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>> FOUR YEARS, IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT,
[D. Reconvene from Closed Session]
AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED AND AS NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN PASSED AND TIME AND MANNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THEREFORE, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.MR. ROBINSON, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN INDICATION, PLEASE SIR?
[E. Invocation]
>> SURE. CLOSE YOUR EYES PLEASE.
HEAVENLY FATHER WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND WE JUST PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU BESTOW OVER THIS DISTRICT AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS, AND ALL EMPLOYEES OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE JUST PRAY FOR CONTINUED BLESSINGS AND AS WE SAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
>> YOU-ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE,
[F. Pledge of Allegiance]
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.CHIEF, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO LEAD US, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, SIR?
>> THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE CHIEF.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA I BELIEVE IS PUBLIC FORM, DID ANYBODY SIGN FOR PUBLIC FORM?
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECOGNITIONS,
[H1. College Board's National Merit Commended Scholars]
WHICH IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TIMES AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MS. TIFFANY AND SHE'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS.I WILL TELL THE PARENTS. I'M SURE THE WORD IS PASSED ALONG, BUT I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT ANYWAYS, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT IS HERE OR A STUDENT THAT'S GETTING AN AWARD AND YOU WANT TO SNAP A PICTURE, PLEASE GET UP AND COME BEHIND US BACK HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK ALL THE WAY BACK INTO HERE AND YOU'LL GET THE BEST VANTAGE POINT.
>> [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU, MR. GRAY, FIRST.
>> WHICH MEANS IT'S NOW [LAUGHTER].
>> WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP, LETTER OF COMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS, WE HAVE A FEW FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO RECENTLY RECEIVED THE LETTER OF COMMENDATION THROUGH THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM RELATED TO THEIR OUTSTANDING PSAT SCORES.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW SELECT THIS IS, THERE'S ABOUT 1.5 MILLION ENTRANCE AND OF THAT, ONLY 34,000 STUDENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE LETTER OF COMMENDATION, AND SO IT'S A REALLY BIG HONOR FOR THE STUDENTS.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO ADVANCED ACADEMIC COORDINATOR LAYPERSON AS WELL SO SHE CAN HONOR THESE STUDENTS.
>> AS TIFFANY WAS SAYING, THAT'S THE TOP 34,000 SCORES IN THE NATION AND WE HAD THREE OF THEM HERE AT FRENSHIP, SO THAT IS JUST SUCH AN HONOR.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS TONIGHT, WILSON HARDINESS, AND HOWARD CORBIN.
[APPLAUSE] LET ME GET ONE MORE, 1, 2, 3 [OVERLAPPING].
>> [APPLAUSE] ANY OTHER PARENTS SEEM TO GET? NEXT STEP, CAN WE HAVE
[H2. College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Award]
THE NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARDS RECIPIENTS THAT ARE COMING IN RIGHT NOW.WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE, WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVING THE NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARD FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PSAT SCORES.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS AWARD, THE STUDENTS MUST HAVE A GPA OF 3.5 OR HIGHER AND SCORE THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF THE PSAT WITHIN THE PROGRAM BY THE STATE.
TONIGHT AGAIN, WE HAVE ADVANCED ACADEMIC COORDINATOR REAGAN TO HONOR THESE STUDENTS.
>> I GET TO HAVE ALL THE FUN, DON'T I? [LAUGHTER] THESE ARE REALLY BRIGHT STUDENTS WHO WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL OF THEM AS FRENSHIP HIGH.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS, THE NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION AWARD.
TRINITY HARDY, JUST COME RIGHT BACK TO THIS, ARE YOU OKAY? NATHAN HAYS, MERCEDES HERNANDEZ,
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NOAH LOPEZ, CALEB NUNEZ.CALLISTA OTIS, MERCIFUL TO, JOSE, I'M SORRY, SWAY RAMIREZ, LILIANA SANCHEZ, MADISON VASQUEZ, BLAKE WHITAKER, AND KAY VILLEZ. LET'S HEAR FOR ALL OF THESE AMAZING STUDENTS.
[APPLAUSE] HERE YOU GO [BACKGROUND].
EVERYBODY LOOK HERE FIRST, 1, 2, 3.
I'LL STEP OUT OF THE WAY FOR ANY OTHER PARENTS WHO WANT TO SQUEEZE IN HERE. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING].
>> COME ON, GUYS, IT WAS LIKE MY CHUCKS. [LAUGHTER]
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND THAT'LL WRAP UP THE RECOGNITIONS FOR TONIGHT.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
[LAUGHTER] HE'S GOING TO ASK WHAT'S FOR DINNER. [LAUGHTER]
>> WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. [LAUGHTER]
[2A. Effectiveness Report on Health Services Program]
THE PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE EFFECTIVENESS REPORT ON HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM [NOISE], I'LL TURN THIS DESK OVER HERE.>> HANNAH'S PRESENTATION. DID YOU MAKE THESE?
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUST A LITTLE.
I LOVE YOU-ALL, ALL YOU DO FOR US AND FOR ME AS A MOM AND THE NURSERY GUYS, THEY WERE A BLESSING.
>> YOUR DAY. I'M YOUR NURSE AT BENNETT, YOUR LEAD NURSE.
HAVE BEEN WITH FRENSHIP FOR 14 YEARS.
THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR, IS JUST YOU'VE NEVER SAT AND ENJOYED IT AND SO THANK YOU-ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
LAST YEAR COVID HIT US PRETTY HARD.
>> OOPS WE'RE GOING TO FIX THIS JUST A SMIDGE FOR YOU.
