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>> THE TIME IS SEVEN O’CLOCK AND THE BOARD IS LEAVING IT'S
[C. Reconvene from Closed Session]
CLOSED SESSION AND WE CAN RECONVENE IN THE OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME.WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. VINCENT, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN AN INDICATION OF THIS SESSION?
[D. Invocation]
>> SURE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND ADDRESS THINGS THAT ARE OF IMPORTANCE.
WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR COVERING AND YOUR BLESSING DURING THIS TIME.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.
>> PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
[E. Pledge of Allegiance]
CHIEF, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US PLEASE?>> MISS LIBER, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC FORUM?
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE RECOGNITIONS AND BEFORE I TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MS. TIFFANY TAYLOR,
[Additional Item]
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION YOU WANT TO MAKE.>> YES. ONE OF THE MANY HISTORIC DECISIONS THAT IS BEING MADE THIS EVENING IS THAT I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2.
LATER TONIGHT, WE'LL CALL IT SOMETHING BESIDES HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO AND SO CHELSEY CAMPBELL, WILL YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? I'M GOING TO COME AROUND. THIS IS CHELSEY CAMPBELL AND SHE IS KNOWN, CURRENTLY, AS THE PRINCIPAL OF HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CHELSEY'S BEEN WITH US FOR SIX YEARS.
WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS NEW HIGH SCHOOL, THEY REALLY NEEDED TO BE A LOT OF THINGS AND A BUSINESS DEVELOPER, COMPETITIVE PERSON, AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER, A PERSON WHO CAN GET KIDS EXCITED AND BRING PEOPLE BEHIND A CAUSE, SO TO SPEAK, WHICH THE CAUSE IS THE NEW SCHOOL.
SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AT HERITAGE.
THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW CHALLENGE.
SHE WAS LIKE, BUT I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE, AND I SAID, WELL, WE HAVEN'T EITHER [LAUGHTER] SO WE ARE ALL LEARNING TOGETHER.
MAKE NO MISTAKE SHE'S NOT DONE IT BEFORE, BUT DON'T LET HER MAKE YOU THINK THAT SHE IS NOT COURAGEOUS AND FIERCE, AND KIND AS A LEADER.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU JUST APPEAR TO BE NICE, SHE REALLY IS NICE.
THAT DIDN'T REALLY COME ACROSS CORRECT.
ANYWAY WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I ASKED CHELSEY TO JUST SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS AND REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT OFFICIAL YET UNTIL THEY TAKE THE VOTE.
WE'LL TAKE A VOTE IN A MINUTE. CHELSEY.
>> I JUST FIRST WANT TO THANK HER FOR THE RECOMMENDATION THIS WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
FOR MY CAREER PERSONALLY, I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.
FRENSHIP IS MAKING HISTORY AND I COULDN'T BE MORE HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
MY GOAL, NO MATTER WHAT, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR FRENSHIP FAMILIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED. THANK YOU.
>> DO YOU HAVE SOME IMPORTANT GUESTS OUT HERE TONIGHT?
>> I HAVE MY HUSBAND HERE, AND THIS IS CODY CAMPBELL.
I WISH MY CHILDREN WERE HERE, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING SPORTS FOR FRENSHIP RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER] YES, THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN HERE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US.
>> IT HAS TO BE A FAMILY AFFAIR OR IT'S THE FAMILY BUSINESS, SO TO SPEAK.
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>> ANYTHING ELSE? MS. TIFFANY TAYLOR YOU CAN COME FORWARD WITH ALL THE STATE FOOTBALL.
[G.1. All-State Football]
I'M EXCITED TO DO RECOGNITIONS IN A PACKED HOUSE SO EVERYONE CAN SEE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FOOTBALL.
I GUESS WE SHOULD BRING THEM IN.
[LAUGHTER] THEN PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THE BACK TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE A STEP BACK THERE SO YOU CAN.
DON'T BE SHY, YOU ALL CAN GET UP AND GO.
[BACKGROUND] AGAIN, PARENTS IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THE BACK YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO TAKE PICTURES BACK THERE.
TONIGHT WE'RE EXCITED TO CONGRATULATE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE COACHES FOR AN OUTSTANDING SEASON.
NOT ONLY DID THE TEAM MAKE IT INTO THE PLAYOFFS, BUT SEVERAL OF THE ATHLETES RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS AT THE DISTRICT AND STATE LEVELS.
THE SEASON WAS ALSO MARKED BY STUDENTS BREAKING DOZENS OF SCHOOL RECORDS, INCLUDING QUARTERBACK HUDSON HUTCHESON.
HE RANKED THIRD IN THE NATION FOR PASSING YARDS AND RECEIVED THE BILL FORD TOUGH PLAYER OF THE WEEK, AMONG OTHER THINGS, BUT THIS SPECIAL GROUP OF STUDENTS ALSO EXCELLED OFF THE FIELD.
BASED ON THEIR HIGH GPAS AND GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, THESE STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS FROM THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, AND TONIGHT WE HAVE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JAY NORTHCUTT TO HELP US RECOGNIZES STUDENTS. COACH.
>> THANK YOU, TIFFANY, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY YEAR TO RECOGNIZE THESE VERY FINE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST GROUP THAT WE'VE HAD, AT LEAST THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO INTRODUCE.
I'LL ALSO ADD FIVE OF THEM ARE OFFICE LINEMEN.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A REALLY SMART OFFICE LINE, THAT PAYS OFF.
NOT ONLY HAVE THEY EXCELLED OUT ON THE FIELD, WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO JUGGLE THE ACADEMICS WITH THE ATHLETICS, AND THEY'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
SOME OF THEM ARE AT ALMOST THE VERY TOP OF THEIR CLASSES.
SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE JUST OUTSTANDING SCORES ON THEIR TEST.
WE MAY ALREADY KNOW THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ALL STATE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE A SENIOR, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GPA OF AT LEAST 92 OR ABOVE AND THEN THEY TAKE SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON WHAT YOU MADE ON YOUR ACT AND SAT AND YOU CAN GET DEEMED HONORABLE MENTION, YOU CAN GET DEEMED SECOND TEAM, AND THEN YOU CAN GET DEEMED FIRST TEAM.
LET'S RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN STARTING WITH OUR STUDENT TRAINERS, WHO ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SOME OF THE SMARTEST OF THE BUNCH.
[LAUGHTER] WE'LL START OFF WITH BAILEY SCULLY. CONGRATULATIONS BAILEY.
>> GOOD JOB. KRYSTEN PYLE. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> JAYCEE WELCH. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> ADDISON SIMENTAL. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> BROOKS ROBERSON. CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. GREYSON PELSOR. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> TUCKER THOMPSON. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> HUDSON HUTCHESON. CONGRATULATIONS. SAM ODOM.
CONGRATULATIONS. LANDON HUTCHESON.
CONGRATULATIONS. TATE HIGGINS.
CHRISTIAN DAVIS. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> JAKE SOWDER. CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S GIVE THESE. [APPLAUSE]
>> SINCE THIS IS SUCH A BIG GROUP, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE OUT IN FRONT OF THE FCO.
[00:10:03]
PARENTS IF YOU WANT TO GRAB A BIG GROUP PICTURE, YOU WANT TO GO WITH THEM [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND] THE NEXT ONE.WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THEM BACK HERE AGAIN AT ANOTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
ALL STATE AWARDS HAVE NOT COME IN YET, SO THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR THOSE.
I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAT WERE ON THE LIST AS WELL.
WELL NOW I GET TO TURN THE ATTENTION TO YOU.
[G.2. School Board Appreciation]
JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.EACH YEAR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, THEY CREATE A THEME FOR THE APPRECIATION MONTH.
THIS YEAR'S THEME IS LOCALLY ELECTED, COMMUNITY CONNECTED.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ONLY LEADERS HERE AT FRENSHIP, BUT ALSO OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CHELSEY SALAZAR COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT FOR THAT VERY REASON.
BECAUSE SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED AS A LUBBOCK TOP 20 UNDER 40 LEADER.
