WALDRIP, A SUPERINTENDENT WHOSE LEADERSHIP HAS TRULY DEFINED WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE WITH HEART, HUMILITY, AND EXCELLENCE.
OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT IN FRISCO ISD HAS ACCESS TO A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION AND ONE THAT CHALLENGES THEIR MINDS, NURTURES THEIR POTENTIAL, AND PREPARES THEM FOR SUCCESS BEYOND OUR CLASSROOMS. DR. WALDRIP HAS LED WITH BOTH VISION AND STEADINESS, NAVIGATING SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX SEASONS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FOR OUR DISTRICT, FROM GUIDING OUR DISTRICT THROUGH HISTORIC GROWTH AND RAPID EXPANSION TO PROVIDING A CALM, COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP DURING VERY UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
HIS ABILITY TO FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS MOST, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND FAMILIES, TRULY SET HIM APART.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, FRISCO ISD HAS CONTINUED TO THRIVE, MAINTAINING ITS REPUTATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
HE HAS CHAMPIONED INITIATIVES THAT EXPANDED STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORTED EDUCATORS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS, AND UPHELD OUR DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, ALL WHILE KEEPING A GENUINE CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE HE SERVES.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, SERVING ALONGSIDE DR. WALDRIP HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE LEARNED THOUGHTFUL DECISION-MAKING THROUGH HIS DEDICATION TO COLLABORATION, HIS ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND A SHARED VISION, AND I LEARNED THAT A MAN OVER SIX FEET COULD MAKE BREAD.
[LAUGHTER] HIS LEADERSHIP HAS LEFT AN UNDENIABLE MARK ON FRISCO ISD AND ON THOSE OF US THAT ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SERVE WITH HIM.
AS WE BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING FRISCO ISD'S NEXT SUPERINTENDENT, OUR COMMUNITY WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT.
WE ARE COMMITTED, DR. WALDRIP, TO ENSURING THAT THIS NEXT LEADER CONTINUES THE STRONG TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND CARE THAT YOU HAVE DEFINED AS FRISCO ISD EXCELLENCE.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM.THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADY LEADERSHIP.
JUST LIKE RENEE SAID, YOU CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL JUNE. MORE TO COME.
>> ONE MORE THING. I DID CUT THAT SHORT.
THE NEXT THING THAT I HAVE IS THE PANTHER CREEK MARCHING BAND.
I WANTED TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM FOR THEIR THIRD-PLACE UIL PLACEMENT AT THE STATE COMPETITION.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING DOWN TO SEE THEM PERFORM, AND THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
THEY WILL ALWAYS BE FIRST PLACE IN MY HEART.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR THE THIRD PLACE AND THE UIL STATE COMPETITION.
>> TRUSTEES DAVIS, TRUSTEE ELAD.
>> WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE SAYING GOODBYE TO DR. WALDRIP JUST YET.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED, BUT I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS RETIREMENT AND WISH HIM LOTS OF OUTDOOR MUSIC AND SOURDOUGH BREAD.
I'LL SAY MORE WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET CLOSER TO THE RETIREMENT.
BUT I DID WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMMUNITY PARADE WAS BACK.
THE VETERANS DAY COMMUNITY PARADE WAS BACK, AND THERE WERE FIVE TRUSTEES ALONG WITH DR. FAUCH AND THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, ONE OF THE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR THAT MARCHED IN THE PARADE.
IT WAS AT KALEIDOSCOPE PARK THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION STILL DOWNTOWN, BUT IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED, AND OUR STUDENTS DID AN AMAZING JOB.
IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH THAT, GREAT, AND IF NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF PICTURES ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
THEY GOT SOME GREAT PHOTOS OF THE BOARD, TOO. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS LAST MONTH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON A PANEL ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION REGARDING THE RELIGIOUS LAWS THAT WERE PASSED.
IT WAS SPONSORED BY AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE DFW CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY.
THEY WANTED A TRUSTEE TO SPEAK ABOUT A CURRENT SITTING TRUSTEE IN TEXAS, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LAWS THAT THE LEGISLATOR HAD PASSED.
WE MOSTLY TALKED ABOUT TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND WE MOSTLY ALSO TALKED ABOUT A RULE THAT DISTRICTS CAN ALLOW STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY LEAVE CAMPUS TO GO ATTEND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY MISS INSTRUCTION AT THE CAMPUSES, AND IT'S EXCUSED, THEN THEY COME BACK.
WHICH OPERATIONALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD DO THAT.
BUT I WAS ON THE PANEL WITH TWO STATE REPRESENTATIVES, ONE REPUBLICAN, ONE DEMOCRAT, AND THEN ANOTHER PERSON WHO SPONSORS THIS OFF-CAMPUS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FROM FRISCO THERE.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BECAUSE IT WAS HOSTED AT SMU CAMPUS.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO RUN INTO ANYONE ACTUALLY FROM FRISCO, BUT THERE WERE SOME THERE, AND IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PANEL.
THE TWO LEGISLATORS GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT.
I JUST SAT THERE AND WATCHED. BUT THE ATTENDEES WERE ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW DISTRICTS WOULD OPERATIONALIZE SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT THE STATE PASSED.
IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT TRUSTEES AND A PANEL LIKE THAT. JUST WANTED TO SHARE.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ELAD. TRUSTEE MANDUVA.
>> I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT LAST WEEK, I HAPPENED TO PARTICIPATE AT THE DALLAS AREA INCUBATOR CDU SHOWCASE AT SMU, ALONG WITH ME, THE FISD TEACHERS, MR. TOMMY THOMPSON, RAVINIA LOCKE, AND JILL BELL, J MARCUS LANGSTON, AND ALONG WITH THEM.
THE ADMINISTRATORS, DR. JONES AND ASHLEY SHEIN, WAS PART OF THE THING, AND THIS UNCHARTED LEARNING DALLAS AREA INCUBATOR STUDENT SHOWCASE HOSTED BY SMU COX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
BROUGHT TOGETHER SOME OF THE MOST PROMISING ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE REGION.
STUDENTS FROM EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DALLAS AREA PRESENTED THEIR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS CONCEPTS, SHARING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TEAMWORK.
REPRESENTING FROM THE FRISCO ISD STUDENT TEAMS FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, FRISCO HIGH, AND LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, SHOWCASE THEIR VENTURES ALONGSIDE OTHER TOP PROGRAMS IN NORTH TEXAS.
EACH TEAM PITCHED THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF FELLOW STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS, DEMONSTRATING THEIR CREATIVITY, RESEARCH, AND TEAMWORK.
AFTER ALL PRESENTATIONS, STUDENTS VOTED TO DETERMINE THE TOP THREE TEAMS IN THE SHOWCASE.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENT CAME FROM EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE NATURES NOTE TEAM AND FIRST PLACE OVERALL FOR THEIR INNOVATION APPROACH AND OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION.
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THE PROJECT IMPRESSED THE JUDGES AND THE PETS ALIKE WITH A CLEAR VISION, STRONG VISION MODEL, AND PASSIONATE DELIVERY.ANOTHER STANDOUT ALSO FROM EMERSON, WHO ARE IN THE ACCELERATOR TEAM WITH A PRODUCT CALLED VIRA.
ALSO CAPTURED ATTENTION WITH THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND ENGAGING PRESENCE.
THE TEAM DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL CONFIDENCE AND COMMAND WHILE PRESENTING TO THE AUDIENCE, EARNING RECOGNITION FOR THEIR STRONG COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION SKILLS.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THE FISD TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND ALSO SUPPORTIVE PARENTS, IN ATTENDANCE, CELEBRATING THE HARD WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS.
EVENTS LIKE THIS SHOWCASE THE STRENGTH OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EDUCATION ACROSS THE DALLAS AREA AND THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS INCUBATOR EDU AND ACCELERATE EDU, WHICH ARE PART OF THE UNCHARTERED LEARNING CURRICULUM.
THESE EXPERIENCES EMPOWER STUDENTS TO DEVELOP REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, COLLABORATE WITH MENTORS, AND BRING CREATIVE IDEAS TO THE LIFE.
THIS DALLAS AREA SHOWCASE SMU NOT ONLY CELEBRATED STUDENT INNOVATION, BUT ALSO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS IN NURTURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS FROM THIS INITIATIVE.
>> I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE SAYING THANKS TO DR. WALDROP TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO THINK WORK IS DONE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY, DR. JACKSON AND I VISITED NICHOLS ELEMENTARY, WHERE I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM ANNOUNCING THEIR TEACHER OF THE YOUR MS. SMIDLE.
THAT WAS A VERY EXCITING PROCESS BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.
ALSO AT THAT VISIT, THEIR STUDENT COUNSEL SAT WITH ME AND TALKED TO ME AND INTERVIEWED ME, AND THAT WAS AN AMAZING PROCESS BECAUSE THOSE KIDS ARE SO INSIGHTFUL AND THEIR COUNSELOR SAID THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR QUESTIONS ON THEIR OWN AND THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
ALSO, WE VISITED PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED AND TAKE A SINGLE PICTURE THERE AND IF YOU DON'T POST AND TAKE A PICTURE, THEN IT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN, BUT I PROMISE IT DID.
IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN INSIDE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE HOW OUR EDUCATORS START OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS SO EARLY ON LEARNING THEIR LIFE SKILLS TO HAVE THE FUTURE READY.
IT WAS JUST REALLY NEAT TO SEE ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THEM TO LEARN AND GO THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
MANY OF US ATTENDED THE STATE OF EDUCATION.
I THINK IT WAS THE CHAMBERS FIRST STATE OF EDUCATION.
THEY USUALLY HAVE THE STATE OF THE CITY, AND THEY DID STATE OF EDUCATION, AND WE GOT TO WATCH DR. FOUCHE AND DR. WALDROP SIT ON A PANEL AND ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND REALLY GIVE INSIGHT ON WHAT THE LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I THINK I WOULD LOVE THE CR CITY TO DO SOME MORE OF THAT.
IT WAS ALSO NEAT BECAUSE THEY HAD U AND T, UTD, AND COLLIN COLLEGE LEADS ON THE SAME PANEL.
IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT TO SEE HOW FRISCO OFFERS THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS FROM K THROUGH 12 TO THESE OTHER OPTIONS AFTER GRADE SCHOOL AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THAT.
