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THAT WAS INTERESTING. TURNS 8 O'CLOCK EVERYONE JUST GOES QUIET. OK. THE BOARD HAS ENDED ITS
[4. Open Session -- 8:00 a.m.]
WORKSHOP. WE CAME IN PREVIOUSLY AND OPEN FOR AN OPEN SESSION AND RETIRED TO A WORKSHOP. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. IT IS NOW 8:00. A MEMBER OF THE BOARD AS YOU SEE DOWN HERE ON THE RIGHT. THAT IS NOT MAX HEADROOM WHO HAS GROWN OLDER. THAT'S GREG ROBINSON. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL PARTICIPATE BY VIDEO CONFERENCE IN ACCORDANCE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE BY 5 5 1 POINT 0 1 AND THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD POLICY BE LEGAL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME AND ASK WHICH KYLE ROGERS LEAD US IN THE INVITATION. HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW DAY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL OF US. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DO THE WORK THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO DO FATHER FOR THESE KIDS AND OUR STAFF AND THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FATHER FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE US ALL. EACH AND EVERY DAY WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY AND BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR MILITARY FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FREEDOMS NOT ONLY HERE IN THE U.S. BUT AWAY FROM HOME AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL COUNTRIES AS WELL. FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU JUST BLESS THIS MEETING THIS MORNING WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE HELP US TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO MAKE IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AND IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT I WANT TO DO THIS. IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE WITH ME. LET'S START THE DAY WITH PLEDGE. THANK YOU YOU MAY BE SEATED.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE THE
[6. Deliberation and possible action to approve recommendation from Long-Range Planning Committee to address student enrollment growth]
AGENDA ITEM DELIBERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND MY UNDERSTANDING MR. MARK PIGG AND YOU DR. MCCORD ARE GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION. WE ARE. YES. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF SPECIAL FOLKS WITH US HERE TODAY AND. KIND OF INTRODUCED THEM OR HAD THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES LATER BUT THIS MORNING IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO STAND UP HERE ON THE MAT WHERE THE CAMERA CAN SEE US. CAN YOU SEE US. MARK IS HERE WITH ME [INAUDIBLE]. SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS AND WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. I'M MARK PIGG. I WORK FOR PLAINS PURCHASING WHICH IS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS. I'VE JUST RECENTLY RETIRED FROM [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE EIGHT OF SIX AND A THREE YEAR OLD WHO ATTEND THE FRENSHIP SCHOOLS OR WILL SOON. [INAUDIBLE] WELL YOU CAN SEE AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW LITTLE SNAPSHOTS OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND HOW MANY TIMES DID WE MEET FOUR TIMES. YES. AND THEY ARE A LOVELY GROUP AS YOU CAN. AS YOU CAN TELL AND ALSO I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER THAT IT REALLY WAS A PRIVILEGE FOR THE FRENSHIP TEAM THE ONES WHO WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BETTER. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US HERE THIS MORNING BUT I REALLY DON'T CONSIDER THEM GUESTS. THEY ARE PART OF FRENSHIP AND THEY ARE MANY OF THE REASONS WHY FRENSHIP HAS HAD THIS RICH TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE FOR 85 YEARS AND COUNTING. AND SO IT WAS REALLY IT WAS REALLY FUN TOO. WE DID A LOT OF HARD WORK. THEY DID A LOT OF HARD WORK. THEY WERE VERY ENGAGED. THEY WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT INFORMATION THAT THEY DETERMINED FOR US. SO[00:05:04]
