[1A. Call to Order]
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GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BRAD DRAPER, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FRENSHIP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET TO HAVE AT A TELECONFERENCE MEETING, WE MUST SATISFY SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS.
HOPE Y'ALL BEAR WITH ME WHILE WE GO THERE.
TO ENSURE EACH PARTICIPANT IS CONNECTED A ROLL CALL IS REQUIRED.
AND [INAUDIBLE] STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN BY STATING PRESENT.
ALSO JOINING THE MEETING IS THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
MICHELLE MCCORD. ON MARCH 16TH, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT GRANTED A REQUEST BY ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND A LIMITED NUMBER OF [INAUDIBLE] TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ALLOW [INAUDIBLE] MEETING.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SUSPENDED RULES, WE CERTIFY THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, THE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS.
TWO, AND ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT GATHERED IN A CENTRAL PHYSICAL LOCATION, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE AND OR TELEPHONE CALL.
THREE, WE ARE MEDIATED BY USE OF MICROSOFT TEAM SOFTWARE APPLICATION, WHICH ALLOWS TWO WAY COMMUNICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IN THIS MEETING AND FOUR, AS WE WOULD, ANY IN-PERSON MEETING.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE ALSO FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS MEETING NOTICE A REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WILL BE UNMUTED AND ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
ALL OF THE MEETING PROCEDURES WILL ADHERE TO BOARD ADOPTION PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT PRACTICAL. A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE REPUBLIC OR TO THE PUBLIC, REPUBLIC, TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE.
SOFTWARE APPLICATION ALLOWS FOR UP TO 300 PEOPLE TO INTERACT AT ONE TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPENDED LAWS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, 888-672-6787.
OK, WITH THAT BEING STATED, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN A COMMON MANNER AS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEREFORE, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC PLEASE BEAR WITH US.
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECESS AND RECESS THIS OPEN SESSION AND CONVENE IN A CLOSED MEETING TO
[1B. Closed Session]
DISCUSS ITEMS LISTED ON OUR AGENDA, THIS EVENING AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT . NO VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN CLOSED MEETING FOR ALL FINAL VOTES [INAUDIBLE] THE BOARD WISHES TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF THE DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION.IT WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE BOARD RECONVENES IN AN OPEN MEETING.
BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY DR.
6:40, WE ARE NOW RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[1C. Open Session]
ANDREW, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE IMPLICATION?[1D. Invocation]
ABSOLUTELY. LET'S PRAY.DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH JUST FOR THIS COMMUNITY, LORD, JUST FOR THIS DISTRICT, FOR THE LEADERS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE.
LORD, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR THE TEACHERS, LORD AND JUST THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON THE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
LORD, WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION JUST IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
LORD, JUST GIVE US THE WISDOM AND JUST ALWAYS GIVE US THE ABILITY TO SEEK YOUR WILL.
LORD, JUST TO BE WITH OUR FAMILIES.
JUST BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE ILLNESS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM TO GET THROUGH THE LORD. WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SON AND WHAT HE MEANS TO US.
NEXT ITEM IS OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[1E. Pledge of Allegiance]
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?[00:05:17]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC FORUM.MS. LIBRE DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO COMMENT? HI,MR. DRAPER. NO, WE DID NOT.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD, MR.
[2. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]
KEITH PATRICK, DIRECTOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION, HAS PREPARED A DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS PRESENTATION.MR. PATRICK, YOU PRESENT, SIR? YES, SIR, I AM.
ALRIGHT. THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS.
ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION.
GET MY SCREEN SHARE TO YOU HERE.
SO I REALLY THIS DISTRICT EFFECTIVENESS REPORT, I'M FOCUSING IN ON WHAT'S REALLY A CELEBRATION, THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL YEARS OF WORK.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, MY JOB AND MY ROLE HAVE CONTINUED TO EVOLVE SINCE COMING TO FRENSHIP IN 2015. BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A LONG TERM PROJECT, A LONG TERM GOAL FOR THE PROGRAM. AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
INCUBATOREDU IS A PROGRAM THAT I SAW AT A CONFERENCE IN TWENTY SIXTEEN.