I ATTENDED WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE LIBRARIAN THERE WORKS WITH HER EDUCATOR TO CREATE THIS INTERACTIVE PROCESS FOR THEIR TEXAS HISTORY CURRICULUM, AND THAT WAS AMAZING AND ALSO, THEIR LIBRARIAN IS THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
WE DELIVERED FRISCO EDUCATION FOUNDATION GRANTS TO TEACHERS NOT LONG AGO WITH MS. SAMPLE, AND I THINK MS. DAVIS WAS THERE.
OVER $92,000 IN GRANTS GIVEN TO OUR EDUCATORS GO FEF. I SEE YOU MS. SIGN.
THEN WE HAD LIBERTY REDHAWKS, THEIR VOL THEIR GIRL VOLLEYBALL THEIR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM, JUST COMPETED IN THE SEMI STATE FINALS ON SATURDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T BRING HOME THE WIN, BUT I WAS AT SOME OF THE MATCHES THE MATCH BEFORE THAT FOR THE REGIONAL FINALS WAS AMAZING.
THESE GIRLS I SEE YOU OVER THERE, TERRY SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
IT AMAZES ME HOW MANY TIMES OUR STUDENTS, SOMETIMES YOU GO TO THEIR EVENTS LIKE THE CENTENNIAL TENNIS TEAM HERE.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SITTING IN A PROFESSIONAL EVENT, WHICH IS NICE.
THEN WAN'YE PANTHER CREEK MARCHING BAND.
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I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT WHAT I DID DO WAS BUY THE UL PACKAGE, WHICH LET ME WATCH IT FROM THE COMFORTS OF MY HOME.THAT WAS EXCITING, AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK, A COUPLE OF US WENT TO WATCH WAKIN LONESTAR AND LEBANON TRAILS.
THEY COMPETED AT STATE FOR 5A IN SAN ANTONIO.
I'M MISSING ONE LONESTAR, LEBANON TRAILS, WAN. I THOUGHT WE HAD FOUR.
WE HAD THREE THAT WENT TO STATE.
ANYWAY, IT WAS A FUN EVENTFUL MONTH.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE SOME AWESOME KIDS AND EDUCATORS IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SALAS. TRUSTEE SAMPLE
YES, I DID GO TO THE GRANTS FOR GREAT IDEAS.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR SUPPORTING FEF AND JUST SEEING THE INSTRUCTORS AND THE STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS BECAUSE IT IS A SURPRISE.
TO SEE THOSE TEACHERS REACTIONS IS PRECIOUS IT'S DEFINITELY PRECIOUS.
WE'VE SEEN SOME JUMP UP AND DOWN.
WE'VE SEEN SOME CRY ACTUALLY, AND WE'VE SEEN JUST THE STUDENTS GET SO EXCITED BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY WANT SOME MONEY, BUT THEY DIDN'T [LAUGHTER] MY OTHER ADVENTURES WILL WORK, I GUESS, THE TEACHING AND LEARNING SUBCOMMITTEE.
I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO DR. JONES, DR. CUNNINGHAM, DR. FIORI, DR. FAUST, AND DR. HART FOR PUTTING ON THE PROGRAM TOUR FOR US FROM FISCAL ISD AG BOND AND TO THE CENTENNIAL CTE PROGRAMS INCUBATOREDU.
WE SHERI SALAS, TRUSTEE SAMPLE AND TRUSTEE MANDEVA, BOTH WENT ON THAT TOUR WITH US.
WE STARTED AT THE AG BOND AND AT THE AG BOND.
WE GOT TO SEE SOME STUDENTS WITH THEIR ANIMALS, TAKING CARE OF THE ANIMALS.
WE GOT TO ASK THEM HOW DO THEY GET JUDGED.
THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED THEY ACTUALLY GET COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM TAKING CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS AND PUTTING THEM IN COMPETITIONS ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY COVER THEM FOR OVER MORE THAN TWO YEARS WORTH OF COLLEGE EDUCATION.
THAT IS JUST AWESOME TO SEE AND I LOVE THE INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY LEARN A LOT FROM TAKING CARE OF OTHER ANIMALS.
WHAT ELSE WE THEN WE LEFT THERE, WE WENT TO CENTENNIAL.
THANK YOU TO MR. SCHERTZ FOR THE AG BOND TOUR.
THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL HENDERSON FOR CENTENNIAL.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND SEE THE INCUBATOREDU PROGRAM WITH TOMMY THOMPSON IN THE ROOM THERE, AND WE ALSO ABLE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS LED SHOWED US THEIR AG MECHANICS DEPARTMENT.
THEY LOVE WORKING WITH METAL VERSUS WOOD.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE COST OF MATERIALS AND THEY REALLY ENJOY THEIR TEACHER.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED IS, CAN WE STAY WITH HIM FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, CTE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AT THE SCHOOL, AND THEY WANTED TO STAY WITH HIM BECAUSE HE HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ON THAT TOUR THAT WAS ENLIGHTENING.
I ALSO ATTENDED A REZONING COMMITTEE MEETING WITH TRUSTEE MADDOX TO JUST TO LEARN ABOUT A LOT OF THE FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT THE STAFF AND IS TEAM MAKE FOR REZONING.
IF THEY HAD ANY ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES, WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS AND IN THE FUTURE, I WAS JUST REALLY INFORMATIVE, GREAT WAY TO GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU.
>> TRUSTEE SAMPLE. I WILL JUST MAKE A FEW QUICK COMMENTS.
ONE, I AM PROUD OF THIS BOARD AND HOW ENGAGED WE ALL ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT ALL THE TIME, AS YOU CAN TELL, AND WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE UP THE WHOLE NIGHT, BUT WE WON'T.
I DO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF TRUE AMBA, MCCLAIN, DAVIS, AS TO DR. WALDROP, AND WE WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER.
BUT I WANT TO ADD JUST 30 SECONDS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
I BELIEVE A GOOD SIGN OF LEADERSHIP IS THE PEOPLE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH.
ONE OF MY OBSERVATIONS AS FROM BEING ON THIS BOARD IS DR. WALDROP YOU HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN EXCELLENT TEAM AROUND YOU.
THEY MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD, AND THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD
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KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE AROUND THAT DR. WALDROP AND THAT SIT UP HERE WITH US AND ARE EXCELLENT.WHEN YOU HAVE A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE WITH ALL THE ISSUES RANGING FROM CURRICULUM TO HUMAN RESOURCES TO ATHLETICS TO FINANCE, THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THERE AND THEY ARE NOT EASY, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SPOTS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A REAL TRAIT THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE THAT DOESN'T GET DISCUSSED ENOUGH.
IT'S A GOOD SIGN OF LEADERSHIP AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THIS DISTRICT HAS BENEFITED FROM, AND SO WE WILL HAVE MANY CHANCES TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT IS A HALLMARK OF A GOOD LEADER, AND WE HAVE THAT HERE IN FRISCO ISD.
THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO POINT ON, STATE OF EDUCATION, FEF STUFF, SO MANY GOOD THINGS, WE HAVE A LOT OF LEADERSHIP FRISCO PEOPLE HERE.
SITTING RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
I'M A PRODUCT OF LEADERSHIP FRISCO CLASS 22, AND I AM VERY PROUD OF MY TIME SITTING IN Y'ALL SEATS AND GOING THROUGH IT.
I UNDERSTAND EDUCATION DAY IS COMING UP, I THINK MAYBE NEXT MONTH.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW OF OUR TRUSTEES TALKING TO YOU ALL THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THE CITY AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE AND CONTINUE TO KNOCK IT OUT.
DON'T MISS THOSE CLASSES BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY STRICT ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT'S THE EASY WAY TO INJECT THE CITY OF FRISCO INTO YOUR VEINS IN THE COURSE OF ABOUT A YEAR.
THANKFUL FOR THE CHAMBER TO HAVE IT AND THANK FOR ALL TO JOIN US TODAY.
[8. Invocation]
TO AGENDA ITEM 8 INVOCATION, TRUSTEE AD.>> THANK YOU. A VERSION OF THIS PRAYER IS SAID EVERY WEEKEND AT SYNAGOGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I CHOSE THE SHORTEST VERSION TONIGHT.
I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
OUR GOD AND GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS, WITH MERCY, ACCEPT OUR PRAYER ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY AND ITS GOVERNMENT, POUR OUT YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS LAND, UPON ITS INHABITANTS, UPON ITS LEADERS, ITS JUDGES, OFFICERS, AND OFFICIALS WHO FAITHFULLY DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF JUSTICE YOU HAVE DECREED SO THAT PEACE AND SECURITY, HAPPINESS, AND FREEDOM WILL NEVER DEPART FROM OUR LAND.
GOD WHOSE SPIRIT IS IN ALL CREATURES, WE PRAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT BE AWAKENED WITHIN ALL THE INHABITANTS OF OUR LAND.
UPROOT FROM OUR HEARTS, HATRED AND MALICE, JEALOUSY, AND STRIFE.
PLANT LOVE AND COMPANIONSHIP, PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG THE MANY PEOPLES AND FAITHS WHO DWELL IN OUR NATION.
GRANT US THE KNOWLEDGE TO JUDGE JUSTLY, THE WISDOM TO ACT WITH COMPASSION AND THE UNDERSTANDING AND COURAGE TO ROOT OUT HATRED FROM OUR LAND.
MAY IT BE YOUR WILL THAT OUR LAND BE A BLESSING TO ALL WHO DWELL ON EARTH AND MAY YOU CAUSE ALL PEOPLES TO DWELL IN FRIENDSHIP AND FREEDOM? SPEEDILY FULFILL THE VISION OF YOUR PROPHETS AND LET US SAY AMEN.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE A LOT. WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 9, DISCUSSION REGARDING 2026, 2027.
I NEED TO GO BACK UP TO AGENDA ITEM
[7. Recognitions (Part 2 of 2)]
7 BECAUSE WE DID HANDLE SOME OF THE RECOGNITIONS, BUT NOT ALL.THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MADDOX, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 7A, COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLAGGING ME DOWN BY THE WAY.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THESE GUYS TAKE THESE STEPS.
>> OKAY. NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU DOWN, MR. HILL AND SUPERINTENDENT WALDROP.
WILL YOU JOIN DOWN? YES. YOU CAN ALL COME DOWN. COME ON DOWN.
WHILE THEY'RE COMING DOWN, I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER RECOGNITION FOR TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, WE PROUDLY HONOR THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 8273, AND AMERICAN LEGION POST 178 AS FRISCO ISD PARTNERS.
