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READY. ALL RIGHT.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

GOOD EVENING. I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, AND I'M BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.

NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 6 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.

THIS IS EXHILARATING.

GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL AT THIS TIME.

I ASK SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, I VERIFIED THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS, BOARD SECRETARY, JERI CHAMBERS, BOARD MEMBER.

TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN.

I CAN'T TURN THE PAGE, Y'ALL.

AND I KNOW THESE PEOPLE.

AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT DR.

LAUREN TYRA. TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL IS PROBABLY TRYING TO GET A PARKING SPACE.

AND JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, IS NEXT.

IS LISA WILSON COMING? YEAH, LISA WILSON IS ON HER WAY.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.

AND DR. PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

DANNY STOCKTON, CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THIS EVENING, WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO HAVE THE TITAN AMBASSADORS FROM THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS.

WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND Y'ALL COME FORWARD? ALLEGIANCE] ALL RIGHT. COULD I GET YOU GUYS TO COME BACK UP? WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU.

AND I THINK MISS KENNEDY HAS A MICROPHONE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS EVENING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US ABOUT THE TITANS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, PLEASE.

I'M ANNA. HI.

MY NAME IS FERNANDA AND I'M A SENIOR IN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

HI. MY NAME IS HANNAH, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

HI, I'M LIAM, AND I'M A JUNIOR AT ACADEMY HIGH.

HELLO, I'M BRIANNA, I'M A SENIOR AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

SO BASICALLY WHAT ACADEMY IS WE ARE A FOUR YEAR STEM BASED ACADEMY, AND WE HAVE ALL HAD THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE BY OUR PRINCIPAL TO COME HERE AND BASICALLY INTRODUCE YOU TO ACADEMY. SO BECAUSE ACADEMY IS STEM BASED, WE ARE PROJECT BASED.

AND BASICALLY WE LEARN ALL THE WAY THROUGH PROJECTS.

LIAM, WOULD YOU DO THE HONORS OF EXPLAINING SOME OF THE PROJECTS FOR US? OKAY. SO OUR FIRST YEAR PROJECTS, WE BEGIN WITH FARM TO TABLE, WHERE WE SIMULATE A BUSINESS AND CREATE A PRODUCT, AND WE DO A WHOLE BUSINESS PLAN FOR SECOND YEAR PROJECT.

SO ONE OF OUR BIG PROJECTS SECOND YEAR IS CALLED CHANGE THE GAME, WHERE WE BASICALLY JUST GET TO CREATE A VIDEO GAME AND WE GET TO END UP PRESENTING IT AT THE END OF THE NINE WEEKS.

AND IT'S LIKE SUPER COOL.

AND THEN FOR UPPERCLASSMEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THIRD YEAR, WE DO SOMETHING CALLED KACHING WHICH IS BASICALLY, AGAIN, LIKE ANOTHER BUSINESS PLAN, BUT WE ACTUALLY GET TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT INVESTORS THAT HELP INVEST IN OUR PRODUCTS.

AND THEN FOURTH YEAR, WE GET THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE CITY OF PLANO WITH TOYOTA.

AND THAT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OTHERWISE.

BREE, WOULD YOU DO THE HONORS OF EXPLAINING THE COMMITTEES TO THEM? SO WE ARE DIVIDED INTO NUMEROUS COMMITTEES.

ONE OF THEM IS DEDICATED TO CARING, ANOTHER ONE OF THEM INVOLVES TECHNOLOGY.

AND JUST BASICALLY THERE'S LIKE COMMITTEES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO LEADING EVERY COMPONENT OF THE SCHOOL THAT REALLY MATTERS.

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE WE'RE DEDICATING TO CARING, WHICH IS ONE I COULD SPEAK ON BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY A PART OF THAT GROUP.

WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT IS SUPPORTED.

PARDON? THAT EACH STUDENT IS SUPPORTED AND THAT WE ARE CARING FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR SCHOOLWORK AND THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH ALL THEIR DREAMS AND ALL THEIR GOALS.

FOR INSTANCE, SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND BEEN HAVING FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, AND HAVE SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN GETTING INTO REALLY GREAT TOP 20 SCHOOLS

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AND JUST COMPLETING EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO AND MORE.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS ABOUT ACADEMY IS THAT WE CREATE A COMMUNITY BETWEEN US.

WE HAVE ALL HELPED EACH OTHER, WE KNOW EACH OTHER KIND OF LIKE WE WERE FAMILY, BUT WE ALSO GET AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN APRIL I WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF GOING ALL THE WAY TO NASA AND PRESENTING WITH ASTRONAUTS AND FELLOW TEAMMATES, WITH PRESENTING THE IDEA THAT I WAS ABLE TO CREATE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEND THEM INTO SPACE.

NOW, THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY'RE NOT OFFERED AT A TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, YES, WE'RE GETTING THE LEARNING, BUT WE'RE ALSO GETTING A LOT OF COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR FELLOW STUDENTS AND HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH IT.

YEAH.

HEY, STUDENTS, IS YOUR PRINCIPAL IN THE ROOM? YEAH. GIVE US A WAVE.

[APPLAUSE]. DR.

CATHY GASCHEN. SO I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.

IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, LIKE, SAY ANYTHING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY JUST SAID.

THEY'VE DONE AMAZING THINGS.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

IS THAT WHAT I CONSTANTLY HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, FROM BUSINESSES LIKE PEOPLE AT TOYOTA, IS THAT YOU CAN GIVE PRESENTATIONS AS STUDENTS BETTER THAN SOME OF THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES.

SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

THOSE SKILLS WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH LIFE, AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS.

WHO ELSE WAS A SENIOR? YAY! WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK CONTAINING THAT SENIORITIS NOW THAT SPRING BREAKS OVER.

[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND WE LOVED WHAT YOU HAD TO PRESENT.

WE'RE SO IMPRESSED WITH YOU AND YOUR ABILITY TO ARTICULATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT ACADEMY.

I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM LEARNED SOMETHING.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM THREE.

AND THIS IS OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THE EVENING.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MANY TALENTED STUDENTS WINNING AWARDS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS EACH YEAR.

EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM PLANO ISD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN THE COLLIN COUNTY MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION.

THIS ALL DAY COMPETITION AT THE COLLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE INCLUDES STUDENTS FROM OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

THIS YEAR, 19 SCHOOLS COMPETED, INCLUDING TWO FROM PLANO ISD, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OUR STUDENTS DID AN AMAZING JOB AND BROUGHT HOME SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL TEAM AWARDS.

ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TOOK THIRD PLACE OVERALL, AND WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS DECLARED THE COLLIN COUNTY MOCK TRIAL CHAMPIONS.

SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] IN AN UNPRECEDENTED ACHIEVEMENT, A STAGGERING 115 STUDENTS FROM PLANO ISD WHO ARE LISTED ON THE SCROLLING SCREENS QUALIFIED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS 2024 TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION, OR TFA STATE TOURNAMENT, SETTING AN ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE DISTRICT.

THE TFA STATE TOURNAMENT, RENOWNED AS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS OF ITS KIND, WAS HELD IN HOUSTON MARCH 7TH THROUGH NINE AND INCLUDED OVER 1500 STUDENTS FROM ALL FIVE TFA REGIONS TO COMPETE IN SPEECH AND DEBATE AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS.

SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] IN ADDITION, PLANO ISD WAS WELL REPRESENTED AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION ON FEBRUARY 24TH, HELD RIGHT HERE IN PLANO AT COLLIN COLLEGE, STUDENTS WHO PLACED FIRST OR SECOND AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COMPETITION, AND THAT IS SET FOR APRIL 20TH IN AUSTIN, SO HANDS OFF TO THEM.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PLANO SENIOR HIGH PLANO-ETS, WHO COMPETED AT THEIR VERY FIRST STATE LEVEL COMPETITION ON MARCH 2ND IN PROSPER.