JUST AS A REMINDER WE STARTED EVERY MEETING WITH WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION A LOT OF DATA A LOT OF INFORMATION AND SO IT WAS REALLY EASY TO KIND OF GET LOST IN WHAT REALLY IS IT THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO. AND IT'S MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FRENSHIP IDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE FACILITIES THAT WILL ADDRESS FUTURE GROWTH. YOU'LL HAVE THAT. THOSE ON THE COMMITTEE IT'S LIKE WE GET IT. WE KNOW THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN MARK IF YOU COULD JUST TELL HER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DID WHAT DID THESE THINGS MEAN. SO WHAT WE WERE TASKED WITH WAS TO COME UP WITH RECOMMENDED A RECOMMENDATION WITH CRITERIA BEFORE WE WERE ASKED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. SO IT WAS ALMOST BACKWARDS. SO THEY TOLD US WHAT OUR BELIEFS WERE OR WHAT FRENSHIP'S BELIEFS WERE. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] THE BELIEF WAS SHARED WITH US OUR SHARED BELIEFS WERE SHARED A SHARED BELIEF WAS SHARED AS WELL AS THE LEARNER PROFILE WHICH IS WAS PROBABLY THE THING THAT WAS BEAT INTO US THE MOST AND WE WERE WE. WE WERE REMINDED. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THIS WAS THE FOUNDATION OF HOW WE MADE OUR CRITERIA WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT SLIDE. YES THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO START WITH THE WHY I THINK THAT MANY OF US ME WOULD BE I WOULD BE FIRST IN THAT LINE AT WANTING TO GET RIGHT INTO THE HOW AND WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO. THE DECISION. BUT WE DID. WE WEREN'T TOLD THE DECISION FOR THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS. THE SUSPENSE WE LET THE SUSPENSE BUILD. AND AND SO BECAUSE. AND I WILL SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T REALLY GONE THROUGH AND PLANNING OR SOME MONTHS THEY TORTURED LIKE THIS BEFORE AND THEY WERE VERY GOOD ABOUT BEING PATIENT WITH US AND LET US LETTING US REALLY BUILD THE FOUNDATION OF THE WHY BEHIND WHO WE ARE AND PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST AND WHAT WE EXPECT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY BUT ALSO FOR SURE WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE AND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR EMPLOYEES AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER. AND THAT TAKES PATIENCE AND THEN YOU'LL GET SOME REALLY HARD WORK A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE HAVE FIVE TABLE GROUPS IN EACH TABLE GROUP CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT CRITERIA. WELL EACH GROUP CAME UP WITH MULTIPLE STRATEGIES AND THEN WE PUT THEM AS A WHOLE ON THE WALL AND WE PICK THE ONES THAT WE FELT WOULD FULFILL THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. YES THAT PROCESS WAS AT TIMES CHAOTIC AT MY TABLE.[INAUDIBLE] AS WE PROGRESS IT BEGAN TO MAKE MORE MORE SENSE KIND OF TOWARD WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND IF MOST OF THE TABLES LINED UP WITH THE SAME CRITERIA. IT DID. AND TO BE HONEST FOR US WE HAD NOT DONE THIS BEFORE. NOW WE OF COURSE WERE PLANNING BUT THIS WAS WE HAD A FACILITATOR WHO HELPED US. HIS NAME IS DR. SEAN HALEY AND IT REALLY MADE SENSE WHEN WE GOT TO THE END.
WE KNEW I KNEW TO KNOW TO TRUST THE PROCESS BUT I KNOW IT DOES GET OLD TO HEAR YOU TRUST THE PROCESS AND THAT'S WHAT THIS HELPED US TO DO IS WHEN WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEN THIS WAS THE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE VIEWED THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IT REALLY WAS THE ANCHOR THAT WAS OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID. AND SO NOW WE CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH. I'LL KIND OF START WITH THE FIRST THREE AND THEN I'LL. LET YOU AND I'LL KEEP MY HANDS BY MY SIDE. SO REALLY AS A BOARD AND AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND IS REALLY NOT NEW FOR
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FRENSHIP TO BE A FAST GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING IN THE DISTRICT. THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR. BUT LONG BEFORE I CAME TO THE DISTRICT THIS WAS A THRIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GROWING REALLY SINCE THE BEGINNING. THE ONLY TIME THAT I CAN THINK OF IN HISTORY. AND DR. WHITTEN DON'T CORRECT ME OK YOU MIGHT WANT TO BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHENEVER THE REESE AIR FORCE BASE CLOSED AND MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS LEFT.REESE USED TO BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SO BUT BESIDES THAT OVER THE PAST EIGHTY FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN GROWING FAST. AND SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS OUR GROWTH.
