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OK, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE.
[1.C. Open Session]
IN THE [INAUDIBLE] MEETING CLOSED TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE 6:53.SO WE WILL NOW RECONVENE THE OPEN SESSION AT THIS TOME.
[1.D. Invocation]
[INAUDIBLE] WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION? ABSOLUTELY.LET'S PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE JUST COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU TO BE WITH US AT THIS TIME, LORD JUST BE WITH EACH MEMBER HERE, JUST EACH PERSON THAT IS PRESENT LORD.
JUST [INAUDIBLE] JUST BE ONE LORD.
JUST BE UNIFORM AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS [INAUDIBLE] AND THANK YOU FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] TO.
THANK YOU FOR THE STUDENTS AND JUST THE AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE.
LORD WE PRAY THAT YOU JUST BE WITH THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW.
LORD JUST THINGS ARE GOING ON OTHER PLACES, JUST BE WITH THOSE FAMILIES.
LORD JUST CONTINUE TO HEAL US JUST HEAR OUR LAND.
AMEN. IF Y'ALL WOULD PLEASE RISE AND JOIN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
[1.E. Pledge of Allegiance]
THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.[INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, THE PUBLIC FORUM, DID ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR THAT? [INAUDIBLE] ALRIGHT.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PART IS GOING TO BE RECOGNITIONS AND THIS TIME I'M GONNA TURN THE
[1.G. Recognition]
FLOOR OVER TO MS.[INAUDIBLE] AND LET HER GET KICKED OFF ON THE OTHER PART OF THE MEETING.HELLO WE HAVE A BIG NIGHT FOR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE 45 THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE TODAY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A CHOIR AND WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING THREE FRENSHIP STUDENTS WHO EARNED A CHAIR IN THE 2021 TEXAS [INAUDIBLE] EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, ALL STATE CHOIR DURING THEIR AREA AUDITIONS.
SO HERE TO HELP YOU RECOGNIZE THEM IS CHOIR DIRECTOR AMY MOSS.
GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS.
THEY HAVE, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THEY'VE OVERCOME LOTS OF INTERESTING CHALLENGES THIS YEAR, LOTS OF CHANGES TO THE PROCESS.
ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT THEY HAD TO THE PROCESS, AT FIRST, WAS THAT THEIR AUDITIONS WERE VIRTUALLY RECORDED THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF DOING AUDITIONS IN PERSON AND THEY ELIMINATED ONE OF THE ELEMENTS, WHICH WAS THE SIGHT-READING PORTION, WHICH DOES AFFECT SCORING A LITTLE BIT. SO FOR SOME STUDENTS, IT CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE.
AND FOR SOME STUDENTS, IT CAN BE A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT ONE AREA THAT THEY'RE COMPETING IN IS EXTREMELY WELL-PREPARED.
THE STUDENTS GET THEIR MUSIC, CAN AND CAN GET THEIR MUSIC AS EARLY AS JUNE.
SOME OF THEM DON'T START UNTIL AUGUST, BUT THEY RECEIVE COLLEGIATE LEVEL PACKETS OF MUSIC, USUALLY ABOUT NINE TO 10, THAT A ALL STATE CONDUCTOR FOR THE DIFFERENT ENSEMBLES WILL SELECT AND HANDS OFF TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS FOR THEM TO DISTRIBUTE AND DECIDE HOW TO AUDITION THOSE PARTICULAR PIECES.
AND THEN THE STUDENTS PREPARE THOSE PIECES FOR THREE DIFFERENT ROUNDS, REGION, PRE-AREA AND AREA, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THEIR AREA SCORES, THEY'RE RANKED AND THEY ADVANCE.
THERE ARE ONLY FIVE PEOPLE FROM EACH VOICE PART SELECTED AT THE AREA LEVEL.
SO FOR OUR AREA, AREA A, THERE WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN FIVE YOUNG WOMEN SELECTED FOR THE DIFFERENT VOICE PARTS THAT THESE YOUNG LADIES AUDITIONED FOR, WHICH IS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU'VE NARROWED IT DOWN FROM ALMOST 10,000, 20,000 CHOIR STUDENTS AUDITIONING DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, A REALLY SMALL NUMBER, ALMOST 150 THAT MAKE THE CHOIR.
SO IT'S PRETTY INTENSE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE SINGING AS FAR AS WHICH PORTION OF THE PIECE THEY WILL BE AUDITIONING.
SO THEY USUALLY AUDITION ABOUT THREE TO FOUR PIECES EACH ROUND AND THEY HAVE TO CREATE THE PIECE FULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, POLISH IT FULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE THE AUDITION, THEY FIND OUT YOU'RE SINGING THIS MEASURE TO THIS MEASURE AND THEY MAY ONLY HAVE 30 SECONDS TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.
AND THEY GENERALLY HAD ABOUT THREE PIECES OF ABOUT 30, 45 SECONDS EACH THAT THEY SUBMIT FOR THEIR AUDITIONS. SO IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY TIME-CONSUMING.
THEY DO A LOT OF WORK OUTSIDE AND INSIDE CLASS WITH US, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY ARE SUPER PROUD
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OF OUR YOUNG LADIES THAT ADVANCED THIS YEAR TO ALL STATE CHOIR.SO THE FIRST ONE I'D LOVE TO RECOGNIZE IS ABBY MILLS.
AND I LOVE THAT WE GET TO RECOGNIZE FRESHMEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE FRESHMEN MAKE THE ALL STATE CHOIR.
SO THIS IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HER.
ABBY IS INVOLVED IN OUR FRESHMAN VARSITY WOMEN AND SHE'S IN FRESHMAN [INAUDIBLE] AND VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR MUSIC THEATER PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
YAY. [INAUDIBLE] CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND THE NEXT STUDENT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FOR HER ACCOMPLISHMENT IS MADELINE [INAUDIBLE], ALSO A FRESHMAN AND SHE'S ALSO A FRESHMAN VARSITY CHOIR, FRESHMAN [INAUDIBLE], AND SHE DOES THE FRESHMAN MUSICAL OR THE, NOT FRESHMEN MUSICAL. SHE'S IN ALL THE MUSICALS AS WELL.
