[D. Open Session – 7:00 p.m.]
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OK. IT'S 7:00, WE CAN GET STARTED NOW. [INAUDIBLE]. BOARD ENDING IT'S, NOT CLOSED SESSION, WORKSHOP AT 6:00 P.M., AND WE'RE NOW RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME. [INAUDIBLE]. SO THAT BEING SAID MR. ROBINSON WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE INVOCATION [INAUDIBLE], SIR?
[E. Invocation]
BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY WITH ME. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY LORD.THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TONIGHT. JUST THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE GIVEN US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. PLEASE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER OUR ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS. KEEP THEM SAFE, AND JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE FROM YOU AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT. WE ASK THE SAME IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN.
IF Y'ALL WOULD PLEASE RISE WITH ME AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
[F. Pledge of Allegiance]
THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. [INAUDIBLE] SIGN UP FOR [INAUDIBLE] OPEN SESSION. YES SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA,[1. Spelling Bee National Qualifier]
RECOGNITION. I'M GONNA TURN TO FLOOR OVER TO MS. SOLIS. THANK YOU MR. DRAPER, AND THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR HAVING US. IT THIS SPECIAL PART OF THE NIGHT WE DEDICATE TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME VERY SPECIAL STUDENTS. THE FIRST STUDENT I WANTED TO ASK TO JOIN ME TONIGHT IS FRENSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT, MATTHEW NOEL. SO MATTHEW IS NO STRANGER TO YOU YOU GUYS. I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN HIM BEFORE. HE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THIS SETTING BEFORE FOR SOME EXCEEDING SOME EXPECTATIONS IN VARIOUS FORMATS, AND TONIGHT WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE MATTHEW AS HE ADVANCED TO THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE FOR A SECOND YEAR. SO THIS WAS BACK IN MAY, MAY 29TH. HE GOT TO GO TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. HE ADVANCED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION AFTER WINNING THE LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL'S 68TH ANNUAL REGIONAL SPELLING BEE, WHICH WAS MARCH 30TH AT THE LUBBOCK MEMORIAL CIVIC CENTER. ONCE HE WAS IN D.C. HE ADVANCED TO THE THIRD ROUND OF COMPETITION AFTER CORRECTLY SPELLING INCIDENTAL. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE THIRD ROUND, THE TOP 50 CONTESTANTS ADVANCED TO THE FINALS AND MATTHEW WAS RANKED 51ST, SO HE ONLY MISSED ADVANCING AND HE ACTUALLY SPELLED HIS WORD RIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY COMPETITION HE DID NOT ADVANCE TO THAT NEXT ROUND, BUT WAS ONLY ONE PLACE SHY OF DOING THAT. SO IT'S OUR HONOR TONIGHT, MATTHEW, TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT IN GOING INTO THAT NATIONAL SPELLING BEE TWICE IN A ROW. SO LET'S HEAR IT FOR MATTHEW. [APPLAUSE]. AND I THINK MATTHEW HAS SOMETHING HE'D LIKE TO SAY AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FRENSHIP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BEING PART OF THE SPELLING BEE PROGRAM AND GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. I HOPE TO REPRESENT FRENSHIP ISD REALLY WELL IN THE FUTURE. [APPLAUSE]. GOOD JOB. PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB! [LAUGHTER].OK. OUR SECOND RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS MS. HAYLEIGH STEPHENS, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME UP HERE HAYLEIGH AND
[2. Outstanding Performer at Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition]
THEN I'LL ALSO ASK MS. AMY MOSS TO JOIN ME AS WELL. HAYLEIGH STEPHENS IS BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AS AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMER AT THE TEXAS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE COMPETITION. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HAYLEIGH. SHE ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR US AT OUR CONVOCATION EVENT THIS YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. AMY MOSS WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF CHOIRS TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HAYLEIGH. THANK YOU.THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR RECOGNIZING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE'RE JUST SUPER PROUD OF HAYLEIGH. AS MS. SOLIS MENTIONED, SHE DID COMPETE THIS LAST SUMMER AT TEXAS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE COMPETITION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. SEVERAL WEEKS
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LATER WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT SHE'D BEEN NAMED OUTSTANDING PERFORMER FOR HER PERFORMANCE OF "VOI, CHE SAPETE" AN ITALIAN ARIA FROM THE OPERA, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO BY MOZART. IN THE MUSIC REALM THIS HONOR IS CONSIDERED TO BE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS WINNING A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. ONLY TWO TO THREE PERCENT OF OVER 100,000 PLUS STUDENTS COMPETING AT THE REGION LEVELS, AND OVER TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL RECEIVE THIS DISTINGUISHED AWARD. HAYLEIGH IS A SENIOR, WHICH IS SAD FOR US, [LAUGHTER] BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.SHE IS CONTINUING HER SECOND YEAR AS OUR SOPRANO SECTION LEADER AND VARSITY CHORALE.
SHE IS ALSO AN OFFICER AT CHOIR COUNCIL, A MEMBER OF NHS, AND SHE PLANS TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION. WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU FOR YOUR PHENOMENAL WORK AND ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU WILL DO IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AS A CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATOR. [APPLAUSE].
