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>> IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN A TIME AND MANNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
[1.C. Reconvene from Closed Session]
THEREFORE, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.MR. ROBINSON, WOULD YOU MIND LAYING US THE INVITATION?
[1.D. Invocation]
>> I WILL, BOW YOUR HEAD, PLEASE.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS YOU'VE SHOWN OVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE JUST PRAY THAT EVERYONE HAS A GOOD, RELAXING, SAFE SUMMER, GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE JUST ESPECIALLY PRAY FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
>> EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
[1.E. Pledge of Allegiance]
>> [NOISE] PLACE ON IT FOR A FORM TO FORM?
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT STOP ON THE AGENDA IS RECOGNITION.
[1.G.1. All-State Softball]
THIS TIME I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MS. TIFFANY TAYLOR.>> THANK YOU, MR. GRAY FORD, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OF OUR GROUPS TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUMMER, WE STILL HAD SOME STUDENTS, SENIORS WHO ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY SO THAT WE CAN BRAG ON THEM AND HONOR THEM.
FIRST STEP, WE HAVE SOFTBALL, LADIES WANT TO COME UP? [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].
FIRST, THE VARSITY WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL OF OUR SENIORS WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT WITH THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM, WHO RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS FROM THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION.
IN ORDER TO EARN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, THESE STUDENTS MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE COACHES, HAVE GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, AND HAVE GPAS OF 92 OR HIGHER.
THIS YEAR'S SOFTBALL TEAM MADE IT INTO THE THIRD ROUND OF PLAYOFFS.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO HEAD SOFTBALL COACH ROBBIE DICKINSON, WHO'S HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
HE EARNED HIS 600TH WIN BACK IN APRIL.
HE WAS ALSO NAMED, THE DISTRICT TO SIX A SOFTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES YOU ALL CAN GO BACK THERE AND TAKE PICTURES IF YOU LIKE. SORRY.
>> I WAS ASKED ABOUT THE 600 WINS THIS YEAR.
I SAID REALLY ALL THAT MEANS IS I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
[NOISE] SOME YEARS ARE JUST BETTER THAN OTHERS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE YEARS THAT I PROBABLY HAD SHORT AROUND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT THIS WAS A WONDERFUL GROUP OF KIDS, THEY ARE NOT KIDS, FROM THE SENIORS ONLY DOWN FROM THE FIRST REALLY, REALLY FUN TO BE AROUND.
I TOLD HIM, I SAID, "I'M SAD BECAUSE WE GOT BEAT OUT, BUT I'M EVEN MORE SAD BECAUSE I CAN'T BE WITH YOU EVERY DAY." ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WERE THERE WAS BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GROUP IS STANDING BEHIND ME.
FIRST OF ALL, I GOT ONE JUNIOR [INAUDIBLE] SAY FOR HER ABILITY ON THE FIELD, SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS PLAYER.
SHE HIT NUMBER TWO IN OUR LINE-UP.
SHE'S A SLAPPER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO HIT HOME RUNS OR LET DOWN AND [INAUDIBLE] WAS FASTER THAN FAST AND SO SHE REALLY HAD A GREAT YEAR FOR US.
AND SO SHE MADE EGCA ALL STATE, CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].
I HAD SEVEN SENIORS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A LARGE NUMBER FOR ME TO RESPOND TO TWO OF THEM HERE.
ALL THE ONES THAT ARE STANDING HERE RECEIVED SOME TYPE OF ALL-DISTRICT RECOGNITION THIS YEAR ANYWAY.
BUT I'VE OFTEN SAID THAT AS A COACH AND IT'S ALMOST AT ANY SPORT, YOUR PLAYERS, OR YOUR TEAM IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY SMART, INTELLIGENT YOUNG LADIES.
I'M GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF MY CLASSES BECAUSE I WOULD PUT A SHARP [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] WHEN I LOOKED AT THEIR GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF THE GRADE THAT WAS USED, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
THEY WERE JUST COMPETITIVE ON THE FIELD AS THEY WERE IN THE CLASSROOM.
THEY'RE ALL MOVING ON SEVERAL OF THEM PLAY COLLEGE BALL AND PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION.
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THE FIRST ONE IS ERIN BOSE.SHE EARNED ACADEMIC ALL-STATE IN TGCA, WHICH IS THE TEXAS GIRLS, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH [INAUDIBLE] ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVE TAKEN IN ALL THE GIRLS' SPORTS.
NOW THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECOGNIZE THE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE THINGS.
THIS IS ERIN, CONGRATULATIONS ERIN [APPLAUSE].
ERIN WILL BE GOING TO WASHBURN UNIVERSITY TO PLAY SOFTBALL AND PURSUE HER EDUCATION.
LAST YEAR, I THINK I SAID SHE WAS GOING TO WALK BY AND SO I STARTED CALLING THE LOPEZ COUNTY BOARD [LAUGHTER], I GOT THAT RIGHT THIS YEAR.
NEXT IS CINDY BOWEN [BACKGROUND] CINDY WAS OUR CENTER FIELDER.
SHE WILL BE PLAYING AT SOFTBALL AT LITTLE CHRISTIAN, SHE HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS YEAR.
HER AND MK BOTH WERE FASTER THAN FAST, THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR US, CAT LAXLEN [APPLAUSE].
CAT IS NOT PLAYING, BUT SHE'S GOING TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION THAT IT'S A RIVAL TO TAG BUT SHOULD GO TO TEXAS.
[APPLAUSE]. THEN BILL PRESTWARDS, SHE GOES BY AB.
AB WILL BE GOING TO TEXAS STATE.
I TOLD HER, I SAID JUST SO YOU'RE GONNA GO PARTY AND NOT IN EDUCATION.
AS LONG AGO AS IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.
IT WAS SOUTH WEST TEXAS THAT WAS KNOWN AS THE BOARDING SCHOOL.
I THINK IT STILL IS, BUT IT IS A HIGH SCHOOL AND [LAUGHTER].
IN FACT, IF WE'D GO DOWN THERE TO COME TO SEE US.
THEN LAST WOULD BE ABBY TAR, ABBY IS GOING TO PLAY AT HARDIN- SIMMONS.
ABBY WAS OUR RANCH OLDER, BUT ALL THESE YOUNG LADIES WERE TREMENDOUS, MATURE, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LEADING.
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YEARS, I GUESS THE OLDER I GET THE MORE EMOTIONAL I GET.