YOU GUYS WANT TO STEP UP, Y'ALL CAN GET IN THE PICTURE TOO.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND THE FINAL STUDENT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS [INAUDIBLE], SHE ACTUALLY MADE THE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS THE TOP ALL STATE CHOIR.
THIS IS HER SECOND TIME TO MAKE IT.
AND SHE MADE CHAIR TWO, SHE WAS, THEY'RE RANKED IN ORDER OF ONE THROUGH FIVE AND SHE WAS CHAIR TWO, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
SO [INAUDIBLE] AND SHE DOES ALL THE THINGS AS WELL, VARSITY, HIGH SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] SHE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COME TO ANY OF OUR MUSICALS.
I HOPE YOU HAVE, BECAUSE SHE'S AMAZING ACTRESS AND SINGER AND SHE'S IN THOSE AS WELL.
Y'ALL CAN TAKE YOUR MASK OFF ALL RIGHT.
[INAUDIBLE] SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
YES. THANK YOU. OK, NEXT WE HAVE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
WE'RE HONORING THREE STUDENTS AND HERE TO HELP ME TONIGHT IN FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR DR. RYAN SMITH.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO STAND FOR YOU TO HELP RECOGNIZE THESE THREE OUTSTANDING FRENSHIP STUDENTS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
OUR STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THREE DIFFICULT MUSICAL ÉTUDES TO PREPARE AND PERFORM BEFORE A PANEL OF JUDGES.
ON EACH OF [INAUDIBLE] THEY RANK THEM IN ORDER.
FROM THIS RANKING. A SELECT GROUP OF MUSICIANS ARE NAMED IN THE REGION 16 ALL REGION BAND AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE 67 STUDENTS THIS YEAR ACHIEVED THAT HONOR.
FROM THESE RANKINGS. THESE STUDENTS WERE PLACED AT THE TOP OF EACH OF THESE SECTIONS, ADVANCE TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER MUSICIANS IN EIGHT OTHER [INAUDIBLE] COMPETITIONS.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE FORTY SIX OF OUR STUDENTS MAKE ALL AREA.
NOW, OVER 50,000 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS TEXAS INITIALLY COMPETE IN THIS AUDITION PROCESS, AND ONLY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY STUDENTS ARE SELECTED TO AN ALL STATE MUSICIAN IN 2021.
THAT'S A LITTLE OVER THREE PERCENT.
SO DESPITE THE INNUMERABLE CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 2021 ALL STATORS HAVE REMAINED COMMITTED TO THEIR PERSONAL MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
THEY DEMONSTRATED THE VERY PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION THAT ONGOING PARTICIPATION IN A MUSIC PROGRAM FOSTERS.
AND I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2021 ALL STATE BAND STUDENTS.
WE HAVE FIRST AVA MONACO, A JUNIOR FLUTE PLAYER.
THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR MAKING ALL STATE.
NEXT, WE HAVE WE HAVE KAI [INAUDIBLE].
HE'S A SENIOR TROMBONE PLAYER.
THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR AS AN ALL STATE MUSICIAN.
HE'S GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR A MUSIC MAJOR AT TEXAS TECH.
[INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] TRUMPET PLAYER. THIS IS HIS THIRD TIME MAKING THE ALL STATE GROUP AND HE'S GOING TO BE A MUSIC MAJOR AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
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[APPLAUSE] OK.ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE 10 CHEER STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE FOR VARIOUS STATE AWARDS. AND HERE TO HELP ME IS CHEER COACH CASEY SMITH.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
I'M SORRY I LOOK A LITTLE WINDBLOWN.
I WAS AT MY SIX YEAR OLD'S FIRST T-BALL GAME, SO.
HAD TO SUPPORT THEM [LAUGHTER] AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE AWARDS REALLY QUICK AND THEN WE'LL BRING THEM IN. AND THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GOT AWARDS ARE ACADEMIC ALL STATE.
AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING FOR CHEER.
AND SO ALL FIVE OF MY SENIORS ACTUALLY QUALIFIED.
THEY HAD TO HAVE A GPA OF 94 AND ABOVE AND THEY HAVE TO BE A VARSITY PARTICIPANT IN GOOD STANDING AND GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND COMPETE IN THE UIL CHEER COMPETITION.
NEXT, THESE ARE ALL STAR NOMINATIONS.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO GET NOMINATED FOR THAT IS YOU HAVE TO BE AN INCOMING SENIOR, SO YOU HAVE TO BE A JUNIOR.
YOU HAD TO HAVE COMPETED IN THE UIL CHEER COMPETITION, THE COACHES HAVE TO SUBMIT UP TO FIVE, BUT ONLY TWO CHEERLEADERS PER SCHOOL GET NAMED ALL STAR CHEER.
THIS HONOR SHOULD ALSO COME AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COACH AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPAL AND ALL STAR'S MUST EXHIBIT SPECIFIC SKILL SET, ATHLETICISM AND TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE MY SPORT SPECIFICALLY AND HAVE GOOD CHARACTER AND GOOD MORAL INTEGRITY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO THAT, MADE THAT.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THE FIRST ALTERNATES AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR ALL STATE NOMINATION CAN BE 9TH THROUGH 12TH.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE COMPETED IN THE UIL AND STATE COMPETITION.
COACHES CAN NOMINATE UP TO FIVE AND AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COACH.
TO 50 CHEERLEADERS PER CONFERENCE MAY BE SELECTED AND WE HAVE FIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST EVER A FRESHMAN AND THE ONLY FRESHMAN ON THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM. SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR TGCA LEGACY ALL STARS.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS THEY ARE THE THE SENIORS THAT YOU CAN NOMINATE, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE LEAVING BEHIND THEIR LEGACY AND SOMEONE THAT YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME. AND SO WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE AS WELL.
SO OUR FIRST ONE IS [INAUDIBLE], AND SHE GOT ACADEMIC ALL STATE, ALL STATE CHEER AND LEGACY CHEER TEAM AND SHE'S ALSO OUR CAPTAIN.
EVERYBODY, ALRIGHT, ONE TWO THREE. [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS CO-CAPTAIN GRACIE HARRISON, AND SHE GOT [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE] PERFECT, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS SENIOR CAITLIN KEITH, AND SHE GOT ACADEMIC ALL STATE AND ALL STATE CHEER TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS SENIOR CASSIE [INAUDIBLE], SHE GOT ACADEMIC ALL STATE.