BOTH OF THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENTS TO SERVICE EXTEND FAR BEYOND THEIR MILITARY SACRIFICE.
IT CONTINUES IN THE WAY THEY SHOW UP FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
FROM SUPPORTING STUDENT PROGRAMS TO MODELING LEADERSHIP AND PATRIOTISM, THEIR IMPACT REACHES EVERY CORNER OF OUR DISTRICT.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP, THEIR EXAMPLE, AND THEIR DEDICATION TO ENSURING THE NEXT GENERATION UNDERSTANDS THE TRUE MEANING OF SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, BOTH OF YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE PICTURE AT A TIME.
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THE BOARD MEMBERS, I WANT YOU TO STAY.THOR AND JOHN, IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO STAY IN BOTH.
THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU GUYS.
THIS IS AMERICAN LEGION FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. [APPLAUSE]
>> NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 9,
[9. Discussion regarding 2026-2027 Instructional Calendar ]
DISCUSSION REGARDING 2026, 2027 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR, AND I'LL CALL ON DR. CUNNINGHAM.>> I'M GOING TO START OUT AND SET IT UP A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN DR. CUNNINGHAM IS GOING TO GET INTO THE MECHANICS OF IT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, MAY OF 2027, THE WEEK OF MAY 17, SOMETHING AWESOME IS HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A GOLF FAN IN FRISCO, THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IS GOING TO COME HERE THAT WEEK.
FOR US, IT DOES CAUSE SOME A LOT OF OPERATIONAL THOUGHTS THIS COMING IN.
FROM TYPICALLY THAT WEEK, AND I'M LOOKING AT MY COUNTERS WHILE I KEEP LOOKING DOWN, THAT WEEK OF THE 17TH WOULD BE OUR LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL WITH THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, TYPICALLY BEING THAT FRIDAY THE 21ST.
DURING THAT TIME, THAT'LL BE THE SECOND DAY OF THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
THERE WILL BE 60,000 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS HERE EACH DAY.
THERE'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY CITY BUILT FOR 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS WITH SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS BEING IN CLOSE VICINITY TO IT, AND YOU ALL KNOW WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS A YEAR AGO, THEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT MORE LAST SPRING.
MS. DAVIS AND I GOT TO GO AND SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON, ALONG WITH QUITE A BIT OF MS. DAVIS DID NOT ENJOY IT.
>> IT WAS US AND QUITE A BIT OF FRISCO PD AND THE EMT FOLKS, THE FIRE FOLKS, PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OFFICE, JUST TO SEE THE SHEER SIZE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING IN AND HOST AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
REALLY, FROM A SAFETY AND SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, WE DECIDED THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WAS TO LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR ENDING SCHOOL A WEEK EARLIER THAN WE TYPICALLY WOULD DO IT, WHICH WOULD HAVE US GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL ON MAY THE 14TH INSTEAD OF MAY THE 21ST.
REALLY, YOU'RE TALKING HOTEL ROOMS, IT'S NOT JUST THE EIGHT OR NINE SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT.
I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
IN THE FIRST CALENDAR COMMITTEE MEETING, ONE OF THE OFFICERS AND I CAME AND TALKED ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE THERE TO GIVE THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE A FEEL FOR WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
BUT I'LL LET DR. CUNNINGHAM TAKE OVER FROM HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO START OUT WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. WE DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU.
BUT BEFORE WE DID THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR, I WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF.
WE GET LOTS OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE CALENDAR.
IT'S ALL FABULOUS, SOME OF IT WE ASK FOR.
IN SEPTEMBER, AS WE'RE PREPPING FOR THE CALENDAR SUB COMMITTEE MEETING, WE SENT OUT A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND STAFF COMMIT RESPONDED.
YOU SEE UP THERE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SURVEY RESULTS.
A LOT OF IT POINTS TO SOME THINGS WE DID IN THIS CALENDAR THAT THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO REALLY LIKE.
THEN IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS CALENDAR COULD LOOK LIKE, WE GAVE A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS FOR THINGS, WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY BE OKAY WITH.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENDING DAY INTERNALLY, AND THEN WE PITCHED SOME IDEAS ABOUT IF WE HAD TO ADD SOME MINUTES TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR,
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HOW WELL WOULD THAT BE RECEIVED? SURVEY RESULTS ARE HERE ON THE SCREEN.THAT'S THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DATA FOR YOU.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, ONCE THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE AND I'M GOING TO TALK BRAGGING THEM ON A FEW BIT MORE IN A MINUTE.
BUT ONCE THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, THEY CAME UP WITH TWO CALENDARS TO PRESENT TO LEADERSHIP, THE PRINCIPALS AND THE DIRECTORS AND BOTH CALENDARS WERE REALLY WELL RECEIVED.
BUT THE ONE THAT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SELECTED BY THE LEADERSHIP IS THE ONE THAT THE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALONG THE WAY.
PRIOR TO, AND THEN AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DEVELOP ONE THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
THE NEXT SLIDE INTRODUCES OUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A CALENDAR COMMITTEE THAT'S A GROUP OF THIS DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE 10 STAFF MEMBERS, EIGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND EIGHT STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.
KIM AND I FACILITATE THIS, BUT WE DON'T DETERMINE WHAT THEY DEVELOP.
WE GIVE THEM SOME CONSTRAINTS AND I CAN GO ON AND ON.
WE ALSO HAD TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE EX-OFFICIAL MEMBERS, MISS SALAS AND MISS DAVIS, AND THEY WERE THERE TO OBSERVE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO REPS, MR. EHMKE, TEACHER AT FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND AASHI VERME, A STUDENT AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEN KIM AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> HI. MY NAME IS AASHI VERME.
I'M A SOPHOMORE AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST TO GIVE A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE FOUR MEETINGS WE HAD.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FASTEST THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE HAS EVER CREATED A CALENDAR, SO I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF A TEAM LIKE THAT.
JUST TO GIVE A QUICK RUNDOWN, OUR FIRST MEETING, WE ALL MET UP, WE WENT OVER OUR GUIDELINES AND OUR RULES, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE GOT HOMEWORK ON THE FIRST DAY, AND WE ALL DEVELOPED OUR OWN CALENDAR, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
BY MEETING 2, WE HAD SPLIT UP INTO OUR TWO TEAMS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, TEAM KIM WAS MUCH BETTER.
>> WHO WAS THE OTHER TEAM? I WANT TO KNOW WHO.
>> I MIGHT SAY THEY PICKED OUR VERSION, I'M JUST SAYING.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A CALENDAR WITHIN ONE DAY, WHICH WAS SUPER SHOCKING, I BELIEVE.
BY MEETING 3, WE JUST WENT OVER SOME QUICK FEEDBACKS AND ADJUSTED SOME DATES THAT WE ALL HAD OPINIONS ON.
BY MEETING 4, WE'RE JUST LAST MINUTE DETAILS.
OBVIOUSLY, OUR BIGGEST CONSTRAINT WAS, OF COURSE, THE PGA, WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF SHIFT IN THE CALENDAR.
WE HAD TO ADJUST OUR MINUTES, OUR DAYS, OUR TIMINGS, BUT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO KEEP OUR BREAKS THE SAME ALIGNED WITH ALLEN, PROSPER, PLANO, OF COURSE, GRADUATION OF COURSE, WAS PUSHED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, OR IT WAS ADJUSTED.
SOME UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS WAS THAT WE HAD THREE LESS CONTRACT DAYS FOR TEACHERS, AND THIS YEAR, WE HAVE NO MORE BANK DAYS.
IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A BAD WEATHER MAKEUP DAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO USE IT.
WE WERE ABLE TO HIT ALL OF OUR GOALS WITH THE MINUTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> NOW YOU ACTUALLY GET TO SEE IT.
WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS THE VERY FIRST MEETING WEST SAID, YOU'RE OURS FOR THE NEXT SIX WEDNESDAYS, AND WE WERE ALL RETHINKING THAT DECISION TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
BUT WHEN WE FINALLY MET TOGETHER THE TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, WE WERE VERY CLOSE.
IT WAS JUST A TWEAKING OF JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DAYS, WHICH ALL THE FEEDBACK, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE AS A SECONDARY TEACHER TO HEAR AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER SAY, HEY, THIS AFFECTS SPECIALS, WHEN YOU MOVE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY HERE, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS DAY OFF, AND THE PARENTS WHO WOULD SAY, THIS IS WHEN WE DO COLLEGE VISITS, THAT EVERYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY ARTICULATE AND VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY AT SOME TIME OR THE OTHER.
MOST TEACHERS WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM A SANITY PERSPECTIVE, OURS, NOT CHILDREN'S, AND HAVING THOSE BREAKS THROUGHOUT EVERY MONTH, BECAUSE EVEN A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FEELS LIKE A BREAK WHEN YOU GET TO GO FOR A GROWN UP LUNCH AND NOT EIGHT IN 20 MINUTES.
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THOSE SET SO THAT PARENTS COULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY, BUT YET WE PLAN FOR AP TESTING TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR AND KNEW THAT WHEN WE DID THE BACKWARDS PLANNING ON GETTING OUT ON THE 14TH, NO ONE WANTS TO START IN JULY.
NOT ONE PERSON ON THAT COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
THEN HOW DO WE FIT THIS ALL IN? THE 5 MINUTES DIDN'T FEEL LIKE ANY BIG DEAL AT ALL AT
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THAT POINT COMPARED TO STARTING IN JULY, ADD THE MINUTES, WE'LL TAKE IT.LIKE AASHI SAID, THERE'S NO BANK DAYS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT THEY HAD ONE, WE HAD NONE.
BUT BOTH THE SEMESTERS ARE BALANCED.
THERE'S EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBER.
TELLING STAFF, I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS CALENDAR TO SOMEONE TODAY AND I SAID, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE LESS DAYS THAT WE'RE WORKING, BUT WITH NO PAY DEDUCTION, BUT WE'LL REVERT BACK TO THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS.
IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT MINUTES.
WHEN YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE FROM A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS I'M WORKING, IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT I'M WORKING. THAT HELPS.
WHEN THEY SEE THE CALENDAR AND SEE HOW BALANCED IT IS ACROSS THE YEAR, THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYBODY.
WE TOOK IN ALL THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT EVERYBODY WANTED ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY.