>> THANKS. LAST YEAR COVID HIT US PRETTY HARD.
EARLY FALL AND EARLY SPRING AND WE WERE REALLY BUSY AND INUNDATED WITH THE PHONE CALLS AND THE PAPERWORK AND THE DOCUMENTATION, TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF IT FOR EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDANCE PURPOSES AND GETTING STAFF BACK-TO-SCHOOL QUICKLY AND STUDENTS, AND WORKING WITH DANNY MILLER AND TRYING TO GET ALL THAT TURNED IN A TIMELY FASHION SO WE CAN NOTIFY PARENTS AS NEEDED AND THAT JUST WAS PRETTY HEAVY, BUT THEN IT DID LIKE THAT SO THAT WAS AWESOME.
WE DID HAVE NDEE WITH THE MASK, AND THE N95 AND SHE'LL DO STUFF AS NEEDED WITH OUR DAILY EXPOSURES.
HOME TESTING WAS A LOT BIGGER DEAL LAST YEAR AND SO THAT WAS A NEW CHALLENGE FOR US AS NURSES TO GET THAT DOCUMENTATION FROM THE FAMILIES AND FROM STAFF AND TO PROVE THAT THEY DID HAVE COVID AND FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AND EVERYTHING, SO THAT WAS A NEW CHALLENGE.
WE DID WORK A LOT CLOSELY WITH THE COUNSELORS AND THE PARENTS AND STUFF THROUGH THE MENTAL ILLNESS AND STUFF, WE NOTICED THERE WAS MORE ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND STUFF FROM THE PAST YEARS OF COVID AND STUFF,
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SO THAT WAS A NEW CHALLENGE DEALING WITH OUR FAMILIES AND KIDS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.WE DID WORK A LOT MORE WITH REFERRALS AND THAT THING FOR THEM.
THE COMMUNITY, WE NOTICE WE HAD AN INCREASE IN PHONE CALLS, JUST COUNSELING PARENTS AND FAMILIES, WHETHER IT WAS WITH ILLNESS OR DONE FOR CHILD'S EMOTIONAL STATE OR ANYTHING.
WE DID NOTICE AN INCREASE IN THAT JUST TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES THROUGH WHATEVER CHANNELS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH.
WE DID NOTICE THAT WE DID ADMINISTER OVER 28,000 MEDICATIONS LAST YEAR.
ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES WERE ON THE RISE AND WE DID THOSE WE HAD JUST AN INCREASE IN VIRAL ILLNESSES AS A WHOLE.
THE END OF THE YEAR, IT DID GET BETTER AS WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE NURSING CARE AND ONE-ON-ONE, SO WE JUST LOOK FORWARD HONESTLY INTO THIS YEAR BEING MORE NORMAL THAN GIVING THAT ONE-ON-ONE NURSING CARE WITHOUT THE STRESS OF THE COVID, ITS STILL THERE.
BUT JUST BEING NURSES AND THAT IN PERSON CARE, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR BEING A LITTLE MORE INTO THAT.
>> WHOSE THAT LITTLE GIRL? SHE LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PATIENT. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING?
>> THERE WILL BE AGENDA NEXT FRIDAY.
I AM SENDING THE OFFICE. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
[2B. Strategic Plan Update]
THE PLAN UPDATE, MR. PATRICK?>> YES, SIR. GO BACK TO FOLLOW THERE.
>> WHAT DID YOU BRING US? [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT TODAY?
>> I DID NOT CAUSE HER ANY PHONE CALLS OR CONSTERNATION.
>> THAT'S VERY NICE. [BACKGROUND] [OVERLAPPING].
>> TIFFANY GAVE ME A SHOUTOUT ON TWITTER.
I WAS MAKING SURE YOU'VE SAID THE RIGHT WORD. TWEET.
>> ON FACE PLACE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ALRIGHT. SO MR. RAYBURN, THANK YOU.
EXCITED TO BRING YOU THE FIRST UPDATE ON OUR 2021 STRATEGIC PLAN AS YOU KNOW THIS IS A BRAND NEW STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FRIENDSHIP.
JUST A QUICK REFRESHER ON THIS ONE.
OF COURSE, OUR LAST PLAN WAS 2016 - 2021.
THIS ONE WAS DEVELOPED LAST FALL AND EARLY SPRING.
SOME OF YOU WERE A PART OF SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES, WE STARTED WITH SUMMITS, IN OUR COMMUNITY LAST FALL, WE HAD PANELS OF STUDENTS, THAT NOT ONLY SHARED THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR POSITIVES AND THE THINGS THEY WISH THEY HAD MORE OF AND LESS OF AND WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, AND THEY ANSWERED QUESTIONS BOTH FROM OUR MODERATORS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE RECORDED THAT AND CAPTURE THAT, AND THEN WE HAD FOCUS GROUPS HERE, CASEY, WE HAD TEACHERS, THE COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATORS, WE HAD STUDENTS OF MANY AGES, THAT WERE A PART OF THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND SOME PROFOUND THINGS COME OUT OF THOSE ROOMS, SPECIFICALLY FROM STUDENTS, SOME EYEBROWS RAISING THINGS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THE WAY THEY WANT TO LEARN, THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS IN ON.
IN ADDITION TO VIDEOTAPING ALL OF THOSE SO WE COULD CAPTURE ALL THE COMMENTS, EVERYONE IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS ALSO TOOK SURVEYS ON IPADS AND WE CAPTURED ALL OF THAT DATA.