I TOLD THEM OUT BACK I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GO I WANT THEM TO COME BACK.
ANYWAY, THEY ARE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES, INCLUDING THE SENIORS AND THE JUNIORS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].
>> LET ME DO ONE MORE FOR SAFETY, 1, 2, 3.
[NOISE] THEN IF ANY OF YOUR PARENTS WANT ANOTHER?
>> [OVERLAPPING] CONGRATULATIONS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND]
>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]
>> SHE HELPED IT MAINTAIN ITS RANKING.
[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
[1.G.2. All-State Baseball]
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL OF THE SENIORS ON THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM WHO RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS FROM THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION.[BACKGROUND] NOW AGAIN, IN ORDER TO EARN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, THESE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE COACHES, HAVE GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND HAVE GPAS OF A 92 OR HIGHER.
ALSO, JUST LIKE THE SOFTBALL TEAM, THESE STUDENTS MADE IT INTO THE THIRD ROUND OF PLAYOFFS.
TONIGHT WE HAVE HEAD BASEBALL COACH, CHAD REYNOLDS, WHO WAS ALSO NAMED THE DISTRICT 26A BASEBALL COACH OF THE YEAR FOR LEADING THE TEAM TO THE REGIONAL QUARTER-FINALS.
HE IS HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS.
BUT FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.
>> THE ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO GO ON THIS IS WE HAVE GOOD PLAYERS AND THAT'S ALL THAT IS.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE GOOD PLAYERS HERE, AND GOOD SMART KIDS.
WE HAD NINE GUYS THAT WERE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, BUT SUMMER HAPPENS, SO A LOT GUYS COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.
BUT THESE TWO GUYS DID, SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM, STERLING INMAN.
STERLING WAS AN OUTFIELDER FOR US.
HE IS GOING ON TO PLAY BASEBALL AT SUL ROSS, NEXT YEAR.
HE HAD SOME ROUGH LUCK THIS YEAR FOR US IN PRACTICE AND IN LIVE SIMULATED GAME STUFF.
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HE TOOK A FASTBALL TO THE TOP OF THE HAND AND BROKE IT AND WAS OUT FOR A LONG TIME AND TRIED TO COME BACK AND GOT AN INFECTION AND ANOTHER BREAK.IT WAS A TOUGH SENIOR YEAR AND NOT ONE HE WANTED, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S BRIGHT THINGS FOR HIM IN THE FUTURE.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE BROCK ROGERS, HERE YOU GO, BROCK.
I ALWAYS SAY BROCK WAS JUST CONSISTENT.
OUR CONSISTENT GUY THAT SHOWED UP EVERY DAY TO WORK AND YOU CAN TELL THAT WAS WITH HIS GRADES TOO.
BUT BROCK IS GOING ON TO PLAY BASEBALL AT ODESSA COLLEGE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM. IT WAS A FUN YEAR.
EVERY YEAR IT'S A LOT OF GREAT KIDS THAT WE LOSE AND WE ALWAYS REPLACE THEM WITH A LOT MORE GOOD ONES.
BUT VERY PROUD TO COACH THESE GUYS AND I'M THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF IT.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE RIGHT HERE, 1, 2, 3.
[NOISE] [BACKGROUND] CAN I GET ONE MORE? 1, 2, 3.
>> TONIGHT WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
[1.G.3. All-State Track]
OUR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD TEAM.WE DID HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 BOYS THAT MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, BUT NONE OF THEM COULD BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR GIRLS WITH THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD TEAM.
THEY HAD EIGHT SENIORS RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FOR THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION OR THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION.
AGAIN, LIKE WE'VE HEARD, THESE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE A GOOD MORAL STANDING WITH THEIR COACHES AND HAVE A GPA OF A 92 OR HIGHER.
THESE STUDENTS DEFINITELY EXCEL ON THE TRACK AND IN THE CLASSROOM.
TONIGHT WE HAVE GIRLS' TRACK AND FIELD COACH, STEFANI SHORTES HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HER ATHLETES.
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU-ALL TODAY? SHE SAID ABOUT EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY.
[LAUGHTER] JUST TELLING YOU-ALL ABOUT WHAT THE AWARD WAS.
BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEAM, THE TEAM FOR TEXAS TRACK AND FIELD COACHES ASSOCIATION, THEY GIVE ALL LEVELS, ALL GRADES, SO FRESHMAN THROUGH SENIORS, JV VARSITY TEAM, AND WE HAD 54 THAT MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ON THAT.
THE TEAM IS COMING RIGHT AFTER THEM.
I'M GOING TO HAVE JUST YEAR AFTER YEAR, HOPEFULLY, GIRLS THAT JUST COME TO THIS MEETING.
WE HAD NINE SENIORS ON THAT ONE.
THEN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS 92 AND ABOVE, WE HAD EIGHT SENIORS.
THEY DO IT TO WHERE YOU GIVE THEM ALL OF THE STEPS.
THEY MAKE AN HONORABLE MENTION, A SECOND TEAM, A FIRST TEAM AND A LEAP TEAM.
SOUTHERNANN COX WAS AN HONORABLE MENTION.
SHE WAS GOING TO TRY HARD AND I TOLD HER DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER] KARLA CORRALES, WAS AN HONORABLE MENTION.
THEN WE HAD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, WE HAD SIX THAT WERE SECOND-TEAM FOR TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, ELIZABETH MCCANN, MEAGAN CARSON, AMBER MCFARLAND, KAYLEE MOORE, MIKAH CHAPMAN, AND EMMA LOPEZ.
GOING ON UP TO TGCA, THAT ONE IS THE NEXT STEP, IT'S 94 AND ABOVE, FOR SENIORS TOO, AND WE HAD EIGHT SENIORS THAT MADE THAT AND THESE THREE WERE PART OF THAT.
EMMA'S GOING OFF TO UT, I KNOW WE'RE A RED RAIDERS AROUND HERE [LAUGHTER] BUT WE'RE STILL PUMPED, WE'RE GOING TO LOVE OUR LONGHORN RIGHT HERE.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE EXCITED FOR HER.
KARLA'S GOING TO SOUTH PLAINS AND THEN LATER ON, POSSIBLY TO TECH.
MIKAH IS GOING TO ST. [BACKGROUND] EDWARD'S TO PLAY BASKETBALL IN AUSTIN.