[3. Advanced Placement Scholars]
THEIR ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLAR AWARDS, SO IF I COULD HAVE THOSE STUDENTS AND MS. JULIE PRATT TO JOIN ME. MS. JULIE PRATT IS THE ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND COUNSELING COORDINATOR AT FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, I'M SORRY, MS. PRATT TO INTRODUCE AND RECOGNIZE HER STUDENTS. LET ME INTERRUPT YOU GUYS FOR JUST A SECOND.PARENTS THAT WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OR VIDEO COME UP BEHIND US HERE SO YOU CAN GET GOOD ANGLES. WE'LL WAIT 'TIL EVERYBODY GETS SET AND THEN WE'LL TURN MS. PRATT LOOSE AGAIN.
Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK THROUGH HERE.
RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK AP EXAMS, ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS, IN MAY. ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPE OF AWARD SCHOLARS. THERE'S AN AP SCHOLAR. THOSE STUDENTS SCORED A 3 OR BETTER, AND A 3 WILL GET YOU COLLEGE CREDIT, SO YOU CAN SCORE BETWEEN A 1 AND A 5. 3 OR HIGHER GETS YOU COLLEGE CREDIT. AP SCHOLARS HAD A 3 OR BETTER ON THREE OR MORE EXAMS, AND THEN WE HAD SOME AP SCHOLARS WITH HONORS. THEY HAD A 3.25 AVERAGE ON ALL EXAMS TAKEN AND THEY HAD SCORES OF THREE OR HIGHER ON FOUR OR MORE EXAMS. I KNOW IT'S LOTS OF NUMBERS., AND THEN OUR AP WITH DISTINCTION THOSE STUDENTS HAD A 3.5 AVERAGE ON ALL EXAMS TAKEN AND SCORES OF A 3.5 OR HIGHER ON FIVE OR MORE EXAMS. SO THESE ARE VERY SMART PEOPLE, WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM WITH FRENSHIP. I'M GONNA START WITH DEVIN SCHLEGEL. HE IS A GRADUATE. HE IS AT TECH RIGHT NOW AND HE CAME BACK TO RECEIVE HIS AWARD. HE IS ONE OF TWENTY EIGHT STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED IN 2019, SO HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME BACK.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS OFF AND [LAUGHTER] WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU DEVIN. WHAT ARE YOU MAJORING IN AT TECH? COMPUTER SCIENCE. COMPUTER SCIENCE, SO THIS IS YOUR DEVIN. AND DEVIN WAS AN AP SCHOLAR. THE REST OF THESE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY SENIORS RIGHT NOW AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] CASTILLO, SHE'S AN AP SCHOLAR. WE HAVE, I'M GONNA SET THIS RIGHT HERE, SORRY. RIGHT. WE HAVE HILARY JOHNSON, SHE'S AN AP SCHOLAR. [INAUDIBLE], SHE'S AN AP SCHOLAR. JOSHUA [INAUDIBLE], AP SCHOLAR. KATIE TUCKER, AP SCHOLAR. [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] YOURS IS RIGHT HERE. AND [INAUDIBLE], SHE IS AN AP SCHOLAR. ALL RIGHT [INAUDIBLE]. AND THEN [INAUDIBLE]. DID I SAY IT RIGHT? WOOHOO! AP SCHOLAR. AND THEN WE HAVE TRAVIS [INAUDIBLE], AND HE WAS AN AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM. [APPLAUSE].
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[LAUGHTER].OH NO! NEVER CHALLENGE THE SUPERINTENDENT. [LAUGHTER]. [INAUDIBLE] USED TO THAT. YEAH. [LAUGHTER]. I DID REALLY LIKE THE BAG. OK.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD, OFFICIALLY HOW MANY PUSH UPS DID YOU DO FRIDAY NIGHT GREG? 35.
THAT. [LAUGHTER]. [INAUDIBLE]. OK. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD. WE HAVE AN EFFECTIVENESS REPORT ON
[2. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD ]
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION. THE VOICE OF THE TIGERS, MR. KEITH PATRICK. [INAUDIBLE].VICTORIOUS [INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T THINK ANDY PENNEY DONE [INAUDIBLE]. NO. HE DID TEXT ME VERY KIND WORDS. OH. SO WE'RE GLAD HE WAS LISTENING. [LAUGHTER]. WELL, THANK YOU BOARD. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION, AND OF COURSE THERE'S A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT KIND OF FALL UNDER WHAT I DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE THE BEGINNING OF THOSE, YOU SEE THE GRANTS, THE CHECK PRESENTATIONS, SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SOME OF THAT THIS EVENING. ONE OF THOSE WAS OUR TIGER GARDENERS PROGRAM. YOU REMEMBER WE BROUGHT A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE MONSANTO FUND, NOW THE BEAR FUND. WITH SARAH BURLESON'S HELP, SCIENCE COORDINATOR, WE BUILT OUT A PROGRAM IN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT ALLOWED OUR SECOND GRADERS TO EXPERIENCE AGRICULTURE JUST IN A HANDS ON AND MEANINGFUL WAY. AND AS WE WROTE THAT GRANT WE REALLY WANTED THEM TO START TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHERE AGRICULTURAL FITS IN THEIR LIVES, WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM, THAT WAS A BIG GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. WE SAW GREAT GAINS IN THAT FROM OUR PRE- AND POST-TESTING. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE GARDENS. FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL'S CONSTRUCTION STUDENTS BUILT THESE FOR US. THERE'S TWO AT EVERY ELEMENTARY. EVERY ELEMENTARY SECOND GRADER, EVERYONE IS USING THESE IN SOME WAY. SCIENCE INSTRUCTION, MATH INSTRUCTION, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND READING. THE PVC YOU SEE OVER THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY BUILT BY OUR ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT FHS. THEY HELPED US WITH KIND OF THE GREENHOUSE COVERS FOR THE WINTERTIME. WE LEARNED SOME LESSONS ABOUT WIND WITH THAT AND THE PLASTIC ON THERE, BUT WE'RE READY TO GO FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THE NEAT THING IS YOU GET A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WILL CONTINUE ITSELF. WE BOUGHT A CURRICULUM THROUGH JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER THROUGH THE TEXAS AGRILIFE WXTENSION THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE AGAIN THIS YEAR, HAVE THE MATERIALS ALREADY.
