>> [BACKGROUND] DETERMINED THAT A FORMER PRESIDENT
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IS PRESENT AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN THE TIME AND MATTER AS REQUIRED BY LAW.THEREFORE, AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
MR. ROGERS, WOULD YOU GIVE OUR NOTATION, PLEASE?
>> PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE TOGETHER THIS EVENING TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS DISTRICT, AND TO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FATHER, HONOR STAFF AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS, FATHER.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE TALENT THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED THEM WITH, AND JUST PRAY THAT THIS IS A GREAT EVENING FOR THEM TO BE HONORED.
THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THIS DISTRICT, FOR ALL THE MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS DISTRICT GO, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US, LORD, AND WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, SERVING OUR COUNTRY, AND PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS. IT'S IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> KEKE DONALD, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, SIR. [BACKGROUND] WE'RE GOING TO DIVE RIGHT INTO IT.
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS RECOGNITION,
[1.G. Recognition]
AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME WE HAVE CLOSE TO 150 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT, AND WE'RE JUST BLESSED THAT WE HAVE THAT MANY KIDS THAT ARE DOING THAT WELL AND THAT DESERVE THAT RECOGNITION.ANY OF YOU PARENTS, WHEN ALL THE CERTIFICATES ARE HANDED OUT, THE KIDS WILL COME OUT IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU CAN COME BACK BEHIND HERE AND TAKE PICTURES OF THAT GROUP, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
I'M GOING TO TURN THE SHOW OVER TO MS. TIFFANY TAYLOR.
[NOISE] IT'S ALWAYS AN EXCITING NIGHT WHEN WE HAVE THIS BIG OF A GROUP TO RECOGNIZE, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO DIVE IN.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE FCCLA, IF THEY WILL COME UP.
AGAIN, PARENTS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO BACK BEHIND, WHERE BRITNEY IS, TO RECORD OR TAKE PICTURES, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO BACK THERE.
THEN STUDENTS, IF YOU WANT TO LINE UP ON THIS SIDE OF THE PODIUM.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE FCCLA THAT STANDS FOR FAMILY, CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA, AND IT FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION.
WE HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO ADVANCED TO THE STATE COMPETITION WITHIN THIS LOT, AND TONIGHT WE HAVE THEIR FCCLA ADVISOR, TRICIA DISSINGER, IF THAT WOULD BE RIGHT, TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> HI. I'M TRICIA DISSINGER, AS SHE SAID.
I AM THE ADVISOR FOR THE FRENSHIP FCCLA, AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HONOR THESE TWO AMAZING STUDENTS.
THEY BOTH COMPETED AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, WHERE THEY PLACED AND MOVED ON TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN DALLAS.
MICHAELA VAZQUEZ IS OUR SENIOR, AND SHE TOOK FIRST PLACE IN PUBLIC ADVOCACY, WHERE SHE ADVOCATED FOR FREE LUNCHES FOR ALL STUDENTS.
SHE EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW DR. MCCORD AS PART OF HER PROJECT, SO I'M VERY PROUD OF MICHAELA.
THEN WE HAVE DARRYL DISSINGER.
HE IS OUR NINTH GRADER, AND HE COMPETED IN LEADERSHIP, WHERE HE SET GOALS FOR HIMSELF AND WORKED ON IMPROVING HIS PERSONAL GROWTH.
HE ALSO TOOK FIRST PLACE AT REGIONALS, AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO HONOR BOTH OF THEM.
>> [OVERLAPPING] CONGRATULATIONS.
>> PARENTS, AGAIN, IF Y'ALL WANT TO STAND IN THE BACK.
[BACKGROUND] SHOW THEM OVER HERE.
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UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL HISTORY DAY STATE QUALIFIERS.WE HAD 16 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE STATE COMPETITION THIS YEAR.
THAT'S THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW.
ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD STATE QUALIFIERS OR STATE ALTERNATES.
DURING THE STATE COMPETITION, WE DID HAVE ONE STUDENT EARN SIXTH IN THE STATE FOR HER CATEGORY, AND TONIGHT WE HAVE MALLI TRAVIS, OUR FRENSHIP ISD SOCIAL STUDIES COORDINATOR, TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REFLECT UPON YOUR SEVENTH-GRADE YEAR.
COACHING THIS YEAR'S GROUP OF SEVENTH GRADERS HAS BEEN AWE-INSPIRING, AND THEY HAVE ALL RISEN ABOVE EXPECTATIONS.
THEY HAVE BUILT WEBSITES, PRODUCED POWERFUL DOCUMENTARIES, WRITTEN IN-DEPTH RESEARCH PAPERS, AND BROUGHT HISTORY TO LIFE THROUGH CREATIVE PERFORMANCES.
THEIR WORK HAS TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO COMPLEX TOPICS, SUCH AS THE COURAGE OF JOAN OF ARC, THE TRAGEDY OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE BRAVERY OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTTS.
THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE BUILT CRITICAL THINKING, EMPATHY, AND STRONG VOICE.
SKILLS THAT WILL SERVE THESE STUDENTS WELL, JUST NOT IN FRIENDSHIP, BUT THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.
PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE OUR FRENSHIP, TEXAS HISTORY DAY STATE COMPETITORS. [APPLAUSE]
>> KAYLEE CASTELLAW, MING HALSEY, LUCY HIGHTOWER, ALLISON RILEY, WHO WAS IN THE TOP SIX IN STATE, [APPLAUSE] HARPER SANDERS, MAMIE RYE, PEYTON EVANS, CLAIRE REED, BRAELYNN CURNUTT, GENTRI DUFFIELD. DID I GET EVERYBODY?
>> THEN, IF WE CAN HAVE YOU ALL IN FRONT, OR IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?
>> CLOSE AS YOU CAN. NOW, SQUEEZE IN.
>> SHOW YOUR CERTIFICATES. [OVERLAPPING]
THEN BASKETBALL PARENTS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK, WE'RE GOING TO DO BOYS AND GIRLS AT THE SAME.
Y'ALL CAN COME A LITTLE CLOSER THIS WAY. RIGHT HERE.
UP NEXT, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR BOYS' AND GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAMS. BOTH HAD RECORD-BREAKING SEASONS AND GET TO THE REGIONAL FINAL PLAYOFFS.
IF YOU GOT TO WATCH THE GAMES OR WATCHED IT ON FRENSHIP TV, THESE TWO GROUPS WERE A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH.
WELL, TONIGHT, WE'RE RECOGNIZING STUDENTS FOR THEIR ALL-STATE AND ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AWARDS.
FIRST, WE'LL HAVE THE GIRLS WITH HEAD COACH TRENT HILLIER, WHO WAS NAMED THE DISTRICT 2-6A GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY BOYS WITH HEAD COACH PAUL PAGE, WHO IS ALSO THE DISTRICT 2-6A BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR AND A FINALIST FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES, DON COLEMAN, OUTSTANDING COACHES AWARD.
>> WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US HERE, ESPECIALLY CARL ROGERS, WHO WAS OUR GOOD LUCK CHARM AT HOME.
WE WON ALL GAMES AT HOME. THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER] WE WILL RECOGNIZE THESE GIRLS THAT ACHIEVE THINGS BOTH ON THE COURT AND OFF THE COURT, DID GREAT JOBS.
WE'LL START FIRST WITH OUR SENIOR OVER HERE, KEDAN BURCH, WHO WAS TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, AND TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE A JUNIOR, ADDISYN BOLLINGER.
ADDISYN IS THE TGCA, WHICH IS TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE, 6A.
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SHE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STAR TEAM THAT WILL COMPETE THIS SUMMER IN ARLINGTON IN JULY.[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE A SOPHOMORE.
ALWAYS NICE WHEN WE HAVE JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING UP HERE.
JADA IS TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES ALL-STATE AND TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE RECOGNIZE ALL THESE ALL-STATE HONORS.
THEY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE STATE AS THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THEM.
I THINK THERE WERE 20 IN THE TABC THAT WERE RECOGNIZED AS ALL-STATE, AND SOME OF THE SOPHOMORE TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT AND THE JUNIOR TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE BACK NEXT YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS, JADA. [APPLAUSE]
I JUST TOLD PAT, I SAID, IT'S HARD FOR US TO DO INDIVIDUAL WORK.
I SAID, ONE MORE GAME, AND WE'D HAVE GOT TO BRING THE WHOLE TEAM.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
SPECIAL PLAYERS MAKE SPECIAL SEASON, AND SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR GUYS THAT MADE FOR A SPECIAL SEASON.