CHELSEY, ALONG WITH ONLY 19 OTHERS ACROSS THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, ARE THE GUESTS OF HONOR TONIGHT AT THE TOP 20 UNDER 40 GALA CELEBRATION.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER, OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
BEFORE WE GET INTO ALL THE GIFTS MADE BY STUDENTS THAT YOU SEE AT YOUR SEATS, KEEGAN A WESTWIND THIRD GRADER, HELPED US OUT WITH A QUICK VIDEO TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
>> [MUSIC] HERE AT FRENSHIP, WE ARE A COMMUNITY, A FAMILY OF MORE THAN 11,500 STUDENTS, 1,400 STAFF MEMBERS, AND WE KEEP GETTING BIGGER.
THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS FOR STUDENTS LIKE ME.
YOU CONNECT US TO THE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO SUCCEED.
YOU CONNECT US WITH INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT SPARK A PASSION FOR LEARNING.
YOU CONNECT US WITH THE TOOLS TO BE FUTURE TEACHERS, SCIENTISTS, EXPLORERS, ARTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU CONNECT WITH US.
WE SEE YOU IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE WATCH HOW YOU SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.
WE HEAR YOUR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
WE KNOW AS DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD, THAT YOU HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE, BUT THAT YOU DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR FRENSHIP STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND ENSURE WE'RE GROWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ON BEHALF OF OUR FRENSHIP, COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES, THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND STAYING CONNECTED.
>> AGAIN, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO KEEGAN.
SHE'S VERY PRECIOUS. SHE'S HELPED US WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT VIDEOS.
JUST AGAIN, THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS LOCALLY ELECTED AND COMMUNITY CONNECTED.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE PHOTO AND THE LOGO, THE MOSAIC SCHOOL HOUSE THAT WAS SENT OUT BY TASBY THIS YEAR.
MANY OF THE GIFTS THAT YOU SEE AT YOUR SEAT INVOLVE SOME MOSAIC THAT ART STUDENTS DID.
BUT I'D LIKE TO INVITE BRANDY COPELAND UP HERE.
SHE'S OUR ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 PRINCIPAL, TO HELP US PRESENT THE GIFT ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCIPALS.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK THE PRINCIPALS TO STAND UP AS I DO THIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP HERE JUST STAND. GOOD EVENING.
[00:15:05]
ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCIPALS OF FRENSHIP ISD, WE WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.THIS YEAR THE THEME, AS TIFFANY SAID, IS LOCALLY ELECTED, COMMUNITY CONNECTED, AND THEIR GRAPHIC IS A MOSAIC.
BY DEFINITION A MOSAIC IS A WORK OF ART THAT'S COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE, VARIED PIECES HELD TOGETHER BY SOME MORTAR.
AS A SCHOOL BOARD, SOMETIMES YOU ARE THE PIECES THAT COME TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS, VIEWPOINTS AND STRENGTHS TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE FRENSHIP A PREMIER DISTRICT AND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND US AS PRINCIPALS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR GRATITUDE, BUT IT'S GIVEN TO EACH OF YOU WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] THIS IS TECHNICALLY A STATUTORY BOARD, SO YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO SERVE.
[LAUGHTER] THE FRONT PART IS A SLATE THAT HAS MOSAIC PIECES WITH EACH OF YOUR NAMES ON IT.
THEN THE BACK IS YOUR NAME ENGRAVE AND THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN SERVING THE DISTRICT, IT HAS THE LOCALLY ELECTED COMMUNITY CONNECTED MESSAGE AND THE YEAR.
>> SHE'S TO BLAME FOR THE GLITTER BOX.
>> AT YOUR SEAT THERE'S ALSO A BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT CREATED BY OUR FLORAL DESIGN STUDENTS.
IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE FLOWERS OF THE CLUB MONTH THAT THEY DO, YOU'RE MISSING OUT.
THEY'VE COME UP WITH SOME REALLY CREATIVE ARRANGEMENTS THIS YEAR.
THOSE WERE PROVIDED BY OUR SCHOOL CTE STUDENTS.
THERE'S ALSO A HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL THANK YOU CARD CREATED BY THEIR ART STUDENTS.
IF YOU CAN TELL, THERE ARE THREE BUILDINGS ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD THAT REPRESENT OUR THREE NEW SCHOOLS, ALCOVE TRAILS, ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 AND HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2.
ALL THE MOSAIC PIECES WITHIN THE BUILDING ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WAS CREATED BY SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A PERSONALIZED UPLAND HEIGHTS CARD WITH A PORTRAIT THAT THEY DREW YOU.
[LAUGHTER] BUT DURING THE PROJECT, THE STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT WHAT A SCHOOL BOARD DOES AND WHAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT.
THERE'S ALSO A POEM SHOWING THEIR GRATITUDE AND HOW THANKFUL THEY ARE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WE HAD BENNETT STUDENTS MAKE A THANK YOU VIDEO, SO YOU'LL GET THAT LATER TONIGHT.
LEGACY STUDENTS ALSO HAND PAINTED SOME FRENSHIP PICTURES FOR YOU THAT YOU'LL GET.
BUT I DO WANT TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE POSTER BEHIND YOU.
THAT WAS MADE BY OUR WESTWIND STUDENTS.
THEY ACTUALLY STARTED IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO EARN A STICKER, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE TV.
THEY WERE ABLE TO EARN STICKERS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR WHILE IN THE LIBRARY.
THEN THEY GOT TO PUT THE STICKER ON THE BANNER TO CREATE THE TIGER MURAL YOU SEE BEHIND YOU.
NOT ONLY DOES IT SIGNIFY THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR EXEMPLIFIED BY OUR WESTWIND STUDENTS, BUT I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE WORDS FROM OUR WESTWIND PRINCIPAL MRS. POWELL, THAT SHE WROTE IN THE LETTER.
IN THE RUSH OF DAILY ACTIVITIES IT'S EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE.
WHEN YOU STAND NEXT TO THE MOSAIC, IT CAN LOOK LIKE A COLLECTION OF MESSY WORK.
HOWEVER, WE OFTEN FIND THAT STEPPING BACK, AS YOU DO AS A SCHOOL BOARD, IT ALLOWS ONE TO APPRECIATE HOW THE INTRICATE DETAILS BECOME PART OF THE LARGER PICTURE UNFOLDING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT.
AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SERVE OUR FRENSHIP STUDENTS AND STAFF.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG DECISIONS BEING MADE TONIGHT AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE DECISIONS WERE NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] THAT WRAPS UP OUR RECOGNITION. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU TIFFANY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
NEXT OUT ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.
[2.A. Construction Update]
WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION OF PAPERS, MR. KEVIN COKER.[00:20:09]
MR. [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION.TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL BE ON THE CURRENT ONGOING CONSTRUCTION FROM THE 2020 BOND.
WE'LL START WITH THE NEW ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9.
THAT'S THE FACE BRICK ON THE EXTERIOR BUILDING IS NOW 100% COMPLETE AND THE MASONS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING UP THE BLOCK-WORK ON THE ROOF, THE BRICK COLUMNS AT THE ENTRY, AND SOME MASONRY STONEWORK IS ALL THEY LACK.
CONCRETE CREWS HAVE POURED THE SIDEWALKS AROUND THE BUS-DRIVE AND ALL THE APPROACHES EXCEPT FOR THE ONE TO THE EAST.
ALL UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD ROUGH ENDS ARE COMPLETE AND 90% OF THE MAIN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION PANELS HAVE BEEN SET.
THE DRYWALL IS COMPLETE IN THE CLASSROOM AREA TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THE PAINTERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 50% COMPLETE, TAKING EMBEDDING.
THE FINAL LAYERS OF ROOFING ARE INSTALLED OVER THE OFFICE, THE LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC PLATFORM AREA, WHILE FINAL PAPER-WALLS SHOULD BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 85% COMPLETE, THIS PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AND [INAUDIBLE].
THE FIRST PICTURE WE HAVE HERE IS OF EXTERIOR BRICK.
YOU SEE THE NICE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BROWN AND THE RED RIBBON.
PART OF THE WALL ON THE ROOF ARE LAYING THEIR FINAL COUPLE OF COURSES OF WALK WORK SO I'M EXPECTING IT TO BE FINISHED UP IN THE NEXT 5-10 DAYS WITH [INAUDIBLE].
BRICK COLUMNS OUT FRONT, THEY'LL BE SCAPING DOWN THE COURSE AT THE TOP.