SARAH WILL CONTINUE SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS AND WE DO PROVIDE A STIPEND TO A LEAD TEACHER IN EACH OF THOSE SECOND GRADE TEAMS TO HELP COORDINATE THE GARDENS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING. AND THIS PICTURE I INCLUDED. IT'S NOT THE MOST EXCITING PICTURE TO LOOK AT, BUT WE ALSO PRE- AND POST- TESTED HOW MANY VEGETABLES STUDENTS HAD TRIED. SO A SECOND GRADER EATING VEGETABLES, LOTS OF LOW NUMBERS BEFOREHAND, BUT A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY TRIED THE FOOD THEY ATE AND LIKED IT AND THERE WERE SOME VEGETABLES ON THERE THAT WE DIDN'T GROW LIKE TOMATOES, AND THOSE NUMBERS WENT UP TOO. SO THEY GOT A COMFORT LEVEL WITH EATING SOME HEALTHIER FOODS THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. SO THAT WAS A NEAT THING TO SEE. AND HERE AT THE END OF THE PHOTOS THIS LITTLE GUY WE FOUND OUT OVER THE SUMMER HE HAD TAKEN SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT THEY HAD PLANTED IN HIS CLASS, HE TRANSPLANTED THEM HOME AND HIS MOM WAS EXCITED TO SEND PICTURES BACK TO HIS TEACHER THAT HE HAD PLANTED AND GROWN HIS OWN THINGS OVER THE SUMMER AND BECOME HIS OWN LITTLE GARDENER. SO SHE WAS EXCITED
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SAYING YOU KNOW THESE IMPACTFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES, THIS HANDS ON TOOL OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, JUST OUT IN THE YARD, OUT IN THE GRASS AT THESE CAMPUSES, KIDDOS ARE GETTING TO DO SOMETHING NEAT AND EXCITING AND THEY'RE BUYING INTO IT AND THEN TAKING IT WITH THEM AND ACCOMPLISHING A LOT OF THE GOALS THAT JUST A BASIC GRANT DID FOR US. SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY NEAT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE SEEN. THE EDUCATIONAL GAINS AND OF COURSE THE ROOTS OF FRENSHIP LAYING IN AGRICULTURE, THAT'S HOW WE WROTE THE GRANT WANTING TO CONTINUE THAT. I THINK THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. AS YOU KNOW I VOLUNTEER A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I RUN SOME PROGRAMS FOR THE DISTRICT. AS PART OF THAT VOLUNTEERING COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, BUT I ALSO AM THE CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR FOR FRENSHIP FOR LUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY. OF COURSE MCCORD SIT ON THE BOARD, AND AS A CO-FOUNDER OF WOMEN UNITED, BUT I'M ALSO A TEAM LEADER FOR LUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY SO I'M ON THEIR CAMPAIGN CABINETS SO KIND OF DUAL ROLES FOR THEM. AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, THIS WAS FROM MY PRESENTATION THIS YEAR. OVER THE YEARS THIS IS THE DOLLARS IN AGGREGATE THAT FRENSHIP ISD EMPLOYEES HAVE GIVEN AND PLEDGED TO LUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NORMALLY SHARED OUT. IT'S NOT A CONTEST. IT'S JUST A POSITIVE THING TO DO, BUT WE SAW A BIG DIP IN 2017 AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT AND WE SAT DOWN, DR. MCCORD AND I AND ANDY AND THE UNITED WAY FOLKS AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? WE KNOW HARVEY WENT ON THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THE REASONS? SO WE REVAMPED SOME THINGS, AND LAST YEAR I BEGAN AND CONTINUED THIS YEAR. I PRESENT TO EVERY CAMPUS IN PERSON, JUST ME, TALKING TO THEM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FRENSHIP AND WHAT OUR CULTURE IS ABOUT. WE TELL THEM THE STORY OF THE UNITED WAY OF HOW THE ORGANIZATION IMPACTS OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. LAST YEAR I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS. WE HAD DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES FROM THREE TO SIX THAT WERE SERVED BY COMMITTEES IN SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR WE'VE ADDED TWO MORE. FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN ADDED AND THE NINTH GRADE CENTER. AND FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WAS ADDED AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR THIS YEAR THROUGH A GRANT TO COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS. SO THINGS LIKE THE UNITED WAY ALLOW THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN. SO I FEEL LIKE IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. LAST YEAR WE SAW RECORD GIVING FROM THE FRENSHIP EMPLOYEES TO UNITED WAY, JUST KIND OF SEEING THE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY, SHOWING THEM HOW MANY FOLKS ARE GETTING SERVED WITHIN THE ZIP CODES IN FRENSHIP. AND THIS YEAR, STILL UNDER WAY, HAVE THOSE FORMS IN MY OFFICE AND KC WILL HAVE THEIR MEETING IN OCTOBER AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT AGAIN. BUT NOT SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT A LOT IN A DER BEING INVOLVED WITH THIS, BUT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT WE SEE THAT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF. AND SO VERY VALUABLE PARTNER OF COURSE. JUST NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE EVERY ONE OF OUR OUR SECOND GRADE CLASSROOMS WILL HAVE SOMEBODY READING IN THEM FOR UNITED WE READ. THAT'S A VERY VISIBLE THING AROUND THE COUNTY THAT THEY DO, BUT WE WORK WITH UNITED WAY ALL YEAR LONG ON LITERACY AND REALLY BUILDING SOME MOMENTUM IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MEET