IT WAS BORN OUT OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, AND THAT SUPERINTENDENT THEN MOVED TO TEXAS AND BROUGHT IT WITH HIM TO EANES ISD AND WEST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND IT HAS SINCE FLOURISHED ACROSS THE STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING AND NEAT PROGRAM, GIVING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND MOVE TOWARDS GETTING INVESTMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THAT YEAR AND THEN TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS IF THEY SO CHOOSE AND MOVE ON WITH IT.
BUT TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT, A SAFE PLACE TO FAIL AND WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM JUST BEGAN HERE IN THE FALL AND I'LL SHOW YOU OUR PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO IT.
THERE'S JUST A SHORT VIDEO FROM THE COMPANY SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT'S DIFFERENT, WHAT STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO I'LL PLAY THAT FOR YOU NOW.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE AUDIO.
KEITH, I CAN'T HEAR THE AUDIO, NO AUDIO.
IT STARTED OUT AND THEN IT DISAPPEARED.
I WONDER IF WHEN YOU MUTE, I SAW YOU MUTE KEITH.
I WONDER IF KNOCKED THE SOUND OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
OK, I'LL KICK IT BACK OFF AND NOTE YOU AREN'T GETTING A BAD ECHO OR ANYTHING.
APOLOGIZE. YOU WENT FOR THE BEST BACKGROUND.
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SO SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT WITH THE CLASS AND REALLY FITS WITH WHAT I'VE BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT AND WHAT I WAS BROUGHT HERE TO DO, IT'S REALLY BUILT ON COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.AND SO IT'S DRIVEN BY MENTORS AND BY COACHES THAT COME IN.
THE TEACHER IS REALLY JUST A FACILITATOR OF THE CLASS.
AND IT'S THE INDUSTRY EXPERTS THAT COME IN AND REALLY HELP DRIVE THE CONTENT AND EXPERIENCE. IT ALSO GET STUDENTS OUT TO DO MARKET RESEARCH, TO UNDERSTAND WHO THEY'RE SELLING TO AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO IT'S REALLY A NEAT EXPERIENCE.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COACH SMITH DOES WITH IT THIS YEAR.
VERY EXCITED THAT IT'S KICKED OFF.
BACK IN THE SPRING, WE CELEBRATED THE PRIVATE GIFT FROM GEORGIA, LINDA MACMAHAN, THAT WE APPLIED TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM AND ALSO THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE LUBBOCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE.
THAT WAS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT REALLY ALLOWED US TO COVER ALL YEAR ONE CURRICULUM AND STARTUP EXPENSES FOR THE COURSE, LEAVING THAT PRIVATE GIFT TO USE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BUILD OUT OF THE ROOM. WE COMPLETED THAT BUILD OUT HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE REALLY HAD THE COLLABORATIVE EFFECT IN MIND.
SO AND I COULD NAME 40 PEOPLE THAT REALLY MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
EVERY DEPARTMENT REALLY COLLABORATED TO DO IT.
BUT YOU CAN SEE CARPET IN THERE.
WE REALLY WANTED STUDENTS TO WALK OUT OF SCHOOL AND INTO WORK, SO TO SPEAK.
WE ALSO WANTED TO KEEP THE ROOM A LITTLE MORE QUIET BECAUSE WE EXPECT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF DISTANCE COMMUNICATION GOING ON.
YOU CAN SEE THE COLLABORATION STATIONS DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM, THOSE FIFTY FIVE INCH SCREENS OR TOUCH SCREENS, ALL COMPUTERS, THEY ALL HAVE WEBCAMS AND DISTANCE CAPABILITY.
ALSO, WE BOUGHT A CLASSROOM SET OF 15 LAPTOPS THAT ANY STUDENT OR USER CAN SHARE THEIR SCREEN UP TO ANY SCREEN IN THE ROOM.
AND SO REALLY COLLABORATIVE AND INTERACTIVE IN THAT WAY.
THIS IS A GROUP BASED CLASSROOM.
WE ALSO YOU SEE THE STAFF SEATING HERE AT THE FRONT.
AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, THERE'S AN EIGHTY SIX INCH TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTER.
ALSO, COACH SMITH USE THAT AS A MAIN TEACHING STATION.
HE ALSO HAS A GLASS BOARD THERE TO WORK FROM.