THEY'LL ASK THE WASHING NEXT AND START HANGING STEEL FOR THE MAIN ENTRY FRONT PORCH.
THEN HERE'S SOME OF THE APPROACHES TO WEST.
THE SIDEWALKS ARE BEING POURED, PORCHES ARE BEING POURED.
THE CENTER OF THE DIRT, THE BACK WILL ACTUALLY BE ASPHALT, IT'S ONE OF THE LAST THING WE ACTUALLY PUT IN SO WE DON'T TEAR IT UP DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE LIBRARY AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE DOOR FRAME HAS BEEN SET, WINTER FRAME SET, DRY WALLS UP.
I'D LIKE TO IN THE NEXT DAYS OR SO.
THIS IS A CLASSROOM OVER ON THE EAST END OF THE FACILITY.
THE DRYWALLED UP, TAPED, BEDDED, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FINAL CODE PANEL IN THAT LEVEL.
YOU COULD SEE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FINISHED PRODUCT.
THE MAIN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION PANELS.
PANEL HAS BEEN SET, WIRE HAS BEEN TOLLED, AND SHOULD START SETTING BREAKERS AND GET SOME MAIN ELECTRICAL STUFF GOING ON SHORTLY.
THIS IS ACROSS THE ROOF OVER THE LIBRARY AREA, RIGHT HERE LOOKING ACROSS BACK TO THE RIGHT INSIDE OF THE SCREEN WE'RE IN, YOUR OFFICE AREA IN THE BACKGROUND, THAT'S SOME CLASSROOM AREA.
THEY'RE ROLLING ALONG. THAT'S THE CAP SHEET ON THAT, THAT'S THE FINISHED PRODUCT RIGHT THERE.
DREW MUST HAVE POINTED THAT. FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL.
WITH 90% OF THE VERTICAL STEEL NOW STANDING AND MOST OF THE METAL ROOF DECK'S WELDING IN PLACE, THE LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE CREWS HAVE STARTED POURING THE ROOF-DECK.
THE PLANE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING ON THE IN-WALL ROUGH ENDS IN THE EAST END OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WHILE THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ARE INSTALLING THE ROUGH ENDS IN THE WEST END CLASSROOM AREA.
ORDER IN PLACE WALLS AND WATERPROOFING ARE ONGOING, WE'RE ON THE COMPETITION HERE.
THE MASONS ARE LAYING BLOCK FOR THE DRESSING ROOM BEHIND THE PRACTICE GYMS. THE EXTERIOR [INAUDIBLE] IS COMPLETE ON THE EAST END OF THE MAIN HALL AND THE PLASTERS NOW MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND THE FRONT OF OUR CURRENTLY INQUIRY AREA.
FIRE PROOFING IS SPRAYED ON THE STEEL IN THE NORTHEAST CLASSROOM AREA AND IS ONGOING ON THE WEST SIDE AND IN FRONT OF THE CT AREA.
THE METAL STUD FRAMING IS ONGOING IN THE CLASSROOM WHILE EXTERIOR SHEETING IS WRAPPING UP IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE FACILITY.
BETWEEN METAL STUD FRAMING AND [INAUDIBLE] THE CONCRETE, THIS PROJECT IS PROGRESSING NICELY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE FIRE PROOFING BEING SPRAYED OVER ON THE WEST END OF THE FACILITY.
SHORTLY THEY'LL BE COVERING THAT UP WITH SHEETING AND DRYWALL AND WE'LL GET THE PROJECT IN DRY.
HERE IS SOME WELDED DOWN ROOF DECKING.
WE SEE PLYWOODS AROUND THE PARAPET WALL AROUND THE HVAC UNITS AND THIS IS BEING PREPARED FOR A LOT MORE CONCRETE ON THERE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A RESTROOM AND WHAT HAPPENS OFF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM ACROSS TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR BOYS' RESTROOM.
OF COURSE, THEY COME TO THE COMMON AREA, WASH THEIR HAND BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO CLASS.
THIS IS OVER ON THE EAST END OF THE FACILITY.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST FINISHED PRODUCTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUILDING.
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THIS IS THE FIRST LITTLE SECTION THAT'S FINISHED.THIS IS WHERE IT WILL BE COVERED.
THIS IS PUT ON, IT'S A FINISHED PRODUCT.
WE HAVE FINISHED OUT AROUND THE BUILDING FROM THERE.
THIS IS IN THE FAR OUT SECTION.
YOU SEE THE HVAC DOES WORK AROUND THROUGH THE ROOF OVERHEAD ROUGH IN THE ELECTRICAL AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME DRYWALL IN THERE, PUT IN SHEET DROP THERE PRETTY QUICK.
YOU SEE THE POUR IN PLACE WALLS ARE ABOUT 85% COMPLETE, BLACK.
YOU SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE POUR-IN-PLACE WALLS ARE WATERPROOFING, AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
AS THE DIRT WORK CONTINUES FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST, OUR SPORTS SURFACING CONTRACTOR IS NOW MOBILIZED.
SHOOTING FINAL ELEVATIONS, DRAINAGE, AND DRAINAGE PATHWAYS.
WITH THE DIRT WORK ONGOING AND THE SPORTS SURFACING CONTRACTOR NOW ON SITE, THIS PROJECT'S OFF TO A GOOD START.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WHERE THE ACTUAL TRACK IS GOING TO GO.
THIS IS THE OUTSIDE LANE OF THE TRACK, WE START THERE, DRAIN EVERYTHING DOWN TO CORRECT HEIGHT, DRAIN WATER AND THEN BUILD IT UP FROM THERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOME WAY OUT.
THIS AN INTERESTING PICTURE. DO YOU REMEMBER THE DIRT PILE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOWN TO.
[LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW A FUN FIELD FACT.
I REMEMBER I FIRST STARTED 13 MONTHS AGO, IT WAS NOVEMBER, AND MR. COBB WAS GIVING THE PRESENTATION UP HERE.
THERE WAS 75-100 SEMIS A DAY HAULING DIRT INTO THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS 70,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT WE WERE HAULING IN AND WE'RE DOWN TO TWO TRUCKLOAD AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO FOLLOW THIS AND MORE.
>> JUST GOT A QUICK UPDATE. WE CONVERT TO THE NINTH GRADE CENTER AND ATHLETIC RENOVATIONS FOR THE EXISTING FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
THE JOB TRAILER HAS BEEN SET SOUTHSIDE OF THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF WOLFFORTH FOR REVIEW AND FOR PERMITS, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS COORDINATING AND SCHEDULING IN THE FBC.
ANY QUESTIONS GUYS? I DIDN'T DO THAT SO IT WASN'T ME.
>> HOW OLD ARE THESE PHOTOS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I'M GOING TO GUESS PROBABLY BEFORE THE REALLY COLD WEATHER HIT.
MAYBE A WEEK AGO, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, SOMETHING LIKE, THEY VARY.
I GOT A LITTLE PRETTY WEATHER YESTERDAY, I WENT OUT AND SNAPPED A FEW COUPLE HERE, A COUPLE THERE.
BUT THEY'LL SPAN BACK ABOUT 10 DAYS OR SO, AND THE VIDEO, I BELIEVE, WAS IN NINE.
>> BECAUSE THEY COME ALONG NICE.
THEY NEVER PASSED ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE COMING ALONG.
>> NEXT TITLE ON THE AGENDA IS, NOT THE ATTENDANCE ON, IS THE ROUTINE DISTRICT'S OPERATIONS OR YOU HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE FOR YOU TO REVIEW?
[3.A. Consent Agenda]
>> HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND, THAT WAS MICHELLE AND ANTHONY.
>> WAS THAT NO LONGER THERE? [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU, WARDEN.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
>>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S [INAUDIBLE].
>> YOU CAN THEN GET THE DETAIL.
>> NOW WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR CHANGES TO ELEMENTARY.
[3.B.1. Consideration and possible action for changes to elementary attendance zones]
ATTENDED SIGNS, MR. RICHARD, DEAN.>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH THE VJA LOCAL, WE'RE BRINGING INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR THE ADDITION OF THE NINTH ELEMENTARY AND THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS PROCESS INCLUDED SOME OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS,
[00:30:02]
JUST TO REMIND YOU OF WHERE WE CAME FROM.BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP AT THE MEETING TO INTRODUCE THE BOUNDARIES IN THE PROCESS.