WE WERE ALL REALLY PLEASED WITH THE CALENDAR THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
I WILL SAY THAT KIM AND WEST REALLY DID JUST GUIDE US, AND THEY LET THE COMMITTEES BASICALLY CRAFT IT.
THEY JUST GAVE US THE FEEDBACK WHEN THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY STAYED OUT OF IT, WHICH WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
I KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE UP HERE AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED WITH DR. WALDER FOR A LONG TIME WITH AND NOW FOR AND WHO HAD CHILDREN WORK FOR HIM AS A SUPERINTENDENT IN CAPPEL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT FRISCO ISD DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE IN IT, AND WE ARE ALL BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF IT.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS FOR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. SHE IS. THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND THANKS TO THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE WORK, AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAD SIX MEETINGS PLAN.
THEY GOT THIS DONE IN FOUR. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY REPLACED BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU, THE CALENDAR THAT'S BEING PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL DOES IN SCHOOL ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL, IF YOU WILL.
IT DOES ADD FIVE ADDITIONAL MINUTES TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY.
THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR MINUTES.
THOSE ARE TWO OF THE HOT TOPICS THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT UP FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
EVERYTHING ELSE, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOLIDAYS AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU'LL SEE QUITE A BIT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE CURRENT YEAR SCHOOL CALENDAR AND THE PROPOSED ONE FOR NEXT YEAR.
YOU GUYS, KIM AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST SHARE MY SIDE OF THE STORY.
I DID NOT ENJOY GOING TO THE THIS IS RECORDED.
WE LOVE THE PGA. I LOVE GOLF. NOT SO MUCH.
[LAUGHTER] BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN I ARRIVED AT THAT LOCATION FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF LEARNING HOW THE PGA WAS GOING TO AFFECT FRISCO ISD STUDENTS AND STAFF, I HAD TO COME BACK AND BE A PART OF THIS CALENDAR COMMITTEE BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED MY COLLEAGUES AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT THEIR PRO SHOP IS GOING TO SIT IN THE PARKING LOT OF PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY MOM BRAIN TURNED ON AND I THOUGHT THAT IS CLOSE TO 01,200 PEOPLE DURING A SCHOOL YEAR THAT HAVE NOT HAD BACKGROUND CHECKS.
FOR ME, IT WAS AN OBVIOUS ANSWER.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ENDING A WEEK EARLY.
BUT AGAIN, MY MOM BRAIN POPPED ON IMMEDIATELY.
YES, THE PGA IS CLOSE TO SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
BUT IN MY OPINION, THE GREATEST IMPACT IS PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THE PRO SHOP ISN'T ACTUAL, IT'S A MALL. IT'S A STORE.
IT'S HUGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO PARK IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PANTHER CREEK'S PARKING LOT.
I WANT EVERYONE TO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE TAKE A VOTE FOR THIS.
>> IT'S A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR AIR CONDITIONED TEMPORARY BUILDING.
OUR ELEMENTARIES FOR CONTEXTS ARE ABOUT 90,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS TWO THIRDS THE SIZE OF ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS,
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AND IT IS SOMETHING. IT IS IMPRESSIVE.THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS OF ALL TIMES.
LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS A BABY TRUSTEE, IT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT I WAS TOLD AND WE NEED A TRUSTEE HERE AND I DID IT.
IT IS AMAZING WORK, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER COME BACK EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HARD TO DO, BUT YOU KNOCK IT OUT, YOU GET IT DONE, YOU HAVE A PRODUCT AT THE END NOBODY IS HAPPY ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET EVERYTHING ON THE CALENDAR TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
BUT IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT GOOD WORK, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
AS FAR AS GOLF, I'M A GOLFER, OR A GOLF FAMILY.
I'VE BEEN IN THAT PRO SHOP BEFORE AND BETHPAGE IT'S VERY EXCITING, SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THE TOURNAMENT COMING.
I WENT INTO IT KNOWING THAT FULL UNDERSTANDING LIKE, MY GOSH, BECAUSE PEOPLE IN FRISCO, WE'VE HAD TOURNAMENTS AT OUR GOLF COURSE, BUT NOT A MAJOR.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS IS A MAJOR.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU, KIMBERLY AND WEST FOR ALL THE WORK EVERY YEAR ON THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
>> I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO END SCHOOL EARLY BECAUSE OF A GOLF TOURNAMENT, I THOUGHT, THAT SEEMS CRAZY.
THEN WHEN IT POPPED UP ON OUR AGENDA, I GUESS I JUST LOST SIGHT OF IT.
I'M NOT ON THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE AND THEN WHEN IT CAME UP ON THE AGENDA, AND I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR.
I THOUGHT, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO DO THIS.
WOW. I DID CALL MISS ALICE AND I DID ASK HER, IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY? DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS? SHE WALKED ME THROUGH IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I UNDERSTAND NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES SEEM ALMOST AWESOME TO ME THAT WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A WEEK EARLY BECAUSE OF A GOLF TOURNAMENT.
BUT IF THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND I'M ALL FOR IT.
I WOULD SAY THOUGH, AND MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THIS, DR. CUNNINGHAM.
I THINK, MISS MCCUNE, YOU ALSO HANDLE THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE.
I'M ASSUMING THE PLAN IS TO GO BACK, PULL THOSE 5 MINUTES BACK NEXT YEAR FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR AND GO BACK TO A MORE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR.
I GUESS THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION. IS THAT THE PLAN?
>> THE OTHER FUN THING THAT HAPPENS IN 27/28 IS WE HAVE A NEW ASSESSMENT PLAN FROM IT.
OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO KEEP THE 5 MINUTES.
THAT WILL HELP US MEET SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RELEGATED TO WITH ALL OF THE NEW ASSESSMENT PLANS FROM TEA.
TO BE FAIR AND COMPLETE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP THE 5 MINUTES AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
>> WE'LL CONTINUE TO END THAT EARLY IN MAY OR I GUESS THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE NEXT SURE?
>> THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, BUT IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO END QUITE THIS EARLY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL STATE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.
>> TRUSTEE SAMPLE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S AMAZING WHAT FIVE MINUTES CAN DO OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
I THINK WHEN I SPOKE WITH DR. WALDROP, FILE ME UP FOR THAT.
THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEE M. HILL AND MS. FIORI FOR THE HELP IN DOING THIS, THE PARENTS ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 10,
[10. Discussion regarding District ESL Program ]
DISCUSSION REGARDING DISTRICT ESL PROGRAM.>> THANK YOU. TONIGHT, OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS TEAM IS HERE TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR DISTRICT'S ESL PROGRAM.
THIS WILL BE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR ESL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION AND HOW WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT ARE SERVED THROUGH ESL.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL, MRS. PAGE BURRY, YOU CAN WAVE.
SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE HAVE MRS. LISA MORALES.
YOU CAN WAVE. SHE IS OUR ESL COORDINATOR WITHIN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT.
THESE TWO THEIR PASSION AND VISION FOR THIS PROGRAM IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE AT A BOARD MEETING, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH OF THIS PROGRAM.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU LADIES.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HILL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. WALDROP, AND IST.
LIKE DR. FIORI SAID, WE ARE BOTH SO PASSIONATE ABOUT SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS TIME TO SHARE
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A BRIEF AND HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW WITH YOU.THIS IS OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM.
WE HAVE MICHELLE HEARN, PAUL POLK AND JORDAN GREER ARE ALL ESL FACILITATORS.
LISA MORALES IS OUR ESL COORDINATOR, AND BRENDA PARA IS OUR ELPAC CLERK.
THESE LADIES SUPPORT ON CAMPUS DAILY AND CELEBRATE THEIR PROGRESS AS STUDENTS MOVE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM.
TONIGHT, WE HOPE THAT OUR SESSION OUTCOMES FOR YOU ALL WILL BE THAT DISTRICT LEADERS UNDERSTAND HOW THE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE OR OUR ESL PROGRAM.
YOU'LL HEAR US REFER TO IT AS THAT, SERVES EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN PRE K THROUGH 12TH GRADE IN FRISCO ISD.
>> ONE THING WE LIKE TO START WITH WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE ESL PROGRAM IS THAT IT IS NOT A LIFELONG PROGRAM.
WE STARTED TODAY WITH A LITTLE MAP OF HOW STUDENTS WIND UP IN OUR PROGRAM AND THEN HOW THEY HOPEFULLY EXIT ONCE THEY BECOME ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
STARTING IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED WITH A INITIAL TEST TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAM.
IF THEY DO QUALIFY AND ARE SERVED AS AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENT OR AN EB STUDENT, THEY THEN RECEIVE CONTENT BASED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FROM THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT TA SETS BEFORE US.
EACH SPRING, THEY TAKE NOT ONLY THE STATE REQUIRED STAR AND EOC TESTS, BUT AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TEST, THAT'S CALLED TELPAS, TO SHOW THEIR GROWTH.
THEN HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF THEY MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, FOR BOTH OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS, THEY CAN RECLASSIFY OR EXIT FROM THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE ORANGE DOWN THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THAT IF THEY DON'T QUITE MEET THE STANDARD YET THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAPPILY TAKE THEM BACK FOR NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUE TO GROW THAT LANGUAGE IN CONTENT KNOWLEDGE.
>> THE STORY OF FRISCO ISD IS THAT WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, BUT THE ESL POPULATION IS NOT ONE OF THOSE ENROLLMENTS.
AS OF A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE HAD 7,957 STUDENTS.
IT'S A MOVING TARGET BECAUSE KIDS ARE MOVING IN AND OUT.
THEY'RE BEING TESTED ALONG THE WAY.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE GOAL IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RECLASSIFY AND MOVE ON INTO THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT AND JUST OUR MONITORING OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE TESTED 18,052 STUDENTS THAT ARE NEW TO TEXAS THIS YEAR.
ABOUT 800 OF THOSE ARE OUR PRE K STUDENTS.
PRE K IS DEFINITELY ADDING TO OUR EB STORY IN THIS DISTRICT.
THESE ARE THE TOP 10 LANGUAGES THAT WE SERVE CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE 77 LANGUAGES THAT WE SERVE IN FRISCO ISD AS OF RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY TELUGU SURPASSED SPANISH.
OUR LANGUAGES ARE GROWING AND JUST CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE.
WE DO HAVE A BILINGUAL PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT MISS ELI GOT TO GO OUT AND VISIT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THAT'S AT KRISTIE AND CAROL, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL PROGRAM AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
>> IN THE ESL DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING PRE K THROUGH 12, AND THAT IS WHAT IS REFLECTED HERE ON THIS GRAPH.