AND THEN FROM THE SUMMIT AS WELL, AND WE PRESENTED THAT TO OUR CREATE TEAMS, AND SO SOME OF YOU ARE ON THOSE, AND THAT WAS TWO DAYS, BIG SMILES.
[OVERLAPPING] THOSE TWO DAYS WHERE THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, YOU NAME IT, INCLUDING STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THAT ROOM HELPING COME UP WITH THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THIS PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I THINK THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE KNOW THOSE STUDENT VOICES CARRYING A LOT OF WEIGHT IN THAT ROOM AS WELL, AND THEY WERE REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK.
FROM THAT COLLABORATION, WE CAME UP WITH A CALL TO ACTION.
I'LL HEARKEN BACK TO THE 2016 PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE FRIENDSHIP WAY, WHICH WAS A PART OF THAT PLAN AND COMMUNICATING IT.
YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE IN THIS CALL TO ACTION AS FAR AS SERVICE AND POSITIVE IMPACT, AND AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
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THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE COMMUNICATED OUT OF WHAT OUR CULTURE IS ABOUT, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE IN THE CALL TO ACTION.WE TOOK THAT AS A GROUP AND BUILT OUTCOMES TO PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT THIS PLAN WOULD BE.
WHAT DO WE WANT FRIENDSHIPS STUDENTS AND LEARNERS TO WALK OUT THE DOOR AS HAVING EXPERIENCED OR DONE, OR TO BE READY TO DO.
AND SO THIS WAS THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT WE WOULD TAKE FORWARD AND TURN INTO A PLAN AND YOU HAVE THE NEXT PIECE OF THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO SIX GOALS WERE DEVELOPED AS FAR AS PART OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT CONCLUDED THE WORK OF THE CREATES SIDES.
SO WE WALK OUT WITH SIX GOALS THAT WILL GUIDE US OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN THE WORK THAT WE DO AT FRIENDSHIP.
AND WE WENT INTO THE FALL, AND WE TOOK A GROUP OF ADMINISTRATORS AND HAD A DESIGN TEAM.
AND SO OVER A FEW DAYS, BROKE THESE OUT INTO RESULTS AND WORKED ON ACTION PLANS AND WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK HAPPEN.
AND SO YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
OUR YEAR 1 SPECIFIC RESULTS THAT I'LL REPORT TO YOU QUARTERLY STARTING TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE LEADER FOR EACH OF THE GROUPS THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THAT WORK FOR THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE, SIX OF THEM HERE IN YEAR 1, AND THERE ARE SOME BIG THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF THERE.
SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT I WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE HERE AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR YOU.
3.2, A SYSTEM ABOUT RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT RHONDA HAS A TEAM WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF YOUR WORK AND SOME OF YOUR ACTIONS AS PART OF THIS WORK AS WELL, AND SO RETENTION INCENTIVES, RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES, SALARY INCREASES, SALARY STUDIES THAT KIND OF WORK WILL PLAY INTO WHAT THIS PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND HELP US HAVE THOSE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, TO TAKE THIS FORWARD, AND FOR RHONDA'S TEAM TO TURN THIS INTO THAT SYSTEM AS FAR AS INCENTIVIZATION GOES FOR RETENTION.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION 4.3 MRS. HUB IS LEADING A TEAM THAT'S MOSTLY COUNSELORS, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON WHAT COUNSELORS DO AND WHAT THEIR DAILY WORK LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR FRIENDSHIP STUDENTS, AND THAT WORK AND CONVERSATION REALLY BEGAN OVER THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO ALONG WITH WHAT'S PLAYING INTO THIS AND CHANGING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM, WE RE-TITLED OUR CAMPUS INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS TO BE DATA INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS AND ADDED THEM TO FIVE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
THEY'RE ALREADY ON OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
SO THAT REALLY OPENED UP THE TIME OF COUNSELORS TO DO THE WORK OF A COUNSELOR, AND SO NOW THEY GET TO WALK INTO A ROOM AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL FOR STUDENTS AFTER SOME OF THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
TO TAKE US FORWARD AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES HERE, DR. MCCORD AND TIFFANY ARE LEADING A TEAM THAT ARE GATHERING INPUT AND LOOKING AT THE FUTURE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN THIS DISTRICT AND HOW TO MAINTAIN EQUITABILITY.
OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MIDDLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, SO THIS WORK IS HAPPENING IN THE MOMENT.
WE HAD OUR TOWN HALLS IN OCTOBER, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF WHAT SOME OF THAT LOOKED LIKE GOING OUT AT TIGER TAILS.
THE TOP PART IS A SNIP THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU FROM OUR WEBSITE THAT LED INTO A WEBSITE WITH A TON OF INFORMATION WITH ENGLISH AND SPANISH PRESENTATIONS OF THE PLAN.
OF COURSE, TIFFANY HAD USED ALL OF OUR CHANNELS AND OUR MEDIA PARTNERS TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THOSE TOWN HALLS.
AND SOMETHING NEW WAS BUILDING OUT OF BOUNDARIES EMAIL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE EVEN THOUGH THOSE TOWN HALLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS CAN STILL COME IN.
I BELIEVE RICHARD SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT THOSE AND RESPONDS TO THOSE.
IN OUR TOWN HALLS WERE ALL FILMED AND THE VIDEOS ARE UP ON THE WEBSITE NOW FOR ANYONE WHO COULDN'T ATTEND, THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE QUESTIONS WERE AND SEE THE PRESENTATION LIVE, IN ADDITION TO SEEING ALL OF THE SLIDES THERE, ON THE WEBSITE.