TONIGHT, IT'S HARD BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SENIORS FOR ME. IT'S REALLY HARD.
FIRST OFF, DANIEL GIDEON, WHO'S A SENIOR, ONE OF OUR THREE-YEAR VARSITY PLAYERS.
HE FINISHED THIS YEAR, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, FIRST TEAM, WHICH IS HARD TO DO.
THAT SPEAKS TO THE VOLUME OF HIS DEDICATION TO BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE.
TEXAS ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL COACHES ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, AS WELL, DANIEL GIDEON.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE JACKSON HALL.
JACKSON HAS BEEN AWARDED THE SAME, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE SECOND TEAM, AND SO WE'RE PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT, AS WELL AS TABC ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.
JACKSON HALL. [APPLAUSE] THEN KEANU MONTANO.
HE CAME TO US THIS YEAR FROM CALIFORNIA, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM, AND HE BROUGHT WITH HIM GREAT GRADES, SO THAT'S POWERFUL.
[LAUGHTER] HE KEPT THAT AND MAINTAINED THAT THROUGH THE SEASON AND THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND HE, TOO, HAS BEEN AWARDED TABC ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.
KEANU MONTANO [APPLAUSE] LAST SEVERAL AWARDS HERE FOR PATTON PINKINS.
PATTON WAS ALSO SELECTED TABC ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, SO HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD.
BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN SELECTED TABC ALL-STATE TEAM.
ONLY 20 GUYS FROM THE WHOLE STATE MADE THAT TEAM, AND SO THAT'S A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
WITH THAT, HE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO REPRESENT US AT THE TABC ALL-STAR GAME IN TWO WEEKS ON MAY 9TH, AND SO THAT'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND FOR HIM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEN I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION 6A BOYS SUPER ELITE TEAM, MOST VALUABLE PLAYER FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
[APPLAUSE] MOM DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONE EITHER.
[LAUGHTER] THANK Y'ALL. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> CAN I GET Y'ALL TO GET TOGETHER FOR A BIG GROUP PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE, IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM? [APPLAUSE]
PERFECT. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]
>> THEN Y'ALL CAN GO ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PODIUM.
THEN PARENTS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
UP NEXT, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR BOYS' AND GIRLS' WRESTLING TEAMS.
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THEY HAD A PROGRAM RECORD OF 22 REGIONAL QUALIFIERS THIS YEAR AND TWO STATE COMPETITORS.THEY ALSO HAD SEVERAL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AS WELL.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE WRESTLING COACH, HARLEY DILULO, TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HIS ATHLETES.
>> AWESOME. WELL, JUST THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE TEAM.
THERE WERE SOME UPS AND DOWNS, BUT I FELT WE FINISHED THE SEASON SUPER WELL.
WE WON OUR FIRST-EVER DISTRICT TITLE ON OUR GUYS' SIDE, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN.
OUR GIRLS WERE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE TOP THREE, TAKING FOURTH, AND THEN WE QUALIFIED THE MOST GUYS AND GIRLS EVER TO OUR REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, AND THAT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN.
THEN WE HAD, LIKE SHE SAID, TWO STATE QUALIFIERS AND TWO DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND TWO [INAUDIBLE].
IT WAS JUST A REALLY FUN SEASON, AND I HOPE WE CAN JUST KEEP THAT FUN ROLLING.
MY FIRST AWARD IS GOING TO GO OUT TO HANNA DEMOUR.
SHE'S A SENIOR, AND IT'S FOR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION.
[APPLAUSE] THE SECOND AWARD IS GOING TO GO OUT TO A KYREN RAMOS, AND HIS IS FOR WRESTLING STATE QUALIFIER.
[APPLAUSE] NOAH ZUNIGA, HE'S ALSO OUR SECOND STATE QUALIFIER AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] DAVIS THOMPSON, ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] IS ALSO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION. [APPLAUSE]
>> EVERYONE LOOK RIGHT AT ME, 1, 2, 3. PERFECT.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [OVERLAPPING] WELL DONE.
>> THAT WE HAVE POWER LIFTING.
POWER LIFTING PARENTS AND YOU WANT TO GO IN THE BACK.
[BACKGROUND] UP NEXT, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR BOYS AND GIRLS POWER LIFTING TEAM ON AN IMPRESSIVE SEASON.
THIS YEAR AND THEY HAD SIX BOYS AND GIRLS EARN SPOTS AT THE STATE MEETING, INCLUDING JACK POLLER, WHO WAS THE STATE RUNNER UP IN HIS CLASS.
THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL WHO EARNED ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS, AND TONIGHT WE HAVE COACHES ROBINSON TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, COACH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, APPRECIATE IT.
OTHER BOSTONS, AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING OUR TEAM FOR SURE.
POWER LIFTING, OF COURSE, IS A UNIQUE SITUATION.
BEING A NON UIL SPORT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE DO.
IT FLIES UNDER THE RADAR A LOT OF TIMES.
VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AS BEING THE HEAD COACH OF THIS PROGRAM, THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, WE'VE GROWN IMMENSELY. IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO ON THE PLATFORMS OF WHAT WE DO.
ON MY LEFT OVER HERE, YOUR RIGHT, IS GOING TO BE OUR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ELECTED KIDS, AND IT'S A UNIQUE DEAL BECAUSE IN POWER LIFTING, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU CAN ONLY NOMINATE ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL PER DIVISION.
IF I HAVE AN ELITE, MY FIRST TEAM AND A SECOND TEAM.
THESE INDIVIDUALS, THERE HAPPENS TO BE ONE WHO'S WORKING TONIGHT, SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH US.
BUT FOR OUR SECOND TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, FIRST IS MS. KIANA AL DACO.
THE BOYS SECOND TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, AZARIAH BARNES [APPLAUSE] THEN FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, HANNAH APPLET ESCOBEDO COULD NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT.
PLEASE GIVE HER APPLAUSE AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] WE FOR BOY SITUATION.
PRESTON ALEXANDER WAS A FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT.
FOR YOU FOLKS IS OUR RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE OUR STATE QUALIFIERS.
FOLKS, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE PROGRAM EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
WE HAD THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR OUR GIRLS PROGRAM AND THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR OUR VOICE PROGRAM.
FIRST IS THIS YOUNG LADY TO MY RIGHT IS EMORY FAR.
[APPLAUSE] THIS YOUNG LADY, SHE'S A FRESHMAN.
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THIS IS ADRIANE CERVANTES.[APPLAUSE] EMORY AND DENESA, THEY ARE TWO TIME REPEAT STATE QUALIFIERS.
WE DO LOSE ONE OF THESE YOUNG LADIES.
SHE GRADUATES THIS YEAR, SO THAT MAKES US SAD.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I GET THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES BACK AGAIN, AND WE HAD SOME YOUNG LADIES THAT WERE VERY CLOSE.
WE'VE GOT A BRIGHT FUTURE ON THE FEMALE SIDE OF THE PROGRAM.
FOR OUR BOYS, THIS YOUNG MAN IS PEDRO LOREDO [APPLAUSE].
THEN CHRISTIAN SERNA, WHO'S RIGHT THERE SECOND TO THE END.
[APPLAUSE]. THEN ON THE VERY END IS JACK POLLOCK.
WE CAN GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY'VE DONE AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR PROGRAM.
HERE'S JUST OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE SEASON VERY QUICK.
IN TOTAL, WE HAD 21 REGIONAL QUALIFIERS.
WE HAD SIX TOTAL STATE QUALIFIERS.
WE HAD ONE REGIONAL RECORD THAT WAS SET BY JACK POLLARD.
WE HAD 29 SCHOOL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN, AMONGST BOTH PROGRAMS. THEN LASTLY, JACK POLLARD ON THE VERY END WAS OUR FIRST EVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS MEDALIST FINISHING SECOND PLACE IN THE STATE POWERLIFTING MEET.
THE BIG POSITIVE, HE'S A JUNIOR, SO [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] I APPRECIATE YOU HONORING THESE YOUNG ADULTS.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING OUR PROGRAM AS TIGERS, NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT STATEWIDE.
THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.
>> [APPLAUSE] CAN WE GET YOU ALL TOGETHER?
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [BACKGROUND]
>> THE NEXT WE HAVE CHEERS SO CHEERS IF YOU'LL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU'LL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
[BACKGROUND] ANYMORE CHEER PARENTS? NEXT UP, WE HAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL CHEER ATHLETES TO RECOGNIZE.
THEY PLAY 12 ROLE IN TEXAS, BUT THEY ALSO EARNED SEVERAL OTHER STATE WIDE AWARDS, INCLUDING ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, ALL-STATE AND ALL-STAR AWARDS.
