>> IT IS 5:30 P.M. AND WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FRISCO ISD. WE HAVE FOUR TRUSTEES PRESENT, AND WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2 UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SUB-CHAPTERS D AND E. WE ARE REVISING THIS EVENING'S AGENDA AND ITEM 14M WILL BE REMOVED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TONIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. >> GOOD EVENING. >> FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND APOLOGIES. AS WE WERE TARDY, WE DID HAVE SOME CLOSED ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS, AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE READY AND PREPARED TO BEGIN OUR OPEN SESSION. IT IS 7:04, AND WE ARE RECONVENING INTO OPEN MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MRS. MCCUE. >> THANK YOU. TONIGHT, I AM EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR STUDENTS FROM PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP US WITH THE PLEDGE AND THE UNITED STATES PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 5, WHICH IS THE BOARD REPORT. DO WE HAVE ANY TRUSTEES WITH A REPORT TODAY? MRS. ALICE? >> YES. LAST WEEK, I HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF GOING TO AUSTIN WITH OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL STUDENTS. IT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THESE KIDS DELIVER THEIR SPEECHES. THEY CREATED 2-3 MINUTES SPEECHES, AND THEY WERE THERE READY TO DELIVER THEM IN FRONT OF OUR LEGISLATORS. IT WAS A REALLY NEAT PROCESS. WHILE WE WERE THERE, THE COLEST THING HAPPENED, WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS OF THE CAPITOL, AND DR. WALDRIP SAYS, HEY, AND SO ONE OF OUR LONE STAR STUDENT GRADUATES WHO ALSO WAS IN THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS THERE AND SHE WAS INTERNING FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL GOING TO SCHOOL AT UT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE SHE TOOK TIME IN THE HALLWAY AND CHATTED WITH OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> THANK YOU. MR. PENANGI. >> DURING LAST BOARD MEETING, MS. CHRISTI GARZA FROM CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY GAVE UPDATE AS PART OF THE CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT ABOUT THE FUTURE RADIOACTIVITIES. THEY HAD AN IDEA LAB AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEM ON 24TH OF FEBRUARY AND THEN I SAW THE STUDENTS THE IDEA LAB STUDENTS DOING SOME AMAZING WORK. THE CHALLENGE WAS THE CATAPULT CHALLENGE. BUT WHAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THE WAY THE STUDENTS WERE DISCUSSING, PUTTING TOGETHER AN IDEA AND THEN EXECUTING IT. I FELT VERY NICE. I SEE SOME FUTURE LEADERS, ATTORNEYS, ENGINEERS FROM THAT PARTICULAR GROUP. IT WAS VERY NICE. THANKS TO MS. GARZA FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION AND ALSO TO MS. SHERRY RICHARDSON. DO YOU WANT TO COVER THAT? AS PART OF OUR T&L SUBCOMMITTEE, WE VISITED SMITH ELEMENTARY AND MS. LADD WILL COVER MORE ON THAT. >> YES, AS MR. PENANGI MENTIONED, MS. DAVIS, AND HE AND I WENT TO SMITH ELEMENTARY. LAST WEEK, THANKS TO DR. FIORI AND HER TEAM FOR SETTING THAT UP. WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING SUBCOMMITTEE THIS YEAR ON GRADING PRACTICES AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, I BELIEVE, NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
WE'VE SINCE PIVOTED TO HOW WE TEACH READING IN FRISCO ISD. WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND VISIT TWO DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, TWO DIFFERENT GRADES, AND SEE HOW WE TEACH LEARNING AT FRISCO ISD. IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING TO SEE THAT THESE TEACHERS ARE MANAGING A LOT, IN THE CLASSROOM WITH TRYING TO DEAL WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT STUDENTS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL BOOKS AND BRINGING THEM ALL TOGETHER AND HAVING THAT ONE ON ONE TIME. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO SEE. THANK YOU, DR. FIORI. >> MR. LOWE. >> YES. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING THE CAPITOL AND REALLY TALKING TO LEGISLATORS ON THE DISTRICT'S BEHALF. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MEGAN THE WOLF. I'D NEVER BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS BEFORE. I'VE NEVER SEEN WHAT THEY DO BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET MONEY AND RESOURCES FOR OUR DISTRICT. I QUITE FRANKLY WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEY PURSUED LOBBYING OR TALKING UP THE DISTRICT. THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND THERE'S SO MANY LAND MINES. WHEN YOU GO TO CAPITOL HILL, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR WHAT BENEFITS THE DISTRICTS, BUT THEY MIGHT BE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL OR SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE BOARD MIGHT BE DIVIDED ON. I JUST REALLY HAVE TO GIVE HER KUDOS FOR THE WAY SHE NAVIGATED THROUGH ALL OF THAT, STRICTLY FOCUSING ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT. PEOPLE WERE BAITING HER INTO TAKING A POSITION ON CERTAIN ISSUES. SHE DIDN'T DO IT. MATTER OF FACT, NOT ONLY HER, BUT NOBODY IN OUR CONTINGENT THAT WENT TO THE CAPITOL. I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON THE LEGISLATORS, JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONAL WAY WE PRESENT THE FACTS TO THEM. I THINK THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, BUT THEY DO KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THINGS THAT BENEFIT OUR DISTRICT, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MEGAN A SHOUT OUT. SHE DOES A STELLAR JOB, AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE DOES. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HER. >> MR. MADDOX. >> YES, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET, AND WE SHOULD BE HAVING A REPORT TONIGHT FROM DANA. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE AUDIT WORK PLAN AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE SHORT ONE EMPLOYEE, SO WE WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE WORK PLAN, SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND AND THEN IT'S NEVER TO EARLY START PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU, MR. MADDOX. MR. HILL. >> I'LL JUST BRIEFLY MENTION, WE HAD ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE DAC MET, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE MONDAY. IT WAS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, AND DAC IS A VERY LARGE GROUP COMPRISED OF A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS BOTH WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. VERY IMPORTANT IN INFORMING US AS A BOARD AND THE DISTRICT ON MATTERS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT FROM BUDGET TO FACILITIES TO YOU NAME IT. THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS, I THINK GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR THIS DISTRICT IN THE YEARS GOING FORWARD, AND I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE LISTENING TO KEEP AN EYE OUT BECAUSE OVER THE SUMMER, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST TO BE PART OF SEVERAL OF OUR COMMITTEES, THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS JUST MENTIONED, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN INPUT AND ADVICE FOR ALL OF US IN VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS. I KNOW WE ALL WELCOME IT AND WE ALL ENCOURAGE IT. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT OVER THE SUMMER. THE CURRENT DAC, I THINK HAS ONE MORE WRAP UP MEETING MAYBE LIKE IN JUNE, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPOSED. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT OVER THE SUMMER. WE VERY MUCH WANT YOUR INPUT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. HILL. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6, WHICH WILL BE RECOGNITIONS. MRS. MCCUE. >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ASHLEY SINE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.
>> DOES THAT WORK? >> TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING UNT AT FRISCO, ONE OF OUR HIGHER ED PARTNERS. I HAVE DR. AUDHESH PASWAN, NEIL FOOTE AND DR. BRENDA KIHL WITH US. DR. PASWAN IS OUR VICE PROVOST OF UNT AT FRISCO AND DEAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED AND COLLABORATIVE STUDIES. NEIL FOOTE IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRISCO MARKETING STRATEGY, AND DR. BRENDA KIHL IS OUR SENIOR ASSOCIATE VP OF ENROLLMENT PARTNERSHIPS. I'M SURE YOU CAN GUESS WE WORK WITH THESE GUYS A LOT. I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US DURING YOUR SPRING BREAK. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S REALLY NICE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT. WE WORK WITH THEM A LOT WITH CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AND DUAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT 100 STUDENTS EARLY IN THAT PROGRAM AND THAT PROGRAM IS CONTINUING TO GROW EVERY YEAR. SOMETHING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THESE ARE PICTURES. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE AN ISM PART PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT. THEY HOSTED OUR ISM LAST YEAR. WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 450-500 STUDENTS IN YOUR BUILDING AT ONCE. THANK YOU. THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE OUR MIND BENDER STEAM CAMP WHICH PLUG REGISTRATION OPEN TODAY. INCOMING 6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH GRADERS, YOU SHOULD GO CHECK THAT OUT. BUT WHAT THEY DID AT UNT, WE TOOK ALL THE STUDENTS OVER THERE ABOUT 200 IN THE MORNING AND 200 IN THE AFTERNOON. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. THEY HAD A CHANCE TO EXPLORE ALL KINDS OF STEAM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE UNT SPARK LAB. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY FAVORITE PART. IT WAS MY SECOND WEEK ON THE JOB A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I STILL NEED TO GET MY KIDS OVER THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED THAT OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL LET YOU IN, BUT YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT. BUT WE JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER SINCE YOU'VE STARTED HERE IN FRISCO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. >> THE TEAM FOCUS IS RIGHT HERE. I CAN'T SEE Y'ALL. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6B, TEAM FOCUS, TEACHER RECOGNITION. DR. LINTON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. DR. JENNIFER WORTH IN OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH THIS ILLUSTRIOUS GROUP OF EDUCATORS, AND SO SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE TEAM FOCUS FOR US. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. I'M VERY HONORED TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR MEMBERS FROM TEAM FOCUS. THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR THIRD YEAR TO HAVE TEAM FOCUS HERE AND BE RECOGNIZED AT THE BOARD. WHAT STARTED BACK IN JULY OF 2022 AS A, WHY DO YOU STAY SURVEY, TURNED INTO SOMETHING GREATER THAN WHAT WE EVER THOUGHT. WE BROUGHT TOGETHER THAT YEAR ABOUT 200 EDUCATORS ON THEIR OWN TIME DURING THE SUMMER JUST TO SHARE THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT FRISCO ISD. WHEN WE ASKED WHY THEY WERE HERE, IT WENT DOWN TO THE RELATIONSHIPS. THEN AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, THEY SHARED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR OF HAVING TEAM FOCUS. WE HAVE ABOUT 230 TEACHER LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THEIR PRINCIPALS TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND I HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT 60 HERE TONIGHT AND THEY JOINED US FOR OUR FIRST IN PERSON SESSION LAST NIGHT. THEY ARE VERY VALUABLE TO FRISCO ISD BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION FROM A TEACHER PERSPECTIVE THAT WE SHARE WITH BOTH OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERS. AT THIS TIME, TEAM FOCUS, IF YOU CAN STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW, 60. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE PAPERS TO GRADE WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE, YOU HAVE LUNCH TO PREPARE FOR TOMORROW, AND MANY OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILIES. BEING BACK HERE FOR A SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, LET ME JUST SAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE STUDENTS OF FRISCO ISD. [APPLAUSE]. ALSO, THANK YOU, DR. LINTON, FOR SEEING A NEED WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND ENSURING THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR EDUCATORS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6C, STATE WRESTLING MEDALIST. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. WE'RE READY. LET'S HEAR THOSE CHAINS AND CLINGS. [APPLAUSE]. WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. MCCLENDON. >> YES, MA'AM. WELL CHRIS BURTCH, I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE UP THERE, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE. >> I DON'T HAVE TO TURN THIS THING ON. >> THAT'S GOOD. >> MY NAME IS CHRIS BURTCH. I'M THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR FRISCO ISD. GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP AND TRUSTEES. WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE FRISCO ISD WRESTLERS AND MEET SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IN WRESTLING, THE UIL DOES NOT SEPARATE 4A AND 5A. WE COMPETE AGAINST THEM ALL. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 255 4A AND 5A SCHOOLS IN TEXAS THAT PARTICIPATE IN UIL WRESTLING. TONIGHT, WE WILL RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST, MOST DETERMINED ATHLETES IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE PERSEVERED THROUGH A GRUELING OFF SEASON, OVERCAME INJURIES, MAINTAIN STRICT WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, AND COMPETED IN OVER 40 MATCHES JUST THIS YEAR TO REACH THE UIL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHAT AMAZING OPPORTUNITY OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO BE TAUGHT BY THE BEST TEACHERS AND COACHED BY THE FINEST COACHES. THE PRIVILEGE TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL DOES NOT JUST HAPPEN. IT'S A RESULT OF DEDICATED EDUCATORS, COMMITTED STUDENTS, AND SUPPORTIVE PARENTS THAT SACRIFICE HOURS UPON HOURS TO REACH THIS LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE. IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE ATHLETES ON THE STAGE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? [APPLAUSE]. ALSO JOINING OUR STUDENTS ARE PRINCIPALS FROM EACH ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, KIARA HENDERSON, FROM FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, DR. SEAN PERRY, FROM HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, MICHELLE ZURICH, FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKE FESCO, AND FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, DR. DONNA EDGE. [APPLAUSE]. >> THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES AND THOUSANDS OF FANS PACKED INTO THE BERRY CENTER AT CFISD, TWO FULL DAYS OF WRESTLING WITH FIVE MATS THAT DESIGNATED FOR 4A AND 5A ATHLETES. WE TOOK 39 STUDENT ATHLETES TO STATE, AND AT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT BOTH DAYS, FRISCO ISD HAD WRESTLERS ON THREE OF THE FIVE DESIGNATED MATS. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES, THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE MATCHES, FRISCO ISD HAD AN ATHLETE IN JUST OVER 20% OF THOSE MATCHES. WE WERE VERY WELL REPRESENTED. LET'S MEET OUR COACHES AND OUR ATHLETES. FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, HEAD COACH JAKE JACKSON. STEP FORWARD. THERE YOU GO. [APPLAUSE] BECAUSE ASSISTANT COACH WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, DARREN SNYDER. THE 2025 5A STATE GIRLS, 126 POUND STATE RUNNER UP, JORDYN PARKER. [APPLAUSE] THE 2025, 5A STATE BOYS, 126 POUND STATE RUNNER UP YUSUF URIBE. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, HEAD COACH JONATHAN REID. [APPLAUSE] A FOUR-TIME STATE QUALIFIER AND YOUR 2025, 132 POUND CLASS 5A STATE RUNNER UP, LONDON WOODS. [APPLAUSE] 2025, 165 POUND 5A STATE RUNNER UP, LAYLA ASANA. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, HEAD COACH ROBERT HUBBARD. [APPLAUSE] YOUR 2025 165 POUND 5A STATE THIRD PLACE FINISHER, LONDYN JEFFERSON. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, HEAD COACH BRENT HOLTROP. [APPLAUSE] YOUR 2025, 185 POUND 5A STATE THIRD PLACE FINISHER, CAMILLE HARRIS. SORRY. THE LAST SCHOOL THAT WE'LL RECOGNIZE TONIGHT IS WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL,
HEAD COACH GABRIS, ASSISTANT COACHES BRIAN STEWART, AND ROBERT MCCONNELL. HE DIDN'T WEAR IT TONIGHT, BUT HE HAS A GOLD MEDAL. YOUR STATE BOYS 132 POUND STATE CHAMPION, MICHAEL BRENNAN. [APPLAUSE] DR. WALDRIP, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING OUR FRISCO ISD ATHLETES AND COACHES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK DEDICATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE BELIEVE THAT EDUCATIONAL ATHLETICS IS THE BEST AVENUE TO DEVELOP FUTURE-READY LEARNERS. WE WORK TIRELESSLY TO KEEP FISD ATHLETICS AS ONE OF THE ELITE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE EXPERIENCES A REALITY AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO KNOWING EVERY CHILD BY NAME AND NEED. GREAT JOB THIS YEAR. [LAUGHTER]. >> I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING. PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. THANK YOU. BOARD, WE'RE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 6D, OUR STATE SWIM AND DIVE MEDELITH. [APPLAUSE] MRS. MCCUE. >> I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DEIDRA RUCKER UP TO THE PODIUM. SHE IS OUR ASSISTANT ATHLETE DIRECTOR OVER SWIM, AND SHE'LL START WITH OUR INTRODUCTIONS AND ALL OF OUR SWIMMERS AND DIVERS. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MELISSA HOWARD. SHE IS A FRISCO ISD SWIM AND DIVE COORDINATOR. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, COACH RUCKER. GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP AND DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THESE EXCELLENT ATHLETES FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR OUR COACHES AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING SUMMERS AND DIVERS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. I AM GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHICH IS A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE. THE 4A STATE MEET, IT TOOK PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE JOSH DAVIS NATATORIUM ON FEBRUARY 12 AND 13TH. OUR 5A STATE MEET TOOK PLACE A WEEK LATER IN AUSTIN AT THE UT SWIM CENTER, FEBRUARY 21ST, AND 22ND. BOTH MEETS WERE INCREDIBLE MEETS TO ATTEND. BEFORE WE GET GOING, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE. FIRST OF ALL, OUR LEADERS IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS JERRY LITTLE JOHN, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CHRIS BURTCH, AND ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DEIDRA RUCKER. THEY ARE PHENOMENAL LEADERS AND VERY SUPPORTIVE. ALSO, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE INCREDIBLE ATHLETES, WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL HEROES. SOME PRACTICE DOES NOT HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. IT IS USUALLY PRETTY EARLY, AND YOU HAVE SPENT YEARS DRIVING THEM TO AND FROM. IF YOU ARE A PARENT WHO HAS RAISED THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. [APPLAUSE] ALSO JOINING US TONIGHT ARE ADMINISTRATORS FROM LONE STAR HIGH. WE HAVE KEITH TOLSON FROM PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE RYAN SOLANO, WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, DR. DONNA EDGE, AND CHANDLER ISOM, AND REEDY HIGH SCHOOL JON-ERIC ZIAER. [APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE GET TO INTRODUCING OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND COACHES, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SEASON AND ABOUT THE STATE MEET AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE. FOR THESE ATHLETES TO GET TO THE STATE MEET, THEY HAVE TO PLACE IN THE TOP SIX AT OUR DISTRICT MEETS. THEY HAVE TO PLACE IN THE TOP TWO AT A REGION MEET OR BE ONE OF THE NEXT EIGHT BEST TIMES IN THE STATE TO BE CALLED UP. TO SCORE POINTS, THEY HAVE TO SCORE IN THE TOP 16 AT THE STATE MEET, AND ALL INDIVIDUAL AND RELAY POINTS GO TOWARDS THE TOTAL TEAM POINTS AT THE END.
JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE FUN FACTS, WE HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND BEST REGIONS AND HARDEST REGIONS TO GET OUT OF. FOR US TO TAKE AS MANY SWIMMERS AND DIVERS AS WE DID TO THE STATE MEET IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. OVERALL, BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT STATE MEETS, WE TOOK OVER 100 ATHLETES. WE HAD 11 OF OUR 12 SCHOOLS REPRESENTED, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE. OVERALL, WE HAD 27 RELAYS AND OVER 50 SWIMMERS THAT COMPETED IN 80-PLUS INDIVIDUAL EVENTS. THERE WAS NOT ONE EVENT AT THE 5A MEET, I THINK THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN FIST KID IN, AND IT WAS ALMOST EVERY SINGLE HIT. I WAS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT MY HIT SHEET AND YOU JUST CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FRISCO KIDS. IT'S REALLY FUN AND REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH THIS 5A MEET THIS YEAR. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE CLOSER. IT WAS SO CLOSE. ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, THERE WAS A THREE-POINT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHAMPION AND OUR RUNNERS UP, THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. ON THE BOYS SIDE, THERE WAS A 2.5 POINT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD. THERE WAS THREE TEAMS WITHIN 2.5 POINTS OF EACH OTHER. OUR KIDS FOUGHT HARD AND THEY SHOWED UP AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. THEY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEMSELVES. TO START OUR CELEBRATION OFF, I'M GOING TO WELCOME THE LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES AND COACH TO THE STAGE. ELLIOTT KOL SCHMIDT IS OUR ATHLETE. [APPLAUSE] AS A FRESHMAN, SHE WAS THIRD PLACE THIS YEAR IN GIRLS 1 METER DIVING. SHE IS COACHED BY OUR FISD HEAD DIVE COACH, COACH CLAUDIA SUNDAY. COACH SUNDAY HANDLES ALL THE DIVERS FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS AND OUR CLUB TEAM, AND SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB. SHE HAS A LENGTHY LIST OF AWARDS, BUT SHE WAS DEFINITELY THE 5A REGION BOYS AND GIRLS DIVE COACH OF THE YEAR, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF BOTH OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. YOUR PANTHER CREEK GIRLS TEAM WAS THE 4A STATE GIRLS THIRD PLACE TEAM. [APPLAUSE] THESE YOUNG LADIES ARE COACHED BY HEAD SWIM COACH MEGAN GANOZA. [APPLAUSE] SHE WAS YOUR 4A REGION SWIM COACH OF THE YEAR, ALSO HEAD DIVE COACH CLAUDIA SUNDAY. [APPLAUSE] YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HER A COUPLE OF TIMES. SHE WAS THE 4A REGION AND STATE GIRLS DIVE COACH OF THE YEAR [APPLAUSE] AND ASSISTANT COACH JACOB NISH WONDER. [APPLAUSE] I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AS A WHOLE, AND THEN I'LL SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE KIDS THAT MEDDLED INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A RELAY. YOUR MEMBERS, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, LADIES, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO CONTRIBUTED IN AN EVENT OR A RELAY ON SOME LEVEL, AND THEY ALL SCORED POINTS AND ALL CONTRIBUTED, ARIEL NAGERO, [APPLAUSE] CAMILA PHILAN, [APPLAUSE] CORA ECKERD, [APPLAUSE] CUBA ECKERD, [APPLAUSE] KIRSTEN WALLACE, [APPLAUSE] CAVI CATTRAA PALI, [APPLAUSE] AND ISABELLE ZACHARIAH. [APPLAUSE] YOUR MEDALISTS, ARIEL NAGERO WHO IS THE STATE RUNNER-UP IN GIRLS DIVING, CAMILA PHILAN WAS THE STATE RUNNER UP IN THE GIRLS 500 FREE STYLE. [APPLAUSE] THEN THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDLEY RELAY THAT WAS THIRD PLACE OVERALL WERE CAMILLE DYLAN, CORA ECKERD, CUBA ECKERD, AND KIRSTEN WALLACE. [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, ATHLETES, COACHES FOR YOUR THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE 4A STATE MEET. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT TO THE STAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE WAKELAND BOYS SWIM TEAM.
THESE WAKELAND GENTLEMEN REPRESENTED WELL, AND THEY ARE YOUR THIRD-PLACE FINISHERS WHERE THE 5A BOYS STATES SWIMMING. [APPLAUSE] THEY'RE COACHED BY GRIFFIN MARSHALL, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. HIS KIDS HAVE A DIFFERENT SPRING BREAK, AND SO HE'S WITH THEM ON A DIFFERENT SPRING BREAK, AND ASSISTANT COACH KELBY GRIST. [APPLAUSE] THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY, ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB. JACKSON ARMOR, [APPLAUSE] CHARLIE WANG, ELIJAH TONG, LANDON GREEN, NATHAN DE BERG, GEORGE STEWART DAVILA, DANIEL KIM, CHRIS KO, GRANT APPLEGATE, ALEXANDER PHILTRO, AND EMMANUEL ROGE. [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS, CHARLIE WANG. [APPLAUSE] CHARLIE WAS THE THIRD-PLACE FINISHER IN THE BOYS 100 BRUSH STROKE. JACKSON ARMOR. STEP UP THERE, KIDO. NO. STAY OUT THERE. THIS YOUNG MAN, Y'ALL. HE WAS THE STATE CHAMPION AND THE 5A STATE RECORD HOLDER AND THE BOYS 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. HE'S THE STATE CHAMPION AND THE TEXAS THAT'S ALL OF 5A, 6A, 4A ALL OF TEXAS STATE RECORD HOLDER AND THE 100 BRUSH STROKE. HE WAS THE 5A BOYS SWIMMER OF THE MEET, WHICH I HAVE BEEN IN FRISCO A LONG TIME, AND I DON'T REMEMBER FRISCO HAVING AN ATHLETE OF THE MEET. JACKSON, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] ANOTHER ENORMOUS CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE YOUNG MEN FOR THEIR THIRD-PLACE FINISH AS A TEAM. GOOD JOB, ATHLETES. COACHES. [APPLAUSE] FINALLY, TO THE STAGE, YOUR REEDY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE A COMBINATION HERE OF GIRLS AND BOYS, SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THEM AS MUCH AS I CAN. THESE ATHLETES ARE LED BY HEAD SWIM COACH JENNY BEAGLE. [APPLAUSE] IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO GET THROUGH THESE. SHE IS THE 5A REGION GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR, THE THSCA REGION 3 COACH OF THE YEAR, THSCA 5A STATES COACH OF THE YEAR, AND THE UIL NFHS GIRLS STATE AND SECTIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR. [APPLAUSE] IT'S IMPRESSIVE. VERY IMPRESSIVE. ALSO, HEAD DIVING-COACH CLAUDIA SUNDAY. [APPLAUSE] THEN COACH SUNDAY IS THE 5A BOYS AND GIRLS REGION DIVE COACH OF THE YEAR, AND ASSISTANT COACH JACOB NISH WONDER. FOR THESE LADIES, THESE LADIES WERE THE STATE RUNNERS-UP THIS YEAR FOR 5A. [APPLAUSE] THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE AUDREY BRAMLETT, [APPLAUSE] SOPHIA HERNER, [APPLAUSE] LAUREN GAGGIOLI, [APPLAUSE] RILEY SHERMAN, [APPLAUSE] ELLA PITTS, [APPLAUSE] CAMILA SILVA RODRIGUEZ, [APPLAUSE] MORGAN GLORIA, [APPLAUSE] ALLISON LEE, [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE], [APPLAUSE] AND ISABELLE HENDERSON, WHO IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT. [APPLAUSE] ISABELLE WAS ALSO THE STATE RUNNER UP AND THE GIRLS 500 FREE. ALSO, A LONE WOLF. KURT OWENS, STEP FORWARD, SIR. [APPLAUSE] KURT WAS THE THIRD PLACE FINISHER AND THE BOYS 100 BACKSTROKE. [APPLAUSE] AGAIN, COACHES AND ATHLETES, YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING EVERYBODY WHAT FRISCO ISD IS ALL ABOUT. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR INCREDIBLE COACHES AND ATHLETES, DR. WALDRIP, AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU GUYS, AGAIN, FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE THEM, THEIR WORK, THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. EDUCATIONAL ATHLETICS IS THE BEST AVENUE TO DEVELOP FUTURE-READY STUDENTS. YOUR LEADERSHIP IS THE REASON THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST ELITE PROGRAMS IN THE NATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT. DON'T ARGUE WITH ME, IT'S EVIDENT, AND YOU GUYS ARE THE REASON WHY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEXT PERSON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU DO NEED TO EXIT, PLEASE EXIT QUIETLY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL CELEBRATING STUDENTS. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS 6E RECOGNITION OF TMEA, ALL STATE SECONDARY MUSIC STUDENTS, MR. MCCLENDON. >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. CELEBRATION DOES CONTINUE ON TO OUR MUSICIANS AND PETE HAZZARD, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, IS AT THE PODIUM, SO I'LL LET HIM TAKE IT FROM HERE. >> WELL, GOOD EVENING, DR. WALDRIP AND DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES. AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING, I'M REMINDED OF A TIMELESS TRUTH, AS GOES THE LEADER, SO GOES THE TEAM. WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU, OUR DEDICATED FISD LEADERS, FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A VIBRANT AND RELEVANT ARTS EDUCATION WITHIN FRISCO ISD. IN TIMES WHEN WE FACE DIFFICULT AND OFTEN PAINFUL DECISIONS, YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP ENSURES THAT OVER, GET THIS, 80% OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN FRISCO ISD HAVE ACCESS TO ENRICHING DAILY ARTS EXPERIENCES. THIS COMMITMENT TRULY EMBODIES THE ESSENCE OF A WHOLE CHILD INITIATIVE, AND IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL CELEBRATE. AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL ARTS AND EDUCATION MONTH THIS MARCH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, SCHOOLS ARE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON THE VITAL ROLE THE ARTS PLAY IN DEVELOPING CREATIVITY, CRITICAL THINKING, AND COMMUNITY IN OUR STUDENTS' LIVES. HERE IN FRISCO ISD, WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT NATIONAL CONVERSATION, SHOWCASING HOW THE ARTS CONTINUE TO THRIVE, THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VISION. IN MAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING OUR FINAL STATE LEVEL RESULTS FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR. IN ALL ASPECTS, THIS YEAR HAS LITERALLY BEEN RECORD SETTING FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS DIVISIONS AT ALL LEVELS. FOR THIS AND MUCH MORE WE AGAIN SAY, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE PROUDLY HONOR THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR SECONDARY MUSIC PROGRAMS BY RECOGNIZING 56, A RECORD NUMBER FOR US, FRISCO ISD STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS ALL STATE MUSICIANS. THIS PRESTIGIOUS TITLE IS AWARDED THROUGH THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION CLINIC CONVENTION. THESE STUDENTS' TRIUMPHS THROUGH A RIGOROUS SELECTION PROCESS, THAT BEGAN WITH OVER 72,000 MUSICIANS STATEWIDE, CULMINATING IN DISTRICT, REGION, AND AREA COMPETITIONS. ONLY THE TOP 3% ADVANCE TO EARN THIS DISTINGUISHED RECOGNITION, MAKING ALL STATE THE HIGHEST HONOR A TEXAS MUSIC STUDENT CAN ACHIEVE. WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS GUIDING THESE TALENTED STUDENTS. THEIR DEDICATION SUPPORT ARE VITAL TO NURTURING AND GROWING THESE STUDENT PERFORMERS. OUR TEACHERS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST, AND TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE BOTH OUR ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS AND THE INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS THAT STAND BEHIND THEIR SUCCESS. MR. CANSLER, MR. DRAPER, WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS AT THIS TIME. WE'LL BEGIN WITH CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. AS WE GET TO THE END OF EACH ONE OF THESE GROUPS, IF YOU ARE A PARENT THAT IS HERE SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED AND WE'LL APPLAUD ALL OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL TOGETHER. >> FIRST IS CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, KIARA HENDERSON, PRINCIPAL. WE'LL START WITH BAND. ANDRE RYAN IS IN HIS 12TH YEAR AS BAND DIRECTOR AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. HIS ASSISTANTS ARE ASHLEY KAY, CHAD WALLACE, ERIC GOODHEER, AND LAUREN FLORES. ALL STATE STUDENT IS NICOLAS KEPP, 12TH GRADE CLARINET FIRST YEAR ALL STATE [APPLAUSE]. FOR ORCHESTRA, DEVAN BELL HAS BEEN THE HEAD ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR SEVEN YEARS. ASSISTANTS ARE JOCELYN HO AND YOUNG PARK.
THEY'RE ALL-STATOR ORCHESTRA STUDENTS ARE ADITI BETTY PLU, 10TH GRADE HARP FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, STEPHANIE YU, 11TH GRADE HARP FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, ETHAN LOAW, 12TH GRADE VIOLIN FIRST YEAR ALLSTATE, AND ANDREW PARK NINTH GRADE VIOLIN FIRST YEAR ALLSTATE. FOR CHOIR, NICK LAROKA HAS BEEN THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR SIX YEARS. ALLSTATE CHOIR STUDENT IS RUBEN JACOB, 11TH GRADE, 102 FIRST YEAR ALLSTATE. LET'S HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, DR. KRISTIN SOMMERS, PRINCIPAL. WE'LL START WITH BAND. BRIAN ROBERTS IS IN HER 10TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. HER ASSISTANTS ARE KELSEY DUNHAM AND SEBASTIAN LOPEZ. ALL STATE BAND STUDENTS ARE AUSTIN CROUCH, 10TH GRADE TRUMPET, FIRST YEAR ALL STATOR. ANISH PATRI, 10TH GRADE, BASED CLARINET FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, AND EDEN SHIN, 11TH GRADE, CLARINET FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. FOR ORCHESTRA, SANDRA MOORE HAS BEEN WITH FRISCO ISD FOR TWO YEARS. SHE'S ASSISTED BY MICHELLE KRONOS CAMPOS. THE ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENT FROM EMERSON IS ANDREW KIM,12TH GRADE, VIOLA, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. [APPLAUSE] LET'S A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT IS FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, DR. SEAN PERRY, PRINCIPAL. FOR BAND, DAVID SIMON HAS BEEN WITH FRISCO ISD FOR EIGHT YEARS. HIS ASSISTANTS ARE MATTHEW COURTNEY, HEATH DILLARD, AND NGAGE GRIMSLEY, AND TOBY LIGHTNESS. ALL-STATE BAND STUDENT IS BRIANA MICLICH, 11TH GRADE E FLAT CLARINET, FIRST YEAR ALL-STATE. FOR CHOIR TRACY BRADSTREET IS IN HER 17TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. ALL STATE CHOIR STUDENTS ARE RIMA CHADERIL, 11TH GRADE, SOPRANO II, FIRST YEAR ALLSTATE, AND ISAAC PERURU, 12TH GRADE, BASE 1, FIRST YEAR ALLSTATE. FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT UP IS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, MICHEL ZURICH PRINCIPAL. FOR BAND, JASON PSIKA HAS BEEN WITH FRISCO ISD FOR 25 YEARS. HE'S ASSISTED BY LOGAN STONE, ALAN BRODY, AND CASANDRA GONZALEZ. ALL STATE BAND STUDENTS ARE VIVON SHARMA, 12TH GRADE, TROMBONE, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. ANA SHE AIR, 11TH GRADE TUBA, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. FOR ORCHESTRA, ELIZABETH BALKAM IS CURRENTLY IN HER 16TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. HER ASSISTANT IS LAUREL DAY AND YOUNG PARK IS THE HARP TEACHER. ALL STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS FROM HERITAGE ARE RUAN DE SUSA, 11TH GRADE HARP, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, 11TH GRADE. THAT'S A LOT. STARTED WHEN SHE WAS FOUR. AND ANANYA, BALIS KRISTIAN 11TH GRADE HARP, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT IS INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, ALAN WALIGER, PRINCIPAL. FOR BAND, DANIEL KING IS IN HIS THIRD YEAR AS BAND DIRECTOR AT INDEPENDENCE. HE'S ASSISTED BY DANNY BROCK AND BRADLEY BAIRD. ALL STATE BAND STUDENTS ARE TRITAN KAMAKAR, 12TH GRADE, BASED CLARINET, SECOND ALLSTATE, SERENA LANG, TENTH GRADE, FRENCH HORN, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, RACHEL Y, 11TH GRADE, FLUTE, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, AND DARSHAN T TTH KUMAR, 12TH GRADE, BASSOON FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. FOR ORCHESTRA, LINDSEY TITUS IS IN HER 17TH YEAR OF TEACHING AND FRISCO A STEDN, IS THE DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS AND AP MUSIC THEORY TEACHER AT INDEPENDENCE. SHE'S ASSISTED BY JACKIE MCNALLY AND MEGAN LEE. ALL STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS FROM INDEPENDENCE ARE JEREMY CHA, 11TH GRADE VIOLIN, THIRD YEAR ALL STATE, PN POTTI PAT, TENTH GRADE VIOLIN, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, AND VAGO SVALRUN, TENTH GRADE VIOLA, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. FOR CHOIR, STEPHANIE KEEN IS IN HER NINTH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. ALL STATE CHOIR STUDENTS, DIM I'M SORRY, NIBONG, ON D, 12TH GRADE, TEN OR ONE, THIRD YEAR ALL STATE, SAM IR, TENTH GRADE, TEN OR ONE, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE.
