Jan 20, 2022 Board Meeting

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THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 6:35 FOR THE WORKSHOP.

[1.D. Reconvene from Closed Session]

CHIEF, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY VOICE.

YOU WANT TO HELP ME OUT HERE? ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

WHAT DO YOU NEED? I NEED YOU TO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE.

WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I'M GOING TO GET YOU TO JUMP ON THAT.

KNOCK IT OUT FOR ME. MR. ROBINSON. WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE IT ME THERE?

[1.E. Invocation]

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND DO THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT AND WE JUST, AS ALWAYS, PRAY FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM AS AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT LEAD THIS DISTRICT ON AND THE FUTURE AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, SERVICE MEN AND EMPLOYEES OF THIS DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS AND WE JUST PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

EVERYBODY, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.

[1.F. Pledge of Allegiance]

[1.H.1. Speech and Debate UIL State Congress Qualifiers]

FIRST UP, WE HAVE SPEECH IN THE OF THIS.

THEY COME UP AND PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO GET UP AND TAKE SOME PICTURES, FEEL FREE TO DO SO, BUT TONIGHT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THREE FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE STUDENTS. RECENTLY, THESE STUDENTS COMPETED IN A DISTRICT UIL COMPETITION AND QUALIFIED FOR THE UIL STATE CONGRESS CONTEST EARLIER THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY LAST WEEK.

THE STUDENTS TRAVELED TO AUSTIN TO COMPETE IN THE 9TH ANNUAL STATE CONGRESS.

TONIGHT WE HAVE FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE SPONSOR HEATHER BYERS HERE TO HELP US TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND TO RECOGNIZE HER STUDENTS.

HEATHER, GOOD EVENING.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING US.

I MEAN, THE STUDENTS AND FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

I ONLY HAVE ONE OF MINE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL BUSY.

WE HAVE ONE AT WRESTLING PRACTICE.

I KNOW WE HAVE ONE THAT SOCCER AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY AWESOME THAT THEY GET TO DO ALL OF THESE AMAZING THINGS AND FRIENDSHIP OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO CONGRESS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

IT IS A MOCK CONGRESS LIKE YOU WOULD IF YOU WENT TO THE TEXAS SENATE.

IF YOU WENT TO THE WASHINGTON SENATE, THEY HAVE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE WRITTEN THEMSELVES, THAT THEY THEN ARGUE AND DEBATE WITHIN THE ROUNDS, AND THEN THEY TRY TO PASS THOSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS WITHIN THE ROUND.

IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, IT'S A LOT OF FUN WORK, AND THESE GUYS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AT IT. I THINK AMBER HAS GONE TO STATE THIS IS MY SECOND.

THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME GOING TO STATE CONGRESS, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING AND THEY JUST WORK REALLY HARD AT IT AND WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD OF HOW WELL THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS COMPETITION.

WE DID NOT BREAK TO FINALS THIS YEAR, BUT WE WERE IN THE TOP HALF OF ALL OF THE ROOMS THAT OUR STUDENTS COMPETED IN.

SO I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THEIR PERFORMANCES.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AMBER MCFARLAND A SENIOR.

SO I'M LOSING HER AND WILL NOT HAVE HER BACK NEXT YEAR.

HERS AND THEN JAVON DESHON AND THELMA AL-HAZMI WERE ALSO COMPETING, BUT THEY ARE OFF DOING ALL OF THEIR OTHER TEENAGER THINGS.

SO I THINK DOING.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRESS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY A CONGRESS COMPETITOR OR WHATEVER IN THE EIGHTIES.

I KNOW.[LAUGHTER] DO YOU WANT TO GET IN TALKING EARLY 80S OR LATE 80S? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MID 80S.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TORY, Y'ALL COME ON IN.

YOU. STUDENTS AND PARENTS, IF YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU ALL CAN.

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[1.H.2. Academic All-State Volleyball]

WE HAVE FOUR VOLLEYBALL SENIORS WHO RECEIVE THE HONOR OF ACADEMIC ALL-STATE THROUGH BOTH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION.

NOW, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, THE STUDENTS MUST MAINTAIN A HIGH GPA AND BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND TONIGHT WE HAVE HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH TORI WINCHELL TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HER PLAYERS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THESE FOUR SENIOR GIRLS FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL. SO THEY DO GREAT THINGS FOR US AS A TEAM ON THE COURT IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO SUMMER, EARLY MORNING WORKOUTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THESE KINDS OF AWARDS ARE REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY DO IN THEIR FREE TIME.

YOU CAN TELL IT'S A PART OF WHO THEY ARE AND THEIR CHARACTER AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE AS A PERSON AND SO, LIKE MS., TAYLOR SAID, THAT HAVE A HIGH GPA THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS OF PLAYING VOLLEYBALL.

SO THROUGH THE PAST FOUR YEARS FROM THEIR FRESHMAN TO SENIOR YEAR AND ONE OF THEM WAS A NINETY FOUR GPA AND THE OTHER WAS A NINETY TWO.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN THERE, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THEM FOR AGAIN, NOT ONLY WHAT THEY DO ON THE COURT BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO WE'LL START WITH MADISON BERLET.

SECONDLY, WE HAVE SUTHERLIN COX, ALISON MCCLURE AND DEBBIE NAIR.

[APPLAUSE] RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO GRAB A PICTURE FIRST, AND THEN WHEN I'M DONE, Y'ALL CAN GRAB ONE TWO, ONE TWO THREE, ONE TWO THREE.

PERFECT.

OK, SO TONIGHT WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM OUR FRIENDSHIP HIGH

[1.H.3. Academic All-State Football]

THIS GROUP OF 12 SENIORS ARE BEING HONORED FOR THEIR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WE'RE RECEIVING ACADEMIC ALL STATE THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION. AGAIN, THIS MEANS THESE STUDENTS MAINTAIN A HIGH GPA AND ARE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER. WE HAVE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JAY NORTHCUTT HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HIS STUDENTS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

THANK YOU TIFFANY. FIRST OFF, GOOD EVENING AND AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NOT ONLY ON THE FIELD BUT IN THE CLASSROOM.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ANYBODY THAT CAN CAN MANAGE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO IN TERMS OF ATHLETICS AND ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE ASKED TO DO IN TERMS OF ACADEMICS AND THEN YOU ADD THAT IT'S WEST TEXAS AND THERE HAVING TO DO ALL THAT TRAVELING.

HOPEFULLY, THEY'RE DOING HOMEWORK ON THE BUSSES.

YOU KNOW, THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM. SO LET'S GET THESE GUYS INTRODUCED FROM THIS YOUNG LADY INTRODUCED RIGHT HERE. LET'S START OFF FIRST WITH CHAD FERRIS, CHAD D FERRIS EXCUSE ME, CHAD, WHERE ARE YOU? GOOD JOB.

BY THE WAY, CHAD WAS HONORABLE MENTION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AWARDS

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ANOTHER HONORABLE MENTION WAS WAS KENDALL LANGEN.

WE'VE GOT STERLING IN ENGLAND THAT WAS SECOND TEAM, AND ACTUALLY KENDALL LEHMANN WAS SECOND TEAM, EXCUSE ME, KENDALL.

LARSON JONES, WHO WAS ALSO SECOND TEAM.

PYLE, WHO IS ALSO SECOND TEAM ANDREW BRADDOCK WAS ALSO.

WE'VE GOT PEYTON SCOTT WHO WAS FIRST TEAM.

COLTON KAISER, WHO WAS ALSO A FIRST TEAM.

WE'VE GOT CHAD IN FIRST.

ALSO FIRST TEAM AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST WE'VE GOT GAVIN PHILLIPS ALSO FIRST TEAM.

GOOD JOB. AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. PERFECT PICTURE.

QUICK. YOU LINE UP FOR A PICTURE, I THINK MR. ROGERS HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY AS WELL.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHY YOU ALL GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN.

COACH, I WAS AT THE BANQUET LAST NIGHT AND OF COURSE, I SEE THESE GUYS FROM AFAR LOOKING DOWN ON THE FIELD A LOT, BUT I WAS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRAM YOU'VE STARTED AND DEVELOPED AND LAST NIGHT, IT WAS NEVER MORE EVIDENT HOW THESE GUYS AND THE REST OF THE TEAM HAVE BOUGHT IN TO WHAT YOU AND YOUR FELLOW COACHES HAVE BUILT HERE IN OUR BUILDING. AND IT WAS JUST I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, THE TRAINERS AND ALL MANAGERS FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.