NEXT IS SENIOR [INAUDIBLE] FLORES AND SHE GOT ALL STATE CHEER AND ALL, WAIT THAT ONE SAYS ALL STATE AND ALL STATE. YOU GOT ALL STATE AND ALL STAR.
JUNIOR [INAUDIBLE] GOT ALL STAR CHEER TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] THOMAS GOT ALL STAR CHEER TEAM.
OUR FRESHMAN THAT MADE ALL STAR CHEER TEAM.
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ONE, TWO, THREE. PERFECT. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR LAST ONE IS LILLY, AND SHE'S BROKEN . SHE ACTUALLY TORE EVERYTHING IN HER KNEE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHEER TRYOUTS THIS YEAR.SO SHE MADE ALL STAR CHEER TEAM.
SPEAKERS] NEXT, WE HAD EIGHT [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE AND FHS [INAUDIBLE] SPONSOR, MELISSA OAKLEY, IS HERE TO HELP US.
HELLO AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE OUR [INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS.
I HAVE 8 SENIORS. AND THIS YEAR, WE WENT TO TWO COMPETITIONS.
AND DESPITE ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND OBSTACLES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR, WE'VE NEVER BEEN SO GOOD AT OUR BOTH OF OUR COMPETITIONS.
SO AT AMERICA [INAUDIBLE], THEY WON THE HIGHEST AWARD YOU POSSIBLY CAN WIN, THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM AT THE ENTIRE COMPETITION, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER AWARDS AND THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST GPA AT THE COMPETITION.
THEY ALSO WON THEIR TEAM DIVISION AT CROWD PLEASERS.
AND THEN I HAVE TWO SENIORS THAT WERE OVERALL SOLOISTS AS WELL.
SO OVERALL, WE WON TWENTY FIVE DIFFERENT AWARDS THIS YEAR THANKS TO OUR TEAM AND OUR WONDERFUL SENIORS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HONOR THEM.
FIRST WE HAVE BELLA [INAUDIBLE].
NEXT WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] DUFFY.
NEXT, WE HAVE KELLY [INAUDIBLE].
NEXT WE HAVE AUDREY [INAUDIBLE].
NEXT, WE HAVE TRISTIN [INAUDIBLE].
NEXT WE HAVE ADDISON [INAUDIBLE].
AND LAST WE HAVE VICTORIA VEGA.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM, THERE'S NINE STUDENTS AND HERE TO HELP ME RECOGNIZE THEM IS [INAUDIBLE] SPONSOR MALLORY THOMAS.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TONIGHT IN HONORING THESE AMAZING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT MAKE UP OUR ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM.
THESE NINE STUDENTS HAVE FACED ADVERSITY FROM THE START OF THE YEAR.
THEY CAME TOGETHER AND OVERHAULED EVERY SINGLE CHALLENGE.
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THEY ARE NOT JUST A TEAM ANYMORE.THEY ARE A FAMILY. AND [INAUDIBLE] SENSATIONAL CHILDREN THIS YEAR, THEY WILL FOREVER HOLD A CHERISHED PIECE OF MY HEART AS MY LAST TEAM.
ALTHOUGH THEY ENTERED THE SEASON FOUR MONTHS BEHIND MOST OTHER SCHOOLS, THESE DECATHLETES WENT TO THE REGION COMPETITION AND EARNED 40 INDIVIDUAL GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS, FIVE OF THE TOP NINE OVERALL INDIVIDUALS COURSE, AND DECIMATED THE COMPETITION BY WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE REGION BY 4000 POINTS.
WITH THE CHAOS THAT OCCURRED, THESE SCORES ALSO COUNTED FOR STATE.
WE HAD ONE STUDENT [INAUDIBLE] STATE [INAUDIBLE].
THE FORENSIC TEAM TOOK TWENTY THIRD OVERALL IN LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION AND 31ST OVERALL AGAINST OVER 170 SCHOOLS.
SO IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S ABOUT THE TOP 20 PERCENT.
HERE ARE YOUR DECATH-ATHLETES. THIS IS MADELEINE [INAUDIBLE]. SHE EARNED SEVEN MEDALS AT REGION [INAUDIBLE] LEVEL.
ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR MASK OFF? THERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE, PERFECT.
[APPLAUSE] DAVID [INAUDIBLE] OUR SOLE SOPHOMORE ON THE TEAM, WON A FIRST PLACE MEDAL AT REGION.
YOU CAN JUMP IN THE PHOTO, TOO.
DINA [INAUDIBLE] EARNED EIGHT MEDALS, INCLUDING, NUMBER ONE, SCHOLASTIC AT REGION.
HUNTER [INAUDIBLE] WON EIGHT MEDALS AND SECOND OVERALL AT REGION.
YOU COME ON OVER FOR THE PHOTO AND IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MASK OFF.
[APPLAUSE] JACOB RAMIREZ, I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, EARNED FIVE REGIONAL MEDALS.
GUYS, COME ON IN AND IF Y'ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE, NO MASKS, YOU CAN TAKE THOSE OFF.
[INAUDIBLE] WHO EARNED EIGHT MEDALS, INCLUDING THE TOP VARSITY AT REGION AND WINNING THIRD PLACE MATH MEDAL AT STATE.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, PERFECT.
WORK, [INAUDIBLE] WAS WHO ALSO A MEDAL.
STUDENTS WHO EARNED A SPOT AT THE STATE COMPETITION.
AND HERE TONIGHT IS DEANNA [INAUDIBLE] `TO HELP RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS.
SO BEAR WITH ME. I'M NOT USE TO DOING THIS. THEY DID VERY WELL THIS YEAR AND I'M GLAD I HAD THE LADIES THAT I DID BECAUSE THEY MADE IT VERY EASY.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE MADELEINE DIAL.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOLD MEDAL SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM.
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ALL RIGHT. ONE, TWO, THREE.PERFECT. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE SISTERS JULIA RITCHIE AND RACHEL RITCHIE.
THEY WERE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE GOLD MEDAL TEAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, GOLD MEDAL, HUMAN RESOURCES AND EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH. SHE WAS SILVER.
SHE WAS GOLD. AND YOU TWO CAN GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN THE PHOTO TOO.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS AMBER [INAUDIBLE].