A LOT OF GOALS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO EDUCATION. SO AS FAR AS THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF WHAT I'M DOING, AND THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST WE ARE ACTIVELY REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT A PROGRAM THAT COULD PROVIDE A REALLY INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM WITHIN FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE WORKING ON A SITE VISIT FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. MR. HERNANDEZ AND HIS TEAM ARE GOING TO GO. I HAVE A PRIVATE GIFT TO THE DISTRICT. WE CAN BUILD KIND OF A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, IF IT'S THE RIGHT PROGRAM, THEN WE'LL WORK ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR. FIELD TRIPS IS SOMETHING I CONTINUE TO OFFER TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR OUR PRINCIPALS JUST WORKING WITH TEACHERS TO GET THE COMMUNITY INTO THEIR CLASSROOM OR VICE VERSA JUST AS A RESOURCE TO THEM. DID NOTICE THAT HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH OF THAT ACTIVITY. THEY KIND OF CONTACT ME. IT'S AS REQUESTED WITH OUR NORTHERN CAMPUSES, SO WE'LL FOCUS ON THAT THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND ASSIST THEM. ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW GRANTS. THAT MONEY COMING IN HAS BEEN GREAT. I'VE SEEN SOME REALLY NICE NEW ONES THIS YEAR TO BUILD PROGRAMS LIKE OUR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROGRAM THAT WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT. AND THEN COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES. WE HAVE A GOOD DATABASE OF FOLKS. I HAVE SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THEM SOME STEWARDSHIP AND SOME KIND OF RECOGNITION, AND WE JUST WANT TO START COMMUNICATING WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVELY, SO THERE'S A GOOD GROWTH OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND OF COURSE WE'LL CONTINUE OUR TOURS THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND THAT WILL I'M SURE I'LL BE CONNECTED IN WITH SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. JUST AN OBSERVATION, SINCE WE STARTED OUR ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM IT'S REALLY TAKEN OFF, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IT BEHIND IT KIETH. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION AND THEN TAKE SOMEBODY WITH THAT PASSION TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE. I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF FRENSHIP. IT'S A GREAT PLACE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PLEASED JUST TO SORT OF ECHO WHAT MR.[00:20:03]
MILLER SAID IS THAT. KEITH'S JOB HAS GROWN, SOMEHOW THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO. THE JOB DOESN'T GET SMALLER, IT GETS BIGGER, BUT I SAY THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER. SO THE EXTERNSHIPS, WHICH KEITH WAS A BIG PART OF THAT, NOW THAT'S A BIGGER GRANT THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY TOURS THAT WERE JUST KIND OF BEGAN AS AN EXPERIMENT REALLY, AND THOSE HAVE GROWN. AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT THAT, THE COMMUNITY TOURS, IS KEITH GOES WITH THEM, BUT ALSO WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT HELP FACILITATE THOSE TOURS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOVES TO SEE IS THE KIDS. AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE OURSELVES AS BEING KIND OF A HARD, LIKE HARD TO ACCESS IN TERMS OF JUST GETTING INSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS, BUT WITH ALL THE SAFETY AND SECURITY THINGS GOING ON WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN FRENSHIP. SURE. AND HEARING STUDENTS TELL THAT STORY IS RICH. IT IS. AND THEY HAVE A PERSONAL SPIN. THEY ALL HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH THE THINGS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO HEAR, AGREED. KIETH, YOU'RE A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE DISTRICT. WE DO APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I ENJOY A LOT. I DO. I HAVE KIND OF A SEGUE THAT'S HALF RECOGNITION COMING AFTER MY PRESENTATION HERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING I DO BUT ALSO ABOUT SAYING THANK YOU. I WENT TO CABINET AND DR. MCCORD AND WE CONSOLIDATED OUR FEEDING PROGRAMS UNDER THIS KIND OF TIGER BITES UMBRELLA. WE HAVE WEEKEND FOOD THAT GOES HOME. WE HAVE CHRISTMAS TIME AND THANKSGIVING FOOD THAT GOES HOME TO OUR KIDS THAT NEED FOOD SECURITY, BUT OUR SUMMER PROGRAM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THE STORY OF THAT PROGRAM, AND DR. MCCORD PUSH THAT FORWARD LAST YEAR AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL I THINK. WE DID SOME THINGS INNOVATIVE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE KNEW WERE INNOVATIVE. WE WENT TO PARKS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GO WHERE KIDS WERE, AND I'VE TOLD OUR STAFF AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT UNITED WAY, WE GOT CALLS FROM PARTNERS AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN FEEDING, ASKING HOW DID YOU DO THAT? HOW DID YOU GET PERMISSION TO BE IN PARKS? HOW DID YOU MAKE THIS WORK? I MEAN I TOLD THEM HONESTLY WE'VE NEVER ASKED ANYONE FOR PERMISSION.