IT'S BEEN BEEN GREAT TO WATCH IT.

WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS AND GOOD GROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN AS WELL, AND THAT MEANS A LOT. SO THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS, ALL OF YOU MEAN REAL FACTS.

ONE TWO THREE ONE TWO THREE.

YES, THANK YOU.

THAT'S LOOKING GOOD.

YES AND CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M GOING TO SAY, OK, YOU CAN BE BETTER.

YOU CAN SEE THEIR FACES.

THANKS FOR COMING. HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION.

DO. SO WE HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION, AND IT'S A BIG ONE, AND WE GET TO TURN

[1.H.4. School Board Appreciation]

JANUARY MARKS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH IN TEXAS AND IT IS OUR HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS RISING ABOVE AND FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET THAT YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS AND THAT YOU'RE SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER AND YOU'RE DEDICATED AND YOU LOVE THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHY YOU DO THIS.

SO WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR STICKING AROUND WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH AND FOR RISING ABOVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF OUR FRENSHIP STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

BEFORE WE KICK OFF HANDING OUT ALL THE SPECIAL GIFTS AND EXPLAINING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO WE WANT TO PLAY.

FRIENDSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE KNOW IT HAS BEEN TOUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHALLENGES.

OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN THROWN YOUR WAY.

UNCERTAINTIES HAVE BEEN AROUND EVERY CORNER AND YOU HAVE BEEN FACED WITH HARD DECISIONS, BUT THROUGH IT ALL, YOU CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT OUR NEEDS FIRST.

YOUR SUPPORT IS FELT IN THE CLASSROOMS. THRU THE HALLWAYS, ON STAGE AND IN THE STANDS, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

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EMPOWERING US TO SUCCEED.

YOUR LEADERSHIP GUIDES US AND SHOWS US WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND HUMILITY. SHOW US WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE THE FRIENDSHIP WAY.

YOU ENCOURAGE US, MOTIVATE US AND LIFT US UP.

WITH EACH TOUGH DECISION YOU MADE.

WE KNOW YOU ARE FIGHTING TO DO WHAT'S BEST.

FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES AND EVEN WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, YOU STILL HONOR OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND SHOW US HOW MUCH YOU CARE.

TOGETHER UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE ADAPT, OVERCOME AND PUSH THROUGH FRIENDSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU FOR RISING ABOVE IT ALL TO SERVE OUR FRIENDSHIP FAMILIES.

SO I HAD HELP FROM AVERY THAT IF SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER, SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TORI MAYHEM OVER AT CRESTVIEW.

SO BUT TO KEEP THE CELEBRATION GOING, THERE ARE A FEW GOODIES SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU.

MS. ROBINSON. WE KNOW YOURS ARE THERE.

WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOURSELF HERE.

SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE ALONG WITH A NOTE, THESE SPECIAL PIECES OF ART ARE MADE BY WILLOW BIN ELEMENTARY FIFTH GRADERS IN MRS. HOLLOWAY'S ART CLASS, AND THE ART MATCHES THE RISING ABOVE THEME WITH A HOT AIR BALLOON AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE NOTE OF A COMPANY THAT THE SUPER CUTE AND THEN MR. HERNANDEZ, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JOINING ME UP HERE, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY.

HE'S GOING TO JOIN ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND PRESENT A GIFT FROM THE PRINCIPALS THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THE MOST P.C.

PERSON IN THE WORLD, SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCIPALS.

HAPPY BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S JUST NOT ONE.

I MEAN, ONE MONTH OUT OF THE YEAR, WE APPRECIATE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR LOYALTY TO THE DISTRICT, TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR STUDENTS AND IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO ON CAMPUS EACH AND EVERY DAY AND OUR STUDENTS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND YOU ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU ARE THE PINNACLE OF OUR HISTORY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE TOP WITH EVERYTHING WE DO.

SO FROM I KNOW, FROM MY HEART AND FROM OUR PRINCIPALS HEART.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING IN THOSE SEATS.

THANK YOU AND FOR THE PRINCIPALS, WE GOT YOU A CHOPPING BLOCK.

[LAUGHTER] CAN I JUST.

THERE'S REALLY NOTHING BEHIND IT.

WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A NICE GIFT, BUT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH WHAT WE DO HERE, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE HOPE YOU DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD LUCK.

[APPLAUSE] I THINK THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SURPRISES THIS YEAR OUR ENGINEERING AND ROBOTICS STUDENTS USE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH AS A PROJECT TO HONE IN ON THEIR SKILLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE CLASSROOM.

THIS IS SHANGHAI'S NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING CLASS.

LEARN ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AS A SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEN THEY ALSO RESEARCHED IT A LITTLE.

THEY USE THEME RISING ABOVE, AND THEY CAME UP WITH INDIVIDUAL IDEAS TO USE FOR THEIR PROJECT. THEY SKETCHED THEM OUT, DESIGN THEM DIGITALLY, AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY USE THE 3D PRINTERS TO PRINT THEM.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU? I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF HOT AIR BALLOONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEME.

GREG, I THINK YOURS WAS THE BLIMP.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, BUT NO, IT WAS GREAT FOR THOSE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE THE PROJECT FROM SCRATCH.

HAVE AN IDEA AND THEN ACTUALLY CREATIVE WITH THE 3-D PRINTER AND THEN THE STUDENTS IN MR. HOLLOWAYS ROBOTICS AND PROJECT BASED CLASSES.

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THAT'S AWESOME AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE.

THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER THEIR DESIGN TO A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT THEN ALLOWED THEM TO CUT OUT THE ALUMINUM PLATES USING A WATER JET AND SO THE DESIGN ALONE TOOK ABOUT TWO HOURS FOR EACH AND THEN ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR TO USE THE WATER JET TO CUT THEM OUT AND JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THESE THE 3D PRINTERS FOR MRS. JUNKIE'S CLASS, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY AWARDED THROUGH THE FRIENSHIP FOUNDATION AND THEN THE WATER JET FOR THE ENGINEERING CLASS THAT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH THE HIGH DEMANDS JOB TRAINING GRANT FROM LEDA AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.

SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS ACTUALLY BEING USED IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, YES, YES AND SO THERE'S ALSO AN EASEL THAT GOES WITH IT.

YOU ALL HAVE SOME BAGS IN THE BACK.

SO THAT'S IN THERE AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PUT ALL YOUR GIFTS IN THERE TO TAKE HOME AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A BOX OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES IN, BUT THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR FRIENDSHIP FAMILIES.

AND WE KNOW THAT EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO HAVE THEM IN MIND.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I DO WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. I'LL JUST WAIT TILL IT'S MY TURN AND THEN THAT'S ALL.

I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY.

IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO SIT ON THIS BOARD AND BE A PART OF THIS, NOT BECAUSE IT'S BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, BUT WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF, WE GET GREAT SUPPORT, WE GET GREAT TEACHERS AND WE HAVE GREAT KIDS AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING AT THIS TIME, OUR POLITICS ARE FINDING THEIR WAY TO THE CLASSROOM AND IT'S NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

IT'S NOT IN AN EDUCATIONAL WAY.

IT'S THERE IS NO MORE EXPRESSING ONE'S OPINION WITHOUT OFFENDING SOMEONE ELSE.

SO OUR KIDS ARE HAVING TO LEARN SOME VERY VALUABLE LESSONS AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS AND A LOT OF OUR ADULTS LEARN THEM AS WELL, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DO LOVE ABOUT THIS BOARD IS WE ALL COME FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS.

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT THIS BOARD DOES WELL IS IT LOOKS WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS AND IT TAKES THE POLITICS OUT AND THAT HAS BEEN THE SUCCESS OF FRIENDSHIP ISD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET LABELED ONE RIGHT WING LEFT WING.

WE'RE TEACHING THIS, WE'RE TEACHING THAT WITHOUT PEOPLE REALLY FINDING OUT WHAT THE TRUE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY TAUGHT.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT'S WHY I SIT ON THIS BOARD AND I'M HONORED TO DO SO AND TO ME, SOMEONE'S GOT TO STAND UP FOR THIS STAFF AND THESE TEACHERS AND GIVE OUR KIDS THE FAIR SHOT THEY CAN GET AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK EACH OF EACH OF YOU FOR DOING SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYTHING ELSE, ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY COMMENTS? OK, I'M GOING TO REARRANGE THE AGENDA FOR JUST A MINUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHOSE NAME TO GET ON TO A BIG COUNTRY CONTROLS.