SHE CAME IN AND DID A PILOT PROGRAM, HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL, NO HEALTH LEADERSHIP SPECIAL TOPICS, AND DID A PRESENTATION ON HOW THE PANDEMIC WAS AFFECTING PEOPLE.
PERFECT. I HAVE TWO THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT, I HAVE DANA [INAUDIBLE], WHO WAS IN MEDICAL CODING, GOT A GOLD MEDAL AND MAISIE [INAUDIBLE], SHE'S GONE FOR SOCCER, BUT SHE GOT ONE OF THE PIN AWARDS.
SHE'S ONE OF THE FOUR PINS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN HER DESIGN WAS ONE OF THOSE.
AND SHE WAS. I CAN'T REMEMBER GRAPHIC DESIGN, PROMOTION, GOLD MEDAL.
MCCORD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE SENIORS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STUDENT ADVISORY BOARDS.
]BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PARENTS IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND STAND BEHIND US.
SO IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THESE.
THESE ARE THE SENIORS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD.
AND THIS GROUP OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY BOARD, DID WE START YOUR SOPHOMORE YEAR OR YOUR? NOW WE USE WE DO FRESHMEN.
BUT WITH THIS GROUP, WE STARTED AS SOPHOMORE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE FROM THEM THAN THEY HAVE FOR ME.
BUT IT IS MY FAVORITE PART OF WE SEE EACH OTHER ABOUT ONCE EVERY SIX WEEKS.
THAT HASN'T NECESSARILY HAPPENED EVERY SIX WEEKS THIS YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A PANDEMIC. AND BUT WE'VE DONE LOTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TOGETHER.
WHAT ELSE HAVE WE DONE? TELL THEM HOW GOOD I AM AT MAKING [INAUDIBLE].
[LAUGHTER] SELECTED THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS HERE IN FRENSHIP IS WE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO LEAVE HERE, ALL OF OUR LEARNERS TO LEAVE HERE AND EMERGE AS LEADERS AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
AND THEY WERE LEADERS WHEN THEY STARTED IN THE PROGRAM.
BUT WHAT I FIND AMAZING ABOUT THEM IS THAT I SEE THEM BEGIN TO SEE IN THEMSELVES WHAT I SAW IN THEM FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND THEY ARE GOING THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS.
SO WHEN WE'RE OLD AND FEEBLE, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE GOOD IF THEY'RE IF ALL THE KIDS ARE LIKE THESE. BUT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM.
YES, [INAUDIBLE] KENNEDY, GABBY, RIGHT HERE AND [INAUDIBLE] AND NICK.
Y'ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
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ALL RIGHT, GUYS. ONE, TWO, THREE.PERFECT. AWESOME. THERE WE GO.
GO OUT THERE AND HELP YOU DO THAT.
[2.A. Effectiveness Report on Advanced Academics]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND AN EFFECTIVENESS REPORT ON ADVANCED ACADEMICS.MS. [INAUDIBLE]. HOW ARE Y'ALL TONIGHT? GREAT. HOW ABOUT YOU? I'M GOOD.
OK. YOU'RE DOING BETTER THAN I DID WHEN I WAS SO ADVANCED ACADEMICS.
[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] JUST SITS BACK THERE AND WATCHES.
I DON'T KNOW. I CAN SEE TEETH THROUGH THAT MASK.
YOU'VE GOT [INAUDIBLE]. OK, SO ADVANCED ACADEMICS.
WE HAD A GREAT YEAR EVEN DURING COVID.
WE DO HAVE A NATIONAL MERIT FINALIST.
WHEN I WAS HERE, I THINK IT WAS DECEMBER AND I INTRODUCED YOU GUYS TO [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM [INAUDIBLE].
[APPLAUSE] WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE, I BELIEVE, 2015.
SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM AND I KNOW HE'LL BE RECOGNIZED AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF HE'S GOING TO GET MORE SCHOLARSHIPS EVEN SO.
AND THEN WHAT WE ARE WHO WE ARE, WE ARE PRE-AP AND AP COURSES.
SO AP EXAMS THAT STUDENTS TAKE FOR COLLEGE CREDIT.
WE HAVE OUR DUAL CREDIT PARTNERSHIP WITH ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE STUDENTS RECEIVE FREE TUITION AND PARENTS LOVE THAT.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS. SO ACT, SAT, TSI, WHICH IS THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM FOR SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES AND THEN ACADEMIC DECATHLON.
I KNOW YOU GUYS SAW THEM TONIGHT.
AND SO LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR SUCCESSES EVEN DURING COVID.
I WON'T TALK ABOUT ACADEMIC DECATHLON SINCE YOU JUST HEARD THAT THEY WON REGION ONE FOR THE SECOND YEAR. WE HAD A STRONG AP AND DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM.
EVEN THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I WAS REALLY NERVOUS THAT OUR NUMBERS WOULD GO DOWN.
THEY DID JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED.
SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS FOR TAKING THAT RISK AND STICKING IT OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE HOMESCHOOLING, SO TO SPEAK, DURING THE SPRING.
AND THEN WE ALSO OUR AP SCORES, OUR STUDENTS Y'ALL HAD TO TAKE THIS EXAM AT HOME ON A COMPUTER. THEY'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
IT HAPPENED LAST MINUTE, THE EXAM CHANGED.
SO IT WASN'T THE SAME DESIGN THAT THEY WERE USED TO.
WE DID LOTS OF TROUBLESHOOTING WITH TECHNOLOGY [INAUDIBLE] EVEN HELPED A LITTLE BIT.
[LAUGHTER] BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BUT OUR KIDS DID REALLY WELL.
OUR SCORES, OUR AVERAGE SCORE WAS CONSISTENT EVEN WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
OUR TEACHERS WORKED HARD FOR THOSE KIDS DURING COVID.
OUR SAT SCHOOL DAYS FROM LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT THE STATE AND NATION AVERAGE.
WE TOOK OUR JUNIORS, TOOK IT YESTERDAY.
EVERYTHING'S ACCOUNTED FOR AND SHIPPED OFF.
SAT AND ACT TESTS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE TESTING SITES WERE CLOSED.
SO THAT'S ONE THING WITH COLLEGES THAT THEY HAD TEST OPTIONAL.
