Mar 25, 2026 Board Meeting

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IT IS 7:00 AND WE CONVENE OUR CLOSED SESSION,

[1.C. Reconvene from Closed Session -- 7:00 p.m.]

MR. VINCENT, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION, PLEASE? SURE. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD AND PRAY WITH US.

LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS DISTRICT.

WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO COVER US WITH YOUR GRACE AND MERCY.

GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE.

FOR THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, COMMUNITY.

WE JUST. WE JUST COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR COVERING OVER ALL OF US.

JUST ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE WITH US AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS DISTRICT. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SIR.

WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. CHIEF.

DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TONIGHT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU MA'AM.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO TO RECOGNITIONS.

[1.G.1. Academic Decathlon State Qualifiers]

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.

WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN.

AND FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM.

SO IF Y'ALL WOULD COME UP AND WE'LL KEEP THEM ON EITHER SIDE OF THE.

THERE YOU GO. OKAY, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, THE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM COMPETED AT THE STATE MEET, MAKING AN IMPRESSIVE DEBUT AND EARNING INDIVIDUAL MEDALS ALONG THE WAY.

THE COMPETITION TOOK PLACE IN CORPUS CHRISTI LAST MONTH, WHERE STUDENTS SHOWCASED THEIR ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE, PREPARATION AND DETERMINATION.

AMONG THE TOP TEAMS IN TEXAS, LED BY ACADEMIC DECATHLON COACH KATHRYN WRIGHT. THE TEAM IMPROVED ITS SCORE FROM THE REGIONAL COMPETITION AND CELEBRATED SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND WITH MANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM BEING FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES, THEIR SUCCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS THEIR POTENTIAL AND COMMITMENT TO THE RIGOROUS ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

AS A PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS BOTH SORRY.

AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW, THIS YEAR'S TEAM SET A STRONG EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE COMPETITORS AND SHOWED THAT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL'S ACADEMIC DECATHLON STUDENTS CAN COMPETE WITH THE BEST IN THE STATE.

HERE TONIGHT TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS IS ACADEMIC DECATHLON COACH KATHERINE WRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING AND RECOGNIZING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS TEAM.

MISS MANN AND MYSELF HAVE REALLY ENJOYED TAKING THIS TIME THIS SEASON TO PREPARE THESE STUDENTS FOR THEIR COMPETITION.

THEY HAVE SHOWN US THEIR AMAZING DETERMINATION AND FLEXIBILITY NAVIGATING REGIONAL COMPETITION, GOING TO VIRTUAL IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE ICE STORMS THAT OCCURRED AND STILL QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE MEET.

THEY ARE AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF STUDENTS.

SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE WITH US AIDEN HARRISON, ALEXIS SHORES, ADELINE BARTLETT, MASON, MICHAEL SLOANE SADLER, CODY APOLINAR, HAMISH HACKWORTH, AND JOHN GLOVER.

YES. YES. AND SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM FOR A BIG PICTURE AND THEN PARENTS, YEAH, Y'ALL CAN GO BACK THERE AND TAKE A PICTURE IF YOU WANT, LIKE IN THE BACK. YES. THAT'LL BE A BETTER PICTURE.

YEAH. OKAY.

PERFECT. OKAY. EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE AT ME.

ONE. TWO. THREE. LOOK RIGHT HERE.

ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE.

ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. FANTASTIC.

I GUESS YOU GOT EVERYBODY COMING BACK.

YES. SO WE'LL SEE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

YES. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

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TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 12 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE HEADED TO THE VISUAL

[1.G.2. Visual Arts Scholastic Event ("VASE") State Qualifiers]

A LOT OF SCHOOL HISTORY TONIGHT WHEN WE RECOGNIZE OUR MEMORIAL STUDENTS.

NOW, THESE STUDENTS SUBMITTED VARIOUS FORMS OF ARTWORK SUCH AS DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND CLAY.

THE SELECTION PROCESS IS RIGOROUS AND STUDENTS MUST INCLUDE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RESEARCH AND LEARNING INVOLVED IN CREATING THESE PIECES.

AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION, WE HAD 427 ENTRIES, BUT OF THOSE, 41 PIECES WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE REGION AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND 12 OF THOSE ARE FRENSHIP STUDENTS.

SO WE HAD ABOUT 30% OF THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK THAT QUALIFIED FOR STATE WAS PRODUCED BY OUR FRIENDSHIP STUDENTS. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR JOEY MCLEAN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE MEMORIAL VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR, ASHLEY MONTEZ TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS IN THEIR ARTWORK.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I DO FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAD NINE WINNERS. TWO OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ADELYN.

BARBARA. BARBARA. SORRY, RICHARD.

TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.

AND THEN WE HAVE BRIANNA HART.

BRIANNA HART DID A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING AND ADELYN DID A BEAUTIFUL DRAWING.

YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE ON THE RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO WHICH ONE IS HERS? I CAN GO TO IT FOR SOME REASON.

THE PAINTING OF THE FLOWERS.

OH YEAH. THAT WAS OH, THAT WAS SO VIBRANT.

OH, THERE WAS NO ONE WHO DID THAT ONE.

I DID. YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING.

WHICH ONE WAS YOURS? BLUE AND WELL.

THAT IS AMAZING. YES. HELLO, EVERYONE.

I'M ASHLEY MONTEZ, I'M THE VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR OVER AT OUR NEW MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE THREE OF THE STATE QUALIFIERS FROM THIS YEAR OUT OF THE 12, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE A NEW CAMPUS WITH A NEW ART DEPARTMENT.

SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HARPER BAILEY FOR HER WHALE PLATE.

SHE'S GOING TO STATE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MISS GRACELYN MASSEY HERE TONIGHT.

SHE'S GOING FOR THE LOVELY PENCIL DRAWING THAT'S ON THE SCREEN.

AND HARPER'S IS THE PLATE THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE ALSO HAVE ETHAN MOJICA, BUT HE WASN'T HERE TONIGHT, SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO HIM LATER.

WHO ELSE DID YOU BRING WITH YOU HERE? OH, THIS IS STEPHEN SUAREZ.