AND YOU NOTICE THE COUNTERTOPS ON THE SIDES ON THE BACK OF THOSE COUCHES.
WE WANT MENTORS TO COME IN, TO HEAR PITCHES, TO SEE STUDENTS PITCH.
WE WANT THE CLASS TO BE ABLE TO GATHER IN SOFT SEATING AROUND THAT TEACHING AREA OR FROM THEIR TABLES AS WELL.
THE BACK TWO TABLES ARE A LITTLE BIT TALLER SO THEY CAN SEE OVER.
GWEN HUGHES IN OUR BUSINESS OFFICE WAS INVALUABLE IN THIS PROCESS AND HELPING US CHOOSE THE FINISHES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ROOM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE'VE REALLY BUILT, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE BEST INCUBATOR LABS WITHIN THIS SYSTEM OF CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT IT IS.
WE ALSO SEE THOSE LITTLE SOFT THOSE ROLLING POOFS THAT ARE BEHIND THE COUCH IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. THOSE ARE ALSO UNDER EVERY GLASS BOARD.
THEY CAN BE ROLLED AROUND AND USED JUST AS MOVABLE SOFT SEATING AND ALSO MS. [INAUDIBLE] FROM EMILY [INAUDIBLE] TEAM DID THAT WRAP ON THE BACK WALL.
I THOUGHT SHE DID A GREAT JOB INCORPORATING THAT FRENSHIP FEELING.
AND ALSO, AS YOU KIND OF RUN THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT SHE'S PRESENTED THERE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT KIND OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS GO ON AND MOVE TOWARD SUCCESS.
IN THE BACK RIGHT CORNER OF THE ROOM, THERE IS A CONFERENCE TABLE AND THAT CONFERENCE TABLE ALSO HAS ITS OWN TELEVISION OR COMPUTER STATION ON THE WALL.
WE'VE SINCE ADDED SOME MOVABLE PARTITIONS AROUND THIS SPACE TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE PRIVATE SPACE TO DO DISTANCE MEETINGS WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTS.
WE INTEND OVER TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT BASELINE OF SUPPORT, TO HAVE FOLKS FROM HOPEFULLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT CAN INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND BRING THAT INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE.
BACK TO THAT IDEA OF LEAVING SCHOOL.
COMING INTO WORK, WE PUT HOOKS BY THE DOORS FOR BACKPACKS TO KEEP THE CLUTTER DOWN.
THIS IS ALSO A CLASS THAT WOULD HAVE DAILY VISITORS EVERY TIME THEY'RE IN SESSION, THEIR MENTORS AND COACHES AND SPEAKERS COMING IN TO BE A PART OF THE COURSE.
AND THIS IS COACH SMITH'S LITTLE WORKSTATION.
AS I SAID, THE TEACHER IS A FACILITATOR.
THE LARGE PORTION OF THAT DESK BREAKS OFF.
IT'S HELD TOGETHER BY MAGNETS AND HE CAN ROLL THAT AROUND WITH HIS LAPTOP AND PRESENT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SCREEN USING THAT TECHNOLOGY OR FROM THE FRONT OF THE ROOM IF HE WANTS TO AS WELL. SO VERY PROUD OF THE SPACE, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK, THE FRENSHIP FOLKS PUT IN.
AND MS. [INAUDIBLE] ALSO HAD HELPED US WITH THESE QUOTES.
THESE ARE STANDOFFS. THEY'RE METAL ON THE WALL.
THE ONE THE SQUARE ONE ON THE LEFT IS TO THE LEFT OF THE LARGE EIGHTY SIX INCH SCREEN AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, THE WINSTON CHURCHILL QUOTE IS ABOVE THE DOOR, INTENDED FOR STUDENTS TO SEE THAT AS THEY LEAVE.
AND I DID TAKE GEORGE AND LINDA MACMAHAN AND [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH THE ROOM EARLIER IN THE SEMESTER JUST TO SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR
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STUDENTS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT GEORGE, IMMEDIATELY HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME, HONESTLY, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TO HAVE SPENT TWO AND A HALF OR THREE TIMES WHAT HE DONATED TO THE DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO ALL THE FOLKS AROUND FRENSHIP THAT WERE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER AND DO THINGS LIKE THIS.OF COURSE, TECHNOLOGY, JOE BARNETT'S TEAM WAS INCREDIBLE, BRINGING ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE IT WAS ALL WORKING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY BEEN AN IMPRESSIVE AND GREAT PROCESS.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO DO.