IN OCTOBER, WE HELD TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR BOTH THE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FUTURE ELEMENTARY.
IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD A BOARD MEETING TO REPORT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE MADE SOME REVISIONS TO THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES.
IN DECEMBER, WE HELD ANOTHER TOWN-HALL MEETING ABOUT THE REVISED ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES, AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE ALSO HAD A BOARD MEETING WITH IT BEING A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE ALLOWED.
THEN THAT BRINGS US TO JANUARY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE'VE HAD AN EMAIL AVAILABLE AND SHARED ONLINE AS WELL AS THE TOWN-HALL MEETINGS FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE INPUT FEEDBACK.
DR. MCCORD AND MYSELF HAVE ANSWERED PHONE CALLS, QUESTIONS FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAD THE TWO INITIAL TOWN-HALL MEETINGS FOR THE ELEMENTARY.
WE MADE REVISIONS TO THAT ELEMENTARY BASED ON THE STAKEHOLDERS' FEEDBACK.
THEN WE HAD A THIRD TOWN-HALL MEETING WITH THOSE REVISIONS FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS.
THESE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE WITH THE FUTURE GROWTH AND EFFICIENT USE OF THE CURRENT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND ALL OF THE TOWN HALL COMMENTS AND EMAILS WE RECEIVED WERE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU.
WE ALSO HAD ONE THAT WAS TURNED IN TONIGHT THAT WAS LATE AT YOUR DESK.
JUST TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARY.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT ELEMENTARY BOUNDARY.
THE ACTUAL COLORS ARE THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE PURPLE HERE IS WILLBERN, THE YELLOW IS LEGACY, THE ORANGE, NORTHRIDGE, BLUE IS WESTWIND, OAK RIDGE IS THE PURPLE, CRESTVIEW IS THE GREEN OR THE TEAL, AND THEN UPLAND HEIGHTS IS THE LIGHT GREEN, AND THEN BENNETT IS THE LIGHT PURPLE.
THAT WENT FAST. [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] SOME OF THE HISTORY OF OUR BOUNDARY CHANGES GOING BACK TO 1997.
IN 1997, WE HAD KC, CRESTVIEW, NORTHRIDGE, AND WESTWIND AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IN 2003, CRESTVIEW AND NORTHRIDGE WERE REZONED DUE TO SOME POPULATION SHIFT.
THEN IN 2006, BENNETT, CRESTVIEW, NORTHRIDGE, WESTWIND AND WILLOW BEND WERE REZONED DUE TO THE ADDITION OF WILLOW BEND.
BENNET WAS CONVERTED TO ELEMENTARY CAMPUS FROM AN INTERMEDIATE.
IT WAS A 5,6 CAMPUS AND AT THAT TIME WE CONVERTED IT TO AN ELEMENTARY.
ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WERE AT THIS KC BUILDING MOVED TO THE BENNETT ELEMENTARY, AND THEN THE SIXTH GRADERS THAT WERE AT BENNETT WERE MOVED INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AT THAT TIME, WE OPENED [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL AS WELL.
IN 2009, BENNETT, CRESTVIEW WILLOW BEND WERE REZONED DUE TO THE OPENING OF OAKRIDGE ELEMENTARY.
IN 2014, NORTHRIDGE WESTWIND WILLOW BEND WERE REZONED DUE TO THE ADDITION OF LEGACY.
THEN IN THE MOST RECENT ONE IN 2016, IN A CRESTVIEW NORTH RIDGE, WESTWIND WERE REZONED DUE TO THE ADDITION OF UPLAND HEIGHTS.
TO SHOW YOU THAT ON THE MAPS, THIS IS REVISED OPTION A, AND IT'S SHOWING ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 IN THE RED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT REZONING THERE.
THE BLUE LINES ARE ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE IN HOW THE SPLITS WORK THERE.
THE NUMBERS FOR THE REVISED OPTION A ARE HERE.
MR. REGER, YOU MENTIONED WANTING TO SEE THE PERCENT INCREASES, THIS IS PERCENT INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR AND THEN THE TOTALS THERE RIGHT ABOVE THAT.
YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 MOVES FROM BEING IN THIS AREA TO BEING UP TOWARD THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT.
AGAIN, THE BLUE LINES ARE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.
THEN SAME THING HERE, THE NUMBERS FOR REVISED OPTION B WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES OVER THE YEARS AND TOTAL STUDENTS AT THE BOTTOM.
THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SPLIT
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ARE WILLOW BEND IS SPLIT BETWEEN TERRA VISTA AND ATMS, WESTWIND IS SPLIT BETWEEN TERRA VISTA AND HMS, BENNETT IS SPLIT BETWEEN FMS AND ATMS. THEN UPLAND HEIGHTS IS SPLIT BETWEEN FMS AND HMS. BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS WITH THE NEW REZONING THAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT, THOSE FOUR WOULD REMAIN SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE CAMPUSES.OAKRIDGE WOULD BECOME SPLIT BETWEEN FMS AND HMS. THEN ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN FMS AND ATMS. ON THE MAPS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE THAT CUTS THROUGH ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE THAT COMES THROUGH WILLOW BEND HERE THROUGH WESTWIND HERE, THROUGH OAKRIDGE HERE, AND THEN UPLAND HEIGHTS HERE, AND OF COURSE BENNETT THERE.
SAME THING ON THIS ONE FOR OPTION B, THE BLUE LINE CUTS THROUGH ELEMENTARY NUMBER 9 HERE WILLOW BEND HERE AND HERE, AND THEN BENNETT HERE, OAKRIDGE AND UPLAND HEIGHTS.
>> RICHARD, WILL YOU REMIND US THOSE BLUE LINES, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAMES ON THEM.
>> YES. THIS AREA HERE IS ALCO TRAILS, THIS AREA HERE IS TERRA VISTA, THIS AREA HERE IS HERITAGE.
THEN THIS BIG AREA DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM IS FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL ON BOTH MAPS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THE ADMINISTRATION DOES HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
>> HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR IT AT ALL.
>> CAN YOU FLIP IT BACK WITH THE PICTURE OF THE FORD JUST SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING? GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT.
>> THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF OPTION A REVISED BOUNDARIES FOR THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY ADMINISTRATION FOR REVISED OPTION IF A WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. [INAUDIBLE] TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR REVISED OPTION A, CORRECT?
ANDREW. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES [NOISE] MR. DEAN NEXT AGENDA ITEM
[3.B.2. Consideration and possible action for changes to high school attendance zones]
IS YOURS AS WELL AS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR CHANGES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES.>> AGAIN, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WE DID SIGN THAT PROCESS STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WORK OUR WAY TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, THE EMAIL HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AND SHARED ONLINE TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR STAKEHOLDERS PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
DR. MCCORD AND I HAVE ANSWERED PHONE CALLS, CALLED PEOPLE BACK.
WE HAVE FOUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS AT EACH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR THE BOUNDARIES CONCERNING THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THESE TOWN HALL MEETING COMMENTS AND EMAILS WERE PROVIDED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS THE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARY, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WHERE WE HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL [LAUGHTER] THE HIGH SCHOOL OPTION A IS A NON FEEDER PATTERN.
IT CUTS ACROSS, THIS ONE HERE IS [INAUDIBLE] ROAD 7,000 WHICH IS 66 STREET, COMMONLY KNOWN AS.
THEN IT CUTS DOWN TO MARTIAL SHARP HERE GOES UP MARTIAL SHARP, DOWN FRANKFURT AND ACROSS SPUR 327.
THIS WOULD BE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2, THIS WOULD REMAIN FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
THE NUMBERS HERE, AND MR. GRABER ADDED THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM FOR TOTALS AND PERCENT INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
THIS IS THE NON FEEDER PATTERN FOR OPTION A.
FOR OPTION B IS A TRUE FEEDER PATTERN.
ALCO TRAILS AND FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD FEED TO FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
TERRA VISTA AND HERITAGE WOULD FEED TO HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2.