AND SO GOING BACK TO 2017 IN FEBRUARY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS OR STRATEGIC PLAN. OUR LONG RANGE PLAN. BASICALLY IT'S SETTING LONG RANGE GOALS AND ONE OF THOSE GOALS THAT THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAME UP WITH SHARED GOAL SHARED GOAL IS THAT WE WILL SEEK INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE GROWTH. SO REALLY THIS COMMITTEE WAS ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT. IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO ADDRESS THIS GOAL AND THEN BACK IN JANUARY 20 19 AT THE BOARD AND ON SEVERAL CABINET MEMBERS ALL OF FRENSHIP HAS PLAYED A LARGE PART IN THE BACKGROUND THE HOMEWORK IF YOU WILL THE RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN MADE. I MYSELF I GET TO STAND UP HERE BUT IT REPRESENTS THE WORK OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE HAD A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY COMPLETED AND PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. AND JEFF ROBERT OF HILLTOP SECURITIES SHARED WITH THE BOARD AT THAT TIME SLOT IS OUR BOND CAPACITY AND OUR PROJECTIONS OF OUR TAX RATE MOVING FORWARD AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID ALL THOSE THINGS AND THE BOARD DIRECTED US TO DO THOSE THINGS IS THAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD AND WHAT DO THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS LOOK LIKE. SO WE WANTED TO BE PREPARED. SO WHEN WE FORMED A COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD BE ARMED WITH ALL THE DATA AND TO HELP YOU GUYS MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AND THEN IN THE SUMMER OF THIS THIS YEAR. SO IN AUGUST YOU AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AGREED TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH WE DID THE MEETINGS AND SO YOU ALREADY SHARED WITH US MARK THAT WE HAD THESE FOUR MEETINGS BUT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE. OH. JUST THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY SENSITIVE TO MULTIPLE THINGS ESPECIALLY THE CHILD EXPERIENCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF A CHILD IN SCHOOL NOT JUST TO LEARN BUT TO LEARN EXTRACURRICULARS AS WELL AS NOT [INAUDIBLE] THE DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT CAME UP MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE WOULD NOT WE BUT Y'ALL WILL BE TASKED WITH HAVING TO SET NEW BOUNDARIES. SO THAT WAS A VERY SENSITIVE PIECE OF EVERY MEETING THAT THAT IS VERY TRUE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MARK HAS SAID IS THAT I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE CAME INTO THIS PROCESS SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMITTEE THINKING THEY WERE WANTED ONE THING AND THEN BY THE END AND COLLABORATING AND GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION PERHAPS THEY KIND OF ADJUSTED THEIR THEIR THINKING JUST BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. BUT I WANT TO ECHO AND KIND OF ON THE RECORD SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT COMMITTEE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IN A NICE WAY. YOU DON'T STRIKE ME IS THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S WE AREN'T DIVIDED AND BY THAT I MEAN OF COURSE WE WANT TO HAVE EQUITABLE FACILITIES. BUT BEYOND THAT WE WANT ALL OF OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE DISTRICT TO TRY TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN IS TO BALANCE THE ENROLLMENT AND TO BALANCE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND WE WANT TO JUST LIKE EVERY ORGANIZATION WE WE LEARN FROM THE PAST AND WE USE THAT TO PROVIDE LEVERAGE AND MOMENTUM FOR PROPELLING US FORWARD. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS AND THE REASON WHY IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS IS BECAUSE WE HAD GREAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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AND. ALSO A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT FRENSHIP AND THAT YOU SEE SITTING IN HERE AND THAT YOU SEE SITTING BACK HERE AND THEY DID A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD. WHAT THEY NEEDED. AND SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DO IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT BEFORE WE MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION I WANTED TO SEE IF ANY OF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR US ANY QUESTIONS? MARK TOLD ME HE WAS HOPING FOR QUESTIONS. AFTER WE HEAR THE RECOMMENDATION OF YOU AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME COMMENTS. VIRTUAL GREG DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OK WELL LET'S GET TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ADMINISTRATION ALONG WITH THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE OR RECOMMEND THAT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT GROWTH IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12TH AND THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. OK. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND I WANT TO READ STATE AGAIN WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM IS SO THAT UNTIL WE'VE GOT THAT IN OUR MINDS AGAIN THE AGENDA ITEM IS FOR DELIBERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM A LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH. THAT BEING SAID THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS. MOVE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE LONG RANGE POINT A COMMITTEE AND A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. KYLE ROGERS SAID. SECOND BY MR. BRANDON AUTREY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC. THAT BEING SAID AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IF I COULD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO ALL WAS ON THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE IN MY OPINION GOING DOWN AND LOOKING AT THE NAMES IT IS TRULY A LONG LIST OF CHAMPIONS FOR THIS DISTRICT AND WHAT I MEAN BY CHAMPIONS. IT WAS A GREAT MIX OF FOLKS WITH EXPERIENCE AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS WHICH I THINK HELPED COME TO THIS RECOMMENDATION. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS FROM THE BOTTOM OF ALL OF OUR HEARTS ON THIS BOARD I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED BEING ON THIS BOARD FOR A WHILE AND THE ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU WITH MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON PREVIOUSLY AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE NOW. THEY ALWAYS WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS IS THE NUMBER ONE AGENDA. AND FOR THAT I'M VERY THANKFUL. I'M ALSO VERY THANKFUL TO WORK FOR BE UP IN THIS PRIVILEGED SPOT AND HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT BLESSES THIS BOARD AS MUCH AS THE FRENSHIP COMMUNITY DOES. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND I END RESULT OR OUR PRODUCT IS THE KIDS THE KIDS GO OUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND KEEP RAISING THE BAR. OK. AND I WILL TELL YOU IT'S A TOUGH FEAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE OLDER YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE GROWTH PATH OF GROWING COMMUNITIES OF LUBBOCK AND WOLFFORTH. YOU KNOW I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WE'VE ASKED FOR THIS GROWTH BUT WE CAN'T SHUT IT OFF. OK IT'S COMING. IT'S HERE AND WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE. I MEAN IT'S JUST THE KIDS EVERY YEAR. IT JUST AMAZES ME THE GROWTH OF THIS DISTRICT AND HOW THEY CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP IN THEIR RESPECTIVE THINGS THAT THEY DO. I THINK THE NUMBER ONE GOAL AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAS COME BACK WITH THAT I'VE TRULY SUPPORTED THIS BOARD SUPPORTS IT, THE NUMBER ONE WAY YOU KEEP KIDS BEING PRODUCTIVE AND INVOLVED. YOU KEEP THEM INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SITUATION LIKE FRENSHIP HAS AND THE GROWTH IS OVERWHELMING YOU. WE DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SLOTS TO DEAL WITH AND GROWTH SCARES A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT REALLY DOES. BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DO KNOW IS TRUE IS WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S HARD WORK. AND I THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAN TACKLE THAT AS WELL. AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE VERY MUCH. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. IT'S VERY GOOD OF YOU GUYS TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THE RESEARCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. CAN WE I KNOW[00:20:04]
THERE'S A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE. AND WE RECOGNIZE THE ONES THAT ARE HERE. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. SO IF YOU WILL STAND UP IF YOU'RE ON THE COMMITEE PLEASE PLEASE STAND UP IF YOU WERE A CITIZEN ON THE COMMITTEE AND SO IF WE CAN JUST START OVER HERE WITH MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. SORRY I JUST SAID YOUR NAME. AND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY. WELL NAME IS GEORGE [INAUDIBLE]. WHEN MICHELLE CALLED ME SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. OH I'M REALLY. I'M TRYING TO [INAUDIBLE]. I AM SO GLAD THAT SHE CALLED ME. THIS WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I'VE SUPPORTED FRENSHIP SINCE MY KIDS SINCE WE MOVED INTO THE DISTRICT IN 1977. SO IF SOMEBODY ASKED SIX MONTHS AGO HOW