AS TONIGHT, WE HAVE HEAD COACH KATIE SMITH TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THE STUDENT ATHLETES.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS FOR HAVING US.
IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO COME AND GET TO PRESENT AND BRAG ON MY KIDS.
WE HAVE SOME SMARTY PANCES HERE WITH US TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M SMART BECAUSE I SAID PANCES.
WE'VE ANNOUNCED THIS UNIVERSITY.
WE'LL START WITH OUR ALL-STATE FIRST WE HAVE LILY.
LILY IS OUR FIRST YEAR LETTERMAN, BUT SHE'S ALSO GOING TO BE ATTENDING TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN PRE MED.
THERE'S LILY [APPLAUSE] HE'S A FIRST YEAR LETTERMAN AND HE'S ALSO GOING TO GO TO TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND BE PREMED AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] OUR MASCOT AND A TWO YEAR RETURNER.
SHE'S GOING TO OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND DOING MEDICAL IMAGING PHONOGRAM. DO I SAY THAT RIGHT? [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE SHE'S A FOUR YEAR RETURNER.
SHE WAS ALSO RC CHAIR CAPTAIN THIS YEAR.
SHE IS GOING TO BE GOING TO LCU AND MAKE SURE I'M DOING IT RIGHT.
MISSION ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EMPHASIS AND CHILDREN'S MINISTRY OR WHAT?
>> BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING.
>> I RAN OUT OF SPACE ON MY NOTES.
>> NEXT AMELIA, SHE'S A FOUR YEAR RETURNER.
SHE'S GOING TO ACU AND ALSO DOING NURSING AS WELL.
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BUT THEY HAVE SOME OTHER OBLIGATIONS TO BE AT.ONE IS AT ACTUALLY THEATER TONIGHT, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT.
THESE ARE ALL SENIOR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AND THIS IS AGAIN, I THINK THE THIRD YEAR THAT ALL MY SENIORS MADE THE ALL STATE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TOO.
NEXT, I HAVE SOME OF MY OTHER ALL-STATE AWARDS.
THIS IS OUR ALL STATE TEAM, AND SHE ALSO MADE THE ALL-STATE CHEERLEADER TEAM AS WELL.
LAST YEAR, SHE WAS THE PEP RELIC CHOREOGRAPHER.
AGAIN, SHE'S A PEP RELIC CHOREOGRAPHER, AND THEN NEXT YEAR SHE'S TAKING ON THE LEAD OF OUR RC CHEER CAPTAIN.
SHE'S A TGCA ALL-STAR CHEERLEADER WHO WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE ALL-STAR GAMES THIS SUMMER, AND THAT IS BRINKLEY [APPLAUSE] EMMY IS ALSO A THREE YEAR RETURNER.
SHE WAS LAST YEAR'S UIL CHOREOGRAPHER WHO GOT THE ALL-STATE AWARD, AND THEN SHE'S DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SHE IS ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF THE TGCA ALL-STATE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY HER SECOND YEAR TO GET THAT AWARD.
SHE WAS THE ONLY SOPHOMORE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT GOT LAST YEAR.
THEN SHE IS ALSO GOING TO BE ON THE TGCA ALL-STAR TEAM PERFORMING THIS SUMMER AS WELL. ANNIE PEREZ.
WE CALL HIM RICK YE. RICKY IS A FIRST YEAR CHEERLEADER.
HE'S NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, AND HE IS THE ONLY MALE THAT MADE IT ON THE ALL-STAR TEAM IN THE 6A DIVISION.
THE THING THAT'S COOL ABOUT RICKY IS RICKY DECIDED TO SHOW UP A BACK FLIP ONE DAY IN THE FRENSHIP HALLWAYS AND WE WENT AND RECRUITED HIM.
SO CONGRATULATIONS [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE].
THEN OUR LAST ALL-STATE AWARD IS WELL ACTUALLY THREE YEAR RETURNER.
SHE WAS OUR LAST YEAR CHOREOGRAPHER FOR UIL, AND THIS YEAR SHE'S DOING THE SAME THING, AND HER NAME IS CARPER.
[APPLAUSE] I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM, AND I LOVE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS REPRESENTED HERE SO WELL SO THANK YOU GUYS.
>> [BACKGROUND] EVERYONE GET CLOSER TOGETHER.
>> NEXT UP ROBOTICS PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THE BACK FOR [INAUDIBLE] WANT TO LINE UP ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PODIUM.
YOU MAY HAVE TO GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SHOW IT. THERE WE GO. THAT'S GOOD.
WE'LL LET PARENTS GET SET UP IN THE BACK.
UP NEXT, WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THIS BIG GROUP.
IT'S THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM.
THEY ADVANCED TO THE STATE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION EARLIER THIS MONTH.
BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT THEY ADVANCED TO STATE BY EARNING THE ENGINEERING INSPIRATION AWARD AN AWARD THAT HIGHLIGHTS TEAMS THAT ARE NOT ONLY BUILDING ROBOTS, BUT ALSO BUILDING A CULTURE OF ENGINEERING APPRECIATION.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE ROBOTICS COACHES JAMES HOLLOWAY AND NANCY SCHUNKE TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR AWARD.
>> WELL, FIRST, YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF NAMES HERE, BUT WE LIKE TO BE CALLED THE IRON TIGERS.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY GETS IT. FE.
>> FE, WE CAME UP WITH THIS A LONG TIME AGO.
>> FE STANDS FOR FRENSHIP ENGINEERING, BUT IT ALSO THE SYMBOL OF PERIODIC TABLE FOR IRON.
THAT'S WHEN WE BECAME THE IRON TIGERS.
>> I HAVE TO TELL THIS. LAST NIGHT, MR. HOLLOWAY GOT AN AWARD HIMSELF.
HE'S LCU DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY.
THERE'S MANY OF THOSE, BUT HE WAS THE TOP SECONDARY LCU DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS HE'S DONE.
THE GUY SAID AND THEN THEY HAVE THE FE TIGERS.
THEN SOMEBODY I DIDN'T SAY IT BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE.
BUT IT'S THE IRON TIGERS AND SO CONGRATULATIONS
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TO MR. HOLLOWAY [APPLAUSE].I'LL LET MS. SCHUNKE TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AWARD WHERE THERE SHE IS.
>> THE ENGINEERING INSPIRATION AWARD IS CONSIDERED THE SECOND HIGHEST AWARD YOU CAN GET AT A COMPETITION FOR FRC.
IT IS AWARDED TO A TEAM WHO IN A COUPLE OF YEARS SPAN DOES AMAZING THINGS TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE ENGINEERING WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
THESE KIDS HAVE DONE THIS WITH VIGOR.
THEY ARE RUNNING COMPETITIONS.
IN FACT, THIS WEEKEND, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AIR BATTLES FOR LOCAL TEAMS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WAS A COMPETITION THAT THEY DEVELOPED, PLANNED, ORGANIZED, AND ARE RUNNING FOR KIDS.
THEY ALSO DO HELP WITH THE FTC TEAMS THAT WE'VE STARTED IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THEY DO A LOT OF STEM WORK WHERE THEY GO OUT TO SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARIES TO TALK ABOUT STEM AND SHARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS A TEAM.
THE JUDGES ARE REALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR WORK AND SHOW THAT WITH THIS AMAZING AWARD, SO WE'RE HONORED TO GET IT.
>> THIS IS RILEY HOLLOWAY, JEREMY LOIS, TAYLOR KRAFT, CAITLIN BILLER, JUST GOT ACCEPTED IN VIRGINIA TECH [APPLAUSE].
[INAUDIBLE] SEAN TARGET, JOEY DUFFY, ROXIE POTTS, GRAY THOMPSON, CALEB LOPEZ, SEAN BOB, GABBY.
I'LL LET HER SAY HER LAST NAME.
CAITLYN, WESLEY, DANIEL DOUG, MALLORY WINNIT AND THEN JULIA GONZALEZ.
>> WE'LL TRY TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE.
>> [BACKGROUND] THEN [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU-ALL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, SO DON'T LEAVE.
SOME PARENTS ARE GETTING UP TO GO TO THE BACK SO [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND] IT'S SO BIG THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK THEM UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
[LAUGHTER] YOU-ALL JUST WANT TO FILL IN.
[BACKGROUND] ANYONE WHO HAD WELL OVER 15, YOU'LL BE OKAY HERE.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS OUR BIGGEST GROUP OF THE NIGHT.