THE TWO ARE GOING TO BE IN AUSTIN, SO HOPEFULLY, MEET UP AND SEE EACH OTHER.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR FOUR YEARS IN TRACK, THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR, THEY WERE DISTRICT RUNNER-UP AND AREA RUNNER-UP.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR.
THEIR JUNIOR YEAR WE WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 6A AND WE WERE AREA RUNNER-UP.
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THEN SENIOR YEAR, BECAUSE THEY WERE A BIG, HUGE PART OF THAT, WE WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS TWO TIMES IN A ROW, AND WE WERE AREA CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME.[BACKGROUND] THAT'S SOME BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE TRACK TEAM.
THEY WERE ALL AT AREA TRACK MEET AND TWO OF THEM AT THE REGIONAL TRACK MEET AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLY MISSED. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
LET ME GET ANOTHER, 1, 2, 3. [NOISE]
>> [BACKGROUND] CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY, [LAUGHTER] OUT THERE.
>> WE HAD TWO OTHER GROUPS THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT THAT COULD NOT MEET HERE AND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER THEY'RE BUSY DURING THE SUMMER.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO TWO OF THE BOARD SET OF STUDENTS,
[1.G.4. Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) State and National Qualifiers]
CHRISTIAN BERGERON AND KENSY SKULLS, I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.THEY PLACED SECOND IN STATE AND THE FORENSIC MEDICINE TEAM AND SO THOSE TWO WILL ACTUALLY BE ADVANCING TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION LATER THIS SUMMER IN NASHVILLE.
THEN WE ALSO HAD TWO STUDENTS COMPETE IN THE STATE BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP,
[1.G.5. Bowling State Qualifiers]
WE'VE HAD BOWLING FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND SO THIS IS [NOISE] THE SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE HAD STUDENTS PLAY IN THAT BOWLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.[NOISE] ONE OF THOSE, KAYLEE MCCALY, YOU ACTUALLY MADE FRENSHIP HISTORY AS THE FIRST FRENSHIP STUDENT TO SIGN, TO PLAY, TO COMPETE IN BOWLING COLLEGIALLY.
[NOISE] SHE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO THE OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TO BOWL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE TWO STUDENTS EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT AND THEN DR. MCCORD, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] I HAVE A COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START WITH CRAIG THOMPSON, CRAIG YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND COME UP BEHIND THE PODIUM AND I'LL JUST STAY HERE. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] I TEND TO BE IN SLAM BOOK BUT NOT IN SLAM BOOK STORES.
CRAIG THOMPSON, HE'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD [NOISE] BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT WELL.
>> THE VOTE, [LAUGHTER] I FEEL DIFFERENT, YES.
>> MR. CRAIG THOMPSON AND HE IS CURRENTLY A COUNSELOR AT FRENSHIP HOSPITAL, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING HIM TONIGHT TO BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING.
CRAIG HAS BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR A FEW YEARS, HAS DONE GREAT WORK, BRINGS EXPERIENCE FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT AND HAS KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, WIFE AND I AM CERTAIN THAT HE IS GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB, HE'S GOING TO BE [NOISE] FOLLOWING IN ANNICE SMALLWOOD'S FOOTSTEPS AND SHE THINKS VERY HIGHLY OF CRAIG AS WELL.
HE'S WELL-KNOWN WITH THE STUDENTS, AND SO CRAIG I WON'T REALLY PUT YOU ON THE SPOT TO SAY A WHOLE LOT BUT [LAUGHTER] CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUEST IS?
>> YES, MY WIFE IS BACK THERE, KIM THOMPSON, AND THAT SHE TEACHES ALGEBRA AT HERITAGE DISTRICT SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.
>>YES, OKAY. WELL, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB, FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK OUT WITH THE BOARD VOTES LATER.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO WAIT AND BE RECOGNIZED LATER BUT IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
>> JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY, BE ABLE TO WORK WITH AND SUPPORT THE AMAZING COUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU CRAIG. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
>> THEN NEXT, REBECCA, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE PODIUM.
>> CAN I JUST SAY THAT MY WILL BE SEEING YOUR FACE THAT MR. THOMPSON.
>> THIS IS, EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS REBECCA WOODKIP PROBABLY,
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BUT SHE ACTUALLY WAS APPROVED AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH, BUT WE HAD A FULL SLATE OF RECOGNITIONS AND SO I ASK HER IF SHE WOULD WAIT UNTIL THIS MONTH BUT WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION WITH YOUR APPROVAL LAST MONTH IS, SHE IS GOING TO LEAD THE CHARGE AND BE THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FOURTH MIDDLE SCHOOL.[APPLAUSE] REBECCA HAS BEEN WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES FOR US AND A INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND THEN MOST RECENTLY AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FRENSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN AS IS OUR TRADITION HERE IN FRENSHIP, WE HIRE THE PRINCIPAL OF A NEW CAMPUS A YEAR BEFORE IT OPENS, SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH OPENING A NEW SCHOOL.
REBECCA, WILL YOU TELL US WHO YOUR SPECIAL GUESTS ARE.
>> [LAUGHTER] I'LL START HERE WITH ROGER, YOU ALL KNOW ROGER, HE IS THE GIRLS GOLF COACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TEACHES US HISTORY, THEN I HAVE REAGAN, HE WILL BE A SENIOR [LAUGHTER] HERE AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN I HAVE RILEY, REAL EXCITED TO BE HERE.
[LAUGHTER] SHE'LL BE A FRESHMAN AT THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.
>> WELL, WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF WISDOM?
>> WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOMMENDING ME FOR THIS POSITION, I KNOW OPENING A NEW SCHOOL IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TRUST IN ME WITH THAT WORK.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WE'VE GROWN IN THIS DISTRICT, I'VE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT LIKE SHE SAID, ALMOST 20 YEARS.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THERE WAS ONLY ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I WAS AT FRENSHIP JUNIOR HIGH AND THEN COACHED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT AS WE'VE GROWN AND AS WE'VE ADDED NEW SCHOOLS, THE THING THAT I'M SO APPRECIATIVE IS THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATION HAS MAINTAINED AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND MY PROOF ARE THOSE TWO BACK THERE.
I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT, RIDE THIS FOR OUR KIDS, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO OUR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M GOING TO WORK VERY HARD AT THIS JOB, I KNOW IT'S A BIG TASK, BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND GIVE 110 PERCENT.