I FELT ABOUT A REALLY LARGE SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BOND. I WOULD HAVE SAID THAT'S CRAZY BUT AFTER GOING THROUGH THE DATA AND REALIZING THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED BECAUSE I CERTAINLY REMEMBER WHEN FRENSHIP WAS A PROPERTY POOR RURAL DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING WAS TAX EXEMPT BECAUSE IT WAS ALL AG BASED AND ALL AG RELATED. WAS ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH DR. WHITTEN DID SO MUCH WITH SO LITTLE DURING HIS TIME BECAUSE THE TAX BASE WASN'T HERE BUT AS WE'VE GROWN AND LUBBOCK HAS GROWN OUR TAX BASE IS EXPANDED GREATLY. YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AMAZING THINGS. THIS IS GOING TO CREATE AN UPWARD SPIRAL. WE JUST KEEP GROWING. IT'S GOING TO BE AND A REVERSE TORNADO I USE THE TERM WE WERE GOING TO CREATE CADILLAC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE MERCEDES BENZ SCHOOL DISTRICTS AFTER ALL THIS BUT IT'S IT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. PAUL WHITTEN. I SINCERELY SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. LIKE GEORGE I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL BUT I KNEW ONE THING IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH. YOU HAD TO DO THAT WE IN MY TENURE WE BUILT THE FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUTSIDE A LITTLE COMMUNITY OF WOLFFORTH BESIDES REESE AND AT THAT TIME REESE WAS JUST REESE AIRFORCE BASE SCHOOL AND I STILL REMEMBER THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND AS WE MOVED OUTSIDE OF COMMUNITY WOLFFORTH PEOPLE TELLING ME WHY ARE YOU BUILDING A SCHOOL FOR THE PEOPLE AND LUBBOCK I'VE TRIED TO EXPLAIN [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE]. BUT ANYWAY I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE THE TIME I'VE GOT TO SPEND WITH [INAUDIBLE]. IT WAS VERY REWARDING I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH A DISTRICT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER SINCE 1993 I'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS CHANGES. I WAS TELLING GEORGE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE DISTRICT I VISIT WITH A MAN [INAUDIBLE] WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING INTO A LUBBOCK AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS IT WAS A BOY HE USED TO HAVE TO OPEN TWO GATES TO GET INTO LUBBOCK. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT HIS RECOMMENDATION. I WISH I'D THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE IT WAS SAID BY ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE AND HE MADE A STATEMENT JUST OFF THE CUFF REMARK YOU SAID BIG CAMPUSES MAKE SMALL STUDENTS. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT STATEMENT BIG CAMPUSES MAKE STUDENTS BECAUSE THE SMALLER THE CAMPUS THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND THE BIGGER THE STUDENT WILL BE. ANYWAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU DR. WHITTEN. MY NAME IS DARRYL NEWSOME ON THE CITY MANAGER HERE. THAT'S MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY WOLFFORTH BUT MY TIES TO FRENSHIP GO BACK TO 83 ALSO. MY WIFE AND I STOPPED AT. WHAT'S NOW THE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WAS FRENSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE TIME TALKED TO DAN [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT A JOB AND SO KAREN WAS WITH THIS DISTRICT FOR 32 YEARS AND YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATED ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN BOTH COMMITTEES AND THE ORIGINAL DECISION IS WHETHER OR NOT TO STAY A SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL. AND WHAT I APPRECIATED THAT THE STAFF MAINTAINED WAS ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID WAY BACK WHEN. AND IT WAS HARD TO MOVE THAT FORWARD BUT IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD EVERY TIME. AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAD BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT AND WORKED ON AND DEALT WITH IN THE PAST WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. AND SO I I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I THINK FROM THE CITY'S STANDPOINT NOT IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THE SIDE OF LUBBOCK COUNTY BECAUSE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE STARTING TO BECOME COMPACT AND SO I THINK THIS WILL SPREAD TO THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOT FOCUSING SO MUCH ON ONE SINGLE AREA. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT
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DECISION OVER THE LONG HAUL. I'M STEVE BECK. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR COVENANT HEALTH AND CERTAINLY A PLEASURE FOR ME TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE. I THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF AND THE GROUP THAT WORKED WITH US TO EQUIP US TO EDUCATE US TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. WE VERY MUCH AT COVENANT VALUE THE COMMUNITY THE DISTRICT. WE'RE BUILDING A NEW HOSPITAL JUST DOWN THE ROAD. SO THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TASKS. I THINK MOST IMPORTANT ARE THE STUDENTS AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE DID A GREAT JOB OF WORKING THE PROCESS TO EVALUATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GET OUR HANDS ON PRESENTED TO US AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS. AND WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. NAME'S ANDREW COX WITH MADERA RESIDENTIAL HAVE THREE KIDS IN FRENSHIP ONE AT TERRA VISTA AND TWO AT LEGACY. MY WIFE AND FAMILY LOVE THE DISTRICT SO MUCH I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUY LAND FOR YEARS AND LITERALLY I HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LEGACY ELEMENTARY WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE]. BUT APPRECIATE BEING ON. HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE JUST KIND OF ECHO WHAT SOME OF THESE OTHERS SAID THAT YOU KNOW WE WERE VERY FOCUSED ON ON HOW FRENSHIP IS BUILT AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THE COMMUNITY IS BUILT AROUND FRENSHIPS. BOTH BOYS GREW UP IN LISD VERY DIFFERENT. I MEAN YOU HAVE YOUR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS AND UNTIL YOU'RE OUT THERE YOU EXPERIENCE THAT COMMUNITY YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WITH SPLITTING. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW LOOKING BACK I WOULD SAY I THOUGHT OUR DECISION WAS HARD. THE HARD PART IS COMING THE HARD PART IS THE PLANNING, GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT AS FAR AS LOCATION BOUNDARIES. AND I THINK ONE THE COMFORT LEVELS THAT I HAD WAS JUST THE LEADERSHIP OF FRENSHIP OF THE BOARD HERE. THE EMPLOYEES THAT MET, JUST THE RIGHT PEOPLE. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO. BOBBY MCCLOUD DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT OF WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY A PROUD PARENT OF A FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND ALSO A HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADER. AND SO IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. WE ALL FELT THE BEST THING FOR THE STUDENTS WAS THE DECISION WE MADE AND BY DOING THAT AS A PARENT OF SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT'S IN EIGHTH GRADE RIGHT NOW. THINKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE COMING FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN HIM AND HOW THAT WILL CREATE JUST MORE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS MORE ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY. AND IT WAS A GREAT COMMITTEE A GREAT DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ALL I THANK THE BOARD AND MICHELLE FOR CONSIDERING ME FOR IT. THE ONE LAST THING TO SAY AND WE WANT TO AGAIN THANK ALL OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS AND I KNOW OUR CHILDREN ARE BLESSED TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT COME AND SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE JUST HALF A SECOND TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY AND HE'S NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS HE'S GOING TO FROWN UPON IT QUITE A BIT.DR. WHITTEN IN THE LATE 80S WHAT YOU WERE DOING OUT HERE IN FRENSHIP MY WIFE AND I MADE A DECISION TO SELL A BIGGER HOME AND MOVE TO A SMALLER HOME FOR A HIGHER PRICE TO GET OUR KIDS INTO THIS DISTRICT. AND THE ONE THING THAT I THINK WE ALL OWE TO YOU. YOU SET THE BAR HIGH. YOU HAD GREAT BOARDS TO WORK WITH. AND IT'S THIS IS A RESULT OF ALL THAT HARD WORK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] THANK Y'ALL ALL VERY MUCH AND YOU KNOW ANDREW I'M GOING TO KEEP YOUR PHONE NUMBER BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID THE WORK IS JUST BEGINNING. AND IT'S NOT EASY AND AS MARK CAN ATTEST TO SOMETIMES IT EVEN GETS VIOLENT. I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THE WORK IS JUST BEGINNING. NOW WE HAVE CLARITY ON THE PATH THAT WE'RE TAKING AND YOU KNOW I'VE READ THAT BECAUSE IT IS A DAUNTING TASK BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT IT TAKES THE LEADERSHIP THAT IT TAKES THAT IT IS ALL GOING TO TURN OUT FOR THE BEST FOR KIDS. BUT I'VE READ BECAUSE I'M KIND OF A NERD ALL THE WAY AROUND. A LEADERSHIP NERD THAT I READ ABOUT IT SO THAT I CAN STRIVE TO BE BETTER AND THAT YOU KNOW IN THINKING THAT THE OPPOSITE OF UNCERTAINTY IS CERTAINTY THAT THE OPPOSITE OF UNCERTAINTY IS CERTAINTY.