THEN, THE NEXT PIECE, AND THIS REALLY CAME FROM OUR STUDENTS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THEIR PERCEPTION OF WHAT SEEK PERFECTION CAPTURE EXCELLENCE MEANT.
AND IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OUR PERCEPTION OF IT WAS.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO HEAR, AND SO TIFFANY HAS A TEAM WORKING ON THIS, THIS WORK STARTED OVER THE SUMMER SPECIFICALLY TO PREPARE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO ON THE LEFT, THAT'S OUR NEW HIRE ORIENTATION, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATED THE INTENT AND THE HISTORY OF SEEK PERFECTION CAPTURE EXCELLENCE WITH THEM.
ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S OUR LEADERSHIP KICKOFF, CINDY COBB DID SOME WORK WITH ALL OF OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS THERE AND WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AND AN ACTIVITY OF SHARING WHAT THAT MEANS TO US AND WHAT OUR PERCEPTIONS OF IT ARE.
IF YOU'RE A CONVOCATION, YOU SAW A VIDEO THAT TIFFANY MADE THAT REALLY FOCUSED IN ON TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, TELLING TEACHERS WHAT IT WAS THAT SEEK PERFECTION CAPTURE EXCELLENCE MEANT TO THEM, AND WE HAVE HAD THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED OUT, BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOME NEW THINGS COMING, AND SOME NEW COMMUNICATION COMING IN.
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ONE THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, IT'S A CONDENSED VERSION OF THAT VIDEO.THAT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE FRIENDLY FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, TO PUT ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUS WEBSITES TO USE ON THE BIG SCREEN AND AT PEOPLE'S BACK STADIUM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO PUT ON FRENCH TV STREAMS AS WELL.
>> WILL YOU REMIND THE BOARD, WHAT WAS IT THAT THE MISCONCEPTION WAS THAT THE KIDS SAID?
>> THEY VIEWED IT AS I WOULD SAY IT WAS A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION THAT WAS TOTALLY UNATTAINABLE.
IT WAS A PRESSURE FOR THEM RATHER THAN, TO ME, THAT'S A MINDSET OF SHOOT FOR THE MOON LAND AMONG THE STARS.
FOR THEM, IT WAS REACH FOR AN UNATTAINABLE GOAL AND ALWAYS DISAPPOINT I THINK AND BE DISAPPOINTED YOURSELF AND SO [OVERLAPPING].
WE CAN'T BE PERFECT, SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO ABOUT IT? I THINK ONCE YOU EXPLAINED THE HISTORY AND THE MEANING BEHIND IT, I THINK THAT HELPS BREAK THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK IT'S FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, AND THESE WERE VERY HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS.
WE WERE PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEM TO DO SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO AND THAT'S [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FELT THE SAME, THEY MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT WE MEANT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT.
>> WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB, [LAUGHTER] THE RIGHT TEAM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FOR BEFORE I PLAY THE VIDEO? [MUSIC].
>> OUR VISION IS TO SEEK PERFECTION AND CAPTURE EXCELLENCE.
>> SO IT COMES FROM NFL HALL OF FAME COACH VINCE LOMBARDI, WHO HAD A LOSING TEAM, THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, AND HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEEK PERFECTION.
AND KNOWING THEY COULDN'T ATTAIN PERFECTION, THEY WOULD CAPTURE EXCELLENCE IN THE PROCESS.
>> WHEN I WAS MOVING UP HERE, I WAS LOOKING FOR NEW SCHOOLS TO WORK AT, AND THIS DISTRICT HAD SEEK PERFECTION CAPTURE EXCELLENCE.
I WAS LIKE, "YES, I WANT TO GO WHERE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT KIDS AND WHERE PEOPLE WANT KIDS TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE."
>> EXCELLENCE, LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE.
>> NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE, I'M GOING TO TRY AS HARD AS I CAN, TO DO MY BEST.
>> I THINK THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION IS JUST SOMETHING THAT FRIENDSHIP AS A WHOLE STRIVES TO ACHIEVE.
>> IT MEANS TRYING YOUR BEST, NOT WHATEVER OTHER PEOPLE THINK, LIKE JUST YOUR BEST.
>> THE TEAM EFFORT, IT'S ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS CAN SUCCEED.
>> THE MEANING BEHIND IT IS TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF, TO BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE, TO BECOME WHO YOU ARE MEANT TO BE.
>> BUT IF YOU CHASE PERFECTION, YOU'LL CAPTURE EXCELLENCE ALONG THE WAY.
>> FRIENDSHIP ISD OUR VISION IS TO;
>> SEEK PERFECTION AND CAPTURE EXCELLENCE.
>> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I DID JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE GOALS THAT THEIR MEETINGS ARE ONGOING AND EVERYONE IS PUTTING IN A TUG-OF-WAR TO MOVE SOME HEAVY LISTS, BUT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR ALL OF US.
THE MEETING WITH DEREK'S TEAM, THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING ONGOING ABOUT A PLAYBOOK FOR EXPANSION, AND IT'S GOOD.
IT'S TOUGH WORK, BUT IT'S EXCITING WHAT IT CAN PROVIDE FOR US IN THE FUTURE.
>> I CAN CLICK COMPLETE UP WITH MR. PATRICK.
THIS MIGHT BE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ON FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE RADIO STATION, BUT SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THIS MESSAGE RIGHT HERE OUT AT ONE OF THOSE HALFTIME SHOWS?
>> I THINK IT NEEDS TO BECAUSE I THINK MORE AND MORE OF OUR FOLKS NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF THINGS THAT THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS AND THEN THAT ENTIRE GROUP IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN BUY INTO AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY JOB.