SORRY. HE WORKS. HE'S ACTUALLY GRACELAND'S TEACHER.

AND I'M HARPER'S TEACHER.

OKAY. Y'ALL LOOK RIGHT HERE AT ME. WELL, THAT'S A SWEATER JACKET.

YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE. ONE.

TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE.

FOUR. ONE. TWO. THREE.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO, CAMERA, FOLKS.

CONGRATULATIONS, Y'ALL.

THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. I CANNOT DO A STICK FIGURE.

I'M NOT KIDDING. SO I'M IN AWE.

EVERY YEAR I'M SO AMAZED WHEN WE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS AND.

AND THERE'S NO WONDER, NO WONDER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STAY.

BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THEIR LOOK AT THEIR WORK AND SEE HOW TALENTED THEY ARE.

SO GOOD LUCK. YEAH. AND SO IT REMINDS ME, IT'S NOT ART LIKE YOU ALL HAVE DONE, BUT YOU PROBABLY CAME IN THIS DOOR RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S DOOR NUMBER THREE.

EXTERIOR DOOR NUMBER TWO TWO.

AND BUT IN OUR FRONT ENTRANCE.

EXTERIOR DOOR NUMBER ONE.

THEY HAD A RECEPTION AREA.

WE JUST GOT A NEW I DON'T KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT,

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SO IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS WHAT Y'ALL DID, BUT WE PAID TO HAVE THAT DONE AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. SO Y'ALL SHOULD GO BY THERE AND HAVE A PICTURE IN THE FRONT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF Y'ALL BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T COME IN THE FRONT DOOR.

BUT YOU SHOWED IT TO ME.

I DID. OH, I DID. I DID.

JUST YESTERDAY WAS YESTERDAY.

BUT YEAH, THAT PICTURE IN FRONT OF THAT WOULD BE COOL.

SO OKAY. I'M DONE. THANK YOU.

INSTRUCTORS. YES. THANK YOU.

ARE YOU STILL FRESH? IT WAS LIKE AN HOUR AGO.

OH, TOMORROW? TOMORROW? YEAH, TOMORROW. IT MIGHT BE WORSE. BLESS YOUR HEART. OH, MAN.

ONE OF THE WINNERS. WHILE THEY'RE GETTING READY, I WANT TO BRAG ON. SHE WASN'T HERE TODAY, BUT MAGGIE, SHE'S ACTUALLY OUR INTERN IN OUR DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON OUR WEBSITE, SHE'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED THAT. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO BASE, I THINK THIS IS HER THIRD THIRD YEAR TO GO TO STATE FOR THAT PARENTS.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, TO TAKE PICTURES. AND STUDENTS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO GET ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PODIUM SO THE CAMERA CAN MAKE SURE TO GET Y'ALL. YES, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT MARCH IS NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH,

[1.G.3. Sports Medicine State Qualifiers and Academic All-State]

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TRAINERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINERS BROUGHT HOME THE FIRST PLACE FINISH AT THE WEST TEXAS SPORTS MEDICINE SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM REGIONAL COMPETITION.

THIS MARKS THEIR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO QUALIFY FOR THE STATE COMPETITION THAT WILL BE HELD LATER THIS SPRING.

THIS YEAR, FRENSHIP STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINERS ATTENDED THE COMPETITION WHERE THEY COMPETED AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE REGION, SWEEPING THE COMPETITION AND SECURING THAT REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

NOW, THIS ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK OF OUR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE HIGH STANDARDS SET BY THE PROGRAM.

NOW, THE COMPETITION CENTER AROUND SPORTS MEDICINE AND INCLUDE QUESTIONS AND TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE ATHLETIC TRAINING PROFESSION.

ANKLE TAPING CHALLENGES IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT MUSCLES, BONES, JOINTS, AND MUCH MORE.

AND IN ADDITION TO QUALIFYING FOR STATE, SEVERAL OF THESE ATHLETIC TRAINERS ARE ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED FOR RECEIVING ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION. NOW TONIGHT, WE HAVE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER DUSTIN RUSH TO HELP RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS.

SO FIRST OFF, THANK YOU GUYS.

BECAUSE IT'S YOUR SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE DO.

AND SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND, AND BEING THE BACKBONE OF FRENSHIP AND ALLOWING US TO DO WHAT WE DO AND PURSUE OUR PASSION. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

THIS CREW RIGHT HERE IS THE BACKBONE OF FRENSHIP ATHLETICS.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND THEY WORK EXTREMELY HARD AND THEIR DEDICATION SHOWS AND THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR SENIORS ARE HERE AND OUR JUNIORS REPRESENTING US GOES TO SHOW NOT ONLY ARE THEY STRONG IN OUR IN OUR PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO STRONG ACADEMICALLY.

SO THEY'RE WITHIN THE TOP 10% OF THE ENTIRE STATE IN THE ATHLETIC TRAINING WORLD FOR ACADEMICS. AND AGAIN, QUALIFYING FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN STATE. SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF HIM. THE WORK THAT THEY DO. MOST OF THEM HAVE FULL TIME JOBS OR PART TIME JOBS, SORRY.

AND THEY'RE INVOLVED IN OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.

AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BALANCE ALL OF THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER OF NOT ONLY THEMSELVES, BUT THEIR UPBRINGING WITH THEIR PARENTS AND ALL THEM, WE CAN'T THANK THEIR PARENTS ENOUGH FOR ENTRUSTING THEM WITH US BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.

SO WE'LL JUST RECOGNIZE OUR STATE QUALIFIERS FIRST.

WE HAVE CHLOE KAMRI, LEIGHTON, ETHAN, TRINITY AND CAM.

AND THEN TO QUALIFY TO ME, THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PART OF THIS IS QUALIFYING FOR THE ALL STATE ALL-ACADEMIC.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS IN OUR PROGRAM AND WE REALLY, REALLY PUSH THE ACADEMICS.

AND SO ALL OF OUR SENIORS QUALIFY FOR THAT.

THEY'RE ALSO THEY GET ACADEMIA RECOGNITION FOR THE SPORTS THAT THEY COVER AS WELL.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE HAVE ETHAN, TRINITY, CAM, SOPHIE, BELLA, AND JOCELYN. SO AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS CREW AND THEIR

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I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY PARENTS THAT.

ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY LOOK AT STEALTHY.

LOOK RIGHT HERE. 123123.

ONE MORE. TO. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE STICKING AROUND, RIGHT? FOR THE NEXT ONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

SQUEEZE IN. PARENTS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO IN THE BACK TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU CAN.

DON'T BE SHY. PLEASE. I'D RATHER BE ABLE TO.

OKAY. UP NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL

[1.G.4. Academic All-State Football, Super Elite Team]

FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL HAD 18 STUDENTS WHO EXCELLED ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

BASED ON THEIR HIGH GPAS AND GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.

THESE STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD A SENIOR WHO.

HUDSON PAIGE, WHO JUST COMMITTED TO ABILENE CHRISTIAN.

HE WAS NAMED THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION SUPER ELITE TEAM.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER STUDENT CHASE CAMPBELL.

HE WAS AWARDED THE ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION AS A WIDE RECEIVER BY THE TEXAS SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION.

SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT AWARDS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JAY NORTHCUTT TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS.

COACH. THANK YOU, TIFFANY, AND THANK YOU ALL, AS ALWAYS, FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE SOME REALLY SPECIAL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, AS TIFFANY MENTIONED.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUGGLE ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE DOING IT AT A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL, ALMOST MAKING PERFECT TEST SCORES ON THEIR S T AND HAD A REALLY, REALLY HIGH GRADE POINT AVERAGES.

AND I NOTICED WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED TWICE ALREADY TONIGHT WITH OUR STUDENT TRAINERS WHO WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

BUT LET'S RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG STUDENTS HERE.

I'M YOUNG FOR LONG, STARTING WITH HONORABLE MENTION.

WE'VE GOT TRINITY MOREHEAD STEP UP TRINITY.

WE'VE GOT BELLA DEUS, DONOVAN ANDERSON.

AND SOPHIE CARDENAS. SECOND TEAM.

WE'VE GOT NOAH LOPEZ. CAMERON CHAPA, THOMAS BAY YOUTH, GRAHAM STEVENS AND PRESTON HAYES.

AND FIRST TEAM. WE'VE GOT TROY THOMPSON AND JACK PALMER.

HE'S LIKE, HE'S ABOVE YOUR HEAD.

WHO IS YOUR HEAD? COACH TROY ALMOST MADE PERFECT SCORES ON THEIR SATS.

HE'S ON MY SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO HE'S A GREAT ONE. HE'S GOT SOME GOOD PARENTS, I KNOW THAT. WELL, HE'S A NICE YOUNG MAN, BUT I GOT TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME.

YEAH, JACK. TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

HE'S GOING TO STAY IN POWER THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK.

AND HE'S RANKED NUMBER ONE IN HIS WEIGHT CLASS.

WOW. DO YOU LIKE THE HEAVY HEAVY WEIGHT? 198 I KNOW I DIDN'T ASK YOU HOW MUCH WEIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I WOULD NEVER EVER OR POWERLESS.

THEY DO THAT IN WRESTLING TOO, THOUGH. AREN'T YOU IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS? OKAY. JUST CHECKING. HE'S ASKED ME HOW MUCH I WOULD.

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LOOK THAT WAY. BUT SQUEEZE IN.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME.

ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO.

THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO.

THREE. PERFECT. GREAT JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

UP NEXT, I GET TO RECOGNIZE MY TEAM.

SO WE'LL LET THEM COME IN.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT RECOGNITION BECAUSE I GET TO RECOGNIZE MY COMMUNICATION

[1.G.5. Texas School Public Relations Association State Awards]

AND REALLY IT'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE WHERE THEY GET TO HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THEIR DISTRICTS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND SO I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR OUR TEAM BROUGHT HOME 15 GOLD AWARDS IN OUR DIVISION.

BUT EVEN MORE SO WITHIN THOSE 15 GOLD AWARDS, YOU CAN GET A BEST OF CATEGORY WHERE YOU ARE THE ONLY.

THAT'S THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WINS THE BEST OF.

AND WE BROUGHT HOME THREE OF THOSE.

AND SO THOSE THREE PROJECTS WERE THE PAW PRINTS NEWSLETTER.

IT WAS THE JOIN THE FRIENDSHIP FAMILY BILLBOARD THAT WHERE WE WERE PROMOTING THE SCHOOL BOARD OR THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE JOB FAIR LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PHOTO THAT WON THE BEST OF CATEGORY, I BELIEVE. BRITTANY, THAT WAS ONE OF YOURS.

SO AGAIN, THESE WOMEN DO SO MUCH.

I'M SO PROUD TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM.

I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO GET TO WORK WITH THEM.

THEY AMAZE ME EVERY DAY WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT THEY POUR INTO THIS DISTRICT.

SO.

KEITH, INTO TAKING A PICTURE FOR MY ONE TIME OF YEAR.

YEAH. WE EXPECT THIS PHOTO TO WIN NEXT YEAR.

I JUST HOPE IT'S IN FOCUS.

AND I HOPE IT'S NOT RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. TURN THE CAMERA OFF AND THEN WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

[Additional Item]

SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DOCTOR MCCORD AND MR. SHANE LINCOLN. YEAH. SHANE, WE PRACTICE THIS.

I SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WHAT DID I SAY? WE'RE GOING TO DO A DUET.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID. WE'RE NOT STAYING ON THE MAT.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU STAND ON THIS MAT, YOU CAN'T SEE THE MAT FROM HERE.

BUT BACK HERE, IF YOU'RE ON THE MAT, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE VIDEO.

SO WHY ARE WE HERE? SO SHANE, I'M GOING TO LET YOU START.

I'LL TELL YOU. SO, YOU KNOW MOVED UP AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND

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AND SO WITH ABOUT A MONTH WORTH OF SEARCHING AND INTERVIEWING AND FINDING TIME DURING THE BUSY WEEKS FOR LOTS OF THE STAFF MEMBERS HERE, WE FOUND A WONDERFUL CANDIDATE THAT I THINK WILL DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND LIKE I TOLD MR. MILLER THE OTHER DAY, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN BETTER IN THAT DEPARTMENT. SO ALREADY ALREADY.