I WILL LIVE WITH INTEGRITY, I WILL LIVE WITH GRACE AND STUDENTS WILL BE FIRST IN EVERY DECISION THAT I MAKE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] [OVERLAPPING][LAUGHTER] NEXT.
>> I CAN GO BACK ON THAT CONNECTION, IF I MEAN TO.
>> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING AND AS ALWAYS, LOVE TO HEAR THOSE WORDS THAT YOU SAY THE WAY YOU WANT TO LEAVE.
BUT I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, FOR ME, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE COACHED WITH ME.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'VE EXEMPLIFIED THAT.
I THINK FOR AS LONG AS EITHER MR. BILL AND I HAVE KNOWN YOU AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
IN THIS ONE WE'RE GOING TO BELONG TO PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
WE HAVE DR. SMITH AND MS. LUMPS.
[2.A. Effectiveness Report on Music Program]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
TODAY, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS PAST YEAR WITH CHOIR.
WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
THANKFULLY WE HAD A MORE NORMAL, WHICH WAS GREAT, AND WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
IN JULY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUR PROGRAM WAS THAT OUR VARSITY CHOIR WAS NAMED TO THE AN INVITED CHOIR FOR TMEA, TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION TO PERFORM A FEATURE CONCERT FOR THEIR CONVENTION PROGRAM.
WE WERE ONE OF 268 CHOIRS SELECTED ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS
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AND ONE OF ONLY SIX SECONDARY THROUGH COLLEGIATE CHOIRS TO PERFORM AT THIS EVENT.THESE STUDENTS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, AND THEN ADD TO THEIR PLAY A LOT OF EXTRA REHEARSALS AND A LOT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT THAT IT TOOK TO PREPARE THIS CONCERT TO PROFESSIONAL LEVEL.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PERFORMING A CONCERT IN ITS NORMAL ASPECTS FOR A GENERAL PUBLIC IS REALLY DAUNTING IN AND OF ITSELF.
BUT THEN TO PREPARE A CONCERT FOR THOUSANDS OF MUSIC EDUCATORS WHO ARE VERY WELL-VERSED IN WHAT A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL CHOIR SHOULD SOUND LIKE.
THIS WAS A HUGE TASK FOR STUDENTS AND THEY JUST RAISED THE CHALLENGE.
WE WERE BLESSED TO TAKE OVER 60 STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT THIS EVENT.
WE WERE ALSO ALLOWED TO DO A PREVIEW CONCERT AT BUDDY HOLLY HALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH TEXAS TECH AS THEY WERE ALSO HEADLINING THIS EVENT AS WELL.
THIS IS SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY WITH TRIP PIT STOP.
THIS ISN'T ON THE STAGE AT THE HEMISPHERE BALLROOM IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THE PARTICULAR BALLROOM THAT THEY SIGN IN COULD SEAT UP TO 4,500 PEOPLE, AND IT WAS FULL.
WE WERE BLESSED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FRIDAY NIGHT TIME SLOT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE WELL ATTENDED CONCERT TIME SLOTS FOR THAT CONVENTION.
OUR STUDENTS WERE ALSO FEATURED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN MUSICIAN PUBLICATION OF TMEA, IT'S OUT ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT OUR STUDENTS GOT TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
IT PUTS OUR CHOIR TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE.
IT IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS EVENT.
EVERY THREE YEARS CAN YOU SUBMIT RECORDINGS AND BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS EXPERIENCE IF YOU GET SELECTED SO TRULY FOR THESE STUDENTS, THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE.
THEY WILL ALL GRADUATE, AND WILL BE THREE MORE YEARS BEFORE WE COULD EVEN SUBMIT RECORDINGS TO BE CONSIDERED.
I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT ALSO SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY PERFORMED.
THEY DID A WIDE VARIETY OF MATERIAL AND IT HAD TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF LOTS OF DIVERSITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THEIR PIECE, IS ALSO [INAUDIBLE], IS A FUN CHOREOGRAPHY ALSO INTO A VERY CHALLENGING RHYTHMIC LIVE PIECE.
SOME OTHER EXCITING THINGS ABOUT TMEA BEFORE I MOVE ON, IS ALSO THAT THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO SING SOME MUSIC THAT NATIONALLY A LOT OF COMPOSERS, WELL-KNOWN CHOIR CONDUCTORS AND MUSICIANS COME FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO COME TO THIS CONVENTION BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE BETTER RECOGNIZED MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS.
ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE SUNG, WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THE COMPOSERS IN THE AUDIENCE, THEN SHE REACHED OUT TO US BEFORE THE CONCERT AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY IN ATTENDANCE TO HEAR US PERFORM THAT PIECE, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING.
IT'S INSPIRING FOR OUR FEMALE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT WANT TO COMPOSE.
THEY GOT TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF SINGING SOMETHING THAT A CHOIR COMPOSER IS DOING NOW.
WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF WONDERFUL SUCCESS WITH UIL CONCERT INSIGHT READING.
WE TOOK SEVEN ENSEMBLES TO OUR ASSESSMENT IN APRIL.
THE SEVEN ENSEMBLES ARE REPRESENTATIVE REALLY OF OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM.
WE TAKE THREE VARSITY ENSEMBLES, BUT WE WERE ALSO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE FOUR NON-VARSITY IN JV GROUPS.
I LOVE THIS BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES THAT TYPICALLY STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH BEHAVIOR.
OR MAYBE THEY STRUGGLE A BIT MORE TO BE INVOLVED, OR MAYBE THEY HAVE REAL ISSUES.
WE WERE ABLE TO JUST WATCHING THESE KIDS COME BACK AND THEY REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND THEY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE SEVEN FULL HEALTHY ENSEMBLES TO COMPETE.
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WERE ELIGIBLE.
MEANING THERE WERE ALSO ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER CLASSES.
I'M GOING TO SHOUT OUT TO MY ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, MR. DUFFY AND [NOISE] BECAUSE THEY WERE INTENTIONAL WITH THESE STUDENTS.
THEY TEACH THESE STUDENTS MORE PRIMARILY FACE-TO-FACE AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT FACILITATED REHEARSAL TIME.
THEY ACTUALLY GAVE A PROPOSAL TIME TO DO TUTORIAL SESSIONS WITH THESE STUDENTS, TO BE HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IN OTHER CLASSES TO ACTIVELY TEACH THEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR TEACHERS.