THEY EARNED FOUR DIAMOND ADJUDICATIONS, TWO FIRST PLACE AWARDS FOR TEAM MILITARY AND NOVELTY, AND FOUR CROWD PLEASER AWARDS FOR TEAM POM JAZZ, CONTEMPORARY AND NOVELTY.

THE PLANO-ETS OFFICERS WON FIRST PLACE FOR BOTH JAZZ AND NOVELTY, AND TOOK SECOND PLACE IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE ELITE LINES, JAZZ, KICK AND HIP HOP ROUTINES ARE IN SECOND PLACE, AND THE PLANO-ETS WON SECOND RUNNER UP.

ELITE STATE CHAMPIONS.

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WELL DONE TO ALL.

WE'LL SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

AND REMEMBER, THEY DON'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE SPORTS IF THEY'RE NOT MAKING GREAT GRADES.

SO THEY'RE DOING EXCELLENT WORK.

AND NOW THE BOARD IS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR DISTRICT SUCCESSES IN PERSON THIS EVENING.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

WILLIAMS FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS.

DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DIRECTOR FOR FINE ARTS, DR.

PHILLIP MORGAN, TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS FIRST RECOGNITION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR.

WILLIAMS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.

I KNOW I SENT OUT AN EMAIL AND EVERYBODY KNOWS BECAUSE IT'S ALL OVER OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE OUR STAFF HERE AT CENTRAL OFFICE SENDING IT OUT.

BUT MARCH IS ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED AND HAPPY AND THANKFUL TO YOU ALL AS TRUSTEES FOR THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT YOU PUT IN BOTH VERBALLY AND IN PRESENT. AS WE CAN SEE, I SAW A LOT OF Y'ALL AT OUR EVENTS AND AT STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS SO VERY MUCH.

AND BEING THAT IT'S ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR, OR THIS MONTH.

EXCUSE ME, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF PLANO ISD, TMEA ALL-STATE BAND, ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR STUDENTS.

EACH YEAR, MUSIC STUDENTS ENTER A RIGOROUS AUDITION PROCESS THAT BEGINS IN JULY OR AUGUST, WHEN AUDITION MATERIALS ARE RELEASED AND THEN STUDENTS ADVANCE FROM REGION TO AREA TO STATE LEVEL FROM OCTOBER THROUGH JANUARY, AND THE FINAL AUDITIONS TAKE PLACE IN EARLY JANUARY EACH YEAR, IN WHICH STUDENTS ARE SELECTED TO PERFORM AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ALL-STATE ENSEMBLES.

THERE'S ABOUT 18 ENSEMBLES IN THE STATE.

AND JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW SPECIAL THE STUDENTS ARE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT WERE RIGHT ON THE CUSP ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

BUT JUST IF YOU'RE A NUMBERS PERSON AND YOU LIKE DATA LIKE ME, ABOUT 70,000 STUDENTS AUDITION EVERY YEAR.

AND OF THE 70,000, ABOUT 1,800 MAKE THE CUT.

AND OF THOSE 1800, THEY THEN GO DOWN TO TMEA, AND THEY'RE SELECTED AND SEPARATED INTO 18 DIFFERENT ENSEMBLES, FROM VOCAL MUSIC TO JAZZ BAND TO ORCHESTRA TO CHOIR.

IT'S AMAZING. AND TO HEAR THEM IS JUST PHENOMENAL.

SO BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR THUNDER.

I HAVE TWO OF OUR COORDINATORS HERE IN THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

THEY'RE IN ATTENDANCE WITH US ALONGSIDE OUR 56 PLANO ISD ALL-STATE MUSICIANS WHO ROSE TO THE TOP IN THE ALL-STATE PROCESS THIS YEAR.

BUT AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. JEREMY KONDRAT, OUR COORDINATOR FOR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, TO THE PODIUM, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUAL ALL-STATE INSTRUMENTALISTS AND MUSICIANS IN BAND, JAZZ BAND AND ORCHESTRA.

THANK YOU, DR. MORGAN.

AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

I'M VERY DEEPLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOME OF OUR ALL-STATE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY WE'LL START WITH THE BAND AND THE JAZZ BAND STUDENTS.

SO STUDENTS, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND ALIGN YOURSELF ON THIS LINE HERE, AND DR.

TYRA WILL PRESENT YOU ALL WITH A CERTIFICATE.

THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS FOR JOINING US.

AND LET'S GET STARTED.

OUR JAZZ BAND AND BAND STUDENTS WILL BEGIN WITH MR. NOLAN BRANDELAND. [APPLAUSE] AND FRIENDS, IF WE COULD HOLD OUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE END OF THIS LIST, THAT WILL PROBABLY HELP US GET OUT OF HERE BY MIDNIGHT.

AND MR. KONDRAT. TYLER BRISTOL.

OH. NATHAN DAHLBERG.

OWEN FELL.

L[INAUDIBLE] LITTLEJOHN.

MATTHEW MOORE.

TESSA R[INAUDIBLE].

ALAN REDDICK.

SHREYA SAJAN.

ANISH SARAF.

DANIEL T[INAUDIBLE].

AND MR. ERIC WEI.

PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE THESE STUDENTS.

THEY WERE SELECTED FOR THE BAND AND OR THE JAZZ BAND DOWN AT TMEA THIS YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] I'LL LET PARENTS TAKE A PICTURE IF THEY NEED TO COME UP.

SO TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND COME UP AND GET A PICTURE IF YOU WANT ONE.

GO BACK.

IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO SIT, THERE'S SEVERAL SEATS UP FRONT.

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THEY LOOK GREAT, DON'T THEY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU STUDENTS.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE A SEAT, THEN WE'LL HONOR OUR ORCHESTRA.

ALL-STATE STUDENTS. ONE MORE HAND A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BAND AND JAZZ BAND STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] AND STUDENTS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT SO WE CAN HONOR AND CELEBRATE YOU AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO MOVING ALONG TO OUR ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS.

THIS LIST IS PRETTY LONG, SO I'LL CALL THESE NAMES AND ASK YOU TO HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE ONCE AGAIN UNTIL WE GET TO THE END OF THIS.

AND STUDENTS, YOU CAN DO THE SAME AS THE BAND.

SO STARTING OFF IN THE ORCHESTRA DIVISION.

KEON A[INAUDIBLE], ISABELLE CHAPMAN, COLIN CHOI.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL REHEARSING OR PRACTICING FOR ALL-STATE NEXT YEAR.

EMILY DONG, ELLIOTT DUNCAN.

MATTHEW FRANKS.

RANDY [INAUDIBLE].

ISABEL [INAUDIBLE] OR HUGH.

KATHERINE HUNN.

SHREYA [INAUDIBLE].

ANDY LEE. CHLOE LEE.

WILLIAM LEE.

STEPHEN LU.

H[INAUDIBLE] MAKHESH.

DAI NAKAGAWA.

KYLE PARK.

BRIAN TONG.

ERIC WANG.

JULIAN WANG.

NATHAN WU, WILLIAM SHI.

HANNAH S[INAUDIBLE].

HYUNG [INAUDIBLE].

FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAMES.

AMANDA YI.

ALEXANDER HUGH, PRISCILLA HUGH AND SAM ZU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE OUR ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] PEOPLE.

ONCE AGAIN, PARENTS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP OR STAFF MEMBERS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP NICE AND CLOSE AND TAKE SOME GREAT PICTURES OF THESE INCREDIBLE KIDS.