YOU REMEMBER THIS, I THINK.

OK. YEAH. NOTHING.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO JUMP REAL QUICK TO 2A2, THE AUDITOR'S REPORT AND FAIRLY QUICKLY, IF YOU

[2.A.2. Auditor's report]

YES, SIR. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERY [INAUDIBLE] THE STATE.

[INAUDIBLE] LEGAL REQUIRES THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE FISCAL ACCOUNTS BEING AUDITED ANNUALLY AT THE DISTRICT'S EXPENSE.

IT TAKES A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING HOLDING A PERMIT FROM THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, ACCOUNTANCY.

A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AND IT'S THE DOWN THERE IN FRONT OF YOU BELIEVE, AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWED THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AFTER WE COMPLETE THIS PROCESS.

THE ANNUAL AUDIT FOR 2021 WAS PROVIDED BY EIDE BAILLY, REPRESENTING EIDE BAILLY IS MR.

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GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF BOARD.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR HELPING ME, IF I COULD, JUST A QUICK POSSIBLE SEA CHANGE LOCALLY, BUT I APPRECIATE ANYWAY.

ANYWAYS, LIKE LIKE LIKE MR. MR. REEVES INDICATED. LOOK COPY OF THE TEACHER DOES HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OVER SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS. BEFORE I GET INTO IT, I THINK THE ARTICLE VERY WELL DID NOT HAVE ANY JUST INTERNAL ENTRIES OR UNADJUSTED MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF AUDIT PROCEDURES. I JUST LEARNED NOT REPORTING ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVERALL.

JUST GOOD, GOOD CLEAN AUDIT HERE.

SO THAT BEING SAID AGAINST THE REPORT WE SAW STARTING WITH OUR REPORT, WHICH STARTS ON PAGE NUMBER TWO AND THEN GOES ON OVER THE PATIENT BEFORE REALLY OUR REPORT MAKES THREE MAIN POINTS. AGAIN, I'LL SUMMARIZE THEM UP ON THE SLIDE, BUT IT DOES INDICATE THAT MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

ADDITIONALLY, MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN OF INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THEN GOES ON TO DESCRIBE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AUDITOR, WHICH IS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A NARRATIVE REGARDING OUR APPROACH TO INTERNAL CONTROLS, WHICH IS WE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS SO WE CAN DESIGN OR AUDIT PROCEDURES.

HOWEVER, WE DO NOT TEST THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS TO AN EXTENT THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THEM. SO WE'RE NOT EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS AND LASTLY IS OUR OPINION, WHICH IS AT THE TOP OF PAGE THREE BASICALLY STATES THAT IN OUR OPINION, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A IT'S AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WHERE A CLEAN AUDIT REPORT.

MOVING AHEAD TO SOME OF THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITION ON PAGE NUMBER 16.

REALLY, THEME IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS YEAR IS THE BOND ISSUANCE COMPARE THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR. EVERYTHING THAT KIND OF STICKS OUT BECAUSE OF THE BOND ISSUANCES STATEMENT OF THAT POSITION ON PAGE NUMBER 16 IS A SNAPSHOT OF ALL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE DISTRICT AS OF AUGUST 31ST.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE. I HAVE A VERY CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THAT STATEMENT UP ON THE SCREEN OR THE COMPARATIVE COBB FROM TWENTY TWENTY.

YOU'LL SEE AT THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, TOTAL ASSETS ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE MILLION WAS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN MILLION LAST YEAR, SO A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN ASSETS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS MILLION UP AGAIN DUE TO THAT BOND ISSUANCE. THE DISTRICT ISSUED BONDS HAVE HAS THAT CASH CINDI AND RESTRICTED ASSETS THAT YOU'LL EXTEND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS YOU'RE DOING THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S WHY THE ASSETS ARE UP THIS YEAR.

IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG ON PAGE NUMBER SIXTEEN, YOU'LL SEE THOSE RESTRICTED ASSETS.

IT'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLION THIS YEAR.

THAT'S WHERE THOSE REMAINING PROCEEDS FROM THAT BOND ISSUANCES ARE HELD AS FAR AS LIABILITIES OF THE DISTRICT AT YEAR END.

ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED FORTY TWO MILLION THIS YEAR IS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT MILLION LAST YEAR. SO AGAIN, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS HIGHER THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, THE DISTRICT ISSUED THOSE BONDS.

THAT LIABILITY IS SHOWING UP THERE ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S ONE THAT INCREASES THERE.

IF YOU ADD IT UP ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES, YOU GET YOUR NET POSITION AT THE END OF THE CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT THIRTY ONE MILLION.

SECOND STATEMENT THAT I'LL TOUCH ON IS THE BALANCE SHEET OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, WHICH IS ON PAGE NUMBER TWENTY.

AGAIN, THIS PARTICULAR STATEMENT PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

HOWEVER, THIS STATEMENT IS FOCUSES ON CURRENT ASSETS AND CURRENT LIABILITIES, SO IT DOES NOT. CAPITAL ASSETS OF THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS ASSETS BEEN ON LIABILITIES, THERE ARE NO BONDS PAYABLE, THERE'S NO NET PENSION LIABILITY IN FORTINET.

THIS IS THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT LIABILITIES AND THOSE CURRENT ASSETS TO MEET THOSE LIABILITIES. UNDER THIS BASIS OF ACCOUNTING, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN TOTAL ASSETS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN MILLION THIS YEAR, UP SIGNIFICANTLY AGAIN FROM THE SIXTY THREE MILLION LAST YEAR.

AGAIN, THAT'S A RESULT OF THAT BOND ISSUANCE YOU RECEIVED.

THE CASH FROM THAT BOND ISSUANCE IS PLACED IN THOSE RESTRICTED ASSETS.

YOU SEE THOSE ON PAGE NUMBER.

SO PAGE NUMBER EIGHTEEN UNDER THE RESTRICTED ASSETS ABOUT 160 MILLION THIS YEAR.

PRIMARILY, THOSE ARE HELD IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ON AGAIN, THEY'RE HELD THERE.

THEY'RE RESTRICTED TO USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FROM THE BOND ISSUANCES AND THEN AS THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OCCUR, THOSE THOSE ASSETS WILL DECREASE LIABILITIES OF THE DISTRICT PRETTY COMPARABLE YEAR OVER YEAR.

IT'S ABOUT 11 MILLION THIS YEAR, ABOUT 10 MILLION LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU ADD IT UP, YOUR FUND BALANCE.

THIS YEAR IS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT MILLION THIS YEAR AS AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION.

THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE I HAVE IN HERE TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHERE THE FUND BALANCE SHEET

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AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, OVERALL FUND BALANCE INCREASED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION.

IT'S LARGELY IN THE RESTRICTED CATEGORY.

THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF AGE 18.

YOU'LL SEE THE AMOUNTS RESTRICTED FOR CAPITAL.

ACQUISITION IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE MILLION.

THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF THE INCREASE WAS AT AGIM.

THAT'S THE RESULT OF THAT BOND ISSUANCE AND AGAIN, HAS THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT DOWN THAT RESTRICTED CATEGORY WILL WILL FALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING YEARS ON UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF THE YEAR, ABOUT FORTY THREE MILLION HAS ABOUT THIRTY FIVE MILLION LAST YEAR, SO UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT YEAR OVER YEAR.

YOU CAN COMPARE YOUR OTHERSIDE FUND BALANCE TO THE AVERAGE MONTHLY GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES TO KIND OF GET A GAUGE FOR THE HEALTH OF IT.

T-A RECOMMENDS TO KEEP A MINIMUM RESERVE OF ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES YOUR AVERAGE MONTHLY GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE EXPENDITURES, YOUR CORE CURRENT ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT FIVE POINT EIGHT TIMES THAT AVERAGE MONTHLY GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

SO YOU ARE IN EXCESS OF THAT.

THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MINIMUM AND THEN AS FAR AS THE REVENUE IN THE INCOME STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT, AGAIN, THAT'S ON PAGE 20 OF THE BOUND ACTIVE AGAIN A SUMMARIZED UP ON THE SLIDE.

REALLY, THE BIG DIFFERENCE AGAIN THIS YEAR IS THE BOND ISSUANCE UP ON THE SLIDE.

