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>> THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 7:02 PM.
[1.D. Reconvene from Closed Session -- 7:00 p.m.]
WE ARE NOW RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME.MR COX, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION, PLEASE?
>> PRAY WITH ME. DEARLY, FATHER.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR US.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DISTRICT AND JUST FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL STAFF AND THE TEACHERS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.
LORD, WE JUST PRAY OVER THIS WEEK THAT YOU JUST BE WITH THE STUDENTS, LORD.
AND AS WE GO INTO THANKSGIVING, JUST BE WITH EVERYONE AS THEY TRAVEL.
JUST KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND JUST BRING THEM ALL BACK SAFELY.
LORD, JUST AS YOU BE WITH US THROUGH TONIGHT, JUST GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
>> WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, SIR. DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS EVENING?
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO RECOGNITIONS. MISS TIFFANY TAYLOR.
[1.G.1. National Champion in Specialty Crop Production]
>> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. BOARD. FIRST UP, WE HAVE CLAY BROOK. CAN YOU COME UP.
THERE YOU GO. HE'S HERE TO PRESENT [LAUGHTER].
I KNOW HE COULD PROBABLY DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THAT'S TRUE.
I GOT THE SAME PRACTICE, A DIFFERENT THING LAST WEEK.
ON MONDAY, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO CONGRATULATE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR GUNNER CLAYBROOK ON BEING NAMED THE FFA NATIONAL CHAMPION FOR THE SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCTION PROFICIENCY THIS SUMMER.
GUNNER WAS NAMED ONE OF FOUR NATIONAL FINALISTS FOR THE PROFICIENCY AWARD, A DISTINCTION EARNED THROUGH DEDICATION AND SUCCESS AT THE DISTRICT, AREA AND STATE LEVELS.
AS A RESULT, AG TEXAS FARM CREDIT SERVICES PRESENTED A $2,000 CHECK TO FRENSHIP FFA TO HELP COVER THE TRAVEL AND COMPETITION EXPENSES TO THE NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION IN INDIANAPOLIS.
GUNNER AND THE OTHER THREE FINALISTS FROM ACROSS THE NATION WENT THROUGH A RIGOROUS SERIES OF INTERVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE FINAL WINNER, AND ON OCTOBER 31ST, GUNNER TOOK THE NATIONAL STAGE AT THE NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION TO NOT ONLY REPRESENT FRIENDSHIP, BUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
HE BROUGHT HOME FIRST PLACE IN SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCTION PROFICIENCY.
TONIGHT WE HAVE FFA ADVISOR AND OUR LEAD AG INSTRUCTOR, ANGELA VAN GUNDY, TO HELP RECOGNIZE HIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
>> HE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW. HE IS FANTASTIC.
WE ARE SO BLESSED FOR FRIENSHIP FFA TO HAVE THIS SHOW AND HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING.
HE DOES NOT COME FROM A TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUND BUT A FRESHMAN.
HE JUMPED IN ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY IN THE DEEP END AND HAS BEEN GOING AS FAR IN AS WE AS HE CAN GO.
WE'RE SUPER DUPER PROUD OF HIM.
I ALSO LEARNED TODAY THAT HE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO TEXAS TECH HONORS COLLEGE, AND HE IS GOING TO GO PICK OUT A DORM THIS WEEK, SO [APPLAUSE].
>> YOU ALL CAN GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TV IN THE PODIUM IS NOT IN THE WAY.
YEAH, WELL, I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO STAND UP.
I GUESS I'LL BE BY MYSELF [APPLAUSE].
>> GUNNER AND FOUR OTHER STUDENTS CAME UP HERE LAST WEEK TO CENTRAL OFFICE TO PRESENT WHAT WAS IT? AG ISSUES.
>> WHAT WE DO IN THE AG ISSUES CONTEST IS WE TAKE A TOPIC AND WE DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF IT FROM AN UNBIASED STANDPOINT.
THIS YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE URBANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN LUBBOCK COUNTY.
WE JUST SET IT OUT THERE FOR THE JUDGES TO FORM THEIR OWN OPINION, AND THEN WE GET QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS US SO MUCH, AND WE GET TO COME AND PRESENT IT TO PEOPLE LIKE OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE LUBBOCK CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S A THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO.