IT TAKES AN ARMY OF PEOPLE TO HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT THIS HIGH LEVEL.

SO, PARENTS, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN DRIVING THEM TO ALL THOSE PRIVATE LESSONS.

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR DISTRICT FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS AS WELL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE ORCHESTRA ALL-STATE STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. MR. KONDRAT BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT, TOO.

AND SINCE I GET TO TOUCH THE MIC ONE MORE TIME, I DO WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TOO.

IT DOES TAKE AN ARMY, AND NO GREATER THAN THE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO ARE SITTING HERE IN THE FRONT BETWEEN MR. KONDRAT AND MR. JENNINGS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER SEEN WHAT A TMEA ROOM LIST LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE AND GET EVERYBODY IN A HOTEL ROOM AND GET THEM TO SAN ANTONIO AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN BED WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO THE LOGISTICS ARE ABSOLUTELY WILD.

AND THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WORK WITH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ON CAMPUSES WHO DO A FANTASTIC JOB TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO IF WE COULD JUST GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] MARVELOUS JOB.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. GO.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. KONDRAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR INSTRUMENTALISTS.

AT THAT TIME, I'LL TRANSITION OVER TO MR. TERRENCE JENNINGS, OUR COORDINATOR FOR K-12 VOCAL MUSIC, TO RECOGNIZE OUR INDIVIDUAL ALL-STATE VOCAL MUSICIANS.

[APPLAUSE] I NEED A BIGGER SCREEN THAN MR. KONDRAT. SO THANK YOU, DR.

MORGAN. AND NOW TO RECOGNIZE OUR TMEA ALL-STATE VOCALISTS.

STUDENTS, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM TO RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM DR.

TYRA AND REMAIN WITH US FOR OUR VOCAL MUSIC GROUP PHOTO.

FRIENDS, PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE FINAL NAME FOR RECOGNITIONS FROM ALL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED.

FROM PLANO WEST, WE HAVE LANDRY [INAUDIBLE].

PLANO EAST, CHASE BELL.

PLANO EAST WILL BLAINE.

PLANO WEST, MATTHEW CERVANTES.

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PLANO EAST, SHYRIAN [INAUDIBLE].

PLANO SENIOR JAIRO EREBUS.

PLANO WEST, GARRY GUPTA.

PLANO SENIOR, SHAE HANKINSON.

PLANO EAST, PETER HOPPNER.

PLANO SENIOR, SKYE HOLT.

JASPER BRIAN LYNN.

PLANO EAST, KRISTINA MATTHEW.

PLANO EAST, PRIYANKA PARKER.

JASPER, ERIC CHEN.

PLANO EAST, [INAUDIBLE] RAZA AND PLANO WEST, DIEGO RIVERA.

[APPLAUSE] AND I ECHO WHAT MR. KONDRAT SAID. THANK YOU, PARENTS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE PRIVATE LESSON TEACHERS AND THEIR DIRECTORS, FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THIS AWESOME TASK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] OUR DEPARTMENT'S FINAL CELEBRATION THIS EVENING IS IN RECOGNITION OF THE PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY CHORALE, WHICH WAS SELECTED AS A TMEA HIGH SCHOOL INVITED ENSEMBLE FOR 2024 TMEA STATE CONFERENCE.

THEY RECEIVED AN EXCLUSIVE INVITATION TO PERFORM AT THE TMEA CONVENTION HELD ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2024, IN SAN ANTONIO, DURING WHICH I WILL HAVE TO SAY THEY DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

IT'S NOT A COMPETITION, BUT IF IT WAS, WE WON.

SO GREAT JOB, STUDENTS AND DIRECTORS.

AND SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE FRONT.

OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE PLANO WEST CHORALE IS SARA COUNCIL.

AND SHE ALSO HAS BROUGHT HER STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

AND WE WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PLANO WEST CHORALE FOR REPRESENTING PLANO CHORAL MUSIC SO WELL.

I KNOW OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, THEY WERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD AGREE IT WAS AN AWE INSPIRING PERFORMANCE.

AND WE THOUGHT THOSE ARE KIDS.

NOT POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION OF EXCELLENCE IN CHORAL MUSIC.

[APPLAUSE] I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME? SENIOR OR YOU'RE GOING.

HELLO, I AM.

OKAY. COOL. HELLO, I AM JASPER GRIZZLE.

I AM A SENIOR AND I WILL BE GOING TO WICHITA STATE, KANSAS.

OH, OKAY. I'M VINCENT.

I'M VINCENT MEKKA.

I'M A SENIOR AND I'M GOING TO WEST TEXAS A&M.

BOSS. I'M NIKHIL P[INAUDIBLE].

I'M A SENIOR AND I'M GOING TO UT AUSTIN.

I'M DIEGO RIVERA.

I'M A SENIOR, AND I'M TRYING TO GO TO MIAMI UNIVERSITY.

I'M LANDRY ARMQUIST, I'M A SENIOR, AND I'M GOING TO TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN AUSTIN.

IN LUBBOCK. SORRY.

MY NAME IS REECE JOHNSON.

I'M A SENIOR, AND I'M GOING TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY.

MY NAME IS GORI GUPTA.

I'M A SENIOR AND I'M GOING TO UT AUSTIN.

I'M NICOLE.

I'M A SENIOR AND I'M GOING TO WELL, I'M UNDECIDED YET.

LIKE SO FAR, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

[LAUGHTER] I'M SYDNEY WALKER, I'M A SENIOR AND I'M GOING TO UT AUSTIN.

I'M DIVYA M[INAUDIBLE], I'M A JUNIOR.

AND I'M K.J. LUDWIG, AND I'M ALSO A JUNIOR.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

AND I'VE HEARD Y'ALL PERFORM, AND IT'S JUST AWE INSPIRING.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY'RE CHILDREN.

THEY'RE ADULTS. THEY ARE.

SO I WILL INVITE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD TO MAKE ANY COMMENTARY THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.

KATHERINE, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND I AM SO GLAD THAT Y'ALL TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO OTHER THINGS BESIDES JUST ACADEMICS, BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE, THE DISCIPLINE, THE COLLABORATION THE ABILITY TO GET PAST

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NERVES AND TO PERFORM WILL SERVE YOU WELL IN LIFE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY AND WISH YOU WELL AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL THOSE PARENTS I'VE BEEN IN YOUR CAR.

I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE BEEN ON THE COLD AND IN THE HOT AND OUTSIDE AND RUSHING SOMEWHERE TO DELIVER A PACKAGE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMETHING SOMEBODY LOST OR FORGOT.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

MOST OF ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE THEM AND OUR PROFESSIONALS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT HELP OUR KIDS DO ALL THESE GREAT THINGS.

I'LL JUST SAY ONE QUICK THING.

MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT KNOW I WAS ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA MYSELF, WAY, WAY, WAY BACK IN THE DAY.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE PARENTS.

IT GOES UNAPPRECIATED THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU FORCE YOUR KIDS TO PRACTICE.

THE TIME THAT YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND I REALLY DO JUST WANT TO PUT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS THAT REALLY, REALLY MAKE THAT EFFORT BECAUSE I THINK I PLAYED THE VIOLIN FROM THIRD GRADE TO HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO I KNOW THE AMOUNT OF LIFT THAT THAT REQUIRES.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND CERTAINLY TO THE STUDENTS, I HOPE YOU REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT'LL BE WITH YOU FOR LIFE.

THANKS. DO YOU KNOW I WAS A BAND MOM AND AN ORCHESTRA MOM.

AND THE THING IS THAT I KNOW HOW AMAZING YOU ARE.