SO I'M EXCITED. THIS GUY BRINGS 28 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, I BELIEVE 11 HERE COACHING, NOT HERE, BUT ELSEWHERE, BUT. HERE WE GO. HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS.

PHIL THOMPSON.

SO JOEL, DON'T EVER MESS IT UP.

BUT EVERYONE KNOWS JOEL THOMPSON.

HE HAS SERVED IN FRENSHIP FOR HOW MANY YEARS? 11, 11. ALL OF WHICH I BELIEVE WAS AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE OG FRENSHIP FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'M NOT THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE TO KNOW THAT HE IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BY HIS COLLEAGUES, BY THE STUDENTS BY PARENTS.

AND YOU KNOW, HE, HE DOESN'T SAY A WHOLE LOT.

MAYBE HE'S GOING TO START.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE. MAYBE HE'S NOT HAD THE CHANCE, BUT. SO REALLY, YOU DON'T HEAR HIM SAY MUCH.

YOU JUST SEE HIM DO NOT REALLY TALK TO HIM.

BUT A FEW YEARS AGO, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY AGO, BUT WE HAVE THE TIGER PRIDE AWARDS AND JOEL OVERSEES THAT.

HE EMCEES IT. AND THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM MC, I THOUGHT, OKAY AND HE IS VERY QUIET, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING IMPORTANT TO SAY. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE ISN'T ARTICULATE AND KIND AND A GREAT SPEAKER. I SAW IT THAT DAY.

AND SO SHANE AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT ABILITY, BUT WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.

AND SO. BUT WHERE DID YOU COME TO US FROM THE DISTRICT BEFORE THIS? I WAS AT WHITEFACE. OKAY.

AND WHAT DID YOU DO THERE? TAUGHT AND COACHED. OKAY.

WHAT DID YOU COACHED? FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL TRACK, CROSS COUNTRY WRESTLING? NO, NO. OKAY. WELL, GOOD.

WHERE WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU MADE YOUR WAY HERE.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO INFLUENCE MORE PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO HUGGY, LET'S ANNOUNCE YOUR SPECIAL.

WHO DID YOU HAVE WITH YOU TODAY? YOUR SPECIAL GUESTS? THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS IS ON THIS ROW.

FIRST OF ALL, MY MOTHER IN LAW IS HERE, SO THAT'S.

MY MY WIFE, CARRIE IS HAS PUT UP WITH ME FOR ALMOST, ALMOST 20 YEARS. YES, A LONG TIME.

SO MY WIFE, CARRIE MY DAUGHTER MOLLY, WAS A 23 GRADUATE OF FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.

TROY IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR AND LUKE IS A SOPHOMORE THIS YEAR.

FRENSHIP HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO US.

AND THE PEOPLE I'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY GREAT PEOPLE.

WHAT DO THEY SAY? A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS.

AND FROM NORTHRIDGE VISTA TO THE NINTH GRADE CENTER TO FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY GOOD PEOPLE.

AND. AND YOU'RE ONE OF THEM.

WELL, YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT.

BUT I'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE AND WORKED FOR SOME OF THE BEST THAT I KNOW.

AND I REALLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE.

I DO THINK I'M EXCITED ABOUT SERVING MORE PEOPLE, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THOSE PEOPLE.

THAT, THAT FRENSHIP IS KNOWN FOR.

I'M EXCITED. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOUR TRUST IN ME TO DO THIS.

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VERY AND I'M, I'M EXCITED AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAN.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

AND HE JUST IS HE'S JUST A GREAT PERSON WHO WILL DO EVERYTHING.

HE'S NOT EVER BEEN A FACILITIES DIRECTOR BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT BEFORE, AND THEY TOOK A CHANCE ON ME AND SURROUNDED BY GREAT PEOPLE THAT.

AND YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL PUT THE SAME CARE AND THOUGHT INTO THIS WORK THAT THAT YOU HAVE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND SO WHATEVER THE SKILLS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD AS A FACILITIES DIRECTOR, YOU CAN LEARN THOSE, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU ALREADY HAVE, THEY DON'T REALLY TEACH IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP INTEGRITY AND JUST A SERVANT'S HEART AND A SERVANT LEADER. AND I THINK MANY TIMES PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND THEY THINK IT'S JUST SERVING AND NOT JUST SERVING.

IS SO IMPORTANT. BUT LEADING A SERVANT LEADER IS YOU TAKE PEOPLE AS AN ORGANIZATION INDIVIDUALLY AND TAKE THEM TO HEIGHTS HIGHER, FURTHER THAN THEY EVER THOUGHT THEY COULD GO.

SO IT'S NOT JUST SERVING PEOPLE THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S LEADING THEM.

AND SO YOU DO THAT WITH NOT YOUR MOUTH, BUT WITH YOUR ACTIONS.

AND I'M GOING TO CUT DOWN ON THE MOUTH AND GET ON TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND YOU'RE NOT OFFICIAL YET? YES, MA'AM.

I'M.

ALREADY THINKING UP STUFF UP HERE FOR YOU TO DO.

I WAS HOPING THEY'D TEACH YOU WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROLS. THAT JOB HASN'T BEEN FILLED YET. CAN WE VOTE REAL QUICK? AND THEN I SAW THESE, LIKE, KIND OF SHAME KIND OF LOOK TO ME.

I'LL JUST TALK TO JOE.

OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON. WE'VE GOT A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, AND. KEITH. PATRICK, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR US THIS EVENING.

YES, SIR. Y'ALL GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE.

WELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE STILL STUCK. YEAH.

YEAH. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS REAL QUICK.

BRITNEY WILL TAKE SOME FAMILY PHOTOS OF YOU.

YES. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

WELL, THEY JUST GO. I KNOW.

I WAS TOLD I DRAW A CROWD, BUT NOT BY TIFFANY.

TIFFANY, LISTEN. HERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.

THANK YOU. BOARD. GLAD TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

[2.B. Strategic Plan Update]

AND I HAVE A FUN UPDATE FOR YOU AT THE END AS WELL.