>> AND HOW DID YOU DO ON YOUR COMPETITION THIS WEEKEND?
WE GOT FIRST PLACE IN LUBBOCK DISTRICT AND SO WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE CONTEST THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY IN CANYON.
>> WELL, THAT'S VERY EXCITING [APPLAUSE].
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SANDRA WIMBERLY,
[1.G.2. Texas Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Elementary Teacher of the Year Award ]
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BOTH OF THESE RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT ARE ARE VERY BIG, STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL WIDE.BUT TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY FIRST GRADE TEACHER SANDRA WIMBERLY, WHO WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE TEXAS OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD BY THE TEXAS COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES RECOGNIZES THE EXCEPTIONAL IMPACT THAT TEACHERS HAVE ON THEIR STUDENTS IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES FIELD.
NOW, BACK IN MAY, WIMBERLY WAS SELECTED AS THE ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE STAKED PLAINS COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES.
AS THE AREA WINNER, HER NOMINATION ADVANCED TO THE STATE LEVEL AND IN LATE OCTOBER, SHE WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE OVERALL 2025 OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE WHOLE STATE.
ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WIMBERLY WAS RECOGNIZED DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE STATE CONVENTION IN FRISCO, AND SHE WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE EDUCATORS ACROSS TEXAS HONORED AT THE LUNCHEON, AND THE ONLY ONE TO RECEIVE THE AWARD AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
CRESTVIEW PRINCIPAL GINGER HICKS IS HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HER AWARD.
>> IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MISS SANDRA WIMBERLY, WHO HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE TEXAS COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES.
MISS WIMBERLY TEACHES FIRST GRADE AND IS KNOWN FOR BRINGING LEARNING TO LIFE IN UNFORGETTABLE WAYS.
WHETHER IT'S PIRATE TREASURE, WHICH YOU ALMOST GOT ME IN TROUBLE FOR [LAUGHTER]. THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK THAT WORD CAME OVER THE DAY THE PIRATE FLAG WAS FLYING, AND SHE.
I KNEW. WHY IS THERE A PIRATE? [NOISE] THEN EVERYBODY'S LIKE, WELL, BECAUSE IT'S PIRATE WEEK.
AND I'M LIKE, WE HAVE PANTHERS AND TIGERS.
>> I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN MISS WIMBERLY STRUGGLING WITH SOMETHING TO SAY THAT SHE DOES THINGS WITH, FIRST GRADERS THAT ARE FANTASTIC.
I'M HAPPY, SUPER PROUD OF YOU AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT JUST WATCHING HER BEING YOU'RE DOING GREAT, BUT YOU'RE A LITTLE ILL AT EASE UP HERE IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE.
BUT SHE IS LIKE A FIRST GRADE WHISPERER [LAUGHTER].
BUT IT'S AMAZING AND SHE COMES TO LAUGH WITH THEM AND SO JUST PRETEND LIKE WE'RE FIRST GRADERS. [LAUGHTER]
>> YES. THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS ARE HANDS ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
HER STUDENTS EXPERIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES IN A WAY THAT IS MEANINGFUL, JOYFUL, AND MEMORABLE ON OUR CAMPUS.
SHE IS A MENTOR TO NEW TEACHERS, A STRONG COLLABORATOR, AND SOMEONE WHO PUTS STUDENTS FIRST.
HER PASSION FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND HER COMMITMENT TO CREATIVE, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION MAKE HER A STANDOUT EDUCATOR IN A TRUE ASSET TO CRESTVIEW.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU LEAVE YET.
THAT SHE ALSO TAKES THE TIME TO SEND ME EVERY YEAR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT SOON.
IT'S FIRST GRADERS THAT ARE GOING TO HOW THEY WOULD PREPARE THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND WHAT THEY WOULD INCLUDE, WHAT THEY GO SHOP FOR IT, OR MAYBE THEY WOULD GO HUNT IT AND PICK ITS FEATHERS OUT AND DO ALL THINGS TO THEM.
THEY ARE SOME BUT I`M SO PRECIOUS AND THEN WHAT IS THE OTHER BOOK THAT YOU DO? IT'S THANKSGIVING GRANDPARENT.