AS PAIGE SAID, THE PRE K PROGRAM IS WHAT KEEPS US IN BUSINESS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN PRE K, KINDER AND FIRST GRADE, THOSE BARS ARE QUITE HIGH AND THEY DO MAKE UP ABOUT 40% OF OUR POPULATION.
THEN AS YOU SEE THE STUDENTS GETTING OLDER, YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS GETTING SMALLER, AND THAT MEANS OUR PROGRAM IS WORKING.
WE'RE RECLASSIFYING STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE ENGLISH PROFICIENT AND THEY NO LONGER NEED OUR SERVICES.
THIS IS A SECOND GRAPH AND A DIFFERENT LOOK AT WHAT OUR POPULATION IS MADE UP OF.
I REFERENCED ON THAT ROAD MAP SLIDE EARLIER, THE TELPAS TEST, THAT IS OUR STATE ASSESSMENT FOR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY GROWTH.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAM MET AT THAT ADVANCED LEVEL ON TELPAS LAST YEAR.
IF YOU'RE DOING THE MATH IN YOUR HEAD, OUR CURRENT PRE KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS HAVEN'T TAKEN TELPAS YET, SO THEY'RE NOT REFERENCED HERE ON THIS GRAPH, JUST OUR OLDER STUDENTS ARE.
THE WAY THAT WE SERVE ALL OF THESE AMAZING STUDENTS ARE WITH SOME VERY AMAZING STAFF MEMBERS.
AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE HAVE A POSITION CALLED THE LANGUAGE COACH.
AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WE HAVE ESL TEACHERS.
THEN AT BOTH LEVELS, THERE'S A SPECIAL POSITION CALLED
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THE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SPECIALIST THAT IS NOT FUNDED THROUGH LOCAL FUNDS, BUT RATHER THROUGH THAT FEDERAL TITLE 3 MONEY.THE PLACEMENT OF ALL OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS IS BASED ON THE NEEDS AND THE NUMBERS AT EACH CAMPUS.
THE WORK AND THE DAILY WORK OF THOSE FOLKS IS TO SUPPORT WHO YOU SEE THERE IN THOSE BOTTOM YELLOW BOXES, WHICH ARE OUR GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO KNOW OUR STUDENTS BEST.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TEACH THESE CHILDREN DAY IN AND DAY OUT, SO THEY ARE THE ONES WHO IMPLEMENT THAT CONTENT BASED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS ANY LINGUISTIC SCAFFOLDS THAT THE STUDENTS MIGHT NEED.
OUR GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AT THE SAME TIME.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR THAT.
WE'RE DOING BOTH OF THOSE AND GROWING THOSE AT THE SAME TIME.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GREEN ROCK HERE, THAT SUPPORTING OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IS JUST ONE OF OUR FOUR MAIN FOCUSES.
COACHING AND STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE WAY WE SUPPORT THOSE CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR STUDENTS.
THEN AN EXTRA SPECIAL PIECE THAT WE GET TO BE IN CHARGE OF IS THAT COMPLIANCE SIDE.
THAT IS THOSE INITIAL IDENTIFICATION TESTS TO DETERMINE IF STUDENTS NEED OUR PROGRAM OR NOT.
THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT HELP THEM ACHIEVE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THEN ADMINISTERING THAT STATE TEST TELPAS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO DR. NICE TEAM BECAUSE OF HIM, WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE A PICTURE OF HERE, WHICH WE CALL OUR PROGRESS MONITORING FORM.
WHAT HIS TEAM DID WAS BUILD A BEAUTIFUL DATA CODED BACKGROUND THAT AUTOMATICALLY UPLOADS EVERY STUDENT SCORES INTO ONE SPREADSHEET.
THEN WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THE STATE AND LOCAL DATA AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
THIS GETS UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE HAVE TO START THE YEAR, AND THEN ALL OF THE LOCAL ASSESSMENTS GET ADDED IN AS WE GO ALONG.
THAT HELPS US TO DETERMINE HOW DO WE HELP THE KIDS AND HOW DO WE HELP THE TEACHERS HELP THE KIDS? YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAM MODELS THAT WE USE AND THE WAY WE DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE CHOOSING FROM THIS SECTION IS BASED ON THAT DATA THAT YOU SAW ON THE PROGRESS MONITORING SHEET ON THE SLIDE BEFORE.
ONE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IS OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.
THEY SET THE TONE AT THEIR BUILDING FOR WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH QUITE YET.
WHEN WE HAVE THAT GREAT DATA, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM MODEL IDEAS, WE CAN TAKE THOSE TO OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WOULD WORK BEST FOR THE KIDS THAT YOU SERVE AT YOUR SCHOOL.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL FOR YOU? DOES THAT ALIGN WITH YOUR CAMPUS GOALS THIS YEAR? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT WORK? THEN THIS IS MY FAVORITE GRAPH THAT I EVER GET TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU'LL SEE IF YOU'RE IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH AND YOU CAN SEE THREE VERSIONS OF IT.
THE FIRST IS THE ELEMENTARY VERSION.
THIS IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL VERSION AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST FOR THE SIZE SAKE, I'LL GO BACK TO ELEMENTARY, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THIS ONE TOGETHER.
TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE THREE COLORS YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THAT BLUE BAR IS OUR CURRENT EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
WE KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH FULLY YET, THEN PROBABLY TAKING A HIGH STAKES TEST ISN'T GOING TO BE THAT EASY FOR YOU.
YOU CAN SEE THAT BAR IS A LITTLE SHORTER.
THE GREEN BAR ARE THE ENGLISH SPEAKING KIDS WHO ARE NEVER IN OUR PROGRAM THAT DIDN'T NEED ENGLISH SUPPORT.
THEN THE YELLOW BAR IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE THE MOST PROUD OF.
BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS GRAPH IS THAT ONCE STUDENTS DO RECLASSIFY FROM OUR PROGRAM AND BECOME THAT YELLOW FORMER EB, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE BARS GO.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE BILINGUAL BRAIN HAS TO WORK SO HARD TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN THOSE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY GET TO PERFORM LIKE THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE SO PROUD OF.
WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE THE HONOR TO WORK WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE DATA CLERKS AND THE RECEPTIONISTS AND EVERYONE WHO SERVE THESE FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEM WITH YOU TODAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS GOING TO JUST TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR JUST A SECOND IN CASE YOU ALL HAD SOME QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK OF OUR DIRECTOR AND COORDINATOR.
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>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 11,
[11. Discussion regarding findings from Intruder Detection Audit at Frisco ISD campuses]
DISCUSSION REGARDING FINDINGS FROM INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT AT FRISCO ISD CAMPUSES.>> THANK YOU, MR. HILL. GOOD EVENING BOARD.
JUST REAL QUICK, TO LET YOU KNOW, JON BODIE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
HE IS ACTUALLY PRESENTING AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN LOUISVILLE THIS WEEK.
WE MS. JON BEING HERE, BUT WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE OUR COORDINATOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, CHOWEY BLARNEY, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND TO THE IST FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE DO THIS.
TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS THAT ARE CONDUCTED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY EVERY YEAR, PARTICULARLY THIS SCHOOL YEAR OF 2025/26.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER, I'LL REFRESH REAL QUICK, THAT THESE AUDITS BEGAN IN AUGUST OF 2022, FOLLOWING A DIRECTIVE BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE ABILITY FOR AN INTRUDER TO GAIN ENTRY TO OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH AN EXTERIOR ENTRY POINT.
AS OF TODAY ON NOVEMBER 17TH, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS CONDUCTED INTRUDER DEDUCTION AUDITS AT 27 FISD CAMPUSES.
THAT REPRESENTS 35% OF OUR DISTRICT CAMPUSES TO DATE.
NOW, WHILE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIKELY INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF THESE AUDIT RESULTS, THE STATE HAS INFORMED OUR DISTRICT, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO THE BROADER PUBLIC AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION.
ALSO, AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS WERE DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD EXECUTIVE SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING.
RESULTS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 16TH, AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE TEA TO CONTINUE THESE AUDITS TO HELP US KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE IST IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE.
WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE THIS UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
>> APPRECIATE IT. WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 12,
[12. Discussion regarding the 2025 Financial Audit]
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT. MS. SMITH.>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK JOHN DE BURROW, WHO IS OUR AUDIT PARTNER FROM WEAVER TO GIVE YOU GUYS A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE RESULTS OF OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT, WHILE HE'S MAKING HIS WAY UP, YOU ALL HAVE A COPY AT YOUR SEAT OF OUR 2025 POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY FRIENDLY VERSION OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE READER FRIENDLY THAN OUR LONGER 200 PAGES COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT JOHN'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT.
YOU HAVE THESE AND THESE WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> THANK YOU, KIM. GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDROP, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MEET WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT.
AS KIMBERLY MENTIONED, JOHN DE BURROW, I'M THE AUDIT PARTNER AND WITH ME IS LAUREN BUG, OUR AUDIT MANAGER.
WE'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S AUDIT WITH YOU AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS GO IN THE RIGHT WAY.
I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT INCORPORATES SOME OF OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS ALONG WITH THE AUDIT RESULTS AND SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.
WE BEGAN OUR AUDIT BACK IN MAY WITH PLANNING FOR THE AUDIT AND PERFORMING INTERIM FIELD WORK, WHICH I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT, PERFORMED OUR FINAL FIELD WORK IN SEPTEMBER AND ISSUED OUR REPORTS ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS LAST WEEK.
OUR AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, WHICH IS WHAT WE CONDUCT THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AUDIT OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT THE DISTRICT USING.
WE ALSO TESTED THE DISTRICT'S COMPLIANCE WITH VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS, AND GRANT AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND VARIOUS TEA REQUIREMENTS.
>> WE USE A RISK BASED APPROACH, WHICH MEANS THAT WE TAILOR OUR RESOURCES MORE HEAVILY IN AREAS OF HIGHER RISK OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT.
AND AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION LETTER TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE KNOWN AS SIGNIFICANT RISKS OR SPECIFIC RISK.
AND I JUST WANT TO DIFFUSE ANY THOUGHT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG HERE AT THE DISTRICT,
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SIGNIFICANT RISK OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED UNDER AUDITING STANDARDS TO IDENTIFY AS PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCEDURES.AND THE TWO SPECIFIC RISKS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS ARE CONSIDERED INHERENT RISKS IN ANY FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.