TOTAL REVENUE SOURCES AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES THIS YEAR IS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE MILLION. LAST YEAR IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN MILLION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRIVING FACTOR OF THAT IS IN THAT OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BOND ISSUANCE ARE RECORDED.

YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR MILLION INCREASE.

LAST YEAR, IT WAS A OUTFLOW OF ABOUT THREE POINT THREE MILLION IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THAT UP THIS YEAR IS THAT BOND ISSUANCE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. OTHER REVENUES DID INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

THAT'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN MILLION THIS YEAR LAST YEAR, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN MILLION.

SO TOTAL KIND OF REGULAR OPERATING REVENUES INCREASED ABOUT $10 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR.

AGAIN, LOCAL STATE FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCES, LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES, LARGELY PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE IS ADDS UP TO ABOUT SEVENTY ONE MILLION THIS YEAR. STATE PROGRAMS ARE THE ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE, AND THEN YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU GET PAID FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR.

FEDERAL REVENUES ARE UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR DUE TO ALL THE COVID MONEY THAT CAME IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND THEY'RE UP TO ABOUT SEVEN POINT NINE MILLION THIS YEAR AND THEN AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES OF THE DISTRICT, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN MILLION THIS YEAR, IT WAS UP ABOUT SEVENTEEN POINT EIGHT MILLION FROM LAST YEAR.

AS FAR AS INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURE CATEGORY LARGEST INCREASE WAS IN DEBT SERVICE, DEBT SERVICE WAS UP TO ABOUT TWENTY FIVE MILLION.

THIS YEAR IS ABOUT SIXTEEN MILLION IN THE LAST YEAR, SO IT WAS DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES DID INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AND THEN THE OTHER LARGE INCREASE WAS IN THE INSTRUCTION CATEGORY, UP TO ABOUT FIFTY SEVEN MILLION THIS YEAR FROM ABOUT FIFTY THREE MILLION LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS EVERYTHING FROM THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT I PREPARED.

THERE ARE TWO OTHER REPORTS THAT WE ISSUE WHICH ARE IN THE BACK.

THE FIRST ON PAGE NUMBER EIGHTY FIVE.

THAT'S OUR REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING ON COMPLIANCE.

AGAIN, THIS REPORT REITERATES THAT WE'RE NOT EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS. HOWEVER, IF WE REPORTED ON ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT WOULD BE REPORTED HERE AGAIN, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY REPORTING ANY SUCH ITEMS. ADDITIONALLY, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE THROUGH BOARD AND THE LAST REPORT IS ON PAGE 87.

THAT'S OUR SINGLE ORDER REPORT AS A PART OF OUR AUDIT, EACH YEAR WE PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT OVER WHAT WE CONSIDER THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS SELECTED ON CRITERIA THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUTS OUT.

THIS IS THE REPORT WHERE WE COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THAT AUDIT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLUSTER AND THEN THE CODE FUNDING FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND.

FOR ONE, TWO AND THREE PROGRAMS. OPINION FOR THOSE FOUND AT THE TOP OF 88.

BASICALLY STATES THAT ARE IN THE DISTRICT PROVIDING THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A MODIFIED OR A CLEAN OPINION ON COMPLIANCE FOR THOSE TWO MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAD IN THE PRESENTATION.

TRUSTEE REEVES. OVERALL, THE WORK OF THE AUDIT WENT VERY WELL.

LIKE I SAID, NO, NO FINDINGS TO REPORT.

STEPHANIE, GREAT JOB GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT ANY QUESTIONS? THANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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I USED THIS.. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

FRIENDSHIP ISD ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED ON AUGUST 31 OF 2021.

A MOTION, SO MOVED.

SECOND BY MS. JAMEY PHILLIPS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES.

NOW DR. MCCORD I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING YOUR ORDER THERE.

[2.A.1. Consideration and possible action to approve the district strategic plan]

I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE INVENTORS.

YOU'RE NOT FUN. NO, IT'S FINE.

IT'S FINE. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT BUDGETING AND MONEY AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT THINGS.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE GOT TO HAVE MONEY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS TO CARRY OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, OUR GOALS AND SO THIS IS WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD DAWSON OR HE WAS GOING TO COME IN FACILITATE FOR US THIS EVENING.

HE IS THE ONE WHO KIND OF GUIDED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT GIVEN KIND OF THE SURGE, WE'VE HAD ACTIVE COVID CASES AND HE WAS GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

HE WAS CERTAINLY WILLING TO COME, BUT ALSO WE SAVED A LITTLE BIT.

SPEAKING OF MONEY, WE SAVED A LITTLE MONEY ON TRAVEL EXPENSES BY HAVING ME PRESENT TONIGHT. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR PLANNING, OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.

SO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND AS I THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST TAKEN ME.

I'M IN MY 12TH YEAR OF THE DISTRICT AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE MUCH MORE IN MY 12TH YEAR THAN I DID MY FIRST YEAR OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGICALLY PLANNING AND SO AS I THINK BACK, IT WAS IN MY FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THE DISTRICT IN TWENTY TEN THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED THE TWENTY TEN STRATEGIC PLAN AND JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD AND MYSELF OF THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU GUIDE AND I KNOW YOU TRY TO SORT OF MINIMIZE IT AND SAY ALL THE STAFF DOES ALL THE WORK, BUT YOU CREATE THE AVENUE FOR THAT TO OCCUR AND YOUR WISDOM IN HAVING COMMUNITY DRIVEN DECISIONS ON ART KIND OF OUR BIG ROCKS, OUR GOALS IN HOW WE ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE DON'T JUST MAKE THESE DECISIONS ON OUR OWN AND IT WAS IN APRIL OF 2010 THAT'S BEFORE I CAME TO THE DISTRICT, BUT IT WAS IN APRIL OF 2010 THAT THE TEAM OF EIGHT AT THAT TIME DID A LOT OF WORK AND WITH SHARED DECISION MAKING COLLABORATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEVELOPED WHAT WE STILL TO THIS DAY USE AS OUR VISION STATEMENT SEEK PERFECTION, CAPTURE EXCELLENCE.

IT WAS ALSO IN APRIL OF 2010 THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED THE BELIEFS THAT WE STILL USE TODAY.

SO THE FACES HAVE CHANGED AND THERE ARE MORE FACES TO LOOK AT, BUT OUR BELIEFS DON'T REALLY CHANGE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THESE TUMULTUOUS TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.

REALLY, IT'S TUMULTUOUS ON PLANET EARTH EVERY YEAR, BUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT IS OUR OUR BELIEFS.

THAT IS THE SORT OF THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE'VE STOOD UP AND SAID, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR KIDS AND THIS WAS ADOPTED BY INNOVATE IN 2010.

SO HERE WE ARE AND THEN IN 2016, WE CAME WITH ANOTHER KIND OF FIVE YEAR, THREE TO FIVE YEAR PLAN. IT REALLY IT REALLY DOES DRIVE ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE ON A DAILY BASIS AND SO IT WAS INTERESTING AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT SOME OF OUR NEWER EMPLOYEES TO THE DISTRICT SAID WE'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN A STRATEGIC PLAN IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN AND THEN SO THAT WASN'T MY WISDOM TO START THIS PROCESS, BUT IT CERTAINLY.

IS GROUNDED IN RESEARCH IN THAT.

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WE YOU BRING THEM IN TO HELP MAKE THE DECISIONS AND THEN WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE YOU ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT WE'RE PAID EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE PAID BY AND THE TAXES OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.

SO HERE WE ARE WITH THEM.

THE OTHER THING WE'RE REMINDED OF IS THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING HAS DRIVEN AND BEEN THE BASIS OF A LOT OF THE KEY DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS IN THE 12 YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. AND ONE OF THEM IS IT WAS IN THE 2010 STRATEGIC PLAN THAT AND IT PROBABLY WAS DONE BEFORE THAT, BUT FOCUSING ON GROWTH, THAT'S WHERE THE DECISION MAY CAME FROM TO LOOK AT GROWTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE TWENTY SIXTEEN STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN IN TWENTY NINETEEN, WE HAD A LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT CAME TOGETHER AND WE DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH GOALS AT THAT TIME.

WE USED THE GOALS FROM 2010 AND 2016 AS THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT'S DRIVING THESE DECISIONS AND SO HERE WE ARE IN 2022 AND WE'RE PLANNING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND SO AS WE LOOK BACK, WE CAN SEE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

SO BASICALLY THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU THAT FIRST THING IS WHAT WE DO IS WE BEFORE WE BRING TOGETHER THE DESIGN TEAMS. SO WE GET LOTS OF FEEDBACK.