>> WELL, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY'RE GRANDPARENTS, I THINK IS MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY, TOO. YEAH.
>> WELL, AND I HAVE TO SAY, MISS WIMBERLY HAS BEEN COMING TO SEE ME AT PEOPLE'S BANK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND IT'S [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE.
>> SHE TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO WALK AND SHE MAKES SURE NOT JUST HER CLASS.
>> THAT WRAPS UP OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU MISS [INAUDIBLE].
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME GREAT PICTURES ON YOUR PHONE.
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>> OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.
[2.A. Effectiveness Report on Frenship Foundation]
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVENESS REPORT ON FRIENSHIP FOUNDATION FROM MISS TIFFANY TAYLOR.>> IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY WHEN I GET TO TALK ABOUT THE FRIENSHIP FOUNDATION AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.
THEIR DEPARTMENT WAS TOUCHED BY FRIENSHIP FOUNDATION GRANTS LAST YEAR.
SANDRA GOT A TEACHER GRANT LAST YEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT OUR FOUNDATION IS DOING, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT HELPS BACK IT.
LAST YEAR ALONE, THE FOUNDATION GAVE OVER $163,000, THROUGH OUR TWO MAIN INITIATIVES.
THAT'S TEACHER GRANTS AND CHARACTER SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT TEACHER GRANTS.
FIRST, I PUT THREE YEARS UP THERE OF GIVING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2023 THAT FALL WE GAVE OUT MORE THAN 65,000 BUT WE JUST HAD OUR PRIZE PATROL CELEBRATION IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE GAVE OUT MORE THAN $80,000 SO WE'VE ALMOST INCREASED THAT BY 15,000 JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT I'M REALLY GOING TO TOUCH ON LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE TEACHERS JUST GOT THEIR GRANTS THIS YEAR IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS.
UM, BUT WE'VE HAD A FULL YEAR OF LAST YEAR OF SEEING THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE DONE.
LAST YEAR, WE GAVE OUT MORE THAN $76,000 IN TEACHER GRANTS.
THAT WAS 50 GRANTS THAT IMPACTED MORE THAN 86 TEACHERS ACROSS 15 CAMPUSES.
RIDGEWOOD WAS OUR NEW CAMPUS THAT YEAR, AND WE HAD GRANTS MORE THAN, WE GAVE THEM MORE THAN 5600 IN GRANTS LAST YEAR THROUGH A COUPLE OF TEACHER GRANTS.
THE TEACHER GRANTS WERE FUNDED PRIMARILY JUST THROUGH A TEACHER GRANT CAMPAIGN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EVENT TO FUND THOSE GRANTS LAST YEAR SO THOSE WERE PURE DONATIONS COMING IN FROM OUR BUSINESSES AND REALLY, THE BIGGEST PERK FROM THAT WAS PRICE PATROL.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS OUR DONORS COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY GET TO PRESENT THE GRANTS TO THE TEACHERS.
WE HAVE CHEER COLUMN MASCOTS, DRUMLINE.
WE PARADE UP AND DOWN THE HALLWAYS TO SURPRISE THOSE TEACHERS AND IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL THING TO GET TO HAVE THOSE BUSINESSES COME IN AND TAKE PART IN THAT AND REALLY SEE WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING.
WE HAD 30 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE IN PRIZE PATROL LAST YEAR.
THEN UP IN THE TOP CORNER, UH, THE BIG GROUP PICTURE, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO JERRY KING IS, HE WAS A LONG TIME FRIENSHIP COACH.
HE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR, AND HIS FAMILY GRACIOUSLY, TOLD PEOPLE THAT IF THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT OR DO SOMETHING IN HIS HONOR TO DONATE TO THE FRIENSHIP FOUNDATION.
THROUGH THAT, WE HAD MORE THAN $1,300 COME IN, IN HIS HONOR AND SO HIS WIFE, WHO'S A RETIRED TEACHER, AND HIS SON, WHO HAPPENS TO WORK AT FRIENDSHIP.
THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO COME AND PRESENT TEACHER GRANTS DURING PRIZE PATROL IN HIS HONOR.
THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL AND THEN AGAIN, JUST THIS YEAR LAST WELL, NOT LAST MONTH ANYMORE.