WE HAVE WELL OVER 50 SKILLED USA STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR STATE.
THESE ARE COMPETITIONS WHERE TPE STUDENTS COMPETE IN CAREER DRIVEN EVENTS THAT EQUIP THEM FOR THE WORKFORCE.
WE HAD STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR STATE AND CONSTRUCTION, AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND PHOTOGRAPHY, AND FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE HEADED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION LATER THIS SUMMER.
FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CONSTRUCTION LED BY COLE GOSSETT. YOU-ALL WANT TO COME UP.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS COLE GOSSETT.
I'M THE CONSTRUCTION TEACHER AT FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
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THIS YEAR, WE HAD SEVERAL COMPETITORS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT THIS YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE, BRAXTON BROWN, QUALIFIED IN CONSTRUCTION TOOL IDENTIFICATION, WHERE HE COMPETED AGAINST SEVERAL OTHER COMPETITORS DOWN IN CORPUS CHRISTI, AND HE DID VERY WELL. [APPLAUSE]>> THE NEXT STEP, WE HAVE AUTO TECH WITH [INAUDIBLE]
THIS YEAR, WE ENDED UP WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL TEAM, SO IT MADE GETTING EVERYBODY QUALIFIED FOR STATE PRETTY EASY.
[LAUGHTER] WHENEVER YOU SAY YOUR WHOLE TEAM QUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUR QUIZ BOWL TEAM, THEN EVERYBODY GETS TO GO.
OUT OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, I HAVE ETHAN DAVIS HERE, WHO WAS ONE OF MY QUIZ BOWL TEAM MEMBERS, AND CHRIS VINSON HERE WAS ALSO ONE OF MY QUIZ BOWL TEAM MEMBERS, AND WE FINISHED SECOND PLACE IN THE STATE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE FRIENDSHIPS AUTOMOTIVE QUIZ BOWL TEAM HAS ACTUALLY QUALIFIED AND MADE IT INTO THE FINAL ROUND.
TO MAKE SECOND PLACE FOR THE QUIZ BOWL WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR US.
THEN CHRIS VINSON IS THE STATE CHAMPION IN AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE AND LIVE REPAIR, AND WILL BE GOING TO REPRESENT FRIENDSHIP AT NATIONALS IN ATLANTA GEORGIA IN JUNE.
>> THE NEXT STEP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FORENSICS LED BY SAM SOTO AND KAYLEE WHEELER-GRAVES.
>> THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND] IT'S A LARGE GROUP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH THIS YEAR WE TOOK OUR LARGEST GROUP TO DISTRICT, 30 STUDENTS.
WE ACTUALLY WERE DISTRICT CHAMPS FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, ONE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVENTS THAT WE HAD.
AT STATE, WE DID THINGS WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
IT'S OUR FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY TO BECOME A STATE CHAMPION.
OUR FORENSICS TEAM WON 11 TEAMS, THE NUMBER 1 TEAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE GUYS ARE NOT MOVING ON TO NATIONALS BECAUSE IT'S A STATE ONLY COMPETITION, BUT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST COMPETITIONS THEY HAVE AT STATE.
ALL THE WAY FROM IDENTIFYING BUG SPECIES TO LIFTING FINGERPRINTS. THEY DID SO MUCH.
I CANNOT REALLY SPEAK ON THE DEDICATION THESE THREE KIDS HAVE, AND THE HELP THAT WE GOT FROM OUR FORENSICS TEACHER THIS YEAR, HELP IN OUR PROGRAM, JUST GROW AND GET BETTER EVERY YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD A BEST IN SHOW, WHERE ARE YOU AT CRYSTAL?
>> WE HAD BEST WITH A CRIME SCENE MODEL.
HER AND HER PARTNER WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS MAKING BASICALLY A DIORAMA OF A CRIME SCENE.
OUT OF OVER 160 ENTRIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AREA, THEY WERE THE TOP ONE, AND THEY COMPETED AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR BEST IN SHOW, AND THE ITEM THAT WON BEST IN SHOW WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A $15,000 PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT SOMEBODY HANDCRAFTED.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT BEAT US.
BUT THESE LADIES DID AN AMAZING JOB.
WE ALSO HAD PERFECT SCORES IN SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECT BOARDS THAT WE HAD, WHICH HAS NEVER EVER HAPPENED IN OUR PROGRAM HISTORY AS WELL.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF THESE KIDS.
I CAN BRAG ABOUT THEM ALL DAY LONG.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.
BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING AND FOR YOUR-ALL SUPPORT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE]
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT THE VERY END IS, OUTSIDE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A BIG GROUP PICTURE OF EVERYBODY AND SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THESE GROUPS ARE SO BIG.
UP NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEDIA PRODUCTION LED BY MOLLY ARELLANO AND ADAM WOOD.
>> HI, GUYS. HOW'S IT GOING? GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF KIDS HERE.
IT'S ALSO OUR LARGEST GROUP TO TAKE.
I FEEL THAT'S THE RUN OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 22 KIDS COMPETE AT DISTRICT, AND ALL QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE LEVEL.
WE ARE FIRST AND SECOND IN DISTRICT IN AUDIO VIDEO QUIZ BOWL.
WE WENT TO STATE IN THOSE TWO.
THAT'S JUST GENERAL AUDIO QUIZ BOWL KNOWLEDGE.
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IT'S REALLY A HARD COMPETITION, AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB IN THAT.WE HAVE TWO DRONE CERTIFIED TRUST CERTIFIED PILOTS RIGHT HERE, AND THEY PLACED SECOND IN THE STATE FOR USAS DRONE, IT'S UNMANNED AIRCRAFT DRONE.
THEY WERE PHENOMENAL. WE HAVE A BEST IN SHOW FOR GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY, WHICH IS REALLY HARD TO DO.
I THINK THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY 150 SOMETHING AT A TIME, AND YOU PLAY [INAUDIBLE] SHOWS, SO THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL.
WE GOT FOURTH IN THE STATE FOR AUDIO QUIZ BOWL, SO THAT WAS AMAZING.
WE ALSO COMPETED IN BROADCAST NEWS PRODUCTION THIS YEAR, AND WE GOT SECOND AT DISTRICT FOR THAT. THEY'RE AMAZING KIDS.
THEY WORK ALL YEAR LONG FOR FRIENDSHIP TV, AND SO GETTING TO COMPETE AND DO THINGS WHERE THEY CAN SHINE AND BE CREATIVE IS REALLY SPECIAL.
WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL COMPETE IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
THEY'RE A SPECIAL GROUP, AND THEY DID AMAZING.
>> VERY GOOD. [APPLAUSE] THEN OUR LAST GROUP IS PHOTOGRAPHY LED BY AMY THOMAS, AND THEN I THINK YOU HAVE SOME FRIENDSHIP TV HOSTS TOO.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR, MY FIFTH YEAR TEACHING HERE AT FRIENDSHIP, AND FOURTH YEAR TO TAKE A GROUP OF KIDS TO SKILLS.
I, AGAIN, TOOK THE BIGGEST GROUP THAT I'VE EVER TAKEN TO DISTRICT.
WE HAD 17 THAT COMPETED IN DISTRICT AND 13 THAT QUALIFIED AND WENT TO STATE.
WE HAD A BEST IN THE SHOW FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY.
UNFORTUNATELY, MICHAEL COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE IS WITH HIS YOUTH GROUP. IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR HIM.
WE TOOK FIRST AND SECOND IN DISTRICT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS COMPETITION.
IT IS A FULL, 24 HOUR, ALL DAY COMPETITION.
THEY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ON SITE.
THEY HAVE TO DO PORTRAIT WORK.
THEY HAVE TO DO COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, THEY GO OUT ON A FIELD ASSIGNMENT, THEY HAVE EDITING, THEY HAVE TROUBLESHOOTING, ALL OF IT WITHIN ONE DAY, SO IT'S A BIG COMPETITION.
WE TOOK FIRST AND SECOND IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE HAD TWO TEAMS THAT COMPETED AT STATE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS WELL AS PROMOTIONAL BULLETIN BOARD.
MICHAEL MANNIX, WHO, AGAIN, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, HE ALSO TOOK BEST IN SHOW FOR PORTRAIT.
HE IS ALSO HEADED BACK TO NATIONALS FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS COMPETITION FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
LAST YEAR WE WENT TO ATLANTA, LAST JUNE, AND HE'S THIRD IN THE NATION, AND IS REALLY AIMING FOR THAT TOP SPOT, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S A PODIUM AGAIN WITH HIM.