BY BIJU YA GUN VON, 11TH GRADE TEN OR TWO, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE, AND ETHAN HAYES, 12TH GRADE TEN OR ONE, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. CAN I HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS LEBANON CRELE HIGH SCHOOL, BURN FAMPO ATTO PRINCIPAL. KELLY WYKOFF HAS IN HE 16TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD AS THE HEAD DIRECTOR. HER ASSISTANTS ARE MATTHEW SHAW, MICHAELA PROST, AND BENJI BAKER. THE ALLSTATE BAND STUDENTS ARE JAKE MONTE, TENTH GRADE TROMBONE, FIRST YEAR ALLTER. JACOB MOLNAR, 11TH GRADE TENOR SACKS, FIRST YEAR ALL-STATER AND DAVID TIMPANI, TENTH GRADE FRENCH HORN, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. FOR ORCHESTRA, PAUL VANDERPOOL IS IN HIS NINTH YEAR AS ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AT LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL. HIS ASSISTANT IS ZI MORE AND THE HART TEACHER IS YUMICO SCHLEIFER. ALL STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS ARE FIONA BOY, TENTH GRADE VIOLIN, SECOND YEAR ALL STATER. JIM AND KIM, NINTH GRADE VIOLIN, FIRST YEAR ALL-STATER. JUSTIN QUACK, 11TH GRADE VIOLA, SECOND YEAR ALL STATER, AND ANDREW SUN, 11TH GRADE CELLO, FIRST YEAR ALL STATER. FOR CHOIR, MIKE BUNTON IS IN HIS NINTH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. ALL STATE CHOIR STUDENT IS FAITH ALAS, 11TH GRADE SOPRANO, A TWO-TIME YEAR ALL STATER. TEVOR ANDO APPLAUSE FOR LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL. UP NEXT, WE HAVE ALL STATERS FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE STACY WHALING IS PRINCIPAL. THE LIBERTY BAND IS DIRECTED BY ANNA HINOJOSA SANTI. SHE'S IN HER FIRST YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD, AND HER ASSISTANTS ARE CECILY YOKIM AND ALEC ROZICH. ALL STATE BAND STUDENTS FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL ARE ETHAN KIM, 12TH GRADE EUPHONIUM FIRST YEAR ALL STATER, AND SUHAB SABER, 12TH GRADE TRUMPET FIRST YEAR ALL STATER. ORCHESTRA AT LIBERTY IS DIRECTED BY JULIE BLACKSTOCK, WHO'S IN HER 11TH YEAR TEACHING AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL. HER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS BRANDON LUCIO, AND HER HARP TEACHER IS YUMICO SCHLEIFER. ALL STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL ARE KEVIN SCHU, NINTH GRADE VIOLIN, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. REHAB SHVSEN, TENTH GRADE VIOLA, SECOND YEAR ALL STATE. ANDREW KIM, TENTH GRADE VIOLIN, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. JUSTIN YAMASHITA, 12TH GRADE CELLO, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. AND ANNALISA BERKELEY, 12TH GRADE HART PLAYER, SECOND YEAR ALL STATE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR ALL STATS FROM LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL. UP NEXT, WE HAVE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE BROOKE FESCO IS PRINCIPAL. LOGAN STALCU IS DIRECTING BAND AND IS HIS THIRD YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. HIS ASSISTANTS ARE BEN AYERS, JACOB CARTER, NICOLE ROBBINS, AND EMILY MYERS. THE ALLSTATE BAND STUDENT FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT DUE TO ILLNESS. THAT IS WILLIAM FAN, 11TH GRADE TROMBONE AND FIRST YEAR ALL STATE STUDENT. THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS RACHEL MASSEY, WHO IS IN HER SEVENTH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. ALLSTATE CHOIR STUDENT REPRESENTING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS MAY LU, TENTH GRADE, ALSO A FIRST-YEAR ALLSTATE. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. UP NEXT, WE HAVE PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL WHERE RYAN SOLANO IS PRINCIPAL. REPRESENTING THE BAND TONIGHT IS KENT WALLACE, WHO IS IN HIS NINTH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. HIS ASSISTANTS ARE JADEN BERNAL, ANTOINE LOPEZ, RYAN ONG, AND TIMOTHY YAP. ALL STATE BAND STUDENT FROM PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL IS CARLOS CASTRO, 12TH GRADE PERCUSSION AND SECOND YEAR ALL STATE. PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, EVERYBODY. UP NEXT, WE HAVE REEDY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE MR. JOHN ERIC ZIER IS PRINCIPAL. REPRESENTING THE BAND IS PAUL HOYER, WHO IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS ASSISTED BY JEREMY DWINTER AND SCOTT BALDWIN.
ALL STATE STUDENTS FROM THE REEDY BAND ARE SIMEON VARGAS, 12TH GRADE PERCUSSION AND SECOND YEAR ALL STATE STUDENT. THE DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA AT RED IS ERIC LANE. HE'S IN HIS TENTH YEAR AS DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA. HIS ASSISTANTS ARE ELLEN KIDWELL AND MEGAN LEE. ALL STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL ARE UNA HANAKI, NINTH GRADE VIOLIN AND FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. JONATHAN MITCH, TENTH GRADE VIOLA FIRST YEAR ALL STATER. AND DANIEL YE, 11TH GRADE CELLO AND SECOND YEAR ALL STATER. REPRESENTING THE CHOIR, MR. KEVIN TARPLEY, WHO IS IN HIS SIXTH YEAR AS THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AT FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHES THE ALL STATE STUDENT AT RED JAMIESON KASSIN, 12TH GRADE, TEN OR TWO FIRST YEAR ALL STATER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE ALL STATERS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. ONE MORE TIME. [APPLAUSE] OUR FINAL SCHOOL OF THE EVENING IS WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE MISS DONNA EDGE IS PRINCIPAL. FOR THE BAND, RYLAN GIDRIY IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. HIS ASSISTANTS ARE KYLE AYUB, RYAN DUTTON, AND BRIAN TED. ALL STATE STUDENTS FROM THE WAKELAND BAND PROGRAM ARE MAZ SHAMIM, 12TH GRADE ALTO SAXOPHONE, SECOND YEAR ALL STATE, LE SHETLER, 11TH GRADE FRENCH HORN, AND SECOND YEAR ALLSTATE. AND SCARLET WHITZEL, 11TH GRADE TRUMPET, FIRST YEAR ALL STATE. REPRESENTING OUR ORCHESTRA AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, DUSTIN IS IN HER 17TH YEAR WITH FRISCO ISD. SHE IS ASSISTED BY HARP TEACHER JEFF WALTERS. THE ALL STATE STUDENTS FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL ARE JON LEE, 11TH GRADE VIOLIN, THIRD YEAR ALL STATER, AND COHEN STA, 11TH GRADE VIOLA, FIRST YEAR ALL STATER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR ALL-STATERS FROM WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO DO THAT TONIGHT. WE KNOW THAT GREAT FINE ARTS PROGRAMS DON'T JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THEY RESULT OF A LOT OF INTENTIONAL WORK ON THE BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR WORK. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY BRING TO OUR DISTRICT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE FRISCO ISD SPECIAL, ONE OF THOSE IS OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE BEGIN INVOCATION, I WANT TO GIVE PARENTS AND FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXIT. AND BOARD, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7, WHICH IS INVOCATION. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN RECOGNITION OF EVERY FAITH THAT IS REPRESENTED IN FRISCO ISD. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR EVERY SEAT THAT HAS BEEN FILLED HERE TODAY. FOR EACH MIND AND HEART THAT FEELS THE PRESENCE OF THIS ROOM, WE THANK YOU. ONLY YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT WE ARE SETTING OUT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY. WE HAVE AN IDEA, A VISION, HINTS AND DAILY INSTRUCTIONS. WE HAVE TALENTS, ABILITIES, AND TIME TO WORK. HOWEVER, ONLY YOU CAN SEE IN PERFECT DETAIL THE END TO EVERY BEGINNING. EVERY PROJECT, EVERY SEASON, EVERY LIFE. NOTHING IS EVER IN VAIN FOR EVEN MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS ARE USED FOR YOUR GOOD. STRENGTHEN OUR CONFIDENCE AND WHO YOU HAVE MADE US TO BE. BLESS THIS MEETING TODAY, ALL THOSE PRESENT, AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF THOSE WE WILL ENCOUNTER AFTERWARD, READY US TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT. AMEN. BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 8, FUTURE READY CAMPUS SPOTLIGHT. MR. MCCLENDON. >> THANKS, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE TIME OF THE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE GET TO LOOK INSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SORRY FOR MY VOICE A LITTLE BIT, BEAR WITH ME. LOOK INSIDE A CAMPUS AND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THAT CAMPUS, STUDENT LEARNING, FUTURE READY, TEACHING, EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, AND WE'VE BEEN CELEBRATING OUR CAMPUSES ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TODAY, KRISTIN SOMMERS, SHE IS OUR PRINCIPAL AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL. YOU GET THAT. THERE YOU GO. PRINCIPAL AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL. KRISTEN HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE.
SHE IS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL. SHE OPENED UP LEBANON TRE AS ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL OVER THERE, AND THEN SHE CAME OVER AND OPENED UP EMERSON. SHE IS A VETERAN WHEN IT COMES NOT ONLY JUST BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR, BUT ALSO OPENING UP OUR CAMPUSES. KRISTEN TAKE IT AWAY AND TELL US WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING OVER AT EMERSON. >> FANTASTIC. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE CREATING FOR OUR STUDENTS OVER EMERSON. THE BAD THING ABOUT BEING SECONDARY AND BEING HERE TONIGHT IS THAT I HAD TO FOLLOW ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WHO CAME BEFORE ME. WE ALL KNOW THAT NO SECONDARY PERSON WANTS TO EVER FOLLOW AN ELEMENTARY PERSON. THEY ARE CREATIVE AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THE BEST IDEAS, AND I TOLD AMANDA DALTON FROM COMSTOCK THAT SHE SOLD MY IDEA OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR OUR STUDENTS. I HAD TO GO ON TO THE NEXT BEST THING, WHICH IS TAYLOR SWIFT. IF YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME, OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS TAYLOR SWIFT THEMED AS I TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ERAS THAT EMERSON HAS BEEN THROUGH. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH TAYLOR SWIFT, EACH OF HER ALBUMS REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT ERA. JUST LIKE THE MAVERICKS WE ARE, I HOPE YOU ENJOY A LITTLE TAYLOR SWIFT THIS EVENING. THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THANK YOU. IS WHAT ARE THE SKILLS THAT YOU USE EVERY DAY? EVERY DAY WE GO TO WORK OR WE HAVE OUR JOB THAT WE DO AT HOME, WHICHEVER THAT MAY BE AND WHAT ARE THOSE SKILLS THAT YOU UTILIZE THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE? IF YOU'RE AN ACCOUNTANT, IT'S OUTSIDE OF TAX PRACTICES OR ACCOUNTING. IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS PERSON, MAYBE IT'S OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS LAW OR WHATEVER YOUR SPECIFIC BUSINESS IS ABOUT. THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE SKILLS ARE THAT YOU NEED EVERY SINGLE DAY IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE. IT CAN BE A STAY AT HOME PARENT, IT CAN BE WORKING FROM HOME, IT CAN BE HOME SCHOOLING YOUR OWN CHILDREN. BUT THOSE SKILLS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO YOUR SUCCESS. TAKE JUST A SECOND AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE, AND I WANT YOU TO HOLD ON TO THOSE FOR A SECOND. WHENEVER WE OPENED EMERSON, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MARFA TEXAS IN THE '80S, MY CLASSROOM LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE THE 1989 VERSION THAT'S THERE ON THE LEFT. IT WAS VERY ROTE. I CAME IN EVERY DAY EXPECTING AND KNOWING EXACTLY WHICH SEAT I WAS GOING TO SIT IN. EVERY CLASSROOM LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME, WHETHER YOU WERE IN KINDERGARTEN OR WHETHER YOU WERE IN 12TH GRADE. IT DID NOT MATTER. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANTED IN EMERSON AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED FRISCO ISD. WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO OPEN OUR BUILDING WITH A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START IT FROM THE GET GO. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TRANSFORM THAT 1989 VERSION INTO THE EMERSON VERSION. THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS WAS GETTING INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND FROM OUR STUDENTS. WHEN OPENED, WE TOOK STUDENTS FROM VAN DERVENER, LAWLER, AND SCOGGINS. MY COUNSELOR AND I WENT OVER TO THOSE CAMPUSES QUITE OFTEN. WE GOT INPUT FROM THE STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THE SKILLS WERE THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY NEEDED WHENEVER THEY LEFT OUR DOORS AT EMERSON. WE HAD PARENT NIGHTS RIGHT HERE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING BEFORE WE EVER OPENED, WHERE WE GOT THAT SAME INPUT FROM PARENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTENT. THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY AS WE TEACH THE SKILLS AND THE STANDARDS TO OUR STUDENTS. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHAT ARE THE SKILLS THAT YOU HOPE THAT YOUR STUDENTS HAVE BY THE TIME THAT THEY LEAVE EMERSON? YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS OUR GRADUATE PROFILE. WE CAME UP WITH OUR BE BOLD, BE FIRST AND BE CURIOUS. LOTS OF PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY SEE BE FIRST, ESPECIALLY THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT PLACE WE COME IN. YOU SEE ALL THE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. BUT WE ALSO WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE FIRST IN SEEING PERSPECTIVES OF OTHERS IN LEADING AND IN TAKING A CHARGE AND IN BEING A SERVICE TO OTHERS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EXACTLY WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE BY EMERSON IS OUR AND BOLD, BE FIRST AND BE CURIOUS. THEN WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE NEW TECH NETWORK IN OUR PROJECT BASED LEARNING THAT WE DO. FROM THAT, WE CAME WITH OUR FOUR LEARNING OUTCOMES THAT WE WORK ON AT EMERSON. THAT IS OUR AGENCY, SO A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR LEARNING, VERBAL COMMUNICATION, HOW THEY CAN COMMUNICATE VERBALLY WITH THOSE AROUND THEM AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, AND THEN ALSO COLLABORATION. OFTENTIMES WE THINK THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT THEY COLLABORATE IN CLASS ALL OF THE TIME. BUT REALLY AND TRULY UNTIL WE WORK ON THE SPECIFIC SKILLS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE LEARNING OUTCOMES, COLLABORATION IS MADE UP OF A LOT OF THINGS, EQUAL PARTICIPATION, MEETING YOUR OWN PERSONAL DEADLINES WITHIN THAT, CONTRIBUTING TO THE GREATER GOOD. WE HAVE THOSE BROKEN DOWN INTO VARIOUS RUBRICS THAT WE WORK ON. IN OUR CLASSES, WE GIVE FEEDBACK, AND IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THEIR IN E SCHOOL, NOT AS A GRADE, BUT AS A FORM OF FEEDBACK TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