IN SEPTEMBER, WE GAVE OVER $80,000 IN TEACHER GRANTS.
THAT WAS 57 GRANTS THAT TOUCHED MORE THAN 90 TEACHERS ACROSS ALL 16 CAMPUSES.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS HAS GOTTEN A TEACHER GRANT.
THAT WAS ALSO REALLY COOL AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE GRANTS IN ACTION UP AT THE TOP, THAT'S THE BENNETT EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS.
THOSE ARE THREE AND 4-YEAR-OLD, THEY RECEIVED ABOUT A DOZEN TRICYCLES AND THOSE WERE TO HELP DEVELOP AND ENHANCE GROSS MOTOR SKILLS LIKE BALANCE STABILITY, BUT ALSO TO HELP BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE, CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE.
THEY USE IT DURING RECESS AND ADAPTIVE P.E AND MISS HERNDON WHO RECEIVED THAT GRANT, WHO CHELSEA ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO.
SHE SAID THAT SHE'S ALREADY SEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN HER STUDENTS WITH THOSE BICYCLES OR WITH THOSE TRICYCLES.
BELOW THAT, THE AQUATIC SCIENCE AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WAS NEARLY A $6,000 GRANT THAT IMPACTED ALL THREE OF THE AQUATIC SCIENCE TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BASICALLY, IT ALLOWED THE CLASSROOMS TO FEATURE A VARIETY OF AQUATIC ANIMALS AND ECOSYSTEMS,
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ALLOWING THEM TO ACTUALLY EXPLORE, FRESHWATER AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS UP CLOSE, AND REALLY BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE IN THE CLASSROOM.THE TEACHER SAID THAT IT ADDED, WELL, THE LECTURES ARE FUN HE SAID THAT IT ADDED A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT AND CURIOSITY, TO THE CLASSROOM UP IN THE TOP CORNER.
THAT'S OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED CLASS.
THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVE SO FAR AGAIN, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THEY'VE RECEIVED A TEACHER GRANT EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR THEIR BIG GT PROGRAM AND IT IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, IT WAS A HANDS ON THEIR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DIG KITS SO THE KIDS ACTUALLY GO IN WITH CHISELS AND HAMMERS AND BRUSHES, AND THEY GET TO UNCOVER ARTIFACTS COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP AND LEARN ABOUT THE EGYPTIAN CULTURE.
THEN THE ONE BELOW THAT IS THE LEGACY PLANT GROWTH CARTS THAT WAS SECOND GRADERS AT LEGACY AND REALLY, IT'S JUST A HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY GET TO GROW THOSE PLANTS RIGHT INSIDE THE CLASSROOM, LEARN ABOUT THE PLANT CYCLE, GROW A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW VEGETABLES ARE PRODUCED, AND REALLY AN APPRECIATION OF GROWING PLANTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THESE GRANTS THAT WE FUND ARE VERY HANDS ON BUT IT'S NOT JUST A REGULAR LESSON.
IT'S REALLY BRINGING IT ALIVE IN THE CLASSROOM AND MAKING IT A FUN LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN OUR TEACHER, WHEN OUR TEACHER GRANT COMMITTEE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE GRANTS, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS REALLY FUNDING THOSE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE LESSONS AND THEN MOVING ON TO CHARACTER SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE ACTUALLY AWARDED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS IN ONE YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER GIVEN IN THE FOUNDATION'S HISTORY, THAT WAS 65 STUDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE BOTH WITH TEACHER GRANTS AND OUR CHARACTER SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THOSE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE HAD 61 FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THAT WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS IN MAY.
THEN WE HAD FOUR RECENT GRADUATES THAT WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS BETWEEN THE DECEMBER AND MAY GRADUATION AND THEN WE ALSO INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP BY $100 TO 1350.
>> WE ALWAYS LOVE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS DURING OUR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.
IT'S OUR LONGEST RUNNING FUNDRAISER THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS.
THEN I'M ALSO PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD A NET PROFIT OF MORE THAN $100,000, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS GOLF TOURNAMENT AT GOLF SUITES, IT'S NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.
THEN ONE THING THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO ADD OVER THE YEARS IS WE HAVE STARTED TO RAFFLE OFF GIFTS FOR THOSE SENIORS.
THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE, HE ACTUALLY WON A BRAND NEW LAPTOP THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
HE WENT CRAZY WHEN WE CALLED HIS NAME.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT. WHICH PICTURE?
>> I NEVER GOT MY LAPTOP. HE JUST LOOKED HAPPY. YEAH.
>> THERE'S A VENDOR DONATED. YEAH, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ONE. YEAH. NO.
THEN THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST YEAR.
IT ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED LAST MONTH.
BUT IT WAS OUR FIRST EVENING IN BIG CAT COUNTRY, AND IT FROM ALL OF OUR FOUNDATION MEMBERS, FROM OUR DONORS.
OUR COMMITTEE REALLY SET OFF TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
THEY WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS LAID BACK.
FUN A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS WITH GREAT MUSIC AND FOOD.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
BUT I ADDED SOME PICTURES OF HOW OUR STUDENTS GOT INVOLVED.
WE HAD OUR CULINARY STUDENTS PROVIDE THE DESSERTS.
THEN OUR FLORAL DESIGN STUDENTS MADE ALL OF THE CENTERPIECES AND THEY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
THOSE TWO ARRANGEMENTS RIGHT THERE IN THAT BOTTOM CORNER WE AUCTIONED THOSE OFF DURING THE LIVE AUCTION, AND THEY TOGETHER IT WAS ALMOST $1,000 THAT WE BROUGHT IN JUST FROM THOSE TWO ARRANGEMENTS.
THEN OUR AGED KIDS MADE THAT FIRE PIT.
WE PAIRED THAT WITH SOME CHAIRS AND IT WENT FOR $5,500.
OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT ONLY BENEFITING IN THE CLASSROOM FROM OUR TEACHER GRANTS, BUT THEY ARE THEN GIVING BACK TO THE FOUNDATION AND HELPING US RAISE MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE GIVING TO OUR STUDENTS AND KIDS. ANY QUESTIONS?
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>> WHO IS THAT IN THE BLACK COWBOY HAT?
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO ZOOM IN? [LAUGHTER]
>> DID YOU GET THAT? I GOT THAT HAT AT TRACTOR SUPPLY. THERE YOU GO.
I WILL SAY WITH THAT GINGER IS IN THAT PICTURE.
FOR PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION, WE RAFFLED OFF TICKETS TO OUR PRINCIPAL. THEY HAD A TABLE.
THEN PART OF THE PERKS FOR THE SPONSORSHIPS, WE DONATED TICKETS BACK TO OUR TEACHERS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT ABOUT 40 TICKETS TO OUR TEACHER GRANT WINNERS TO GO AND ENJOY THE NIGHT.
>> LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU. YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE FOUNDATION, BY THE WAY.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. MR. KEITH PATRICK.
[2.B. Strategic Plan Update ]
>> THANK YOU, SIR. MR. MILLER, THANK YOU.
BOARD, WHILE I GET THIS. I WAS GOING TO SAY WHILE I GET THIS UP.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT GUNNER.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL THE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING THEIR PRESENTATION TO COMMUNITY GROUPS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE HERE, JUST IN ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF.
HE MENTIONED THE WOLFORD CITY COUNCIL, I THINK.
COMMISSIONER DALBY, YOU WERE A PART OF THAT ONE.
WE DIG IN, WE TRY TO GIVE THEM THE HARD QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET FROM JUDGES.
THEY JUST SPENT THEIR DAY GOING TO THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
THEY WENT TO PARKS AND REC AT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.
THEY WENT TO TEXDOT. THEY WENT TO CAPITOL CAPITAL FARM CREDIT.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SEEN THE TEXDOT ONE.
THEY'RE PRETTY POIGNANT ABOUT TEXDOT IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
THEN THEY WENT TO A THEY JUST ACTUALLY SPENT AN HOUR WITH JARED ATKINSON AT BACK AT CITY HALL IN LUBBOCK.
HE WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME.
WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY DO FOR THE FOUNDATION MISS VAN GUNDY ACTUALLY TEACHES THE CLASS THAT DONATES THAT FIRE PIT.