IT'S A CULTURE ABOUT THE WHOLE STRATEGIC PLAN [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WILL CLARIFY, I WORK FOR FRIENDSHIP ALL THE TIME.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE RADIUS.
[LAUGHTER] THEY LOVE THEM. [LAUGHTER]
>> THEY ALWAYS HAVE. [LAUGHTER]
WE TOUCH ON THOSE THINGS THAT I'VE TALKED TO RECORD ON EVERY YEAR AHEAD OR UNDER THE COOPER GAME AND WE TOUCHED ON THINGS ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY DO A STRATEGIC PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT QUARTERLY UPDATE THAT YOU JUST HIT HER UP THERE.
>> I THINK THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND YOU KNOW HOW WE GET INVOLVED.
WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE DOING THESE ARE [NOISE] ABSOLUTELY.
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>> PROBABLY SEND THAT VIDEO TO THE WHOLE TEAM, THE COMMUNITY TEAM, THAT LOCAL VIDEO.
[NOISE] WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO HIM. THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
>> I COULD DO THAT BUT I MAY NEED HELP.
>> YOUR LIST IS GROWING ON. [LAUGHTER].
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. PATRICK? CASEY DOING A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A, YOU'VE STEPPED IN AND RAN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND I THINK IT'S AWESOME.
THE ONE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING IS, WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU CAN TELL IT'S FROM THE HEART.
YOU REALLY DO BUY INTO IT. IT'S GOOD.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3A. Consent Agenda]
THE BOARD WE HAVE A ROUTINE DISTRICT OPERATIONS.IN YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS A CONSENT AGENDA THAT WERE PART OF THAT PACKET.
>> FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE ON COLORADO AND PSYCHIC.
THAT WAS JAMIE PHILLIPS TO APPROVAL OF CONSENT.
AGENDA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPONENTS, MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE THE ACTION ITEMS. MR. COBB.
[3B1. Consideration and take possible action of guaranteed maximum price for future elementary]
>> ACTS NOT ONLY MR. COBB WILL BE SPEAKING TO HIS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR FUTURE ELEMENTARY.
>> SIR. THANK YOU, MR. DRAPER, BOARD.
I GUESS THROUGH IT ON THIS, I'VE GOT A FEW GUYS THAT ARE NEW TO OUR FACILITIES, DEPARTMENT STAFF, SHANE LANGAN, WHO IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITY.
[OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE] WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS STAFF.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE KEVIN COCKRELL, WHO IS OUR COORDINATOR OF CONSTRUCTION.
HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FROM WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD AS A WHOLE, FROM THIS DISTRIBUTION TO BUILDING BUILDINGS.
HE'S GOING TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR US AND SUPER SET TO HAVE THEM BOTH.
THEN WE HAVE [APPLAUSE] JIM HILTON.
JOHN WILLIAMS IS HERE. JIM'S WITH BJR TEXAN WITH LEE LEWIS AND THE GOVERNOR.
[NOISE] HE IS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND HE IS A SHORT TIME OR FOR US RIGHT NOW.
HE'S LOOKING TO START RETIREMENT.
WE'RE SUPER HAPPY FOR HIM BUT, AS HE LEAVES THIS SHOW MUST GO ON.
KEVIN WILL PICK UP WHERE HE LEFTS OFF.
I WISH CAN'T HAPPEN ON HIS RETIREMENT.
>> WELCOME TO YOUR NEW ROLE AND KEVIN, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I HAVE WORKED WITH KEVIN AND KEVIN IS TOUGH BUT FAIR.
IT MAKES YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND DO MORE WORK.
THAT'S GOOD. WE NEED THAT TO CONTINUE ON.
>> GMP FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 9.
WITHIN HIS GMP IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUCH LOCKED UP IN KNOTS, WHICH IS OUR NEW ELEMENTARY STANDARD GOT ACCOMPLISHED, SAYS JIM.
CLASSROOMS, LIBRARY, ALL THOSE THINGS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A STORM SHELTER.
THAT'S NOW SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO IS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THIS GMP IN THIS FACILITY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACILITY ITSELF BEFORE I MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION?
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT THE STORM SHELTER, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? IS IT A SEPARATE FACILITY?
>> NO, IT IS ACTUALLY A FACILITY WITHIN THE FACILITY IF YOU WILL.
IT'S THE KINDERGARTEN WING WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT IS OUR STORM SHELTER FOR THIS FACILITY.
>> DEREK, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW MANY SQUARE FEET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
>> HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
YOU SEE 115 ON YOUR RIGHT UP, BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CLERICAL MISTAKE.
IT IS 112,000 SQUARE FEET APPROXIMATELY.
>> WHICH WILL HOUSE HOW MANY STUDENTS?
>> I GUESS I'M BIG ON THE STORM SHELTER.
I'M GOING BACK TO THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.
THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THAT TO THE NAKED EYE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE OTHER TWO ELEMENTARY.
THAT'S JUST REINFORCED OR WHATEVER THE WAY THOSE CLASSROOMS ARE BUILT ON THE KINDA WING SO THAT STORM SHELTER ISN'T JUST FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS.
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IT HAS TO BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR ALL 1,000 STUDENTS PLUS ALL THE STAFF IN THE BUILDING TO SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF A STORM.BUT AGAIN, IF YOU WALK IN THERE AND WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL BY JUST WALKING THROUGH THERE.
>> THERE COULD BE SOME EXTEND CHANGES TOP OF THE ROOF WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE CAT OF THE ACTUAL SHELTER ITSELF OR FROM AN OPERATIONS STANDPOINT, NOTHING CHANGES.
>> DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF GMP DOCUMENT FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 AND TOTALING $28,734,380.
>> I RECKON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
JUST TIME WE ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.
>> LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY MR. ROGERS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT SHANE AND KEVIN CAME TO THE FIRST FACILITY'S MEETING TOGETHER LAST THURSDAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK EVERYBODY ALWAYS DOES, BUT THOSE TWO BROKE THEIR OWN GAME.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP MY GAME TO NOT JUST MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF IN THOSE MEETINGS.
[LAUGHTER] EVERYBODY ALWAYS KNOW IF IT'S FOLLOWING RICHARD, ERIC, YOU'LL ALL DO A GOOD JOB.
IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY ARE VERY AND SHANE THIS IS BRAND NEW WORK TO HIM BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN IT BUT HIM COMING TO THAT FACILITIES, MEANING HE WAS ALL IN AND SAME WITH KEVIN.
HE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, I DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT SOUNDED IMPORTANT.
[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL AND FINISH OUT A GOOD TEAM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
>> WELCOME. NOW THAT DOCTOR MCCORD HAS FRONTED YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR FELLOW WORKERS AND YOU WILL NOW BE LOOKED UPON AS CODE-BREAKERS.
>> WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT IT'S GOING TO THOSE GUYS.
I KNOW THAT BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN WOULD BE GREAT ADDITIONS TO THAT ALREADY STRONG TEAM.
[3B2. Consideration of health insurance renewal]
>> WELL, ALL THAT WAS SUCH GREAT NEWS AND NOW I GET TO TOUCH ABOUT INSURANCE.
>> YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE.
>> YES, I'M GOING TO, I GOT TO FIND THIS FIRST.
>> YOU ALWAYS DO IT WHAT JOE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I GET UP THEIR MESSED UP, JOE GETS UP.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
I DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS.
I HAVE HEATHER FROM MMA, MARSHALL MCCLELLAN, AND THEN ALSO PART OF THE COMMITTEE THAT HELPS MAKE THE DECISIONS MY DIRECTOR, HEATH SIMPSON, WHICH IS ON MY TEAM, AND THEN FARLEY SITS IN ON ALL OF THE INSURANCE MEETINGS AS WELL.
[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY, I GOT TO TALK TO YOU A MINUTE ABOUT HISTORY OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE 2022 PLAN.
YOU ALL KNOW INSURANCE IS STILL HARD AND IT'S STILL GOING UP.
IT'S STILL BEING OVERUTILIZED.
IT'S REALLY, I THINK MORE ABOUT THE MEDICAL COST OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, THERE'S TRAVELING COST.
BUT OUR TOTAL PREMIUMS PAID IN SO FAR THROUGH JULY ARE 5,660,692.
LOOK AT OUR TIMES 6,427,779, WHICH PUTS US AT A 113.85 LOSS RATIO.
WHEN YOU ADD THAT WITH THE 20 PERCENT THAT THEY LIKE TO BUILD THE END FOR THE OPERATIONS, TAXES, PROFIT MARGIN, THOSE THINGS, THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERING A 34.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN OUR CURRENT RATES.
HOWEVER, WE HAD A GREAT CATCH, SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
LAST YEAR WE NEGOTIATED WITH BAYLOR, SCOTT, AND WHITE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE.
THEY CAME IN AT 25 PERCENT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WE WERE, NO, THANK YOU THAT IS A LITTLE HIGH.
WE WENT BACK AND SHARPENED THE PENCILS A LITTLE BIT, AND WE GOT IT DOWN TO AN OVERALL 13 PERCENT INCREASE LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT DID RAISE THEIR CONTRIBUTION BY $25.
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THE TOTAL DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION WAS $325, WHICH MAKES SOME OF THE PLANS GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT RATHER THAN US.WE DID ADD A COUPLE OF COVENANT ONLY NETWORK PLANS TO TRY TO LOWER SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
THEN THEY GAVE US A RATE CAP FOR THIS YEAR.
WELL, WHEN WE SOLVE THAT OUR NUMBERS COMING IN, WE THOUGHT, OH GOSH.
THEY CAME IN OF COURSE, AT THE RATE CAP, AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE NINE PERCENT, THE 10 PERCENT AND THE 15 PERCENT.
WE SAID, OH GO SHARPEN YOUR PENCIL SOME MORE.
HEATHER AND HER TEAM WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WE NEGOTIATED SOME MORE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET DOWN TO A 6.5 PERCENT FOR THE TWO COVENANT ONLY, AND A 7.5 FOR THE HSI AND HMO.
THEN WE HAVE TWO PLANS AT THE VERY END AT 15 PERCENT.
HOWEVER, THOSE TWO CLIENTS AT THE END HAVE EXTENDED WRAP-AROUND COVERAGE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE, STUFF YOU WANT TO GO THE MAYO CLINIC.
YOU WANT TO GO TO MD ANDERSON, THOSE THINGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT FILL OUT THAT THEY NEED THAT COVERAGE THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IN THE YELLOW, YOU CAN SEE WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE MAINLY TAKING INSURANCE OR WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE FALLING IS HSI AND HMO 414 OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE IN THAT AREA.
AS A DISTRICT, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY.
OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO INSURE THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
BUT OUR FOCUS IS ALWAYS TRIED TO BE ON THE EMPLOYER ONLY AMOUNTS.
WE DIDN'T NEGOTIATE IT DOWN WHEN WERE ABLE TO GET THAT ENHANCED TWO PLANS AT THE END AND SO WE FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME TROUBLE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE A RATE CAP.