JUST REALLY REACHED OUT TO ENSURE THAT THEY GOT THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPETE AS STUDENTS THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T STRUGGLE AS MUCH.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM.
THIS IS OUR VARSITY ENSEMBLE ON THE STAGE AT BUDDY HOLLY HALL, WHICH WE GOT TO DO AGAIN FOR CONTEST AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THERE.
THESE ARE OUR VARSITY SECTION LEADERS, AND YOU'LL SEE A FEW OF THESE FACES IN LATER PICTURES.
BUT THEY ARE JUST TO MADE US SEE THAT THEY REALLY SUPPORT AND REPRESENT GREAT LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD.
THEY'RE JUST REALLY GREAT STUDENTS.
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SOME OTHER EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN THE PARK PROGRAM IS OUR MUSIC PRODUCTION COURSE.THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF IT OUTSIDE THE LOCKS CLASS.
IT'S NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL COURSE.
WE FOCUS ENTIRELY ON CONTEMPORARY COMMERCIAL MUSIC, AND WE ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO EXPLORE ALL KINDS OF GENRES.
THEY EXPLORE EVERYTHING FROM HIP HOP, R&B, WE HAD METALLICA [LAUGHTER] THESE LAST FEW CONCERTS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND WE HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS TO WRITE THEIR OWN MUSIC.
THIS IS BRIAN, HE'S ONE OF MY METAL HEADS, I LIKE TO CALL HIM.
HE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT ROCK MUSIC AND THIS GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO REALLY DIG INTO AND FEEL PART OF.
THIS FILLS A GENRE FOR THESE KIDS IT'S RELEVANT TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, AND SO THEY GET TO EXPLORE THESE THINGS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF INDEPENDENCE WITH WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK AT AND WE ALSO LOOK AT ALSO SOME SPECIFIC GENRES THAT THEY DO. THIS IS LOUIS.
LOUIS ACTUALLY PLAYS NORTENA MUSIC.
HE'S EXTREMELY PROFICIENT ON THE GUITAR.
NORTENA IS A MIX OF MEXICAN FOLK MUSIC AND AUSTRIAN AND CHECK MUSIC.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
HE ACTUALLY TAUGHT US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS CULTURE.
YOU'LL SEE THE AUTOGRAPHS ON HIS GUITAR ARE ACTUALLY WHERE HE'S TRAVELED AROUND AND PLAYED WITH HIS BAND AND GOTTEN AUTOGRAPHS FROM FAMOUS NORTENA PLAYERS AND THINGS THAT HE'S ASPIRING TO DO.
HE GOT TO SHARE A LOT OF HIS CULTURE WITH US AND PERFORM ON OUR CONCERTS SOME OF THE MUSIC THAT HE'S LEARNED.
THIS IS OUR POP ENSEMBLE JUST BY, THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THIS MUSIC PRODUCTION COURSE.
JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID.
THIS IS OUR ENTIRE MUSIC PRODUCTION CLASS.
THE TWO STUDENTS STANDING, IF YOU CAN LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE, THERE'S TWO YOUNG MEN PLAYING THE GUITAR, IT'S BRIAN AND ANTHONY.
BUT THEY ALSO GOT TO PRACTICE PLAYING WITH PROFESSIONAL BAND AND EXPERIENCED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO LEAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE WITH THE DIFFERENT GENRES THAT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH AND EXPLORE OTHER GENRES.
THIS IS A YOUNG MAN, TRAYVON RILEY.
WHEN HE STARTED MUSIC PRODUCTION, HE WAS VERY WITHDRAWN, AND NOT REALLY JUST SUPER INTO ENGAGING WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASS.
HE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH GRADES.
BUT HE WROTE HIS OWN MUSIC, HE'S A HIP-HOP ARTIST.
THROUGH ACROSS THE TIME, HE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT OF HIS SHELL.
HE FOUND HIS NICHE IN THIS CLASS.
THIS IS HIM LEADING THE CHARTS AND GETTING THE AUDIENCE INVOLVED.
ONE OF HIS PERFORMANCES THIS LAST SPRING.
HE GRADUATED, HE'S GOING TO ACTUALLY GO SOUTH PLAINS FOR COMMERCIAL MUSIC.
THEY HAVE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM SELF PLAINS, THAT WILL PARTNER WITH TEXAS TECH SOON, AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE IN COMMERCIAL MUSIC.
WHEREAS HE MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE TO DO SOMETHING AFTER.
HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF ASPIRATION EXCEPT FOR THIS.
THIS REALLY PROVIDED HIM A CHANCE TO LIVE HIS DREAM AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND GROW IN THIS HOPEFULLY WILL TURN INTO SOMETHING BIG FOR HIM.
WE HAVE HAD REALLY A WONDERFUL YEAR.
THANKFULLY, WE HAD THE MOST STUDENTS, WITH 23 STUDENTS PLACED IN THE REGION CHOIR FOR THE THREE OF THE ALL-STATE CHOIR PROCESS, AND THEN WE HAD SEVEN STUDENTS PLACED IN THE TMEA ALL-STATE CHOIR.
SO WHILE OUR INVITED CHOIR WAS PERFORMING AT TMEA AND DOING SEVERAL THINGS, THESE SEVEN STUDENTS WERE ACTUALLY OFF AND DOING THE TMEA ALL-STATE CHOIR PROCESS AS WELL AS THEN COMING AND JOINING US FOR OUR PERFORMANCE THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEY GOT TO WORK WITH SOME REALLY WELL-KNOWN CONDUCTORS THAT ARE AROUND THE NATION AND GET SOME EXPERIENCE DOING THAT, JUST TREMENDOUS STUDENTS.
I SHOULD SAY, FOR US TO HAVE SEVEN IS CRAZY.
USUALLY, MOST PARKER GRANTS, IF THEY HAVE STUDENTS PLACED IN THE ALL-STATE PROCESS, IT'S USUALLY 1-2 IF AT ALL.
WE HAD SEVEN, COMPLETELY JUST AN AMAZING YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS. REALLY HARD WORKERS.
THEN ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WAS AT TMEA ALL-STATE CHOIR SHE ALSO WAS JUST RECENTLY NAMED OUTSTANDING PERFORMER FOR TEXAS STATE ON ENSEMBLE, WHICH ONLY THE TOP TWO REPRESENT STUDENTS THAT COMPETED AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE NAMED TO THIS.