SO, STUDENTS YOU ARE AMAZING TO BE HERE.

AND PARENTS, YOU'RE EVEN BETTER.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I ECHO ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE YOU.

WE LOVE THIS PART OF OUR MEETING WHEN WE DO RECOGNITION.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

PRESIDENT. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE ACHIEVEMENTS TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENING? WE DO. SO WE HAVE ONE OTHER BIG RECOGNITION, JUST LIKE THE ONE BEFORE.

WE HAVE AMAZING KIDS THAT NOT ONLY ARE ACADEMICALLY HAVING SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO WINNING ALL SORTS OF STATE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, JEFF SMITH, TO THE PODIUM FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU GUYS SAID IT.

WHAT AN AWESOME NIGHT IT IS TO RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING STUDENTS AND NOT JUST ATHLETES.

THESE FINE ARTS STUDENTS ARE AMAZING.

AND DR.

MORGAN, I TALK ALL THE TIME.

WE'VE GOT THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD TO GET A CHANCE TO GO WATCH THESE KIDS DO WHAT THEY DO WELL.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO BRING THEM TO YOU AND JUST SHOW THEM OFF TO YOU AND GET TO BRAG ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT.

THEY DESERVE IT. AND I WILL SAY THIS.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID A LOT, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO OUR ADMIN, TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR JUST GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT YOU.

ALSO OUR PARENTS.

MISS GOODWIN, YOU SAID IT WELL, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOME PARENTS RIGHT HERE THAT GO TAKE A LOT OF RIDES THAT DO A LOT OF PRACTICES, THAT DO A LOT OF THINGS.

AND, PARENTS, WE APPRECIATE YOU TRUSTING US WITH YOUR KIDS EVERY DAY.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COACHES IN THE ROOM.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PRINCIPALS IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

I KNOW WE GOT MR. JONES OVER AT PLANO EAST, MR. BANNER OVER AT PLANO SENIOR.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF MISS WILLIAMS. I DIDN'T SEE HER, BUT I KNOW WE GOT SOME PLANO WEST FOLKS HERE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT WHOLE ADMIN TEAM.

THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.

AND SO THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL.

I'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A FEW GROUPS TO RECORD, A COUPLE OF GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WRESTLING, AND I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WRESTLING BEFORE I BRING THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS UP.

WRESTLING IS JUST IT'S GROWING SO FAST IN TEXAS AND ESPECIALLY ON THE FEMALE SIDE.

I MEAN, IT'S GROWING SO FAST AND IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE, BUT IN TEXAS, WHENEVER YOU ARE A WRESTLER, YOU HAVE QUITE THE ROAD.

AND IN OUR DISTRICT, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, IN SIX, SIX, A IS JUST DIFFICULT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST VERY, VERY CHALLENGING.

WE HAVE THE BEST WRESTLERS IN THE STATE, JUST IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE ALSO IN OUR REGION, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN ARGUE ABOUT OUR REGION WHEN WE MOVE UP TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL THEY'RE ALSO VERY GOOD.

AND THEN ON TO THE STATE LEVEL.

JUST I GUESS IT'S BEEN A LITTLE ABOUT 4 OR 5 WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE STATE WRESTLING MEET.

IT WAS DOWN IN HOUSTON AT THE BERRY CENTER.

AWESOME FACILITY.

AND YOU'VE GOT MATS LINED UP ON THE FLOOR, AND THERE'S KIDS WRESTLING NONSTOP ALL DAY LONG.

AND I WILL SAY THIS TO MEDAL, TO BE ON THAT PODIUM AT THE END OF THAT STATE TOURNAMENT IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH A BRACKET.

THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

AND SO THE FACT THAT THESE THREE ARE HERE TODAY SAYS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THEM AND THEIR WORK ETHIC, THEIR COACHES, THEIR PARENTS YOU KNOW, EVERYONE.

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SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THESE THREE COME UP.

RILEY DAVIS, COME ON UP AND COACHES, COME ON UP WITH THEM TOO.

[APPLAUSE] WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RILEY REAL QUICK WHILE HANDING SOME AWARDS HERE.

RILEY IS A SENIOR AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE'S THERE WITH COACH RETTKE.

COACH MCNEELY RIGHT HERE WALKING UP.

AND SHE'S IN THE 235 WEIGHT CLASS AND IN DISTRICT SHE FINISHED SECOND, WHICH I SAID, IT'S A PRETTY TOUGH DISTRICT.

SHE FINISHED SECOND. SHE ALSO FINISHED SECOND AT REGIONALS.

AND THEN AT STATE SHE GOT FOURTH PLACE.

SO SHE WAS ON THE PODIUM.

AND IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL.

SHE WAS EVERY MATCH THAT SHE WRESTLED WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE.

SHE COULD HAVE EASILY PLACED HIGHER.

BUT SHE FINISHED FOURTH.

SO VERY PROUD OF HER AND WISH HER WELL.

AND I KNOW SHE'S A SENIOR. SO LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR RILEY DAVIS.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP WE GOT PLANO EAST TALAAL HABIB, COME ON UP. TALAAL.

[APPLAUSE] JOINING TALAAL IS A COACH PETERSON AND HE'S OUR HEAD COACH AT PLANO EAST.

AND MAN WE'RE GOING TO MISS THIS KID.

HE'S BEEN AROUND THIS. HE'S ALSO A SENIOR AND WE'VE WATCHED HIM WRESTLE FOR MANY YEARS.

WHAT JUNIOR. OH MY GOSH I'M SORRY.

WELL GOOD. WE GOT YOU BACK. THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER NEWS.

WELL, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM FOR A WHILE BECAUSE HE'S EVERY YEAR HE'S HE'S PLACING HIGH.

HE'S THAT GOOD. AND SO I'M THANKFUL TO HEAR THAT.

SO HE WAS FIRST PLACE IN DISTRICT.

HE GOT FIRST PLACE IN OUR DISTRICT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WAS A BIG DEAL.

AND THEN HE GOT SECOND AT REGIONALS.

HE WENT ON TO STATE.

AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW AND THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED WITH RILEY, IF YOU DON'T IF YOU LOSE A MATCH EARLY, YOU'VE GOT TO WRESTLE ALL YOUR WAY, ALL THE WAY BACK, AND YOU'VE GOT A MUCH HARDER ROAD TO GET BACK TO MEDAL.

AND ALL THREE OF OUR WRESTLERS DID THAT THIS YEAR.

THEY HAD TO GO THE HARD WAY.

AND TALAL DID, DID THE SAME.

AND HE WAS IN THE 120 WEIGHT CLASS.

AND MAN, JUST AN AWESOME YOUNG MAN.

JUST DID A GREAT JOB.

SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR TALAAL HABIB.

[APPLAUSE] HE GOT GOOD POINTS.

GOOD POINTS AT STAKE. GOOD JOB.

THAT'S IT. GOOD JOB.

HE FINISHED FIFTH. AND LAST ONE KENNETH CHECKON.

KENNETH, COME ON UP PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH.

[APPLAUSE] KENNETH IS JUST A SOPHOMORE, SO WE'VE GOT KENNETH FOR TWO MORE YEARS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

GOT TWO MORE YEARS. AND KENNETH I KNOW WENT TO THE STATE MEET LAST YEAR AND FINISHED WELL DID WELL, BUT THIS YEAR REALLY SURPASSED THAT TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WRESTLING THE 132 WEIGHT CLASS WAS FIRST IN DISTRICT.

HAD SOME TOUGH MATCHES.

DID A GREAT JOB THERE. WON DISTRICT WAS THIRD IN THE REGION AND ENDED UP THIRD AT STATE.