BUT THESE GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ALL YEAR LONG, LEARNING PHOTOSHOP AND ALL THEIR PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS TO GO TO DISTRICT, STATE, AND BEYOND FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> WE'LL TRY TO TAKE SOME PICTURES OUT IN THE FOYER AREA.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY. [BACKGROUND]
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DENY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU DON'T FEEL THAT OUR FUTURE IS IN GOOD HANDS.WE'RE VERY LUCKY HERE AT FRIENDSHIP TO HAVE THE TYPE OF STUDENTS THAT WE SAW HERE TONIGHT AND RECOGNIZE HERE TONIGHT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS, AND THE COACHES, AND THE COORDINATORS, FOR ALL THE EXTRA TIME THAT'S REQUIRED OF THEIR JOBS THAT THEY PUT IN SO THESE STUDENTS CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE AND REPRESENT FRIENDSHIP WELL.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT IS INVOLVED IN ALL THESE PROGRAMS, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT NIGHT.
>> THE GREAT THING IS WE HAVE EVEN MORE STUDENT GROUPS NEXT MONTH.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR FRIENDSHIP.
I FEEL THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD MORE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS THAN I CAN REMEMBER IN PAST YEARS, SO IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL STAFF THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT THAT ARE NEW TO A HEAD COACHING POSITION, OR TO A LEAD TEACHING POSITION.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WITH PRINCIPAL GREG HERNANDEZ.
>> THANK YOU, BOARD. DR. [INAUDIBLE] IF THOSE TWO WOULD JOIN ME.
LAST NIGHT, DR. [INAUDIBLE] AND I ATTENDED THE LCU DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR BANQUET, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKED ME, YOU'RE STILL WORKING? YES. [LAUGHTER] WHY WOULDN'T I? THIS IS AMAZING.
I GET TO WORK WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE, AND GREAT KIDS, AND A WONDERFUL FACULTY, AND THEY'RE GREAT HUMAN BEINGS ON TOP OF THAT.
THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO INTRODUCE IS OUR LEAD AG TEACHER IS ANGELA VANGUNDY.
ANGELA BRINGS 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AGRICULTURE WORLD.
FOUR YEARS WITH US HERE BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS AT VICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL EAST, AND SHE BRINGS A GREAT WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
SHE TEACHES CURRENTLY AG STRUCTURES, IF I FORGET ONE, LET ME KNOW.
SHE TEACHES AG MAKING METAL, AND SHE ALSO TEACHES AG FABRICATION AND DESIGN.
SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING HER TO BE OUR LEAD AG TEACHER ANGELA VANGUNDY.
[APPLAUSE] WITH ALMOST 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BOTH AS A WRESTLER AND AS A COACH, BRING IN NUMEROUS STATE TITLES FROM MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE ALSO LED OUR FRIENDSHIP TEAM TO A DISTRICT TITLE, AND WAS ALSO AWARDED COACH FOR THE YEAR.
HARLEY DILULO WILL BE OUR NEXT HEAD COACH OF OUR WRESTLING PROGRAM. CONGRATULATION. [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]
>> YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.
I'M SUPER THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN IN THE PAST, AND FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY SENDS US THE VERY BEST THAT THEY HAVE EVERY DAY, AND I'M SUPER THANKFUL THAT I GET TO WORK WITH THOSE KIDS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANGELA DOES TOO FOR THE FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION, WE ALWAYS RAFFLE OFF SOME STUFF MADE BY OUR KIDS.
IT'S HER CLASS THOSE KIDS MAKE THOSE INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOUNDATION.
>> YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM ME ONCE [LAUGHTER] SO I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
I'M JUST EXCITED TO BUILD ON THE TARGET HERE.
THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR AS A PROGRAM.
FRIENDSHIP IS PRETTY YOUNG IN THE SPORT OF WRESTLING, AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE AND BUILD IT INTO SOMETHING BIGGER.
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WE'VE NEVER HAD A STATE PLACE FOR ON THE GUY SIDE.THAT'S SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FOR TO DOING.
THEN I'M HOPING TO HAVE MULTIPLE STATE QUALIFIERS, NOT JUST ON THE GUYS SIDE, BUT THE GIRLS SIDE AS WELL.
LIKE I SAID, JUST KEEP BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY, OUR GIRLS WON THE DISTRICT TITLE TWO TIMES IN A ROW IN '22 AND '23, WE CAN GO BACK TO BACK WITH OUR GUYS IN THIS NEXT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
JUST EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> AND THEN UP NEXT, WE HAVE FRENSHIP MEMORIAL PRINCIPAL, CHELSEY CAMPBELL, WHO HELPED US RECOGNIZE SOME NEW PANTHERS.
>> WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY.
OLDER PANTHERS AND MANY YOUNGER PANTHERS AS WELL HAVE BEEN WAITING TO COMING TODAY.
I'M GOING TO START WITH FINE ARTS FIRST WITH OUR ORCHESTRA LEAD, MS. PAIGE BRALY.
IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE WITH ME PLEASE, PAIGE.
START READING ABOUT YOU. PAIGE IS ORIGINALLY FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS, EARNING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION AS WELL AS HER MASTERS IN MUSIC EDUCATION FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE HAS TAUGHT IN STREAM PROJECT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SHE'S VERY ACTIVE IN TEACHING FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO BUILD OUT OUR ORCHESTRA PROGRAM AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[BACKGROUND] I HAVE TO GO ONE AT A TIME. I HAVE MANY.
>> THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN THE MEMORIAL TEAM.
I ACTUALLY JUST CAME FROM THE ORCHESTRA CONCERT.
IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT KIDS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO START WORKING WITH THEM.
I'M ALSO EXCITED TO JOIN THE ORCHESTRA TEAM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO START WORKING WITH THEM.
AND JUST TO BE PART OF THE GROWTH FOR THIS NEW PROGRAM. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, I HAVE HEAD BOYS SOCCER COACH, MICHAEL VON ENDE-BECKER.
COACH ENDE-BECKER IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS HEAD SOCCER COACH AT LUBBOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
HE COMES TO MEMORIAL WITH EXPERIENCE ON BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOY SIDE OF SOCCER.
PLAYED COLLEGE SOCCER AT MCMURRY.
HAS CLUB SOCCER EXPERIENCE AND MASTER'S IN MATHEMATICS.
I HAD TO THROW THAT IN THERE, MAKING HIM THE PERFECT PERSON TO LEAD OUR SOCCER PROGRAM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WELCOME, COACH ENDE-BECKER [APPLAUSE].
>> AGAIN, I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PILOT A PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THESE BOYS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, STARTING WITH CULTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN VERY MUCH.
I HAVE OUR HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH, COACH WHITNEY GIBSON.
BRING THEM ALL. [LAUGHTER] COACH GIBSON IS COMING TO US FROM LEVELLAND ISD, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH.
SHE WAS COACH OF THE YEAR IN 2022 AND HAS LED HER PROGRAM TO BEING DISTRICT CHAMPIONS TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
WHITNEY IS A GO GETTER, ENERGETIC AND READY TO GO.
SHE'S THE PERFECT PERSON TO LEAD OUR VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE GROWN UP HERE IN WEST TEXAS.
I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE FOREVER.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO START THIS PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE YOUNG, BUT I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT WHEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS THAT WANT TO WORK HARD FOR YOU.
AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BUILD SOME NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND MEET SOME NEW PEOPLE [LAUGHTER].
I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR MY KIDS TO GROW UP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
>> THIS IS MY FAMILY. THIS IS MY HUSBAND, JOSH.
WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS.
HE JUST TURNED TWO IN JANUARY. CAN YOU SAY HI GUYS.
[LAUGHTER] HE'S NOT QUITE AS FRIENDLY AS HARPER, BUT SHE'S A LITTLE SHY TODAY. THIS IS HARPER.
SHE TURNED FOUR IN MARCH, SO THEY WILL BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THE STANDS.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THEM IN PRACTICE.
[LAUGHTER] MY PARENTS ARE HERE AS WELL.
THEY'RE MY BIGGEST FANS, I THINK, NEXT TO JOSH AND MY KIDS, AND THEY'LL BE CHASING THEM.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
>> UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR HEAD SOFTBALL COACH, COACH ROXANNE CURIEL.
COACH CURIEL IS COMING TO US WITH HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE IN CORPUS.
