[1. Call to Order]
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OKAY, IT'S 5:00 AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS MEETING ROLLING.
IT HAS BEEN. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT I WAS PRESENT AT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED. AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN THE TIME AND MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW. THEREFORE, AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
KYLE, WILL YOU GIVE US LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION, PLEASE? SURE. YOU PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING AND DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS DISTRICT, LORD. AND WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT IS EXCITING, AND WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'LL BLESS EACH OF THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE WITH US THIS EVENING.
LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MOISTURE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT US LATELY. AND WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE, LORD, BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE SENT US. THANK YOU FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOMS OVERSEAS AND HERE AT HOME.
WE PRAY THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE AND RETURN THEM BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
AMEN. IF WE LEAD US IN THE FIRST PLACE, HE SAID.
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. MISS. HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD NOW, SIR? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE SHOW OVER TO DOCTOR MCCORD.
[7. Consideration of personnel recommendations]
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AROUND HERE TO THE RIGHT SIDE.OKAY. KATHY. KAREN, JOIN ME ON THIS NET.
WHEN YOU'RE ON THE MAT, YOU'RE ON THE CAMERA FACING THIS WAY.
WELL, YOU COULD. JUST SEE YOUR FACE, BUT NO ONE WILL SEE YOUR FACE.
SO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY. OKAY.
BUT. THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DID SHE SAY? THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ME, NOT YOU. SO THIS IS CATHY.
AND CATHY HAS BEEN WITH FRENSHIP FOR A SHORT TIME, FOR A YEAR. SHE'S BEEN SERVING AT BENNETT ELEMENTARY AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
BUT CATHY HAS A LONG AND DECORATED HISTORY FOR A YOUNG PERSON.
I MEAN, NOT THAT LONG BECAUSE SHE'S NOT VERY OLD, BUT SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN LUBBOCK.
COOPER. VARIOUS DIFFERENT ROLES LOTS OF GREAT EXPERIENCES.
AND SO SHE HAS, I MEAN, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS SHE'S REALLY QUALIFIED, BUT SHE CHOOSES PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SHE CAN DO OTHER THINGS, BUT SHE NOT ONLY CHOOSES PUBLIC EDUCATION, BUT SHE CHOSE FRENSHIP.
AND SO I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS, BUT SHE MENTIONED IN HER INTERVIEW WITH ME THAT SHE HAD NOT APPLIED FOR A PRINCIPAL POSITION BEFORE.
AND SHE JUST SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS READY, IF THE TIMING WAS RIGHT OR WITH HER KIDS OR WHATEVER.
AND, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT KELLY L UTERUS ASKED HER IF SHE WAS GOING TO APPLY FOR THE ELEMENTARY JOB. AND CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE KELLY WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF HER, BUT I THINK SHE JUST ASSUMED THAT SHE WOULD.
AND I JUST BRING THAT UP TO JUST AS A, IT'S A GREAT REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO BE SURE AND TELL OTHER PEOPLE THE STRENGTHS THAT WE SEE IN THEM BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SEE THEM IN THEMSELVES. AND SO YOU KNOW, THIS LETTER GAVE YOU THAT EXTRA COURAGE OR JUST THAT, OKAY, MAYBE I AM READY.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN READY FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT SHE CHOSE TO LAUNCH HER PRINCIPALSHIP HERE IN FRENSHIP AND OPENING NOT ONLY A NEW BUILDING, BUT WHEN YOU OPEN A SCHOOL, A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, YOU'RE BUILDING COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? YOU CAN EITHER GO THIS WAY OR THIS WAY.
I'LL JUST SAY THANKS. OH, LOOK, SHE'S GOT A SPEECH.
BUT I'M OLD ENOUGH THAT I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON.
OKAY? OKAY. I HAD MY CATARACTS.
SO GOOD TO INTRODUCE YOUR GUEST.
OKAY, I'LL DO THAT FIRST. I HAVE MY MOM HERE,
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PAM, MY HUSBAND ROCKY, AND MY SON EASTON AND I HAVE THREE STEP KIDS WHO ARE GROWN AND NOT ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAD OTHER OBLIGATIONS.SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M TRULY HONORED AND GRATEFUL THAT FRENSHIP HAS GIVEN ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN ME.
AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR MCCORD AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERVIEW AND EXPERIENCING THAT. AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO IT WAS FUN. I WANT TO TAKE MY FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING ME AND THE LONG HOURS OF BEING A MIDDLE SCHOOL AP AND, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE STEPS OF HAVING TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS REALLY HAS PREPARED ME FOR THIS JOB.
SO AND THEN TOLD ME SOME ABOUT LIKE, YOU HAVE NOT AS THE PRINCIPAL, BUT AS, AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN LUBBOCK-COOPER.
IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN SAY THE DARK SIDE.
BUT WHAT YOU SHARED WITH ME, NOT Y'ALL MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT BUILDING, AND SO. OKAY, TELL THEM SOME ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S.
