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>> IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT CALLING THIS PRESENCE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED,
[1. Call to Order]
I KNOW THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSED IN A TIMELY MANNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW.THEREFORE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES I NOW CALL THIS MEETING INTO ORDER.
MR. ROBINSON, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN INVOCATION, SIR?
>> I WILL. BOW YOUR HEADS, PLEASE.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY LORD.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE US EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE BLESSINGS OVER THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE JUST PRAY OVER EVERYONE TODAY AS WE FINISH OUT THIS WEEK AND GOING TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU ALWAYS GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AND GIVE US THE WISDOM WE NEED TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT.
WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
>> ALL PLEASE RISE, [INAUDIBLE]
>> 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.
>> THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IT'S THE CEREMONY AGENDA
[5. Consideration and possible action of personnel recommendations]
OF CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITH DR. [INAUDIBLE].IT'S AN EXCITING DAY HERE IN FRENSHIP, AND WE REALLY HAVE ONE ITEM TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, AND THAT IS A NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR FRENSHIP ISD.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A GREAT POOL OF APPLICANTS WHO WE CONSIDERED, AND WE HIT THE JACKPOT WITH ONE OF OUR CANDIDATES.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE WAS AND IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR FRENSHIP.
SHOULD WE DO THE VOTE AND THEN I'LL SAY MORE OR SHOULD WE DO THAT? SHOULD I SAY ALL THE WARM AND FUZZY STUFF FIRST?
>> WHATEVER YOUR RECOMMENDATION, THEN WE CAN MOVE [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. DON'T PUT THAT.
>> I LOVE IT. THE CAMERA WENT AWAY.
YES. ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAPPILY RECOMMEND BRYAN GERLICH FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF FRENSHIP.
>> WELL, RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION, I'LL JUST ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY MR. KYLE ROGERS AND SECOND BY MR. DAVID MILLER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CAGED AND [INAUDIBLE].
>> I GUESS YOU DON'T GET TOO WARM AND FUZZY TILL YOU GET THE VOTE.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE HERE, SO COME ON UP.
YOU GOT TO STAND ON THIS MAT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FAVORITE POINT.
RATHER THAN ME TRYING TO STUMBLE AROUND AND TELL YOU ABOUT COACH GERLICH, I'M GOING TO LET HIM DO THAT.
IF YOU CAN TELL US, THAT'S THE SURPRISE? [LAUGHTER] IT'S A LITTLE IMPROVISATION RIGHT HERE.
BUT BEFORE YOU TELL US ABOUT YOU, TELL US ABOUT YOUR SPECIAL GUESTS.
>> OH, YES. VERY HAPPY TO HAVE MY WIFE, KRISTA IS HERE, AND MY DAUGHTER BRYN, AND WE HAVE A SON, BRAYDEN, WHO IS A FRESHMEN AT WEST TEXAS A&M AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO CLASS THIS MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE THAT, [LAUGHTER] WORK ETHIC WILL WORK OUT THIS MORNING.
THAT'S MY FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE AND BEFORE YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR ROOTS IN WEST TEXAS AND COMING BACK HERE, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS FOR YOU.
I DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY GEAR TO WEAR BECAUSE I FIGURED YOU WOULD GET AN ATHLETIC SHIRT OR SOMETHING.
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[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY.THIS IS JUST FOR THE FAMILY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LUCK, THIS SCHOOL BUSINESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION SERVICE, IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, IT'S A LIFESTYLE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING HIM WITH US, AND I KNOW THAT HE CAN'T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, SO THANK YOU ALL.
>> YES. [LAUGHTER] I'M GOING BACK AROUND HERE.
[LAUGHTER] THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> WE GOT A STRING. [LAUGHTER] WELL, THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
MY COACHING CAREER BEGAN RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD ANDREW TEXAS BACK IN 1993, SAVIOR, THEY WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, SO I WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING DOING SOME DRIVING BACK AND FORTH, AND HAD A GREAT TIME THERE.
BEEN IN SOME OTHER SMALL TOWNS, I'VE BEEN IN 2A HIGH SCHOOLS, 4A HIGH SCHOOLS, 5A HIGH SCHOOLS, THEN BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE GAME AND STUFF.