THE NUMBERS ON THAT, BOUNDARY IS THIS BLUE LINE THAT FOLLOWS THE LINE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE NUMBERS ON THIS ONE, AGAIN, TOTALS AT THE BOTTOM, PERCENT INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SAME SLIDE IN A? THANK YOU. CAN GO BACK TO B ONE MORE TIME.
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>> WHICH ONE IS CLEAR, A OR B? [LAUGHTER]
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED THUS FAR? BEFORE I HEAR A RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION, DR. MCCORD, DO YOU OR MR. DEAN WANT TO ADDRESS PHASING IN? I DON'T LIKE CALLING IT HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2, READ SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.
>>IT HAS A NAME [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUT MY QUESTION IS WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT HIGH SCHOOL IS COMING ONLINE?
>> AT WHAT GRADES ARE GOING TO GET ADDED, HOW MANY YEARS? JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SQUARE ON THAT.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. I SHOULD HAVE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WOULD SAY, YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE], WHICH I PROBABLY WILL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS SLATED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 25.
IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THAT FIRST YEAR IT HAS 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU SEE FHS, THAT ROW SO WE SHOULD HAVE 2,425 AT FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, FIRST YEAR THAT THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL OPENS.
YOU DON'T SEE A HUGE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER, BECAUSE THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL IS OPENING WITH 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS ONLY.
THIS IS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, BUT LET'S SAY THAT, IN ESSENCE, WE'RE SPLITTING THE 9TH GRADERS IN HALF.
HALF WILL GO TO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, HALF WILL STAY OR WILL GO TO FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WON'T HAVE A 9TH GRADE CENTER ANYMORE.
IT WILL BE THE HOME OF FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEN BASICALLY, THE 10TH GRADE CLASS OF 25,26 WOULD BE SPLIT IN HALF.
THAT WOULD MAKE UP THE WHOLE POPULATION OF THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, SO ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 1,000 KIDS, AND THE FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL HAS HALF OF THE NINTH GRADE, SO TO SPEAK, HALF OF THE 10TH GRADE, SO TO SPEAK.
YOU HAVE ALL THE FIFTH GRADERS AND ALL THE 12TH GRADERS, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY OPENING WITH TWO GRADE LEVELS.
THEN IN THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DROPS IN POPULATION AGAIN.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE 10TH GRADERS BECAME 11TH GRADERS, THE NINTH GRADERS BECAME TENTH GRADERS.
THEN YOU'VE GOT A CLASS OF INCOMING 9TH GRADERS.
YOU'VE GOT THREE GRADE LEVELS SPLIT IN TWO, SO TO SPEAK.
YOU ONLY HAVE THE SENIOR CLASS OF 27, THE FOUR CLASS THAT I WOULD CALL IT.
THEN THE FIRST YEAR THAT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE FULLY OPEN IS THE 2027, 2028, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS THAT WE'LL HAVE AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL YOU CAN SEE THAT HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER 2 IS LARGER THAN FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THEN FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS TO GROW, THEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2031/32.
BUT AGAIN, THE FIRST YEAR THAT BOTH HAVE FOUR GRADE LEVELS WOULD BE THE 27/28 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION ABOUT SECOND HIGH SCHOOL BUT I DIDN'T EVEN MEAN TO SAY THAT.
I MEANT TO SAY FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBERS DECREASE AND THEN IT STARTS TO INCREASE.
RICHARD, IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE MAP, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO WITH THE FEEDER PATTERN, LOOK AT TERRA VISTA AND HERITAGE.
THE GEOGRAPHY, THERE IS MUCH SMALLER.
MUCH OF THOSE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT CONTAIN HERITAGE AND TERRA VISTA ARE POPULATED.
ALCOVE TRAILS AND FRENSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE, SO TO SPEAK, THERE.
A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND, A LOT OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING AND PROJECTING, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
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[NOISE] YOU WILL SEE THAT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STARTS OUT SMALLER ONCE WE GET TO FOUR GRADE LEVELS.BUT THEN IT'S GOING TO GROW. BECAUSE LOOK AT ALL, IF YOU DID A FEEDER PATTERN AT ALL OF THAT SPACE.
I ALSO REMEMBER DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
BUT LET'S GO BACK FOR A MINUTE TO THE FALL OF 2011.
IN THE FALL OF 2011, WE OPENED HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. HERNANDEZ WAS THE PRINCIPAL.
I WAS IN RICHARD'S ROLE BACK THEN, AND I DIDN'T DO AS GOOD A JOB ON THE BOUNDARIES.
BUT IT WAS HERITAGE AND WE HAD TERRA VISTA AND FRENSHIP MIDDLE, AND HERITAGE.
IT JUST LOOKED LIKE THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES WERE SO SMALL COMPARED TO TERRA VISTA AND FMS. AND I HAD SHOWN ALL THESE GREAT GRAPHS AND ALL THESE PROJECTIONS AND ABOUT HOW HERITAGE POPULATION WAS GOING TO GROW AND THEN IT WAS GOING TO LEVEL OUT.
WELL, THAT WAS WRONG, [LAUGHTER] I THINK I FORGET, WAS IT 2017? IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE REDISTRICTED THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND HERITAGE BOUNDARIES GOT EVEN SMALLER BECAUSE THE POPULATION IN THE HERITAGE ATTENDANCE ZONE IS VERY DENSE, AS IS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TERRA VISTA ATTENDANCE ZONE.
YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT ALL THAT.
YOU PROBABLY JUST THINKING I JUST WANTED TO SAY LIKE FOUR WORDS.
>> IT'S LIKE THE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
>> YES. SO NINTH AND 10TH GRADE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WITH.
GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE GROWING AND FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL IT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED.
IT'S ALREADY A LITTLE [NOISE], IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CROWDED NEXT YEAR.
BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THE TIME TO OPEN WITH ONLY NINTH AND 10TH GRADE.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING UPPER CLASSMEN 11TH GRADERS AND 12TH GRADERS TO MOVE.
BECAUSE IN OUR RESEARCH WE'VE NOT JUST DONE THIS WITH OUR OWN BRAIN POWER, BUT WE HAVE OF COURSE, USED DEMOGRAPHERS, BUT WE'VE ALSO DONE LOTS OF VISITS TO LOTS OF PLACES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY OPENED NEW HIGH SCHOOLS RECENTLY.
THEY HAVE GROWN SO QUICKLY THAT THEY DID THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING.
BUT EVERYONE, THEY JUST SPLIT IT INTO, IF YOU WERE AN INCOMING SENIOR [NOISE] AND YOU WERE ZONED TO THE NEW SCHOOL, YOU HAD TO GO TO THE NEW SCHOOL, YOU'RE INCOMING JUNIOR, YOU'RE ZONED TO THE NEW SCHOOL.
YOU WENT TO THE NEW SCHOOL. I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO PHASE IT IN.
THERE'LL STILL BE COMPLICATIONS. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD.
WE'VE HAD ONE HIGH SCHOOL, 88 YEARS AS OF THIS YEAR.
WHEN WE OPEN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL BE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT 90%.
I'M GOING TO LOOK 90, [LAUGHTER] THIS IS JUST COLORED HAIR.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HAIR AND SO I'M HOPING TO STILL HAVE SOME IN TWO YEARS.
>> WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
>> WE'LL BE OPEN FOR A FULL COMPETITIVE SCHEDULE OF OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, 27/28?
>> WELL, AGAIN, I'M GETTING INTO ALL KINDS OF [OVERLAPPING] BUT WE ALSO HAVE BAND AND WE HAVE THEATERS [OVERLAPPING].
>> I SAID EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY.
>> WELL, I'M LOOKING INTO THEATER.
[LAUGHTER] I DON'T WANT ME MAKING ATHLETIC DECISIONS OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS.
>> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ATHLETICS DECISIONS WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET TO-
>> -BASED UPON THESE NUMBERS IN THE CURRENT REALIGNMENT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE CLASSIFIED AS?
>> WHAT YEAR? [OVERLAPPING]. THE 26/27?
>> [OVERLAPPING] 26/27 THE 1,943 STUDENTS, THAT'D BE 5A HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WHAT WOULD THE OTHER ONE BE?
>> RIGHT NOW, THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO BETWEEN 5A AND 4A.