[LAUGHTER]. WE JUST DID WHAT IS RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S BEEN GREAT. YOU OBVIOUSLY SEE THE INTERACTIONS. OUR ATHLETES COME THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND INTERACT WITH KIDS. WE HAVE INTERNS FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LUBBOCK THAT ARE INVOLVED. OUR STAFF FROM KC GOES ALL SUMMER LONG AND SPENDS TIME WITH KIDDOS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS ON TOP OF THAT THEY'RE GETTING A MEAL THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE GOTTEN. BUT IN THAT FIRST YEAR WE HAD ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY NINE MEALS SERVED, SO THAT WAS THE TWO PARKS AND THERE WERE SOME CAMPUSES IN THAT THAT YEAR. THIS YEAR WE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. TWO PARKS STILL, THE SAME TWO PARKS, BUT ALSO IN THE TIGER SOCCER COMPLEX. SO WE HAD SOME ATHLETES THAT COULD ACCESS, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS DRIVING TO THAT SITE, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE CENTRAL ,AND THIS YEAR WE ALMOST QUADRUPLED THE NUMBER OF MEALS THAT WERE SERVED THIS SUMMER. AND WHEN I SAY THAT THAT'S NOT MY CELEBRATION TO GIVE, I WANT ASK JOYCE TO COME UP BECAUSE THAT'S ARAMARK'S, COME ON UP, THAT WAS ARAMARK'S CELEBRATION TO GIVE. [APPLAUSE]. HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE UNITED WAY. WHEN DR. MCCORD BROUGHT THIS BACK AND HAD THIS LIGHT ON HER HEART TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY ARAMARK NEVER BLINKED. THEY NEVER ARGUED. THEY NEVER SAID THAT'S TOO HARD. THEY ACTUALLY, THROUGH KIND OF JUST GETTING CONNECTED, BUILT A BIG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAY, OR WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THAT'S NOW IN DURAN PARK. OVER 3,000 MEALS RESERVE THERE. THERE'S AN EXPANSION FOR THAT NEXT YEAR WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, SO I APPRECIATE ARAMARK AND FOLKS LIKE THEM IN THE FRENSHIP COMMUNITY THAT JUMP IN AND SERVE KIDS WITH THE SAME HEART THAT THE STAFF OF FRENSHIP ISD DO, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AWESOME. IT WAS A GREAT SUMMER. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. THERE YOU GO. OUR NEXT DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS REPORTS ON STUDENT NUTRITION. AND MY IS OVER, SO QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER]. THAT WAS GREAT. [INAUDIBLE]. I'M GONNA GO BACKWARDS 'CAUSE [INAUDIBLE]. THERE WE GO. THERE YOU GO. [LAUGHTER].
OK. SO YOU ALL HAVE OF COURSE THE PACKET WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, SO I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU A SHORT LITTLE FEEL ABOUT EVERYTHING.
HERE, THIS ONE, I PICKED THESE PICTURES BECAUSE THESE RIGHT HERE ARE THE IT'S A
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BIG OLD CARDS THAT WE GOT FOR, THANK YOU CARDS FROM THE STUDENTS, OVER AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THEY WERE A GREAT GREAT ADDITION. I'M SO GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM. AND JUST I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHY I FORGOT ABOUT IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, LIKE KIETH SAID, THAT WE'RE GONNA EXPAND NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THEM BREAKFAST AS WELL. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN DO. WE WON'T DO IT AT THE PARKS OF COURSE, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA GO DO IT FOR THEM. I THINK THEY REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THIS. I'M HOPING TO WORK ON THAT TO KEEP THAT GOING NEXT YEAR FOR THEM AS WELL.SO OUR HIGHLIGHTS OF COURSE, THE FREE AND REDUCED HIT A 45 PERCENT HIGH, AND THAT ONE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH OUR PRE-K STUDENTS WERE ALL FREE THIS PAST YEAR AND THAT CONTINUED TO GET APPROVED BY TEA TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. WE DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF APPROVED ON A YEARLY BASIS, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ONCE THEY DO IT THEY USUALLY DON'T GO BACKWARDS. SO I THINK OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. I THINK THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT 44. WE SEE A DIP IN OCTOBER WHEN WE DROP OFF, BUT THEY'RE STILL REALLY GOOD AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO HIGHER IF ANYTHING. I DOUBT WE'LL GO LOWER. WE [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT 100,000 MEALS OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE WERE AT ONE POINT FOUR MILLION MEALS THIS YEAR AND 83 PERCENT OF THOSE WERE REIMBURSABLE. NOW, LOOKING AT THAT FROM TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE ONLY AT 63 PERCENT ARE REIMBURSABLE MEALS. SO THAT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY EATING THE MEALS INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING ALL THE À LA CARTES.
WE USED TO GET A LOT OF OUR FUNDING FROM À LA CARTES. NOW THEY'RE JUST REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR MEALS, SO I THINK THAT HELPS A LOT WITH WHAT OUR MENUS, HOW WE'RE CONTINUALLY TRYING, TO CHANGE UP THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE SERVING. OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE GENERAL FUND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND.
THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER OVER OUR GUARANTEE BY ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND A LOT OF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT LATER ON IN OUR CHALLENGES IS THAT WE GOT PROBABLY ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY OF THAT SAVED FROM JUST LABOR. WE'RE SO SHORT STAFFED ALL THE TIME AND IT JUST IT MAKES IT HARD FOR US, BUT YOU KNOW IT MAKES OUR NUMBER LOOK A LITTLE BIT BIG THERE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE BY SAVING MONEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO INVEST BACK INTO EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THIS YEAR WE BOUGHT NEW OVENS FOR SEVERAL SCHOOLS. WE ALL NEW SHELVING, AND BENNETT HAD SOME OF OUR OLDEST SHELVING AS IT WAS STARTING TO PEEL LIKE REALLY BAD AND IT'S GOING TO END UP GETTING US CHARGED ON THE HEALTH INSPECTION, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AND OF COURSE, LIKE YOU SAID, OUR TIGER BITES JUST CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS, I BELIEVE, FOR THIS YEAR. OUR CHALLENGE IS OF COURSE AGAIN OUR TEA AND USDA THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE RESTRICTING WHAT WE CAN OFFER. WE CONTINUE TO WORK, LIKE I SAID, WITH OUR MENUS TO TRY TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN COME UP WITH TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS WANT TO EAT OUR FOOD, OUR À LA CARTE ITEMS, SAME THING, WHAT WE CAN BY, CONTINUE JUST TO GO OUT TO VENDORS, TALK TO 'EM, SEE WHAT ELSE THEY CAN COME UP WITH THAT'S NEW. AND OF COURSE OUR EMPLOYEES STAFFING, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST ONE. LAST YEAR ABOUT THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR WE WERE ABOUT EIGHT SHORT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. THIS YEAR, OH WELL, FOR LAST YEAR 35 WE HIRED AND ONLY 11 OF THOSE STAY WITH US. AND SINCE I'VE WRITTEN THIS TWO OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY GONE. [LAUGHTET]. SO RIGHT NOW I'M ELEVEN SHORT STILL FROM MY EIGHTY FIVE THAT I SHOULD HAVE, BUT ON TOP OF THAT I'M ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE SHORT A DAY, SO MY TEAM IS JUST LIKE WE'RE GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW TRYING TO MAKE IT OUT THERE. SO IT REALLY MEANS A LOT WHEN OUR PRINCIPALS SAY, "HEY WE UNDERSTAND, WE KNOW YOU'RE DOING THE BEST," AND SO THAT REALLY IS GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] ARE JUST SO, THEY'RE TIRED. YOU KNOW? IT'S HARD WORK. AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS GO BACK AND WE DO EXIT INTERVIEWS, AND THOSE ARE OUR REASONS. HARD WORK FOR LOW PAY, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY. THEY SAY THERE'S TOO MANY DAYS OFF, BUT THEN I'M LIKE YOU ONLY HAVE TO WORK 170 DAYS AND THEN YOU MISS TEN DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR, SO IT'S WE DON'T WIN EVER. WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT. AND THEN FOR THE ONES THAT DO COME IN THAT THEY THINK IT'S JUST HEY WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO IN THERE AND SERVE THIS FOOD, IT'S TOO HARD FOR THEM. THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS. WE WEIGH OUR WASTE NOW. EVERYTHING'S IN THE COMPUTER. I MEAN IT'S ALL YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO READ THESE RECIPES AND REANALYZE THEM AND CHANGE 'EM, SO IT'S DIFFICULT. SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'S MY TEAM, ALL OF THEM. I WISH THEY WERE HERE TODAY. JOHN WAS VERY SAD THAT HE DIDN'T GET TO BE HERE. HE'S OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND, SO GOOD FOR HIM, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER]. OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE. I ADDED ON THE VERY TOP OUR NUTRISLICE BECAUSE THAT'S MY MOST EXCITING THING I THINK FOR THIS YEAR. IT IS GOING TO BE AN APP THAT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIVE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT PARENTS CAN DOWNLOAD AND