I'VE ENJOYED EVERY STATE THAT I'VE BEEN AT, LEARNED SOMETHING AT EACH SCHOOL, LEARNT SOME THINGS TO DO, SOME THINGS NOT TO DO, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
I ACTUALLY SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AS WELL WHEN I WAS IN COLLEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S.
SPEND A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE, IT GAVE ME A WHOLE GREAT PERSPECTIVE ON THE ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
NOT JUST THE ATHLETIC PIECE, BUT HOW THE ACADEMIC PIECE FITS IN AND ALL OF THOSE GREAT THINGS THAT HELP WELL-ROUND OUR STUDENTS AS THEY GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. THEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, WE'D MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, WE GET TWO CAREERS GOING ON HERE.
[LAUGHTER] AT ONE TIME WE GOT, SAY FOCUSED, DON'T IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, FOCUSED ON WHAT DIRECTION SHE WAS GOING, AND I WOULD FIND SOME THINGS TO GO DO, AND EVERYTHING'S WORKED OUT, AND WE SPENT SOME TIME AT WEST TEXAS A&M.
AT THAT TIME GOT OUT OF COACHING A LITTLE BIT, GOT OUT OF SCHOOL STUFF AND BROADENED MY HORIZONS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I GOT BACK INTO THE SCHOOL BUSINESS.
WHEN KRISTA WENT TO UTA IS WHEN I JOINED COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE AND THAT'S WHEN MY ADMINISTRATION OF EXPERIENCE BEGAN.
THEN I HAD TO CHOOSE TO GET INTO ATHLETICS, AND DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME TO BE HONEST IF THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT I SLID BACK INTO ATHLETICS AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I'VE BEEN IN THERE THE LAST, WELL, SIX YEARS AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THEN I WAS THE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR ONE YEAR.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT GO INTO PLAY WHEN YOU HAVE TWO SCHOOLS IN YOUR DISTRICT AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THAT AREA.
AS THE DISTRICT BEGINS TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I HOPE I CAN BRING TO THE TABLE THAT'S GOING TO HELP MAKE THAT A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
I NEED TO BREAK FOR JUST A MINUTE ON MY CURRENT SCHOOL, I GOT A VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAYING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT TODAY.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT GRAPEVINE HIGH, GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
[LAUGHTER] GRAPEVINE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ARE PLAYING IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS, AND GRAPEVINE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HAS A GAME TONIGHT IN MEDELLIN, WHICH I'M GOING TO AND [INAUDIBLE] FOOTBALL PLAYS EMERALD HIGH TOMORROW.
I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK IN GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATION, OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
WE BELIEVE IN BUILDING A WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT.
WE BELIEVE THEY CAN HAVE A GREAT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND A GREAT ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE AT THE SAME TIME.
NOT JUST ATHLETICS, BUT ALL EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHO I AM.
I HOPE I DIDN'T GO TOO FAST, WAS I WARM AND FUZZY OR WAS I NOT? [LAUGHTER].
>> YOU TALKED MORE ABOUT TAHOKA YESTERDAY.
>> I DID YEAH. [OVERLAPPING] TAHOKA WAS GREAT.
I LEARNT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW KIDS USE TO GET TO PRACTICE.
I HAD [BACKGROUND] A TECHNIQUE THAT WORKED REALLY WELL. BUT WE DON'T BRING THAT [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER] WE DON'T DO THAT HERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I'VE BEEN TO TAHOKA, I'VE BEEN TO HARTFORD.
I LOVED OUR TIME AND HARTFORD, IT WAS GREAT [INAUDIBLE] REALLY I'VE NOT BEEN AT A SCHOOL THAT I DIDN'T HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCE AT.
>> WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> TAKE A MOMENT AND TELL YOU, WELCOME TO THE FRENSHIP FAMILY.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BOTH BEEN HAVING VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREERS AND I KNOW WHEN YOU WERE COACHING IN THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL MAKES YOU TRAVEL.
QUITE A GREAT DEAL AND YOU SPEND A LONG TIME THERE.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT THIS FAMILY WILL EMBRACE YOU AND I KNOW THEY WILL COMPLETELY SURROUND YOU GUYS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT THE PROPER SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY THAT YOU NEED FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE GOT AN OUTSTANDING COACHING STAFF HERE, THEY'RE ALL EXCITED.
THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND WELCOME YOU
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AND SHARE SOME IDEAS IN GOOD EFFORT.WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU GUYS AT [INAUDIBLE] AS A FAMILY AND I FELL THAT THE TIMING AND CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE EXTENSIVE SEARCH.
IT WAS A GOOD DEAL AND FOUND A GOOD FIT.
OBVIOUSLY, LISTENING TO YOU THIS MORNING ONE, YOU JUST CONTINUE TO KNOCK IT OUT THE PARK.
>> DID I KNOCK IT OUT THE PARK?
>> ABSOLUTELY. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING ME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AS A FAMILY.
>> AT THE BACK YOU HAVE GOT A QUESTION?
>> [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WAY? [LAUGHTER]. YES
>> I KNOW THAT COACH GARLIC IS EXCITED.
HE'S GOING TO JOIN US OFFICIALLY IN JANUARY.
HE'S GOING TO FINISH UP THE FALL SEMESTER AT GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE, AND THEN ALSO BUT HE AND I VISITED YESTERDAY AND HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SPEND TODAY GOING AROUND AND MEETING A FEW PEOPLE.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY AND COMING BACK AND GETTING TO VISIT AND MEET THE COACHING STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCITED TO MEET YOU.
THEN ALSO IT'S A LITTLE UNSETTLING WHEN YOU GET A NEW BOSS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND MEET THEM.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM TOO.
SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
>> I THINK THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT THAT HE GOT WAS FROM HIS CURRENT EMPLOYER.
I THINK [INAUDIBLE] HE CALLED ME HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO VISIT YOU [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH [LAUGHTER], I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
YESTERDAY WHEN I CALLED MY SUPERINTENDENT AND TOLD HIM, HE WAS EXPECTING IT AND HE SAID, "WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?" I SAID, "WELL, TO BE QUITE HONEST, LET ME GET OUT AS QUICK AS I CAN." MARK, MY EMPLOYER, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT, THEY REALLY HAVE.
THEY'VE KNOWN THIS WAS IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE.
WHEN KRISTA GOT THE JOB AT TECH, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, DO COME OUT, WAIT, DO YOU JUST TAKE ANY OFFER THAT COMES AND, I PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE SOME OTHER STUFF, I WAS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY.
I'M CURRENTLY IN A REALLY GREAT POSITION.
PROGRAMS ARE DOING WELL IN A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON JUST TO UP AND LEAVE.
WE THOUGHT WE PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET WHERE WE ARE NOW AND I WANTED TO ENJOY SOME OF THAT TOO A LITTLE BIT.
THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR AND WE DID.
NOW IS THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY AND FRENSHIP IS A GREAT PLACE.
I THINK WE TELL THE STORY OF, WE MOVED HERE IN 2003.
THAT ONE RIGHT THERE WAS A LITTLE BABY ONE, AND NOT EVEN IN SCHOOL YET.
WHEN IT WAS, OKAY, WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? WE NEED TO BE IN A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR KIDS.
THE FIRST THING THAT CAME UP WAS FRENSHIP.
OBVIOUSLY THE EXTRACURRICULAR PIECES ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
BUT THE ACADEMIC PIECE WAS TOO.
FINDING THAT BALANCE OF THE DISTRICT THAT CAN PROVIDE BOTH WAS IMPORTANT.
IN 2003, THAT'S WHERE WE CAME.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING, I TOLD YOU ALL I THINK YESTERDAY.
THERE WAS ONE DOWNSIDE WHEN WE MOVED HERE.
YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE DOWNSIDE WAS?
>> YOU LIVED ALONG HORN STREET.
>> YOU LIVED ON [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] ≥≥ BE CAREFUL THEIR SITE'S [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO FRENSHIP FIRST TIME AROUND AND SOME OTHER PLACES ALONG THE WAY, BUT I'M READY TO GET STARTED AND WE WILL, I REALLY DO.
I WANT TO FIND THE TIME TO GET TO MEET EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM UNTIL WE SIT DOWN AND VISIT AND TALK AND KNOW EACH OTHER.
THAT'S HOW I ROLL, SO TO SPEAK.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHO I AM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE GOOD AND BAD. I'M NOT PERFECT.
I'M GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES TOO, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THINGS AND WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO GET BETTER.
HOPEFULLY LET'S START AS SOON AS WE CAN.
>> IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS MEETING RULE OF STANDARD JOURNEY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.