OF COURSE, IT WOULDN'T BE A [INAUDIBLE] WITHOUT VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.
THAT PROGRAM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE BUILDING THAT BASE OF SUPPORT, TO GET THE COMMUNITY BASE BUILT ALSO TO TO MARKET IT INTERNALLY TO OUR STUDENTS, TO SHOW THEM WHAT IT IS. WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER CLASSES COMING THROUGH AND KIND OF USING THAT ROOM AS GUESTS SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT A NEAT SPACE IT IS.
AND ALSO SHOWCASING WHAT THAT CLASS IS DOING TO THE CAMPUS WILL BE IMPORTANT TO BUILD FUTURE INTEREST FROM OUR STUDENTS.
IN LINE WITH OUR YEAR FOUR OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, BE WORKING TO BUILD A YOUNG ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM AND REALLY FOCUS ON GETTING THOSE NEW GRADUATES, WHETHER THEY'RE IN COLLEGE, IN INDUSTRY, IN THE MILITARY, GETTING THEM ONTO CAMPUS, OR AT LEAST VIRTUALLY CONNECTING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND SHARING PERSPECTIVE WITH THEM.
AND THEN PARTNERSHIPS WILL CONTINUE AND COMMUNITY PARTNER PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE.
BUT REALLY, THERE'S KIND OF GOING TO BE A FOCUS, A RENEWED FOCUS ON LOOKING FOR SOME STRATEGIC PROGRAM GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING FOR PARTNERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A LONG TERM CONNECTION AND WAYS TO BUILD THAT TOGETHER.
AND THAT IS IT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
THANKS KEITH. KEITH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT, THAT ROOM IN THERE.
AND IT REALLY WAS IT WAS A BIG TEAM.
WE TOOK A GROUP TO LEWISVILLE AND MADE A SITE VISIT, AND SEVERAL OF US HAD SEEN THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. CINDY VISITED WITH THEM IN PERSON.
AMY BAKER HAD SEEN THEM AND THE DESIGN TEAM.
I WAS SO HAPPY WITH HOW EVERYBODY KIND OF GOT ON BOARD WITH THE VISION.
AND REALLY, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE FOLKS AND FRENSHIP.
I THINK THERE WAS SURPRISE EVEN IN THE COMPANY.
UNCHARTED LEARNING IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.
THEY THOUGHT WE HAD HIRED A CONSULTANT.
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'D BEEN ABLE TO GET THE THINGS DONE, WHAT WE DID WITHOUT BRINGING IN OUTSIDE HELP.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. KEITH, I'D LIKE TO SAY I KNOW WHEN YOU STARTED, I'M NOT SURE YOUR ROLE WAS WELL DEFINED.
AND IT THAT MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT, [LAUGHTER] BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TURNED YOUR ROLE INTO OR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO AND YOUR ROLE, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN VERY GOOD FOR FRENSHIP, VERY GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'M OUT AND ABOUT.
AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT KEITH PATRICK IS DOING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU DO OTHER STUFF, OTHER BOARDS AND THINGS AS WELL.
SO AND THIS INCUBATOR DEAL, I CAN'T WAIT TILL WE CAN QUIT WEARING MASKS SO I CAN COME AND GO THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S AN AWESOME THING THAT YOU BROUGHT IN.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOR STICKING IN THERE WHILE WE GOT THINGS ROLLING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE WANTED YOU TO DO.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT MEANS A LOT.
AND I TOLD MR. ROGERS THE OTHER NIGHT, I'LL SHARE THAT WE WERE TALKING AT THE SCRIMMAGE.
AND I'VE AS I GO AROUND THE COMMUNITY, I REALIZED A LOT OF WHAT I GET TO DO IS TO MAKE PEOPLE SAY, I WISH WE'D HAD THAT WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL OR WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT? AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THAT INNOVATIVE MINDSET.