WE'LL BE PUTTING IT OUT FOR BID NEXT YEAR.
WE DID HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE COMMITTEE MET AND WE GAVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION LAID OUT JUST LIKE THAT.
THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY NOT TO GIVE UP OUR RATE CAP BECAUSE IF WE GET THAT UP IT WOULD NOT BE GUARANTEED, WE WOULD BE AT RISK OF LOSING THAT.
THEN REALLY THERE'S ONLY THREE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE AREA OF UNITED HEALTHCARE.
THEY JUST GOT WHITE AND BLUE CROSS RATIO.
WITH 113 PERCENT, WE DID NOT WANT TO RISK SEPARATE RATE CAP.
CURRENTLY E COST IS WHAT THE EMPLOYEE PAID THIS YEAR THEN ONE NEXT TO IT WILL BE WHAT THE EMPLOYEE WILL PAY NEXT YEAR.
THE PLANS ALL STAY THE SAME SO THEY DIDN'T CHANGE ANY OF OUR BENEFITS.
WE STILL HAVE SOME REASONABLE PLANS.
WE STILL HAVE A PLAN THAT'S $15.21 PER EMPLOYEE ONLY.
ONE WAY THAT I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE NEXT SCREEN.
THIS IS I THINK IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS CONTRIBUTING $325 OF THAT, WHICH IS BASICALLY ON THAT $15 PLAN.
THE DISTRICT'S PAYING 92 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEES OVERALL PREMIUM.
ON THE NEXT ONE IS 89 PERCENT, 82 PERCENT, 70 PERCENT, AND 60 PERCENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE'VE GONE UP, OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE AN 18, 19 AND 20 THAT WE HAD A RATE CAP THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
THEN IT WENT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN A COUPLE OF THE PLANS FROM $22-$3, AND THEN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO 25.
EVEN FOR THIS YEAR, THE MOST AMOUNT THAT EMPLOYEES HAD TO PAY IS A $22 NOW IT'S GONE TO 25 FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY.
I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO SHOW YOU SO WHEN EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SHOW THIS INFORMATION AND TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE DISTRICT IS PAYING ON THEIR BEHALF AND INSURANCE IS JUST NOT GOOD ANYWHERE.
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NEGOTIATE THOSE PROCESS AND KEEP THEM AS FAR DOWN AS WE CAN.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF TIMES THEY NEED SO THAT THEY INCREASE THAT THEY'VE GOT AND WHAT YOU SO GENEROUSLY GAVE THEM.
BUT I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN.
INSURANCE, SCHOLAR CAR INSURANCE, HOUSE INSURANCE IT JUST KEEPS GOING UP.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH INSURANCE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE THERE AND NEGOTIATE AND TRY TO DROP THE PROCESS DOWN.
WE'RE GIVING A WELLNESS PROGRAM WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPING US DROP THE PROCESS DOWN AND THAT PREMIUM STAMP OR WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR WAYS TO SAVE OUR EMPLOYEES MONEY ON THEIR SIDE. ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO, APPRECIATE HEATHER THE WORK THAT SHE DOES.
AS HEATHER TELLS US, SHE DOES HAVE A VESTED INTEREST BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WORKS HERE, AND SO SHE'S A BIG HELP TO US [NOISE] IN NEGOTIATING WITH INSURANCE AND HELPING US GET THE BEST DEAL.
WE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN TRS ACTIVECARE,
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AND NOW THROUGH THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A DISTRICT CAN OPT OUT.WE NEVER OPTED IN, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE, BUT WHEN YOU OPT OUT, YOU HAVE OPT OUT FOR FIVE YEARS.
SOME OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND HERE HAVE OPTED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME OF TRS CARE.
[OVERLAPPING] IT ADDS SOME FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WE HAVE SOME NEGOTIATING POWER, BUT IT ALSO ADDS A LOT OF EXTRA TIME, AND RESOURCES TO TRY TO GET THE BEST DEAL, AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST WE CAN TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT I SIT ON A COMMITTEE FOR THE REGION SERVICE CENTER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A MEMBER OF TRS ACTIVECARE, BUT TRS HAS GONE TO REGIONALIZE PRESSING, SO THEY SEE WHAT MEDICAL CARE COSTS PER REGION, AND SO THE PREMIUMS MAY REFLECT THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT.
LUBBOCK DOES NOT HAVE CHEAPER, YOU THINK, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A BIG PRESS DECREASE.
NO, BUT I DID GET A CHANCE TO SEE AS OF LAST YEAR, THERE WERE ONLY US, WE WERE THE ONLY DISTRICT WHO WAS NOT PART OF TRS ACTIVECARE THAT IS NOT SELF- INSURED.
BUT WE HAD THE CHEAPEST PREMIUM OF ALL OF THEM FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY IF YOU CHOSE THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLAN.
WON'T BE SAYING ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT NAMES BECAUSE IT WAS ANONYMOUS, THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
>> ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER, WE ALSO [NOISE] APPRECIATE A CHRONIC PREVENTATIVE MEDICATION LIST.
LIKE IF YOU HAVE DIABETES AND YOUR MEDICATIONS WERE RUNNING 1800, THEY ARE FREE.
SO IF IT'S A CHRONIC PREVENTATIVE MEDICAL ILLNESS OR SOMETHING, THEN IT WILL COVER THOSE, AND SO THAT'S DARN CLOSE A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU GO, AND EVERY TIME YOU PICK UP YOUR MEDICATIONS, AND THERE'S NO COST FOR HEART, THYROID, DIABETES, WHICH IS BIG.