SHE TEACHES AT MAKIN METAL AND IS OUR LEAD AG TEACHER AT FS.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THE COMMUNITY REALLY MAKES THAT MAKES THAT HAPPEN.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. EXCUSE ME.
THIS IS OUR FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE FULL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THIS YEAR.
I KNOW 2021 SOME OF YOU ARE COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATORS.
ALL WORK TOGETHER AND DEVELOP THIS PLAN.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL YEAR THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE PLAN.
YEAR 4 IS THE LAST YEAR WITH SCHEDULED RESULTS, AND THEN YEAR 5 IS CLEAN UP.
IT'S WHAT ARE WE DOING? MOVING FORWARD. THESE ARE OUR SPECIFIC RESULTS, AS WE CALL THEM FOR THE YEAR.
I'LL BE GOING THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR TASK LEADERS THERE.
TECHNOLOGY. IT'S THE LAST OF THAT THE LAST RESULT OF THAT GOAL, OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAREER EXPLORATION AND THEN LEARNING GOALS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO SET.
AS WE GO THROUGH THESE THIS IS A TEAM THAT MICHELLE ELLIOTT IS LEADING.
SHE'S BEEN A PART OF ALL THREE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY GOALS.
HAS JOE AND HIS TEAM, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE WE'VE ADDRESSED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND TECHNOLOGY.
WE'VE AND NOW WE'RE ADDRESSING AND WE BUILT OUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES IN A TECHNOLOGY PLAYBOOK AND NOW COMPETENCIES IN OUR STUDENTS.
I PUT A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS UP THERE.
ESTEE IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.
WE SEND FOLKS TO THIS CONFERENCE REGULARLY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT.
IT TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BUT THEY ARE WIDELY REGARDED AS THE ONES TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCIES ARE.
HERE'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THIS TEAM IS LOOKING AT IS DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP.
IF YOU RECALL FROM A PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN, WE STILL HAVE THAT.
IT'S A CURRICULUM WE CREATED THAT'S A PART OF THESE TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCIES.
A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN BUILDING UPON THAT.
LEARNING.COM IS SOMETHING THEY'RE LOOKING HEAVILY AT.
WE HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THAT RESOURCE AT FRIENDSHIP RECENTLY.
HOW ARE WE DOING IT? WHEN ARE WE DOING IT? WHERE ARE WE PRESENTING IT? AT ALL THREE LEVELS OF OUR DISTRICT.
THEY ARE EVERYONE I SHOULD SAY IS IN DATA GATHERING RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE DOING A BUNCH OF FOCUS GROUPS WITH TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED TEACHERS, TEACHERS AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL OF OUR MEDIA SPECIALISTS GATHERING A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHERE OUR STUDENTS HAVE CHALLENGES, WHERE TECHNOLOGY SAYS, HEY, THEY THEY MISUSE THIS IN THIS WAY, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING SENT TO THE OFFICE FOR BEHAVIORS THAT ARE RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT WILL HELP INFORM HOW AND WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING AND WHEN WE'RE DOING IT.
MICHELLE'S TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND ROLLING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE FOR SURE.
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FEEL FREE TO ASK A QUESTION WITH EACH OF THESE IF YOU WANT.WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HEATH SIMPSON AND SID SEXTON ARE LEADING THIS TEAM.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THESE ARE PICTURES FROM FROM NEW HIRE ORIENTATION THIS YEAR.
YOU COULD BE A BRAND NEW TEACHER OR A VETERAN TEACHER. WHAT ARE WE DOING? OR A STAFF OF ANY TYPE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP PROVIDE YOU A PATHWAY THROUGH YOUR CAREER? ARE YOU A TEACHER THAT WANTS TO BECOME AN ADMINISTRATOR? ARE YOU A CUSTODIAN THAT WANTS TO BECOME A SUPERVISOR? ARE YOU A TEACHER THAT WANTS TO BE THE BEST TEACHER YOU CAN BE? THAT'S WHAT YOUR CAREER IS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. HOW ARE WE? HOW ARE WE PROVIDING THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? HOW CAN WE BEEF THOSE THINGS UP? WHAT ARE THE NEW THINGS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD.
THEY ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF DATA GATHERING AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT, AS FAR AS OUR ENTIRE STAFF. THERE WE GO.