SO A LOT OF OUR KIDS WERE ABLE TO APPLY AND GET ADMITTED WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THOSE
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SCORES. WE'RE BACK TO TESTING NOW.THEY STARTED BACK UP IN AUGUST.
AND OUR BROADCAST MEDIA PROGRAM IS NOW, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE DUAL CREDIT.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THIS WITH AMY BAKER BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THAT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SIXTY SIX STUDENTS WILL BE RECEIVING COLLEGE CREDIT AT THE END OF THE SPRING FROM SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE. ALSO NEXT SLIDE HERE, OUR CHALLENGES.
OF COURSE, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ALL YEAR IS COVID-19 HAS BEEN THE CHALLENGE WITH OUR REMOTE LEARNERS. TSI THAT WAS THE TEST THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE TO BE IN OUR DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TEST BECAUSE WE WEREN'T AT SCHOOL.
SO LUCKILY THERE WAS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE WAIVER FROM ANGELO STATE SO KIDS COULD TAKE COURSES BASED ON THEIR PSAT SCORES, EVEN BASED ON TEACHER RECOMMENDATION.
SO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, EVEN WITHOUT THAT TEST, TO TAKE FULL CREDIT COURSES. AND THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR THE MOST PART.
ALSO, TECHNOLOGY, AGAIN, I DID GOOD GUYS, EXAMITY, IT IS A THIRD PARTY PROPTER THAT WE'VE HAD ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO'S BEEN VIRTUAL ALL YEAR, HE'S ABLE TO TAKE THE TSI AT HOME.
EXAMITY IS A THIRD PARTY AND THEY WATCH HIM TAKE THE TEST.
THEY PROCTOR IT. SO WE WERE EXCITED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME UP TO SCHOOL. ALSO, ONE OF THE DOWNFALL OF COVID IS OUR [INAUDIBLE].
OUR SEVENTH GRADERS WHO TAKE ACT AND SAT THAT WAS CANCELED THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK THEY'RE USING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REDESIGN THE PROGRAM.
AND SO I'M WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THEN ALSO CONSISTENCY IN PRE-AP IS A CHALLENGE.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT ENROLLMENT UP AND CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THREE SCHOOLS.
I'VE ACTUALLY GONE AND TALKED TO FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY, AND THAT'S BEEN FUN TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT PRE-AP IS.
I THINK SOME OF THEM JUST WASN'T SURE WHICH KIDS THEY NEED TO PUSH.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP A LOT.
AND THEN OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE, AN EXCITING THING THAT'S HAPPENING FOR FRENSHIP, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL PRE-AP PROGRAM WITH COLLEGE BOARD NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL OFFER FIVE COURSES, 9TH AND 10TH GRADE, AND IT WILL BE ENGLISH ONE, ENGLISH TWO, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY.
AND THEN I JUST WENT BLANK ON THE FIFTH ONE.
[INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW. NOT SOCIAL STUDIES.
ENGLISH, MATH, GEOMETRY, GEOMETRY PRE-AP.
GEOMETRY. SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE COURSES WE'RE GOING TO START WITH.
THERE ARE EIGHT TOTAL, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT FIT BEST FOR FRENSHIP.
SO THAT'S GOING TO DO IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE BEING PREPARED FOR AP.
IT'S GOING TO UP THE RIGOR. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT.
SO TEACHERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND SO ARE WE.
AND THEN COMING NEXT YEAR IS THE FAFSA GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR NEXT YEAR SENIORS.
SO WE ARE STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THEM TO COMPLETE THE FAFSA. THAT WILL BE FUN.
AND ALSO, WE'RE INCREASING OUR COURSE OFFERINGS, ITS FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK BECAUSE WE CAN'T FORCE PARENTS TO GIVE US FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
SO IF A STUDENT DOESN'T, WE CAN SIGN OFF ON IT FOR THEM.
AND WE'RE ALSO OFFERING EARTH, EARTH AND SPACE DUAL CREDIT.
NEXT YEAR, WE'RE INCREASING OUR SCIENCE DUAL CREDIT OPTIONS AND THEN EQUAL ACCESS FOR STUDENTS IN ADVANCED ACADEMICS.
OUR LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STUDENTS FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW NOW.
THEIR AVERAGE SCORE HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN OUR OUR KIDS WHO ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.
SO THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE TREND WE'RE SEEING.
AND SO WE WANT THAT TO CONTINUE.
I TRIED TO MAKE IT QUICK. DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME? [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] IT'S A GREAT PICTURE.
THIS WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT SELECT, WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE OUR LUNCHEONS, BUT WE STILL HONORED OUR STUDENTS AND THEY GOT PICTURES OF DR.
MCCORD AND CERTIFICATES AND SHE SPOKE.
SO WE STILL GOT TO DO THAT. AND WE USED LOTS OF HAND SANITIZER.
YES. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OK, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] AND YOU TAUGHT ME A NEW WORD TODAY, EXAMITY.
EXAMITY. FIRST I JUST THOUGHT YOU WERE NERVOUS AND THEN MR. DRAPER? I'VE DONE BEEN CORRECTED.
WELL, I DON'T THINK IT WAS YOU.
I THINK IT'S ME. BUT OK, I FORGOT SOMETHING. FEEL FREE.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
CAN I CHIME IN? WE COME ON UP.
[Additional Item]
COACH [INAUDIBLE] AND JUST CALL YOU [INAUDIBLE].WHY DIDN'T I? I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING WITH THAT. [LAUGHTER] SO WE HIRED TORI IN FEBRUARY, AND
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SHE WASN'T ABLE TO COME BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE A SNOWMAGEDDON [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN ALSO WE HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING ANYWAY.YES, I THINK I SAID AT THE PARENT MEETING THAT YOU YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
SHE WAS ALREADY [INAUDIBLE] AND SHE HAD A PARENT MEETING ON MARCH 9TH.
IT WAS SHE WAS DOING REALLY GOOD SO WITH THAT.
THIS IS TORI WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE PEOPLE.
KIND OF SAT DOWN WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND SAID, WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE? AND WE WEREN'T REALLY DOING TOO GOOD AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN WHEN I WHEN I [INAUDIBLE] HEAD COACH, I ALWAYS TRY TO GO SEE THEM.
I WANT TO SEE THEM INVOLVED WITH THEIR KIDS.