SO GOT IN THE TOP THREE, WHICH WAS A BIG DEAL.

AND AND I KNOW THIS.

GO AHEAD. YEAH. ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] I WATCHED KENNETH WRESTLE THAT FIRST MATCH AT THE STATE.

AND MAN, IT WAS A IT WAS THE TOP.

IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE RANKED, I BELIEVE GOING INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND LOST JUST BY ONE POINT.

AND SO REALLY HAD A CHANCE AND WRESTLE REALLY.

BUT WRESTLED ALL THE WAY BACK AND GOT THIRD PLACE SAYS A LOT ABOUT KENNETH.

AND SO LET'S GIVE KENNETH ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD. COACH. OKAY.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE A SPECIAL BASKETBALL TEAM THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.

AND THEY'RE ALL THE TALLEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, OR AT LEAST MOST OF THEM.

BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE A VIDEO BEFORE I BRING THEM UP.

AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEM, BUT THIS BASKETBALL TEAM FROM PLANO EAST THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN FOLLOWING WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT AND WE'LL START WITH THE VIDEO.

TELL THEM YOUR NAME.

TELL THEM YOUR NAME. [CHEERING]

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SO LET'S HAVE THOSE SIX STATE CHAMPION PLANO EAST PANTHERS COME ON UP.

YOU GUYS COME ON UP HERE. [APPLAUSE] STAND UP.

COACHES TOO.

OKAY, SO WHILE THESE GUYS ARE GETTING SITUATED, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS TEAM.

AND I'M GOING TO LET WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HEAR FROM THEM A LITTLE BIT, GET TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT.

I'LL TELL YOU TILL YOU WATCH THESE THINGS AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, WATCH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THE JOURNEY YOU REALIZE JUST HOW HARD IT IS TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

GUYS IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE IN, FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S JUST SO DIFFICULT.

THESE GUYS WERE AMAZING.

LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR RECORD.

THEY FINISHED THE SEASON 40 AND 0.

[APPLAUSE] THAT'S RIGHT.

LET'S GET. THEY ARE THE FIRST TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN PLANO EAST HISTORY.

OKAY, SO THAT'S A BIG MILESTONE.

PLANO EAST HAS BEEN IN THE FINALS A FEW TIMES, BUT HAVE NEVER WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP UNTIL THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE.

SO, FIRST TIME IN PLANO EAST HISTORY, THEY'RE THE FIRST UNDEFEATED TEAM IN 6A HISTORY.

FIRST TO DO IT AT ALL AT THE HIGHEST 6A AT THE HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION SINCE 2007.

THEY ARE BACK TO BACK DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, WHICH OUR DISTRICT IS PRETTY DANG HARD TO JUST LIKE IT IS IN WRESTLING.

THEY FINISHED THE YEAR THE NUMBER ONE STATE RANKED TEAM.

THEY FINISHED THE SEASON THE NUMBER THREE NATIONAL RANKED TEAM IN MAXPREPS.

THEY FINISHED NUMBER 13 IN THE ESPN, NUMBER TWO IN USA TODAY.

AND I LOVE THIS STAT NINE STUDENTS MAINTAINED A 4.0 OR BETTER GPA.

HOW ABOUT THAT? [APPLAUSE] I THINK WHEN YOU GO AROUND SOME OF THE THINGS BEFORE I LET COACH WESTER, YOU KNOW, GET IT GOING HERE.

WHENEVER YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU SAW SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE ALAMODOME.

TO SEE THE EMOTION, THE RAW EMOTION OF THAT MOMENT YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS SEE, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS OF HARD WORK AND A JOURNEY THAT'S TAKEN THEM TO THAT MOMENT. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE BONDS THAT ARE CREATED WITHIN THAT TEAM AND WITHIN THOSE COACHES AND QUITE HONESTLY, IN THE WHOLE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU WENT TO GAMES, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF YOU DID, THE EAST SIDE SHOWED UP.

I MEAN, LIKE, LIKE CRAZY.

I MEAN, THE GAMES WERE PACKED.

THEY TRAVELED TO SAN ANTONIO TO SEE THIS OCCASION.

AND SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM, THEY JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT A GREAT TEAM THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMS THAT THEY'VE SEEN BECAUSE THEY PLAY SO WELL TOGETHER, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE COACHES AND THE KIDS.

THESE PLAYERS AND COACHES REALLY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

I HEAR THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WATCH THIS GROUP, YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY'VE GOT GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.

THEY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

THEY LOVE HOW THEY ALL GREW UP AND WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TOGETHER A LOT OF THEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.

THAT'S REALLY INSPIRING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THIS TEAM IS DEEP.

IF YOU'VE WATCHED THIS TEAM, EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTES.

EVERYONE. AND THAT'S WHAT BEING ON A TEAM IS ALL ABOUT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE PREACH IN ATHLETICS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S VALUABLE ON THAT TEAM AND EVERYBODY CAN CONTRIBUTE.

YOU KNOW THEY SHARED THE BALL.

THESE GUYS DIDN'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT.

THEY'RE ALL VERY HUMBLE.

THEY ALL WANT EACH OTHER TO SUCCEED.

AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WHENEVER I'M PROUDLY TALKING ABOUT THE PLANO EAST PANTHERS BASKETBALL TEAM, OTHER PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING.

JUST SO JUST VERY PROUD OF THEM.

SO I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GOING TO HAVE COACH WESTER COME UP AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS A MIC, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE WE INTRODUCE COACHES AND KIDS.

SO YOU GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ALL ARE.

THANKS, COACH SMITH. THAT MEANS A LOT.

I'M MATT WESTER, I'M THE HEAD BOYS BASKETBALL COACH HERE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PASS THE MIC AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

I'M KAYLEE HATCHER, I'M THE MANAGER.

MY NAME IS GABBY KLINGER, I'M A MANAGER.

I'M JOHN TRAN, I'M A SENIOR.

I'M ISAIAH BREWINGTON, I'M A SENIOR.

I'M [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A SENIOR.

I'M RASHAD [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A SENIOR.

I'M IZHAN KAZI, I'M A JUNIOR.

I'M KARA CAMPBELL, AND I'M A MANAGER.

I'M KINSLEY SLAUGHTER AND I'M AN ATHLETIC TRAINER.

I'M GREG THOMAS, ASSISTANT COACH.

I'M MICHAEL GODWIN, ASSISTANT COACH.

I'M MUSTAFA ABANIL, I'M A SOPHOMORE.

I'M MONTE [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A SENIOR.

I'M XAVIER MILLER AND I'M A SENIOR.

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DJ HALL, JUNIOR.

[INAUDIBLE], A SENIOR.

CARTER BUCHANAN, SENIOR.

I'M SETH ROMERO.

I'M A SENIOR. I'M ETHAN MOSS, AND I'M A SENIOR.

I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY PROUD OF THESE GUYS AND WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED, BUT WHAT I ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT THEM IS THE WAY THEY DID IT.

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GREAT FRIENDS.

WE HAD THEM OVER TO MY HOUSE FOR DINNER A COUPLE TIMES, AND THEY WOULD SIT ON THE PORCH AND JUST TALK AND PLAY GAMES FOR HOURS AFTER THEY FINISHED DINNER.

I LOVED MY KIDS GOT TO SEE THAT.

AND THEN NOT ONLY ARE THEY BEST FRIENDS AND THEY'RE BEST TEAM IN TEXAS, BUT THE WAY THEY DID IT, THEY WON.

OUR AVERAGE MARGIN OF VICTORY WAS 24 POINTS A GAME WHEN HE PLAYED.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH. THERE ARE SEVEN PLAYOFF GAMES TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND OUR MARGIN OF VICTORY IN THOSE SEVEN PLAYOFF GAMES WERE 22 POINTS. AND SO WE ONLY PLAY IN 40 GAMES.