ERA FLORES, OUR CTE DIRECTOR, AND CRAIG THOMPSON ARE MANAGING THIS TEAM.
THIS ONE SEEMS VERY SPECIFIC. GO BUILD A TEAM.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO DO THE THING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER THAN THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE TEAM AND COME UP WITH THE PLAN AND THEN LOOK FOR WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'LL BE DOING AT OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS.
THE WAY THIS WAS WRITTEN THE INTENT IS AWARENESS IS ELEMENTARY, EXPLORATION IS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PREPARATION IS HIGH SCHOOL GENERALLY.
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE WILL CROSS OVER A LITTLE BIT.
WE THIS THIS TEAM HAS ALREADY SURVEYED OUR PRINCIPALS AND OTHERS AT OUR CAMPUSES THAT HELP DELIVER THESE THINGS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THIS ACTIVITY HAPPENING, BUT HOW DO WE COORDINATE IT BETTER? HOW DO WE SUPPORT IT BETTER? WHERE ARE THE GAPS? THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THEY'RE ALSO DOING SOME FOCUS GROUPS AND GETTING SOME INFORMATION.
RIGHT NOW PLATFORMS HOW DO WE WHAT ARE THE WHAT'S THE INTEREST INVENTORY? HOW DO WE CONNECT WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT THESE THINGS TO TO HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULING TO GET THEM IN PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND CTE OR IN OTHER AREAS? A LOT OF GREAT WORK GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT I THINK THEY'RE STARTING, THEY HAVE BIG DREAMS HERE.
THEY HAVE THEY HAVE VERY BIG DREAMS ABOUT THE TYPES OF THINGS AND THE WAYS WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND I LOVE SEEING THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THEY GO.
OUR LAST ONE CASSANDRA SLAYTON AND DENISE STEWART ARE LEADING THIS TEAM.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN TO THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY CONNECT TO EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT, THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT.
WALKING INTO THIS ONE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW DO WE SET THESE LEARNING GOALS? WHAT DO THEY INCLUDE? HOW DOES THAT CHANGE OVER TIME AS A STUDENT GOES THROUGH THEIR CAREER AND FRIENDSHIP.
HOW DO WE INTERACT WITH THOSE PARENTS? WHERE DO WE KEEP THIS STUFF? THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE GOALS THAT WE'RE SETTING.
IT'S TRUE OF MANY OF THESE LEGISLATION WILL HAVE SOME, SOME NEW LEGISLATION WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THIS AS WELL.
FIGURING OUT HOW THAT ALL FITS TOGETHER AND AND MAKING THAT WORK.
BUT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THAT'S ANOTHER TEAM THAT IS GETTING A TON OF FEEDBACK.
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF PLATFORMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE INTERNALLY AT FRIENDSHIP AND THEN LOOKING AT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND SEEING HOW DO WE GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS THING AND MOVE IT FORWARD.
THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY ASKS US TO DO. EVERYONE'S ROLLING ALONG.
THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THEY DON'T IMPLEMENT IT.
WE'RE TAKING IT DOWN TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON IT AND EVERYBODY'S WORK THAT WORKS ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
BUT THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING THAT.
>> THANK YOU. IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY WORK REALLY HARD AND THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
DR. MCCORD SETS THE TONE OF THAT.
I THINK THE SAME, THOUGH, WHEN WE GO AROUND TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND I THINK WE REALLY DO DIG INTO THIS THING AND TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TOLD US.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT APPLIES TO THIS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A SPECIFIC RESULT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT JUST PRESENTED ITSELF THROUGH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AND ONE OF THEIR PROFESSORS IS AND IT JUST STARTED OUT WITH AN EMAIL AND HE WAS LIKE, HEY, DO Y'ALL HE DIDN'T SAY, HEY HE SAID A LOT OF BETTER WORDS THAN THAT.
I PROBABLY SAID IN MY RESPONSE, HEY, BUT IT WAS SO THEY WANTED TO SHARE THIS CURRICULUM AND HAVE SOME OF OUR TEACHERS TEACH AI AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF AI.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORDS.
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THEN I EMAILED THEM BACK AND I SAID, I KNOW THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, AND EVERYBODY'S GRAPPLING WITH THAT.BUT I SAID, I JUST NEED TO BE HONEST.