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>> PLEASE DON'T ASK US WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SIT, PEOPLE IN STANDS [LAUGHTER] EACH OTHER.
>> I'VE BEING TRYING TO GET ANSWERS TO WHAT PEOPLE ASK ME ON THE STREETS AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO [OVERLAPPING] GET IT AS CLOSE AS I CAN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF RUMORS THEY ARE GOING AROUND OUT THERE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DROP TO A TWO AND THREE OR WE'RE GOING TO BE TWO FIVES OR WE'RE GOING TO BE A SIX AND A TWO [LAUGHTER].
WELL, THOSE CHANGE TOO, BUT THE NUMBERS ADJUST A LITTLE BIT.
6A IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY TAKE THE SCHOOLS WITH HOW MANY OF THE TOP 250 OR HOWEVER MANY?
>> THE CUTOFF RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 2,300 AND ABOVE.
>> IT'S THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT [OVERLAPPING] THE ENROLLMENT NUMBER. YEAH.
>> WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR IS WE'RE DOING A SECOND CAMPUS, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE DOUBLING ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
WHICH MEANS WE HAVE MORE KIDS, AT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
I THINK TO ME, THE MORE INVOLVED YOU HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL AND THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THE MORE WELL ROUNDED THEY ARE AND JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY.
BUT THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND ON THE CLASSIFICATION BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S BAND IT'S GOING TO A PLAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
THAT JUST I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE GOING TO GO [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE SIZE OF THE BAND [OVERLAPPING] AND I JUST GOT RIGHT IN THERE.
>> I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU. I WAS TOO AND I GOT TURNED INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BY YOUR CHARACTERIZATION JUST THEN [LAUGHTER].
>> JUST TO FIGURE OUT THE ATHLETIC SOMEONE DON'T [INAUDIBLE]?
>> DID I SAY ATHLETIC? I JUST SAID I'M VOTING FOR HIM [BACKGROUND]
>> PROBLEM WAS THERE [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]
>> I DIDN'T MENTION OUTLAW SCHEDULES.
I DIDN'T MENTION ANY OF THAT STUFF.
I'LL JUST TRY TO JUST GET PEOPLE.
HELP ME OUT HERE. I'VE BEEN ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PUTTING THESE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES TOGETHER.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST GIVEN TO US TONIGHT, AND THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT THIS DISTRICT DID AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN IT.
>> THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO IS I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PARENTS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE AND YOU'RE SEEING THESE THINGS, IT'S HARDER FOR US TO MAKE THE DECISION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GAUGE WHAT THE PUBLIC IS THINKING AND WHAT THE PUBLIC IS WANTING TO BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE.
WE ARE BASICALLY SERVANTS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN THIS DISTRICT.
AND IT'S OUR JOB TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY THOSE THOUGHTS UP HERE.
AGAIN, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE INPUT AND THE EMAILS, SOME OF THEM HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> YEAH, MORE SASS ON IT. [LAUGHTER] WE FULLY UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SIT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU'RE BASICALLY DEALING WITH TWO THINGS THAT GET PEOPLE THE MOST FIRED UP.
AND THAT'S, ONE IS THEIR CHILDREN AND THE SEGMENT IS THEIR MONEY, TAXES.
THE ONE THING THAT IS STILL A BLESSING FOR THIS DISTRICT AT THIS TIME IS WE'RE STILL ALL AT LARGE AS FAR AS THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE UP HERE.
AND I LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE MEMBER PULLING FOR ONE PARTICULAR ZONE MORE THAN ANOTHER.
IT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO TRY TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYBODY AND KEEP IT IN A WHOLE.
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
I KNOW BRIAN AND SOME OF YOU, OTHERS, AND DR. MCCORD, HAVE COME FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, IT'S NOT THAT WAY AND THOSE BOARDS OFTEN A LITTLE BIT COMPLEX.
>> IT'S COMPLEX. THEY CAN MAKE IT WORK, BUT IT'S COMPLEX.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY ALSO THAT TONIGHT WE ARE MAKING BIG DECISIONS, APPRECIATING THE BOARD AND THEIR VOLUNTEER ROLE.
SEAN AND I HAVE JUST BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A WHILE BUT IT'S ALREADY CLEAR THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS,
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THAT THESE AREN'T JUST NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES THAT THESE REPRESENT FAMILIES, THESE REPRESENT UNIQUE KIDS, UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.ALL OF THESE THINGS IMPACT LIVES, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WHILE WE'RE MAKING SOME BIG DECISIONS TONIGHT, THIS ISN'T ALL THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF BIG DECISIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AFTER THIS, AS MR. DRAPER BROUGHT UP, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, WHAT ARE ALL THE OFFERINGS AT BOTH SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO OFFER EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING AND DUPLICATED A LOT OF THE THINGS.
WE DUPLICATED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING EXCEPT PEOPLES BANK STADIUM.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT.
>> NO, WAS IN THE CARDS, WAS IN THE BUDGET.
YEAH. AND WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S ANOTHER BIG DECISION IS I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WATCHING OR MANY PEOPLE VIEWING FROM HOME IS THAT THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ABOUT ANY GRANDFATHERING GUIDELINES? WHAT I MEAN BY GRANDFATHERING GUIDELINES IS WILL THERE BE ANY EXCEPTIONS MADE BASED ON I'M ZONED TO THIS SCHOOL, BUT I HAVE AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE CAN I SAY AT MY EXISTING SCHOOL? THOSE DECISIONS WON'T BE MADE TONIGHT.
THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE LATER THIS SPRING, MUCH LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH [NOISE] ALCOVE TRAILS.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S A SECRET RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE THE DECISION IS NOT MADE ON THESE BOUNDARIES UNTIL THESE VOTES ARE TAKEN.
THEN AFTER THE VOTES ARE TAKEN, THEN WE HAVE TO MIND LOTS OF DATA, FIGURE OUT WHERE KIDS LIVE, WHERE THEY WOULD BE ZONED, HOW MANY KIDS THERE ARE, THE POPULATION, ALL THAT THING, THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, WE JUST KNOW THE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO THOSE KIDS ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE ZONED, THEN WE START.
OKAY, HERE ARE THE GRANDFATHERING GUIDELINES.
HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO AND THOSE WILL BE PUBLISHED.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WITH ALCOVE TRAILS WITH THAT I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID, BUT I THINK WE SENT LETTERS.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY A ZONING, WE SENT LETTERS HOME.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT HAS TO COME.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO THESE THINGS FIRST.
WE JUST CAN'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS UNTIL THESE DECISIONS TONIGHT ARE MADE.
>> OKAY. THAT ALL BEING SAID, MR. DEAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION IS?
>> SURE. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY THOUGH IS THAT IT WASN'T JUST ME THAT PUT THESE BOUNDARIES TOGETHER.
CARLIE, RHONDA [NOISE] CINDY, THE WHOLE CABINET WORKED ON THIS.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR ALL THE BOUNDARY STUFF.
IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT LED BY DR. MCCORD.
BUT WITH THAT, THE DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF OPTION B, WITH THE FEEDER PATTERNS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY DAVID R. MILLER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?
>> ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES.
[3.B.3. Consideration and possible action to name the future ninth elementary]
CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO NAME THE FUTURE NINTH ELEMENTARY.FOLKS, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHILE HE'S GETTING READY FOR THAT.
DO YOU THINK THIS NINTH ELEMENTARY IS THE LAST ONE? WITH THE GROWTH WE'VE GOT GOING ON IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO.
>> THIS FALL WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF NAMING FRIENDSHIP ISDS ELEMENTARY NUMBER NINE.
AND WE REALLY FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS.
A POLICY CW LOCAL, THAT GUIDES OUR PROCESS OF NAMING A FACILITY, AND THEN ALSO GATHERING INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
THAT'S OUR FRIENDSHIP STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO GATHER INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
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WE OPENED A NAME NOMINATION FORM FROM NOVEMBER 13 TO NOVEMBER 30TH.IN ADDITION TO THAT PUBLIC NOMINATION, FRIENDSHIP STUDENTS IN THIRD THROUGH FOURTH GRADE WERE GIVEN DESIGNATED CLASSROOM TIME TO SUBMIT A NAME FOR THE NINTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE GETTING INPUT FROM OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
AND WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE EVERYONE IN THIS PROCESS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO NAME OUR NEW CAMPUSES.