MORE WELL KNOWN FOR HER SERVICE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS ASSISTANT SOFTBALL HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S LOVED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES SHOWING HER CARE,
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COMPETITIVENESS, AND DEDICATION TO OUR PROGRAM.I KNOW SHE IS THE LEADER WE NEED TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL SOFTBALL PROGRAM AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. COACH CURIEL.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
FRENSHIP GAVE ME MY BIG START, I WANT TO SAY FOUR YEARS AGO, AND I'VE LOVED IT EVER SINCE.
I'VE WORKED AT THREE OTHER DISTRICTS BEFORE THIS, AND THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN AT.
I AM INCREDIBLY THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THE TRADITIONS WE ALREADY HAVE AT FRENSHIP OVER TO MEMORIAL WITH A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO SWING TO IT.
[LAUGHTER] VERY EXCITED AND VERY THANKFUL. THANK YOU ALL OF YOU.
>> NEXT, HEAD GIRLS SOCCER COACH, COACH MADISON MARTIN AND HER LITTLE PANTHERS AS WELL.
[LAUGHTER] COACH MARTIN IS COMING TO US FROM ABILENE WYLIE, WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS HEAD GIRLS SOCCER COACH FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
COACH MARTIN PLAYED SOCCER AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND HARDIN-SIMMONS.
COACHED AS A GRAD ASSISTANT AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, HAS MULTIPLE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MADE THE PLAYOFFS EACH YEAR SHE'S COACHED.
HER EXPERIENCE AND LOVE FOR SOCCER MAKES HER THE BEST PERSON TO BUILD OUR SOCCER PROGRAM AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU. I'M JUST REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE AND EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO START A NEW PROGRAM AND BUILD A GIRL SOCCER PROGRAM AND JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND, GARRET MARTIN, HE'LL ALSO BE COACHING HERE, FOOTBALL, AND THEN THIS IS LITTLE TOMMY.
>> TOMMY IS VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
[OVERLAPPING] VERY GLAD TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, OUR HEAD TENNIS COACH, COACH BRANDON JUSTISS.
COACH JUSTISS COMES TO US WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A HEAD TENNIS COACH IN FRISCO.
COACH JUSTISS HAS ACTUALLY OPENED AND STARTED TWO HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS PROGRAMS. HE HAS PLAYED TENNIS MCMURRY AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING RIGHT HERE AT FRENSHIP AND TERRA VISTA AS THEIR HEAD COACH.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HIM HELP BUILD THE PROGRAM AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A NEW PROGRAM.
IT'S EXCITING TIMES TO OPEN A NEW SCHOOL, START NEW TRADITIONS, AND IT'S JUST REALLY FUN TIME TO SEE KIDS GET THE FIRST WIN OF THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM.
GREAT THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> THAT WRAPS UP OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR TONIGHT.
>> [BACKGROUND] HOLD ON JUST A SECOND BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU-ALL AREN'T [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> [BACKGROUND] WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 3 ON THE AGENDA,
[3.A. Consent Agenda]
ROUTINE DISTRICT OPERATIONS, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHELSEA SALAZAR AND SECOND BY A MILLISECOND, KYLE ROGERS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [APPLAUSE]
>> IF YOU-ALL JUST GO THAT WAY, WE'LL GRAB SOME PICTURES AND SOME HEADSHOTS.
>> YOU-ALL DON'T HAVE TO STAY. I KNOW YOU WANT TO.
>> [BACKGROUND] A LITTLE PAUSE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIKE DALBY.
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COMMISSIONER MIKE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.[2.A. Construction Update]
TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FROM MR. KEVIN COCKRELL.>> KEVIN, EVERYBODY LEFT. [APPLAUSE].
>> BOARD MEMBERS? YES, EVERYBODY LEFT.
>> GOOD THING. [LAUGHTER] IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE DO A 2020 LONG CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
WE STARTED WITH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AS YOU SEE THE BRIDGE IS APPROXIMATELY 95% COMPLETE.
ALL THE HDACS ARE SITTING ON THE CURVES, EXTERIOR WINDOWS ARE IN.
THE CANOPY IS BENDING ACROSS THE FRONT FROM THE FINE ARC FILLING OVER TO THE ATHLETIC CENTER AND THEY'RE STARTING TO POUR CONCRETE DRIVES AND SET ASPHALT, SO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG NICELY.
WE'LL START HERE WITH THE ENTRYWAY TO THE AUDITORIUM AREA, YOU SEE TAPED TEXTURE IS ONGOING AS WELL AS CEILINGS ARE INSTALLED, LIGHTS ARE BURNING, AND THEY JUST GOT THROUGH INSTALLING THE ELEVATOR.
THIS IS ACTUALLY INSIDE THE AUDITORIUM ITSELF, LOOKING ON THE STAGE OUT AT THE STAND, SEATING AREA.
BUT YOU SEE HOW THE CLOUDS TAKE THAT TEXTURE.
TOP PART OF THE WALLS ARE PAINTED.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, STAINING THE SEATING AREA WHERE THE [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY MOUNT.
THIS IS THE HALLWAY THAT CONNECTS THE OFFICE AREA TO THE AUDITORIUM AREA.
BUT YOU SEE THE WALL PROTECTIONS UP, THE CEILING IS UP, THE FLOORING IS IN.
BUT WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT THIS PICTURE IS THE ACCENTS IN THE FLOOR AND THE WAY THE LIGHTING COMES IN AND THE NATURAL LIGHT COMES IN AND [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE MAIN OFFICE.
BUT YOU SEE WALLS PAINTED, WALL PROTECTION IS UP, CEILING IS IN, WHICH ABOUT THE SERIES OF LIGHT.
THOSE LIGHTS ARE REALLY SHARP.
[INAUDIBLE] INSTALLED AND MAKING GOOD TIME.
WALLS PAINTED, FLOORINGS IN, CEILINGS IN, LIGHTS ARE BURNING, CABINETS ARE STAINED.
IT'S JUST LOOKING NICE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THIS IS CALLED A COMMONS AREA.
OF COURSE, KIDS COME HERE TO CONGREGATE, DO HOMEWORK, EAT LUNCH, SO FORTH.
BUT YOU CAN SEE LIGHTS ARE IN, CEILINGS ARE IN, WALLS ARE UP, FINISHED OUT.
IT'S LOOKING NICE. THOSE ROUND LIGHTS ARE REALLY NEAT.
THIS IS JUST GOT A LITTLE ACCENT BROUGHT OFF THE CAFETERIA.
WHAT I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS HOW THEY USE DIFFERENT TEXTURES AND COLORS.
IN THAT LITTLE SPACE, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT TEXTURES AND ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS AND REALLY TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND LOOKS NICE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
KITCHEN AREA, WE HAD KITCHEN EQUIPMENT DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEY'RE STARTING TO SET IN PLACE, GET EVERYTHING HOOKED UP AND GOING.
OF COURSE, THE CEILINGS ARE IN, LIGHTS ARE BURNING, SO THE KITCHEN IS COMING TOGETHER.
THIS IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR CANCELING THE AREA.
BUT AGAIN, WALLS ARE PAINTED, LIGHTS ARE BURNING, AND CABINETS ARE STAINED.
IT'S LOOKING NICE. IT'S COMING ALONG.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE CORRIDORS, WHAT IT'D LOOK LIKE IN BETWEEN CLASSES.
ALL THE DOORS OPENED, STAINED, WALL PROTECTION UP.
IT'S HARD TO SEE GUYS, BUT ALL THESE FLOORS ARE FINISHED.
THEY FINISHED THESE FLOORS AND THEY ROLLED CARDBOARD OUT IN THREE HOURS.
IF I'M NOT THERE TO GET A PICTURE OF THIS COVERED, THEN ALL YOU SEE ALL THIS IS BROWN FLOOR, THERE'S ACTUALLY TILE AND CARPET.
IT'S A FINISHED PRODUCT UNDERNEATH.
ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS, I'VE COMMENTED ON BEFORE, I REALLY LIKE THE BLUE TACK BOARD ON THE BLACKBOARD COMPARED TO THE BOOT BLUE.
THAT FLASH THE CABIN TRIP REALLY TIE THEM TOGETHER THAT MAKES IT NICE.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE FLOORING IS DOWN, TILES UP, CEILINGS ARE IN, LIGHTS ARE BURNING.
EQUIPMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THEY'LL START GETTING HOOKED UP, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SHOT.
AGAIN, LIGHTS ARE ON, GOALS ARE ON DURING THE PROCESS OF STAYING IN THE CONCRETE RIGHT NOW GETTING PREPARED FOR SITTING.
THEY ALSO JUST LAST WEEK DID ALL FLOORING.
THERE'S 20 PALLETS OF MAPLE FLOORING RAN ACROSS THE SIDES, CLIMATIZING.