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IT'S GOING TO DIRECTLY LINK TO OUR MENU SYSTEM. AND SO PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND TWEAK IT TO SAY MY CHILD IS ALLERGIC TO BANANAS. SO LET ME KNOW WHENEVER SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAVE BANANAS IN IT AND IT'LL TELL THEM, LIKE HEY THIS ITEM HAS BANANAS AND SO THAT THEY WON'T EAT IT. AND IT WILL ALSO JUST GIVE THEM THEY CAN CHANGE CALORIES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR NURSES, SOMETIMES WE SEND OUT CALORIES AND CARBS NOW IN A SPREADSHEET AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS INFORMATION. NOW THEY CAN JUST GO ON THERE AND HIT THE ITEM THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN QUESTION AND IT'LL TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT THE CALORIES AND CARBS ARE FOR THAT ITEM. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I WAS HOPING IT'D BE UP NOW SO THAT I COULD BRING IT UP FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I WENT ON THERE AND THERE'S NO MENUS BUT IT'S LIVE SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND TELL 'EM WHAT YOU DO NOW. SO RIGHT NOW. [INAUDIBLE].YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO GO INTO OUR COMPUTER AND WE HAVE TO MAKE ALL THESE SPREADSHEETS AND JUST TYPE OF ALL E-MAILS, AND SO EVERY MONDAY MORNING MY PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR HAS TO E-MAIL IT OUT TO THEM. SOMETIMES SHE'S OUT SICK OR SHE FORGETS, AND I DON'T KNOW UNTIL SOMEONE CALLS ME AND THEY'RE LIKE HEY WE NEED THIS. I'LL BE LIKE ALL RIGHT I'M HUSTLING TO GET ON A COMPUTER TO TRY TO SEND IT OUT TO THEM. SO IT'S A LOT OF, AND IT TAKES HER ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER. NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE SEAMLESS BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY PUTTING THE MENU INTO THE SYSTEM, SO NOW THEY'RE JUST GONNA CONNECT. SO WHAT SHE DOES THAT I HAD NO IDEA. I JUST THOUGHT YOU KNOW COOK THE MEAL, SERVE THE MEAL, BUT WE HAVE PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE DIABETES AND THEY WILL CALL AND ASK HOW MANY CARBS ARE IN THIS MEAL? HOW MANY THIS IS THIS MEAL? I MANY OF THAT IS IN THAT MEAL. THEY CALL AND THEY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THEY CALCULATE IT FOR THE MEAL, AND THIS CALCULATES FOR THE PARENTS INSTEAD. THE NURSES CAN USE IT AND THE PARENTS CAN USE IT. BUT RIGHT NOW JOYCE AND HER PEOPLE ARE CALCULATING THAT BY HAND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY CALLS. YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE GOT ONE PARENT HE'S ACTUALLY WORKS HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND HE'S REALLY A GREAT GUY HE ALWAYS E-MAILS ME AND HE TELLS ME YOU LIKE CAN YOU TELL ME ON THIS MENU WHICH ITEMS HAVE PORK IN 'EM? SO I'M PRETTY MUCH KNOW 'EM ALL, BUT I KNOW WE GET NEW ITEMS IN, SO BEFORE I SEND IT 'EM I GO AND CHECK EVERY SINGLE ITEM AND I'M LIKE OKAY THIS ONE DON'T EAT THIS ONE, DON'T EAT THIS ONE. HE'S LIKE, OKAY GREAT. YOU KNOW IT'S DONE, BUT NOW HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT THERE WITHOUT ME HAVING TO SIT THERE FROM THAT TIME GOING THROUGH EVERY MENU ITEM.
SO THAT'LL DEFINITELY PUT A LOT OF TIME BACK FOR US TO FOCUS ON SOME OTHER THINGS. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE COMING UP WITH SOME NEW ITEMS THAT ARAMARK IS DOING. THEY'RE EVALUATING THEM IN OTHER PILOT SCHOOLS, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SUSHI OPTION. I KNOW TIM'S NOT. [LAUGHTER]. HE'S LIKE, SUSHI? HE DOESN'T LIKE SUSHI. [LAUGHTER]. [INAUDIBLE]. BUT WE'RE GONNA TO HAVE A WING TOSS, THAT ONE FOR SURE, AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE GOING TO START HERE I THINK IN OCTOBER THE WING TOSS IS JUST GONNA BE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT BONELESS WINGS AND WE'LL HAVE BOWLS WITH SAUCE AND YOU COME UP AND PICK YOUR SAUCE AND WE'RE GONNA TOSS 'EM FOR YOU AND PASS THEM ON TO YOU.
BUT THE SUSHI ONE STILL IN WORKS. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH A COMPANY THAT'S TRYING TO GET APPROVED, BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR SODIUM FIXED, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL HAPPEN HERE, SO HOPEFULLY. CROSS OUR FINGERS. I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE OF OUR UPDATED MARKETING FOR ACE. THAT'S OF COURSE OUR MASCOT FOR ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AND WE'RE DOING ALL THE MARKETING IN THE ELEMENTARIES JUST TO KIND OF REFRESH THEM. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DONE SINCE, RIGHT, I THINK RIGHT ABOUT THE YEAR I GOT HERE, AND I'VE BEEN HERE NINE, SO IT'S TIME TO REDO 'EM. AND THEN OF COURSE JUST CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OUR SCHOOLS TO SEE WHAT OTHER CEP WE CAN ADD. THIS YEAR WE STARTED WESTWIND AND WILLOW BEND, WHICH I THINK IS GOING VERY WELL, AND LOOK AT OTHER SCHOOLS FOR UNIVERSAL BREAKFAST. OK. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOYCE. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. SHE DOES A LOT. THAT JUST MY MIND, THE WHOLE THEY CALCULATE ALL THAT STUFF. YES. [INAUDIBLE]. AND SHE ALWAYS SAYS YES WHATEVER CRAZY IDEA I COME UP WITH.