WE HAD 16 GOLD MEDALISTS AT THIS COMPETITION, THEN WE HAD 25 SILVER MEDALISTS, AND EIGHT BRONZE MEDALISTS AS WELL.
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I BELIEVE WE TOOK 54 STUDENTS TO THIS CONTEST, VERY EXCITING.WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WORK REALLY HARD OUTSIDE [INAUDIBLE] HUMANS, OUTSIDE OF A CHOIR WORLD.
WE HAD THREE THIS YEAR THAT WERE IN THE TOP FIVE.
THIS IS ABBY PADDIE, SHE WAS IN TOP FIVE IN HER CLASS.
SHE'S GOING INTO THE HARDEST SENTENCE ON A FULL-RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY MUSICAL THEATER AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
JUST A TREMENDOUS STUDENT, SHE'S ALSO VICE PRESIDENT AND HAS DONE ALL THE THINGS AND HAS BEEN IN CHOIR SINCE I BELIEVE, 6TH GRADE.
THE SAME WITH, WE HAD BERLIN WISEMAN, WHO IS OUR SALUTATORIAN, IS HERE FOR FRENCH IN HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO DOING GREAT AND AMAZING THINGS.
SHE'S GOING TO BE STUDYING MUSIC THEATER IN OKLAHOMA.
THEN OUR VALEDICTORIAN ALEXA CONNOR.
ALL THREE OF THOSE STUDENTS ALSO SERVED AS OUR SECTION LEADERS FOR THE VARSITY MIXED CHORALE.
THEY WERE A BIG PART OF THE PROCESS TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR AND [INAUDIBLE] THE [INAUDIBLE] IN THE [INAUDIBLE].
I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND JUST THESE TREMENDOUS HUMANS. I LOVE IT.
WE GET TO SING THE ALAMDAR AT GRADUATION BECAUSE IT'S THAT FINAL TIME TO SEE THEM PERFORM TOGETHER.
A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS, IN FACT, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF STUDENTS I'VE HAD WHEN I WAS TEACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL, I HAD SOME OF THESE STUDENTS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I LOVE SEEING THEM AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND GO OUT AND CHANGE THE WORLD.
WE JUST REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS EVENING.
>> NO ANY QUESTION, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SON, DREW COX. [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING]
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RULE IN THE HOUSE. I DO NOT SING. [LAUGHTER]
>> WELL, I HAPPENED TO SEE YOU DO BLIND AUDITIONS FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY DO THE OFF-STATE PROCESS IN DIRECTOR SERVICE CENTERS.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS TRUE AT THE TIME, BUT LISTENING BACK, I HAVEN'T BEEN WITH THE RIBS AND I JUST WAS BLOWN AWAY.
I WAS LIKE, THIS IS GOOD. IT HAPPENS TO BE WHATEVER FRENCHMAN [INAUDIBLE] HE'S TREMENDOUS [OVERLAPPING]
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN? THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FRENSHIP BAM PROGRAM THIS YEAR, AS YOU'VE BEEN TOLD BEFORE, THE SUCCESSES OF THESE STUDENTS ARE YOUR SUCCESSES.
THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE UTMOST SUPPORT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO BEGIN THIS EVENING BY TALKING ABOUT THE TIGER MARCHING BAND, 2021 SEASON WAS TITLED ICON.
THE ICON SHOW RESONATE VERY EMOTIONALLY WITH OUR SMALL COMMUNITY AND OTHERS WHO SAW THE SHOW THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
MANY EMAILS AND COMMENTS ABOUT HOW MUCH IT MEANT FOR A MARCHING BAND TO BRING SUCH AN EMOTIONAL AWARENESS TO THE STRUGGLES OF BREAST CANCER.
NOT THAT THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO FOCUS ON THAT ONE ASPECT, BUT THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC AND THE POWER OF THE MARCHING ARTS.
THAT'S HOW MUSIC, HOW COLOR, AND SYMBOLS CAN RESONATE PASSIONATELY WITH SOMEONE SO DIFFERENTLY ON EACH INDIVIDUAL LEVEL.
IT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SEASON.
IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL SEASON AS WELL, AS THE TIGER BAND GOT THE 31ST CONSECUTIVE UIL SWEEPSTAKES AWARD.
THEY GOT FIRST PLACE AT ARAGON A CONTEST IN EL PASO.
PROMOTE THEM TO THE MARCHING BAND, TO THEIR FIRST UIL STATE MARCHING CONTESTS APPEARANCE SINCE 2014.
THIS PAST YEAR THOUGH, WE DID STILL STRUGGLE WITH COVID-19, WITH STUDENTS MISSING PERFORMANCES IN CONTESTS DUE TO CLOSE CONTACT OR EITHER CONTRACTING THE VIRUS ITSELF.
I'D LIKE YOU TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RESILIENCY AND THE TENACITY OF OUR STUDENTS.
I TOOK THIS PICTURE UNBEKNOWNST TO THE STUDENT, HE'S ONE OF OUR NON-PRIMARY MARCHERS.
HE'S AN ALTERNATE. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING ONE OF THE PRIMARY MARCHING SPOTS BECAUSE THE STUDENT WAS SICK AND WAS QUARANTINED.
THE STUDENT IS OUT HERE ON HIS OWN ACCORD, LEARNING DURING HIS LUNCH PERIOD SO THAT HE WAS COMFORTABLE PERFORMING ON THAT FRIDAY NIGHT AT A FOOTBALL GAME.
WE HAVE GREAT STUDENT MUSICIANS AND SOME OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED.
BUT IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT MADE ME APPRECIATE OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR LOVE OF THE TEAM.
THE NEXT THING I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE ANDREWS CHRISTMAS PARADE.
I'M SURE WE ALL REMEMBER THE HORRIBLE AND MOST TRAGIC BUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING ANDREWS MARCHING BAND AND THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH THAT THEIR DIRECTOR OF BANDS CARREN JOHNS.
THEIR VAN WAS NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
A CALL WAS SENT OUT ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO COME UP AND PARTICIPATE ON THEIR BEHALF.
I SENT OUT A MESSAGE TO OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS WITHIN MINUTES, I KNEW WE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST A SMALL GROUP TO PARTICIPATE.