THEY CAN SEE HOW THEIR LEARNING OUTCOMES ARE ALSO IMPACTING THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THEIR CLASS EVERY DAY. THAT ALSO STARTED WITH HIRING. THIS IS MY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT THINK A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, KENDALL MILLER WOULD END UP ON THE SCREEN OF A LEARNING PRESENTATION. HOWEVER, AS ONE OF THE FIRST HIRES THAT WE MAKE, EVERY HIRE IS IMPORTANT. BUT AS A CULTURE SETTER ON OUR CAMPUS, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT EVERY SINGLE EDUCATOR THAT WE HIRED WAS ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING LEARNING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND OUR LEARNING OUTCOMES. OPENING A BRAND NEW BUILDING, BRINGING ALL OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AND THE UNITED STATES, FROM GARLAND TO OREGON, COMING TO OUR CAMPUS TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY BUILD SOMETHING. WE KNEW THAT COLLECTIVE EFFICACY WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY HAVE TO SPEND TIME ON, AND THAT'S THAT BELIEF THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING. THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHENEVER YOU'RE OPENING A BRAND NEW BUILDING AND THANKS TO COVID AND SOME OPENING CHALLENGES, YOU GET IN THE BUILDING RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. BUT IT REALLY PROVED THAT IT'S MORE OF A MINDSET AND NOT HAVING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING ITSELF. BUT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO HAVE SOME INTENTIONAL PRACTICES TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF. A FEW OF THOSE INCLUDE OUR E^2 LEARNING. E^2 IS OUR MONTHLY JOB EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE OUR STUDENTS COME TO OUR USUALLY, OUR MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, OUR LIBRARY. E^2 IS DIFFERENTIATED AND IT IS BASED ON WHAT OUR STAFF NEEDS AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT. IT'S LED BY TEACHER LEADERS, IT'S LED BY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES. OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AT EMERSON, WE CALL IT OUR IC PLUS TEAM. IT'S OUR TWO INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, IT'S ALSO OUR DLC, OUR LIBRARIAN, AND OUR ESL TEACHER, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE WORKING TO COACH OUR STAFF AND TO BE A SUPPORT MECHANISM FOR OUR STAFF AS THEY IMPLEMENT INSTRUCTION IN THEIR CAMPUS THAT IS SUPPORTING OUR LEARNERS. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO ON OUR CAMPUS, A COUPLE OF OTHERS, WE CALL IT CALL YOUR SHOT. MUCH LIKE IF YOU'VE EVER PLAYED HORSE WHENEVER YOU WERE A KID, YOU HAD TO CALL YOUR SHOT BEFORE YOU MADE IT. WE DO THAT. WE WANT OUR STAFF TO GET INTO EACH OTHER'S CLASSROOM AND TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. THAT IS THE BEST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT ANY EDUCATOR EVER GETS IS BY BEING IN THE CLASSROOM AND LEARNING FROM THEIR PEERS. TEACHER WILL FILL OUT THE CALL YOUR SHOT FORM. IT SAYS, HEY, I'M DOING THIS THING IN MY CLASS ON THIS DAY AT THIS TIME, YOU SHOULD COME AND SEE IT. OUR STAFF HAS ACCESS TO IT AND IF THEY'RE DURING THEIR CONFERENCE PERIOD, AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I'M GOING TO GO SEE THAT TODAY. I WANT TO SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT. THEN THEY GO TO THAT TEACHER'S CLASSROOM OR OTHER THING, WHICH IS A LEARNING WALK. WE HAVE A CAMPUS WIDE GOOGLE FORM THAT WE ALSO FILL OUT AT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE GOING INTO CLASSROOMS. IT'S TO HELP US ALL REFLECTIVE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT. IT MIGHT LOOK VERY DIFFERENT IN AN ALGEBRA 1 CLASSROOM THAN IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BANDHALL, OR IN AN ENGLISH CLASSROOM. BUT WE CAN TAKE TIDBITS FROM EACH OTHER AND THAT'S HOW WE LEARN AND THAT'S HOW WE BETTER OURSELF IS HOW WE GENERALIZE THOSE SKILLS, NO MATTER WHAT CLASSROOM WE'RE IN. IN ORDER TO BETTER OURSELF, BUT LIKE I SAID, ALSO BUILD THAT COLLECTIVE EFFICACY. IF I SEE MY COLLEAGUES DOING GREAT THINGS IN THEIR CLASSROOM AND HOW THEY SUPPORT KIDS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOM, I'M GOING TO BRING THAT BACK TO MY CLASSROOM AND NOW I HAVE A GREATER IDEA OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THE SHARED VISION. IT'S GREAT WHENEVER OUR STAFF DOES ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT THERE HAS TO BE AN OUTCOME OF IT. THAT OUTCOME FOR US IS THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE CREATED FOR OUR LEARNERS AND HOW THAT MANIFESTS AND WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN OUR BUILDING EVERY SINGLE DAY. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS OUR PROJECT SHOWCASE. WE DO IT THE DAY BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK IN DECEMBER BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS THERE, WE WANT THEM ENGAGED, AND WE WANT THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. GOING BACK TO OUR LEARNING OUTCOMES THOUGH IN TAKING AGENCY, WE SET UP OUR PROJECT SHOWCASE MUCH LIKE A CONFERENCE. ALL OF US HAVE BEEN TO A CONFERENCE WHERE WE'VE GONE ON THE APP AND WE'VE SELECTED THE SESSIONS THAT WE WANT TO GO TO, AND THEN EVERY 20 OR 30 MINUTES OR HOWEVER OFTEN IT IS, YOU ROTATE AND YOU GO TO YOUR NEXT SESSION. WE TURN 1,860 KIDS LOOSE IN OUR BUILDING, AND THEY GO TO A CONFERENCE STYLE PROJECT SHOWCASE, AND YOU HAVE TO ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO BE CHAOTIC AND IT IS. BUT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY WHERE THEY VIEW THE SESSIONS BEFOREHAND. THEY SELECT THE SESSIONS THEY WANT TO GO TO. WE PRINT THEM OUT A SCHEDULE THAT THEY GET AN ADVISORY THAT VERY FIRST THING THAT MORNING, AND THEN THEY FOLLOW THEIR SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE MORNING. IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO GIVE STUDENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT REAL LIFE LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM OUTSIDE OF HIGH SCHOOL WHENEVER THEY GET INTO COLLEGE OR INTO CAREERS. WHY ARE WE NOT PRACTICING THOSE SKILLS WHILE WE HAVE THEM UNDER OUR TUTELAGE, IN OUR BUILDING, WHERE IT'S A SAFE PLACE, AND IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE THOSE RISKS.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IN OPENING A BUILDING IS THE CULTURE. IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME IN YEAR 1, BUT I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF AND IN FRONT OF MY STAFF THAT MY CHARGE THAT YEAR WAS TO SAY YES. IT WAS TO SAY YES TO AS MANY THINGS AS I POSSIBLY COULD THAT WERE ALLOWED AND APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL. REALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS IT MEANS THAT STUDENTS WHENEVER YOU GIVE THEM THE CHARGE AND YOU TELL THEM WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND YOU PUT IT IN THEIR HANDS, THEY DO SUCH A BETTER JOB THAN WE EVER DO AS ADULTS. THEY COME UP WITH SO MANY MORE CREATIVE IDEAS, AND THE IMPACT OF THIS IS OUR STUDENTS HAVE MADE OUR CAMPUS THEIRS. IT IS YOU WALK INTO OUR BUILDING AND YOU FEEL THE CLIMATE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY ARE PART OF THAT. THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP IN IT, WHETHER IT IS OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND ONE OF THEIR SHINING MOMENTS, I THINK, ONE OF THEIR SHINING MOMENTS IS MAKE A WISH. IT'S A CAMPUS WIDE PROJECT THAT WE ALL WORK ON. I WAS A LITTLE BIT HESITANT LAST YEAR WHENEVER WE DID IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FAIL. I DON'T WANT TO SET US UP FOR FAILURE. WHEN THEY CAME AND THEY SAID, WE HAVE TO RAISE $10,000 FOR OUR MAKE A WISH STUDENT. I THOUGHT, OH, GOSH, WHAT IF WE DON'T DO THAT? WE DON'T WANT TO SET OURSELF UP FOR FAILURE IN THIS. BUT BECAUSE IT'S STUDENT LED AND BECAUSE IT'S STUDENT RUN, THEY DON'T WANT TO FAIL EITHER. WE ENDED UP RAISING $16,000 LAST YEAR FOR OUR MAKE A WISH STUDENT. JUST LIKE A MAVERICK, THEY ARE NOW TAKING ON THREE MAKE A WISH STUDENTS THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN SERVE EVEN MORE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED IN COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT WHENEVER YOU SAY YES AND WHENEVER YOU HELP STUDENTS AND GUIDE THEM TO REACH THEIR GOALS, NOT ONLY DO THEY REACH THOSE GOALS, BUT THEY FAR SURPASS THEM. I WANT YOU TO HEAR ON THE NEXT SLIDE A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR STUDENTS FROM A PANEL THAT THEY WERE PART OF WITH SCHOOLS FROM AUSTRALIA THAT COME TO VISIT OUR CAMPUS EVERY YEAR, AND THIS IS I DON'T PROMPT THEM. I DON'T GIVE THEM QUESTIONS BEFOREHAND. I JUST TRUST THEM TO GO AND TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO. THIS IS A LITTLE FROM OUR KIDS. >> HOLD UP. I LIKE THIS IS REAL PROJECTS INCORPORATIONS. I DO KNOW WITH OUR GRADUATE PROFILE. IT'S MORE THAN JUST EDUCATION. IT'S BUILDINGS A HUMAN BUILDING YOUR GOALS AND YOUR DREAMS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH LIFE BEYOND YOUR EDUCATIONAL YEARS. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE LEARNING. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE DEVELOPING, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE LEARNING IF THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN IS LIKE BASED DO IN THE BOOK. >> MY CURRENT EFFECT ABOUT EDUCATION IS YOU CAN LEARN ONE THING BUT LEARN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. IT'S ONE THING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW ANSWER GET 100. BUT YOU BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND FROM ANOTHER STUDENT PERSPECTIVE AND WHICH IS YOUR OWN LEARNING EXPERIENCE SO THAT IF ANYONE NEED HELP LEARNING, YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP FROM NOT ONLY YOURS BUT SOMEONE ELSES AND THAT GIVES YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTENT ITSELF FOR YOURSELF AND IT HELPS YOUR PEERS AND FRIENDS THAT THEY SUCCED THEMSELF. BECAUSE I THINK A MAJOR JOY OF LEARNING YOURSELF IS BEING ABLE TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE OTHERS FOR ALL OF YOU TO RISE TOGETHER AND I THINK EMERSON DID A GOOD JOB WITH THE PROJECT. >> HONESTLY, THEY DON'T ROW YOU INTO THE FIRE. IT'S FACILITATION. THEY'RE TO HELP YOU OUT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW [INAUDIBLE] AND MY LAST WAS CHATS FOR PEOPLE. I WAS A BIG PROGRESSION. BUT THE WHOLE BECAUSE AT THE TIME. HE WASN'T TELLING US WHAT EXACTLY TO DO, BUT HE WAS THERE TO GIVE NEED AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER COLLEGE, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE ALWAYS BEING TOLD WHAT TO YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN ACTIONS. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE FOSTER FOR MY MASTER NOW GOING INTO COLLEGE. >> BECAUSE I LEARN HOW TO BE FRAMED IN STUDENTS MIND, SUCH THAT THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE ITSELF BE ENJOYABLE FOR THAT. >> BE BOLD. >> BE FIRST. >> BE CURIOURS. >> BE A MAVERICK. >> BE A MAVERICK >> THE MAVERICK. THANK YOU VERY DAY. >> LIKE I SAID, THAT'S JUST FROM THE MOUTHS OF OUR STUDENTS. ONCE WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FACILITATED.
WE'VE SET THE FOUNDATION AND THEN LET THEM TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT. THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY DO JUST ASTOUND US EVERY DAY. ANYTIME WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT TO EMERSON AND SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT OUR CAMPUS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, MRS. SOMMERS, FOR SHARING ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE OVER AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NINE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY. MISS TAYLOR? >> YES. OKAY. LET'S SEE. WELL, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, AND I'LL START OUT WITH THE AUDIT PLAN STATUS REPORT. DURING THE QUARTER, I COMPLETED AND FINALIZED AN AUDIT OF CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUNDS, AND YOU HAVE THAT WITH YOU AND YOUR MATERIALS TONIGHT, JUST A REMINDER, THAT IS 25 CAMPUSES THAT WE DO ON A ROTATING BASIS EVERY YEAR. CURRENTLY, I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AUDIT OF ENROLLMENT. I'M ABOUT 30% DONE ON THIS AUDIT, AND I WOULD SAY FIELD WORK IS GOING REALLY WELL. THAT CONCLUDES WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE STATUS REPORT, AND I'LL MOVE ALONG TO, HOLD ON [BACKGROUND] OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TRACKING SLIDE, AND IT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE HAVE PER YEAR ON OUR OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS. IF YOU LOOK, I'VE ADDED A FEW NOTES HERE. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT ONE RECOMMENDATION I COMPLETED TODAY THAT'S OUTSTANDING. YOU'LL SEE THAT PERCENTAGE GO UP THE NEXT TIME I'M UP HERE, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. I ADDED THE NOTE THERE, OF THE OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS THERE. THERE ARE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT YEAR THAT ARE OUTSTANDING AND THOSE AREN'T DUE YET UNTIL THE SUMMER. WHEN THOSE COME UP, I WILL DO SOME FOLLOW UP AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL CLEAR THOSE OUT. FOR FISCAL YEAR '24, I'M GETTING TO THOSE AS THEY'RE READY AS THE PROCESS OWNERS ARE READY AND CLEARING THEM OFF AS I CAN. THIS SLIDE IS JUST A SLIDE THAT WE HAVE THAT SHOWS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, AS I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED STUDENT TRAVEL FROM FISCAL YEAR '20, THAT ONE OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATION THERE. THAT ONE WAS CLEARED OFF TODAY, SO THAT YEAR WILL BE CLOSED OUT. HOLD ON. THERE'S ONE MORE THERE, RISK MANAGEMENT, BUT STUDENT TRAVEL IS GONE. THEN LET'S SEE, FISCAL YEAR '24, YOU'LL SEE THE OUTSTANDING ONES THERE THAT ARE JUST THE PROCESS OWNERS AREN'T READY YET. AS SOON AS THEY ARE READY, I WILL DO THE FOLLOW-UP WORK AND WE'LL CLEAR THOSE OUT. LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY FOR THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 12 INCIDENT REPORTS COME IN. SEVEN OF THOSE HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIATED, FIVE UNSUBSTANTIATED, AND ZERO UNDER REVIEW. THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE FOR YOU TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, MISS TAYLOR. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MRS. ELAD. >> GOOD EVENING, DYNETTE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A LIST OF CAMPUSES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS AUDIT FOR THE CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUNDS? >> YES, I CAN. CAN I EMAIL IT TO YOU? [OVERLAPPING] >> TRY SENDING IT TO MICHELLE, WOULD BE THE EASIEST TO GET IT TO US. >> OKAY. >> I KNOW THERE'S A ROTATION SCHEDULE. >> SURE, THERE IS. >> IF YOU COULD JUST SEND THAT [OVERLAPPING]. >> IT'S NOT NECESSARY, WE TRY TO ROTATE THEM ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT LIKE THAT. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. THANK YOU. >> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. THANKS. >> FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. BOARD, WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM TEN DISCUSSION, REGARDING PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TAPR. DOCTOR FIORI?