WE BRING TOGETHER FOCUS GROUPS AND PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS, AND WE ASK THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE HAVE BIG GROUPS WHICH ARE SUMMIT SMALL GROUPS WITH FOCUS GROUPS.

AFTER WE DO THAT, THEN WE BRING IN THE DESIGN TEAM AND THEN WE CREATE.

SO IT'S ALL A VERY METHODICAL PROCESS THAT WE STARTED PLANNING LAST SPRING.

I THINK HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE KIDS ONE YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE IT IS PHILLIPS, BUT WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE KIDS AND ASK THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHAT WOULD YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? WHAT ARE WE DOING WELL AS WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE? THESE ARE ALL SENIORS WHO YOU SEE SITTING UP THERE, AND NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN FRIENDSHIP THEIR WHOLE CAREER, BUT MANY OF THEM HAD AND SO THEY'VE BEEN SITTING IN THESE SEATS, RECEIVING AND EXPERIENCING OUR DECISIONS FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS, SOME OF THEM AND THEN YOU JUST SEE SOME PICTURES FROM THE DESIGN PIECE WE HAD.

MICHELA ANDREW WERE PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH US.

IT WAS TWO FULL DAYS OF WORK AND ANOTHER THING ABOUT HAVING SHARED DECISION MAKING AND BRINGING IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS THAT IT HAS TO BE A MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT AND THEY HAVE TO WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A WAY WHERE WE BRING THEM IN AND THEN WE FOLLOW THEIR ADVICE AND NOT THAT IT'S JUST LIKE CHECKING THE BOX AND OK, WE DID THAT MEETING.

SO IT REALLY DOES DRIVE THE DECISION MAKING AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS TIME WAS STRATEGIC PLANNING.

WE USED A FAIRLY NEW TOOL THAT'S AN ONLINE COLLABORATION TOOL.

IT'S CALLED [INAUDIBLE] EXCHANGE, AND IT'S LIKE, LIKE A REAL TIME TOOL WHERE YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK.

EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM HAS A CHANCE TO SHARE SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM GET TO KIND OF RATE THAT FEEDBACK AND THE MORE KIND OF STARS YOU GET, THEN THETHE HIGHER IT MOVES UP ON THE LIST OF KIND OF IN THE ROOM, THE PEOPLE THAT AGREE KIND OF WITH YOUR THOUGHTS. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WON'T REALLY SAY IT, BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WE ASKED THEM A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND THE FIRST ONE I WILL READ IT SAYS WHAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS? SO THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL WORD CLOUDS.

THAT'S NEW.

WE DIDN'T SAY THAT WE NEED TEN OR TWENTY SIX.

WE HAVE WORD CLOUDS AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SUMMIT WORD CLOUD AND A FOCUS GROUP WORD CLOUD AND YOU SEE THESE THINGS BEFORE.

IF IT'S THE LARGER FONT, THE MORE PREVALENT THE IDEA AND SO YOU CAN SEE THINGS LIKE TECHNOLOGY PREPARATION, FUTURE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND THEN SO WE ASK ALL OF THESE GROUPS, THE FOCUS GROUPS, THE SUMMITS.

EVERYBODY WAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS WHAT ARE YOUR HIGHEST HOPES FOR YOUR LEARNERS AS A RESULT OF THEIR TIME IN FRIENDSHIP?

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WHAT ARE THE SKILLS? I WILL SAY THAT I NOTICE A CHANGE JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONTEXT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW.

I THINK PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO AND 10 OR 11 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HEAR PEOPLE TALK MORE ABOUT EXPLICIT SKILLS.

PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT SOFT SKILLS, BUT WHAT I SAW MORE OF IS JUST, WE'RE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MR. DRAPER, YOU KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP.

IT'S JUST HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TECHNOLOGY THAN THERE WAS FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE USE OF IT, THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT, BUT COMMUNICATION FACE TO FACE AND THAT IS BECOMING A LOST ART AND SO PARENTS ARE REALIZING THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE REALIZING THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS COMMUNICATION AND IN COLLABORATION, ETHICS, INTEGRITY, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND YOU GUYS, I WON'T GO INTO IT, BUT YOU GUYS KNOW FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT FRIENDSHIP IS KIND OF MAKING A PUSH FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH IS ABOUT KINDNESS AND ANTI-BULLYING AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND THERE IS A SOCIAL MEDIA THING FOR NOT ANYONE, EVEN AROUND HERE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STATE THAT SAW THAT WE WERE TEACHING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AWARENESS AND TEACHING ABOUT THAT, AND THEY CALLED US OUT AS IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING EVIL AND SO HERE IS JUST ANOTHER QUESTION HOW CAN BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES WORK TO HELP FRIENDSHIP PARTNERSHIPS? REAL WORLD CAREER PREP SHADOWING.

AND SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE GOALS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW ONCE AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

SO AS WE WENT INTO THIS DESIGN PROCESS AND WE BROUGHT IN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MICHELA ANDREW WERE THERE IS THE VERY FOUNDATION BEFORE WE BEGIN THAT WORK IS WE START OUT WITH THE VISION THAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S THE FOUNDATION, OUR MISSION, OUR BELIEFS.

THAT'S THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE BUILD EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

PEOPLE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE.

WE PUT OUR LEARNERS FIRST.

ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT I LOVE AND I LOVE IT MORE EVERY YEAR CHARACTER IS ESSENTIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP.

OUR COMMUNITY SEES IT.

WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD AND EQUIP LEADERS, NOT JUST CONSUMERS.

SO I LOVE THAT FROM THOSE FROM THAT WORK.

ALSO, WAY BACK IN 2010, WE CALLED IT THE GRADUATE PROFILE BACK THEN, BUT WE CHANGED IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OUR STUDENTS TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GRADUATE TO HAVE THESE SKILLS.

WE CONSIDER ALL OF OURSELVES LEARNERS, WHETHER YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OR A STUDENT, AND WE BUT THESE THE ADAMS DIDN'T CHANGE.

THE FOUR THINGS HAVE BEEN THE SAME ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, AND I LOVE THAT WE WANT KIDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, AND WE'VE FURTHER DEFINED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ACADEMICALLY EQUIPPED AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, THE BEHAVIORS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

THEN WE TOOK THE BELIEFS.

THIS IS WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

WE DEFINED BASED ON OUR BELIEFS, WHAT IS IT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO WHAT DOES EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP LOOK LIKE IN FRIENDSHIP? WHETHER YOU ARE AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A TITLE, WHETHER YOU'RE A SUPERINTENDENT OR A PRINCIPAL, IT IS.

YOU WERE A LEADER AND WE WANT EVERYONE AND EVERY CHILD, EVERY TEACHER.

WE WANT THEM TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE LEADER AND THEN WE GET INTO.

YOU SEE SOME OF THE DESIGNING PROCESS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

IT WAS A LOT OF A LOT OF WORK, TWO DAYS WORTH ANDREW AND MICHAELA AS YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE FUN ACTIVITIES WE DID.

KATE, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? IT WAS A GREAT.

I PARTICIPATED IN TWENTY SIXTEEN, SO I KIND OF KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT WELL-ORGANIZED THOUGHT OUT PROCESS, AND IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH IT EVOLVE AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE IT AS THE SECOND TIME THROUGH BECAUSE I KIND OF KNEW HOW IT WAS GOING TO EVOLVE, BUT STILL, JUST TO KIND OF IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF A LITTLE BIT OF NONSENSE ACTIVITY, A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT FUNNELS THROUGH AND STARTS TO MAKE SENSE, AND IT'S A GREAT COLLABORATION.

I ENJOYED MEETING SOME OF THE FACULTY THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN AROUND IN SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.

SO IT'S GOOD. IT'S A GOOD COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS.

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IT WAS AN INTERESTING FROM, LIKE YOU SAID, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING IN AND THIS WAS THERE AND WE HAD SOME OTHER PRINCIPALS THERE TO SEE THE OTHER STAFF FROM THE DISTRICT THAT WERE INVOLVED AND IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS INVOLVED AND THIS WAS A DAWSON ACTUALLY STATED THAT HE DOES THESE ALL THE TIME, ALL OF THE STATE AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS HE MADE IS THAT HE NEVER SEES ONE OF THESE WHERE SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED THAT USUALLY IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST ADMINISTRATION OF THE DISTRICT AND IT'S MAYBE A COUPLE OF KEY CHOSEN PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW WILL GO ALONG WITH WHATEVER THEY WANT.