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE NAME NOMINATION FORM WAS PUSHED OUT TO PARENTS THROUGH SKYWARD EMAILS, WE HAD REMIND MESSAGES.
TUESDAY FOLDER FLYERS WENT HOME TO ALL ELEMENTARY PARENTS.
IT WAS ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT DURING COMMERCIALS, DURING THE LIVE STREAM, DURING SPORTING EVENTS IN NOVEMBER.
WE REALLY PUSHED IT OUT A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE REACHING ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.
AFTER THE SURVEY CLOSED, WE HAD NEARLY 1,200 NAME SUBMISSIONS THAT WERE MADE BY OUR STUDENT, STAFF, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THAT, MORE THAN 700 OF THOSE NAME NOMINATIONS CAME FROM OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS,.
WE HAD MORE THAN 800 PARENTS SUBMIT NAMES OF THE ELEMENTARY, AND JUST UNDER 100 STAFF MEMBERS SUBMITTED NAMES AS WELL.
AND THEN THE REST WERE OTHER STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO WITH THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ADMINISTRATION HAS A RECOMMENDATION IF YOU'RE READY.
>> ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD APPROVE THE NAMING OF THE NINTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY.
>> OKAY. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION.
>> WE ACCEPT THE NAMING OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY.
THE RECOMMENDATION OF ELEMENTARY NUMBER NINE TO BE NAMED RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY CAL ROGERS, TO MOVE FORWARD TO RIDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY, IS THE NAME OF THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION ADMINISTRATION.
>> OKAY. SECOND IS SEAN VINCENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE ASKING YOU MORE [LAUGHTER]
>> I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TELL TIFFANY ABOUT THIS,
[3.B.4. Consideration and possible action to name the future second high school]
BUT SO BEFORE WE NAMED THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST REALLY A HISTORIC OCCASION, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S LOST ON ANY OF US, IT IS NOT LOST ON ANY OF US.LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS THE FOOTBALL BANQUET AND AS WE ATE IN THE CAFETERIA THEN WE WERE WALKING TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TO HEAR THE PROGRAM PART.
I HAPPENED TO BE VISITING WITH A PARENT WHO WAS A FRIENDSHIP GRADUATE.
I THINK MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER WERE FRIENDSHIP GRADUATES.
HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH TRADITION THERE IS AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE DISTRICT AND BECAUSE OF THE TRADITION AND SO IF COURSE, I DON'T DOUBT HE DIDN'T SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT I KNOW HE WAS THINKING, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE WE ARE GROWING, AND WHILE OUR TRADITIONS WILL INCLUDE NEW TRADITIONS AND NEW SCHOOLS ITS BR, OF COURSE, NEVER GOING TO FORGET WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE CAME FROM.
BUT TO BE COMPLETELY SAD ABOUT THE THINGS CHANGING, IN MY OPINION, MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT EMBRACING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE AND ENTRUSTING THEIR KIDS TO US TO EDUCATE.
YES, IT'S A LITTLE BITTER SWEET, BUT WE CERTAINLY ALWAYS WILL LOOK TO THE [NOISE] PAST AND WE'LL HAVE MORE SCHOOLS AND WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE BUT WHO WE ARE AND OUR CORE BELIEFS WON'T CHANGE.
WE HAVE A GREAT TREASURE IN THAT SOMEONE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO PDF THE FIRST YEAR BOOK OF FRIENDSHIP ISD.
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I DON'T HAVE A HARD COPY BUT HAVE A PDF ON IT.THE VERY FIRST YEAR BOOK, THEY DEDICATED IT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDSHIP ISD SCHOOL BOARD WHO WERE MR. ME CASEY, BUILDING, MR. WG, THEY DIDN'T GIVE, IT WAS JUST INITIAL, WG.
HOBGOOD. CR MOORE ANOTHER HOBGOOD, LM. HOBGOOD AND WF.
PRICE. IN THE FRONT OF THAT YEARBOOK, IT SAYS THEY DEDICATE IT.
IT SAYS THE MISSION OF THE FIRST EVER COPY OF THE FRIENDSHIP YEARBOOK IS TO PORTRAY AS VIVIDLY AS POSSIBLE THIS YEAR OF OUR SCHOOL CAREER.
WHEN THE LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL ABOUT US IN THE AUTUMN OF OUR LIFE'S JOURNEY THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK WILL FILL OUR HEARTS WITH GOLDEN MEMORIES.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT BOOK IT'S 88 YEARS OLD AND IT DOES GIVE US A LOT OF MEMORIES OF WHERE WE CAME FROM AND THOSE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS TO HELP US SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING SO WE NEVER FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM OR WHO WE ARE LIKE YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF IOWA PARK, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE IOWA PARK OUT OF THE GIRL [LAUGHTER] FOR WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE WORDS.
FOR SENIOR CLASS, A FRIENDSHIP FIRST EVER STARTED OUT WITH 20 STUDENTS WHO HAD NOT EVER GONE TO SCHOOL TOGETHER BEFORE, THEY CAME FROM FOUR SCHOOLS, BERYLWOOD, FOSTER CARLISLE, AND WOLFRETON.
THEY HAD TO MERGE TOGETHER AS A SENIOR CLASS THERE WERE 20 AND THERE'S A POEM IN THERE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO READ BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SAD [LAUGHTER] TIMES WERE HARD BACK THEN AND THESE BOARD MEMBERS WERE PIONEERS, THESE PARENTS AND THESE KIDS WERE BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM SOMETHING THAT THEY KNEW THAT WAS FAMILIAR AND DID SOMETHING JUST THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.
SO THEY KEPT THE ELEMENTARIES IN THOSE FOUR LITTLE FARMING COMMUNITIES AND CAME TOGETHER AS A HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS HAD 20 SENIORS, WHEN THEY STARTED AND THEY HAD 11 WHEN THEY GRADUATED.
IN THE POEM, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER THEY STARTED THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER, THAT THEY FORMED A COHESIVE GROUP AND THAT THEY SAID FOUR DROPPED OFF FROM MATRIMONY [LAUGHTER] AND ONE CAME BACK.
I THINK THEY DIDN'T SAY [LAUGHTER] THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO RESCUE ONE AND THEN THEY SAID SIX QUIT.
AND THE WORDS THEY USED WERE BECAUSE OF DESPAIR AND DISCOURAGEMENT.
AND IN 1935, THINGS WEREN'T EASY IT WAS THE DUST BOWL THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S CURRENTLY FMS WAS BUILT WITH THE DERBY PA, MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE OUT OF WORK.
THE FARMERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE, YEAR OVER YEAR WERE JUST POOR MAN THIS HAS GONE FROM LIKE JUST EXCITING TO [LAUGHTER] SO THEY GRADUATED 11 SENIORS THAT FIRST YEAR WE ARE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF 12,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT.
IT HASN'T JUST BEEN THE BOARD I'M NOT LIKE PUTTING THIS ALL ON YOUR SHOULDERS THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, YOU'VE LISTENED, YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME BUT I THANK YOU FOR BEING PIONEERS AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO WELCOME THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE AND THAT THEY WANT TO COME HERE AND WE WANT IT ALWAYS TO BE LIKE THAT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
WE'RE NOT LOSING TRADITION WE'RE GAINING MORE TRADITIONS.
AS PART OF THAT TRADITION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FRIENDSHIP VALUES IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM OUR PARENTS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANTED THIS TO BE A COMMUNITY DECISION AND WE PUT IT OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND AGAIN,
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WE PUT OUT A NOMINATION SURVEY IN NOVEMBER FROM NOVEMBER 13 TO THE 30TH.IN ADDITION TO THAT PUBLIC NOMINATION FORM, WE ALSO DESIGNATED A CLASS TIME FOR OUR CURRENT SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS SO THAT THEY COULD SUBMIT A NAME FOR THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE ARE THE TWO GRADE LEVELS THAT WILL BE THE FIRST STUDENTS AT THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL AND AS A DISTRICT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT DEDICATED CLASS TIME TO HELP NAME THE NEW SCHOOL DURING THIS MONUMENTAL TIME AND FRIENDSHIPS HISTORY.