I WAS TEACHING AT SOUTH ELEMENTARY WHEN THEY OPENED THE NEW SOUTH ELEMENTARY.
SO WE MOVED OUT OF SOUTH ELEMENTARY INTO OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ONE SEMESTER.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SEMESTER, SOUTH ELEMENTARY OPENED ITS DOORS AND WE TORE DOWN OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE MOVED BACK INTO SOUTH ELEMENTARY.
SO I WENT FROM SOUTH ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SOUTH ELEMENTARY AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL. AP WHILE THEY BUILT THAT SCHOOL.
AND THEN ONCE THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENED, WE MOVED INTO THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THREE MOVES IN A YEAR AND A HALF.
MY SON HAPPENED TO BE A SIXTH GRADER, SO HE WENT WITH ME BOTH PLACES.
HE NEVER GOT TO BE IN THE IN THE NEW SCHOOL.
SO THAT WAS JUST PART OF IT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING.
BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PHYSICAL PLANT, BUT MOST OF IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE EMOTIONS AND THE STRESS AND THE UNCERTAINTY AND BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT AS A LEADER, BECAUSE THOSE WE LEAD.
PICK UP ON THE STRESS, THE ANXIETY OR THE EXCITEMENT, WHATEVER IT IS. SO WE ARE VERY, VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
AND SO I DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME.
SO ARE WE GOING TO VOTE AT THE AFTER WE INTRODUCE? I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO KELLY.
BECAUSE REALLY SHE, WHEN SHE ASKED ME TO DO THIS, I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS READY YET AND I'D ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR AND SHE SAID, YOU'RE READY, YOU SHOULD DO IT, YOU KNOW, GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT.
NOW I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TOBY, AND THEN HE'S GOING TO SHARE AND INTRODUCE COACH LOPEZ. ON THE BACK.
THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR US.
WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FRENSHIP BOYS HEAD BASKETBALL POSITION.
THIS IS A POSITION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FILL.
THERE'S SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL. WHEN COACH PAGE DECIDED TO RETIRE, AND MR. HERNANDEZ AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT FINDING SOMEBODY WHO WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT KIDS, PASSIONATE ABOUT BASKETBALL AND CARES ABOUT KIDS MORE THAN JUST BEING BASKETBALL PLAYERS, BUT BEING GOOD PEOPLE AND BEING GOOD STUDENTS.
AND I THINK WE FOUND THAT INDIVIDUAL RIGHT HERE TODAY.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT COACH LOPEZ JOINING OUR GROUP.
HE I BELIEVE THIS GUY RIGHT HERE WAS A HECK OF A COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER, WAS A REALLY GOOD PLAYER AT WAYLAND BAPTIST, WAS A SCHOLAR ATHLETE COACHED AT WAYLAND BAPTIST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN GOT INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WENT TO MIDLAND, MIDLAND GREENWOOD, WORKED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL FOR A FEW YEARS, AND HE HAS SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT DALHART HIGH SCHOOL AS THE HEAD BOYS BASKETBALL COACH.
AND OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HIS TEAMS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. I BELIEVE YOU, YOU WON EIGHT GAMES YOUR FIRST YEAR, AND THEN WHAT WAS THIS YEAR? 28 AND FOUR.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM TO BE A PART OF OUR PROGRAM AND JUST TO BE A PART OF OUR WHOLE FAMILY. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT HIS FAMILY'S HERE.
WE GOT LITTLE KIDS RUNNING AROUND.
THAT IS AWESOME. WE WANT TO SEE THAT.
AND HE'LL INTRODUCE THEM HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO GET A GUY OF THIS QUALITY TO COME IN AND BE WORKING WITH OUR KIDS. AND I KNOW HE'S EXCITED TO GET CAMP SET UP, MEET THE KIDS AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS AFTER WE GET THIS DONE TONIGHT.
SO THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
RUBEN LOPEZ. TELL US ABOUT YOU.
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WELL, MY FAMILY AND I WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED AND FORTUNATE.AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE HIRING PROCESS FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
LIKE COACH GERLACH SAID, I'M RUBEN LOPEZ. I'M FROM EL PASO, TEXAS. THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY WIFE MET IN COLLEGE AT WAYLAND BAPTIST.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE'S PROBABLY THE MORE THE STAR IN THE FAMILY AS FAR AS THAT.
SO SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO SAY THAT AT ALL.
BUT SHE ACTUALLY GREW UP IN NAZARETH HERE, WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO SHE, WE HAVE A COUPLE, WE HAVE A COUPLE STATE STATE MEDALS LYING AROUND IN THE HOUSE. THE BOYS ARE PLAYING WITH IT, AND THEY DON'T REALLY REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THAT IS. BUT WE MET IN COLLEGE AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS AN AGREEMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
AND THEN, WE MOVED TO DELAWARE FOR OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO BE A HEAD COACH.