WE'RE NOT READY TO TEACH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
YOU MIGHT NEED TO LOOK FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME MORE TRAINING, OR AT LEAST A SUPERINTENDENT WHO DOESN'T SAY, HEY, BUT HE WAS VERY NICE.
IN HIS RESPONSE, HE SAID, ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND AI IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. I FELT BETTER.
WE HAVE SINCE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT KNOW SOME WORDS.
BUT WE ARE NEXT FALL GOING TO TEACH FOUNDATIONS OF AI.
THAT'S NEWS OUT THERE TO MANY OF Y'ALL.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THEY DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT.
IT'S A SECRET UNTIL I JUST TOLD IT. IT WAS A SECRET.
>> TELL THEM NOT TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. YOU BE THE ONE.
>> YES. LOOK. YOU'RE LEANING OVER TO CRAIG. I FORGOT.
I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO TELL THAT, BUT I JUST DID.
REALLY, IT'S BASICALLY TEACHING THESE BASICS THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ARE THE BASICS THAT DRIVE AI.
I EQUATE IT TO, LIKE, OUR GEAR.
BUT IT'S GETTING KIDS EXCITED ABOUT ROBOTICS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, I CAN DO THE MATH AND I CAN DO THE SCIENCE.
THIS IS WHAT THE HANDS ON PIECE LOOKS LIKE.
WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE WITH AI.
WE'RE STARTING NEXT YEAR. I REALLY WASN'T SUPPOSED TO.
I BET CINDY'S LIKE. THEN ALSO THIS ISN'T A SECRET.
>> I THINK IT'S TOO LATE. I THINK IT'S ON.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST THINK ABOUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUPS, THE MAKING THESE CONNECTIONS, IS THAT THESE NICHE RATINGS COME OUT EVERY YEAR AND THE 2026 RATINGS ARE OUT.
I DON'T RECALL THE ACTUAL PLACE NUMBERS, BUT I WILL, I REMEMBER THIS ONE.
I TAKE PRIDE IN IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE BRAGGING BECAUSE YOU CAN FALL OFF THE TOP AT ANY TIME OR BE PUSHED OFF.
BUT OUT OF 21 AREA DISTRICTS, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE INCLUDING, BUT 21 WHERE THE NUMBER ONE DISTRICT IN OUT OF 21 SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA, THE BEST TEACHERS AT A 21 SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA, AND THE BEST PLACE TO TEACH.
THEN I FORGET WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, BUT WAY, WAY UP THERE IN THE STATE.
BUT OUR BEST TEACHERS IN THE STATE, WE JUMPED EIGHT SPOTS FROM LIKE I THINK THEY HAD US AT 30TH IN THE STATE OUT OF LIKE 1,100 DISTRICTS, WHICH WAS WRONG, BUT WE WERE PROBABLY HIGHER.
BUT THIS YEAR IT WENT FROM 30TH TO 22ND.
THIS IS NOT US RATING OURSELVES OR AUSTIN GIVING OUR KIDS A TEST AND RATING US.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE SERVE WHO ARE RATING US ON HOW WE'RE DOING.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. I THINK IT'S SOME OF THIS REALLY HARD WORK THAT PAYS OFF.
>> DON'T TELL ANYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
>> BEFORE I FORGET, I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER DALBY FOR COMING TO OUR BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. MR. DALBY, THANK YOU.
ROUTINE DISTRICT OPERATIONS CONSENT AGENDA.
[3.A. Consent Agenda ]
THIS TIME, I WOULD TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.>> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY MR. KYLE ROGERS.
A SECOND FROM MRS. JAMIE PHILLIPS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES.
[4.A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]
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TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.DECEMBER 15TH IS OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS.
WE HAVE REECE EDUCATION CENTER FALL GRADUATION AT THE PARK ON DECEMBER THE 18TH.
[4.B. Upcoming Events ]
I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO TRY TO BE THERE.I THINK THAT, MAKES OUR STUDENTS FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHEN, WHEN WHEN THE BOARD'S THERE, AND AND I KNOW IT ALSO PROBABLY MAKES AN IMPRESSION ON THEIR PARENTS.
I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.