WE'VE BECOME A DISTRICT THAT'S WILLING TO SAY YES AND TRY THINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT MEANS OUR PARTNERSHIPS HAVE EXPLODED BECAUSE FOLKS KNOW THEY CAN COME AND REALLY DO NEAT NEW THINGS WITH US AND THAT WE'RE OPEN TO IT.
SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S STILL A DREAM TO BE HERE.
I LOVE IT AFTER FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
KEITH I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT KYLE AND DAVID BOTH PUT OUT THERE.
BUT I DO REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY.
FIRST DAY HAPPENED TO BE THE SAME DAY THAT WE LEARNED OF THE DEPARTURE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT AT THAT TIME.
YOU DIDN'T SAY, I'M OUT OF HERE.
THE PROGRAM IS LEAVING [INAUDIBLE].
YOU STAYED HERE AND WORKED WITH DR.
MCCORD AND BASICALLY MOLDED THE PROGRAM INTO WHAT IT IS AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
YOU TOOK SOMETHING YOU SAW SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU BROUGHT IT IN AND YOU PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT. AND I THINK YOU AND THAT ENTIRE TEAM, NOBODY COULD HELP BUT BE PROUD WATCHING WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND YOU HAVE BECOME A GREAT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND A VITAL MEMBER OF THIS DISTRICT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ELSE YOU DO.
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IT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.AND I SHOULD SAY, IT'S ONLY FAIR TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
THE FIRST PERSON I HEARD FROM THE NIGHT THAT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT WAS DR.
MCCORD. IMMEDIATELY TEXTING AND SAYING, DON'T WORRY, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE OK.
[LAUGHTER] SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST GREAT, GREAT WORK FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
AND THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING, KEITH, THE WORK OF THE WHOLE TEAM.
AND IT WAS VERY MUCH A TEAM EFFORT.
AND AS ALWAYS, THESE FRENSHIP LEADERS JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY HIT A HOME RUN, THEY HIT A HOME RUN WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN THE RESOURCES.
AND SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE AND HEAR ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE COME OUT OF HERE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME INSIDE AND SEE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHO ALL IS A MENTOR AND THAT KIND OF THING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU KEITH.
OK, MOVING FORWARD, BOARD NEXT ON OUR IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[3A. Consent Agenda]
IF THERE IS ANY CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FOR DISCUSSION AND OR VOTE, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME BY STATING YOUR NAME PRIOR TO MAKING YOUR REQUEST. OK, I WILL NOW ACCEPT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PRIOR TO MAKING YOUR MOTION OR SECOND.
DAVID MILLER, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
KYLE ROGERS, SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. DAVID MILLER AND A SECOND BY MR. KYLE ROGERS FOR THE APPROVAL CONSENT AGENDA.
AS I STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE YOUR VOTE ON THE MOTION BY SAYING AYE OR NO.
MR. ANDREW COX? AYE. MR. DAVID MILLER? AYE. MS. MIKELLA NEWSOM? AYE. MS. JAMEY PHILLIPS? AYE. MR. GREG ROBINSON? AYE. MR. KYLE ROGERS? AYE. AND I'LL VOTE AYE AS WELL.
SO THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUS, SEVEN ZERO.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OTHER BOARD BUSINESS.
[4A. Report on Purchasing Cooperative Fees Paid by Frenship ISD for 2019-2020]
TONIGHT, WE HAVE FOUR REPORTS AVAILABLE.FIRST UP IS MR. TIM WILLIAMS TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON THE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE FEES PAID FOR BY FRENSHIP ISD FOR THE 2019 2020 SCHOOL YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR.
MR. WILLIAMS SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT JAMEY WHEN I SAID THAT I APOLOGIZE.
GOOD EVENING BOARD. I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A YEAR TO HEAR THIS RIVETING REPORT THAT I COME FOR WITH YOU EVERY YEAR.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. I KNOW ANDREW HASN'T HEARD THIS GREAT REPORT.
EDUCATION CODE FORTY FOUR POINT ZERO THREE THREE ONE.
MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LAW PUT IN PLACE THAT WE HAD TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, NOT ON A CONSENT AGENDA, BUT ACTUALLY IN OPEN SESSION TO LIST ALL OF THE PURCHASING CO-OPS THAT WE'RE MEMBERS OF AND ALSO ANY FEES THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED FOR IT TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT CO-OP. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A GREAT ADVANTAGE TO US TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE CO-OPS WITH THE PRICING THAT'S INVOLVED IN THOSE.