SO REALLY, THE COLLABORATION, I THINK, IS WHAT IS SO KEY TO IT OF GETTING EVERYONE'S VIEWPOINT AND IT IS A PROCESS.

IT'S A PROCESS TO, I MEAN, FROM MYSELF, I WAS PART OF THE LONG TERM OR LONG RANGE PLANNING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE LEARNER PROFILE WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL THESE THINGS WERE AND TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. ONE, YOU APPRECIATE THAT MUCH MORE ABOUT ME AND THIS IS WHY THIS DECISION IS SO GOOD. BUT THEN THAT GIVES YOU THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT AND THEN THE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING, YOU'RE STILL HAVING THOSE GOALS IN MIND AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ACHIEVING AND STILL HONORING.

THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN SET IN THE PAST AND SO THE TWO DAYS IS, I MEAN, IT'S A FANTASTIC PROCESS. YOU DO. I MEAN, YOU GOT TO BUY INTO IT, BUT YOU DO, YOU DO EASILY.

SO WE HAD STUDENTS ALSO.

YES, WE HAD TWO STUDENTS THAT WERE VERY REEVES VARIABLES.

WHATEVER THEY WERE, THEY WERE FANTASTIC.

I MEAN, IT REALLY WAS WE HAD ALL PERSPECTIVES THAT WAS AND THAT WAS REALLY NEAT AND IT WAS A PRETTY DIVERSE GROUP, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE'RE MORE ALIKE THAN WE WERE DIFFERENT AND EVERYBODY JUST WANTS WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR KIDS AND SO IT WAS A GOOD PROCESS. SO HERE IS LIKE, SO IT'S A LOT OF ARTS AND CRAFTS AND IDEAS AND SORTS OF THINGS, BUT IT'S LIKE, THEN HOW DO YOU GET THAT INTO ACTION? HOW DO WE TURN THAT INTO ACTION? AND SO WE HAVE A CALL TO ACTION, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND I'LL LET YOU READ THAT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THESE GRANDIOSE IDEAS? AND THEN WE GOT TO GET TO ACTION.

WE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING ACTIONABLE AND SO THEN THAT DESIGN TEAM, THE GROUP THAT MICHAELA ANDREW DESCRIBED, WE CAME UP WITH LEARNER OUTCOMES.

AND THEN THE OTHER BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DID IS THEY SET WHAT I WOULD CALL THE THIRTY THOUSAND FOOT VIEW, THE GOALS, SIX GOALS THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US FIVE YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH. SO THEY'RE VERY BROAD.

SO WE TOOK THOSE BROAD GOALS THAT THEY PROVIDED.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE GOAL THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THIS COMMUNITY GROUP AND I WON'T READ THE GOAL TO YOU, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY AND Y'ALL HAD YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WORK THAT GUIDES WHAT WE DO.

WE SET OUR GOALS TOGETHER AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, BUT IT GETS VERY SPECIFIC AND SO WHAT YOU THESE LITTLE BADGES OR LITTLE ICON THAT YOU SEE UNDERNEATH THE GOAL, THEY'RE NUMBERED AND IF IT HAS A ONE IN FRONT OF IT, LIKE ONE POINT ONE, THAT MEANS EVERYTHING GOES WITH GOAL ONE AND THEN THAT LITTLE YELLOW THING THAT JUST TELLS YOU, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TACKLE THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AND REALLY, THESE AREN'T IN RANK ORDER.

IT DOESN'T, IF WE'RE DOING IT IN YEAR ONE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOMETHING IN YOUR THREE IS NOT IMPORTANT.

GOAL TWO. YOU ALSO HAVE IN THE PACKET THERE ON YOUR DESK, YOU HAVE THE GOALS, AND SO YOU SEE THE GOALS AND THEN WE CALL THEM SPECIFIC RESULTS AND BASICALLY, IT JUST GETS MORE AND MORE DETAILED ABOUT WHAT THE WORK'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THEN WE TIMELINE THAT WORK OUT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T DO ALL OF THIS IN A YEAR, SO WE PLAN IT OUT OVER THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CONTINUE ON THE NEXT YEAR OR IT CAN BE REARRANGED, BUT THEN WE HAVE OUR THIRD GOAL AND AGAIN, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS CONTINUE, WHICH IS RECRUIT, RECRUIT AND RETAIN EFFECTIVE STAFF AND THIS WILL NEVER CHANGE AND THAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PREDICTOR IN THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF A STUDENT IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TEACHER, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TEACHER AND OF COURSE, EVERY I CAN'T THINK OF ONE TEACHER WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE.

EVERY TEACHER WANTS TO BE EFFECTIVE, JUST LIKE EVERY CHILD WANTS.

WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR CHILD, FOR THEIR KIDDOS, EVERY PARENT WANTS WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR KIDS, BUT THE TRICKY PART IS EQUIPPING TEACHERS AND IT REALLY IS IN THE BOARD IS REALLY KIND OF PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTHS ARE, AND WE HAVE DONE LOTS OF THINGS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO COME UP.

WITH WAYS TO DO THAT AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS, WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WE

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WE WANT TO PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGAIN AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT IS KEY AND NONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU ARE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD AND BECOME AN ASTRONAUT OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOUR PASSION AND YOUR DREAMS ARE, IF YOU'RE NOT KIND AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, THEN LIFE IS GOING TO BE KIND OF EMPTY.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR CULTURE AGAIN, IS THAT, AS FARLEY TALKED ABOUT IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY, WE'RE GOING TO ADD A LOT MORE FACES TO FRIENDSHIP OVER THE NEXT, I DON'T KNOW, HOWEVER, MANY YEARS UNTIL I'M LIVING AT REAGAN RANCH, KIND OF DROOLING WATCHING THIS OUT OF THAT SECOND HIGH SCHOOL AND JUST GOING, YEAH, I HELPED CAUSE ALL THOSE ISSUES, BUT AND I'LL BE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LIGHTS BEING SHOT IN THE FACE OR SOMETHING AND NOT I'M GOING TO CALL IN, CALL THE BOARD AT IT , BUT ANYWAY, IT IS EXCITING.

IT'S A LITTLE UNNERVING, BUT WE DON'T.

WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING SCHOOLS, WE'RE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND Y'ALL THE YOU ALL KNOW THIS AND IT'S WHY YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS THE FUTURE IS AT STAKE AND THE CALVARY IS NOT COMING WHERE YOU'RE THE CALVARY AND THE CALVARY AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT OUT HERE. I KNOW THAT WE CAN NOT.

NOT ME, BUT WE AND I KNOW THAT WE OFTENTIMES WE STAND UP HERE AND GIVE OTHER PEOPLE CREDIT FOR DOING THIS WORK.

I GET TO STAND UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT OF COURSE, IT WASN'T JUST ME, IT WAS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT GOT TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS WORK AND THAT, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE GOALS AND EXCITED FOR OUR KIDS, NERVOUS TO WANT TO DO IT WELL, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO NOW, IF YOU I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SAY THANK YOU AND THEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, ULTIMATELY I WOULD ASK THE BOARD. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT GUIDE OUR WORK FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK ANDREW AND MICHAELA FOR REPRESENTING THE BOARD PRATT AND KEEP GIVING UP TWO DAYS TO SIT IN ON ALL THOSE MEETINGS.

SO THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

JUST BEING IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, IF YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT EDUCATION AND YOU LOOKED AT THESE GOALS FROM KIND OF A TEN THOUSAND FOOT VIEW, THEY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I WAS PROUD WHEN I READ THEM, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU TOOK EDUCATION OUT OF THE EQUATION, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROACTIVELY RECRUITING GOOD STAFF, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT ANY BUSINESS HAS TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, EQUIPPING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING EVERYONE IS TRYING TO DO IN THIS WORLD TODAY. AND THEN THE CULTURE PART OF IT, I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL JUST GREAT, GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE BUILT ON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S A LOT MORE UNDERNEATH THAT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO US TONIGHT, BUT EVEN JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, IF SOMEONE READ THIS AND KNEW NOTHING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, THEY'RE GREAT GOALS.

SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS 12 YEARS AGO, BUT I KNOW KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT BECAUSE I THINK I THOUGHT TWELVE YEARS AGO, WELL, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE COMMUNITY AND THEY THEY TRUST US, THEY BUY INTO IT. WE'VE GOT GOOD IDEAS.

WE'RE ALL AND I'VE JUST MISSED THE POINT AND THE POINT IS THAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS THAT, YEAH, WE PROBABLY YOU GUYS DO HAVE YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND AND WE TRY TO, BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE A VOICE AND THESE AREN'T OUR SCHOOLS, THESE AREN'T OUR KIDS, AND IT'S NOT OUR MONEY.

WE'RE STEWARDS OF IT AND WHEN YOU'RE A STEWARD, THEN EVERYBODY NEEDS A VOICE AND YOU CAN'T JUST SOMETIMES THE LOUDEST VOICE IS NOT THE VOICE.

YOU HAVE TO INVITE THE VOICES IN AND GO TO THE EDGE AND DRAW THEM IN AND GET THEM TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TEACHING ME THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW.

COULD WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

SO MOVE.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY MS. JAMEY PHILLIPS SECOND BY MR. KYLE ROGERS AND YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION.

[01:00:03]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED. IT'S UNANIMOUS, MOTION CARRIES.

NOW ONE THING I'M GOING TO SAY YES ANDREW, YOU ALWAYS ASKED ME TO BE A MENTOR.

GO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SAFETY AND PLAY BACK TO MATCH BOARD MEETING AND LISTEN TO YOUR STATEMENT. YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN SPREADSHEETS.

YOU'RE EXCITED.

YOU'RE WONDERING WHY YOU DON'T COME IN.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE VIDEO AND TELL THEM THAT YOU SAID, WE'VE GOT TO DO ARTS AND CRAFTS. OH, I MEAN, WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL AT THE GRAPHICS AND IT IS PHENOMENAL.

BOARD PHENOMENAL ARTWORK.

THAT'S ALL IN GOOD FUN.

I DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

OK, GOOD. HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. OK.

[2.B. Consent Agenda]

ANY OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES, IT'S UNANIMOUS.

NEXT ITEM WE HAVE AGENDA IS A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, MR.

[3.A. Construction Update]

THANK YOU MR. DRAPER AND BOARD. I'LL GO OVER ACTUAL THREE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT. TWO OF THOSE ARE PART OF THE 2025 PROGRAM AND THE OTHER IS PART OF THE 2014 BOND PROGRAM AND AS SOON AS I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS WE'RE GET GOING.

OH, YEAH. CONSTRUCTION BOND UPDATE, WE'LL START WITH THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE IS A LOOK TODAY, JUST OF THE OVERALL SITE AND THE CONDITION THAT IT'S IN TODAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE GRADE BEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THE PLAN TODAY WAS TO START ON OUR [INAUDIBLE] GOT A LITTLE COLD, SO WE DIDN'T GET THAT DONE TODAY, BUT THIS IS AREA G ALL THE GRADE BEAMS ARE IN.

WE'LL START LAYING CMU AS SOON AS THE WEATHER ALLOWS US TO DO SO, BUT THIS IS THE EAST CLASSROOM ADDITION, IF YOU WILL, THE FACILITY, WHICH IS ALSO THE TORNADO SHELTER.

OK, SO THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE.

THERE IS THERE IS THE CINDI BLOCK THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE INSTALLED, AND THERE'S REALLY SOME UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES IS STILL ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

BASEBALL SOFTBALL TURF PROJECT SOFTBALL PROJECT IS GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

THIS IS THE NEW TURF AGAIN, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO THAT DOWN TODAY.

WE DID NOT DO THAT BECAUSE WEATHER WASN'T COOL, BUT THERE IS THE NEW TURF FOR THE BULLPEN AREA AT SOFTBALL.

THERE IS A LOOK AT THE FENCE THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED SINCE THESE PITCHERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH CENTERFIELD WITH THE FENCE INSTALLED, SO THIS COULD BE A BASEBALL. YES MA'AM IT IS.

CAN YOU SEE THE CAP ON TOP? OF COURSE IT'S NOT INSTALLED, BUT THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OVERALL LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. ONCE COMPLETE, BEHIND THE HALO THERE AT HOME PLATE IS THE FRIENDSHIP AND THEN THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE WATERMARK IN THE OUTFIELD, WHICH IS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND RF THAT WILL BE VISIBLE ONCE IT IS COMPLETE.

WE HAVE GOT ALL THE SAND DOWN, ALL THE TURF IS INSTALLED, GOING TO COME BACK WITH RUBBER.

ONCE THEY GET ALL THOSE, THOSE INPUTS CUT IN AND SAID, HERE'S BASEBALL, SO.

SO AS I REPORTED TO YOU GUYS.

IS VERY, VERY COLD OUTSIDE.

AS A REPORTED TO YOU GUYS BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE END OF DECEMBER OR THE END OF JANUARY WAS THE DELIVERY DAY OF THE BASEBALL TURF AND THAT [INAUDIBLE] SO GOOD NEWS IS, BASE MATERIALS ARE HERE PRODUCTION.

IT WILL SHIP TO US NEXT WEEK.

SO AS SOON AS IT GETS HERE, I WOULD FEEL BETTER.

I KNOW OUR COACHING STAFF WILL FEEL BETTER ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT, BUT THE INSTALL WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AND I MEAN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THEY DID IN SOFTBALL. AS SOON AS THAT STUFF WAS UNLOADED, THEY STARTED ROLLING IT OUT.

SO WE'LL BE MANNED UP, READY TO GO ONCE IT GETS HERE, BUT IT IS TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK, GIVING US A OPTIMAL COMPLETION DATE OF FEBRUARY THE 11TH.

OK, FEBRUARY 12 IS OUR FIRST INAUGURAL SCRIMMAGE FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM.

[01:05:05]

THIS IS THE BULLPEN AREA OVER AT BASEBALL [INAUDIBLE].

WE'RE READY FOR TURF.

OK, THAT'S ALL WE'RE WAITING FOR.

WE'LL ADD ALL THE CHAMPION WALL FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD IS HERE, SO WE WON'T BE WAITING ON THE CHAMPION WALL, THE FENCE, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD, IT'S HERE.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE TURF INSTALLED, WE'LL START WITH THE CHAMPION WALL INSTALL AND HOPEFULLY TURN THIS OVER THOSE KIDDOS [INAUDIBLE] FEBRUARY.

THAT'S ALL FOR THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS.

2014 FOURTEEN BOND PROGRAM HVAC PROJECT IS THE LAST THING WE HAD TO DO AS PART OF THE 2014 BOND. I'LL TELL YOU THIS WE WERE AT NORTHRIDGE, OKAY, WE HAVE EIGHT MORE UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO SELL AT NORTHRIDGE, AND THAT'LL BE COMPLETE.

WE'RE WAITING ON CURB ADAPTERS FOR SOME OF THOSE UNITS.

ONCE WE GET DONE WITH NORTHRIDGE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO WESTWIND FOR 18 UNITS, THEN CRESTVIEW FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIXTY THREE UNITS.

WITHIN THIS PROJECT.

WE WILL ALSO HIT FHS, FMS, BENNETT AND CASEY HERE, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT UNITS ALL IN, WITHIN ADDITION TO THIS PROJECT.

UNITS ALREADY IN STOCK? FOR THESE THREE CAMPUSES THAT ARE HERE NOW, YES, MA'AM.

WOW.

YEAH, THOSE ARE HARD TO GET TO.

SO THAT IS MY CONSTRUCTION [INAUDIBLE] QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A COMMENT.

I ALWAYS GIVE YOU A HARD TIME; I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME TONIGHT.

I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. I KNOW THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL DEAL HAS BEEN, YOU'RE INVESTED IN THAT WITH KIDDOS, AND I KNOW THAT IF IT HASN'T GIVEN YOU AN ULCER, IT'S GAVE ME ONE BY WATCHING YOU JUST BECAUSE I FEEL FOR YOU [CHUCKLING] BUT I DO KNOW THAT DEREK IS SO THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE EVERYBODY'S ON A BREAK.

EVERYBODY'S ON A VACATION.

YOU'LL SEE DEREK UP HERE CRUISING AROUND AND DOING IT.

SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET TO REST SOON.

THANK ALL YOU GUYS REALLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING ON THESE UNCHARTED WATERS THAT WE'RE WADING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.

IF YOU CONTROL THOSE KIND OF ITEMS, DEREK, YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.