IT HAS TO SIT FOR 14 DAYS TO CLIMATIZE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY SET IT BECAUSE IT SHRINKS AND EXPANDS.
IT'S A NEAT PROCESS. THIS IS UNUSUAL.
THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE STANDS.
THIS WILL BE THE WEIGHT ROOM, AND SO YOU SEE THERE IN THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING SHEET, TAPE BED, AND PAINTING.
THOSE WIRES YOU SEE HANGING DOWN FROM THE CEILINGS UP FOR THE ACOUSTIC CEILINGS WILL BE A NEAT AREA.
THAT GOES ON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
THIS SKY VIEW, ALL THE TURF THEY'VE BEEN LAYING.
YOU SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE COLORS, TEXTURES [INAUDIBLE] IN A SOCCER PITCH.
RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS FIELD HOUSE, INDOOR TURF.
BUT IT REALLY LOOKS NICE, GUYS.
THIS IS INSIDE THE MAIN ENTRY OF THE FIELD HOUSE.
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THIS IS WHERE EVERYONE COME AND GO.AS YOU CAN SEE, WALLS ARE PAINTED, CEILINGS GOING IN, LIGHTS ARE BURNING, STARTING TO STAIN THE NEW WORK.
INSIDE THE TURF ROOM, GOT THE TURF DOWN, WALLS ARE PAINTED, OF COURSE, LIGHTS ARE BURNING, GOT OUR EXHAUST FANS GOING.
IT'S MAKING GOOD TIME. THIS IS OVER ON THE VERY EAST END OF THE COMPLEX.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BOYS AND GIRLS, SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL DRESSING ROOMS, OF COURSE THEY'RE DIVIDED.
BUT FACIAL HAS BEEN BLOCKED OUT, GET READ FOR METAL IN THE PROCESS FOR THE ROOF AND THE CAPS ON PAIR.
IN BETWEEN THE DRESSING ROOMS AND THE INDOOR BATTING FACILITY, THEY HAVE THIS LITTLE COVERED WALKWAYS.
ON ADVERSE WEATHER, THEY GO RIGHT FROM DRESSING RIGHT INTO INDOOR PRACTICING AND STILL HAVE A WORKOUT.
THIS IS IN BETWEEN THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.
THIS IS OF COURSE, THE BULL PINS.
GOT THE TURF LAY DOWN, GOT THE REINFORCEMENTS IN FOR PLATES, OF COURSE THEY'RE BROWN, TURF IN THE BACK FOR THE PITCHING BOUNDS. IT'S REALLY NICE.
ONE OF THE CONCESSION STANDS BEHIND THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
IT BLOCKS UP, GOT THE FIRST LAYER BY ON IT.
BLOCKINGS IN THROUGH FACIA, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO POUR CONCRETE ON OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
WHEN THEY FINISH LAYING THE TURF, THEY GET IT ALL STRETCHED IN, GET ALL OF THE EMBLEMS AND LINES CUT IN, THEY COME WITH THESE GIANT SPREADERS, AND THEY JUST SPREAD BILLIONS OF RUBBER LOOPIES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS THING.
THEY COME IN WITH SWEEPERS AND SWEEPING.
THAT'S WHAT GETS THE CUSHION OR THE ABSORPTION, THROWING THE PLAYERS AT THE GROUND, FALL DOWN, SKINNED AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS THE BIG SPREADER IN THE BACK WHERE YOU SEE A BIG SWEEPER, SWEEPS EVERYTHING OUT.
IT'S A NEAT PROCESS. THIS TENNIS COURT.
THIS IS THE STRUCTURAL STEEL FOR THE HONING AND OF COURSE, THE BLEACHERS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THIS WELLED UP RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF. IT'S COMING ALONG.
NOW MOVES ON THE NINTH GRADE CENTER CONVERSION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SOUTH END ADDITION.
THIS WILL BE THE FINE ARTS ADDITION.
AGAIN, ALL THE BRICK'S BEEN FINISHED.
YOU SEE THE WALL, LIGHTING SCONCH ARE UP, YOU GOT A CAMERAS, GRAVEL BOUT ROOT BEEN INSTALLED, CAPS ON, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO POUR CONCRETE ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE, AND WE FINALLY GOT THE CHAIN LINK DOWN.
OF COURSE, THE ORANGE FENCE IN MUCH BETTER LOOKING, BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
INSIDE THE [INAUDIBLE] ADDITION YOU SEE HERE, THE CARPET IS IN, DIFFUSERS ARE IN THE CEILING, THE SOUND DAMPENING.
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY INSTRUMENT WALKERS.
THIS IS NEXT TO A CORRIDOR THAT SEPARATES THE EXISTING NINTH GRADE CENTER AND THE BAND HALL, ORCHESTRA ROOMS, BUT YOU SEE THE WALL PROTECTION IS UP, FLOORINGS DOWN.
YOU SEE IN BETWEEN THE CARDBOARD, THEY HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND COLORS AND HOW IT TIES INTO THE WALL PROTECTION.
THIS IS REALLY A NEAT AREA. IT LOOKS NICE.
[NOISE] THIS IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.
THIS IS THE CONCESSION STAND, BUT AGAIN, THE BLOCKS UP, WHILE THE EXTERIOR DOORS ARE HUNG, FIRST LAYER ROOFING IS ON TOP OF IT.
THEY'RE CONTINUING TO POUR CONCRETE AROUND THIS THING.
BLEACHERS. THEY GOT THE BLEACHERS UP A FEW WEEKS AGO, GOT THE ADA RAMP, AND PRESS BOX INSTALLED.
THEY RIGHT NOW RUN THE LOW VOLTAGE WIRE, THE COMMUNICATIONS.
>> MOVING BACK AROUND, THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.
THIS WILL BE THE ATHLETIC ADDITION.
BUT AGAIN, BRICKS COMPLETE, BELLS AROUND, GRAVEL BOUTS, ROOFS INSTALLED.
YOU JUST HAVE TO SET THE FORMS UP RIGHT HERE, AND ACTUALLY START POURING CONCRETE AROUND IT.
>> INSIDE THE ATHLETIC CONDITION, YOU SEE WALLS ARE PAINTED, FRAMES ARE INDOORS, WATER IS INSTALLED. IT'S LOOKING NICE.
BACK AROUND THE NORTH SIDE AGAIN, THIS IS THE NEW TENNIS COURTS TO WHICH THEY HAVE JUST INSTALLED THE BLEACHERS.
THEY'VE GOT THAT KNOCKED OUT [INAUDIBLE] THE EXISTING FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS.
C BLOCKS UP. POLYMETAL WINTER FRAME HAS BEEN SET, AND THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW IS SANDING THOSE DOWN, AND GETTING THEM PAINTED.
ONE SIDE CONCRETE IS BEING POURED AROUND THE FACILITY, SO IT'S LOOKING NICE, COMING ALONG.
INSIDE THE FACILITY, THEY'RE ALSO PRIMING THE WALLS, PAINTING THE FRAMES, DOING ALL THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL [INAUDIBLE] FACILITY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY GRAVEL [INAUDIBLE] ROOFED ON TOP, WHICH YOU SEE THE [INAUDIBLE] SITTING ON THE CURBS AS WELL AS THE EXHAUST STANDS FOR THE LOCKER ROOMS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE STANDS.
YOU SEE WE JUST ADD, I BELIEVE IT'S 30 FOOT LONG, 14 ROW HIGH ADDITION TO THE STANDS.
THEY JUST COMPLETED IT OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
THIS ADDITION YOU SEE IN THERE.
THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP, GUYS.
DO YOU-ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
[01:10:03]
>> I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S A GOOD TEAM. IT'S EVERYBODY AROUND ME.
>> YOU AND YOUR TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB, AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS AN ACTION ITEM AND ITS CONSIDERATION OF
[3.B.1. Consideration of architect services contract for new north elementary project]
ARCHITECTURE SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE NEW NORTH ELEMENTARY PROJECT.>> MR. MILLER, THE BOARD. BRINGING ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACTS, TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE, IF YOU WILL.
BACK IN DECEMBER WE RECEIVED A RFQ FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
WE RECEIVED QUALIFICATION REQUESTS FROM EIGHT ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS. FAST FORWARD TO FEBRUARY, WE APPROVED A POOL OF ARCHITECTS.
WITHIN THAT POOL, WE FELT BGR GIVES US, THE DISTRICT, MOST VALUE OF COMPETENCY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR NORTH COVERAGE PROJECT.
OUR NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS WAS, LET'S TALK ABOUT CONTRACT.