AND SO WE WENT INTO THIS PROCESS WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHICH WE WERE GOING. WE
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KNEW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY WE WERE GOING TO GO. AND SO I'VE LEARNED THAT THE OPPOSITE OF UNCERTAINTY IS NOT CERTAINTY BECAUSE NOBODY HAS CERTAINTY IN THE FUTURE. BUT WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT THIS DISTRICT HAS WORKED ON FOR 85 YEARS AND HOW WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US IS NOW WE HAVE CLARITY. WE WENT FROM UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT THE PATH WAS GOING TO BE TO CLARITY. AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE CLARITY ON THE DIRECTION TO GO THEN WE WILL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS TO MAKE. WE HAVE THE FACTS IN PLACE BUT THERE ARE FEELINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. AND JUST SO HAPPENS I'M A COUNSELOR SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TOO BUT AGAIN JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON KIDS NEEDS THEIR LEARNING NEEDS. BUT ALSO AND YOU KNOW THE HISTORY AND THE FEELINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS INCLUDED AND A PART. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. AND THEN ONE LAST THING. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS EITHER BUT I'VE ALREADY HIT SOMEONE TODAY. SO IF YOU WERE A TABLE CHAMPION COULD YOU STAND UP OK. THE COMMITTEES LOOK AROUND LIKE WHAT'S A TABLE CHAMPION. THESE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO SAT. EACH ONE OF THESE SAT AT ONE OF THE TABLES AND THEY SORT OF WORKED AS A CONDUIT TO KIND OF HELP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WHAT DID YOU ALL NOT GET TO DO. WHAT DID I SAY. DON'T DO THAT. EXPRESS YOUR OWN OPINION. RIGHT DIDN'T GET TO HAVE AN OPINION THAT THEY WERE REALLY JUST TO FACILITATE AND THEN WE DIDN'T WANT TO SWAY THE DECISIONS AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. IT WASN'T EASY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE OPINIONS. AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE OPINIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VERY WISE. BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS AND FOR AND THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP AND THESE FOLKS LIKE MEREDITH. SHE JUST STARTED LIKE IN MAY AND SHE GOT TO SEE YOU KNOW SHE'S GOT TO DO SOME BIG PROJECTS TIFFANY AND MACY AS WELL AND EMILY. SO AND WE STARTED OUT WITH WORKING ON THAT BOARD BOOK. SO THAT Y'ALL WERE YOU KNOW ONE OF THE TOP BOARDS IN THE STATE. AND THEN WE MOVED RIGHT INTO THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING. AND SO AND THEY HAVE JUST ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND DUG IN AND SO DID MANY OTHER PEOPLE. BUT I WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T KNOW MEREDITH OR I DIDN'T KNOW MACY VERY WELL. AND EMILY AND HAS YOU KNOW HAS THAT LEARNED QUICKLY THAT WE SET THE BAR VERY HIGH AND THEY HAVE RISEN TO THE CHALLENGE. AND JUST LIKE ALL THESE OTHER FOLKS. THAT I JUST RELY ON THAT I ALREADY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING HERE. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECESS THIS OPEN SESSION AND CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS ITEMS LISTED ON OUR AGENDA. THIS MEETING IS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLOSED MEETING. ALL FINAL VOTES ACTIONS AND DECISIONS THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSE SECTIONS CLOSED SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES IN THE OPEN MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 833 MR. PIGG AGAIN I APOLOGIZE. MY SUPERINTENDENT WHACKED YOU. I'LL SPEAK TO THE OFFICER. BUT WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.SO CHIEF IF YOU NEED TO COME IN AND THANK ALL OF YOU. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE IT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.