[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] TROPICAL [LAUGHTER].

THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THE 22-23 CALENDAR COMMITTEE UPDATE MS.

[3.B. 2022-2023 Calendar Committee Update]

CALENDAR'S MY FAVORITE THING EVER.

IT WAS YOUR PREDECESSOR'S [CHUCKLING] AND HERS BEFORE THAT.

A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CALENDAR.

IT SEEMS A LITTLE CRAZY THAT WE'RE ALREADY THINKING OF THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GET THAT KNOCKED OUT.

THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THE CALENDAR TOGETHER. IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COMPLEX, BUT THE STATE REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR STUDENTS, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN WORKING DAYS FOR TEACHERS AND THEN WE ALWAYS BUILD IN TO BAD WEATHER DAYS ON BOTH DRAFTS.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE BOTH DRAFT A AND B AND THE COMPARISONS PRINTED OUT, BUT WE ALWAYS BUILD IN THOSE TWO WEATHER DAYS OR THE SAME ON BOTH DRAFTS, AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE EXTRA MINUTES THAT WE BUILD INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE TO USE OUR BAD WEATHER DAYS, WE'VE BUILT IN A SURPLUS OF EXTRA INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND THAT'S FOR BAD WEATHER, UNEXPECTED CLOSURES, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WE PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF ABOUT 30 INDIVIDUALS.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY CAMPUS TO GET INPUT FROM THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STAFF.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DISTRICT STAFF FROM THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, COMMUNICATIONS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, STUDENT SERVICES, PEIMS, BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES, ALL OF THOSE GROUPS COME IN WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS AND OPINIONS ON WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE CALENDAR AND THEN WE ALSO GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM PARENTS, AND WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE

[01:10:06]

OUR FIRST MEETING WAS ON JANUARY 12TH, AND THEN WE MET AGAIN FOR A SECOND TIME YESTERDAY.

AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEF LOOK AT DRAFT A WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SIDE ARE SOME OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DRAFTS.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR STAFF STARTING ON AUGUST 8TH; YOUR STUDENTS START ON A WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17TH. THERE'S A MINOR DIFFERENCE IN THE THANKSGIVING COMP DAYS, BUT AGAIN, STAFF GETS THAT FULL WEEK OFF AND THEN THE REALLY BIG THING IS THE WINTER BREAK AND THIS ON DRAFT A, IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT LUBBOCK ISD, BOTH OF THEIR DRAFTS THAT THEY PUT OUT.

SO YOU HAVE EVERYONE GETTING OUT ON DECEMBER 22ND.

STAFF WOULD RETURN ON JANUARY 5TH FOR TWO STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS AND THEN STUDENTS WOULD RETURN ON JANUARY 9TH AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND THEN ON DRAFT B, IT'S CLOSER TO WHAT OUR SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR.

YOU HAVE STAFF STARTING ON AUGUST 4TH, STUDENTS ON A MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH AND THEN THE WINTER BREAK IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR WHERE THEY WOULD GET OUT ON THE 19TH STAFF WOULD RETURN ON JANUARY 3RD FOR A STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY AND THEN THE STUDENTS WOULD COME BACK ON JANUARY 4TH AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FEBRUARY STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY.

THAT'S JUST BECAUSE ON DRAFT A, YOU'RE MISSING AN ENTIRE WEEK IN JANUARY, SO THE GRADING PERIODS LINE UP DIFFERENTLY BETWEEN THE TWO DRAFTS AND SO WE ALWAYS DO A CALENDAR SURVEY EACH YEAR. WE OPENED IT UP ON JANUARY 13TH, HAD IT OPEN FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

WE CLOSED IT ON JANUARY 19TH SO WE COULD REVIEW THE DATA DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY AND THEN DURING THE SURVEY, YOU'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AS AN EMPLOYEE, A PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER AND THEN WE ALSO PUSHED THIS OUT ON THE WEBSITE, EVERY CAMPUS WEBSITE.

WE'VE POSTED IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA MULTIPLE TIMES.

WE SENT A SKYWARD EMAIL TO OUR PARENTS SO THAT THEY COULD CLICK THE LINK AND TAKE THE SURVEY AND THEN WE ALSO SENT MULTIPLE STAFF EMAILS AS WELL AND SO THIS IS A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE GOT.

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON THERE, BUT WE HAD ABOUT NINETEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE TAKE THE SURVEY. THAT'S A SMALL INCREASE FROM WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.

ABOUT FIFTY NINE PERCENT OF THOSE WERE PARENTS.

STAFF MADE UP ABOUT THIRTY TWO PERCENT AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT NINE PERCENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT WHAT YOU SAW, A LOT OF STAFF MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED AS PARENTS IF THEY HAD KIDS IN THE DISTRICT OR VICE VERSA AND THEN HERE'S A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE CALENDAR PREFERENCE AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SHOCKING, BUT IT ACTUALLY MIRRORED THE SENTIMENT OF THE COMMITTEE.

IT WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS IN THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY PREFERRED DRAFT A, BUT WHEN WE PUT IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY AGREED AND WE HAD ABOUT SEVENTY NINE PERCENT LIKE DRAFT A.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT ALIGNS WITH LUBBOCK ISD AND THE WINTER BREAK WHERE STUDENTS COME BACK ON JANUARY 9TH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER GAP THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PAST YEARS AND SO YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO LEAVE COMMENTS ON THE SURVEY.

WE HAD ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE PEOPLE LEAVE COMMENTS, AND THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE SAW ON THOSE COMMENTS ARE BOTH PARENTS AND STAFF WANTED THE WEDNESDAY START, AND THEN THEY ALSO LIKED THE WINTER BREAK, HAVING NOT COMING BACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER NEW YEAR'S AND THEN ANOTHER BIG ONE WAS ALIGNING WITH LUBBOCK ISD BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PARENTS WHO WORK FOR LUBBOCK ISD.

WE HAVE SOME WHERE THEIR KIDS GO TO LUBBOCK ISD, SO HAVING THOSE TWO WINTER BREAKS MATCH UP WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND SO WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS AND WITH THE COMMITTEE AND IN HOW THEY ALL AGREED, WE WILL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FEBRUARY AND WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT THIRD MEETING THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED LATER THIS MONTH.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR? I HAVE A COMMENT. SO, YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS COLLABORATIVE WORK AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

I TOTALLY MISSED THE MARK.

I SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE DRAFT DAY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE STARTING ON A WEDNESDAY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE COMING BACK ON JANUARY THE 9TH, AND I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG IF I TRIED.

SO ANYWAY, I'M GLAD THAT TIFFANY, LIKE AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE DAY OF PUT TOGETHER THAT DRAFT THAT THEY ALL LOVE.

SO WAY TO GO TO TIFFANY.

GOOD JOB NOT LISTENING TO ME; THAT'LL TAKE YOU FAR.

[01:15:05]

[CHUCKLING] WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.

[3.C. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA OR [INAUDIBLE]? PLEASE GIVE DR.

MCCORD, MYSELF AND MS. LIBRE A CALL AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.

THE UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE THE TASA MIDWINTER CONFERENCE JANUARY 30TH AND FEBRUARY 2ND

[3.D. Upcoming Events]

ANYBODY GOING?JUST YOU? [INAUDIBLE] GOING MOSTLY EXCEPT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE POLICE HERE.

WE'RE LEAVING BOARD MEMBERS HERE TOO, SO IT'S A PARTY! [LAUGHTER] THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT FOR [INAUDIBLE] DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR POLICE ANYMORE. [INAUDIBLE] SO GOOD LUCK.

UH, BUSSES, LOOK AT BUSSES.

[CHUCKLING] OH, AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION DER.

REALLY? YEAH.

AND WHO'S PRESENTING THAT? WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S STILL GOING TO WORK THERE.

[CHUCKLING] WE'RE JUST GOING TO WAIT AND SEE.

ANDREW, YOU MIGHT SEE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE.

YEAH, BRING YOUR CHOPPING BLOCKS [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] CUTTING BOARDS, BUT NOT IF THEY'RE CHOPPING BLOCKS. [CHUCKLING] IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THAT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED? DR. MCCORD, AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING OFF TOPIC ON THE AGENDA AND GOING ROGUE.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO; BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. I MEAN HE IS OUR AUDITOR, I'D LIKE [INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, I'M STILL LEARNING.

YEAH, OK, THAT BEING SAID, WE STAND ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.