AND THE BEST THING I WANT TO SEE IS HOW THE KIDS REACT TO HER.
AND WHEN I GOT THERE, I WAS LIKE, OK, THIS IS KIND OF COOL.
AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER AND EXCITING AND EXCITING.
AND I'M IN THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AND IT'S LIKE I WAS IN THERE FOR AN HOUR, I MEAN, FOR THIRTY FIVE MINUTES AND THE KIDS ARE WORKING AND THE KIDS ARE HAPPY.
AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I GOT OUT OF THEM IS IT WASN'T [INAUDIBLE] ANY OF THAT.
IT WAS RESPECT THAT SHE WAS GETTING.
BUT IT WAS ALSO THE KIDS WERE ENJOYING THINGS AND SOME THINGS I NEVER SAW.
WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THEIR TRAINING SESSION WAS IT FLOWED.
IT DIDN'T STOP. THEY KEPT GOING.
IT KEPT GOING. THE KIDS KNEW HOW THAT WAS GOING.
SO I CAN SEE THERE'S A CULTURE THERE AND THAT'S CULTURE HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO SOMEBODY AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE BRINGS OUT THESE BOXES AND NOW THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THESE SPIKES ON THERE. AND I'M LIKE, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HOW COACHES GO.
AND YOU CAN SEE A COACH, THEY THEY BRING IN DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTS INTO IT.
SO IT WAS VERY ACTIVE, VERY EXCITING.
AND I WAS HAPPY WITH THAT PART OF IT.
AND THEN I VISITED WITH HER [INAUDIBLE] AND HE COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT HER.
AND I WAS LIKE, OK, I GET IT, I GET IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE WORK.
AND THEN I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT AND TRYING TO GET BACK HOME.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PRINCIPAL GETS ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL GETS A HOLD OF ME AND JUST KEEPS TALKING.
I'M LIKE YOU GUYS SAYING THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT HER HERE? [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT WAS IT WAS GREAT.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE HER WHILE SHE'S BEEN WITH OUR KIDS.
AND THAT WAS AN INTERESTING PIECE TOO.
WE INTRODUCED HER TO THE KIDS, HAD A LITTLE BIT, ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, JUST LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF DEAL.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT OUR KIDS HAVE ALREADY COME ABOUT WITH SMILES.
I SAW THEM TODAY THERE IN THE TURF, I MEAN, THE FILM ROOM AND IT'S HAPPINESS.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY GOOD FOR US.
SHE HAD A COACH THAT WAS HER HEAD COACH WITH HER, AND I SAT DOWN WITH HER AS WELL.
AND IT WAS AMAZING THE THINGS SHE SAID.
BUT THE THING THAT I GOT IT THAT IT'S IT'S A COLLABORATIVE PIECE AND IT'S IT'S JUST FLOWS. I MEAN, IF THE KIDS ARE INVOLVED AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE TO THEM AND IF YOU GO INTO HER GYM, YOU NEED TO PUT EARPLUGS IN.
IT'S GOING IT'S ACTIVE, IT'S MOVING.
AND LIKE I SAID, JUST WATCHING IT AND SEEING THE CHANGE IN THE KIDS THAT WE HAVE.
SO MS. [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY FACE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO STEP IN FRONT OF THESE KIDS, IMPACT LIVES AND PUSH THEM THROUGH.
WHEN I WAS TALKING THROUGH MY INTERVIEW.
I AIM TO BE A SERVANT LEADER AND WE'RE SERVING THE KIDS, AND IF THEY'RE NOT ENJOYING IT, IF THEY'RE NOT HAVING FUN, IF THEY'VE LOST THEIR LOVE FOR THE GAME, THEN WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND REEVALUATE AND LOOK AT HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THINGS AND AND WHERE THOSE WINS AND LOSSES, THEY'LL COME AND GO.
THEY WILL COME WITH THE YEARS AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN, BUT IT WILL BE THE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, THE CULTURE AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTFUL FAR BEYOND THE 30 FOOT LINE OF VOLLEYBALL COURT THAT I HAVE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I AM VERY TECHNICAL.
I DO LIKE TO DISCUSS THE GAME.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK VOLLEYBALL [LAUGHTER] SO WE CAN AND PLEASE COME HANG OUT WITH [INAUDIBLE] GAMES AND YELL AND CHEER FOR US AS LOUD AS YOU CAN.
BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK HOME-ISH.
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I WILL SAY I'M A PANHANDLE GIRL.I GREW UP AND WAS RAISED IN DALHART, TEXAS, WENT TO SCHOOL, W.T.
SO I WASN'T A RED RAIDER, BUT I HAVE FAMILY THAT WERE RED RAIDERS.
SO LIKE THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF HOME FOR ME AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT FRENSHIP. I CAME TO THIS TOURNAMENT WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.
I PLAYED IN THIS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WHEN I COACHED AT DALHART.
AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS IN MY IN MY LINE UP OF LIFE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH YOU. BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITED IF YOU TOLD ME THAT YEARS AGO ANYWAY, SO THAT IT'S SHOWED UP THAT IT'S BECOME WHERE I'M AT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND TO BUILD ON WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT WHEELHOUSE SOON.
THANK YOU THOUGH. AND THEN TELL US WHAT YOU DID IN COLLEGE THOUGH, I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. OK, YES SO.
I ACTUALLY DID NOT, I PLAYED VOLLEYBALL ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE FOR VOLLEYBALL. I WENT TO COLLEGE FOR AGRICULTURE THAT'S AND WT'S A REALLY GOOD SCHOOL FOR THAT. SO I GRADUATED WITH AN EQUINE BUSINESS DEGREE.
AND THEN I ALSO WENT ON TO GET A MASTER'S IN ANIMAL SCIENCE, NUTRITION DIGEST, DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY. THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WORKED IN THE FIELD. FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I HAD AN AD AT DALHART HE ALWAYS TOLD ME, YOU'RE GOING TO COME FOR ME, YOU'RE GOING TO COME COACH FOR ME.
AND I KNEW COACHING WAS STILL PART OF MY LIFE.
I WAS COACHING CLUB AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND HE FINALLY HE SAID IT ONE DAY AND I SAID, OK, LET'S GO.
WHAT'S THE PLAN? AND HE KIND OF SAT BACK.