>> THANK YOU. TONIGHT, OUR PRESENTATION FOLLOWS THE PARAMETERS GIVEN TO US BY OUR TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAPR REPORT THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT. THIS REPORT PULLS TOGETHER A WIDE RANGE OF INFORMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN EACH SCHOOL AND DISTRICT IN TEXAS EVERY YEAR. DR. GARY NI, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS THERE AT THE PODIUM AND HE'S GOING TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. DR. NI WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> OKAY. GOOD EVENING BOARD AND IST. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. LIKE DR. FIORI SAID, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT, OR WHAT'S CALLED THE TAPR, AND WE WILL SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS. THE ANNUAL REPORT IS MADE UP OF SEVEN SECTIONS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE, SOME OF THE SECTIONS. THE ENTIRETY OF THIS YEAR'S REPORT, I THINK IS 2,256 PAGES. IF IT'S OKAY, WE'LL JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THAT DATA SO WE CAN GET ONTO SOME OTHER TOPICS. BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A SUMMARY REPORT OF THE 2023/24 SCHOOL YEAR. I THINK PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS DATA YOU'VE SEEN AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT WE WANT TO SHOW, REALLY MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THIS REPORT. IF AT ANY POINT, FOLKS WANT TO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT'S DIVE IN DEEPER, THEY KNOW WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE. >> ALL 2000 SEMI PAGES? >> YES. >> THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. >> IT'S READING. WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TAPR. THE SECTION IN THERE IS OVER THE CCMR AND EARLY CHILDHOOD GOALS, WE'LL UPDATE THOSE. ALSO IN THE TAPRS, THE PEIMS FINANCIAL STANDARDS, IT'S ALWAYS A YEAR LAGGING, SO IT'S FROM THE 23 SCHOOL YEAR. DISTRICT ACCREDITATION STATUS, CAMPUS PERFORMANCE TARGETS, REPORT ON VIOLENT AND CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN POST-SECONDARY READINESS. THEN FINALLY, THE LAST PIECE IS THE TAPR, JUST THE GLOSSARY, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TERMS, AND ALL THE DEFINITIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY INTUITIVE, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE PROVIDE THE TAPR AND THE GLOSSARY TO THE TAPR AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. THE ENTIRETY OF THE REPORT ENCOMPASSES THIS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, STAR PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED AT APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS PERFORMANCE TARGETS. THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS WHAT THE FISDS PERFORMANCE WAS AT THE APPROACHES STANDARD, AND THIS IS SHOWN IN READING, MATH, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL STUDIES, AND THEN THE RED DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS THE STATE AVERAGE OF 75% MEETING APPROACHES STANDARD ACROSS THE STATE. WE CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES WITHIN OUR FISCAL SD. SAME STAR TEST, BUT JUST AT THE MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVEL HERE. AGAIN, THE THREE PERFORMANCE LEVELS. THIS ONE'S AT THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS AT THE MEET STANDARD OR ABOVE. WE SEE READING AND MATHS SCORES, AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, READING SCORES ARE LAGGING AHEAD OF MATHS SCORES WITHIN THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL AVERAGES. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES, 71 AND 77, RESPECTIVELY. THEN THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE STANDARD IS MASTERS, AND WE CAN SEE THIS AS COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE OF ALL SUBJECTS ALL TESTS AT MASTERS IS 20%, SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THAT PERFORMANCE RANKS ACROSS READING, MATHS, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL STUDIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. IN ADDITION TO STAR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN THE TAPR, THERE'S INFORMATION AND GRADUATION RATE. WE CAN SEE 98.98% OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHIN FOUR YEARS AS COMPARED TO THE REGION AND STATE OF 88.5 AND 90%. AP PERFORMANCE, SHOWS TWO THINGS, ON THE LEFT HERE WE SHOW PARTICIPATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS ALMOST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF OUR 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS, TAKE AT LEAST ONE ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSE. THEN THE STUDENTS THAT TAKE AN AP COURSE, ALMOST 80% SCORE THREE OR HIGHER ON THE AP EXAM, WHICH AGAIN, THE THREE OR HIGHER THEN MAKES A STUDENT ELIGIBLE FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. SAT PERFORMANCE IS ON A SCALE OF UP TO 1,600. HERE'S THE AVERAGE SAT SCORE FOR STUDENTS IN FRISCO ISD IS 1151,
AS COMPARED TO 997 AND 978 FOR THE REGION AND THE STATE. SIMILAR TO THE SAT, WE HAVE THE ACT, WHICH GOES ON TO SCALE UP TO 36. THE AVERAGE ACT SCORE FOR GRADUATES IN FRISCO IS 25.5 AS COMPARED TO 20 AND 19 FOR THE REGION AND THIS STATE. TO WRAP UP THE ACADEMIC PART, THE TAPR ALSO INCLUDES THE TARGETS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD READING AND MATH GOALS AS MEASURED ON STAAR AS WELL AS CCMR. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF HOUSE BILL THREE, THAT WE INCLUDE OUR GOALS AND I'LL SHOW THOSE HERE ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE. THIS IS AN EARLY LITERACY PLAN. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIRD-GRADE READING ON STAAR. THE FIRST HALF OF THE DATA TABLE UP TOP REPRESENTS THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS, AGAIN, ACROSS THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS, AND THEN THE BOTTOM SET OF DATA, THE COLUMNS, AND THE FIBERS FROM 21-25 REPRESENT TARGETS. THIS IS FOR THIRD-GRADE READING. I'LL SHOW YOU NEXT, THE MATH. AGAIN, THE TOP SHOWS THE ACTUAL BASELINE ACROSS ALL THE STUDENT GROUPS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE TARGETS DOWN BELOW. THAT'S THE EARLY CHILDHOOD READING AND MATH. THE SECOND PART OF THE HOUSE BILL THREE GOAL IS RELATED TO CCMR. JUST REAL QUICK REMINDER, CCMR IS COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS, AND THERE ARE TEN INDICATORS FOR CCMR. THERE ARE COLLEGE-READY, MILITARY, AND CAREER-READY INDICATORS. COLLEGE-READY INDICATORS ARE MEETING THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ON BOTH READING AND MATH, AND STUDENTS CAN DO THAT BY SCORING THE COLLEGE-READY LEVEL ON SAT, ACT, OR COLLEGE PREP COURSES, DUAL CREDIT COURSES, AP EXAMS, AND ASSOCIATE DEGREE, ONRAMPS COURSES, ACCOUNT FOR THE COLLEGE READINESS. THE MILITARY READINESS IS LISTED IN THE ARMED FORCES, AND THE CAREER-READY INDICATORS ARE INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS, WORKFORCE READINESS FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS, ADVANCED DIPLOMAS, AND LEVEL ONE OR TWO CERTIFICATES. ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER, IF A STUDENT MEETS ONE OF THESE CRITERIA, THAT COUNTS AS CCMR CREDIT. THE CCMR GOAL IS TO INCREASE UP TO 73% OR EXCUSE ME, 83% OF OUR STUDENTS MEETING CRITERIA. WE CAN SEE THE ACTUAL TARGETS UP TOP AND THE ACTUAL BASELINE, THE ACTUALS UP TOP, AND THEN THE YEARLY TARGETS DOWN BELOW. IN ADDITION TO STUDENT INFORMATION, AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE, THERE IS ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT STAFF WITHIN THE TAPR. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THERE, I BELIEVE DR. LINTON HAS GONE OVER STAFF INFORMATION, I THINK AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THEIR FRISCO ISD, INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IS AT 73%, AS COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE OF 63.9%. 30% OF TEACHERS IN FISD HAVE AN ADVANCED DEGREE AS COMPARED TO JUST UNDER 26% FOR THE STATE. GENDER WITHIN EDUCATION, SEEMS LIKE THAT STAYED RIGHT AROUND THE 74% FEMALE AND 22% MALE FOR THE LAST QUITE A FEW YEARS. THEN ON AVERAGE, FISCAL TEACHERS HAVE TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH AT LEAST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THOSE BEING IN THE DISTRICT, WHEREAS PRINCIPALS HAVE ABOUT 5.7 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND MOST OF THOSE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, 5.2 WITHIN FRISCO ISD. A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS AS WELL AS STAFF. IN ADDITION TO STAFF INFORMATION, THERE'S A REPORT ON VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. WITHIN THE FISCAL ISD, THERE'S LESS THAN 1% OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ANY SORT OF INCIDENT CATEGORIZED UNDER THIS PART OF THE CODE. AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FULL TAPR WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, THE FULL REPORT, AS WELL AS JUST A TAPR PART OF THE REPORT, WILL BE ON THE FISCAL WEBSITE AS WELL AS TA. THEN, OF COURSE, WE INCLUDE THE GLOSSARY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR WHAT THE DIFFERENT TERMS WITHIN THAT REPORT MEAN. THAT'S A HIGHLIGHT SUMMARY OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE TAPR, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. >> THANK YOU, DR. NI. BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MRS. ELAD. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF THE SCHOOLS IN DEPTH JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOKED LIKE, JUST TO GET AN IDEA, I REALIZED EACH CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT AND I DID NOT READ ALL 2000 PAGES IN GREAT DETAIL. BUT I DID WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE REPORT. SOMETHING STOOD OUT TO ME AND IF ANYONE CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME, IT WOULD BE YOU. BUT I'M LOOKING AT ONE PARTICULAR CAMPUS AND WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING THE 2023 AND 2024 RESULTS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AT APPROACHES, MEETS, AND MASTERS. FOR MOST OF THEM, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I LOOKED AT, ONE OR TWO MIGHT GO UP AND ONE OR TWO MIGHT GO DOWN, WHICH MAKES SENSE. BECAUSE IF SOMEONE MOVES FROM ONE CATEGORY TO THE OTHER, THEN THE OTHER CATEGORY WOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS, RIGHT? >> TA DOESN'T REPORT OUT THE CATEGORIES SEPARATELY. THE WAY THE TA REPORTS IT OUT, IT APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL STANDARD OR HIGHER, AND REPORTS IT OUT, MEETS, GRADE LEVEL, STANDARD OR HIGHER. THEY LUMP THE CATEGORIES TOGETHER, SO IT'S APPROACHES ARE HIGHER, THAT ALSO INCLUDES MEETS AND MASTERS. MASTERS ARE HIGHER, SO THAT INCLUDES MEETS AND MASTERS. MASTERS IS THE ONLY CATEGORY THAT STANDS BY ITSELF. >> OKAY. IN SOME CASES, ALL WENT UP OR ALL WENT DOWN AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WOULD EVEN OUT, BUT WHAT YOU SAID MAKES SENSE, SO THAT'S THE REASON. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU BET OF COURSE. >> BOARD, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? >> FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP EARLIER, AND WE WENT OVER A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION SO THAT MINIMIZES THE AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEES HAVE. I DO NOT WANT ANYONE IN THIS ROOM OR ANYONE LISTENING TO THINK THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT WILL SPREAD FAST. BUT WE DID HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AT THAT MEETING, AND IT WAS RECORDED. YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY TAKE A PEEK WHEN YOU HAVE SOME SPARE TIME. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, DOCTOR. >> MY PLEASURE. >> FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE DOING. I HOPE WE DIDN'T MAKE YOU SWEAT THIS TIME. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. >> BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. MR. WORSLER. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. WALDRIP. GOING TO DO A QUICK PRESENTATION AND UPDATE FOR STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUILDING HISTORY IN ITS PAST. LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT OF A POST BOND EVALUATION SINCE THE NOVEMBER 24 BOND. WE'LL HIT A LITTLE BIT FROM THE 18 BOND AS WELL. WE'LL DISCUSS SOME NEXT STEPS AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMIN TEAM ON MOVING FORWARD. LET'S LOOK AT THE BUILDING HISTORY A BIT. STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1973, AS FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1996, THE SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN I BELIEVE FOR A YEAR MAYBE TWO WHEN THEY DID A FULL SCALE RENOVATION. WHEN IT REOPENED, IT WAS FRISCO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENED IN 2000, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2000 THAT FRISCO MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAME STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL BY NAME. WHAT I WANT TO GO OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT IS JUST OUR GENERAL MAINTENANCE CYCLES THAT WE HAVE ON ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON STALEY WITH OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. IN 2003, WE DID A BUILDING WIND PAINT AND CARPET BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY DID CARP AND PAINT ABOUT EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, FULL BLOWN, WHEREAS NOW WE DO A FULL BLOWN CARPET PAINT AROUND EVERY 12-15, TOO MANY SCHOOLS TO DO IT THAT SOON. 2006-2015, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE MEP REPLACEMENTS THAT HAPPENED ON A REGULAR CYCLE DURING THAT TIME FRAME. WE CAME BACK IN 2017 AND DID ANOTHER BUILDING WIDE CARPET AND PAINT FOR STALEY.
THEN AFTER THE 2018, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE 18 BOND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT WE DID IN 2019 COME IN AND DO INTERIOR EXTERIOR LED LIGHTING AT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I THINK I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS JUST PART OF OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. ANYTIME A MAINTENANCE ISSUE ARISES AT ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, AND IF THEY CANNOT HANDLE IT, WE WILL CONTRACT OUT FOLKS TO COME TAKE CARE OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE ISSUES AT ANY CAMPUS. FROM THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM, WE WANT TO GO BACK AND TELL THE STORY OF WHAT THE 18 BOND PROGRAM REALLY MEANT AND REALLY WAS FOR STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE WERE FIVE CAMPUSES THAT WERE PART OF WHAT WE HAD CALLED 25 YEAR REFRESH IN THAT BOND. WE HAD OUR FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, YOU SEE THEM CURTSINGER OR SMITH, CHRISTIE ANDERSON, AND THEN WE HAD STALEY IN THAT PROGRAM. OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE HAD APPROPRIATED AROUND 3-$4 MILLION FOR. WE HAD APPROPRIATED AROUND $8,000,000 FOR STALEY FROM THE 18 BOND PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, WHY DID STALEY TAKE SO LONG WITHIN THAT FOR US REALLY START TALKING ABOUT FROM THE PROGRAM. STALEY WAS REALLY NEVER MEANT TO BE ONE OF OUR FIRST PROJECTS, AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST DONE A PAINT AND CARPET REFRESH IN 2017, THE YEAR BEFORE THIS BOND PROGRAM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY HAD HAD THEIR MOST RECENT PAINT CARPET WAS EITHER 2012 OR 2013, IT MADE SENSE FOR US EVEN THOUGH THEIR YOUNGER CAMPUSES TO GO IN AND REDO THOSE FIRST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK TWO YEARS LATER AND MESS UP THE NEW PAINT AND CARPET THAT WE HAD JUST PUT DOWN IN 2017. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 18 BOND PROGRAM, THE SCOPE FOR ALL OF THESE CAMPUSES WAS REALLY MORE OF A REFRESH. IT WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT LEARNING SPACES, PAINT CARVET TILE, GOING IN FIXING SOME RESTROOMS AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT LED LIGHTING AND THEN SOMETHING FOR STALEY THAT WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS IS IT'S JUST HARD TO KNOW WHERE THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THAT BUILDING IS. WE WERE GOING TO LOOK IN THIS REFRESH OF MAKING A MORE PROMINENT FRONT ENTRANCE TO STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE TALKED ABOUT 18 IN THE BOND PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT. LIKE I SAID, ORIGINALLY, WE HAD STALEY SCHEDULE FOR SOMEWHERE AROUND THE SUMMER OF '22, '23. AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN OF WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2021, IF YOU ALL KNOW, WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING DURING THAT TIME AT SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND HOW WE LOOK AT NOT ONLY CLASSROOMS, BUT FLEX SPACES IN AND AROUND THE BUILDING, COLLABORATION SPACES. YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GONE UP IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO INTEGRATE SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR CONCEPTS INTO AN OLDER CAMPUS? WE ENGAGED BLK ARCHITECTS IN 2022, AND WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT REFRESH, WE STARTED TO THINK A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IN SCOPE, AND PART OF THAT WAS TO TRY TO REIMAGINE HOW THE LIBRARY AREA COULD OPEN UP AND REALLY CREATE SOME DESIRABLE OPEN LEARNING SPACES FOR STUDENTS WITHIN STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE WENT THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS AND THEN IN 2023, WE HAD A VENDOR COME OUT AND DO A SCAN OF THE PLUMBING SYSTEM. WHAT WE FOUND WAS THE CAST IRON PLUMBING THAT WAS 50-YEARS-OLD HAD SOME COMPONENTS THAT WERE FAILING. WHAT WE HAD TO THEN REALLY LOOK AT WAS, IF WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BUILDING REFRESH, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE PLUMBING ISSUES FIRST. THOSE PLUMBING ISSUES ARE SCHOOL WIDE. IT REALLY WASN'T GOING TO BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO ISOLATE A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE SCHOOL WHILE KIDS WERE THERE. WE KNEW THAT TO DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO POSSIBLY SHUT DOWN SCHOOL ANYWHERE FROM 1-2 YEARS AT THAT POINT. WE STARTED TO PIVOT IN 2023 AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY. THEN AGAIN, WITH THE ARCHITECT ABOUT, WHAT IF WE REIMAGINED STALEY AS A NEW SCHOOL? WE KNEW WE WERE GETTING READY FOR AN UPCOMING BOND PROGRAM. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE LAND ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT STALEY AND WOULD A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL FIT SO THAT WE COULD BUILD THAT SCHOOL WHILE STUDENTS WERE STILL AT STALEY, WE TOOK THAT RECOMMENDATION TO OUR BOND EXPLORATION COMMITTEE AND THEY APPROVED THAT RECOMMENDATION, OF COURSE, IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM THAT WE JUST HAD THIS PAST NOVEMBER. THERE WAS A NEW STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THAT PROGRAM, WHICH OF COURSE, THE VOTERS REJECTED THAT BOND PROGRAM. WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE NOVEMBER? WELL, THERE'S REALLY BEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLUMBING AND WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY GIVE US A ROUGH ESTIMATE THAT THE PLUMBING AT STALEY IN AND OF ITSELF WOULD COST ABOUT $7-$10 MILLION TO GO IN UNDER BREAK UP SLAB, RENOVATE THAT PLUMBING.