AS YOU KNOW, 2021, WE CREATED THIS PLAN.

WE ARE IN REALLY THE FINAL YEAR OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE A PLANNING YEAR, KIND OF WRAP UP THE, THE DETAILS AND THEN LOOK TOWARDS OUR NEXT PLAN.

AND SO THESE ARE THOSE RESULTS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM BEFORE. I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH EACH ONE. THE FIRST ONE HERE IS ABOUT DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCIES IN OUR STUDENTS. MICHELLE ELLIOTT LEADS THIS TEAM.

SHE'S BEEN A PART OF ALL THREE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY RELATED GOALS DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS ONE IS THE FIRST ONE DIRECTED AT STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY.

THE TEAM WENT TALKING TO LOTS OF TEACHERS AND LOTS OF ROLES TO ADMINISTRATORS.

AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT KEYBOARDING IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT THIS TEAM IS FOCUSED ON A LOT.

WE HAVE A RESOURCE ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF. WE ADOPTED IT LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE BUILT SOME ROBUST THINGS AROUND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS IT INCLUDES DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP ALREADY.

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SO THEY WILL GET THE TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCY PIECES, THE KEYBOARDING PIECES, AND THE FRENSHIP WAY AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AS WELL. AND THE TEAM HAS BUILT OUT TRAINING FOR LAB MANAGERS, FOR MEDIA SPECIALISTS, OUR LIBRARIANS AND FOR TEACHERS.

AND WE CAN TRACK IT. WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE USING IT.

WE HAVE DEDICATED TIME FOR THEM TO USE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I INCLUDED THAT ORANGE CIRCLE THERE THAT THE CHILD INTERNET PROTECTION ACT THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN, I THINK, 2002.

IT'S A FEDERAL LAW. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO BE COMPLIANT IN THAT.

AND OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. THEY'RE INVOLVED ON THIS TEAM AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES WE'RE USING IN THIS.

WE'RE ENSURING ARE COMPLIANT WITH HIPAA AND THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS AS WELL.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE'VE ALSO FOUND SOME DEDICATED TIME TO FOCUS IN ON DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP.

WE WILL WRITE THAT INTERNALLY THIS SUMMER.

OUR DISTRICT STAFF WILL AND UPDATE WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN THAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL PROCESS TO ADDRESS THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING MOST IMPORTANT AT THAT LEVEL.

AND SO THAT COULD BE DEVICES, THAT COULD BE SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS SPECIFICALLY TO BRING IN SPEAKERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THAT TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE THE CUSTOMIZATION STAGE RIGHT NOW AND FINISHING OUT SOME OF THAT WORK AND GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THIS IS LED BY HEATHER SIMPSON AND SID SEXTON. AS WE LOOKED AT THIS ONE AND AS WE TALKED WITH DOCTOR MCCORD ABOUT IT WHAT WE REALLY HONED IN ON WAS IF THERE'S A PLACE THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH AND AFFECT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES POSITIVELY, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S THROUGH TRAINING UP OUR SUPERVISORS. EVERYBODY HAS ONE.

AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO GIVE THEM MORE TOOLS TO WORK WITH.

AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOMEGROWN INTERNAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR MANAGERS. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW TO ASSESS PEOPLE AND HOW TO WRITE POS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S ABOUT HOW TO HEAR PEOPLE, HOW TO HAVE GREAT CONVERSATIONS, HOW TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SEEN AND HEARD AND FEEL VALUED.

JUST THE QUALITY OF LIFE, OF BEING AT FRENSHIP AT THE MOST BASIC LEVEL WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR. WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING FROM THIS TEAM.

THEY'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING OUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A ASPIRING ADMINISTRATOR ACADEMY.

THEY'VE BUILT OUT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF A FRENSHIP LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

THAT INCLUDES THE TRAINING I JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND THEN SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER LEADERS TO GROW AND FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF TO GROW TOWARDS OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE.

AND THEN WE HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PARTICULAR RESULT, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND HOW WE'RE TOOLING THEM UP AND BUILDING OUR BENCH AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, SO THEY'LL RECEIVE SOME SPECIFIC SUPPORT, SOME OF THE SIMILAR TRAINING, BUT IN JUST A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT TO THEM IN A WAY THAT KIND OF FITS IN THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULE AS IT IS.

SO THAT TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

LOTS OF GREAT WORK THERE AS WELL.

OUR NEXT ONE IS IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF COLLABORATING AND LOOKING AROUND LEARNING GOALS.

WHAT WE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON AS A TEAM WAS, AND I'M SORRY, THIS IS CASSANDRA SLAYTON AND DENISE STEWART ARE LEADING THIS TEAM AND WE REALLY HONED IN ON TRANSITION TIMES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSITION SUPPORT FOR KIDS GOING 11TH TO 12TH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ON TO GRADUATION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COUNSELING THAT HAPPENS, A LOT OF OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT COME.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AND THINGS. WE'VE DONE EIGHTH TO NINTH GRADE, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT AND LOOKED AT WHAT WE DO FIFTH TO SIXTH.

AND WE KNOW THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A TOUGH TIME, YOU KNOW, AND SO HOW ARE WE PROVIDING THAT TRANSITION? SO THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS GET TOGETHER A PARENT FOCUS GROUPS THAT ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS I LED THOSE FOCUS GROUPS.

THE PARENTS WERE INCREDIBLE.

AND I THINK THEIR FEEDBACK WAS AWESOME.

WE TRIED TO GET THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

SOMETIMES THE BAD AND THE UGLY WAS REALLY HARD TO GET, YOU KNOW? BUT WE WE DID FIND OUT WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB, I THINK. BUT WE DID FIND SOME GAPS AND SOME PLACES THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN BETTER, PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION, MAYBE NORMALIZE SOME THINGS.

SO ACTUALLY YESTERDAY WE HAD FIFTH GRADE PARENT MEETINGS AND WE HAD ALREADY GONE AHEAD. THE TEAM HAD PUT TOGETHER A POWERPOINT.

WE VETTED IT WITH DOCTOR MCCORD.