SO THEY'RE NOT ANYTHING THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE AT FRISCO.
WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE TO YOU.
IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION IS A RISK THAT MEANS THAT REVENUES COULD BE IMPROPERLY INFLATED OR THEY COULD BE RECOGNIZED IN THE WRONG PERIOD.
MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF CONTROLS MEANS THAT SOMEBODY COULD CIRCUMVENT CONTROLS TO RECORD THINGS THAT ARE UNAUTHORIZED.
WHAT WE DO AS PART OF OUR PROCEDURES IS WE LOOK AT THE CONTROLS, WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES IN THESE AREAS, IDENTIFY CONTROLS, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED ARE IN PLACE AND OPERATING AS DESIGNED.
WE ALSO PERFORMED SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION TESTING.
SO WE USE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING, FOR INSTANCE, WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT REVENUES AND STATE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM REVENUE.
WE ACTUALLY DO DETAILED TESTING, TESTING THOSE AMOUNTS TO THE PAYMENT REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AS WELL AS THEIR SUMMARY OF FINANCE REPORTS.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WERE NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS, THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING BAD WHEN YOU HEAR SIGNIFICANT RISK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WAS NO ISSUES HERE AT FRISCO ISD.
PART OF OUR TESTING, WE LOOK AT OTHER SIGNIFICANT AUDIT AREAS SUCH AS CASH INVESTMENTS, RECEIVABLES, CAPITAL ASSETS, VARIOUS LIABILITIES.
AS I MENTIONED, WE WALK THROUGH INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER VARIOUS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING CONTROL AREAS, SUCH AS PAYROLL, CASH DISBURSEMENTS, REVENUES, FINANCIAL CLOSE.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE AND OPERATING IS DESIGNED, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL.
WE TESTED INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER BOTH FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE, AS WELL AS FEDERAL COMPLIANCE, AND WE TESTED COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
WE TESTED CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOTH THE EXPENDITURES THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS PROCUREMENT AND BIDDING REQUIREMENTS.
WE USED VARIOUS TYPES OF TESTING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS VOUCHING, MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS, SAMPLING, AND ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AS PART OF OUR TESTING.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, GO THROUGH THE AUDIT RESULTS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR.
THE TWO SLIDES RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT.
WE'VE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL 25, THAT MEANS THAT WE FEEL THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROPERLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP.
AS I MENTIONED, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR AREAS OF NON COMPLIANCE.
THE SECOND SLIDE SHOWS THE AUDIT RESULTS FOR THE FEDERAL AWARDS, AND I WANT TO MENTION HERE THAT THE MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD TO TEST THIS YEAR WERE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLUSTER AND TITLE II PART A.
WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR TESTING.
WE'VE DONE OUR REVIEW PROCESS.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR REVIEW PROCESS.
HOWEVER, WE CANNOT ISSUE OUR FINAL REPORT, THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE REPORT ON THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASES THE FINAL VERSION OF THE OMB COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT.
SO I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN THAT THEY'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.
BUT AGAIN, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE TESTING, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
WE'VE DONE ALL ALL OF OUR QUALITY CONTROL REVIEWS.
AND AS SOON AS THE OMB TAKES THE DRAFT STAMP OFF OF THE OMB COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT, THEN WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO ISSUE OUR FINAL REPORT.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE DISTRICT'S FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE FEEL THAT THE DISTRICT COMPLIED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECT AND MATERIAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.
NO INDICATIONS OF ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES
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OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OF A COMPLIANCE.AND BEFORE I GO ON, I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM AND THE REST OF OUR STAFF FOR BEING SO PREPARED FOR THIS AUDIT AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN OTHER YEARS.
WE RECEIVED NOTHING BUT FULL COOPERATION FROM ALL OF THE STAFF.
OOPS. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE WERE NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES AND THERE WERE NO PAST AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS SLIDE JUST PROVIDE SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION.
IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNANCE LETTER THAT YOU RECEIVE BASICALLY THAT WE TEST THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE LARGEST ESTIMATE EMBODIED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION STATE PROGRAM REVENUE AND FELT THAT THEY WERE REASONABLE.
THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM ANY NEW STANDARDS THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE HAD NO DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLETING OUR AUDIT, RECEIVING NOTHING BUT FULL COOPERATION.
THE LAST FEW SLIDES I HAVE ARE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT DERIVED FROM THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THE FIRST TWO SLIDES, LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT'S GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS REVENUES, WHICH TOTALED $1.025 BILLION.
THAT WAS A $41.9 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
MUCH OF THAT INCREASE WAS THE RESULT OF A $51 MILLION INCREASE IN LOCAL AND INTERMEDIATE SOURCES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE RESULT OF INCREASED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THIS SLIDE WHICH BREAKS OUT THE DISTRICT'S REVENUES INTO THREE BUCKETS WHERE THE LOCAL AND INTERMEDIATE SOURCES INCREASED BY $51.1 MILLION OVER FISCAL 24.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH TOTALED $1.08 BILLION.
THAT WAS A $38.8 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
MUCH OF THAT WAS THE RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT MOST OF THAT RELATED TO THE CASH DEFEASANCE IN WHICH THE DISTRICT INTENTIONALLY PAID DOWN SOME ADDITIONAL DEBT TO ACHIEVE FURTHER SAVINGS DOWN THE ROAD.
THE FUND BALANCES FOR THE DISTRICT TOTALED ALMOST $589 MILLION AS OF JUNE 30TH.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE DISTRICT.
OVERALL, GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCE DECREASED BY $50 MILLION THIS YEAR, THAT WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE $47.6 MILLION DECREASE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WHICH IS JUST A TIMING ISSUE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WAS SPENDING BOND PROCEEDS ON BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR DURING THIS YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, VERY GOOD AUDIT, AND THANKS TO KIM AND HE STAFF.
>> BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSS THE MINUTES?
>> YES. I NOTED THAT IN THE REPORT YOU SAID THERE WERE NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS.
WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OVERATE CONTROLS?
>> ANY CONCERNS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OVERATE CONTROLS?
>> NO. WE WE DID VARIOUS TYPES OF TESTING, INCLUDING JOURNAL ENTRY TESTING WHERE WE LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT THERE WERE ADEQUATE CONTROLS IN PLACE, TESTING, VARIOUS MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, AND THERE WAS NO CONCERNS WHATSOEVER.
>> AND THEN ALSO ALONG THE SAME LINE, THE IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION, ANY ISSUE CONCERNS WITH THAT?
>> I'M SORRY. I'M HAVING HIGH.
>> WE HAD PROBLEM LAST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH THIS, MIKE.
WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION?
>> CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE TEST THAT YOU DID? YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOUR WHOLE WORKING PAPERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST WANT TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT YOU DID.
>> AGAIN, I'M SORRY. IT'S COMING THROUGH IT.
>> THANK YOU, SIR FOR THE REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13 A.
[13.A. Consider and Act on approval of minutes from the October 20th Regular Meeting]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 20TH REGULAR MEETING.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13 A.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 20TH REGULAR MEETING AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELAD, BOARD, OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE SALAS.>> SIR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED ON THE RECORD.
BUT ITEM 13 A WHERE WE DID OUR SPEECHES.
MS. SALAS MADE A STATEMENT REGARDING STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I MISSTATED OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE IT WAS MY MISTAKE, BUT I JUST TO GET THAT OUT THERE JUST IN MY SPEECH.
I HAD SAID WE CURRENTLY HAD 65,000 STUDENTS, AND WE REALLY ONLY HAVE A 62,000 ANYWAY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? TRUSTEE DAVIS?
>> WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13 B.
[13.B. Consider and Act on the Collin and Denton County Appraisal District Board of Directors Election]
CONSIDER AN ACT ON THE CALLING IN DENTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13 B.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BOARD VOTE OF COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTY, CAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH JASON ROSS RECEIVING 233 VOTES FOR COLLIN COUNTY AND JORDAN VILLARREAL RECEIVING 128 VOTES FOR DENTON COUNTY.
FORD AND I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
>> NO DISCUSSION, PRESIDENT HILL, BUT I DO HOPE THAT THE MEMBERS THAT WE ARE EXTENDING OUR VOTES TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF KIDS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MANY OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ARE IN THEIR THOUGHTS AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE DAVIS, ANY OTHERS? HAVING HEARD NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DEBATE, AND NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13 C. CONSIDER AND ACT ON
[13.C. Consider and Act on approval of the Instructional Calendar for 2026-2027]
APPROVAL OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR FOR 2026/2027.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13 C.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR FOR 2026/2027 AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELAD, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SAMPLE.
ORDER I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS MOTION.
NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13 D. CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF LIBRARY MATERIALS LIST.
[13.D. Consider and Act on approval of the Library Materials List ]
BOARD I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13 D.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LIBRARY MATERIAL LIST AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAMPLE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NONE, I WILL NOW LOOK FOR A VOTE.
MOTION PASSES SIX WITH ONE ABSTENTION, 06, 0, I'M SORRY, WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13 E. CONSIDER AND
[13.E. Consider and Act to accept the letter of Retirement and Resignation of the Superintendent of Schools ]
ACT TO ACCEPT THE LETTER OF RETIREMENT AND RESIGNATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.FLORIDA I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13 E.
>> I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE RETIREMENT AND RESIGNATION OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR. WALDROP, EFFECT OF JUNE, 2026, AS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAMPLE.
BOARD ON I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
>> THAT WAS GREAT. TRUSTEE DAVIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY?
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>> IF THERE BEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, AND I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] WE'LL GET THERE PROBABLY EVENTUALLY.
SORRY. WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13F.
[13.F. Consider and Act regarding the Superintendent search process]
CONSIDER AN ACT REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13F.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RETAINING A SEARCH FIRM TO CONDUCT A SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND FOR DISTRICT AND ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE RFP FOR THIS PURPOSE.
BOARD AND I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DEBATE.
HAVING HEARD NONE, AND I HAVE CALL FOR A VOTE.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13G.
[13.G. Consider and Act on Budget Transfers and Amendments for the 2025-26 General Fund Budget]
CONSIDER AN ACT ON BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE 2025, 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13G.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TRANSFER AMENDMENTS FOR 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
BOARD AND I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
>> I HAD A QUESTION. I THINK THIS IS THE AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ADDITIONAL FUNDS, IS THAT CORRECT? I DID HAVE A QUESTION WHICH I DID SEND AN EMAIL.
