[1.A. Call to Order ] [00:00:12] THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED. A NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEREFORE, AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES TO ORDER. MR. COX, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION? YES, ABSOLUTELY. PRAY WITH ME DEARLY. FATHER. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, LORD. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND JUST THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND JUST FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE INTO THIS SCHOOL AND JUST TO THIS COMMUNITY, WHAT IT MEANS TO US. LORD, JUST BE WITH US TONIGHT. JUST GIVE US WAS DISCERNMENT JUST GOT US SOME DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, LORD, AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY. ALL OVER THIS WORLD, LORD. JUST BE WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND KEEP THEM SAFE. IT'S YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD RISE FOR THE PLEDGE TO 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, SIR. [1.F. Public Forum] WE HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? YES, SIR. WE HAD ONE PERSON, MISTER JAMES HARRIS. GREAT. MR. HARRIS. WAIT JUST A MINUTE. IF YOU GET BEHIND THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT FROM CITIZENS OF THIS DISTRICT, FROM DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, EITHER AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OF A GROUP MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. THE BOARD ASKS THAT EACH PARTICIPANT'S COMMENTS PERTAIN TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BE NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES. MCCORD WILL BE THE TIMEKEEPER. REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON OUR AGENDA. IF AN ISSUE MENTIONED IS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE BOARD WILL DEFER OF THE ISSUE UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE TIME DURING THE MEETING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN FRENSHIP ISD THE. THE BOARD NOW RECOGNIZES. MR. JAMES SAYS HELLO TO THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND HELLO TO THE AUDIENCE. I'M GOING TO ADDRESS YOU BECAUSE, MR. HARRIS, YOU MUST ADDRESS THE BOARD. YOU PAID MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE. MY NAME IS JAMES HARRIS. TODAY IS MAY 18TH, 2026. I PRESENTED EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TO YOU REGARDING CRIMINAL AND IMMORAL ACTS PERPETRATED BY LUBBOCK CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT LCAD. FOR THE AUDIENCE'S BENEFIT, LCAD COLLECTS THE TAXES FOR ALL PROPERTIES IN LUBBOCK COUNTY. APPROXIMATELY $600 MILLION OF YOUR MONEY FLOWS THROUGH IT EACH YEAR, INCLUDING TO THIS ORGANIZATION. HERE'S THE ROLE THAT THIS BOARD, BEFORE YOU PLAYS IN THE CRIMINAL AND IMMORAL ACTS OF ELKHART, LCAD MANAGEMENT IS CONTROLLED BY THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT THE VOTING MAJORITY FOR THE LCAD BOARD IS CONTROLLED COLLECTIVELY BY THE BOARD BEFORE YOU. AND OTHER TAXING UNITS BOARDS THAT RECEIVE MONEY THROUGH LCAT. I PRESENTED IN PERSON TO ISD STAFF AND TO THE BOARD BEFORE YOU ON AUGUST 26TH AND ON SEPTEMBER 15TH OF 2025. REGARDING THE LCAT CRIMES OF THE PAST, THEY DID NOTHING EXCEPT ELECT THE SAME LCAT BOARD MEMBERS THAT OVERSAW THE CRIME. YES, THEY KNOWINGLY ELECTED ROGUES. I HAVE SENT YOUR BOARD EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND SEPTEMBER 16TH, AND ON OCTOBER 12TH OF 2025. REGARDING CRIMES OF THE PAST, THEY DID NOTHING EXCEPT ELECT THE SAME LCAT BOARD MEMBERS THAT OVERSAW THE CRIME. ROGUES. WHEN I PROVIDED YOUR ISD AND BOARD WITH PRINTED EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION ON AUGUST 26TH AND ON NOVEMBER 21ST OF 2025 REGARDING CRIMES OF THE PAST. AGAIN, THEY DID NOTHING. ROGUES WIN. CRIMINALITY IS OFTEN RELATED TO SPECIFIC MENTAL ILLNESSES AND THESE SOULS DO NOT PROCESS INFORMATION REGARDING ETHICS AND MORALS LIKE WE DO. SO THEY OFTEN CHANGE AND THEY OFTEN. THEY DON'T CHANGE AND THEY OFTEN ESCALATE. THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. TIME PASSES. [00:05:05] PLEASE JUST ADDRESS. THE MORE TIME PASSES. AND GUESS WHAT? THE LCAD CRIME SPREE IS BACK. BUT IT'S BIGGER NOW. IT'S APPRAISAL FRAUD ADMITTED TO BY LCAD MANAGEMENT AND CAPTURED ON HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO. A FEW THOUSAND LOCAL TAXPAYERS RECEIVED A SECRET 8.00% ACROSS THE BOARD DISCOUNT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. SECRET. IF YOU DID NOT GET THIS MASSIVE WINDFALL, THEN YOU PAID MORE IN TAX TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL. YOU PAID MORE THAN YOUR SHORT THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE. EIGHT ACROSS 8% ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET IT. THOUSANDS. THE BOARD BEFORE YOU WAS OFFERED A LINK TO VIEW THE VIDEO, ALONG WITH A TABLE THAT SHOWED THE TIMESTAMPS OF MAJOR EVENTS IN THE VIDEO. THEY WERE URGED BY EMAIL TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON MAY 2ND AND ON MAY 13TH, AND THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH A PRINTED COPY. SUMMARY. ON MAY 7TH OF THIS YEAR, NOT ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE YOU HAS ASKED FOR THE VIDEO BASED ON CURRENT. TEXAS IS UP. PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. TEXAS AND CONTACT INFORMATION. YOU'RE BEING FLEECED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, INTRODUCE MR. BRIAN GERLACH. HE HAS SOME INFORMATION FOR US. I THINK HE WANTS TO LET US KNOW ABOUT. OKAY. GET UP THERE. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A IT'S AN EXCITING EVENING. WE GET TO RECOMMEND A NEW HEAD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AND GIRLS COORDINATOR FOR FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. IT WASN'T VERY LONG AGO THAT COACH HILLIER DECIDED TO RETIRE FROM OUR PROGRAM, HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB FOR 15 PLUS YEARS HERE, AND WE KNEW WE HAD SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL, AND WE WANTED TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT BASKETBALL, PASSIONATE ABOUT GIRLS SPORTS, AND JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING AN FRENSHIP ISD. AND I THINK WE FOUND THAT PERSON RIGHT HERE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE KIND OF ONE OF OUR OWN. COACH HAS BEEN AT HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, YEARS AGO. IT'S A GIRLS COORDINATOR AND IT'S BEEN AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ON THE BOYS SIDE AS WELL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOMMEND CHRIS ROBERTS AS OUR NEXT GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AND GIRLS COORDINATOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF Y'ALL. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL THE GIRLS AND ALL THE SPORTS AND BASKETBALL ESPECIALLY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOUR SPECIAL GUEST? SURE. REESE. SHE'S A JUNIOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS REAGAN. SHE ATTENDS TEXAS TECH. MY WIFE, KATHY, TEACHER AT OAK RIDGE. AND HUNTER HE'S AT MS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF COOL RECOGNITIONS. AND THEN YOUR OFFICIAL WANTS THE BOARD TAKES ACTION, WHICH IS AFTER ALL OF THESE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UNLESS YOU ALL WANTED TO VOTE ON THAT. WHAT DOES IT MATTER TO ME THAT YOU PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. JUST VOTE. MOVE IT TO THIS PLACE. I'LL SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES. YAY! CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY FOR 500? I AM, OKAY. IT'S ALL YOURS, MR. MILLER. BOARD IS ALWAYS A GREAT NIGHT. WHEN WE GET TO RECOGNIZE AS MANY STUDENTS. WE HAVE ABOUT 215 STUDENTS AND ABOUT 16 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. [00:10:03] SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. FIRST WE HAVE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE. [1.G.1. FHS Speech and Debate State Qualifiers ] IF STUDENTS, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME STAND UP HERE. AND PARENTS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WHEN IT'S YOUR STUDENTS GROUP, Y'ALL SEE WHERE BRITTANY IS. Y'ALL CAN WALK BACK THERE AND TAKE PICTURES. SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO BACK THERE. WE'LL WAIT TILL YOU GET SET UP. OKAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM ON EARNING A SPOT AT THE UIL STATE CONGRESS CONTEST. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD THREE STUDENTS TRAVEL TO AUSTIN TO COMPETE IN THE UIL STATE CONGRESS CONTEST THAT MODELS THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS PROCESS OF DEMOCRACY, SPECIFICALLY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. WHILE THERE, ALL THREE STUDENTS FINISHED IN THE TOP 20 OF THEIR COMPETITION ROOMS. TONIGHT WE HAVE FHS SPEECH AND DEBATE SPONSOR BECCA BERRYHILL TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HER STUDENTS. FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW EVERY EDUCATOR IN THE ROOM FEELS EXACTLY HOW I DO. THIS IS MY FAVORITE NIGHT BECAUSE I LOVE BRAGGING ON ALL OF OUR KIDS AND THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY DO. AND SO WE HAVE WESLEY, SARAH, AND OLIVIA AND LIKE SHE SAID, THEY PLACED IN THE TOP 20 OF THEIR ROOMS. AND CONGRESS IS SUCH A FUN EVENT BECAUSE IT'S TRULY THAT THEY PRETEND THAT THEIR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, THEY WRITE LEGISLATION AND EACH OF THESE THREE STUDENTS HAVE HELPED DEBATE A LOT OF BILLS PASS WAY MORE BILLS THAN YOU DO IN ACTUAL CONGRESS. AND CONTINUED ON TO DO SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS. AND SO SARAH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GRADUATE THIS YEAR AND GOING TO GO TO LOYOLA LOYOLA UNIVERSITY IN CHICAGO. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE ONLY GOING TO BE JUNIORS NEXT YEAR. SO WE'LL BE SEEING THEM DO A LOT OF COOL THINGS AS WELL. SO THIS IS WESLEY, SARAH AND OLIVIA. 123. THANK YOU GUYS. UP NEXT WE HAVE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS. [1.G.2. MHS Tennis Super Elite Recognition ] IF Y'ALL COME UP AND AGAIN PARENTS, YOU CAN GO IN THE BACK. AND IT'S THE VERY FIRST YEAR MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS IS ALREADY CELEBRATING BIG WINS AND STATE LEVEL RECOGNITION. AFTER THEIR FIRST SEASON, THE MEMORIAL TENNIS TEAM WAS RANKED 19TH IN THE STATE FOR FOR A. BY THE TEXAS TENNIS COACHES ASSOCIATION. AND THAT'S JUST WITH FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES. IN ADDITION TO A SUCCESSFUL SEASON ON THE COURT, THE TEAM IS ALSO CELEBRATING SOPHOMORE JUSTIN MILLER FOR EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS SELECTION ON THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION FOR A SUPER ELITE TEAM. ONLY 15 TENNIS PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE EARNED THIS RECOGNITION FOR. FOR A. AND OF THOSE, 13 WERE MEMBERS OF TOP FIVE TENNIS TEAMS IN THE STATE. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE JUSTIN JUSTIN TONIGHT AND WE HAVE COACH BRANDON JUSTIN TO HELP US CELEBRATE. COACH, THANKS FOR HAVING US, GUYS. SO THE SUPER ELITE TEAM WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO THEY COULDN'T BE GOING TO A MORE DESERVING PLAYER RIGHT HERE. HE REPRESENTS EVERYTHING A COACH WOULD WANT IN A PLAYER. HE'S HE'S YOUR BEST PLAYER. HE'S YOUR HARDEST WORKER. HE'S YOUR YOU KNOW, HE'S BEST LEADS BY EXAMPLE. HE'S LIKE THE TEAM CAPTAIN THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS UP TO. AND EVERYBODY IS BETTER FOR BEING AROUND JUSTIN MILLER. SO YOU KNOW, HE WAS 30 AND THREE IN THE FALL OVERALL AT DOUBLES AND SINGLES. AND SO THE, THE COMMITTEE IS BASED ON COACHES THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR THE, FOR A SUPER ELITE. AND SO LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S THE TOP EIGHT BOYS AND TOP EIGHT GIRLS IN THE STATE. SO IT'S A PRETTY LIMITED FEW THAT GET THAT RECOGNITION. YOU KNOW, HE'S, YOU KNOW, AS A COACH, WE APPRECIATE TALENT AND THEN, BUT WE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE CHARACTER AND JUST EXUDES BOTH OF THOSE ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL. SO I MEAN, I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HIS FUTURE SUCCESSES ARE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. UP NEXT, WE HAVE PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS. [1.G.3. FHS Boys and Girls Tennis Academic All-State ] IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. Y'ALL CAN GET ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PODIUM. [00:15:08] TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS PLAYERS ON A SUCCESSFUL SEASON THIS YEAR. FRENSHIP HAD EIGHT SENIORS RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS TENNIS COACHES ASSOCIATION. AND TO QUALIFY, THESE SENIORS MUST MAINTAIN HIGH GPAS, EXHIBIT GOOD MORAL CHARACTER THROUGHOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS. TONIGHT WE HAVE FHS TENNIS COACH CHRIS WILDE. TO HELP CELEBRATE THESE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. SO USUALLY I GET TO BRAG ON THESE GUYS ON THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE COURT. BUT TODAY I GET TO BRAG ON THEIR ACADEMICS. BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THESE GUYS AND GIRLS. THIS SENIOR GROUP HAS WON A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. TWO YEARS AGO, THEY'VE QUALIFIED AS A TEAM FOR POSTSEASON FOR THE 10TH YEAR IN A ROW THIS YEAR. WE'VE ALSO HAVE A REGIONAL QUARTERFINALIST IN EIGHT IN IRELAND THIS YEAR. OH, THERE HE IS. IN THE SPRING SEASON LIKE TIFFANY SAID, ACADEMICALLY THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD EIGHT ACADEMIC ALL-STATE STUDENTS. SO LET'S GET TO IT. MCKENZIE WEST. SHE MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION. ANAMARIE MURRAY. SHE MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION. AND THEN PRESTON LAUDER MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE SECOND TEAM AND TY MCCLANAHAN MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION, AND VANCE GOLD MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION. AND AIDEN IRELAND HAS MADE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION. DEV BHAKTA ALSO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE. HONORABLE MENTION. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. SO THESE ARE MY THESE ARE MY KIDS. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS A SMART GROUP. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS SEEING YOUR KIDS DO GOOD ON THE COURT, BUT COMING HERE AND BRAGGING ON THEM ACADEMICALLY. SO I WOULD PUT THESE GUYS UP AGAINST ANYBODY ACADEMICALLY. THEY'RE SUPER SMART AND THEY'VE BEEN A BEEN A BLAST TO HAVE. SO MY. STUDENTS LOOK AT ME. ONE. TWO THREE. ONE. TWO THREE. PERFECT. WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. UP NEXT, WE HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF. [1.G.4. FHS Boys and Girls Golf Academic All-State] SO WE'LL HAVE BOYS ON ONE SIDE, GIRLS ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THEN PARENTS WHO ARE STANDING UP. Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TAKE A SEAT UP HERE. WE'LL LET PARENTS GET SET. TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL OF OUR FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GOLF ATHLETES ON A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. THIS YEAR, SEVERAL ATHLETES ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF TEAMS EARNED ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS FROM THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION. AND LIKE YOU JUST HEARD, TO EARN ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, THESE GOLFERS MUST STAND, MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE COACHES AND BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH GPA THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. TONIGHT WE HAVE BOYS HEAD COACH ANDY CARROLL AND GIRLS HEAD COACH CHASE RYAN TO HELP US RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS. AND WE'LL START WITH. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BRAG ON OUR KIDS. WE. THIS IS LIKE FOLKS THAT WANT TO GO. THIS IS THE FUNNEST PART OF OUR YEAR GETTING OUR KIDS. BUT THIS IS CASH MILLER. HE'S A SENIOR THAT. ONE OF THE FEW THAT WE HAD, WE HAD THREE. BUT I WILL PUT THIS TEAM THIS YEAR AGAINST ANY TEAM THAT FRENSHIP HAS HAD. THEY SCORE WISE, WE SHOT THE BEST SCORES THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED HERE AT FRENSHIP ON A NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS. WE WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AGAIN. IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS. SO VERY PROUD OF THAT ASPECT. AS WE LEAVE THIS DISTRICT TO START A NEW DISTRICT, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GO OUT ON THE RIGHT NOTE. BUT CASH IS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SUCCESS. HE WAITED TILL THE LAST ROUND OF REGIONALS TO SHOOT HIS BEST SCORE EVER. BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS HE MADE, AND TO DO IT WITH THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF IT AS WELL. HE'S HE'S A HE'S A MODEL STUDENT FOR FH. SO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. [00:20:01] I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON MY ON MY ATHLETES TO EVERY ONE OF THESE GIRLS UP HERE IS A SENIOR. AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS A PART OF THE REGIONAL TEAM THAT ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST FINISH THAT WE'VE EVER GOT IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, WHICH WAS SEVENTH PLACE, AND WE'VE NEVER ACHIEVED THAT IN THE SIX A CONFERENCE. WE ALSO WON DISTRICT THREE TIMES FOR THREE PEAT DISTRICT CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR. AND I CHALLENGE THESE GIRLS THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY SENIORS. I KNOW WE'RE TIGERS, BUT I CHALLENGE THEM TO BE WARRIORS BECAUSE WARRIORS HAVE INTEGRITY. WARRIORS HAVE SACRIFICE. WARRIORS UNDERSTAND DEDICATION. AND WARRIORS ARE PREPARED. AND LASTLY, WARRIORS TAKE CARE OF THE SMALL THINGS. THEY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. SO THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS READY AND THEY NEVER HAVE TO GET READY. THEY'RE ALWAYS READY, WHICH SPEAKS TO THEM. ALL FIVE OF THESE SENIORS. AND THEY ALL TOOK CARE OF WHAT THEY NEEDED TO IN THE CLASSROOM AND OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL. SO THEREFORE WE HAVE DANA KEELING, WHO IS TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SECOND TEAM, AND TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION, ALL ACADEMIC TEAM. WE HAVE HALI KEATON, WHO IS ALSO THE ALL STATE SECOND TEAM AND TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION ALL ACADEMIC TEAM HAYDEN KEATON, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION SECOND TEAM, AND THE TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION, LAUREN FLORES, TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION, ALL ACADEMIC TEAM. AND LASTLY, EMILY JAIME, WHO IS ALSO TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM AND TEXAS GIRLS ASSOCIATION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. 123123. ONE MORE. PERFECT. WELCOME. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP WE HAVE WRESTLING. [1.G.5. FHS Boys and Girls Wrestling State Qualifiers and Academic All-State ] SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOU'D LIKE TO GO UP THERE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. AND THEN I'LL HAVE YOU ALL. RIGHT HERE COMING UP THERE. WE'LL WAIT FOR PARENTS TO GET. UP NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL'S WRESTLING TEAM. THEY RECENTLY CONCLUDED A REMARKABLE SEASON AND FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW THEY QUALIFIED. THEY HAD STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE STATE WRESTLING MEET. THE TEAM HAD AN IMPRESSIVE. SIX WRESTLERS EARNED A SPOT AT STATE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE WRESTLING PROGRAM IS ALSO CELEBRATING SEVERAL STUDENTS EARNING ACADEMIC ALL STATE RECOGNITION THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION. TONIGHT, WE HAVE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACH HARLEY DELUCA TO HELP US RECOGNIZE HIS STUDENTS. COACH. YEAH, THIS YEAR WAS A REALLY FUN YEAR. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEARS, THE MOST STATE QUALIFIERS WE'VE HAD IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH SIX STATE QUALIFIERS. WE ALSO HAD TWO FRESHMEN QUALIFY FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY AS WELL, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A STATE PLACER THIS YEAR. SO THAT WAS IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD TIME. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN HERE WHERE WE'VE HAD TWO SENIORS MAKE THE ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM AND THEN TWO SENIORS BEING HONORABLE MENTION AS WELL. SO IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN. THIS WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN. THIS IS MY IT WAS LIKE SECOND YEAR AND A HALF OF BEING A HEAD COACH. I TOOK OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR. IT WAS OFFICIALLY MADE HEAD COACH THIS YEAR. SO THIS WAS REALLY MY FIRST REAL RUN AT IT. AND IT WAS IT WAS A TON OF FUN AND WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS. AND I'M JUST SUPER PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THE STUDENT ATHLETES. AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND HOPEFULLY IT JUST KEEPS ROLLING THE RIGHT WAY, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN CAN WE HAVE YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND GO DOWN. MATTHEW. HI, HONEY. RYAN. CRISTIANO? YES. CAN WE GET THE HORIZON? ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. ONE, TWO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. HERE WE GO. YEAH. Y'ALL CAN GO. UP NEXT, WE HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER. [1.G.6. FHS Boys and Girls Soccer Academic All-State and All-State] AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BOYS ON THIS SIDE. [00:25:04] I'LL INTRODUCE. PARENTS FOR SOCCER. OKAY. NEXT UP, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYERS ON RECENTLY EARNING ALL STATE FOR ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONORS. THESE SENIORS SHOWED EXCELLENCE ON AND OFF THE FIELD, EARNING ACADEMIC ALL STATE THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SOCCER COACHES, AND SOME. FOR THE TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION. AGAIN, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE AWARDS, THE PLAYERS HAVE TO MAINTAIN HIGH GPAS THROUGHOUT SCHOOL AND BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER. NOW TONIGHT WE HAVE HEAD BOYS COACH BRAD THORN AND HEAD GIRLS COACH LAUREN DENNING. HELP US RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS RIGHT HERE. THIS GROUP OF SENIORS IS VERY SPECIAL, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE. IT'S ONE OF MY SMALLEST GROUPS THAT I'VE HAD, BUT THEY MADE UP FOR QUANTITY BY THEIR QUALITY. AND THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF US FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHERE WE HAVE GONE FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS HAVING A LIKE FOUR STRAIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS WINNING DISTRICT. AND THAT IS A LOT DUE TO THESE GIRLS, NOT JUST WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ON THE FIELD LEADING THROUGHOUT THEIR ATHLETICISM, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE LEADING THROUGH THEIR CHARACTER. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM AND ALL THAT THEY'VE GIVEN TO THIS PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US RECOGNIZE THEM. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. KAYLEE RODRIGUEZ. WE'VE GOT LILY STONE GRAHAM PEOPLES. AND GISELLE SALCEDO. WE'VE GOT MOST OF THEM STICKING AROUND, WHICH I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR LOCALLY. KAYLEE AND GISELLE ARE BOTH GOING TO TEXAS TECH IN THE FALL. GRAHAM PEOPLES IS GOING TO ANGELO STATE TO CONTINUE PLAYING SOCCER THERE. AND THEN LILY IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE SITUATION. SHE IS STAYING FOR ONE MORE SEMESTER THAN GRADUATING IN DECEMBER. SO SHE'S DOING ALL OF HER SENIOR STUFF THIS YEAR FOR US. AND SHE IS ALSO GOING TO TEXAS TECH AND SHE'S GOING TO BE PLAYING SOCCER THERE AS WELL. SO WE CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR INVITING US HERE AT VENICE TO RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. JUST TO INTRODUCE THIS GROUP OF THREE GUYS HERE WITH ME. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO KIND OF TURN A PROGRAM AROUND, YOU LOOK TO CORE GUYS IN YOUR TEAM, AND THESE THREE GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS. ONLY VARSITY PLAYERS. AND THEY'VE BEEN THE THREE CAPTAINS FOR US FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW. SO AS FAR AS LEADERS GO, THESE ARE THE THREE THREE OF THE BEST OF THEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL AWARDS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. BRADEN ANDERSON WAS SECOND TEAM ALL DISTRICT LAST YEAR, FIRST TEAM ALL DISTRICT THIS YEAR, ALL DISTRICT ACADEMIC TEAM AND THE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE KELAN MARTIN, WHO WAS A FIRST TEAM ALL DISTRICT TWO YEARS IN A ROW, ALL DISTRICT ACADEMIC TEAM AND AN ALL STATE ACADEMIC TEAM. HONORABLE MENTION AS WELL. AND THEN ON THE FAR SIDE, WE HAVE SAMUEL MILLER WHO'S BEEN FIRST TEAM, ALL DISTRICT, SECOND TEAM, ALL DISTRICT THE LAST TWO YEARS. ACADEMIC, ALL DISTRICT AND ACADEMIC, ALL STATE SECOND TEAM. THESE THREE GUYS, I BELIEVE HAVE LED BY EXAMPLE ON THE FIELD, OFF THE FIELD ANYTHING I NEEDED AS A COACH I GOT FROM THESE THREE GUYS. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND GIVING THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. TOGETHER. CLOSE TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. HOLD YOUR. BOOK RIGHT HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. PERFECT. WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YES! AND NEXT, WE HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK. [1.G.7. FHS Boys and Girls Track and Field Academic All-State ] SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. AND THEN. THE BOYS WILL HAVE YOU START RIGHT HERE. AND THEN I'LL HAVE. TO STAY UP HERE. [00:30:01] ANY MORE TRACK PARENTS. UP NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SEVERAL TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES ON EARNING ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS THIS SEASON. WE HAD MORE THAN TWO DOZEN SENIORS ON. THE BOYS AND GIRLS TEAM RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL STATE. NOW BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL SEASON WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN TIGERS ADVANCING TO THE REGIONAL TRACK MEET AND AT REGIONALS, NINE STUDENTS PLACED IN THE TOP TEN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE EVENTS. WELL, TONIGHT WE HAVE TRACK AND FIELD BOYS HEAD COACH NOEL RAMOS AND HEAD GIRLS COACH DESIREE STEVENS TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. MR.. LA FORCE. OH, YES. ALL RIGHT. LIKE SHE SAID, MY NAME IS DESIREE STEVENSON. I HAD THE HONOR OF COACHING 18 SENIORS THIS YEAR, TEN OF THEM WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT. OUR CUMULATIVE GPA AS A TEAM WITH UNDERCLASSMEN AND TRAINERS WAS A 97. WE HAD A SMART TEAM, A VERY SMART TEAM. FOUR OUT OF TOP TEN ARE ON OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM. THESE GIRLS CONTRIBUTED TO A SECOND PLACE DISTRICT FINISH. A THIRD PLACE AT THE AREA TRACK MEET IN EL PASO. AND I MENTIONED REGIONALS, 15 OUT OF 32 TEAMS. AND ALONG THE WAY, WE HAD DISTRICT CHAMPIONS IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS. WE HAD AREA CHAMPS IN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE CAME OUT, COME OUT TODAY. WE HAVE COACH ALLEN BEHIND US. THAT JUST GOT ANNOUNCED AS THE 5A6ATGCA ASSISTANT TRACK COACH OF THE YEAR. A FEW WORDS ON COACH ALAN AND THEN I'LL FINISH WITH THE GIRLS. ONE OF OUR HARDEST WORKING TRACK COACHES TRACK ALREADY ALREADY IS A TIRELESS JOB. 12 HOUR DAYS. HE IS IN CHARGE OF OUR DISTANCE PROGRAM. HE ALSO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR PROGRAM. HE TOOK THREE POLE VAULTERS TO REGIONALS, WHICH IS PRETTY UNHEARD OF. AND THEN HE ALSO HELPED ZILLA DESHON, WHICH IS HERE TONIGHT, WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN AT DISTRICT. THAT MEANS SHE WON THE 3200. SHE WON THE 800 AND SHE WON THE MILE. ALL IN THE SAME TEAM. YES. WORK HARD DAY IN AND DAY OUT. IT DOESN'T. IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT I HAVE TO BE HERE. WHAT THEY DO FOR ME ON THE TRACK IS THE SAME THING THEY DO IN THE CLASSROOM. WE HAVE A SAYING IS HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING. CONSISTENCY IS KEY WITH US. AND THESE GIRLS ARE GOING TO LEAVE A FOOTPRINT THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO REPLACE. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US REPRESENT FRENSHIP ISD. WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF THEM. AND THEN CAN WE HAVE EACH STUDENT SAY THEIR NAME? YES. I'M BLESSED. I'M. BRINKLEY. COKER. I'M. HARPER. RIGHT. KINGSLEY. PRITCHARD. RILEY. AUTREY. ANGIE. MUNOZ. KENLEY. SMITH. ELLA. ACKERMAN. LANAKILA. DESHAWN. RAMOS. I AM THE HEAD COACH OF THE BOYS SIDE. WE TWO HAD 18 SENIORS THIS YEAR THAT WILL BE GRADUATING. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGER SENIOR GUYS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD TO GRADUATE. THESE GUYS, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, THEY CAME TO WORK DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO REPRESENT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR JUST REPRESENTING WITH, WITH TIGER PRIDE AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN MIND. I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THEM OUT THERE. THEY'RE JUST A GOOD GROUP OF GUYS. ALONG THAT LINE TWO, TWO TWO MEMBERS OF OUR 4X4 MILE RELAY TEAM THAT BROKE A SCHOOL RECORD THAT HAD STOOD FOR 33 YEARS IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. CASH GRAVES AND CÉDRIC PRICE. I DON'T KNOW IF AND WHEN THAT RECORD WILL BE BROKEN AGAIN. IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FEAT. ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR. EVERY TRACK MEET, WE FINISHED IN THE TOP THREE AT EVERY TRACK MEET THIS YEAR. AND I CAN'T BE MORE PROUDER OF ALL THESE GUYS HERE. WE'RE MISSING A FEW GUYS, BUT THESE GUYS RIGHT HERE WERE WERE TOP NOTCH. OKAY? AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS THEM. WE'LL START WITH YOU. YOUR NAME? BRENDA LUCERO. TROY. THOMPSON. KYLE. JOSIAH. WAYNE. JACKSON. ECKHART. KETCHUM. BRYCE. CATEGORIES. SHAWN. DAVIS. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A GROUP PICTURE WE CAN DO. RIGHT HERE. AND THEN GUYS, WE MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE GO IN THE BACK [00:35:02] AND GET ALL THESE PEOPLE. HERE. OKAY. OKAY, EVERYONE, MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE ME. ALL RIGHT? YOU CAN'T SEE ME. I CAN'T SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. PARENTS, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES, Y'ALL CAN GO IN THE BACK. UP NEXT WE HAVE MEMORIAL ROBOTICS, AND THEN Y'ALL CAN LINE UP ON EITHER SIDE OF [1.G.8. MHS Robotics State Qualifiers ] THE PODIUM. LET PARENTS GET SET. IN THEIR VERY FIRST YEAR, THE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM KNOWN AS PANTHER. IS THAT CORRECT? QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION. THE INAUGURAL ROBOTICS TEAM, LED BY COACH ERIC MCGEHEE, TRAVELED TO HOUSTON TO COMPETE AT THE STATE COMPETITION HELD AT THE NRG ARENA, WHERE 90 TEAMS ACROSS TEXAS WERE DIVIDED INTO DIVISIONS FOR QUALIFYING AND PLAYOFF MATCHES, LEADING TOWARD A TEXAS CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. EARLIER IN THE SEASON, THE TEAM EARNED THE ROOKIE ALL STAR AWARD AT THE WACO CONVENTION AS WELL. TONIGHT WE HAVE COACH ERIC MCGAHEE HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF CTE PROGRAMS, OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS REPRESENTS EVERYTHING WE AS TEACHERS, ATTEMPT TO INSTILL IN OUR STUDENTS, FROM OVERCOMING ADVERSITY WITH A SMILE AND OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK TO EXCEEDING ALL EXPECTATIONS. TRULY, THEY PERSONIFY THE FRENSHIP WAY FIERCE COMPETITORS, ALL OF THEM, YET WILLING TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. I PRESENT TO YOU TEAM FRC 11 200. CALEB. LOPEZ. AIDAN. HARRISON. ISAIAH. ALBERT. DANTE. LOZANO. CALEB. ARONA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. LET'S SAY THANKS TO A COUPLE PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY MRS. CAMPBELL AND OUR ADMIN TEAM. I WANT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND MR. JAMES HOLLOWAY IN 5866 I'VE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AS WELL. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK LEONARD AND DANIEL FOR BEING AN OUTSTANDING AND AMAZING MENTOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME. ALL RIGHT, LOOK RIGHT HERE. LOOK RIGHT HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. [00:40:01] ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE HAVE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS. [1.G.9. FHS Robotics State Qualifiers ] HOW ARE Y'ALL? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? I WAS WONDERING. OH, YEAH. SO. JASON. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, JASON? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG GROUP. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL AND THE IRON TIGERS ROBOTICS TEAM FOR ADVANCING TO THE STATE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION. EARLIER THIS MONTH AT DISTRICT, THE IRON TIGERS EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS ENGINEERING INSPIRATION AWARD, WHICH RECOGNIZES TEAMS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN ADVANCING RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR ENGINEERING WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION AND BROADER COMMUNITY. IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS A TEAM CAN RECEIVE IN THE FIRST ORGANIZATION. NOW TONIGHT WE HAVE ROBOTICS COACH JAMES HOLLOWAY TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. COACH, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF REAL QUICK? I'M SEAN BRAXTON, SHELBY HIGHTOWER, WESLEY. WILLIS. ELLSWORTH. MALLORY. LILY. CANTON. BENJAMIN. TEAL. JASON. TEAL. WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT THIS TEAM IS THEY'RE GOING BEYOND THE COMPETITION ASPECT, AND THEY'RE PLACING STEM PAWPRINTS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THROUGHOUT WEST TEXAS. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL. CAN WE TRY TO GET Y'ALL IN A BIG GROUP PICTURE? COME ON DOWN IN FRONT Y'ALL. Y'ALL ARE STARTING. SORRY. I COULDN'T DO IT. PERFECT. OKAY, EVERYBODY, LOOK RIGHT HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. WELL DONE. NEXT UP, WE HAVE ESPORTS. [1.G.10. FHS Esports State Qualifiers ] OKAY. I'LL HAVE THAT. YOU CAN LINE UP. ATTABOY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL WAIT FOR PARENTS TO GET SET UP. YEAH. TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON EARLIER THIS MONTH. WE HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS ON THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TEAM TRAVEL TO WACO TO COMPETE AS A TEXAS UNDISPUTED SPORTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. FRIENDSHIPS OVERWATCH AND OVERWATCH GOLD TEAMS BOTH EARNED THEIR SPOTS BY PLACING HIGHLY IN SEASON ONE AND TWO OF THE PLAYOFFS, WHILE THE ROCKET LEAGUE LEAGUE TEAM QUALIFIED DURING SEASON ONE PLAYOFFS AND RANKED AS HIGH AS THIRD IN THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL FRENSHIP TEAMS ADVANCED BEYOND POOL PLAY AND INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF COMPETITION, AND EACH GROUP NARROWLY MISSED ADVANCING TO THE FINAL DAY, FALLING JUST 1 OR 2 PLACEMENTS SHORT IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FIELD THAT DOES NOT SEPARATE SCHOOLS BY CLASSIFICATION. TONIGHT WE HAVE ESPORTS COACH KEITH GENTRY TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORDS TO SAY ABOUT THESE GUYS. THEY WORK FULL WORK SCHEDULES. THEY HAVE A BUSY SCHOOL SCHEDULE THE YEAR LONG SEASON. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME A CHANCE TO LEARN THESE GAMES BECAUSE I DATE BACK TO SPACE INVADERS. THEY ARE AN AWESOME TEAM AND I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THEM. MY NAME IS TREY DAVIS. I'M MADELEINE. [00:45:01] I MADE IT. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. OH, BROTHER. BY THE WAY. AND NEXT WE HAVE MEMORIAL TO. [1.G.11. MHS Business Professionals of America State and National Qualifiers s ] SOME CAN STAND OVER HERE TOO. LET'S GO DOWN THIS WAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, THIS YEAR, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 51 FRENSHIP STUDENTS QUALIFY TO COMPETE AT THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA OR BPA STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN DALLAS EARLIER THIS SEMESTER. AND IN THEIR VERY FIRST YEAR, WE HAD 19 FRENSHIP STUDENTS FROM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL WHO QUALIFIED FOR STATE. BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA IS A LEADING CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION FOR STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND OTHER RELATED CAREER FIELDS. AND MANY OF THE 19 MEMORIAL STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR STATE AND LOCAL EVENTS WHERE SIX STUDENTS EARNED MEDALS IN THE PROGRAM'S INAUGURAL YEAR. WE ALSO HAD LILY ADAMS EARN THE TITLE OF STATE CHAMPION, AND SHE COMPETED ON THE NATIONAL STAGE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN MEDIA PRODUCTION. OKAY. TONIGHT WE HAVE MEMORIAL SPONSORS SHANNON, LINDSEY AND DEVIN MORE TO HELP RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD DOCTOR MCCORD AND EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. IT'S AN EXTREME HONOR TO BE UP HERE ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME WITH OUR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA. YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, COMPETE, AND LEARN. AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM. THIS YEAR, OUR BPA CHAPTER, LIKE TIFFANY JUST SAID, DID SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM. AND THEY HAD A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS LIKE THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. AND I WANT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT BPA IS THAT THEY LEARN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE THESE STUDENTS ACTUALLY TO BE THE ONES THAT INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU AND WHAT CONTESTS THEY COMPETED IN. AND LIKE TIFFANY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR STATE CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL QUALIFIER, LILY ADAMS. HI, MY NAME IS LILY ADAMS. I COMPETED IN DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION AND I PLACED GOLD AT STATE AND GOT TO SHOWCASE MY TALENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. HI, MY NAME IS ADELINE BROWN. I COMPETED WITH MY TEAM IN PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES AND I ALSO. WE PLACED SIXTH IN THE STATE AND THEN I COMPETED IN BANKING AND FINANCE AS WELL. HI, I'M JOSIAH MENDOZA. I ALSO COMPETED WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TEAM AND I ALSO COMPETED IN PAYROLL ACCOUNTING. MY NAME IS BRAXTON STALLINGS. I COMPETED, I ALSO ALSO COMPETED WITH THEM. I PLACED SIXTH IN MR. OPEN AND TEAM CONCEPTS. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GET TWO MEDALS AT BPA. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS SCARLETT BAIRD AND I'M THE FINAL MEMBER OF THE BPA PROCEDURES AND I ALSO COMPETED IN. THE I WAS PART OF OUR BROADCAST TEAM AND I WAS ALSO COMPETED IN INDIVIDUAL LEGAL OFFICE PROCEDURES. HELLO. MY NAME IS SHANNON GARCIA AND I QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN FROM SHREWSBURY. MY NAME IS KATE AND I QUALIFIED FOR BUSINESS OFFICE PROCEDURES AT THE STATE LEVEL. MY NAME IS TRACY, I QUALIFIED IN STATE FOR COMPUTER MODELING AND I WAS A FINALIST. MY NAME IS PAT THOMPSON AND I HOSTED THE FIRST EVER LIVE BPA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL PODCAST. HI, I'M ANDY. HELLO. MY NAME IS ISAAC NARVAEZ AND I COMPETED IN FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING. THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR AMAZING STUDENTS THAT ARE IN BPA. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COACH SHANNON LINDSEY. SHE'S OUR CHEER COACH, BUT SHE'S ALSO OUR OUR NEW BPA LEAD. SHE TOOK OVER ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB SO FAR, AS WELL AS MARISSA RAMOS DOWN THERE ON THE END. SHE'S BEEN SUCH A BRIGHT SPOT WITHIN ALL THE PROGRAMS ON OUR CAMPUS, [00:50:01] AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR HER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THIS SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. AND WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT SUCCESS WITHOUT OUR AMAZING LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO FOR BPA. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU. MAKE SURE YOU SEE ME. IT'S EXCITING. HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK RIGHT HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL CAN GET EITHER SIDE. HOW ARE YOU? DON'T KEEP GOING DOWN. I THINK THIS IS OUR BIGGEST GROUP TONIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LIKE YOU JUST HEARD, WE HAD 51 STUDENTS QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AT THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS SEMESTER IN DALLAS. MANY OF THE 32 FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT QUALIFIED FOR STATE QUALIFIED IN MULTIPLE EVENTS, WITH A TOTAL OF 11 STUDENTS EARNING A SPOT AT THE NATIONAL STAGE EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND WE ALSO HAD A TEAM WIN NATIONALS. SO THEY WERE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. SO WE WERE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN TONIGHT WE HAVE THE SPONSORS, DEANNA AND MOLLY ARELLANO, TO HELP RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. HI. THANKS FOR HAVING US. WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT WE CAN BE HERE AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL AND DO BPA. IT'S BEEN A REALLY BLESSING, A REALLY GREAT BLESSING FOR ME FOR SURE. I KNOW FOR MISS LUNING AS WELL THESE KIDS ARE FANTASTIC AND THEY WORK INCREDIBLY HARD. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT COMPETITIONS WE COMPETED IN AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. SO WE DID FUNDAMENTAL ACCOUNTING PODCAST PRODUCTION TEAM BROADCAST NEWS PRODUCTION TEAM, VISUAL DESIGN TEAM, HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES, ECONOMIC RESEARCH TEAM, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PROMOTION, BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS, VIDEO PRODUCTION TEAM, PREPARED SPEECH, EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH, DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION. SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. PRESENTATION TEAM PAYROLL, ACCOUNTING, BANKING AND FINANCE PRESENTATION, INDIVIDUAL LEGAL OFFICE PROCEDURES, PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM. BASIC OFFICE SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES, AND MEETING AND EVENT PLANNING CONCEPTS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE VARIED AND WIDE AND THEY ARE NOT PIGEONHOLED INTO ONE COMPETITION. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THEIR FUTURE CAREER. ANYTHING THAT THEY DO AT FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY EXCEL IN. SO IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC FOR THEM. I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PRESIDENT FOR 2026 2027. HI, I'M LAUREN MITCHELL. HI, I'M I'M VANESSA CORNISH, I'M JUSTINE ROMANACH, I'M ALICE JONES, I'M BRIAN CONNOR, I'M JACOB GAST, I'M BRADEN DIAZ, I'M SETH RODRIGUEZ, I'M KATE FARB, I'M GRACIE SALAZAR, I'M SAVANNAH MILLS, MFA. I'M HOUSTON TAYLOR, I'M ASHER DOUGLAS, I'M PRESTON LOUDER. I'M KARISMA HALE. HI, MY NAME IS DANNY NGUYEN. I'M MIKELLA ROBERTS AND WHICH ONES WERE YOUR NATIONAL CHAMPS? SO OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ARE ON THE END. AND THEN OUR NINTH PLACE IN THE NATION IS HE'S RIGHT HERE. AND HIS PARTNER IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. BUT WE HAD TO MAKE IT PRETTY FAR. SO YEAH, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS RIGHT HERE. IN THE BACK. IN THE BACK. COME ON. BIGGER PICTURE. YES. WE'LL HAVE YOU. KNOW. YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT HERE. YEAH. YOU LOOK FABULOUS. EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE AT ME. [00:55:02] ALL RIGHT. ONE TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. ONE MORE GROUP PICTURE UP THERE. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. OH, YEAH. I THOUGHT YOU SAID. OKAY. ANY MORE FRENSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL. PARENTS WANT TO TAKE PICTURES. WE'LL WAIT TILL THEY GET SET. TONIGHT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE CAMPUSES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FOR EARNING [1.G.12. FHS Business Professionals of America State and National Qualifier] [1.G.13. FMS, MHS, and FHS State Student Council Awards ] AWARDS FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS. BUT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FRENSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY EARNED TOP HONORS FROM THE TASK OR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS, INCLUDING SWEEPSTAKES COUNCIL AND OUTSTANDING STUDENT COUNCIL RECOGNITIONS. HOW TO EARN THIS DISTINCTION? EACH COUNCIL WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT COUNCIL FOR THEIR STRONG ORGANIZATION, IMPACTFUL PROJECTS, ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND POSITIVE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP. NOW, TONIGHT WE ARE STARTING WITH OUR FRIENDSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE DENISE AND ANDREA CARTER, THEIR STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORS, TO HELP RECOGNIZE THEM. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE'VE RECEIVED THIS HONOR FOR TEN YEARS, BUT WE COULDN'T IN TEN YEARS, 50 PROJECTS, 60 PLUS MEMBERSHIP. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE AMAZING HARD WORK, DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENT BODY LEADERSHIP REPRESENTING OUR FUTURE, OUR, OUR PRESENT CURRENT LEADERSHIP IN SIERRA AND THEN REPRESENTING OUR FUTURE. JORDAN SAID. BARRY. GIULIANA. YES, YES. SO WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM, BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR HARD WORK, AND THE AMAZING SUPPORT OF OUR ADMINISTRATION. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM. AND THEN UP NEXT, WE'LL HAVE FRIENDSHIP OR WE'LL HAVE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL 123123. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. WELL DONE. IT'LL BE GREAT. ON EITHER SIDE. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT. AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT EARNED AWARDS FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS. OUR MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, WON SWEEPSTAKES COUNCIL AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT COUNCIL RECOGNITION. THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND MEETING RIGOROUS CRITERIA AND DEMONSTRATING MEANINGFUL IMPACT THROUGH SERVICE AND INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. TONIGHT WE HAVE A STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSOR, ALEXANDER GOMEZ, TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MY STUDENTS HERE. THEY'VE DONE AMAZING THIS YEAR. OPENING MEMORIAL HAS BEEN CRAZY. IT'S A CRAZY EXPERIENCE, I'M SURE, FOR ALL OF Y'ALL. Y'ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL. THEY ARE AMAZING LEADERS. THEY HAVE SET THE GUIDELINES. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE. THEY HAVE DONE DRESS UP DAYS. THEY'VE DONE SO MANY STUFF AND JUST BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE STATE LEVEL IS JUST AMAZING. SO EACH OF THESE STUDENTS ARE JUST AMAZING PARENTS. Y'ALL ARE DOING AMAZING STUDENTS. Y'ALL ARE DOING AMAZING. LOVE Y'ALL. AND THEN CAN WE HAVE EACH STUDENT SAY THEIR NAMES? CORY NELSON, ANGIE LEE KIYA, DIANA KEEGAN BROWN, [01:00:03] JOCELYN REYES. SOPHIA TERRY. ALL RIGHT. SQUEEZE TOGETHER. OKAY, EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. AND UP NEXT, WE HAVE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL. IF YOU ARE A PARENT AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES. MANY PARENTS. DON'T BE SHY OKAY. UP NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR LAST CAMPUS THAT EARNED TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCIL RECOGNITION. AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE OUR FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL NOW AGAIN TO EARN THIS DISTINCTION. EACH COUNCIL WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT COUNCIL FOR THEIR STRONG ORGANIZATION, IMPACTFUL PROJECTS AND ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND POSITIVE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP. NOW BACK UP HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE BECCA TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. YES. SORRY, I JUST COULDN'T STAY AWAKE. BUT SO NOW I WANT TO BRAG ON THIS GROUP OF KIDS BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS. THEY GOT TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT'S SCHOOL FOR OUR DISTRICT. WHICH IS ALL THE LUBBOCK SURROUNDING SCHOOLS. SO THEY'VE BEEN A BIG HELP AT LIKE DIFFERENT DISTRICT PLANNING AND EXECUTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS. LIKE THEY MADE OVER 400 DIFFERENT BIRTHDAY CAKE HATE KIDS THAT GO TO KIDS THROUGH THE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PLAINS. SO WHENEVER THEY MAYBE NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY, THEY NOW GET TO AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF COOL PROJECTS AROUND OUR SCHOOL AND AT THE STATE. AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AS ALWAYS TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEM. BUT SO WE HAVE SARAH AGAIN, AND THEN WE HAVE ISAAC, ZOE, EMILY, LILY AND SOLOMON. AND THEY'VE ALL DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB THIS YEAR. AND ONE, TWO, THREE, ONE TWO, THREE. THERE'S PLENTY OF SEATS IF Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE A SEAT UP HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. TALKING TO YOU. NOW. NEXT UP WE HAVE MEMORIAL FFA. [1.G.14. MHS FFA Career and Development Events State Qualifiers ] I HEARD THAT OVER HERE. WELL GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR MCCORD. I'LL WAIT FOR PARENTS TO GET UP THERE. YOU'RE JUST EAGER TO KNOW. OKAY. ARE WE ALL SET? OKAY. FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE A DOZEN, NEARLY A DOZEN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL FFA STUDENTS ON ADVANCING TO THE STATE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT COMPETITIONS. FRENSHIP STUDENTS COMPETED AT STATE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS DESIGNED TO HELP THE STUDENTS PREPARE FOR A CAREER IN AGRICULTURE BY TESTING AND CHALLENGING THEIR TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP, INTERPERSONAL AND TEAMWORK SKILLS, AS WELL AS THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER. THE STUDENTS JUST RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND SEVERAL OF THESE STUDENTS COMPETED IN MULTIPLE EVENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL. WELL, TONIGHT WE HAVE FFA ADVISOR RYAN TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. WELL GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCCORD SCHOOL BOARD FOR HAVING US AND FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAM. WE'VE HAD A YEAR OF MEETING FIRST. FFA WAS BRAND NEW TO MOST OF OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THEY TOOK, THEY JUMPED IN AND PARTICIPATED AND THEY'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL FOR OUR FIRST YEAR AS A CHAPTER. BEFORE WE INTRODUCE, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE. OUR STUDENTS DID SUCCESSFULLY MEET ALL THE STEPS AND PASS OR HAVE WILL BE AT THE SUMMER AT THE STATE CONVENTION, WE WILL RECEIVE OUR OFFICIAL STATE FFA CHARTER FROM THE STATE ASSOCIATION. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT THIS SUMMER TO RECEIVE THAT. THE LAST STEP THAT THEY JUST PERFORMED, I DID, I GUESS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WAS ABOUT A TWO HOUR PROCESS WHERE THEY PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE AND HAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I THOUGHT WE JUST PAID IT. PAID. IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT. [01:05:01] OKAY. GLAD YOU WERE BLEEDING. BUT YES, YOU CAN ASK THEM. WE WERE NERVOUS. WE WERE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS ALL GOING TO TURN OUT. BUT THEY DID. THEY, THEY DID GREAT. BUT WE HAVE MISS SPACEK AND MISS MCCAIN THAT WILL INTRODUCE OUR TEAMS THAT ADVANCE AND COMPETED ON THE STATE LEVEL. HI, MY NAME IS LAURA MCCAIN. I WAS ABLE TO COACH THE VETERINARY MEDICINE TEAM THIS YEAR, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE PLACED SIX OUT OF 80 AT THE AREA CONTEST, AND IT WAS OUR VERY FIRST TIME DOING THIS CONTEST. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REPRESENT MEMORIAL AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY FUN AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. TWO OF OUR MEMBERS WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE LYDIA DUBOIS AND ADDISON SHAW. BUT OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE IS ADDILYN TRIMBLE AND MALLORY MEADOWS. SO. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE REST OF OUR TEAMS THAT WE HAD ADVANCED TO STATE THIS YEAR. THE FIRST TEAM I'LL RECOGNIZE IS A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EVENT TEAM THAT TOOK PLACE THIS FALL. SO THEY ADVANCED AND COMPETED AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE GREENHAND QUIZ CONTEST. THERE ARE ACTUALLY 678 TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE STATE WHEN WE STARTED THIS EVENT. AND SLOWLY NARROWED DOWN AT EACH LEVEL IN THE TOP 24 ADVANCED TO THE STATE CONTEST. WHERE THEY PLACED SECOND OVERALL. SO A VERY INCREDIBLE JOB FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR AND OUR FIRST YEAR AS A CHAPTER. SO I'LL LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. I'M TAYLOR MULLINS. I'M ARLEY MARTIN. I'M ARCHER JOHNSON. I'M ANGIE LEE AND ARCHER AND ANGIE. THEY ALSO PLACE IN THE TOP TEN INDIVIDUALLY. ANGIE WAS THE THIRD INDIVIDUAL AT THE STATE CONTEST AND ARCHER WAS FIFTH. SO VERY PROUD OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL. SOME OF THESE SAME STUDENTS CHOSE TO STAY WITH US THROUGH THE SPRING AND REPRESENTED US AGAIN AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO I'LL START WITH OUR MARKETING PLAN. TEAM MARKETING PLAN WAS A BRAND NEW CONTEST TO US. AND WE JUMPED IN AND WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A GO. AND NEVER DID I IMAGINE THEY'D DO THIS WELL, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF TAYLOR AND HARLEY FOR ALSO BEING ON THAT TEAM. AND WE ALSO HAD ADDISON SHAW, WHO WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. SO THEY PLACED NINTH AT THE STATE LEVEL IN OUR MARKETING PLAN CONTEST. AND ALSO COMPETING AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. WE HAD A FARM AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONTEST. AND THAT WAS ARCHER, ANGIE AND MADELINE BROWN. SO THEY ALSO COMPETED AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE'RE ABOUT 155 TEAMS WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR OUT IN THAT CONTEST. THEY PLACED EIGHTH OVERALL. SO ALSO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM. SO OVERALL, JUST REALLY BLESSED TO WORK WITH GREAT STUDENTS. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SUCCESS. TEST. PIECE. TOGETHER. TOGETHER. HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. ONE MORE. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FFA. [1.G.15. FHS FFA Career and Development Events State Qualifiers ] SO, PARENTS. YOU'RE PLAYING DODGEBALL. I'M SORRY. ALREADY? YEAH THEY DO. NEXT UP, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MULTIPLE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FFA STUDENTS ON ADVANCING TO THE STATE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT COMPETITION. NOW, THE COMPETITION CENTERED AROUND TOPICS SUCH AS MARKETING PLAN, VET SCIENCE, WOOL, POULTRY, AND MUCH MORE. THE STUDENTS JUST RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND SEVERAL OF THESE STUDENTS COMPETED IN MULTIPLE EVENTS AT STATE. THESE STUDENTS REPRESENTED FRENSHIP WELL, WITH SEVERAL TEAMS EARNING TOP TEN FINISHES, INCLUDING THE MARKETING PLAN TEAM THAT EARNED THIRD IN THE STATE. TONIGHT, WE HAVE FFA ADVISOR ANGELA VAN GUNDY TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR MCCORD AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAMS. CANNOT THINK OF A DEPARTMENT WITHIN FRENSHIP ISD THAT HAS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTED OUR STUDENTS HERE TONIGHT. FROM THE ENDLESS CALLS TO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US UNLOAD METAL, TO ALWAYS HAVING AN EXPEDITION AND A MILL CHECK TO NEW TRUCKS, [01:10:02] AND EVEN STOPPING THEIR DAY TO LISTEN TO OUR KIDS GIVE PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHES. OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH CAMPUS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THAT ALWAYS SAY, YES, OUR STUDENTS ARE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE I KNOW. THEY SHOW UP EARLY. THEY STAY LATE. THEY WORK HARD IN BETWEEN. THERE IS NOTHING EASY ABOUT WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISH. AND I TELL THEM ALL THE TIME, IF IT WAS EASY, EVERYBODY WOULD DO IT. I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OR RECOGNIZE THE TEAMS THAT I HAPPEN TO TRAIN, AND MY TEACHING PARTNERS WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR TEAMS, AND THE TRACTOR TECH TEAM, WHICH PLACED 20TH AT THE STATE CONTEST WAS DAWSON BENNETT. ZANE HAGEN AND RYLAN SMITH AND THE NEXT ARE THE STATE ADVANCING AG TECH AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS TEAM OF ZANE HAGEN, SLADE PARHAM, JACOB ROCCA AND CALEB SMITH. HI, I'M RADKE TAYLOR AND I COACHED OUR POULTRY TEAM AND WE WERE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT, SECOND IN THE AREA AND 20TH AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THAT CONSISTED OF CALEB'S SPEED, JACOB BRANCA AND GUNNER CLAYBROOK. I'M MATTHEW HOUSTON AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO COACH THE WOOL JUDGING TEAM. THEY WERE FIRST AT DISTRICT, FIRST AT AREA AND EIGHTH AT THE STATE CONTEST THIS YEAR. I ALSO COACHED THE MARKETING PLAN TEAM ALONG WITH KELSEY JONES, AND THEY WERE FIRST IN DISTRICT, SECOND IN AREA AND THIRD AT THE STATE CONFERENCE. AND THOSE TEAMS INCLUDED CALEB'S SPEED, PIPER, VAN GUNDY AND MORGAN ROBINETTE ON THE JUDGING TEAM. AND THEN THE MARKETING PLAN TEAM WAS GUNNAR CLAYBROOK, CARTER BOWEN AND JOCELYN PAYNE. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO START RECOGNIZING OUR FALL LD TEAMS THAT QUALIFIED FOR STATE. THEY WERE BOTH FIRST AT THE AREA CONTEST AND IN THE FALL, IN DECEMBER, THEY GOT TO COMPETE AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. AND OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM WAS CARTER BOWEN, NATALIE HILL PIPER VAN GUNDY, SO SORRY. AND THEN OUR JOB INTERVIEW WAS GUNNAR CLAYBROOK. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BACK IN THE FALL AND GLAD THAT WE GET TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT. AND THEN FOR THE CTE TEAM, I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE VET SCIENCE TEAM WHERE THEY WON OUR AREA CONTEST. AND THEN WE'RE EIGHTH AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THAT WAS RUBY BOONE, JOCELYN PAYNE AND SIDNEY DAVIS. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM. I'M GRANT COX. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE SOME KIND OF UPCOMING STATE QUALIFIERS THAT WE HAVE. FIRST WE HAVE A JUNIOR PREPARED PUBLIC SPEAKER WHO'S GOING TO COMPETE HERE AT THE END OF MAY, ON MAY 31ST AT THE STATE LEVEL, THAT'S AVERY RAQQA. WE'VE GOT GUNNER CLAYBROOK IS COMPETING FOR A STATE FFA FINALIST FOR A BIG TIME SCHOLARSHIP. THAT WILL BE A STATE DEGREE CHECK AT THE 1ST OF JUNE. JOCELYN PAYNE WITH HER EQUINE PLACEMENT S A PROFICIENCY AWARD APP HAS MADE IT TO THE STATE LEVEL. SHE'LL BE COMPETING AT DISTRICT. HER APPLICATION WILL COMPETE AT THE DISTRICT DEGREE CHECK AT THE 1ST OF JUNE. CARTER BONE WITH HER STAR LONE STAR APPLICATION AND HER SWINE PRODUCTION PROFICIENCY APP. AND THEN ALSO, CARTER WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS THE WHERE IS SHE? OVER HERE. SHE WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS THE AREA ONE FFA FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR ASSOCIATION. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAM. IF YOU'RE TALLER, YOU'LL GET IT IN THE BACK. THANK YOU. YES. ON EITHER SIDE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE AT ME. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. OUR LAST RECOGNITION IS THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED TRACK TEAM. [1.G.16. UIL Unified Track and Field State Qualifiers ] IF YOU ALL Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND TAKE PICTURES. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT HERE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, RIGHT HERE. AND THEN I'LL HAVE Y'ALL. IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME RIGHT HERE WITH THE BANNER, I'LL JUST STAND RIGHT HERE, RIGHT. [01:15:13] NOW I CAN. ROUND OUT OUR RECOGNITIONS. TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED TRACK AND FIELD TEAM ON AN INCREDIBLE SEASON MARKED WITH MULTIPLE STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS, AS WELL AS QUALIFYING FOR THE STATE MEET FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. UNIFIED TRACK AND FIELD IS A U. I L ATHLETIC COMPETITION THAT PAIRS STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY ARE ALL COMPETING UNIFIED ON ONE TEAM. THIS PAST FALL, THE TEAM WAS PRESENTED WITH THE NATIONAL UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOL BANNER FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION, LEADERSHIP AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION. THE TEAM WAS ALSO NAMED TO THE ESPN HONOR ROLL, AN ACCOLADE THAT RECOGNIZES SCHOOLS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES, AND THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION EARNED BY FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL'S UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITIES. SEVERAL FRENSHIP STUDENTS WILL ATTEND THE 2026 SPECIAL OLYMPICS USA GAMES IN MINNESOTA. AS BOTH REPRESENTATIVES AND ATHLETES, WE HAVE MET A UNIFIED ATHLETE. CAMDEN REECE, A 2025 ALUMNUS AND UNIFIED PARTNER, AND K.C. SMITH, THE UNIFIED COACH, WERE SELECTED AS OFFICIAL UNIFIED LIAISONS TO REPRESENT TEXAS AT THE GAMES TO ROUND OUT THE HONORS EARNED DURING THE FALL. THE SPRING TEAM ALSO EARNED A SPOT AT THE STATE MEET AND COMPETED AGAINST THE TOP TEAMS IN TEXAS. NOW, TONIGHT, WE HAVE UNIFIED COACHES KASEY SMITH AND AARON TOMLINSON TO HELP US RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BLAKELY AND SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS FIRST. WE JUST FEEL LIKE SHE'S PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER THE LAST THREE YEARS. HI Y'ALL. THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US TONIGHT. WE JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH NUMBER ONE, GIVING THANKS. AND WE'RE SO GRACIOUS TO BE HERE AND FOR YOU ALL TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM AT FRENSHIP. I WANT TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TONIGHT. THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY WE HAD A STUDENT COACH, UNIFIED BASKETBALL TEAM COMPETE IN THE AREA. 17 REGIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. THIS YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR TO DO SO. IT KIND OF JUST ONE WEEK, WE JUST KIND OF DECIDED AND IT WENT AMAZING. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL. ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND ATHLETES GOT TO HELP AND BE INVOLVED. WE WENT TWO AND OH, AND WE BROUGHT HOME THE GOLD MEDAL. SO IT WAS AWESOME. IN TRACK. WE COMPETED IN THREE LOCAL MEETS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. WE TYPICALLY ONLY GET TO DO TWO THIS YEAR. WE GOT TO DO THREE. WE QUALIFY FOR AREA FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR WHERE WE EARNED THIRD PLACE FINISH AND ADVANCE TO REGIONALS FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW. THIS YEAR WE ARE REGIONAL CHAMPIONS AND QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR. WHILE WE DIDN'T REACH OUR GOAL OF A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE STUDENT ATHLETES RESPONDED AND REPRESENTED OUR PROGRAM WITH HEART, DETERMINATION AND PRIDE IN THE MEMORIES MADE. THIS SEASON WILL LAST A LIFETIME, SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, YES. AND CONTINUING WITH THAT WE WANT TO THANK A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALICIA REESE, DUSTIN RUSH, AND CHELSEA SPARKS. JUST EVERYTHING THEY DID FOR US THIS YEAR WAS IT INVALUABLE? AND SO CASEY AND I COULD, YOU KNOW, COACH AND AND JUST BE THERE FOR THE KIDS, BUT THEY, THEY JUST DID EVERYTHING FOR US. AND THAT WAS AMAZING. AND LIKE, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, WE WANT TO THANK YOU, THE BOARD AND YOU, DOCTOR MCCORD. AND I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT HERE A LITTLE BIT, BUT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, DOCTOR MCCORD THREW THIS ON OUR PLATE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FIRST TRACK MEET. AND I SAID, OKAY. AND WE JUST KIND OF RAN WITH IT. BUT LITERALLY IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR PUSHING US TO DO THIS. AND AND I JUST SAID, HEY, THIS LOOKS DO THIS AND THEN MADE IT LOOK EASY AND FABULOUS. YEAH. BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN THIS PROGRAM AND BRINGING IT TO THE DISTRICT. IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING. AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL IS, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN WORTH EVERY PART OF THE INVESTMENT. I MEAN, WE JUST CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IMPACT THAT THAT IT'S HAD ON OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY. HE DIDN'T CRY. WE'RE PROUD OF HIM. HE USUALLY CRIES. IT'LL BE FINE. NO, REALLY HE DOES. I DIDN'T MAKE THE USA GAMES ROSTER EITHER, SO. IT'S FINE. MATT. OKAY, MATT, SHOW ME YOUR ESPN HONOR ROLL. BUT THIS WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. WE WERE NOMINATED TO, TO GET THIS AWARD BECAUSE WE HIT SO MANY [01:20:01] DIFFERENT PILLARS. AND ONE OF THE MAIN ONES IS THE COMMUNITY AND THE INVOLVEMENT IN OUR SCHOOL. AND WE HONESTLY CANNOT DO WITHOUT OUR ADMIN SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE WENT TO OUR REGIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE CONFERENCE. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE REALIZED, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS WE ARE MISSING IS GETTING TO HAVE A UNIFIED CLASS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SPORT. AND WHEN WE CAME BACK AND WE WERE VERY ADAMANT, BLAKELY WAS A BIG SPEARHEAD ON THAT. SHE REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO MISS REESE AND MR. HERNANDEZ ABOUT MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AND WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, THAT CLASS WAS PUT INTO PLACE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE. THESE ARE ALL MY KIDDOS. AND THAT CLASS IS NOT JUST ABOUT SPORTS. WE PLAY CARD GAMES. WE BOND, WE DANCE. RIGHT, JOHN. WE DO A LOT OF MUSIC. MACK USUALLY ENTERTAINS US EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT REAL TRUE FRIENDSHIPS HAVE FORMED FROM THAT. BUT ON TOP OF THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE USA GAMES AND MACK AND I GET TO GO WITH ALL OF OUR ALUMNI UNIFIED KIDS, SO EVERY SINGLE PARTNER THAT IS ON THE UNIFIED USA TEAM FOR TECH IS A FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. AND THEN ONE OF THE, I MEAN, ATHLETES AND ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT WITH US. AINSLEY, WHO SHE WAS MY MASCOT. AND WE SAID, YOU'RE RUNNING THE 400. AND SHE SAID, SURE. I'VE NEVER RAN BEFORE IN MY LIFE. AND SHE DID IT. AND NOW SHE'S COACHING AND SO SHE'S GETTING TO GO WITH US. SO THE IMPACT ALONE HAS BEEN AMAZING. BUT IT ALSO SHOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT FRENSHIP MATTERS. AND PEOPLE ARE NOTICING US. WE'RE ON THE MAP AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE KIDS. AARON AND I JUST GET TO SIT BACK AND HAVE THE BEST MEMORIES. OH, I'M GOING TO CRY. BUT I CANNOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITHOUT OUR SENIORS, BECAUSE OUR SENIORS ARE THE REASON WHY WE WERE SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR. WE LAUGH WHEN WE GOT TO STATE AND EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT PODIUM, WHAT WERE WE DOING? WE WERE SCOOPING AND WE WERE PLAYING HACKY SACK. AND THEY THEY WERE FINE. AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS IS WE WE DIDN'T LET IT RUIN OUR TRIP. OH, DEVIN'S OVER THERE DOING THIS, BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, BUT REALLY, SENIORS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WITHOUT Y'ALL, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ALL COME BACK AND REALIZE THAT Y'ALL WERE WE'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROGRAM AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. MATT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I WOULD LIKE TO, TO, TO, TO SHARE OUR ONE OF OUR PAPER. OUR, OUR. YES. FIRST OF ALL, I AM MAGGIE. I AM BLAKELY. I'M THOMAS. I'M GRAHAM. I AM IT'S YEAH. YEAH, I AM KATE. I'M KELSEY. I'M AMY. I'M EMERSON. CORBIN. I'M TRIPP. I'M MOM. I'M. MAYA. RYAN. RYAN. TO. LIAM. HI, I'M AIDEN. I'M BRODY, AND I'M CASEY. I'M AARON. THIS IS US. SURE. COME THIS WAY. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. COME ON. DEVIN. WE'LL HAVE YOU GET ON THIS SIDE. GOT IT. YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME. Y'ALL WALK OVER THERE. I'LL HELP YOU OUT WITH IT, OKAY? YOU STAY RIGHT HERE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. HEY. DO YOU WANT TO BE DOWN HERE? DO YOU WANT TO HOLD IT? JUST A LITTLE. CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF? HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY, EVERYBODY LOOK RIGHT HERE AT ME. LOOK RIGHT OVER HERE. PERFECT. OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. [01:25:26] OH OH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG. AND THIS IS. OUR NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES. [2. Administer oath of office to newly elected trustees ] YES, SIR. MISS SALAZAR, MR. ROGERS. YES. I HAVE TO TALK SLOWER. AND THEY VOTE FOR A PICTURE. WE WERE ABLE TO CANCEL OUR ELECTION IN MARCH BECAUSE WE HAD ONLY OUR INCUMBENTS FILING. SO YOU GUYS WILL BE TOGETHER? YES. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR YOUR NEW TERMS. SO IF YOU'LL PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD, SO HELP ME GOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YES. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION. THANK YOU, LISA, FOR KEEPING US IN ORDER. OKAY. NO TAKE BACKS. YEAH. I HAVE ONE. YEAH. OKAY. NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS REORGANIZATION OF BOARD OF OFFICERS. [3. Reorganization of board officers ] ACCORDING TO POLICY BDAA, THE BOARD RECOGNIZES ITS OFFICERS FOLLOWING A MAY ELECTION. AT THIS TIME. I DECLARE THE BOARD DISSOLVED. TURN THE MEETING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. MICHELLE MCCORD FOR THE REORGANIZATION. OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS VOTING. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER. FOR PRESIDENT. I WILL RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY MISS JAMEY PHILLIPS FOR MR. DAVID MILLER. I'LL. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. SHAUN ROBINSON FOR MR.. DAVID MILLER FOR PRESIDENT. AND I SHOULD PAUSE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. THERE'S NO OTHER NOMINATIONS. SO WE'VE HAD A FIRST AND A SECOND BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. [01:30:04] AND SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. AND LET'S PROCEED WITH A VOTE. NAMING MR. DAVID R MILLER AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? I DON'T THINK I HEARD ANY. SO IT WAS ALL. IT WAS UNANIMOUS. THE AYES HAVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. DAVID MILLER. AND SO THEY MAKE IT LOOK EASY TO DO THIS. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. IT IS NOT. AND SO I GLADLY PASS THE MEETING BACK OVER TO YOU, MR. MILLER. OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS TEACHERS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME OVER THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS? IT'S ONLY BEEN ONE. DOG YEARS, BUT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. I GUESS YOU JUST CALLED ME A DOG. YEAH, HOPEFULLY. BIG DOG, BIG CAT, BIG CAT. BUT THANK YOU ALL. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND THIS BOARD COULD NOT DO WHAT IT DOES WITHOUT MRS. LISA LIBRE. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET HER KNOW AND RECOGNIZE HER AND THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. MISTER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT. I RECOMMEND KYLE ROGERS FOR VICE PRESIDENT. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER NOMINATIONS? IF NOT, NOMINATIONS WILL CLOSE AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH WITH A VOTE OF NAMING MR. KYLE ROGERS AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP VICE PRESIDENT. I'M NOT ACCEPTING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS TIME I WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY. I RECOMMEND CHELSEA SALAZAR FOR SECRETARY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO NOMINATE MISS CHELSEA SALAZAR FOR SECRETARY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE SECRETARY POSITION? THERE ARE NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS. NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE VOTE. NAMING CHELSEA SALAZAR AS SECRETARY OF THE FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO RETURN BACK TO THE BOARD AGENDA. ROUTINE DISTRICT OPERATIONS. [4.A. Consent Agenda ] WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA. OH THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE DID THE WHOLE THING. YES. YES. OTHER BOARD BUSINESS. [5.A. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings ] TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS. JUNE 15TH. WE HAVE A WORKSHOP AND A REGULAR MEETING. JUNE 24TH. WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AND UPCOMING EVENTS. [5.B. Upcoming Events ] EDUCATION CENTER GRADUATION IS MAY THE 21ST AT 6 P.M. AT THE FRENSHIP SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. THE PAC I KNOW IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO THOSE GRADUATES. IF YOU GET AS MANY BOARD MEMBERS THERE AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, MAY 24TH AT 3 P.M. AT UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA. [01:35:06] JUST ASK THAT YOU BE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLY BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS, SO WE'LL KNOW WHO'S THERE. AND THAT ONE, ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE HERE, BUT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WE THEY HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. THEY HIRED ME BACK WHEN THEY TOOK A CHANCE ON ME A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM. AND WE DO LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, BUT THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS, Y'ALL. AND WE DO A LOT OF SERIOUS THINGS. AND SO I APPRECIATE THEIR STEADY LEADERSHIP AND THEIR COMMITMENT OF TIME AND TALENT AND TREASURE AND THE SACRIFICE THAT THEY MAKE WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES. AND THEN ALSO JUST FOR TONIGHT, THIS, ALL THESE RECOGNITIONS. AND WE DID A LOT OF RECOGNITIONS IN APRIL. AND I THINK THAT MAYBE DAVID MILLER AND KYLE ROGERS ARE THE ONLY ONES OF US LEFT THAT WE WENT TO THAT REMEMBER THAT THING. DAVE MADE US GO TO. IT WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF TRAININGS, AND IT WAS MOSTLY SCHOOL BOARDS THAT HAD BEEN IN TROUBLE. BUT THEN WE WENT AND IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY, HIS FIRST YEAR HERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER IS THAT WE THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I LEARNED THAT WE'RE NEVER SUPPOSED TO GET MATCHING SHIRTS. OR THEY SAID, YOU'RE FIRED. DON'T DO THAT. BUT MOSTLY WHAT I REMEMBER A TAKEAWAY FROM THAT MEETING IS, OR IT WAS A SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT WENT ACROSS THE YEAR AND THEY SAID THAT THE, THE THE TRAINERS WERE LIKE EVIDENCE OF A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN EFFECTIVE BOARD. THEY WILL SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS RECOGNIZING STUDENTS. NOT DEBATING THINGS WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT THAT THE EVIDENCE IS SEEN IN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE KIDS. AND SO WE DO. THERE'S A REASON THAT WE DO THOSE FIRST, AND THERE'S A REASON WHY WE SPEND MAJORITY OF OUR TIME ON IT. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT. AND IT'S JUST, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL KIDS AND STAFF AND EVERYTHING, BUT NOT EVERY DISTRICT TAKES THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND IT'S WORTH IT. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S SO MANY DISTRICTS THAT RECOGNIZE 341 OF THEIR STUDENTS. YEAH. AND I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL THIS TIME IT'S A BUNCH OF GROUPS, BUT THERE'S NOT AS MANY KIDS THIS TIME. THAT WASN'T TRUE. IT'S A GOOD THING. YEAH. 250, 215 THIS TIME. AND THEN LAST TIME, I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 175. SO YEAH, I THINK I SAID IT'S MORE GROUPS THIS TIME, LESS KIDS. YEAH, I'M ON IT. YEAH. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. YES. YOU HAVE TO SAY THE MAGIC WORD. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.