AND SO ALL FOUR OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS USED THE SAME PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT.

AND NOW THAT'S POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE TO FOR ANY PARENTS THAT MISSED IT, THOSE SEEM SO SIMPLE. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT IN THIS EVERY DAY AND YOU WALK INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS. HOW TO LOCKERS? DO WE GET LOCKERS? HOW DOES PREP WORK? SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE REALLY GOTTEN DOWN TO THAT BASIC.

HOW DO WE ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE WE'VE MISSED BECAUSE WE JUST MADE AN ASSUMPTION. SO THAT ONE'S BEEN GREAT.

THERE'S ALSO SOME SOME GOAL SETTING CONFERENCES AND SOME, SOME UPDATES IN THAT AROUND THE DISTRICT.

SOME OF THAT'S STATE MANDATED.

WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE PIECES AS WELL.

[00:40:04]

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS CAREER AWARENESS, EXPLORATION AND PREPARATION AT OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THE GOAL IS TO BUILD A TEAM.

AND SO A BUILD A TEAM AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL THAT WILL SUPPORT THIS.

AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT PART, BUT ALSO HAVE BUILT THE PROGRAM.

AND SO LOOKING AT WE'VE GONE ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT LOOKING AT ALL THE THINGS WE DO.

WE KNOW THAT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO A FANTASTIC JOB AT THIS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE FIRST TIME IS BEGINNING TO PROVIDE THEM SOME SUPPORT, A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE, NOT TO TELL THEM HOW TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT KIND OF MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES FOR OUR KIDS.

AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE'VE REALLY LOOKED AT HOW WE GATHER DATA AND WHAT THOSE INTEREST INVENTORIES, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THEM? HOW ARE WE USING THEM TO HELP STUDENTS CONNECT TO A CAREER AND TO CONNECT TO COURSE SELECTION WHEN THEY GO TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND HOW TO START TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THEY TRANSITION INTO A STATE PROVIDED RESOURCE CALLED MY TEXAS FUTURE THAT HAS A TON OF OPTIONS AND SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CLASSES THEY CAN TAKE AND THINGS THEY CAN PURSUE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUILT IN TIME THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THEM TO DO SOME ACTIVITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL.

SO THAT ONE, THE TEAM, THE DISTRICT LEVEL TEAM IS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MEET HERE PRETTY SOON AND BEGIN PLANNING TOWARDS NEXT YEAR AND KIND OF GETTING THINGS ROLLING WITH THAT ONE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING, IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR'S STRATEGIC PLAN, WE PUT TOGETHER A PAUSE FOR A CAUSE AND SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF UNIQUE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. THE TEAM DOES ALL THIS WORK AND YOU KIND OF REACH A POINT LIKE, HEY, WHERE IS THIS GOING TO LIVE? WHO'S GOING TO DO THIS? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE TEAM. THEY DON'T EXIST AFTER.

THEY KIND OF DEVELOP IT.

AND IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IT'S TIFFANY OR, TIFFANY HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

THIS ONE WAS WAS CRAIG THOMPSON AND HE AGREED AND THOUGHT, YEAH, THAT ABSOLUTELY FITS IN COUNSELING AND DID A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR, KIND OF MOVING IT FORWARD AND GETTING IT GOING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE COMMUNICATION AND YOU SEE HERE SOME EXAMPLES.

ONE PICTURE I DIDN'T GET UP HERE IS OUR, OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, WE STARTED A WEEK EARLY WITH PAWS FOR A CAUSE AND THEY HAD VOLUNTEER FAIRS AND SO THEY WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED. WE HAD GREAT PICTURES OF SO MANY STUDENTS GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO VOLUNTEER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. YOU WANT TO.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, HEY, IT'S GOOD FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND THINGS, BUT YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW. JUST BRINGING THEM INTO THE CAMPUS AND LETTING THEM COME IN AT LUNCH, IT WAS GREAT.

AND THEN HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.

YOU SEE THE TOP LEFT IS IS AT HERITAGE AND IT'S, IT WAS A KINDNESS WALL THEY PUT TOGETHER.

THE MIDDLE IS F MS THEY WENT BACK TO BENNETT AND SPREAD KINDNESS TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FORMER TEACHERS. AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT IS OUR FH HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS.

THEY DID VALENTINES FOR THE PATIENTS THEY SERVE IN THE CNA PROGRAM AT LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. AND THEN YOU SEE THE CREATION AND THEN THE DELIVERY FROM UPLAND HEIGHTS OF THE.

THANK YOU FOR SOME FIRST RESPONDERS THERE. SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN.

THERE'S A LOT TO PLAY ON AND GROW ON.

AND PART OF OUR PLAN IS TO PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A CELEBRATION OF WHAT THIS WAS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, NEXT YEAR, AND KIND OF CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT MOMENTUM AND JUST MAKE IT A FUN, WHOLESOME ACTIVITY AND AN EXPERIENCE IN VOLUNTEERING. SO AND WITH THAT, THAT'S MY UPDATE.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP BECAUSE EVIDENTLY I CAN'T GO FROM A TO B VERY WELL. IN FACT, I THINK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE DIDN'T HAVE A ON OUR ALPHABET CHART.

WE STARTED WITH B. WE'VE GOT MISS JENNIFER PIERCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS EFFECTIVENESS

[2.A. Effectiveness Report on Special Education Program]

YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AS FUN, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SOMETHING SUPER FUN PICTURE ON THE FRONT. YES. THAT ONE. YEAH.

NEVER MIND. DON'T PICK UP. I GOT IT. OH, THAT SEE THAT'S A CUTE PICTURE.

THIS. YEAH. ONE OF THEM IS AMY PINS LITTLE ONE.

AND THOSE TRIKES WERE GIVEN TO THEM BY THE FRENSHIP FOUNDATION.

IT WAS A GRANT. YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK THIS EVENING ABOUT SOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR IN MY DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THEM CAME FROM SENATE BILL TWO WHICH IS THE TEXAS EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT I BELIEVE YOU'VE SEEN IT IN THE NEWS AS WELL.