AND SO WE HAD SOME SOME BIG TALKS AND SOME CONVERSATIONS.
BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I HAD TO BE ON THE PATH THAT I WAS TO PUT ME ON THE PATH WHERE I AM. AND SO DON'T I LOOK BACK ON THOSE YEARS SUPER EXCITED.
AND I'VE MADE SOME GREAT CONTACTS.
SOME OF MY BEST COACHING MENTORS DIDN'T HAVE NEVER PLAYED VOLLEYBALL.
IT'S MY [INAUDIBLE] COACH FROM COLLEGE OR THE COACH, THE BASKETBALL COACH THAT I'VE BECOME FRIENDS WITH. I WANTED YOU TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT RODEOS. I DO.
[LAUGHTER] I GREW UP RUNNING BARRELS, BULLS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT KIND OF GOT PUT ON THE BACKBURNER WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING VOLLEYBALL. THEN IN COLLEGE, I STARTED TEAM ROPING, MY PARENTS AND I.
SO MY PARENTS HAVE HORSES IN DALHART.
AND SO WHEN I GET TO GO HOME, WE GET TO COMPETE.
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT ARENA, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME KIND OF MENTALITY AND THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN. SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.
YEAH. SHE'S LEAVING SOMETHING OUT, THOUGH.
[LAUGHTER] THE [INAUDIBLE] BOARD. THE YEAR.
WE GOT OFF THE BOARD THE YEAR BEFORE YOU BECAME QUEEN.
YEAH, THEY REMEMBERED YOU. OH, MY GOSH.
IT DOESN'T NOT USUALLY ANYTHING THAT I LEAD WITH.
[LAUGHTER] WELL IT'S VERY NICE. WELCOME.
WELCOME BACK HOME-ISH. [APPLAUSE]
[3.A. Consent Agenda]
YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW.THERE'S NOT ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE COMMENTED ON.
I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[INAUDIBLE] MOTION TO ACCEPT FROM MS. PHILLIPS. [INAUDIBLE] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY SAYING AYE.
WE MOVE ON DOWN TO THE ACTION ITEMS AND ACTION ITEM ONE IS TO SERVE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES
[3.B.1. Certify Unopposed Candidates and Cancel General Election for the election of three Trustee positions for Places 5, 6, and 7 to be held May 1, 2021]
AND CANCEL THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF THREE TRUSTEE POSITIONS.[00:50:04]
PLACES FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN TO BE HELD MAY FIRST.MS. LIBRE. THANK YOU MR. DRAPER. SO WE HAD THE THREE POSITIONS WHO'S TERMS EXPIRED AT THE END OF APRIL.
AND THAT WAS PLACES FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN MR. MILLER, MRS. PHILLIPS AND MRS. NEWSON. AND THE FILING DEADLINE WAS FEBRUARY 12TH AND ONLY OUR INCUMBENTS FILLED. SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CANCEL THAT ELECTION AND SO THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET IS A RESOLUTION.
THAT CERTIFIES THE CANDIDATES AND THEN CANCELS THE ELECTION, SO ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS.
THE CANCELATION OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE ELECTION OF THREE TRUSTEE POSITIONS FOR PLACES FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN TO BE HELD MAY ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.053A OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE BY ADOPTING THE ORDER OF [INAUDIBLE] DAVID MILLER, JAMEY PHILLIPS AND MIKELLA NEWSOM HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS UNOPPOSED AND ARE HEREBY ELECTED AS SCHOOL TRUSTEES. MR. [INAUDIBLE] GOT A HOLD OF YOU? YES, YES [LAUGHTER].
OK WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION, I WILL NOW BE ENTERTAINING MOTIONS.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM KYLE ROGERS AND SECOND [INAUDIBLE].
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO SERVE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE AND CANCEL SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE
[3.B.2. Certify Unopposed Candidate and Cancel Special Election for the election of one Trustee position for Place 2 to fill an unexpired term ending 2022 to be held May 1, 2021]
ELECTION OF ONE TRUSTEE POSITION ON PLACE TWO TO FILL IN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING IN 2022 TO BE HELD MAY 1ST, 2021.PRETTY SOON YOU WON'T HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING.
[LAUGHTER] AND SO IT'S THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A FILING DEADLINE.
THAT ALSO WAS LAST MARCH 1ST, AND IT HAS PASSED WITH ONLY THE INCUMBENT FILLING AND SO SAME THING AS SAME A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU CERTIFY HIM AS UNOPPOSED AND CANCEL THE ELECTION, THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR PLACE TWO.
OK. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY DAVID MILLER. SECOND BY MIKELLA NEWSOM.
[INAUDIBLE] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
CONGRATULATIONS, [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU MS. LIBRE. NEXT ITEM OF THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS TO SUBMIT
[3.B.3. Consideration of resolution to submit Superintendent McCord as candidate for Region 17 ESC Superintendent of the Year]
SUPERINTENDENT DR.MICHELLE MCCORD AS CANDIDATE FOR REGION 17 SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO PUSH HER UP THERE AND GET HER TAKE SOME RECOGNITION, EVEN THOUGH SHE WILL HIDE BEHIND EVERYBODY AND NOT WANT IT.
TOUGH. [LAUGHTER] SO I FEEL LIKE DR.
MCCORD AND I THINK YOU GUYS WILL AGREE WITH ME DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION BECAUSE SHE HAS RESPONDED TO ANY AND ALL CONDITIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN AND HAS DONE IT IN AN OUTSTANDING FASHION. AND I'M THANKFUL EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE HER AND I WANT TO PUSH THAT AGENDA.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION AND AT THIS TIME I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS . [INAUDIBLE] MOTION BY MS. JAMEY PHILLIPS, SECOND BY [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] I WAS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE VOTE IS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. MOTION CARRIES, YOU AIN'T GETTING OUT OF IT.
I DON'T THINK I DESERVE IT, NOT SO THAT ANYONE WILL SAY, OH, YES, YOU DO.
YES YOU DO. IT'S BECAUSE IT'S I THINK IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.
AND I CERTAINLY COULDN'T DO IT BY MYSELF.