THE LIST THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE LIST OF ALL THE PURCHASING CO-OPS THAT THE DISTRICT'S MEMBERS OF. AND ALSO, IF THERE'S ANY FEES INVOLVED, THEY'RE LISTED THERE AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO STOP BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO GIVE YOU ON THAT.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A VOTE HAS TO BE TAKEN PLACE.
BUT I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT AS PRESENTED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS? TIM, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, GUYS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
OK, THE NEXT TWO REPORTS WILL BE PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD DEAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
DEAN WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON ENROLLMENT AND CLASS SIZE EXCEPTIONS.
[4B. Enrollment Update]
JUST IN COMPLIANCE WITH BGA LOCAL AND IN KEEPING THE BOARD INFORMED, FRENSHIP HAS AN[00:25:01]
ENROLLMENT OF TEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY STUDENTS.COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE HAD TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX ON THIS DAY.
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE COME ACROSS THIS YEAR, WE'RE CONTACTING STUDENTS WHO AND GETTING THEM ENROLLED, PARENTS WHO FELT THEY ENROLLED.
BUT THEY JUST DID THE ONLINE ENROLLMENT BUT THOUGHT THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE VIRTUAL AND THEN JUST BASICALLY FINDING THE STUDENTS AND GETTING THEM BACK IN SCHOOL.
SINCE WE WERE OUT SINCE MARCH.
TODAY, THE 9TH GRADE CENTER HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN.
COMBINED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY EIGHT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SERVING TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE STUDENTS AT THESE TWO CAMPUSES. THERE'S ANOTHER NINETY ONE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT REESE.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL OF TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY.
OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE INCREASED FROM TWENTY FIVE FORTY TO TWENTY FIVE SIXTY NINE FROM LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, ALL THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE OVER EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY STUDENTS IN EACH CLASS.
SEVENTH GRADE HAS NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN AND THE EIGHTH GRADE HAS EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE. ALL OF OUR K THROUGH FIVE FIFTH GRADE ELEMENTARY CLASSES HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED.
THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN ELEMENTARY IS FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN.
OUR LARGEST CLASS IS THE SEVENTH GRADE CLASS WITH NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN STUDENTS.
OUR SMALLEST CLASS WOULD BE THE SENIOR CLASS WITH SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE STUDENTS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR TEACHERS TEACHING VIRTUALLY.
IN ELEMENTARY WE HAVE THIRTY THREE TEACHERS THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS FULL TIME VIRTUAL TEACHERS. AND IN SECONDARY THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN CONDUCTING AT LEAST ONE SECTION OF VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.
THAT IS THE ENROLLMENT UPDATE.
THERE'S NO ACTION THAT'S NEEDED ON THIS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DEAN WITH REGARDS TO ENROLLMENT? I LIKE HIS PICTURE DOWNTOWN WOLFFORTH.
ON OUR VIRTUAL VERSUS OUR OVERALL ENROLLMENT [INAUDIBLE] 360.
WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN OUR VIRTUAL AND OUR IN PERSON? WE HAVE EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE IN PERSON AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY IN VIRTUAL. AND HAVE WE HAD MUCH MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH? THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT. WELL, THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN MOVEMENT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT WITH THE END OF THE SIX WEEKS COMING UP, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE TO WHERE IT'S THE STUDENTS WILL BE ON ONE TRACK OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S THE OPEN PERIOD WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THEIR DECISIONS TO MAKE THE CHANGE? CORRECT.
[INAUDIBLE] STUDENTS AND GET THE ONES ENROLLED WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE? THE PRINCIPALS ARE MAKING CALLS DAILY ON WHAT WE CALL OUR NO SHOWS.
AND THESE WOULD BE STUDENTS THAT WOULD END UP SHOWING AS DROPOUTS.
AND THE LIST ON THAT IS CONTINUING TO SHRINK ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE THE PRINCIPALS ARE MAKING THOSE CALLS OR HAVING FOLKS MAKE THOSE CALLS.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT I WOULD SAY JUST KIND OF ADD TO THAT, GREG, IS THAT I LOOKED AT THAT LIST OF THE NO SHOWS. OH, GOSH, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND MOST OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE AND THEY WERE KIND OF THERE WAS JUST CONFUSION ABOUT THEY THOUGHT, WELL, I SIGNED UP FOR FRENSHIP ONLINE.