SO THIS JUST GIVES PARENTS THE CHOICE TO USE FUNDS OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

[00:45:05]

THIS ALSO BROUGHT UP THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT, WHICH IS THE ESA. AND WHAT ESA DOES IS IT IS MONEY FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR HOMESCHOOL, BUT ALSO IT REQUIRES PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEST THOSE CHILDREN.

SO WE ARE DIAGNOSTICIANS AND OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, OUR OTS, PTS. IF STUDENTS NEED TESTING, THEN THEY REQUEST IT THROUGH THE DISTRICT AND THEN WE ARE REQUIRED TO TEST THEM.

SO THEN THEY CAN GO. YES.

SO THEN THEY CAN APPLY.

THEY CAN APPLY FOR THE MONEY.

AND WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THOSE.

THAT WINDOW OPENED FEBRUARY 2ND AND IT CLOSES MARCH 31ST.

SO WE'RE GETTING THOSE DONE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

DO THEY COME TO YOU? DO YOU HAVE TO GO ON SITE TO THEM OR DO THEY COME? THEY COME HERE. YES, MA'AM.

SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE IS A CYCLICAL REVIEW WHICH EVERY SIX YEARS THE FEDERAL AND STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE GO THROUGH A T A REVIEW MAKING SURE THAT OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWING THE LAWS.

AND SO PRELIMINARILY WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OF THAT TO TEA AND OUR FINDINGS WERE WE WERE QUITE PLEASED SUPER PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT I WORK WITH AND TREMENDOUS.

OKAY, SO NOW I GET TO MOVE TO THE FUN STUFF, WHICH IS DON'T MESS IT UP, DON'T MESS IT UP. OKAY.

I HAVEN'T PUT AS MANY PICTURES ON HERE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THIS IS THE FUN STUFF AND THIS IS THE GOOD STUFF. AND WHY DON'T WE DO WHAT WE DO? SO, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT, AND I'VE SEEN YOU AT THE. I KNOW MR. MILLER COMES TO QUITE A FEW THINGS.

BUT WE HAD, WE HOSTED THE FRIENDSHIP GAME DAY.

AND WE DO THAT FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDDOS SO THAT THEY CAN COME OVER AND PARTICIPATE.

JUST TRYING TO INVOLVE THOSE FAMILIES TOO, BECAUSE THEY'D LIKE SOME FUN EXPERIENCES TO COME OUT AND, AND PLAY.

AND SO THAT'S A REALLY FUN TIME FOR THEM.

WE ALSO HOSTED THE REGION 17 GAME DAY, WHICH WE HAD ABOUT 350 KIDS COME FROM ABOUT 16 DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AROUND.

AND SO THAT WAS WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDDOS.

WE, WE'RE KIND OF HAVING TO, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM FOR ALL OF THEM.

SO THAT, THAT PART'S FUN.

AND SO WE'RE ONLY INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL IN THAT SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE COME TO THE SPOOKY TRICK OR TREAT, WHICH WE HOST HERE AT KC.

FOR OUR LITTLE ONES AND PEOPLE HERE GO ALL OUT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T COME, YOU NEED TO COME.

EVERY DEPARTMENT IS DECORATED TO THE NINES AND EVERYBODY'S DRESSED UP.

AND IT'S JUST A SUPER FUN DAY.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES OF THAT BECAUSE THEIR DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PARTICIPATING.

SO, SO NEXT YEAR, ONE OF OUR FAVORITES, ONE PERSON'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE PHOTOGRAPHER. FOR SURE.

YOU'VE SEEN OUR UNITED, OUR UNIFIED TRACK AS WELL AS SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING AND BASKETBALL.

WE HAVE SPECIAL OLYMPICS THIS WEEKEND, SO THAT WILL BE FUN.

WE ARE OLDER STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE REGION 17 JOB SHADOW DAY WHERE WE GET THEM OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME EXPERIENCES TO SEE WHAT LIFE'S GOING TO BE LIKE OUTSIDE OF FRENSHIP OR AFTER FRENSHIP.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS.

YOU CAN SEE MAC UP THERE.

HE WORKS AT ONE OF THE COFFEE SHOPS.

AND SO HE IS SERVING COFFEE, BUT HE LOVES COFFEE.

AND IF YOU SEE HIM, HE USUALLY GETS PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS. AND HE I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD BUY COFFEE FROM HIM.

AND THEN WE ALSO HOST A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR.

SO WE HAVE OVER 20 DIFFERENT RESOURCES COME FROM JUST AROUND OUR COUNTY AND COLLEGES AND, AND JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS TO COME IN TO HELP PARENTS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE KIDDOS THAT ARE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE GUARDIANSHIP OF THEM THEMSELVES ONCE THEY LEAVE, THEY NEED THESE RESOURCES AND WE HAVE TO START THAT VERY EARLY.

AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM EXPOSED.

AND SO WE, EVERY YEAR THAT'S GOTTEN BIGGER AND IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.

THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON THERE IS WE HAVE ADOPTED A NEW CURRICULUM FOR OUR OUR LIFE SKILLS KIDDOS, AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT SINCE 2014.

OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT AND WE WENT TO THE I AM A COMMITTEE AND THEY

[00:50:04]

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THEY WERE PRESENTED A TROPHY FROM ESPN BECAUSE OF THEIR INCLUSIVITY, BECAUSE OF THE THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE ALSO HELPING BUILD THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AND SO WE SO ANYWAY, THAT SO WE'RE ALSO.

NATIONAL CHAMPS. AND SO THAT IS VERY EXCITING FOR OUR KIDDOS.

AND THEY. HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE PLACE JUST REALLY TRYING TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

GET UNIFIED GOING AND GET THE WORD OUT.

SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE AWARE OR NOT, BUT WE ALSO OPENED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND IN OPENING THAT NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WE NEEDED ROOMS TO FACILITATE THE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR KIDDOS.

AND SO AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE MOVED OUR KIDDOS OVER FROM F MS TO THE NINTH GRADE CENTER. AND THOSE ROOMS ALSO NEEDED TO BE RECONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE THEM.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT ARE THE MEMORIAL HIGH ROOMS AND ON THE RIGHT ARE THE F MS ROOMS. THERE ARE MORE ROOMS THAT HAVE KITCHENETTES.