WE WON ALL 40 OF THEM AND ONLY WON FIVE OF THEM BY LESS THAN TEN POINTS.

SO THEY WERE UNDEFEATED.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS THE BEST TEAM IN TEXAS.

SO I'M PROUD TO BE THEIR COACH.

[APPLAUSE] YOU WON'T HAVE THEM SIT DOWN. OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS GOT THEIR PARENTS? MAKE SURE YOU GET PICTURES.

I DON'T KNOW. DAVID, Y'ALL WANT TO COME IN AND GET IN THE PICTURE? BOTH OF Y'ALL. OH.

PROBABLY TWO. OH.

TWO, THREE.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

THAT'S AMAZING. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO COMMENTS FROM MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.

OKAY. BEFORE YOU ALL LEAVE, I HAVE A FUNNY STORY.

SO SPRING BREAK HAPPENED I WAS AWAY WITH MY FAMILY ON VACATION AND SOMEBODY WHEN I SAID I'M FROM PLANO, THEIR EYES LIT UP AND THEY JUST SAID, HOW ABOUT THAT PLANO EAST BASKETBALL TEAM? AND I WAS LIKE, I KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU WON YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE WE WERE AWAY.

AND WE'RE ALL AT A RESORT JUST HANGING OUT IN THE POOL.

AND SO FUN FACT THAT THIS RANDOM GUY, LIKE, GOT SO EXCITED ON YOUR BEHALF.

AND THEN I GOT EXCITED ON YOUR BEHALF AND OUR WHOLE FAMILY WAS EXCITED.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU HAVE FANS ALL ACROSS THE STATE, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND DO I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE ANOTHER BIG GAME COMING UP? DO YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT YOU'RE PLAYING? NEW YORK? NEW YORK? YEAH, YOU'RE HEADED TO NEW YORK.

THERE'S A NATIONAL GAME.

OH MY GOSH. BEST OF LUCK.

THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M AN EAST SIDE MOM, SO WE ALL BEAM WITH PRIDE.

THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] SO I'M A PLANO EAST GRAD AND MY HUSBAND IS A PLANO EAST GRAD.

AND WE STARTED BRINGING OUR KIDS TO THE PLAYOFF GAMES WHO HAVE NOW DEMANDED THAT WE MOVE BACK INTO THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE WEST SIDE. MY CHILDREN HAVE DEMANDED, BECAUSE OF Y'ALL'S GAMES THAT WE MOVE BACK OVER TO THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

BUT YOU KNOW WHEN Y'ALL WERE PLAYING AND YOU KNOW, HIGHLAND PARK AND KELLER AND ALL OF THESE GAMES THAT WE WENT TO THERE WAS A LOT OF PHYSICALITY.

MANSFIELD. MAN, THAT WAS A REALLY VERY PHYSICAL GAME.

AND OF COURSE ROUND ROCK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED WITH LIKE, WE WERE MORE NERVOUS.

I FEEL LIKE CHEERING FOR YOU THAN Y'ALL LOOKED PLAYING.

RIGHT. AND WITH ALL OF THE PHYSICALITY, WITH ALL OF THE BAITING, WITH ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, DURING FROM OTHER FAN SECTIONS, Y'ALL JUST KEPT IT COOL AS A CUCUMBER AND, YOU KNOW, PLAYED ON AND WATCHING Y'ALL DO INTERVIEWS AND JUST THE PROFESSIONALISM AND PRESENCE WITH WHICH ALL CARRY YOURSELVES.

THAT'S VERY MUCH TONE AT THE TOP, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR COACHES AND OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

BUT WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE THERE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH YOU GUYS.

AND FOR THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOWN ON THE COURT AFTER THIS ENDED, AND I WAS WATCHING ALL OF YOU GUYS AND THE EMOTION THAT YOU ALL HAD, AND THEN GOING

[00:45:08]

OVER TO THE STANDS IN THAT MOMENT, LIKE, I JUST STOOD THERE AND WATCHED Y'ALL IN THAT MOMENT WHERE YOU'RE HUGGING YOUR PARENTS AND YOU'RE HUGGING YOUR FRIENDS AND YOU'RE HUGGING YOUR FAMILIES. AND IT WAS I MEAN IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

IT WAS SUCH A GOOD SUCH A GOOD AND EMOTIONAL EVENT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES.

AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED.

AND I WILL SAY, WHEN WE WERE HEADED DOWN THERE, THE SUPERINTENDENT BUSTS OUT WITH THESE POM POMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YELLOW AND WHITE AND BLACK POM POMS. AND I WAS LIKE, DO YOU HAVE A ROOM IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE THAT'S FULL OF POM POMS FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS? AND SHE WOULDN'T ANSWER ME, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE SHE DOES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND CELEBRATE YOU GUYS AND SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR ATHLETES, ALL OF OUR MUSICIANS.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE SUCH SUCCESS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS, RIGHT? LIKE, I HAVE TWO KIDS AND YOU KNOW, SEEING Y'ALL'S SUCCESS IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY I DO THIS AND GIVE MY TIME TO DO THIS.

BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BE SUCCESSFUL.

LIKE, I WAS FROM PLANO EAST.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

[APPLAUSE] WELL, I THINK THEY CALL IT WINNING WITH CLASS, RIGHT? MY KIDDOS WERE STUDENTS AT PLANO EAST, SO I HAPPEN TO BE EAST SIDE.

ALSO, I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL THERE, BUT IT WAS SO EXHILARATING TO BE THERE.

YES, I WAS THE GOOFBALL WITH THE FISH AND THE PANTHER EARS, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW MY SPIRIT FOR THE SCHOOL.

I'M GOING TO YIELD TO ANGELA.

SHE HAD A COMMENT.

I'M SORRY. YES. I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.

AND THE THING IS THAT I'M A CURRENT PLANO EAST MOM, AND SO THIS IS AMAZING FOR ALL THE PLANO EAST MOMS OUT THERE, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT YOUR STORY SHOULD BE MADE INTO A MOVIE, AND OUR COACH, BRAD PITT, SHOULD PLAY YOU.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY, THAT WAS ALL INTERESTING. I WAS ON THE PLANO EAST BANDWAGON FROM, LIKE, DAY ONE, SO I WAS ACTUALLY AT YOUR FIRST GAME.

I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT YOU SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR GUY BACK THERE IN THE BACK DURING ONE OF THE BREAKS.

I REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED YOU GUYS PLAYING.

AND WHILE THE BASKETBALL WAS PHENOMENAL, I REALLY ENJOYED YOU GUYS AS PEOPLE.

MY KIDS WOULD COME DOWN AFTER EVERY GAME, AND YOU GUYS STAYED, WHETHER YOU WERE HOME OR AWAY TO, LIKE, SHAKE HANDS WITH PEOPLE.

AND THAT MEANT THE WORLD TO MY KIDS, BY THE WAY.

THEY ARE HUGE FANS.

YOU GUYS, I THINK, AS A TEAM, WERE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL TO WATCH.

IT WAS A GREAT BASKETBALL TO WATCH.

I'M A HUGE BASKETBALL FAN.

AND SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE IRONY OF THE LITTLEST GUY ON THE TEAM GIVING THE LITTLE MAN SIGN.

I ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT.

I APPRECIATED ALL OF YOU GUYS.

AND REALLY SORT OF WATCHING THE JOURNEY AND WATCHING YOU GROW.

I MEAN, I KNOW I PLAYED SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I NEVER PLAYED IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN, LIKE, 100 PEOPLE.