THEN WE WORKED OUT A CONTRACT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND BGR ALL AGREED UPON.
THAT CONTRACT IS IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR REVIEW THAT INCLUDES THEIR FEES.
THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
>> THAT'S DONE FOR US, AND SO IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO STICK WITH THEM AND CONTINUE ON WITH THOSE SERVICES.
CAN YOU MAKE A RECOMMENDATION?
>> THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH BGR ARCHITECTS FOR THE NEW NORTH ELEMENTARY PROJECT.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM MR. COBB.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE [OVERLAPPING] RECOMMENDATION.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BGR ARCHITECTS FROM MS. CHELSEA SALAZAR.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. TYLER HAYNES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> POST SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, DEREK. YOU COULD STAY UP THERE.
YOU'VE GOT A CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE
[3.B.3. Consideration to authorize the Board President to execute on the Board’s behalf, a permanent Public Underground Utility Easement including a strip of land 5 feet in width crossing the Frenship ISD 6.580 acre tract of land being located in Section 38, Block AK, G.C & S.F. RR. Company Survey, Abstract Number 689, Lubbock County, Texas]
THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, AND THIS IS LONG, SO JUST STICK WITH ME, A PERMANENT PUBLIC UNDERGROUND UTILITY EASEMENT, INCLUDING A STRIP OF LAND, FIVE FEET IN WIDTH ACROSS THE FRIENDSHIP ISD, 6.58 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING LOCATED IN SECTION 38 BLOCK AK, GC, AND SFR, COMPANY SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 689, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS.>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]
>> I'LL GET TO SAY IT AGAIN HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
>> WHAT THIS IS IS SOUTH PLAINS ELECTRIC COOP IS REQUESTING A FIVE FOOT EASEMENT FROM US ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WE ARE ON ADJACENT TO PONTIAC.
WHAT THIS WILL HELP DO IS ENSURE REDUNDANCY, IN THE EVENT OF A POWER LOSS, PRIMARY DAMAGE TO THE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GET POWER BACK UP SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON FOR THE BACK [INAUDIBLE]
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FOR MR. COBB?
>> WE'RE READY FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
>> HERE WE GO. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF A PERMANENT PUBLIC UNDERGROUND UTILITY EASEMENT, INCLUDING A STRIP OF LAND FIVE FEET IN WIDTH CROSSING THE FRIENDSHIP BY AT LEAST 6.580 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING LOCATED AT SECTION 38 BLOCK AK, GC, AND SFRR COMPANY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 689, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS.
>> YOU'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION FROM MR. COBB. DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS?
>> MR. MILLER, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE BECAUSE SOUTH PLAINS ELECTRIC COOP IS MY EMPLOYER.
TO AVOID A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE.
[01:15:02]
>> [INAUDIBLE] WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THAT IN THE MINUTES.
>> WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM MR. KYLE ROGERS.
>> WE'VE GOT A SECOND FROM MR. SEAN VINCENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, MR. COBB. I THINK THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE.
[OVERLAPPING] YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE?
>> CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT
[3.B.2. Consideration of resolution authorizing construction manager-at-risk procurement method for new north elementary project]
RISK PROCUREMENT METHOD FOR NEW NORTH ELEMENTARY PROJECT.TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES THE BOARD TO IMPROVE OUR DELIVERY METHOD FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITHIN THE [INAUDIBLE] CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE LAST FOUR BOND PROGRAMS BEFORE OUR NEW DEALS IN CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK OFFERS A DISTRICT IS A COST CONTROL PROJECT QUALITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL WITHIN THE SCHEDULING, AND ULTIMATELY, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK, OR CMAR TAKES ALL THAT RISK.
THEY HAVE ALL THOSE LIABILITIES, INSURANCE, BONDING, SCHEDULING, AND PRICING.
THAT'S WHAT CMAR DOES FOR US, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE MADE THE DECISION TO DO CMAR FOR OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE PAST.
WITH THIS SELECTION METHOD, WHAT'S APPROVED, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR US TO GO OUT AND DO A RFP FOR ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK.
PENDING BOARD APPROVAL, THE CMAR DELIVERY METHOD, WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK COMPANY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT RECOMMENDATION IF YOU'RE READY.
THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK AS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT METHOD, THE NEW NORTH ELEMENTARY PROJECT FOR THE NEW NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM MR. DEREK COBB.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM MR. ANDREW COX.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ALL THE SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[4.A. Board member training hours announcement]
[BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] OTHER BOARD BUSINESS.MRS. LISA LIBRE WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR REQUIRED TRAINING HOURS.
>> YES, SIR. ARE YOU OKAY IF I JUST DID THAT FROM HERE?
>> THANK YOU. CONTINUING EDUCATION IS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR FOR EACH TRUSTEE, AND IT'S REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING BEFORE AN ELECTION, SO HERE WE ARE.
WE ALSO HAVE TO STATE WHICH BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED, EXCEEDED, OR ARE DEFICIENT IN THEIR TRAINING HOURS.
ON BEHALF OF MR. MILLER, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT OUR BOARD HAS MET ALL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE TEAM BUILDING, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, TEA SCHOOL SAFETY TRAININGS, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S EVALUATING AND IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES TRAINING, AND THE REQUIRED FIVE HOURS OF INDIVIDUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS.
EVERYONE HAS EXCEEDED THEIR REQUIRED TRAINING HOURS.
MR. ANDREW COX HAS 7.25, MRS. PHILLIPS HAS 6.75, MR. ROGERS HAS 7.75, MRS. SALAZAR HAS 15.25, AND MR. VINCENT HAS 15.75.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] YOU'VE EARNED YOUR PARAGRAPH, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER APPOINTED IN JANUARY, HE HAS UNTIL JANUARY OF 2006 TO COMPLETE HIS 10 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS, AND HE'S WELL ON HIS WAY.
HE'S MET ALL OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBER TRAININGS WHICH ARE A LOT.
[01:20:02]
ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, OPEN GOVERNMENT TRAINING, EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING, AND SCHOOL SAFETY.ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATION, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND ALL THOSE EXTRA HOURS YOU TOOK TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, LISA, FOR KEEPING US INFORMED.
>> WITH 16.25 HOURS YOU CAN TELL I DON'T HAVE A LOT.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SERVICE FOR SURE BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE IS ADEPT AT COMING UP WITH TRAININGS THAT BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO COMPLETE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRAINING THEY'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE.
BUT ANYWAY, I DO REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THE HOURS FOR THE TRAINING THAT'S FORMAL.
BUT THIS IS A THANKLESS JOB, FOR THE MOST PART.
IT DOESN'T PAY. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S FULFILLING, AND I DO KNOW THIS THAT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WONDER, I HOPE YOU NEVER WONDER IF YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IF WHAT YOU DO MATTERS, BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER.
THE SUCCESSES THAT YOU SAW, AND I AGREE, MR. MILLER THAT IF THAT DOESN'T SHOW YOU THAT OUR TEACHERS, AND PARENTS, AND BOARD, AND ALL THESE LEADERS HERE ARE DOING SOME THINGS RIGHT, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES.
BUT THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
IT TAKES STABLE, STEADY, COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOU-ALL'S SERVICE, AND FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME, BECAUSE I CAN BE A LOT. [LAUGHTER]
>> PART OF THAT LEADERSHIP IS [INAUDIBLE] YOU'VE GOT A HEAVY BACK TO TOW.
>> DID YOU CALL ME [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> HE'S MAKING FUN OF YOUR PURSE.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US IN LINE.
I DON'T ALWAYS ACT LIKE IT, BUT IT IS A PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU CARL FOR THAT COMMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT.
>> TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
[4.B. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
MAY 19, 2025 IS OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING.UPCOMING EVENTS, A FRIENDSHIP STAFF APPRECIATION BANQUET, MAY THE SEVENTH.
[4.C. Upcoming Events]
I WAS REALLY ENCOURAGED BY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT.IT REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS WHEN THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOW UP FOR THAT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, IF YOU-ALL COULD BE THERE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT PERSONALLY.
WE'VE GOT THE FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP LUNCH IN MAY THE 15TH AT GOLF SUITES, LUBBOCK.
THE SPRING FOOTBALL GAME IS MAY THE 16TH AT 6:00 P.M AT PEOPLES BANK STADIUM, AND REESE EDUCATION CENTER GRADUATION, MAY 22ND, 06:00 AT THE FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, AND FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, MAY THE 25TH AT 3:00 AT UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA.
IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
[LAUGHTER]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.