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THAT SMALL GROUP GREW VERY QUICKLY AND FRENSHIP TOOK TWO FULL BUSES A BAND OF 84 BAND STUDENTS TO MARCH IN THE PARADE.IT WAS AN AMAZINGLY EMOTIONAL AND MONUMENTAL EVENT AND THE EVENT THAT CHANGED ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I'M HAPPY THAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
NEXT WILL BE OUR UIL CONCERT WITH SIGHT-READING EVALUATIONS.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN FRENSHIP HISTORY THAT WE SENT SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS AND FIVE HIGH SCHOOL BANDS TO UIL EVALUATIONS.
TEN OF THE 12 BANDS RECEIVED THEIR UIL SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS AND MADE DIVISION 1 BOTH IN CONCERT AND SIGH TREADING.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION THOUGH TO THIS ENSEMBLE HERE.
OUR LOWEST BAND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE CONCERT BAND.
IT'S THE BAND MADE OF MOSTLY 9TH GRADERS WHO MANY DUE TO COVID, ONLY HAD HALF A MIDDLE-SCHOOL BAND THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE CONTEST AT THE PROGRESS REPORT, 24 OF THESE STUDENTS WERE INELIGIBLE.
MANY OF THESE STUDENTS STRUGGLED, NOT ONLY PLAYING WITH THEIR INSTRUMENTS AS WELL AS STATE OF STUDENTS IN THE TOP ENSEMBLE WHEN I'M SAMPLING, BUT MAY STRUGGLE ALSO WITH THEIR ACADEMIC COURSES AS WELL.
THAT DEEP DISCUSSION, THE MAGNITUDE OF MEETING EVERYONE TO GO TO THIS CONTEST TO BE SUCCESSFUL, LOSING ONE PLAYER WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE FRENCHMAN, MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT AFTER TUTORIALS AND MEETINGS WITH TEACHERS, PHONE CALLS, AND PEER SUPPORT, WE ONLY LOST TWO STUDENTS TO INELIGIBILITY.
THIS 5TH BAND, WHICH FRENSHIP HAS NEVER SENT TO CONTEST BEFORE, MADE SWEEPSTAKES AWARD.
THE JOY ON THEIR FACES AND THE SCREAMS OF EXCITEMENT IS DEFINITELY MY PERSONAL FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE YEAR.
THEN FINALLY TO REDUCE SOME STUDENTS' SPOTLIGHTS, WE HAD NINE STUDENTS PLACED IN THE REGION AND 16 ALL REGIONAL ORCHESTRAS.
SEVEN OF THESE STUDENTS PLACED THE FIRST CHAIR.
WE HAVE 87 STUDENTS PLACED IN THE 16 ALL-REGION BANDS, WHICH IS A FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL RECORD.
WE HAD 50 STUDENTS ADVANCED TO THE AREA LEVEL, ALSO A FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL RECORD.
WE HAD THREE STUDENTS NAMED TO THE TMA ALL STATE BAND.
WE HAD AVA MONICO, HER SECOND TIME SENIOR, CHRIS SEBERRY, AND FRESHMAN RYDER DAY, SO WE HAVEN'T BECOME FOR HIM IN THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO HAD TWO CHAMBER GROUPS ADVANCING TO THE INAUGURAL UIL STATE NIGHT AND INSTRUMENTAL ONSAMBLE MUSIC COMPETITION.
WE HAD THE [INAUDIBLE] TROMBONE QUARTET.
THIS IS THEIR PERFORMANCES AND WHERE WAS THIS? THIS IS IN AUSTIN.
WE ALSO HAVE THE KANSI SAXOPHONE QUARTET.
[INAUDIBLE] ALSO WON THE FIRST-PLACE STATE MEDAL, A GOLD MEDAL PRIZE.
TAYLOR TUBBS, OUR FRENSHIP HIGH-SCHOOL FEATURE TWIRLER WAS ANNOUNCED AS TEXAS TECH TWIRLING LINE.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT, AND THEN FINALLY, FRENCH ADVANCE SENIORS EARNED A TOTAL OF $183,700 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION.
JUST A REMARKABLE NUMBER, A VERY LARGE SENIOR GROUP, BUT A VERY ACADEMICALLY MOTIVATED GROUP AS WELL.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PAST YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD AND EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR FRENSHIP.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN AND THAT IT DOES TAKE THAT WE'VE GOT GREAT KIDS AND GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT STILL REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK AND EXPERTISE, AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR ROUTINE DISTRICT OPERATIONS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[3.A. Consent Agenda]
THIS INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKET.>> MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY MR. DAVID [INAUDIBLE]
>> A SECOND BY MR. [INAUDIBLE] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTION ISLANDS.
[3.B.1. Consideration of guaranteed maximum price for Legacy Elementary playground]
WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR LEGACY ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND.MR. KYLE. I DON'T SEE MR. [INAUDIBLE]
>> NICE ATTEMPT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S ALL I THINK YEAH YOU DO LOOK TAN.
[LAUGHTER] I REALLY GET TANNED, EVERYBODY BACK HOME SAID THE SAME.
>> I'M GOING TO BRING YOU GMP FOR THE LEGACY ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS GMP IS GOING TO BE MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DID IN NORTHRIDGE.
THAT CONCRETE AGENTS AROUND ALL THAT EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS CONCRETE BLOCKS TO ALL THE APRONS, AND THEN DO THE WALKING TRACK.
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THERE'S THE GMP TOTAL.>> NET WILL BE ADX, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> ANY RECOMMENDATION, BOARD. MR. COTTON.
>> ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE GMP DOCUMENTS FOR THE NEXT SEAT ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND RENOVATIONS TOTALING $175,571.
>> I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION.
>> RECOMMENDATION. HE SAID RESIGNATION. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> [OVERLAPPING] I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE JOKE.
[LAUGHTER] SORRY. WE START OVER.
>> I DON'T THINK I WOULD'VE LEFT [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER].
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF MR. COBB AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MR. CARL ROGERS.
>> SECOND BY MR. CRAIG ROBINSON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, MR. CARL, STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT.
WE HAVE CONSIDERATIONS-[OVERLAPPING]
[3.B.2. Consideration of guaranteed maximum price for future high school earthwork]
>> -OF THE MAXIMUM PRIZE FOR THE FUTURE HOSPITAL GROUND WORK.
>> MR. ROBBINS TRY TO BE QUIET ON THIS ONE. [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS THE PHASE 1 FOR OUR FUTURE HOSPITAL.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS THING OFF THE GROUND AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP TO GETTING THAT COMPLETED.