ANYWAY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, GREAT FOR RECOMMENDATION.
>> GREAT FOR ADMINISTRATION, TRUE.
>> OKAY. ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND YOUR PRINTER RENEWAL OF THE BANISH COFFEE OF WHAT HEALTH PLANS FOR THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL, ABOUT MR. DAVID R MILLER.
>> SECOND BY MR. CRAIG ROBINSON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.
MS. DAILEY [NOISE] THANKS ON THE AGENDA FOR OTHER BOARD BUSINESS,
[4A. TASA/TASB Conference Update]
WE HAVE THE TASK OF CADRE CONFERENCE UPDATE FROM THE COURT.HE WAS OUR DELEGATE AND MCLEIGH SHE WENT AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE, BUT ALSO ATTENDED ALL THE SESSIONS.
I WOULD SAY THAT WHILE WE FACE CHALLENGES ON SELF POINTS, CERTAINLY IT'S NOT EASY, BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY GRATEFUL.
WHEN I GO TO CONFERENCES LIKE THAT AND SEE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE JUST ON A BIGGER SCALE, MORE TEACHER SHORTAGE.
THEY'RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THIS FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS LIKE OURS, THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES WITH GETTING THEIR BOND PROJECTS COMPLETED.
IT REALLY WAS VALIDATING TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE SAME THINGS WE ARE.
BUT AGAIN, IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT NOT BRAGGING, BUT JUST THANKFUL THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO THE DEGREE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES DO.
AND SO, THINGS ARE HARD FOR TEACHERS.
HANNAH OUR NURSE, BROUGHT ABOUT AND MENTIONED THAT WE DEAL WITH LOTS OF HEALTH ISSUES, THINK OF CASCADING EFFECTS FROM THE PANDEMIC, SO I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KNOW WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT EVERY SINGLE TIME, BUT WE TRY HARD, MAKES ME SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AFTER BEING AROUND OTHER BOARDS OF TRUSTEES, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ONE.
THE DISTRICT FIRST, YOU DON'T WEAR MATCHING SHIRTS,
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[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] BUT ANYTHING ANDREW OR MCLEIGH YOU WOULD ADD?>> I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT YOU SAID.
WE'RE REALLY IN THE SWEET SPOT OF BEING RIGHT HERE IN LUBBOCK, AND YOU KNOW WHY WE HAVE THE CHALLENGES OF SOME OF THE LARGER DISTRICTS WITH THE FAST GROWTH THAN AN EC, THE SMALLER DISTRICTS TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE.
THERE'S NO REALLY PERFECT SIZE OR PLACE TO BE, BUT THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE IN MY OPINION.
>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY MY FIRST TIME WAS VIRTUALLY, AND THIS WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TONE FROM THAT TIME, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE ENCOURAGING TONE.
WE SAW SOME THINGS FROM THE KIDDOS AND IT JUST REMIND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDDOS EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I FEEL LIKE THERE AT THE CONFERENCE THAT WAS THE THEME ALL AROUND THE KIDS, AND SO WE'RE BACK AFTER YOU [INAUDIBLE] BACK TO NORMAL HOPEFULLY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
IT WAS GOOD, IT WAS FUN MEETING SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS, OBVIOUSLY.
AS MICHAEL SAID, THERE'S NOT A SIZE WHERE THEY'RE NOT FACING ISSUES AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SOME AROUND HERE THAT THERE THEY'VE HAD SOME BIG ISSUES, AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEM OBVIOUSLY.
BUT THAT WAS FUN OR INTERESTING, I SHOULD SAY, NOT FUN NECESSARILY, BUT INTERESTING HEARING SOME OF THE BACKGROUNDS, BUT IT DOES MAKE YOU VERY THANKFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE, FOR THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, AND JUST FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE EXPERIENCE THAT MY FAMILY HAD HERE FRIENDSHIP, IT JUST KIND OF HOMES THAT IN FOR YOU THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE HERE IN WEST TEXAS.
>> I GOT A CHANT FUN FACT, REAL QUICK FUN FACT HISTORICAL FACT FOR YOU.
WE WENT, AND SAT IN THE GENERAL SESSION AND SAT IN FRONT OF THE MULESHOE ISD, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, "HAVE YOU EVER MET?" I DON'T REMEMBER HIS FIRST NAME, HE SAID, "MR. PRESTON." HE INTRODUCED ME TO MR. PRESTON, AND IT WAS DONALD PRESTON'S SON, WHO IS DONALD PRESTON DRIVE.
I HAD NOT EVER MET HIM BEFORE AND THAT LAND UP, AND DOWN DONALD PRESTON, 82ND STREET WHEN YOU GET TO LUBBOCK, THAT'S WHERE THEY GREW UP, THAT WAS THEIR LAND.
I'VE NOT EVER MET HIM BEFORE, AND HIS FATHER WAS A VERY BIG SUPPORTIVE FRIENDSHIP.
I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET HIM.
HE HAD SINCE PASSED AWAY, BUT IT WAS COOL TO MEET DONALD PRESTON DRIVE, THE SON.
>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TENDERED AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETING OF
[4B. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
THE NOVEMBER 2, 2022 WORKSHOP.THEN WE HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE MEANING FOR NOVEMBER IS NOVEMBER 17TH DUE TO THE UPCOMING THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
IT'S A REGULAR BOARD MEETING WE HAVE THERE AND IT'LL BE ON A THURSDAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED? THAT BEING SAID, THE MEETING STANDS FINE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.