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, AGAIN, WE PUSHED OUT THE INFORMATION TO PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH SKYWARD EMAIL STAFF, EMAILS, MIND MESSAGES.
WE DID PRESS RELEASES, SEVERAL OF THE NEWS STATIONS PUT IT OUT THERE SO WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY WE HAD MORE THAN 1,700 SUBMISSIONS THAT WERE MADE BY OUR STAKEHOLDERS OF THOSE, MORE THAN 1,000 SUBMISSIONS WERE MADE BY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THOSE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WHO COULD BE THE FIRST IN THAT SECOND HIGH SCHOOL.
ABOUT 300 PARENTS SUBMITTED NAMES.
150 STAFF MEMBERS SUBMITTED NAMES AS WELL THOSE COULD ALSO BE PARENTS.
THEN WE ALSO HAD AROUND 130 PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED NAMES THAT SAID THEY WERE FRIENDSHIP ALUMNI.
WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS WHO GREW UP IN FRIENDSHIP AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE FRIENDSHIP SCHOOLS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE INCLUDED THEM ON THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS WELL.
AFTER THE SURVEY CLOSED, WE DID COMPILE ALL THE SUBMISSIONS AND WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE HELP REVIEW THE NAMES AND THEN NARROW THOSE NOMINATIONS DOWN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND IF NOT, ADMINISTRATION HAS A RECOMMENDATION.
>> DO THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RECOMMENDATION?
>> ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD APPROVED THE NAMING OF THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL AS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> KIND OF FOOTING BASED ON WHAT WE JUST HEARD.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIAL NAME. I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO NAME THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY ANDREW [INAUDIBLE] AND A SECOND BY MR. DAVID MILLER.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU-ALL I'VE WORKED WITH THIS TEAM FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THIS IS APPROACHING MY 20TH YEAR ON THE BOARD AND IT'S BEEN GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER, BUT THE ONE THAT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE MOST OUTSIDE OF CABINET, BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES THAT THEY HAVE THAT DR. MCCORD [PHONETIC] HAS ESTABLISHED, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU DR. MCCORD HAS REALLY STOOD OUT THERE AND HAS DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB OF TAKING IT FROM THE CHOPS FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
FOR THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
[OVERLAPPING] IT TOOK A LOT OF LEADERSHIP TO KEEP PUSHING ON, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T EAT GOOD WHEN YOU'RE WORRIED.
>> WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] AT SOME POINT [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU GET SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME? 4A, CALENDAR COMMITTEE UPDATE [OVERLAPPING]
[4.A. Calendar Committee Update]
>> SO WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE CALENDAR PROCESS FOR THAT HAD ACTUALLY STARTED.
WE HAD OUR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
SO I JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS ABOUT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE AND THE PROCESS.
THE STATE REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 75,600 INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEN THE CALENDAR HAVE 187 WORKING DAYS FOR TEACHERS.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO BALANCE OUT TEACHER DAYS VERSUS STUDENT MINUTES WHEN YOU'RE CREATING THOSE CALENDARS.
THEN EACH YEAR WE ALWAYS WORK IN TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS AND THEY'VE BEEN THE SAME FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
APRIL 18TH IS GOOD FRIDAY AND MAY 23RD, THAT'S THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
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BOTH OF OUR CALENDAR DRAFTS HAVE THOSE AS BAD WEATHER DAYS.A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S A GROUP OF ABOUT 35 PEOPLE.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL 15 CAMPUSES, SO EVERY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE DISTRICT STAFF FROM DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, STUDENT SERVICES, BUSINESS OFFICE, HUMAN RESOURCES.
IT TAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLLABORATION TO CREATE THESE DRAFTS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND BUSINESS SIDE VERSUS THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SIDE.
THEN AGAIN, WE ALSO INCLUDE OUR PARENTS IN THIS CALENDAR COMMITTEE PROCESS, SO WE HAD SEVERAL PARENTS THAT HAD ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH STUDENTS TO HELP GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE DURING THAT MEETING.
LAST NIGHT WE FINALIZED TWO DRAFTS.
WE HAVE STAFF STARTING ON AUGUST 5TH, STUDENTS STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH.
THE WINTER BREAK IS GOING TO BE THE START DAY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS ALONG WITH THE WINTER BREAK IS GOING TO BE THE SAME ON BOTH DRAFTS A AND B, AND IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH LUBBOCK ISD AND THEIR PROPOSED CALENDARS THAT THEY'VE PUT OUT.
SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS IS THAT OUR PARENTS AND STAFF LIKE IT WHEN THE THREE LARGE DISTRICTS HAVE VERY SIMILAR DRAFTS, IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR IF YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK AT ONE DISTRICT AND THEIR KIDS GO TO ANOTHER.
SO WE DO LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS CALENDARS WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THESE TOGETHER.
FEBRUARY 17TH, THAT'S PRESIDENT'S DAY.
ON THIS DRAFT, IT'S LISTED AS A STAFF AND STUDENT HOLIDAY.
IT'S A TRUE HOLIDAY FOR EVERYONE.
FEBRUARY 24TH IS THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY, STUDENT HOLIDAY.
THEN APRIL 21ST, THAT'S THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER, THAT'S STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY, STUDENT HOLIDAY ON THIS CALENDAR.
SO STAFF HAVE A THREE DAY EASTER WEEKEND AND STUDENTS HAVE A FOUR DAY EASTER WEEKEND.
YOU'LL SEE UP AT THE TOP, IT'S THE SAME AS DRAFT A, YOUR STAFF START, YOUR STUDENTS START, YOUR WINTER BREAK, BUT THE DIFFERENCES ON THIS ONE, FEBRUARY 17TH PRESIDENT'S DAY IS A STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT HOLIDAY.
THERE'S A STAFF DEVELOPMENT STUDENT HOLIDAY ON MARCH 31ST, AND THEN APRIL 21ST IS A TRUE HOLIDAY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS.
SO YOUR STAFF AND YOUR STUDENTS GET A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND ON DRAFT B.
THE SURVEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT THIS MORNING AROUND 10 O'CLOCK.
IT CLOSES ON JANUARY 24TH AT 1:00 PM, AND WE SURVEY OUR EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THAT.
THEN WE PUSH THIS OUT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
PARENTS GOT A SKY WORD EMAIL THIS MORNING, OUR STAFF GOT AN EMAIL AS WELL.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEND IT OUT THROUGH REMIND MESSAGES, CALL OUTS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.
NEXT STEPS, WE'RE COLLECTING FEEDBACK THROUGH THAT SURVEY.
I CHECKED RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETINGS, SO AROUND 5:30.
WE HAD ALREADY HAD ABOUT 650 PEOPLE TAKE THE SURVEY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME GOOD FEEDBACK.
THE NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 24TH.
THAT'S WHEN THE SURVEY WILL CLOSE.
THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN AND WE WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT DATA.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 31ST.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE DOES NOT COME TO A CONSENSUS ON JANUARY 24TH, WE'LL HAVE THAT THIRD MEETING.
THEN WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DURING THE FEBRUARY 19TH BOARD MEETING.
WHEN WE'RE PUSHING OUT THIS CALENDAR, WE REALLY TRY TO ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS TO TAKE IT BECAUSE WE REALLY LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THAT SURVEY, THE COMMITTEE DOES, WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY.
WE'VE RUN DOWN ON THE CALENDAR. ANY QUESTION?
>> FOR ALL THAT YOU DID, JACKIE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT THE TWO LITTLE [INAUDIBLE] AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO TO STAY STILL [LAUGHTER]
>> I HEARD THEY HAD A SMALL OPPORTUNITY TO GET VIDEO OF THEM BEFORE THEY WENT WILD [LAUGHTER]
>> OTHER BOARD BUSINESS, WE HAVE 4B,
[4.B. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
ITINERARY OF AGENDAS FOR THE UPCOMING MEETINGS.WE HAVE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024, BUDGET WORKSHOP AND REGULAR MEETING.
>> TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, I'M SORRY.
THEN DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I POSSIBLY MISS TONIGHT?
>> ONLY CLAP FOR THE [INAUDIBLE]
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[OVERLAPPING] [APPLAUSE]>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU-ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.