RIGHT? AND YOU GUYS WERE PLAYING IN FRONT OF GIANT CROWDS AT PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE YOU WENT.

YOU WERE BEATING TEAMS BY 50, BUT STILL DOING IT WITH CLASS WITHOUT DOING, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO THE ENTIRE JOURNEY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WAS AMAZING.

AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS CAN TAKE FROM THIS IS THAT WHILE THERE WERE CERTAINLY A LOT OF FANS AT THE END YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PLENTY OF FOLKS AT THE BEGINNING.

I GOT TO MEET A LOT OF YOUR FAMILIES, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE I WENT TO PROBABLY HALF YOUR GAMES AND I SAW LOTS OF YOUR FAMILIES IN THE STANDS.

MANY OF THEM WERE VERY, VERY VOCAL.

AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS PUT IN.

ULTIMATELY, A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS PLAYED UP AGAINST PERHAPS SOME TEAMS THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, ONE ATHLETE THAT WAS GOING TO SOME MAJOR COLLEGE.

RIGHT. BUT YOU GUYS PLAYED TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND COLLECTIVELY ALWAYS WON IN A FASHION THAT MADE THE OTHER TEAMS LOOK YOU KNOW, ORDINARY.

SO I JUST I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO LONG, BUT I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING SPECIAL.

YOU'LL CERTAINLY ALWAYS REMEMBER IT.

AND THE WHOLE THE WHOLE CITY IS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, BECAUSE IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU KNOW.

SO THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW INCREDIBLY PROUD I AM OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ALL YEAR LONG TO PREPARE FOR THAT

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FINAL WIN. AND IT WAS.

I DON'T THINK I COULD SAY IT ANY BETTER THAN WHAT LAUREN SAID.

GETTING TO BE ON THE SIDELINES WATCHING AND EVEN TALKING TO YOUR PRINCIPAL OF OKAY, IF THEY START TO LOSE, I'M LEAVING BECAUSE I'VE NOT BEEN IN EVERY GAME AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF OR SUPERSTITIOUS.

SORRY, SUPERSTITIOUS OF, LIKE, OKAY, THIS WAS THE OUTFIT THAT I WORE THE DAY THEY WON, SO IT'S SAFE TO WEAR IT AGAIN.

AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LITTLE THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE ME SO INCREDIBLY PROUD WAS WATCHING ALL OF YOU JUST KEEP YOUR COOL.

AND THAT FIRST GAME, AND I GUESS IT WAS AGAINST MANSFIELD AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH, AND I WAS A LITTLE UPSET BY SOME OF THE ROUGHNESS AND SOME OF THE MISSED CALLS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING OVER HERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, CARRYING ON AND YOU GOT EVERY TIME WE'D LOOK BACK OUT THERE, YOU WERE, YOU KNEW WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO. YOU HAD A JOB, YOU HAD TEAMMATES, AND YOU LIFTED EACH OTHER.

AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF HOW YOU NOT ONLY PLAYED WITH CLASS, BUT YOU WON WITH CLASS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

AND THE THING ABOUT THAT WIN IS NOT ONLY ARE WE ALL PROUD AND PROUD OF THIS MOMENT, AND PROUD OF THIS YEAR, AND PROUD OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT THE THING I WANTED FOR YOU THE MOST WAS FOR YOU TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE THE RECORD THAT YOU HAD ALL YEAR LONG THAT MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN, LIKE THIS IS THE TEAM.

AND SO JUST A BIG KUDOS TO YOU TO WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS EXPERIENCE AND YOU CARRY IT THROUGH THE MANY SUCCESSES THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE REST OF YOUR LIVES.

I HOPE THAT YOU KEEP UP WITH EACH OTHER PAST YOUR SENIOR YEAR AND YOU STAY CONNECTED.

THIS IS THE THING THAT YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO SHARE AND THAT YOU SHARED IT TOGETHER.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING YOUR SUCCESSES BEYOND THIS NEXT YEAR.

WE'VE GOT ONE JUNIOR COMING BACK.

SO DJ WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU PLAY NEXT YEAR AND COACHING UP THE NEXT TEAM THAT'S GOING TO COME AND JOIN YOU.

AND SO VERY PROUD OF YOUR COACHES.

I'M PROUD OF THE PARENTS, THE COMMUNITY, OUR LEADERSHIP AT PLANO EAST.

JUST A TOP NOTCH.

AND WE'RE JUST SO INCREDIBLY PROUD.

AND TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE ROOM, I'M SO PROUD TO BE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.

I MEAN, NOT ONLY ARE YOU SHINING IN THE AREA OF PASSION THAT YOU'VE ALL CHOSEN, BUT YOU'RE SHINING IN THE CLASSROOM, TOO.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, THAT'S ALL OF YOU SITTING RIGHT HERE TODAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU.

WOW, THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, I'M TELLING YOU.

BUT THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY, I'M GOING TO ADD, WE NOTICED THAT THE FANS, THE PLANO EAST FANS WERE RESPECTFUL AND POLITE AND THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, EXHILARATED. BUT THEY WERE GOOD FANS AND WE WERE SO PROUD THAT THEY WERE SO GOOD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

Y'ALL ARE SHINING BRIGHT.

AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS AND CONTINUE YOUR EVENING.

MANY THANKS TRULY.

MANY THANKS FOR JOINING US AND LETTING US SHARE YOUR SUCCESSES AND HONOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MIC]

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YEAH. OKAY.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.

NON-AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

MR. STOCKTON, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE TO BE REMOVED, I ASK IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYLER, VICE PRESIDENT, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE SEVEN HANDS, SO I WON'T ASK FOR OPPOSED THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND NOW I WILL TURN THIS OVER.

WE HAVE SEVERAL EXCITING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT NOW THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS PASSED.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT.

FIRST STARTING, WE HAVE THREE NEW PRINCIPALS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR LEADERSHIP, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION.

MR. STEVE EWING AND RYAN STILL TO DO THE HONORS.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND CABINET.

I AM VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BILLIE JEAN LEE.

[APPLAUSE] BILLIE JEAN STARTED HER CAREER IN PLANO ISD IN 1989 AS AN ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE THEN BECAME THE HEAD BAND DIRECTOR AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE SHE CONTINUED HER LEADERSHIP JOURNEY UNTIL BEING NAMED ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN AT BOTH WILSON AND THEN ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN 2007, SHE BECAME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IN 2010, BILLIE JEAN WAS NAMED PRINCIPAL OF ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE SHE SUCCESSFULLY LED UNTIL SHE WAS NAMED BUILDING PRINCIPAL OF JASPER HIGH SCHOOL IN 2019.

I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH BILLIE JEAN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND I CAN TELL YOU SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER WHO EMBODIES THE VISION AND MISSION OF PLANO ISD.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT SHE IS GOING TO MAKE US ALL PLANO ISD PROUD.

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WELCOME, BILLIE JEAN.

[APPLAUSE] JOINING BILLIE JEAN TONIGHT IS HER HUSBAND, JOHN LEE.

I AM ALSO VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF BRAD BAILEY AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT MCMILLAN HIGH SCHOOL.

BRAD COMES TO US AS THE CURRENT INTERIM PRINCIPAL OF MCMILLAN HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE HAS STEPPED IN AND LED AT A HIGH LEVEL EVER SINCE DAY ONE.

BRAD BEGAN HIS CAREER IN PLANO ISD AT VINES HIGH SCHOOL AS A WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEACHER, BEFORE BECOMING A FOUNDING FACILITATOR AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

FROM THERE, BRAD BECAME AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL IN 2017, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER, WHICH LED TO HIS PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021.