[A. Consent Agenda]
CONSENT PACKET IN YOUR DEAL AND AT THIS TIME I'LL CONSIDER ANY MOTIONS. MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.[00:35:01]
THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OTHER[A. Report on Purchasing Cooperative Fees Paid by Frenship ISD for 2018-2019]
BOARD BUSINESS. WE HAVE A REPORT ON PURCHASING COOPERATIVE FEES PAID BY FRENSHIP ISD AND FOR THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, TIM WILLIAMS. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING A WHOLE YEAR FOR THIS REPORT, SO IT'S TIME AGAIN. WE KEEP REQUESTING IT EVERY YEAR. I KNOW. [LAUGHTER]. EDUCATION CODE SECTION 44.0331 IS THE LAW THAT GOVERNS THIS AREA. LEGISLATURE A FEW YEARS AGO DECIDED IT'D BE SOMETHING [INAUDIBLE] TO DO WHEN WE WERE INVOLVED WITH PURCHASING CO-OPS TO HAVE A LIST OF THOSE CO-OPS AND WHAT KIND OF FEES THAT THEY NEEDED. WE ARE CHARGED ON A YEARLY BASIS TO USE THOSE CO-OPS. OBVIOUSLY WE USE THEM QUITE OFTEN. WE DO A LOT OF OUR PURCHASING THROUGH THESE CO-OPS. WE WILL EVEN GO INTO A SORT OF CO-OP AND QUOTE WITHIN THAT COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT ARE THERE TO TRY TO GET THE BEST PRICES FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT WHAT YOU SE THERE IS A LISTING OF ALL OF THE VENDORS, ALL THE CO-OPS THAT WE USE, AND THEN IF THERE IS A FEE, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I AM GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS? NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ENROLLMENT UPDATE, MR. RICHARD DEAN.[B. Enrollment Update]
EVENING BOARD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH BGA LOCAL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ON SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. JUST WANNA RUNDOWN A QUICK ENROLLMENT UPDATES FOR THE BOARD. TODAY WE HAVE TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FRENSHIP. THAT IS A RECORD ENROLLMENT. ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO RISE EVERY DAY. LAST YEAR WE HAD NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE ON DAY 19, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ON TODAY. THAT IS A 2.93 PERCENT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. THIS COMBINED, I'M SORRY, THE 9TH GRADE CENTER HAD 751. THE HIGH SHCOOL HAS NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN. COMBINED THAT'S TWENTY SEVEN THIRTY EIGHT. THAT'S FORTY MORE THAN THEY HAD LAST YEAR. WE'RE SERVING 56 STUDENTS AT REESE FOR A TOTAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL OF TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY FOUR. SOME OF THE TRENDS WE'VE NOTICED IS WE HAVE TWO CLASSES WITH ABOUT 800 STUDENTS. IT'S OUR SIXTH GRADE AND SEVENTH GRADE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED OFF OF LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. THE SIXTH GRADE HAS EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN. OUR SEVENTH GRADE HAS EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO. SO OUR SIXTH GRADE AGAIN THIS YEAR IS OUR BIGGEST CLASS. ALL OF OUR K THROUGH 5 ELEMENTARY CLASSES HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED STUDENTS, K THROUGH 5. AND ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT IS FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY. OUR TOTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED AS WELL FROM A TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO TO TWENTY FIVE FORTY FOUR TODAY. SO OUR LARGEST CLASS AGAIN IS OUR SIXTH GRADE CLASS, AND IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO KEEP GROWING. THAT'S ALL I GAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. DEAN. APPRECIATE IT. SURE. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON CLASS SIZE[C. Update on Class Size Exception for Pre-Kindergarten through 4th Grade]
EXCEPTION FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 4TH GRADE. AGAIN MR. DEAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THAT'S ME AGAIN. AGAIN WITH BGA LOCAL, SIGNIFICANT ITEMS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 24 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR KINDERGARTEN DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND 25 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OUR FOURTH GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT WILLOW BEND. BECAUSE THESE ARE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS BECAUSE OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE WE'VE ADDED A TEACHING AIDE IN BOTH OF THOSE CLASSES TO ASSIST THE TEACHERS IN THAT AREA. DUE TO BECOMING A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, FRENSHIP IS EXEMPT FROM FILLING THE CLASS SIZE WAIVERS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO IN THE PAST IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.112. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME SIR. OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TENTATIVE[D. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
AGENDAS FOR THE UPCOMING MEETINGS. WE HAVE ONE OCTOBER 3RD, 2019 WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL MEETING. CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE IN PREPARATION FOR A SECOND MEETING OF OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING. WE HAVE OUR FIRST LONG RANGE PLANNING MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH 2019, AND THE LONG RANGE[00:40:03]
PLANNING MEETINGS ARE IT'S A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HELP US FIND SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGING OUR GROWTH IN GRADES 9 THOUGH 12. OK. THEN OUR SECOND MEETING THEREAFTER IS OCTOBER 21ST 2019, A REGULAR MEETING. YES SIR. ANY MEMBERS WISH TO HAVE A PARTICULAR SUBJECT PLACED ON THE AGENDA PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH EITHER MYSELF OR DR. MCCORD. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET YOU SQUARED AWAY. UPCOMING EVENTS, WE HAVE A BUSINESS PARTNERS[E. Upcoming Events ]
LUNCHEON AT ELEVEN THIRTY A.M., OCTOBER 29TH HERE THE KC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. ANY PARTICULAR TOPIC YOU'VE GOT GOING ON THAT ONE? PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH GROWTH. SOMETHING TO DO WITH GROWTH. I WONDER WHY. [LAUGHTER].OK. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
[F. Training Opportunities]
I BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO TASA/TASB CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH THE 22ND IN DALLAS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS AT THIS TIME? I THOUGHT I'D JUST MENTION ONE MORE TIME.FEEL FREE. THAT ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE INTERVIEWING FOR OUTSTANDING BOARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY'VE MADE IT TO THE TOP FIVE, AND WE INTERVIEW AT 8:25 A.M. ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 20TH. AND WE'LL LEARN LATER THAT DAY THAT WE'RE THE OUTSTANDING BOARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. [LAUGHTER]. I'M JUST GETTING THAT, YOU KNOW HOW YOU THINK IT, THINK IT, THINK IT, AND THEN IT HAPPENS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING [INAUDIBLE]. BOARD REALLY MEANS DISTRICT. YES. YEAH. WE'RE JUST REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. WELL SAID. WELL SAID, YES. OK. ANY OTHER ITEMS? WITH THAT BEING SAID THIS MEETING NOW STANDS ADJOURNED. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.
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