THEY THOUGHT THEY SIGNED UP FOR VIRTUAL AND THEY DIDN'T.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE FINDING, THOUGH, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A TREND ACROSS THE STATE, IS THAT KINDERGARTEN CLASSES ARE SMALL THIS YEAR ACROSS THE STATE, EVEN IN THE, AS A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.
OTHER FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS ARE SEEING THE SAME THINGS, ALSO PRE-K.
AND SO WE'VE SEEN GROWTH IN OUR UPPER GRADE LEVELS.
BUT IT'S THOSE LITTLES, THE PRE-K, KINDER AND TO SOME DEGREE FIRST GRADE.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, I SOMETIMES FORGET THIS MYSELF, THAT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO ATTEND SCHOOL UNTIL THE FIRST GRADE.
SO, OF COURSE, PRE-K IS VOLUNTARY, BUT SO IS KINDERGARTEN.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IT, BUT PARENTS AREN'T REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OK, I'LL DO AN UPDATE ON THE CLASS SIZE EXCEPTION FOR PRE-K THROUGH FOURTH GRADE, AGAIN[4C. Class Size Exception Update]
IN ACCORDANCE WITH [INAUDIBLE] LOCAL AND KEEPING YOU GUYS INFORMED.WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWENTY FOUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FIRST GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT [INAUDIBLE], BECAUSE THESE ARE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS WE'VE ADDED TO TEACHER AID AND TO ASSIST WITH THIS OVERAGE.
NORMALLY IT'S TWENTY TWO STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS.
THERE'S TWENTY FOUR IN THAT CLASS.
AS STUDENTS MOVED FROM VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION, THERE MAY BE MOMENTS WHEN WE'RE OVER IN A CLASS SIZE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO MINIMIZE THOSE OCCURRENCES WHEN THE STUDENTS ENROLL IN A FACE TO FACE SITUATION.
AND DUE TO BECOMING A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, FRENSHIP IS EXEMPT FROM FILING A CLASS SIZE WAIVER IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TWENTY FIVE POINT ONE ONE TWO.
AND THIS REPORT IS REPORT ONLY NO ACTION NEEDED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DEAN ON THOSE SUBJECTS? RICHARD, THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
OK, NEXT REPORT TO THE BOARD FROM MS.
[4D. November 3, 2020 Special Election Deadlines and Dates]
LISA LIBRE ON UPCOMING DATES AND DEADLINES FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD SPECIAL ELECTION.MS. LIBRE, YOU STILL WITH US? YES, SIR. CAN YOU HEAR ME AND SEE ME? YES, MA'AM. OK, AWESOME.
THANK YOU, MR. DRAPER AND THE BOARD.
SINCE WE HAVE THE PROPOSED BOND ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD BALLOT, WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES WITH IN CONNECTION WITH THAT NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION.
SO OCTOBER 5TH IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS OR INFORMATION WITH THE LUBBOCK COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE.
FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.
AND WE ARE USING CASEY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TERRA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL AS EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY LOCATIONS.
THE LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR A BALLOT BY MAIL IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY THIRD.
THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, AND ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND THIS IS ALSO JUST A REPORT ONLY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET ME KNOW.
WE APPRECIATE THAT. LAST COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE TENTATIVE MEETING, DATES AND
[Items 4E & 4F: 4E. Tentative Agendas for Upcoming Meetings 4F. Upcoming Events]
UPCOMING EVENTS.OCTOBER 19TH, TENTATIVE AGENDA IS IN YOUR PACKET.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN ITEM ADDED, PLEASE LET ME OR DR.
MCCORD KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.
THE [INAUDIBLE] WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE THIS YEAR.
THE BOARD AND MR. AND DR. MCCORD ARE REGISTERED TO ATTEND.
DID I MISS ANYTHING THERE, DR. MCCORD? NOT AT ALL. I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONDUCT.
THIS CONCLUDES A FRENSHIP ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME THROUGH ALL NEW STUFF HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.