SO THIS WAS KIND OF A TOUGH DECISION, BUT ALSO A NO BRAINER JUST BECAUSE WE MADE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN DALHART.
YOU KNOW, WE CREATED A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES, AND THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART ALWAYS.
BUT THIS WAS ALSO A NO BRAINER FOR US BECAUSE NOW WE GET TO ENTER A DISTRICT THAT'S RATED NUMBER ONE IN THE LUBBOCK AREA, RATED 14TH IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
SO AND KIND OF LIKE WHAT COACH GERLACH SAID, YOU KNOW, I CONSIDER PAUL PAGE A FRIEND OF MINE, A MENTOR.
AND YOU KNOW, HIS, HIS TRADITIONS, HIS TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN BASKETBALL SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M THAT I'M EXCITED FOR AND LOOK TO RESPECTFULLY BUILD OFF OF IT AND KEEP IT GOING.
SO WE'RE EXCITED LIKE, LIKE COACH GERLACH SAID, MY, MY THREE BOYS ARE THERE GREGSON'S ONE LANE, THEY KIND OF JUST WOKE UP FOR TRASH.
YEAH. TRIED TO THEY ALL KIND OF JUST WOKE UP FROM THEIR NECK.
SO THEY'RE OKAY. THEY'RE WIDE AWAKE.
YEAH. RIGHT HERE. RAISE YOUR HAND. YEAH, PLEASE.
HE'S ABOUT TO BE SIX YEARS OLD.
THAT'S RAIDEN. HE'S ABOUT TO BE THREE YEARS OLD, AND OUR ONE YEAR OLD, HE'S A.
AND THEY'RE. AND THEY'RE BOYS. SO MANY PEOPLE.
YEP. AND THAT'S MY BROTHER IN LAW THAT HE ALSO WENT TO NAZARETH.
AND HE GOES THERE TOO. SO SO THE TRADITIONS THERE AS FAR AS THEIR FAMILY AS WELL.
SO WE'RE EXCITED. WELL, YOU HELD THEM OUT THERE AND.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME OFF, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YEAH.
LIKE, YEAH. NO, WE'RE EXCITED.
AND I JUST WANT TO I'M BITING THE CHAIN TO MEET THESE KIDS AND GET TO WORK WITH THESE KIDS. AND I'M EXCITED FOR OUR FOR OUR FUTURE.
AT FRENSHIP SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.
AND AND FOR, FOR EMBRACING ME AND MY FAMILY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FRIENDSHIP FAMILY AND YOU'LL FIND OUT.
IT IS A FAMILY. THE F STANDS FOR FRIENDSHIP AND FAMILY.
THERE YOU GO. AND WE'RE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU, COACH LOPEZ. AND WE'RE EXCITED.
AND ABOUT THE, THE FUTURE FOR OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
THERE WE GO. BUT YOU'RE THE GUY.
YOU'RE THE GUY. WE ONLY CHOOSE PEOPLE THAT.
AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY YOUR RECORD THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.
IT WAS THE RESILIENCE AND THE HARD WORK, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AN AMARILLO GLOBE NEWSPAPER. I DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I JUST GOOGLED AND I GOOGLED AND.
AND IT WAS ABOUT YOU. AND I THINK THE HEADLINE SAID, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE IT SEEMS A LITTLE DISRESPECTFUL, BUT IT WAS LIKE FROM WATER BOY TO GO WATER BOY TO GO FOR IT.
AND IT TALKED ABOUT YOU KIND OF WALKING ON.
AND THEN YOU WERE ON THE JV AND YOU HAD AN INJURY AND THEN YOU MAYBE IT WAS YOUR SENIOR YEAR THAT YOU WERE AN ALL-AMERICAN THERE.
AND THAT TELLS ME THAT PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATED YOU AND YOU JUST SHOWED THEM DIFFERENT.
AND WE HAVE KIDS WHO ARE UNDERESTIMATED.
OFTEN WE HAVE GREAT KIDS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A SUPERSTAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE SUPERSTARS THAT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A SUPERSTAR.
AND FOR SOMEBODY TO SEE IN THEM KIND OF LIKE KELLY SAW IN KATHY SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T
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SEE IN THEMSELVES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE THAT IS WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE.I KNOW NOTHING REALLY ABOUT BASKETBALL, BUT THAT IS WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE.
AND THEN LANE SHEETS SAID THAT HE CALLED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THAT EVERYONE HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER AND YOUR WORK ETHIC.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, YEAH, WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO REALLY HAVE ALL OF YOU.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL VOTE ON UPON ACCEPTING KATHY BARNHILL AS THE NUMBER TEN PRINCIPAL AT OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LOPEZ AS OUR.
SO I HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. ANDREW COX. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I MAY.
NOT FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE. WE NEED TO SEE A GROWN UP.
JUST SO GROWN UP. BLINK OF AN EYE.
THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE BROKEN, SO.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.