THAT 7-10 MILLION STARTS TO DIP INTO WHAT IS NOW OUR $20 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR A REFRESH STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE ALSO KNOW WITH THAT EXTENSIVE PLUMBING, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO PROLONG THE TOTAL RENOVATION TIME ANYWHERE FROM REALLY, IT'S REALLY 2-3 YEARS THAT SCHOOL OR THAT STUDENTS WOULD NEED TO BE DISPLACED AND REZONED DURING THOSE 2-3 YEARS BEFORE WE BRING STUDENTS AND STAFF BACK. THE OTHER THING THAT CHANGED, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES IS OUR DEMOGRAPHIC FORECAST. LET ME JUST SAY EVERY FALL, AND WE WORK WITH OUR EXTERNAL DEMOGRAPHER, PASA, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE YEAR, BUT EVERY FALL, THEY COME IN USUALLY IN SEPTEMBER AND GIVE US AN UPDATE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS PROJECTIONS AND REALLY OVER A 10 YEAR FORECAST. BASED ON CURRENT DATA, ALL THE ANALYZING OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT THEY LOOK AT, AND WHAT WE FOUND IN THE FALL OF 2024, WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR DEMOGRAPHER GO BACK BECAUSE OF WHAT THE DATA WAS SHOWING US AND REDO THE WORK. WE RECEIVED OUR FINAL REPORT IN NOVEMBER PROBABLY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BOND PROGRAM WAS VOTED ON. LET ME SHARE SOME OF THOSE STATS. YOU SEE A COUPLE OF THEM HERE ACTUALLY, PROJECTION OF 1,000 STUDENT DECREASE OVER THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS. THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 980 MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WE WILL LOSE JUST BECAUSE THE WAY OUR KIDS ARE PROGRESSING THROUGH THE GRADES, AND THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO A FULL MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN FRISCO ISD FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW THIS GRAPH VERY WELL, AND IT IS THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED SINCE THE EARLY 2000S. FOR 10 PLUS YEARS, WE WERE EITHER THE FASTEST OR ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NATION, GROWING ANYWHERE 2,500-3,500 STUDENTS A YEAR. THEN AS YOU START TO LOOK TOWARDS '23-'24, YOU SEE A CHANGE. LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY LOST ENROLLMENT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE DOWN AS OF TODAY FROM OUR PROJECTION 1,326 STUDENTS. LET ME GIVE YOU A GRAPH THAT SHOWS THIS A LITTLE BETTER AND HELPS EXPLAIN WHERE WE WERE. WHAT YOU SEE HERE FROM '24 ON IS THE BLUE BAR REALLY REPRESENTS THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WE WERE WORKING WITH FROM 2022 AND '23 AS WE WERE PLANNING THE BOND PROGRAM. WHAT YOU SEE ON THOSE YELLOW BARS ARE THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED THIS PAST FALL FROM PASA. WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE DATA THAT WE WERE WORKING FROM AND PLANNING THE BOND FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT TO WHAT WE RECEIVED THIS FALL. WE'VE HAD THIS QUESTION A LITTLE BIT AND IT IS HOW WOULD THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE BOND? HONESTLY, IF YOU GO BACK AND REMEMBER, THE MAJORITY OF THE BOND PROGRAM THAT WE WENT OUT FOR NOVEMBER WAS ABOUT RENOVATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS. THE ONLY NEW BUILDING, BECAUSE WE KNEW GROWTH WAS SLOWING DOWN WAS REALLY A NEW STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT REALLY WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THAT PROGRAM A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE IT'S STILL NEEDED AROUND OUR DISTRICT. BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS IN LOOKING AT THOSE BLUE GRAPHS, YOU SEE THAT WE KNEW WE WERE SLOWING DOWN, WE WERE FINALLY LEVELING OFF AS A DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT VERY SMALL GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS, 200-400 STUDENTS A YEAR. WE KNEW THE DAY WAS COMING THAT WE WERE GOING TO REALLY FLATTEN. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED IS YOU SEE THIS YEAR WERE 1,375, AND THAT WAS AT PMS, 01,326 AS OF TODAY BECAUSE WE FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT THEN YOU SEE ANOTHER THOUSAND STUDENT DROP OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THAT'S NOT AGGREGATE TOTAL, THAT'S PER YEAR. THIS REALLY CAUSED THIS AS WE TALK ABOUT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DEEPER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IN THIS DISTRICT AND FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA BECAUSE THE STORY IS NOT JUST ABOUT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. IF YOU LOOK AT THREE SURROUNDING MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR THREE YEAR PROJECTIONS FROM THIS NOVEMBER, YOU START TO SEE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS DECREASING IN ENROLLMENT. REMEMBER, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE BUILT FOR AROUND 1,000 STUDENTS. THEY CAN TAKE 1,150 UP TO 1,100. WE CALL THE SWEET SPOT, 900-950, BUT 1,000 STUDENTS IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL WORKS WELL, 900-950 IS A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO TRENT, AND REALLY, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO GRIFFIN, AND YOU LOOK AT THOSE THREE IN THREE YEARS AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL'S WORTH OF STUDENT DECLINE IN THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IT STOPPED US AND MAY SAY, HOW DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL? OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IS TO RETIRE STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL,
AND TRANSITION STUDENTS TO NEARBY SCHOOLS, THE REAL QUESTION IS GOING TO BE WHEN? ARE WE GOING TO RETIRE STALEY AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR? MEANING NO STUDENTS IN STALEY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, OR WE RETIRE STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE '25-'26 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WOULD IMPACT THE BEGINNING OF THE '26-'27 SCHOOL YEAR? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND I KNOW WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU IS IN APRIL, WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD MEETING, THERE WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE. THERE WILL BE MANY FOLKS THAT ARE UP HERE ON THE ISD THAT WILL PRESENT WHAT OUR TRANSITION PLAN LOOKS LIKE FOR STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. THAT TRANSITION PLAN IMPACTS STAFFING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE OUR STAFF IN GOOD STANDING WE'LL HAVE JOBS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. OF COURSE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT STUDENT REQUEST THAT WE DON'T IMPACT STUDENT PROGRAMMING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CLOSURE? THOSE ARE THINGS WE WILL THROW WITH YOU AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING WHEN WE COME BACK. BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL, HERE'S OUR NEXT STEPS. WE HAVE A PLANNED STALEY COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING ONLY, SO IT'S A COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT. IT'LL BE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR STALEY COMMUNITY ONLY, WHERE THEY CAN COME AND SHARE WITH YOU THE BOARD AND US ISD THEIR COMMENTS, CONCERNS, FEARS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AS OF I BELIEVE, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S AN EMAIL SITE, FEEDBACK AT FRISCOISD.ORG. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT MONTH FROM OUR STALEY STAFF, STALEY FAMILIES, ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO GIVE FEEDBACK REGARDING WHAT THEY HEARD TONIGHT. WE WILL LOOK AT THAT, OF COURSE, YOU ALL WILL LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AS WE START TO COMPILE THAT DATA INTO SOME MEANINGFUL WAY. APRIL 14TH IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING. WE WOULD SHOW ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE MONTH INTERIM. I KNOW LEGAL WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FROM TEA ON RETIRING A SCHOOL AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AGAIN, WE'LL PRESENT THAT TRANSITION PLAN FOR YOU ALL, AND THEN YOU AS A BOARD WILL VOTE ON HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT IS WHAT THE NEXT MONTH LOOKS LIKE. AGAIN, THERE IS THAT E MAIL ADDRESS, FEEDBACK AT FRISCOISD.ORG. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS MAY ALSO NEED TO PING TO SOME OF MY ISD MEMBERS WHO CAN IF THEY GET SPECIFIC INTO THINGS THAT BUT I'M NOT PRIVY TO. >> THANK YOU, MR. WORSLER. WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. WE'LL START WITH MR. LOWE. >> THANK YOU, MR. WORSLER. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU SHOW THE CHOICES OF TWO CLOSING AND '25-'26. >> YES, SIR. >> WOULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF RUNDOWN ON THE PROS AND CONS OF DOING BOTH? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF CLOSING IN '25 VERSUS '26? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEGATIVES OF CLOSING '25 VERSUS '26? >> I WILL START THAT AND IF ANY OF YOU ALL WANT TO JUMP IN, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN IF WE LOOK AT CLOSING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR IS JUST WE ARE SITTING IN MARCH. WE'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO ENSURE STUDENT PROGRAMMING, AND HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS? I THINK CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR AN EXAMPLE. HOW DO WE ENSURE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN? STUDENTS IN BAND, ORCHESTRA. WHAT DO WE DO WITH STAFF? HOW DO WE ENSURE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE STAFF? WE CURRENTLY OUR STAFF TRANSFER WINDOW OPEN FOR THE DISTRICT, WE DO KNOW THERE ARE SOME STALEY STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE ON THAT TRANSFER, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN GO INTERVIEW AT OTHER CAMPUSES. ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES BECOMES, IF WE WERE TO WAIT AND CLOSE A YEAR LATER, WHAT IF THAT STAFF CONTINUES TO BE ON THE TRANSFER, GOES OUT IN INTERVIEWS, AND ACCEPTS JOBS AT OTHER CAMPUSES IN OUR DISTRICT? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IF WE'VE LOST 5, 10, 15, 20 STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY'VE LEFT KNOWING THAT THE PROPOSAL IS FOR STALEY TO CLOSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR? I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF I WILL I'LL LOOK IN TO ANYONE ELSE IF THEY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? >> WELL, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE FOR DR. LINTON. GIVEN THE PROBLEM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MR. WORSLER POINTED OUT ABOUT STAFFING, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY STAFF WE MAY LOSE JUST AROUND NUMBER OR ANYTHING. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WE MIGHT LOSE? >> I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW RIGHT AROUND 27 STAFF MEMBERS HAVE PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOSING THEM, THAT WOULD JUST BE THEN INTERVIEWING TO ANOTHER CAMPUS [OVERLAPPING] BUT AGAIN, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME IS IF WE WERE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR AND NOT CLOSE UNTIL THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, WOULD SOME OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS TAKE THEIR NAME OFF THE TRANSFER, LISTEN, GO AHEAD AND COME BACK FOR A FINAL YEAR AT STALEY? WE DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT 26-27. >> TWENTY-SEVEN AS OF RIGHT NOW. >> DOCTOR LINTON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, HOW CHALLENGING WOULD IT BE TO GET 27 FULL-TIME TEACHERS INTO STALEY, IN THIS TIME FRAME? >> WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] THE CHALLENGE IS TO THINK ABOUT IF PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO ACCEPTING A POSITION THERE KNOWING THAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO CLOSE OR IS GOING TO BE RETIRED, THAT COULD BE A CONCERN IF THOSE 27 STAFF MEMBERS WERE TO GET A TRANSFER. NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT RIGHT NOW, THE TRANSFER PROCESS THEM IS VOLUNTARY. IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT OPENINGS, DIFFERENT CAMPUSES HAVE AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE STAFF MEMBERS SUCCESSFULLY GET A TRANSFER. AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO HIRE, THERE ARE BEING ABLE TO HIRE WITHIN FRISCO IS NOT TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE AS AN ISSUE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO BE HERE. IT'S THINKING THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS FOR THAT STAFF, WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE STUDENTS IF YOU'RE BRINGING IN 27-28 NEW STAFF MEMBERS. YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CAMPUS ITSELF, THE CULTURE OF THE CAMPUS, AND THE STUDENTS? >> THANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY. SOUNDS PROCESS MS ALIAS. >> ON SLIDE 8? DOES PASA INDICATE WHY THIS HAPPENED? I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. I SLEPT WITH PASA NUMBERS IN MY BRAIN FOR MORE THAN ONE TIME. WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, AND YOU'RE SEEING IT STATEWIDE AS WELL. NUMBER 1 OUR LARGEST COHORT OF STUDENTS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, CONTINUED TO BE ANYWHERE FROM THE FIFTH TO THE EIGHTH GRADE GROUP. IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THAT TREMENDOUS GROWTH, OUR LARGEST GROUP OF STUDENTS WAS ALWAYS KINDERGARTNERS. WE'D COME IN IN A NEW KINDERGARTEN CLASS WOULD BE OUR HIGHEST GROUP, AND IT STAYED THAT WAY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. AS THAT COHORT THAT STARTED TO EMERGE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA AND STAY THERE FOR A FEW YEARS. THAT IS STARTING TO PROGRESS UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. REALLY OUR LARGEST GROUP IS REALLY 8TH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I THINK EVER, WE HAVE MORE SENIORS THAN WE DO AND NOT MORE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE SENIORS THAN WE DO KINDERGARTNERS. I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 1,700 STUDENT DISCREPANCY THERE. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. PART OF IT IS AGING UP. A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF FACTORS. ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES IS WHAT WE CALL REGENERATION. OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IN FRISCO ARE JUST NOT SELLING AND BRINGING IN NEW FAMILIES WITH YOUNGER KIDS. THERE ARE PEOPLE MY AGE WHO STUDENTS HAVE AGED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOW IN COLLEGE AND WORKING. I'M STAYING IN MY HOUSE. I DON'T WANT TO SELL BECAUSE OF THE MARKET BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES, AND QUITE FRANKLY, EVEN THOUGH I COULD GET A GOOD DOLLAR ON MY HOUSE, I CAN'T GO BUY SOMETHING FOR CHEAPER. I STAY PUT, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS A LOT. OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL YIELDING ABOUT THE SAME AVERAGE, ABOUT 0.8 STUDENTS PER HOME THAT WE HAVE AVERAGED IN FRISCO FOR YEARS. OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING UP; WE'RE BRINGING NEW STUDENTS IN. WE ARE JUST LOSING MORE STUDENTS TO GRADUATION THAN WE EVER HAVE, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REGENERATING. WE DO SEE AND THIS IS INTERESTING, FOR A YEAR WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK THIS, EVEN IN OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ASSUME FOR A YEAR THAT REGENERATION OR THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'RE YIELDING KIDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BECAUSE OF HOW WE SEE THAT BUBBLE. REALLY WHAT WE FOUND OUT THIS YEAR IS THAT OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PRETTY EQUAL IN THAT KINDER THROUGH 12; WE'RE BRINGING IN NEW KIDS AT EVERY AGE LEVEL. WE THOUGHT MAYBE PRICE POINTS OF HOUSING WAS PUSHING YOUNGER FAMILIES OUT OF THE MARKET. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE WITH OUR 800 TO 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR HOMES. IT'S PRETTY EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED. BUT IT IS THE REGENERATION AND THEN SOMETHING THAT AS A DISTRICT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS, I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY MORE STUDENTS THAN WE DID OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL, TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND TO HOMESCHOOLING, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID.
>> BECAUSE THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER QUESTION TO THE MOUNT THAT HAD STALEY GRIFFIN? YES. THIS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT BECAUSE I SEE THE NUMBERS AND I HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THEM BEFORE THIS ISSUE CAME UP, BUT THIS TERRITORY TO THE NORTH IS LIKE WHERE THE PGA HOMES ARE. DID THE DEMOGRAPHERS INDICATE, WE FILL THOSE WITH YOUNG FAMILIES WITH YOUNGER KIDS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THAT LAND AND EVEN NORTHEAST IS EMPTY. IT'S GOING TO DEVELOP. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS ONE DAY, WE START TALKING ABOUT REZONING BECAUSE THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AFTER WE'VE CLOSED STATELY. CAN YOU TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? >> GREAT QUESTION. WHAT WE ARE SEEING JUST TO THE NORTH OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS MAP, STALEY ZONE, THERE'S A LITTLE STRETCH OF WHAT WAS THE FIELDS RANCH THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, WHETHER THAT STUDENT HOUSING, A LITTLE INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF HOUSING DIRECTLY NORTH OF STALEY UP IN THAT PGA AREA. NOW ABOVE TRENT, YOU LOOK AT THAT ZONE REALLY JUST TO THE EAST OF LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH OF PANTHER CREEK. MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITHIN THAT FIELD ESTATE. THOSE HOMES ARE YIELDING STUDENTS. I WILL SAY FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS COMING ONLINE, WE WERE TOLD THOSE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT $450,000. THE HOMES ARE NOW 900 TO 1.4 MILLION, AND IT'S NOT JUST INFLATION. THEY CHANGE THEIR MARKET BASED ON WHAT THEY KNEW THEY COULD GET FOR HOMES, LARGER HOMES, MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE. WE'RE NOT SEEING THE YIELD UP THERE. BUT REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE WILKINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL UP THERE THAT IS SIMILAR IN THESE NUMBERS, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL GO. THEN REALLY THAT CORES CENTRAL PART OF THE FIELDS, WHICH IS IN AND AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FIVE TO $15,000,000 HOMES. OUR YIELD IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY LOW FOR THOSE. >> THEN I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE ONE WITH THE BOND, THE 2018 SLIDE. WHERE IT WALKS US THROUGH? YES. THE NEXT. THE ONE THAT HAD KRISTEN. YEAH. I SERVED ON THIS BOND COMMITTEE. I REMEMBER BEING IN THE ROOM TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, EVERYBODY UNEQUIVOCALLY WAS AGREEING THAT STALEY NEEDED MORE LOVE THAN JUST A REGULAR REFRESH. I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT. WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW THEN ABOUT THIS CAST IRON PLUMBING? >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, IN 2018, WE HAD DONE NO INVESTIGATORY WORK ON STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WASN'T EVEN GOING TO BE A PROJECT FOR US UNTIL 22 23. WHEN WE PASS A BOND, WE DON'T GO OUT AND START SCOPING THESE PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY. KIMBERLY BUILDS A SCHEDULE BASED ON THE FINANCIALS BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS SELL SO MUCH VALUE OF OUR BONDS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR THAT IT WOULD CAUSE US TO HAVE TO INCREASE OUR TAX RATE. WE SPREAD PROJECTS OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIVE OR SIX YEAR BOND PROGRAM. THAT'S HOW STALEY WAS INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING, WAS TO BE A 22, 23. LIKE I SAID, AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE PAINT CARPET THAT WE HAD JUST PUT IN THE SCHOOL IN 17. >> THANK YOU. >> MISS LOTT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR DOCTOR LINTON? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TEACHERS WHO PUT IN TRANSFER REQUESTS, BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS IF THOSE TEACHERS WOULD WANT TO STAY AT STALEY ONE MORE YEAR IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. I'VE HEARD SOME ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK FROM SOME TEACHERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY, BUT THEY APPLIED FOR A TRANSFER BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY. WE DON'T IT'S MARCH 10TH. WE DON'T HAVE A DECISION ON STALEY AND WE WON'T UNTIL APRIL, SO THAT'S CAUSING I THINK SOME UNCERTAINTY FOR SOME FOLKS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD FIND OUT FROM THESE TEACHERS, SINCE WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THEY'VE APPLIED FOR THE TRANSFER IF HR COULD ASK THEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN OUR DECISION MAKING ABOUT THIS MATTER. >> YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN IST, AS FAR AS GETTING INPUT FROM THE STAFF AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO BASED ON THE OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE. ABSOLUTELY, AND WE'D LOVE TO GET IT FROM ALL THE STAFF, NOT JUST 28 OR 29 OR 27, WE'D WANT TO GET IT FROM ALL THE STAFF. >> I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT A RETENTION BONUS MIGHT NOT HURT AS WELL AS SOMETHING [APPLAUSE] TO LOOK AT. >> WELL, MISS LOTT, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING JUST IN LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. >> MR. HILL? >> I'LL JUST START WITH A COMMENT THAT I AM DOING MY PART IN BRINGING KINDERGARTENERS INTO THIS DISTRICT [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
IF I COULD GET SOME HELP AROUND HERE, PLEASE, MAYBE. >> NO [LAUGHTER]. >> I KNEW I WAS GOING TO GET THAT RESPONSE. KIM, YOU'RE HELPING ME OVER HERE, THOUGH? >> I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE IS DONE. >> YEAH. HAVING BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR ONLY A YEAR AND A HALF, WHAT'S GUIDING ME AND MY THOUGHT IS, WHAT DO FEED OR FIFTH GRADERS INTO STALEY AND SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS, WHAT'S THE DECISION TO MAKE TO IMPACT THEM AND THE STAFF? I CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN 2018. I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCREDIT IT. I WASN'T AROUND. I JUST KNOW I THINK THAT'S WHAT MATTERS THE MOST IS IF YOU'RE A FIFTH-GRADE FEEDER FAMILY OR YOU'RE A SIXTH OR SEVENTH-GRADE FAMILY, AND YOUR STAFF THERE. THAT'S WHAT MY DECISION IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO. WHETHER THERE'S WAYS TO UNDERSTAND AT A HIGHER LEVEL WHO WILL STAY AND HOW WE WORK THAT OUT. THE NEXT MONTH IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT REGARD. I'M GOING TO BE ALL EARS FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD'S AT. OVER EVERYTHING ELSE. EVEN GO BACK TO NOVEMBER. I DON'T I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT REALLY I THINK WHAT I HAVE TO DECIDE ON. I'M TRYING TO PUT MYSELF IN THEIR SHOES IN THAT REGARD. THE OTHER THING ABOUT IT IS I THINK TODAY IS A MAJOR STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS ONE OF COMMUNICATION AND JUST COMMUNICATE TODAY, COMMUNITY INPUT, VOTE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN HAVE AND WE CAN COMMUNICATE OUT, THE HAPPIER ME AS A TRUSTEE, I WILL BE. IT'S REALLY ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE AT THIS POINT. THE INFORMATION IS CERTAINLY VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. >> I THINK MY TIME'S UP, SORRY [LAUGHTER] >> YES. >> THAT'S MY TIME. >> NOT SO FAST. MR. PENANGI. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE FOR DOCTOR LINTON. IS ABOUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE'S BENEFIT. WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS? TEACHERS AND STAFF OUT OF WHICH 27 ARE LEAVING. >> AS FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF AT STANLEY. >> YEAH. >> A TOTAL OF 81 AND THAT INCLUDES OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, OTHER PROFESSIONALS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF, INCLUDING OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR CUSTODIAL AND C&P STAFF, AND THREE TEMPORARY WORKERS. >> PERFECT. THEN I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL DOING THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF ARE GIVEN THE ASSURANCE THAT EITHER OF THE RECOMMENDATION, THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM TO BE PART OF OUR FISD. THAT WAY, THERE IS SOME COMFORT AND THEN THERE'S NO PANIC AND THAT BEHAVIOR. THANKS. ALSO ON THE OTHER ONE IS FROM THE PARENTS STANDPOINT, IF WE CAN PROVIDE AS MUCH AS INFORMATION AS TO HOW THE EDUCATION, HOW THE IMPACT, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT? THEN FOR BOTH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW WILL IT IMPACT THEM EITHER FROM THE ZONING STANDPOINT, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, IF IT CAN BE PROVIDED UPFRONT, I WILL BE GREAT. I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S VERY CRITICAL. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. LOWE. >> NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH IT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT STALEY. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY RECOMMEND CLOSING IT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN. >> THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION, YES. >> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. SAY WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO, STAY THERE, FINISHED, AND WON'T BE MAKING THIS MOVE REALLY QUICK. HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE SAME TYPE OF FIRST-QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT DO STAY THERE? IN OTHER WORDS, WHETHER THE POTENTIAL DOWNFALLS FOR DOING THAT? >> MR. LOWE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY HERE, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF GUIDELINES AND RULES WE PUT INTO PLACE IF WE CANNOT REPLACE STAFF THAT LEAVES.