BUT I DO THINK OF ANY CHANCE THAT WE HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A DISTRICT IS A GOOD THING,
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BECAUSE SOMETIMES, TORI CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS ONE, PEOPLE FORGET THAT THERE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED WEST OF THE I35 CORRIDOR.AND SO IF WE CAN DRAW ATTENTION TO THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE, THEN [INAUDIBLE] WELL NOT TO NOT TO SPOIL WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I DON'T LOOK AT THE I35 CORRIDOR BECAUSE I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE I27 CORRIDOR BECAUSE TO ME THAT IS CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN AND THAT IS RIGHT THERE WHERE THE GRASSROOTS ARE AND WHERE IT GOES.
THE ONE THAT YOU STAYED AND APPLIED AFTER YOUR INTERIM.
YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS JUST, THAT WAS JUST A WARM UP.
[LAUGHTER] BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB BEING AN EXAMPLE OF THIS DISTRICT. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, ANY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR THIS PAST YEAR WHO DOESN'T SIT DOWN AND RETHINK.
WHY WOULD I SIGN UP FOR THIS STUFF? THAT'S NORMAL. THIS HAS BEEN A TRYING YEAR.
AND I THINK YOU PASSED THOROUGH IT WITH FLYING COLORS.
AND I THINK THIS DISTRICT IS AN EXAMPLE AND IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THE PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT HAVE I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT IT REALLY HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT AND IT WAS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVEN ALLOWED TO.
JUST. JUST KEEP PRACTICING THE SPEECH BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
AND [INAUDIBLE] COMES BY PICKS YOU UP.
I SHOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WE HAVE A DELIBERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT
[3.B.4. Deliberation and possible action to adopt a resolution authorizing the sale of a 14.848 acre parcel of real property located north of Westwind Elementary]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF FOUR POINT EIGHT FOUR EIGHT ACRES.PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF WESTWIND ELEMENTARY.
MR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MR. DRAPER AND BOARD, THIS IS NOT QUITE AS EXCITING AS THAT LAST AGENDA ITEM.
I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY BACK HERE, YOU DO DESERVE IT.
[INAUDIBLE] OK, WE HAVE SOME LAND NORTH OF WESTWIND THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED MANY TIMES. ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE CMC COMMITTEE SIDE. AND WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR A LONG TIME AND WE JUST WE REALLY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT PIECE OF LAND.
OUR LAST CMC COMMITTEE MEETING, WE DECIDED TO POSSIBLY PUT IT UP FOR SALE AND [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS, AGAIN, WHEN I [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE YOU, I USUALLY DO A RESOLUTION.
AND YES, I'M [INAUDIBLE] THE RESOLUTION DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT'S IN THE PACKAGE.
NUMBER ONE, IT ALLOWS US TO PUT THE LAND UP FOR SALE.
AND NUMBER TWO, TO DO THAT, YOU NEED TO DECLARE SURPLUS PROPERTY.
IN YOUR PACKET INCLUDES THE RESOLUTION.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A SURVEY THAT WAS DONE ON THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.
THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, IS WE HAVE TO PUT A BID OUT FOR THAT PROPERTY, WE WE ALMOST HAVE THAT COMPLETED, HOPEFULLY FINISHED COMPLETING THAT TOMORROW. OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO PUT THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER ON MONDAY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING THESE BIDS BACK TO YOU IN THE APRIL BOARD MEETING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO OUR CMC COMMITTEE APRIL 15TH FOR REVIEW AT THAT POINT.
WITH THAT I'M GONNA STOP AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PACKET.
[INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION PROVIDED. ANY QUESTIONS. PROCEED ON MR. WILLIAMS. OK I MENTIONED THIS TO [INAUDIBLE], WITH ANYTHING WE PUT OUT BID, WE CAN ACCEPT OR REJECT IT FOR ANY REASON [INAUDIBLE].
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF FOURTEEN POINT EIGHT FOUR SIX ACRE PARCEL AND REAL PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF WESTWIND ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE A= RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.
MOVE TO FOR APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECOND. [INAUDIBLE] FOR APPROVAL BY MR. KYLE ROBERTS, SECOND BY MR. DAVID MILLER. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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AYE. ANY OPPOSED.MOTION CARRIES. MR. WILLIAMS GET TO WORK. THANK YOU BOARD. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS
[4.A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
OTHER BOARD BUSINESS, WE HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] AGENDA OF THE UPCOMING MEETINGS SCHEDULED APRIL 19TH, 2021 TO BE A REGULAR MEETING.BOARD IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A TOPIC OR AN AGENDA ITEM.
MCCORD, MS. LIBRE OR MYSELF AND WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET YOU TAKEN CARE OF AND GET PLACED ON THE AGENDA. ANYTHING ON THIS DR.
MCCORD? UPCOMING EVENTS, WE HAVE A FRENSHIP FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP
[4.B. Upcoming Events]
LUNCHEON, MAY 10TH, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I DO HAVE A NOTE IN HERE THAT DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED.ANYTHING ELSE? [INAUDIBLE] NEXT ITEM, WE HAVE THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BANQUET, MAY 11TH, 2021, TO BE HELD WITH THE EBERLEY BROOKS EVENT CENTER JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
YES, I'M JUST GRATEFUL WE GET TO HAVE IT.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WHICH I KNOW IT'S NOT MAY 11TH YET, BUT AND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE NOT HERE.
IT WAS A DRIVE THROUGH. IT WAS A DRIVE THROUGH EVERYTHING AND SO DRIVE THROUGH DRIVE BY, WHATEVER. SO I JUST I KNOW THAT THESE CAN GET TIRING, BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] OPPORTUNITY.
[LAUGHTER] OK. NEXT ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE STAFF APPRECIATION DAY, MAY 13TH.
ALSO IN THE EBERLEY BROOKS CENTER.
WE HAVE THE SPRING FOOTBALL GAME, MAY 14TH, AT PEOPLE'S BANK STADIUM, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY WEEK.
THEN WE HAVE THE REESE EDUCATION CENTER GRADUATE IS SLATED FOR MAY 20TH, 6 PM AT THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL PREFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THEN THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE WAS A FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, MAY 21ST, SEVEN THIRTY PM PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER PEOPLE'S BANK STADIUM.
ANYTHING I'M MISSING? NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF. ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THIS TIME WITH THIS BOARD? WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WERE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.