BRAD HAS LEARNED AND BEEN MENTORED BY GREAT PRINCIPALS SUCH AS BILLIE JEAN LEE AND CURRENT PLANO WEST PRINCIPAL JANIS WILLIAMS. PLEASE WELCOME BRAD BAILEY AS THE NEW MCMILLAN HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

JOINING BRAD TONIGHT, HIS PARTNER IN CRIME FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT HAS BALANCED HER DEMANDING CAREER, WRANGLED THE KIDS, KEPT THE HOUSE AND SUPPORTED BRAD IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

HIS WIFE, BREE BAILEY, I SAY IT RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] HIS THOUGHTFUL, ENERGETIC AND CURRENTLY SLEEP DEPRIVED CHILDREN EVERETT, WHO IS EIGHT, FORD, WHO IS 6, AND QUINN, WHO IS TWO AND A HALF.

AND BRAD'S PARENTS, WHO TAUGHT HIM TO COMMUNICATE, TO CARE FOR OTHERS AND TO WORK HARD.

ROBIN AND BRUCE BAILEY.

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, BRAD BAILEY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I GET THE LAST ONE, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THE NEWEST PRINCIPAL AT ISAACS EARLY CHILDHOOD WILL BE KRISTIN BISHOP.

[APPLAUSE] KRISTIN HAS SERVED IN PLANO ISD FOR 24 YEARS AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM LEADER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WHERE I GOT TO WORK WITH HER AT ONE TIME AS A TEACHER.

THAT WAS PRETTY GREAT.

SHE'S BEEN A PRINCIPAL AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY, AND SHE'S CURRENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT SHEPHERD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I KNOW THAT KRISTIN IS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BEGIN THIS NEW ADVENTURE AT ISAACS EARLY CHILDHOOD.

JOINING HER TONIGHT ARE IS HER HUSBAND AND BARRETT.

BARRETT IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY AN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL, NOT PRINCIPAL.

I'M SORRY. TEACHER, HERE IN PLANO ISD.

SO, BARRETT, RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE'RE PROUD OF HIM. HE TEACHES HERE AS WELL.

AND ALSO, I DO WANT TO SAY A LITTLE SHOUT OUT.

SHE'S GOT SOME GREAT COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS HERE TO SUPPORT HER AS WELL.

SO Y'ALL GO AHEAD AND STAND REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AS WELL.

PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] SO CONGRATULATIONS KRISTIN.

WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU TO YOUR NEXT JOURNEY HERE IN PLANO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND FOR OUR FINAL INTRODUCTION, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DR.

GOBER. ACTUALLY, NOT OUR FINAL.

FOR OUR NEXT ONE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

GOBER. THANK YOU, DR.

WILLIAMS AND BOARD AND CABINET.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR FOR A NEW POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF CHILD CARE SERVICES, MISS STACIE BURKE.

STACIE STARTED HER TEACHING CAREER IN PLANO ISD IN 1995, WORKING AT BETHANY, AND THEN OPENED WYATT ELEMENTARY IN 2000.

SHE WAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER FOR TEN YEARS, AND DURING THAT TIME SHE WAS A FIFTH GRADE TEAM LEAD, WHICH INCLUDED CAMP KLASSEN, STUDENT COUNCIL, SPELLING BEE, AND SCIENCE FAIR CHAIRPERSON. WHILE TEACHING, STACIE ALSO ENJOYED WORKING AS AN ACADEMIC TEACHER, THEN SITE MANAGER FOR THE WYATT PASAR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

STACIE TRANSITIONED FROM TEACHING TO BE A ZONE LEADER FOR PASAR, WHERE SHE OVERSAW TEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

DURING THAT TIME, SHE WORKED AT PASAR STACIE BECAME A TEXAS STATE LICENSED CHILD CARE DIRECTOR, AND THEN THE COORDINATOR FOR PLANO ISD EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS. STACIE'S, 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING AND LEADING PLANO ISD CHILD CARE ALLOWED HER TO OPEN UP OUR FIRST EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER IN 2008, AND THEN TO ADDITIONAL CENTERS TO SUPPORT PLANO ISD EMPLOYEE RETENTION.

STACIE IS CURRENTLY THE COORDINATOR FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE TWO EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS AND OUR 43 PASAR SITES.

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STACIE PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION TO TEAM MEMBERS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING AND OVERSEEING SAFE AND ENGAGING CHILD CARE FOR PLANO ISD CHILD CARE PROGRAMS. STACIE AND HER TEAM SHE HAS HER TEAMMATES WITH HER.

I SEE MINDY, DEVIN, AND VALERIE, AND I SEE HER HUSBAND JASON AND THEIR DAUGHTER ELLIE.

STACIE, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING YOUR GREAT LEADERSHIP AS OUR CHILD CARE DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

AND NOW FOR OUR FINAL INTRODUCTION.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HILL. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS. I'M GOING TO HAVE CHIEF OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES, DR.

DUANA KINDLE COME UP AND INTRODUCE THIS LAST RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, BOARD AND DR.

WILLIAMS. IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING TO ADD TO YOUR TEAM.

AND SO WE ARE THRILLED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING TO BRING BEFORE YOU, MR. GREG GASTON.

MR. GASTON WILL BE JOINING US AS A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

HE COMES TO US WITH JUST OVER 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE HE IS A CURRENT DIRECTOR, SO HE IS HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING.

MR. GASTON HAS EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN HR DIRECTOR.

HE HAS NINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A PRINCIPAL.

HE HAS THREE YEARS AS AN AP, SIX YEARS AS A TEACHER.

HE ALSO HAS A MASTER'S IN EDUCATION FROM SFA, STEPHEN F AUSTIN, AND HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF NC [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION HERE FOR HR PROFESSIONALS.

AND WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE HE'S ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION.

HE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS SOMEONE WHO CAN TAKE CHARGE WHEN HE NEEDS TO.

HE GETS THE JOB DONE AND BEING WELL ROUNDED.

THAT'S FROM HIS RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE WENT THROUGH AND CHECKED HIS REFERENCES.

SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AGAIN.

MR. GASTON, IF YOU WOULD STAND.

[APPLAUSE] AND MR. GASTON WILL BE JOINING US IN APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 WEEKS.

SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO THEIR NEW POSITIONS.

THANK YOU FOR STEPPING INTO THESE LEADERSHIP ROLES.

WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU, AND WE THANK YOUR FAMILIES FOR BEING HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

AND ALL THE LONG HOURS THAT I'M SURE YOU'LL BE WORKING.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION ITEM SIX AND THE THE BOARD WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM

[6. CLOSED SESSION]

SIX ONE THROUGH SIX THREE, WHICH ARE TO HEAR AND CONSIDER THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY DANA DAVIS, CHARLETTE GABRIEL AND EMMETT SMITH PURSUANT TO BOARD POLICIES DGBA LEGAL AND DGBA LOCAL.

PRIOR TO THE HEARING, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT IN CLOSED SESSION WITH ITS ATTORNEY REGARDING THE LEVEL FOUR PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AS REQUESTED IN WRITING BY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE GRIEVANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, CHAPTER 21 AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 AND 551.082. THE BOARD WILL HEAR THE APPEAL IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE HEARING TO ASSIST THE BOARD.

FOLLOWING THE HEARING, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY IN CLOSED SESSION.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO FIRST CONSULT WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY AND THEN TO HOLD THE APPEAL DURING A HEARING DURING I'M SORRY, THE HEARING AND CONDUCT DELIBERATIONS ON THE SAME AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 55 1.071, 551.074 AND 551.082 AND THE TIME IS 7:09.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.