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT SOMEONE TO WORK AT A JOB FOR A YEAR, KNOWING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ENTER A TRANSFER PROCESS OR LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB FOLLOWING YEAR IF WE WERE TO GO INTO THE FALL WITH THAT SITUATION. ALSO, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF GUIDELINES WE PUT IN PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS THERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO TRANSFER, IF THEIR FAMILIES CHOOSE TO TRANSFER NOW, KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE THERE A YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS TO PROVIDE QUALITY PROGRAMS LIKE WE HAVE AT OUR OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NOT HAVING ENOUGH STUDENTS TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE ORCHESTRA, FOR EXAMPLE, OR A COMPREHENSIVE BAND, NOT HAVING ENOUGH STUDENTS TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE ATHLETIC TEAM. WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT SOME GUIDELINES IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE STUDENTS THERE TO OFFER THE SAME LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING AND COURSEWORK THAT WE DO AT ALL THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE GUIDELINES WE PUT IN PLACE. NOW, WE COULD SAY THAT SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WERE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO TRANSFER. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PARENTS THAT HAVE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT KIND OF GUIDELINE. THAT THING REMAINS TO BE SEEN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS INPUT PERIOD IS FOR, THIS SENDING INFORMATION BACK TO THIS EMAIL, COMING TO THE BOARD ON THE 31ST AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND IDEAS ABOUT STALEY, AND THEN THAT GIVES THE BOARD MORE INFORMATION TO ACT AND PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THOSE GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY STRUCTURE THE SCHOOL MOVING FORWARD WERE IT TO STAY OPEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR. >> BUT WOULDN'T THAT BE A NEW POLICY? >> WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETE SPECIAL SET OF RULES AND GUIDELINES AND IT WOULDN'T BE A POLICY ISSUE. IT WOULD BE MORE ABOUT WHAT SORT OF RULES AND GUIDELINES YOU WANT TO PUT IN PLACE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION OUTSIDE EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING OR WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IN A STUDENT TRANSFER PROCESS OR STAFF TRANSFER PROCESS. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR STALEY SPECIFICALLY AND THE TIMELINES ARE IN PLACE FOR THOSE OTHER THINGS WOULDN'T APPLY. WE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF GUIDELINES THAT WOULD APPLY JUST FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY. [OVERLAPPING] >> RIGHT NOW ANYBODY AT STALEY COULD TRANSFER TO ANY SCHOOL THEY WANT DURING THEIR TRANSFER PERIOD, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THE TRANSFER PERIOD IS STILL OPEN, IS THAT CORRECT? >> NO. >> EXCUSE ME. THE TRANSFER PERIOD IS STILL OPEN? >> YES. THE TRANSFER WINDOW, THE REQUEST WINDOW IS OPEN THROUGH MARCH 31ST. >> IS THAT FOR TEACHERS? >> I'M SORRY, WE'RE TALKING STUDENTS? >> WE'RE TALKING STUDENTS. >> SORRY. >> FOR STAFF, NOT FOR STUDENTS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> I'M SORRY, DR. WORSLER, BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS. >> THE STUDENT WINDOW IS CLOSED. I AM NOT SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD. I AM GIVING WHAT IFS. IF YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS TO TRANSFER, THEN WE WOULDN'T OPEN A WINDOW. IF YOU DECIDED THAT THAT'S THE THING TO DO, IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL TRANSFER WINDOW FOR STALEY STUDENTS, NOT FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT WINDOW IS CLOSED. >> FINAL QUESTION. THAT TRANSFER WINDOW IS CLOSE RIGHT NOW. >> THE ONE WE NORMALLY ENGAGE EVERY YEARS, YES. >> WE WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS THAT WOULD BE THERE RIGHT NOW IF WE DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO TRANSFER? >> YES. PROJECTED, WE KNOW BASICALLY HOW MANY SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES ARE GOING TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR. >> WHY WOULD WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE TRANSFER? WHY WOULD WE WANT TO LET THEM TRANSFER? >> AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE BOARD, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR PARENTS. IF I WERE A PARENT, I MIGHT WANT THE OPTION TO GO AHEAD AND TRANSFER MY STUDENT TO ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL GIVEN THE FACT THAT I KNEW THE CAMPUS WAS GOING TO CLOSE AT THE END OF THE '25/'26 SCHOOL YEAR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PARENTS THINK THAT HAVE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AT STALEY. THEY MAY BE FINE WITH US SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T TRANSFER, YOU HAVE TO STAY THERE FOR A YEAR. THIS IS ALL CONJECTURE AND ASSUMPTION ON MY PART. I HAVE NO IDEA. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GATHER INFORMATION OVER
THE NEXT THREE WEEKS BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH 31ST, THAT FEEDBACK CAN HELP INFORM THE BOARD ABOUT THE DESIRES OF THE STALEY COMMUNITY, PARENTS, AND STAFF. WE CAN LISTEN TO THEM THAT NIGHT, AND THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> WE NEED INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. WE CAN'T REALLY MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OTHER FACTORS ARE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE, WHAT THE PARENTS WANT TO DO, WHAT THE STAFF WANTS TO DO BEFORE WE CAN GO FORWARD. >> YOU-ALL CERTAINLY CAN DO. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION, OBVIOUSLY. I THINK THE PRUDENT THING TO DO IS TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN FROM THE STALEY COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. LET THAT INFORM YOU-ALL AS A BOARD, AND THEN YOU ALL CAN SIT DOWN AND MAKE A DECISION. THEN STAFF CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS. WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO PROGRAMMATICALLY AND FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL STANDPOINT WERE WE TO KEEP STALEY OPEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO GOING AHEAD AND CLOSING IT. >> THANK YOU. >> AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MRS. ELAD. >> IN NOVEMBER, IT WAS COMMUNICATED THAT WE WOULD STAY OPEN ANOTHER YEAR. I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION. SINCE THEN, YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ANOTHER OPTION. I THINK, DR. WORSLER, YOU JUST SPOKE TO A LOT OF THE REASONING THAT WENT INTO THAT, BUT I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE STATE SPECIFICALLY HOW THAT TIMELINE WENT AND IF THERE'S ANY FACTORS THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION JUST NOW IN YOUR ANSWER TO MR. LOWE'S QUESTION THAT LED TO THIS NEW THINKING, I'LL SAY. COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT JUST SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO'S [OVERLAPPING] >> I THINK MR. WORSLER TOUCHED ON ALL OF IT, BUT JUST TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER. IT WAS OUR INTENTION TO BUILD A NEW STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOULD THE VOTERS APPROVE THE BOND REFERENDUM, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. WE WERE LEFT WITH, WHAT DO WE DO NOW IN THAT SITUATION? WE KNEW STALEY HAD THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. AS MR. WORSLER STATED, WE GOT UPDATED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS LOOK MARKEDLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY DID WHEN WE FORMULATED THE BOND IN THE FIRST PLACE AND ASKED OUR COMMUNITY TO APPROVE THAT PARTICULAR PROPOSITION ON THE BOND. GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, GIVEN THE STATE OF STALEY, AND NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A FIRM GIVE US AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MUCH MONEY IT MIGHT TAKE TO FIX THE PLUMBING PROBLEMS, AND I WANT TO INTERJECT THIS TO SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN STUDIED AND HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED, THAT PLUMBING RUNS ALL UNDER THAT FOUNDATION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING WERE THEY TO GO IN AND BREAK UP THAT FOUNDATION TO TRY AND REPLACE ALL THAT PLUMBING. THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE FEASIBLE TO GO IN AND FIX ALL THAT PLUMBING WITHOUT COMPLETELY DESTROYING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE FOUNDATION AND THE BUILDING. ALL THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. I'M SAYING THERE ARE STILL SOME UNKNOWNS WITH REGARD TO THAT. GIVEN ALL THAT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION, AND I KNOW PEOPLE MAKE PROMISES ALL THE TIME. MY WIFE AND I LIKE TO GO TO THE BAHAMAS AND I PROMISE HER TRIPS ALL THE TIME, BUT IF I FOUND OUT A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WAS GOING TO COME ACROSS THE ISLAND WE WANTED TO VISIT DURING THE TIME WE WERE THERE, I WOULD PROBABLY BREAK MY PROMISE TO HER AND NOT TAKE HER. SOMETIMES THINGS JUST CHANGE. WE GET NEW INFORMATION. WE HAVE THINGS HAPPEN THAT ARE UNFORESEEN, THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE FORESEEN AT ANY PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME IN THE PAST. WE NOW HAVE SOME INFORMATION AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE BEFORE. WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. I DON'T, FOR ONE MINUTE, THINK THAT IT'S NOT. IT'S VERY PERSONAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'S A VERY BIG DECISION THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO MAKE THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS TO DEAL WITH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT I'VE SEEN HAPPEN AROUND US, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONFRONTED WITH AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE VISITING THIS IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE. WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO HANDLE THESE THINGS IN APPROPRIATE MANNER. THE STAFF IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE NUMBER 1 THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, AND I WILL SAY THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DISCUSS THIS, IS CAN WE PROVIDE QUALITY PROGRAMS AND A QUALITY EDUCATION TO THE STUDENTS AT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR GIVEN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN? THAT'S NUMBER 1. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY TO THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, DR. WORSLER. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE A FEW THINGS THAT MOST OF YOU-ALL HAVE ALREADY PROBABLY HEARD FROM ME. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION OF STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WILL SAY DR. WORSLER PREMBOR, THAT EMOTIONALLY, IT HAS WEIGHED ON ME. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE LOGISTICS THAT GO BEHIND OUR CAMPUSES AND WHAT THEY NEED TO FUNCTION, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE DATA THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED IN ORDER TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, I NEED SOME THINGS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, THAT OUR STUDENTS AND THE VERY SPECIAL NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS CAMPUS IS ABOVE ANY OTHER CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE. I DO BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT STALEY ARE THERE BECAUSE, ONE, IT'S A NECESSITY FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. BECAUSE IF THEY COULD TRANSFER, THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE. WE DO HAVE AN OPEN TRANSFER POLICY FOR CAMPUSES BELOW 90%. ANY STUDENT THAT WOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED OR WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO TRANSFER OUT OF STALEY WOULD HAVE DONE SO BY NOW. I DO BELIEVE THAT. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SESSION FOR ME WHERE WE HARP ON THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE, THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE. IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE TRANSITION PLANS WOULD BE FOR OUR STUDENTS. MANY OF THEM CAN'T SIT ON BUSES FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET TO UNATTENDED MINOR SIBLING. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DETAILS INTO PLACE. I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CONCERN, AND THAT'S COMMUNITY INPUT. I KNOW THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED OR IS LIVE, AND WE DO HAVE PARENTS HERE TONIGHT. YOUR INPUT IS VALUABLE EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT THINK IT IS. WE CAN ONLY MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GIVEN. IF WE DON'T HEAR THE INPUT OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING IT FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MEET WITH THE STALEY COMMUNITY ON MARCH 31ST. I THINK THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP, LIKE MARK SUGGESTED. IT WILL BE IMPERATIVE FOR STALEY COMMUNITY TO COME AND SHARE WITH US WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS ARE. I'VE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY INPUT NIGHT WHERE WE HAD TO JUST SIT AND LISTEN AND COULDN'T GIVE RESPONSES, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU WANT IS TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANYBODY ON THIS DAY THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. I REALLY HOPE THAT WHATEVER THE DECISION IS, WE AS A DISTRICT, THAT INCLUDES TRUSTEES, BECAUSE WHETHER WE WERE HERE IN 2018 OR NOT, WE'RE HERE NOW, WE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YEARS TO COME ON THE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS CONCERNING STALEY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE DECISION IS, LET'S PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AS WELL, BUT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MR. WORSLER. BOARD, WE'LL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 12. WE'LL HEAR COMMUNICATION TO AND FROM THE BOARD INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS. MR. HILL. >> WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS THIS EVENING, WHICH ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN MEETING AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE INFORMATION SHARED BY THE PRESENTER AND SOLELY PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, NOT THE DISTRICT. DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ONLY, NOT OTHER ATTENDEES, AND ONLY MADE ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO SPEAK. TO ENSURE THAT ALL SPEAKERS ARE TREATED EQUALLY AND HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, THE PODIUM MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TIME FOR EVERY SPEAKER. PLEASE KEEP ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS. IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC CONCERN RELATED TO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUE, YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICIES, DGBA LOCAL, FNG LOCAL, AND GF LOCAL. EACH GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ALLOWS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO REDRESS GRIEVANCES WITH THE BOARD. ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE'S FIVE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA, PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE NEXT COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING. THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION IS STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONY WHEN THE BOARD WILL HEAR FROM PARENTS OF FRISCO ISD STUDENTS, FRISCO ISD EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS, AND OTHER FRISCO ISD RESIDENTS. ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS WHEN SIGNING UP TO SPEAK. IF WE'RE UNABLE TO VERIFY AN INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS A STAKEHOLDER BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY. >> EACH STAKEHOLDER SHALL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING. STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, MR. HILL. WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT I WILL SHARE AT THIS TIME, ANDREW EARHART, FOLLOWED BY COLIN RYAN AND CHRISTINA EARHART. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANDREW EARHART, AND I ASSUME I'M QUITE DISAPPOINTED THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT. WE CERTAINLY DON'T AGREE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER FOUR. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. ALTHOUGH MY COMMENTS HAVE CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES, I'M STILL GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM, AND I HOPE YOU DO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. I DID SPEAK AT THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE SEEN THE INFORMATION ONLINE THAT THE NEW STALEY WAS DESIGNED FOR 1,000 STUDENTS. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHY WAS THAT SO HIGH? WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY STUDENTS FOR A WHILE. THAT'S NOT NEW INFORMATION. STALEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SMALLER SCHOOL. WITH THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT PRESENTED, DESIGNING A SCHOOL FOR 1,000 KIDS IT'S UNREASONABLE AND A LITTLE BIT UNFATHOMABLE. THIS DISCREPANCY IS QUITE FRUSTRATING. IT COULD HAVE IMPACTED THE BOND PROGRAM IF A SMALLER AND LESS EXPENSIVE SCHOOL WAS PRESENTED. I ALSO SUGGEST IT'S TIME FOR A NEW MODEL OF BUILDINGS. HAVING A SET PROGRAM AND A COOKIE CUTTER DESIGN AND BUILDING THAT FOUR TO FIVE TIMES DID WORK VERY WELL FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR EQUITY. BUT THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR UNIQUE CHALLENGES REQUIRING UNIQUE SOLUTIONS. STALEY IS ONE OF THE FIRST WITH BIG CHALLENGES AND REQUIRES A UNIQUE SOLUTION. IT SHOULDN'T BE BASED ON THE LAST MIDDLE SCHOOL DESIGN. WE CAN'T KEEP THIS UP. THERE IS A WAY TO GET A NEW BUILDING AND BUDGET IF THERE WAS EFFORT PUT INTO THE PROGRAMMING. YOU JUST CAN'T BE STUCK IN THE WAYS WE'VE APPROACHED PROJECTS THE LAST 25 YEARS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO REVISIT THOSE DESIGN COSTS. I DID FIND THE AGREEMENT. IT WAS 6% ON $80 MILLION OR A $4.8 MILLION DESIGN FEE. I DO THINK THAT IS FAIR.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW MUCH OF THAT DESIGN FEE HAS BEEN SPENT ALREADY? BASED ON PROGRESS OF DRAWINGS, I EXPECT THAT TO BE CLOSE TO $3 MILLION. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOOD INTENTIONS WITH PROCEEDING WITH THIS BEFORE THE BOND, BUT WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, IF IT MOVES FORWARD, THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED, THE COST AND EXPLAINED. FOR POSSIBLE RENOVATION, THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTIGATION. WITH THAT TIME FRAME, YOU COULD TEAR DOWN THAT BUILDING AND REBUILD A NEW ONE IN ITS PLACE. I AGREE WITH THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES. I WAS PART OF THE 2003 STALEY AND THE ROGERS RENOVATION AND SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT. I KNOW WHAT WAS THERE AT ROGERS. BUT MY QUESTION IN THIS PART MEANS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THAT LAND? WE CAN'T SELL IT. I DON'T BELIEVE STUCK THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DISTRICT LAND THERE AND THE STADIUM. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IF THAT RECOMMENDATION MOVES FORWARD. BUT I ALSO THINK YOU NEED TO CONSIDER SOME OTHER IMPACTS BESIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ALL THE INVESTMENT IN THE RAIL DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN, IT'D BE A BIG BLOW TO THE HEART OF FRISCO TO MOVE TO SCHOOL. BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL OF THIS AND ALL THE NUMBERS, IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE MOST OF STALEY, THE KIDS. PLEASE LISTEN. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ON MARCH 31ST. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM COLIN RYAN, CHRISTINA EARHART, AND CLAIRE NIXON. >> HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS COLIN RYAN, AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A PART OF FRISCO ISD SINCE 1998. FIRST AS A STUDENT, AND THEN FOR 15 YEARS AS A TEACHER AND A COACH AT STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, REEDY, AND FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL. MY FAMILY IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THIS DISTRICT. BOTH MY CHILDREN CURRENTLY ATTEND STALEY. MY MOTHER IS A RETIRED TEACHER AND A FORMER PRESIDENT OF FRS. MY WIFE IS THE LIBRARIAN AT HERITAGE. MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW ARE DEDICATED TEACHERS AND COACHES IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. MY GREAT UNCLE LANDED A PLANE IN A FIELD IN FRISCO. A WOMAN FROM THE CARTER FAMILY WALKED OUT TO MEET HIM AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING MARRIED IN THE 1940S. MRS. BENTON STALEY AND MRS. IAS RODGERS WERE THE BRIDESMAIDS. MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE HILL FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR GENERATIONS IN FRISCO. FRISCO ISN'T JUST WHERE I LIVE, IT'S IN MY BLOOD. TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO URGE TO KEEP STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL INTACT. IN A CITY THAT HAS SEEN RAPID GROWTH AND CHANGE, ROGERS ELEMENTARY, STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL REMAIN THE LAST BASTIONS OF AUTHENTICITY IN FRISCO. TRADITIONS ARE HARD TO COME BY IN FRISCO THESE DAYS. EVERYTHING IS TOO NEW TO REALLY HAVE A HISTORY, AND MOST RESIDENTS IN FRISCO WITH CHILDREN HAVE NOT BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THE FULL STORY OF OUR TOWN. STALEY IS MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL. IT IS A COMMUNITY, IT'S A FAMILY. IT IS THE ONLY TITLE I MIDDLE SCHOOL LEFT IN FRISCO, SERVING A BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION THAT MAKES IT TRULY SPECIAL. THE BONDS THESE STUDENTS SHARE ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE SEEN. BECAUSE OF STALEY SMALL SIZE, STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS THAT MANY OF THEIR PEERS IN LARGER SCHOOLS SIMPLY DON'T GET. MY SON PLAYS EVERY SPORT IN THE SCHOOL, AND MY DAUGHTER THRIVES IN THEATER. EXPERIENCES, THEY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE AT OTHER SCHOOLS. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE GROWING ECONOMIC DISPARITY THAT IS EVOLVING IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND AT STALEY, STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FAMILIES INCOME LEVEL, DON'T JUST PARTICIPATE. THEY LEAD, GROW AND BELONG IN WAYS THAT ARE RARE IN TODAY'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. CLOSING STALEY WOULD NOT JUST BE SHUTTING DOWN A SCHOOL. IT WOULD BE DISMANTLING A LEGACY OF TRADITION, INCLUSION, OPPORTUNITY, AND EXCELLENCE. STALEY IS NOT JUST A BUILDING, IT IS A HEARTBEAT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ITS STUDENTS DESERVE TO KEEP THAT HEART BEATING STRONG. I ASK YOU, LET'S PRESERVE WHAT MAKES STALEY GREAT. LET'S KEEP THIS FAMILY TOGETHER. WITH ALL THE TRADITIONS IN FRISCO SLOWLY DISAPPEARING, I URGE YOU TO KEEP ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES NOT ONLY ALIVE, BUT TO BRING IT BACK TO A LEVEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF AGAIN. GOING ON YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAD EARLIER ABOUT THE REPORT THAT YOU HAD. UNCERTAINTY IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE CHOICE THAT YOU CAN MAKE. STALEY IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST TENURED STAFF IN FRISCO AND THE STAFF WANTS TO STAY. A SCHOOL FULL OF FIRST YEAR TEACHERS AND FORCED TRANSFERS IS NOT WHAT ANY OF THE PARENTS WANT. WE WANT THE CURRENT TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CHILDREN ALREADY. I UNDERSTAND THE VOUCHER SCAM IS DRIVING UNCERTAINTY IN TEXAS, BUT I IMPLORE YOU TO KEEP THE SCHOOL TOGETHER AND TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES TO THESE VULNERABLE STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM CHRISTINA EARHART, FOLLOWED BY CLAIRE NIXON, AND WE'LL END WITH CHRISTY WILLIAMS. >> HELLO. I AM A MOTHER OF TWO SONS. MY YOUNGEST IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT STALEY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR MOST AT RISK TITLE I KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE, AND THEY'RE NOT A NUMBER. MY FAMILY LOVES FRISCO AND ITS SCHOOLS. WE'VE LIVED IN THE STATELY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NEARLY 25 YEARS. IN THAT TIME, WE VOTED YES TO BUILDING 65 BRAND NEW SCHOOLS. WHILE OUR SONS, THEY GOT TO THE OLDEST SCHOOLS. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NEW COMMUNITIES, WE DECIDED TO PURCHASE TWO HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PURCHASE THE HEART OF STALEY COMMUNITIES ANYWHERE ELSE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES ARE VINTAGE IN OUR FRISCO AREA. THEY'RE AN ASSORTMENT RANGING FROM MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES ON ACRES OF LAND TO HOMES THAT ARE LEASED MONTH TO MONTH. FOR YEARS, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER IN THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO AFTER THE LAST BOARD ELECTION, MOST OF WHOM WHO HAVE KIDS ATTENDING MUCH NEWER SCHOOLS AND DON'T UNDERSTAND CHILDREN IN POVERTY. WHILE OUR SONS HAVE ATTENDED ROGERS AND STALEY, I'VE SERVED AS A LIFETIME PTA BOARD MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS. I'VE SEEN NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS FIRSTHAND AND WITNESSED COMMUNITY SERVING ALONGSIDE OF OUR TEACHERS. THE NEEDS OF STALEY AND OUR KIDS ARE JUST DIVERSE AS OUR HOMES ARE. FOR YEARS, OUR SCHOOL HAD PTA MENTOR PROGRAMS, OUR OWN CLOSED CLOSET, OUR OWN WAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED KIDS HAVE A WAY TO SHOP AT BOOK FAIRS. I'VE WATCHED AS MOST OF OUR TEACHERS SPEND THEIR OWN GROCERY MONEY ON STACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR KIDS. DID YOU KNOW THAT 30 OUT OF 33 SIXTH GRADE BRASS PLAYERS IN THE STALEY BAND, THEY PLAY WITH A SCHOOL-OWNED INSTRUMENTS OR GIVEN TO MANY BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY. I'M ALSO A TITLE I INTERVENTION ROGERS TEACHER. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR OUR FUTURE STALEY STUDENTS WHO ARE AT THE MOST AT RISK NOT TO GRADUATE. EACH DAY, MY TEAM OF INTERVENTIONISTS SEE AN AVERAGE OF 150 KIDS. IF WE DECIDE TO BUS OUR KIDS TO OTHER SCHOOLS, THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TITLE I TUTORS OR INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. MOST OF OUR KIDS DON'T PLAY CLUB BALL, SO THEIR CHANCES OF MAKING IT TEAM ARE SLIM. OUR TRY EVERYTHING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MENTALITY IS NO LONGER A REALITY. THEY WON'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THE TEACHERS WHO ARE HAND PICKED FOR OF THEIR HEARTS TO TEACH THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. OUR KIDS NEED THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S AVAILABILITY TO RELY ON ONE ANOTHER. MY HEART WOULD BE THAT WE'D FIND A WAY TO BUILD A NEW STALEY SINCE OUR CITIZENS CHOSE NOT TO SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE, VOICELESS AND AT-RISK KIDS IN OUR CITY. IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND A WAY TO BUILD THEM A BRIGHTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE CLAIRE NIXON, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTY WILLIAMS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS CLAIRE NIXON. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE FRISCO COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS. I LOVE FISD, BUT I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE OF MY HEART FOR THE ROGERS STALEY MEMORIAL PATH. AT A JANUARY 16TH BOARD WORKSHOP, SOMEONE STATED, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO BUILD OR BUY A HOME IN FRISCO AND HAVE THEIR KIDS GO TO STALEY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, BUT I CAN SPEAK FOR MANY OF THESE PARENTS HERE WHO CHOSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON. WHEN WE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR TWO YEARS, WE DECIDED WE WANTED A LITTLE MORE ROOM. THE ONLY REASON I AGREED TO MOVE WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A HOME IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, FOUR STREETS ACROSS. WE CHOSE METAL HILL ESTATES BECAUSE OF ROGERS AND STALEY. WE WANTED THAT UPBRINGING FOR OUR FUTURE CHILDREN. WE WANTED OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AS WE HAD GROWING UP. STALEY IS A UNIQUE SCHOOL WITH AMAZING KIDS. THE FAMILIES THAT FEED INTO STALEY HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER. I AM NOW A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND A CASE MANAGER. I SEE THESE KIDS GO FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THROUGH TO OUR SCHOOL. I FEED THEM. I CLOTHE MANY OF THEM FROM THIS FEAR PATH. THE TEACHERS AT STALEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO BE THERE. THERE ARE TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE 20 PLUS YEARS. WE WORK IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC BECAUSE IT'S THE DEMOGRAPHIC WE WANT TO SERVE. IF WE LOSE STALEY, WE WOULD LOSE THOSE SERVICES OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THAT COME WITH A TITLE I SCHOOL. I FEAR THEY WILL NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AT A NON-TITLE I SCHOOL.
PLEASE KEEP STALEY AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FRISCO TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR UNIQUE POPULATION. I WILL ADD, IF WE CAN'T, CAN WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO GET THESE KIDS TO THEIR ACTIVITIES? THEY ARE YOUR WALKERS AND YOUR BIKE RIDERS. THEY DON'T HAVE RIDES TO THE ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CHRISTY WILLIAMS. >> HI. I'M CHRISTY WILLIAMS. I'VE GOT FOUR KIDS. GOT ONE THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM MEMORIAL. HE'S AT A&M. NO AGGIES. THAT WAS GOOD. >> THERE A BUNCH OF AGGIES UP HERE. >> WELL, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY WHOOPING, SO THAT'S WHAT I ASSUME. HE'S A FRESHMAN, AND THEN I'VE GOT A SENIOR AND THEN I'VE GOT A SOPHOMORE AND THEN I'VE GOT A FIFTH GRADER. MARK IS YOU'RE ENTERING ELEMENTARY, I'M EXCITED TO BE LEAVING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU STORIES. IF YOU WALK OUT YOUR HOUSE, WE LIVE A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM STALEY, AND IF YOU WALK DURING FOOTBALL SEASON, AND YOU GET THERE AROUND SIX O'CLOCK ON NORTH COUNTY AND YOU CAN LOOK ANYWAY DOWN THE STREET AND YOU SEE BIKERS, YOU SEE BOYS WITH BACKPACKS, YOU SEE HIM WITH THEIR CLEATS, YOU SEE HIM WALKING EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN IT'S DARK BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE. THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO GET UP AND GO TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE. THEIR PARENTS ARE PROBABLY WORKING OR THE PARENTS MAY NOT SUPPORT THEM, BUT THEIR DESIRE TO GET THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO WALK. SAME THING HAPPENS AT BASKETBALL SEASON, AND SAME THING HAPPENS AT SOCCER SEASON. RAINY, CLOUDY, YUCKY, THESE BOYS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORNING WORKOUT, WILL WAKE UP AT THE EARLY MORNING AND THEY WILL WALK BECAUSE THEY KNOW, AND OUR COACHES WHO ARE FABULOUS HUMANS WILL NOT GET MAD AT THEM, THEY SHOW UP LATE SOMETIMES. THEY DON'T PENALIZE THEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW, HEY, YOU PROBABLY WALKED HERE. THIS IS PART OF THE JOURNEY. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HAD CLOTHING SHOW UP ON MY FRONT DOOR BECAUSE THE COUNSELORS HAD REACHED OUT WHEN MY OLDEST WHO WAS GONE, WOULD REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOME BIG NEEDS. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TIME THAT WE'RE ALL DEVELOPING AND SO SOME THINGS HAPPEN AND SOME MAYBE NEW CLOTHING ITEMS MIGHT BE NEEDED. THE COUNSELOR REACH OUT AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE NEED SOME GIRLS UNDERGARMENTS. WE NEED SOME BOYS CLOTHES. ALL I WOULD DO IS SEND OUT A NOTE AND I'D HAVE A PILE OF CLOTHES WITHIN TWO HOURS ON THE FRONT PORCH. OUR STALEY COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THESE KIDS AND LOVES THESE KIDS REALLY WELL. MY CONCERN IS ALSO FOR THE ONES THAT ALSO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL OR THEIR PARENTS DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. IF WE'RE LOSING THE TITLE I STATUS, WHO'S GOING TO HELP FACILITATE THAT RELATIONSHIP? MY DAUGHTER WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WHEREVER SCHOOL SHE GOES TO. I WILL SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AT LEAST AN ANSWER. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS, MARVIN LOWE. THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE BACK. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. WE'VE BEEN DYING, JUST WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING THEM AND ASKING THEM QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION. JUST SAY, HEY, I LEARNED TODAY AT FRISCO, YOU WANT TO KNOW EVERY STUDENT BY NAME AND NEED. DON'T FORGET OUT ABOUT THE KIDS AS WE MOVE THEM TO OTHER SCHOOLS FOR THEIR NEEDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 13A, CONSIDER AND ACT ON APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 10TH, REGULAR MEETING. BOARD, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 10TH REGULAR MEETING AS PRESENTED. >> MOTION BY MR. LOWE, SECOND BY MR. PENANGI. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7-0. BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 14, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL JUST REMIND TRUSTEES THAT AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING, WE DID HAVE 14M PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND SO I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION 14A-L AND N. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 14 A-L AND N. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MRS. SALAS. SECOND BY MR. HILL. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7-0. IT IS 9:38. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR SROS THAT CAME TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU TO OUR IST MEMBERS AND EXTENDED YOUR DAY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. AT 9:38, WE ARE ADJOURNED.