I DIDN'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE. IF YOU SENT IT TO ME TODAY, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
REGARDING A LITTLE MORE, JUST I GUESS, COLOR AROUND WHAT THIS IS FOR.
HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT THUS FAR AS IT RELATES TO ACCESS FRISCO, WHAT THE ROI HAS BEEN AND WHAT WE THINK THE ROI WILL BE FOR THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
>> NO, I DID NOT SEE YOUR EMAIL FROM TODAY.
THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT GOOD QUESTIONS.
WHAT HAVE WE SPENT THUS FAR? WHEN WE DID OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETING, WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAD ACCESS FRISCO IN OUR BUDGET.
FLEX WAS NOT A PROGRAM YET THAT WE HAD INTRODUCED OR HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEEDING TO MARKET FOR NEXT COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LINE ITEM IN FOR TUITION BASED PRE K EITHER.
WE HAVE SPENT ADDITIONAL FUNDS THERE.
WE HAVE SPENT OUR ENTIRE BUDGET ON MARKETING TO DATE FOR BOTH ACCESS FRISCO AND FLEX, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR MORE FUNDS.
AS FAR AS THE ROI, I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN BROUGHT BACK OUR FUNDS WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE.
I BELIEVE WE NEEDED, DR. WALDRIP I'M LOOKING AT YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THE MATH.
WE NEEDED LIKE EIGHT STUDENTS TO PAY FOR THAT AND WE BROUGHT IN 180 STUDENTS BECAUSE HE HAD DONE EASY MATH.
WHAT WAS YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.
I'LL TRY TO COME UP WITH MY ANSWERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> THE QUESTIONS ARE AROUND PREVIOUSLY WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON ACCESS FRISCO AND WHAT THE ROI WAS.
THE OTHER PIECE WAS WHAT IS THE FUNDING? I KNOW THE BOARD RECEIVED THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC KNOWS THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S FOR ACCESS FRISCO AND FOR FLEX, CORRECT?
>> IT IS FOR BOTH OF THEM, CORRECT.
>> THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE WHAT AND EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OR CLOSE ENOUGH ROUND NUMBERS.
WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THE ROI TO BE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SPEND?
>> WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS AN ADDITIONAL $350,000.
I WOULD GUESS THAT WE WILL FAR EXCEED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE WOULD NEED TO INTAKE TO PAY FOR THAT FOR THE ROI.
AGAIN, IT'S A MINIMAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IN TO PAY FOR THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
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>> THIRTY EIGHT STUDENTS FOR FLEX OR FOR ACCESS FRISCO [OVERLAPPING] OR FOR THE BOTH.
>> FOR THE TWO. GENERATE $350,000 IS ROUGHLY 38 STUDENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
MOTION PASSES 6, 0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13H.
[13.H. Consider and Act on Acceptance of the 2025 Financial Audit Report]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13H.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELAD.
BOARD TO OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NONE, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13I.
[13.I. Consider and Act on Budget Amendment for the 2025-26 Debt Service Fund Budget]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2025, 2026 DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET.BOARD, LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13I.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2025, '26 DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE MADDOX.
BOARD ON I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
>> I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD.
I KNOW YOU'VE EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, MS. SMITH IF YOU'VE COULD JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WAS FOR AND WHY WE DID IT AND WHAT THE IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT IS. [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE DONE TWO DEBT REFUNDINGS, WHICH IS BASICALLY REFINANCING OUTSTANDING DEBT.
THEY'VE SAVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LONG TERM INTEREST COSTS FOR TAXPAYERS.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT WHAT WE DID WAS WE REFINANCED AT A LOWER INTEREST COST AND THEN WE ALSO SHORTENED THE LIFE OF THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS.
OVERALL, THE GOAL IS TO LOWER OUR TOTAL DEBT BURDEN AS A DISTRICT.
DOING THAT HAS INCREASED OUR REQUIRED DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE TO USE TO HELP RETIRE DEBT EARLY AND LOWER OVERALL DEBT BURDEN, AND SO THAT'S BEEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
>> I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE NUMBERS WAS LONG TERM SAVINGS IN EXCESS OF $32 MILLION, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
>> YES, AND I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS LIKE $93 MILLION.
WE'VE SAVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE DID I THINK THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, I DON'T HAVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT $14 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'RE INCREASING OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS CURRENTLY, BUT DOING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SHORTENING THE LIFE OF THE DEBT.
WE'RE TAKING 20 YEAR PAYMENT DOWN.
>> THE SAVINGS ARE THE RESULT OF LESS INTEREST BEING PAID LONG TERM TO THE TUNE OF WELL OVER $100 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU, MS. SMITH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MS. SAMPLE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL. BOARD WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE. MARK. I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE SALAS.
>> I DECIDED TO GET IN THERE. I REALLY LIKE SEEING THAT SUBJECT LINE ON THE EMAILS, MS. SMITH.
I'M WITH MS. SAMPLE. THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE GOOD. IT'S ALSO REFERENCED IN THIS FINANCIAL REPORT THAT'S WHERE I SAW IT TOO.
WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AND I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13J.
[13.J. Consider and Act on Delegated Contractual Authority for the Chapter 49 Agreement]
CONSIDER AN ACT ON DELEGATED CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY FOR THE CHAPTER 49 AGREEMENT,[02:00:02]
OR TO LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13J.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DELEGATED CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY FOR THE CHAPTER 49 AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ELAD.
BOARD, I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?
>> YES. CAN YOU PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT ABOUT CHAPTER 49?
>> YES. CHAPTER 49 IS THE CHAPTER OF THE EDUCATION CODE THAT REQUIRES US TO PAY RECAPTURE.
IN ORDER TO MAKE RECAPTURE PAYMENTS, WE HAVE TO GO INTO TEA SYSTEM AND ESSENTIALLY ELECTRONICALLY SIGN A CONTRACT AGREEING TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS BY A CERTAIN DATE.
THE LAW SAYS THAT THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO DO THAT, BUT THE BOARD CAN DELEGATE THE AUTHORITY TO GO INTO TEA SYSTEM AND SIGN THAT CONTRACT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.
PROJECTED RECAPTURE FOR THIS YEAR IS JUST ABOUT $15.5 MILLION.
WE'LL KNOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS.
BUT THIS ACTION ITEM IS REALLY JUST A FORMALITY TO ALLOW US TO GO INTO TEA SYSTEM AND SAY, YES, WE WILL MAKE OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENTS THROUGH TEA SYSTEM.
IF I CAN REALLY QUICK, TEA IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT PICKY ABOUT THE MOTION LANGUAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE MOTION THE FULL MOTION LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE DO NEED TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT THE FULL THING OR THEY WON'T ACCEPT IT.
WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. YOU DON'T.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT IT BECAUSE IT IS ON THE ACTION SHEET.
I THINK THAT IS THAT OKAY, IF IT'S ON THE ACTION SHEET?
>> WELL, WE READ WHAT WAS ON THE ACTION SHEET.
>> IT'S ON THIS ACTION SHEET THAT I'M LOOKING AT, YES.
IT'S LONGER THAN WHAT YOU SAID THOUGH.
>> YOU HOLD UP WHAT WHAT YOU SEE?
>> I'M LOOKING AT IT IN ONLINE BOARD BOOK HERE.
>> WE HAVE TO READ THAT ENTIRE INTO THE MOTION?
>> CAN I TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND SEND IT TO YOU?
>> IT'S GOING TO SCROLL DOWN AND READ IT.
I PREFER NOT TO TEXT MESSAGE DURING BOARD MEETINGS.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? STAY THERE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> [BACKGROUND] THIS IS NOT A MOTION, THOUGH. YEAH. IT IS.
FOR THE 2025, '26 SCHOOL YEAR, WE DELEGATE CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TEC 11.1 51(C)(4) TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER TEC 48.257 AND TEC CHAPTER 49, SUB CHAPTERS A AND D, AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC 49.006.
THIS INCLUDED APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT OR THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT.
>> ESTHER, CAN THAT BE A CLARIFYING QUESTION? DO WE NEED TO SEEK AN AMENDMENT OF THE PENDING MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION PENDING ON THE FLOOR.
>> POINT OF ORDER, ESTHER, DO WE NEED TO.
>> IF WE HAVE A MOTION ALREADY ON THE FLOOR, THEN WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
WHAT DID YOU SAY AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF WHEN YOU STARTED READING?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DELEGATED CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY FOR THE CHAPTER 49 AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED.
>> WE WILL NEED TO VOTE ON THAT, BUT IT CAN BE AS A DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE WHAT SHE JUST SAID.
IF IN THE DISCUSSION, YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HER MOTION IS TO INCLUDE THE DELEGATION PER THE LANGUAGE THAT MS. DAVIS READ, THEN THAT IS SUFFICIENT.
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BY MS. DAVIS, WITH THE CLARIFICATION PROVIDED BY MS. DAVIS, AS DISCUSSION, AND I CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT MOTION?>> I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO A MOTION TO AMEND TO HAVE MS. DAVIS' MOTION SAY THAT SHE MOVES THE SAME LANGUAGE SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY WITH ADDED STATUTORY LANGUAGE THAT WAS READ FOLLOWING IN DURING DISCUSSION.
IT NEEDS TO BE A MOTION TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION BEFORE THE BOARD, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
>> I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT IT BE AMENDED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANSWERING A TEA DEMAND, NOT AN OMA DEMAND.
THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST LET'S JUST AMEND AND UNFORTUNATELY, MS. DAVIS WOULD HAVE TO REREAD THE THING.
YOU CAN EITHER DO A MOTION TO REFERENCE THE LANGUAGE THAT SHE READ.
THEN INCLUDE IT AS PART OF THE MOTION TO BE VOTED UPON OR YOU CAN VOTE DOWN THE CURRENT MOTION, AND THEN DO A NEW MOTION THAT INCLUDES HER LANGUAGE.
UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOARD IS VOTING ON, AND THE LANGUAGE THAT MS. DAVIS INCLUDED IS REQUIRED LANGUAGE FOR THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, NOT FOR THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY.
>> THANK YOU, MS. COLEY. MS. DAVIS.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE DELEGATED CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY FOR THE CHAPTER 49 AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED TO APPROVE THE 2025, '26 SCHOOL YEAR, WE DELEGATE CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TEC 11.1 511C4 TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER THE TEC 48.257 AND TEC CHAPTER 49 SUBCHAPTERS A AND D, AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC 49.006.