THEY HAVE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE TEACHING THEM SKILLS FOR LIFE AFTER WHAT FRENSHIP HAS TO OFFER.

AND SO THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT THEY DO, BUT THOSE ROOMS LOOK FANTASTIC AND THEY LOVE THEM.

THEY'RE JUST DOING FANTASTIC OVER THERE.

JUST LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS NEEDS ARE MET.

AND WE DO THAT WITH THE FULL CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS TARGETED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WE ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A CRUNCH TRYING TO FIND CLASSROOM TEACHERS THAT ARE SPECIAL ED CERTIFIED.

THAT IS AN AREA OF NEED JUST PROBABLY ACROSS THE NATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GIVING THEM THAT SUPPORT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP HELP US RETAIN OUR TEACHERS THE EXPANSION OF OUR COMMUNITY WORK OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MEMORIAL TO DO THAT AS THEY ADD MORE KIDDOS ONTO THEIR CAMPUSES, AND THEN ALSO OFFERING THAT EACH TOWN SUPPORT AND TEACHER COACHING. AND THEN AGAIN, THE COLLABORATION WITH FRENSHIP MEMORIAL HIGH TO INCLUDE MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW COMING.

SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND THERE'S OUR ONE CUTE LITTLE HALLOWEEN PICTURE OVER THERE WITH MR. MILLER IN IT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS A VERY CUTE PINATA.

I DON'T THINK I TOOK THAT ONE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO. WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE? THEY LOOK STRANGE. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE CURRENTLY SERVE OVER 2400 STUDENTS.

AND WE'RE GROWING. I STARTED THIS JOB FOUR YEARS AGO AND WE'VE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF KIDS IN SPECIAL ED.

SO IT'S A LOT. BUT IT'S THE BEST JOB.

SO AND THEN YOU HAD GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY.

YOU TEXTED ME. I TEXTED YOU GOOD NEWS.

IT WAS GOOD. OH, YES. YES.

WHAT GOOD NEWS? YES. WE HAD WE DID HAVE A UNIFIED TRACK MEET TODAY.

THE AREA MEET AND WE HAVE MADE IT TO REGIONALS AND SO THEY WILL COMPETE.

IT'S FS THEY WILL COMPETE APRIL THE 8TH AT MCMURRAY IN ABILENE.

YEAH. SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM.

THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DO.

AND AND I MEAN YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR THE FOR THE THINGS AND AND YOU KNOW WHAT OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAM, HOW IT IMPACTS OUR KIDS.

WELL, I WORK WITH A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE, SO I'M THANKFUL. I KNOW YOU DO.

I KNOW YOU DO. AND WE THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT TO HAVE A LEADER AND YOU'RE THE LEADER.

AND AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

OH. DON'T WORRY. OH DON'T MESS IT UP NOW.

[00:55:02]

EVEN THOUGH YOU SHOT SOMEBODY IN THAT.

YOU DON'T WEAR THAT UNLESS YOU WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THESE PICTURES? FIRST, I'VE SEEN THEM AT HALLOWEEN WAS MONTHS AGO ON AMAZON.

YES. YES. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE CONSENT

[3.A. Consent Agenda]

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. CARL ROGERS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY CHELSEA SALAZAR.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD BUSINESS.

[4.A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings]

THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 20TH.

IS THAT ON WEDNESDAY? BACK TO MONDAY? IT'S ACTUALLY ON A MONDAY.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF A BUNCH OF EVENTS.

[4.B. Upcoming Events]

APRIL 19TH THAT'S AT THE SOUTH PLAINS ELECTRIC CO-OP TRAINING FACILITY.

WE'VE OUTGROWN OUR OUR BANQUET FACILITY HERE, AND WE THANK SOUTH PLAINS FOR ALLOWING US TO UTILIZE THAT.

WE HAVE STAFF TRAINING FRENSHIP STAFF APPRECIATION BANQUET, MAY 6TH AT 6:00 AT THE SCOTTISH RITE LEARNING CENTER.

THAT'S OVER BY LOWERY FIELD IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT.

AND THE FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON, MAY 14TH, 2006 AT GOLF EAST LUBBOCK, WE HAVE REESE EDUCATION CENTER GRADUATION MAY 21ST, 2006 AT 6 P.M. AT FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD LET LISA KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE SAME GOES WITH OUR GRADUATION.

WE'VE GOT OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION MAY THE 24TH AT 3:00 AT UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA.

IT'S ON A SUNDAY. IT'S ON A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

SO IT'S ALWAYS IT USUALLY ALWAYS IS.

OR ONCE IN A WHILE. THIS UPCOMING YEAR WE HAVE A THEY ROTATE, DON'T THEY? THEY SOMETIMES.

YEAH. YEAH, THEY ROTATED, BUT THEY JUST DON'T INCLUDE US IN THE ROTATION. OCCASIONALLY THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THEM.

YEAH. BUT NEXT YEAR SO MAY OF 2027 WE GRADUATE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.

YEAH. AFTERNOON. I DON'T KNOW.

SOMETIME. OKAY. AND THEN IN 2028 WE HAVE TWO.

OH. PARDON ME. THREE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

SO WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING.

AND WE'RE BUILDING. YEAH, STILL HERE.

THAT'S NOT FUNNY TO YOU, IS IT? NO, IT'S NOT FUNNY. YOU SAID YES.

YOU SAID YOU WERE COMING OUT OF THE MEDICATION.

NO. A THIRSTY NIGHT BEFORE.

I THINK WE HAVE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND THEN IT'S. WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS IN HERE, BUT ANYWAY, THEY SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THOSE THE GOOD.

LIKE IF IT'S NOT SUNDAY AND THEN WHEN WE DO, THEN I GET CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET THAT DID GET SUNDAY AND THEY JUST ARE LIKE, HEY, WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME ARRANGEMENTS.

WE'VE DONE THIS. I'M LIKE, NO, YOU CAN HAVE SUNDAY.

AND YOU DID OUR, OUR TURN.

AND SO I SAY IT NICE, BUT I'M LIKE, LET ME THINK.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANKS FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.