Focal Points

With the increased state ranking standards last year, Frisco ISD fell from our well-expected Recognized ranking to a ranking of Academically Acceptable. The main reason for this fall was the inability of the district to meet the needs of African American and economically challenged student populations in Science. There are many other factors that go into the formula of rankings, but overall this demonstrates that FISD must grow in order to meet the needs of our increasingly global population.

I am a firm believer that every student is an individual on a unique path towards adulthood. Students have specific goals and needs which they have set for themselves and their future. The addition of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is a good first step by the FISD’s desire to help meet the needs of students wanting technical as well as conventional forms of learning. This is an awesome milestone for our district and I believe, will become a staple of all the educational programs in our future. However, with this said, the CTE program will also have a large number of consumables which will need to be repurchased every year. As our district increases in size and the amount of high school students increases, the need for more CTE programs will become inevitable. This could eventually end in a very high price tag handed over to tax payers. My plan to create partnerships with local businesses in order to give our students more experience and training while cutting the district’s need to solely support all programs financially will help alleviate these possible tax increases.

FISD has always been a front runner for school districts in environmental friendly practices. Through a partnership with the City of Frisco Environmental Services, they won Best Environmental Education program for a school district from Keep Texas Beautiful. With new technologies and strategies, there is much more I would like to help the district accomplish.

One of the first things which I noticed when I began working with the FISD schools was the strong sense of community. When walking the hallways with administrators, I am extremely impressed with their ability to know each student by name and be able to tell a quick anecdote about some recent accomplishment. These types of relationships are heavily influenced by the belief that smaller schools are more beneficial for student learning.