THIS INCLUDED APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT OR THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDIT.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE SALAS.
BOARD, AND I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
>> THIS VOTE WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION.
ONCE WE NOW HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THAT MOTION.
ONCE THIS PASSES, THEN WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
THAT ONE OF THESE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BY HAND.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. JUST SO IT'S CLEAR BECAUSE IT'S STATING ON THE DIAS.
THEY JUST VOTED ON THE MOTION, NOT THE AMENDMENT.
SHOULD THE RECORD REFLECT THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT, NOT THE?
>> WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO MAKE THIS SUPER CLEAR IS THAT WE DO BOTH VOTES BY HAND? IF WE CAN JUST START FROM THE FIRST VOTE, THIS VOTE WILL BE TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION ON THE TABLE.
THIS VOTE WOULD BE TO AMEND MS. DAVIS' INITIAL MOTION TO INCLUDE THE DELEGATION LANGUAGE THAT SHE READ.
>> WE WILL DO THIS VOTE BY HAND.
THIS IS A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO AMEND PRESENTED BY MS. DAVIS BY A SHOWING OF HANDS IN FAVOR.
RECORD REFLECTING ALL SEVEN HANDS VOTE 7-0 MOTION TO AMEND PASSES.
CAN I NOW CALL FOR THE MOTION ON THE AMENDED MOTION?
>> YES. THIS NEXT VOTE WOULD BE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION?
>> BOARD, I NOW CALL FOR A MOTION ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
>> YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT NOW.
>> THE MOTIONS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
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>> I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION BY A SHOWING OF HANDS.
RECORD REFLECTS. ALL SEVEN HANDS ARE UP.
THE AMENDED MOTION PASSES 7-0.
>> I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE Y'ALL A PUBLIC SHOUT OUT.
I HAVE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR MOTIONS CORRECTLY AND CLEANLY, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS TO STAY ON TRACK WITH THOSE THINGS, AND I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MS. COLEY AND MS. SMITH.
THANK YOU FOR THROWING A BIG WRENCH IN IT RIGHT AFTER WE THE MOTION. BUT ALSO, THANK YOU, BOARD.
WITH THAT, WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13K.
[13.K. Consider and Act on Acceptance of the 2025 Certified Tax Roll]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2025 CERTIFIED TAX ROLL.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13K.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025 CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAMPLE.
BOARD AND I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I NOW LOOK FOR A VOTE.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13L.
[13.L. Consider and Act on Policy Updates including TASB Update 125 as well as District revisions and updates to Board Policies BDAA(Local), BDB(Local), BDF(Local), EI(Local), FDE(Local), CFB(Local), CH(Local), FNG(Local), DGBA(Local), and GF(Local)]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON POLICY UPDATES, INCLUDING TASB UPDATE 125, AS WELL AS DISTRICT PROVISIONS AND UPDATES TO BOARD POLICIES, BDAA(LOCAL), BDB(LOCAL), BDF(LOCAL), EI(LOCAL), FDE(LOCAL), CFB(LOCAL), CH(LOCAL), FNG(LOCAL), DGBA(LOCAL), AND GF(LOCAL).BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13L.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATES, INCLUDING TASB UPDATE 125, AS WELL AS DISTRICT REVISIONS AND UPDATES TO BOARD POLICIES BDAA(LOCAL), BDB(LOCAL), BDF(LOCAL), EI(LOCAL), FDE(LOCAL), CFB(LOCAL), CH(LOCAL), FNG(LOCAL), DGBA(LOCAL), AND GF(LOCAL) AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELAD.
BOARD AND I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE SAMPLE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL FOR THE TEA, AND HOW WE THE BOARD CAN DELEGATE SOMEONE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS.
BUT I THINK IN ONE OF THE POLICIES IT SAYS THE BOARD CANNOT DELEGATE TO AN EMPLOYEE OF STAFF.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?
>> I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO BOARD POLICY RECOMMENDATION, AND I'M GOING TO GET YOU THE RIGHT LETTER, BDAA(LOCAL).
>> WHICH TALKS ABOUT BOARD OFFICERS, AND PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS AN INDICATION IN THIS POLICY THAT THE BOARD COULD HIRE ONE PERSON OUT OF YOUR BOARD BUDGET AND PAY THAT PERSON TO HELP YOU WITH CLERICAL MATTERS.
THE LAW NOW ALLOWS YOU TO HIRE AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU NEED TO TO DO THAT.
SINCE IT IS NOT LIMITED TO A SINGLE PERSON ANYMORE, THAT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS POLICY.
>> YES. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE POLICY UPDATES CAME AS A RESULT OF SENATE BILL 12, I BELIEVE, AND THAT SEVERAL OF THESE HAD TO DO WITH GRIEVANCES RELATED TO PARENT STUDENT AS WELL AS STAFF GRIEVANCES.
I KNOW WE HAVE A SEPARATE POLICY FOR STAFF, AND THEN PARENT AND STUDENT IS ANOTHER SET OF POLICIES.
I GUESS NOT ONE POLICY, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, ESTHER, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE LAW SAID AND WHAT THESE POLICIES ARE TRYING TO DO, WHAT THE INTENT IS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELP FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE THREE GRIEVANCE POLICIES UP FOR REVISION TODAY.
ALL OF THEM ARE BEING REVISED IN CONNECTION WITH SB 12.
SB 12 IS KNOWN AS THE PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL,
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BUT IT INCLUDED SEVERAL REQUIRED REVISIONS TO ALL FORMS OF GRIEVANCE POLICIES, NOT ONLY PARENT STUDENT GRIEVANCE POLICIES, BUT ALSO EMPLOYEE AND PUBLIC COMPLAINTS AS WELL.THERE ARE REVISIONS TO ALL THREE OF THE COMPLAINTS TO ALIGN WITH SB 12.
HOWEVER, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS ARE REQUIRED IN THE PARENT AND STUDENT POLICY, AND I DO JUST WANT TO FOR THE PUBLIC GIVE SOME EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL TO THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IN GENERAL.
LARGELY, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THAT PARENTS NOW HAVE A MUCH LONGER TIMELINE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS TO THE DISTRICT.
ALSO, PARENTS CAN AMEND THEIR COMPLAINT AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY, A COMPLAINANT WOULD START WITH THEIR COMPLAINT THAT THEY INITIALLY FILE, AND THEY COULD NOT ADD ANY CLAIMS OR ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OR REQUESTS FOR REMEDY.
NOW, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO AMEND THEIR COMPLAINT THROUGHOUT THE COMPLAINT PROCESS AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL REMEDIES THROUGHOUT.
ALONG WITH THAT, THAT MEANS THAT, SOMETIMES, NEW INFORMATION WILL COME OUT DURING THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AND THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO REMAND A GRIEVANCE BACK TO A PREVIOUS LEVEL FOR FACT FINDING.
THAT'S ALSO BEEN ADDED TO THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES.
OVERALL, THE BIGGEST CHANGE ARE TO MAKE THIS.
THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR PARENTS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HOPEFULLY ENGAGING IN INFORMAL PRACTICES TO HELPFULLY RESOLVE THEIR COMPLAINTS BEFORE GETTING TO THE FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
THIS EXTENDS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE INFORMAL CHANNELS BEFORE BEING REQUIRED TO FILE A COMPLAINT FORMALLY WITH THE DISTRICT.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN RESOLVE MORE THINGS THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITHOUT REQUIRING US TO GO THROUGH THAT FORMAL GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
BUT IT DOES GIVE PARENTS THAT ROOM TO ENGAGE IN THE FORMAL COMPLAINT PROCESS, IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO WORK OUT THEIR PROBLEMS MORE INFORMALLY.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES TO THAT I NOTICED WAS HAVING THE PRINCIPALS BE THE INVESTIGATOR FOR CAMPUS RELATED GRIEVANCES, WHICH I THINK UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY, THAT AUTHORITY IS OFTEN DELEGATED TO AN ASSISTANT OR AN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT THE CAMPUS, BUT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, UNDER THIS POLICY, IF THIS IS ADOPTED TONIGHT BY THE BOARD IN LINE WITH SB 12, THAT THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED THAT THE PRINCIPAL WOULD BE THE ONE TO DO THOSE INVESTIGATIONS AND THAT AUTHORITY COULD NOT BE DELEGATED, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS TRUE. SB 12 REQUIRES THAT IF THE COMPLAINT FILING IS BASED ON A CAMPUS ISSUE, THEN THE PRINCIPAL MUST BE ASSIGNED AS THE HEARING OFFICER AT LEVEL 1.
THE ONLY TIME THAT IS NOT THE CASE IS IF THE COMPLAINT IS AGAINST THE PRINCIPAL THEMSELVES, AND THEN IT WOULD NEED TO BE HEARD BY A HIGHER LEVEL ADMINISTRATOR.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T HEAR A GRIEVANCE ABOUT YOURSELF AND DO SO WITHOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD FEEDBACK ABOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, AND EVEN BEFORE THAT ACTUALLY.
I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT ARE PART OF SB 12 WILL HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.
I THINK THERE ALSO COULD POTENTIALLY BE A FEW CHALLENGES THAT WE AS A DISTRICT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THIS.
I ALSO THINK THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS WITH THIS PROCESS ARE NOT ADDRESSED HERE, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND STAFF IN THE FUTURE TO HELP.
I THINK CONTINUE TO REFINE THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO, AND ALSO SERVING THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF WHO DO HAVE ISSUES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO RESOLVE.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ELAD. THERE BEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
MOTION PASSES 7-0, OR WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13M.
[13.M. Consider and Act on a nomination of a Board of Trustee Representative to the Board of Directors for the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) Number One ]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON NOMINATION OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES KNOWN AS TIRZ.BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 13M.
>> I MOVE TO NOMINATE RENEE SAMPLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE TIRZ NUMBER 1.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE DAVIS SECOND BY TRUSTEE MANDUVA.
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BOARD I OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I NOW LOOK FOR A VOTE.
WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 14, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[14. Consent Agenda Items]
BOARD, I LOOK FOR A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH Q.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, A THROUGH Q AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELAD, SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAMPLE.
BOARD, I NOW OPEN UP THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR DEBATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HAVING HEARD NONE, I NOW LOOK FOR A VOTE.
MOTION PASSES 7-0, OR THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
THANK YOU, SROS FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.