THIS GMP INCLUDES BUILDING PREPARATION EXCAVATION AND BANKING WHERE NEEDED, IF NEEDED.
THIS IS LIKE WHAT I SAID, THE VERY FIRST STAGE.
THE GMP THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE EARTHWORK IS $3,600,790.
SORRY. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE- I'VE GOT JIM MELTON WITH BGR ARCHITECTS AND JOSH WAYNES WITH LENUS CONSTRUCTION HERE AS WELL.
SORRY GUYS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE EARTHWORK PROJECT?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY MIGHT START? YOU'VE GOTTEN TO THAT PART OF THE PROCESS YET OR NOT, JOSH?
>> WE SHOULD START MOBILIZING NEXT WEEK AS EARLY AS MONDAY.
HOPEFULLY, YOU START SEEING TRUCKS MOVING NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
NINE THOUSAND OF THEM SO WE GOT TO GET GOING.
>>IS JIM GOING TO BE YOUR COUNTER? [LAUGHTER].
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, MR. SCOTT?
>> ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF GMP DOCUMENTS FOR THE EARTHWORK FUTURE HOSPITAL SITES TOTALING $3,600,790.
>> I HAVE A MOTION ABOUT MR. CARL.
I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON HIS FILE, NOBODY HAD TO ACCEPT ANY MOTIONS.
>> I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF DAVID GARDNER.
>> SECOND FROM CRAIG ROBINSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK.
JIM, JOSH, DEREK, TIM AND FARLEY, EVERYBODY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK IN GETTING THIS THING STARTED.
GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND AND WE GO AGAIN.
>> OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO FORM A DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR
[3.B.3. Appointment of delegate and alternate for the 2022 Texas Association of School Boards Delegate Assembly]
THE 2022 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.MISS LIVERY, I HAVE YOUR NAME NEXT TO THIS.
>> YES SIR. IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS DOING FOR YEARS.
TASB HAS A DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AS PART OF THE TASA/TASB CONFERENCE THAT'S IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.
YOU'LL GET TO ENJOY THE RIVER WALK IF YOU GUYS GO.
IF YOU'RE A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS EVERY YEAR?
>> NO. THEY DON'T, LOCKED OUT.
>> WE ASKED THE BOARD TO DECIDE WHO YOU WANT AS A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE FOR THIS CONFERENCE.
>> BEFORE I OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR NOMINEES,
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I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS NOT PRESENT.[LAUGHTER] TRYING TO DO MY JOB.
>> HE DID VIRTUAL FOR FOUR HOURS. [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE. I THOUGHT THERE WERE VIRTUAL EVERY YEAR.
>> THEN I WILL SAY THAT MANGALA DID OFFER TO BE AN ALTERNATE, SHE NEEDED TO BECAUSE SHE'S PARTICIPATING.
SHE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY ULTIMATE BUT BECAUSE HER SON IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO HER. [INAUDIBLE]
>> BEFORE WE APPOINT TWO, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER. SILENCE IS DEAFENING.
>> [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE ALTERNATE. [LAUGHTER]. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'LL BE PRESENTING THE CENTER KEY.
>> I THINK YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN THERE AND EXPERIENCING IT IN PERSON.
>> I HOPE SO, VIRTUAL IS [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT LASTS A LOT LONGER IN PERSON TOO.
>> YOU'D HANG OUT WITH ME AND [OVERLAPPING].
>> ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING TO BE THE DELEGATE?
>> I WOULD SAY HE'S AN ALTERNATE. I'LL BE DELEGATE.
[OVERLAPPING] WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE DELEGATE.
MR. ANDREW. I'M SURE ONE OF THE LADIES WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
ARE WE GOING TO TAKE MS. MICHAEL AS AN ALTERNATE?
>> WE'LL DESERVE ACTION ITEM SO I WILL NEED SOMEBODY AROUND ME [LAUGHTER] TO DELEGATE AND [OVERLAPPING] DAVID MILLER.
I HAVE A SECOND. GREG ROBBINS IS [INAUDIBLE] HERE WE GO.
I HAVE A MOTION AND WHO SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
WE GOT THAT ORDER OF BUSINESS SETTLED.
OTHER BOARD BUSINESS; WE HAVE THE 2022- 2023 STUDENT HANDBOOK CHANGES. MR. BROOKS.
[4.A. 2022-2023 Student Handbook Changes]
>> WE'RE JUST SITTING ON THE EDGES OF OUR CHAIRS.
[OVERLAPPING] [NOISE] [LAUGHTER] YOU HAD A NON-LEGISLATIVE YEAR.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT JUST A WHOLE LOT IN EITHER OF THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT WERE REVIEWED.
JUST A FEW CLARIFICATIONS STATEMENTS, IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK THIS YEAR, HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS AND COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE, SOME TASKS BASKET DOCUMENTATION.
A FEW NEW SECTIONS THAT REALLY JUST ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY IN HANDBOOKS SO JUST A CLARIFICATION.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAD AN UPDATE FROM MR. PAID BACKUS, WORKING WITH HIM ON OUR DRESS CODE AND THOSE ARE THE CHANGES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAD ANY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LATER.
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT MR. BROOKS.
>> HE'LL BE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> WE ALSO HAVE TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
[4.B. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
WE HAVE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH.ESPECIALLY WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE.
DO WE HAVE A THE TIME NOW FOR THAT YET?
WE'RE GOING ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
>> I'M SURE YOU WILL. JULY 18TH 2022, WE HAVE A BUDGET IN TASB PAY SYSTEMS AND STAFFING REVIEW SERVICES, WORKSHOPS, AND REGULAR MEETING.
MR. REAVES, I BELIEVE YOU WILL BE FRONT CENTER ON THAT ONE.
>> WE'LL ALSO HAVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
[4.C. Training Opportunities]
I KNOW ALL OF US WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.THERE IS THE TASA/TASB CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 23RD TO 25TH, 2022 IN SAN ANTONIO.
IN CASE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A COMPANY, MR. COX AND MS. NEWSMAN, PLEASE GET A HOLD OF THIS LEVERAGE.
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SHE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET YOUR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS SET UP AND YOU FEEL ALL SQUARED AWAY.WITH THAT; IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED HERE? [NOISE] I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU ATTENDING AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
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