1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:00,320 Mr. 2 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,520 Dale Frey. 3 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:03,920 Good evening, fellow board. 4 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:04,960 Thank you for the time. 5 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,400 I'm Dale Frey. 6 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,040 I am a resident of Lewisville ISD, and I wanted 7 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:09,840 to come to you today. 8 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,000 First, I need to apologize in advance if my speech 9 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:12,880 is a little bit dated. 10 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,040 I'm not sure if you guys have had the opportunity 11 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,680 to think about the following subject yet or come to 12 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,880 a conclusion on this. 13 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,880 But today I want to bring up the concept of 14 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,200 the blue bonnet curriculum being brought up by the State 15 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:23,920 Board of Education. 16 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,360 And when I say blue bonnet to those in the 17 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,120 room, I'm not talking about the school, I'm talking about 18 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,240 a curriculum. 19 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,520 I grow very concerned about this as this curriculum, of 20 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,520 course, is something that pushes Christian theology into our schools 21 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,800 and teaches Bible lessons starting from kindergarten going up to 22 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:39,920 a grade five. 23 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,920 I think this really opens up a very large can 24 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:42,720 of worms. 25 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,720 First of all, we have to ask ourselves which which 26 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,240 denomination is being taught here. 27 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,080 If you take a Catholic and a Southern Baptist and 28 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,840 you put them in the same room theologically, they're going 29 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,480 to disagree on probably quite more than a few things. 30 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:55,120 So it really opens up a can of worms, right? 31 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,760 Not to mention this can also turn our schools into 32 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,960 a potential uh competitor to our churches, because if you're 33 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,000 going to send your youngster to church once a week 34 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,960 on Sundays, well, that parent's also gonna say, well, wait 35 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:08,880 a minute, I send my kid to a public school 36 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,320 on multiple days per week. 37 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:12,880 It can make the school look like a competitor to 38 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:13,840 the church. 39 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,560 So I wanted to voice my concern there, and I 40 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,640 also, of course, did want to say that, you know, 41 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,200 obviously this would also hurt those who are Jewish and 42 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:22,960 Muslim and those who have who are not of faith, 43 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:25,120 and of course, this applies to both our students and 44 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,480 our teachers as well. 45 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,200 Uh with that said, if I have if I do 46 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,520 have that much time, then I'll keep going. 47 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,120 I understand why this could be tempting. 48 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,920 The reason it's tempting is because it will increase slightly 49 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,240 the amount of funding coming to this ISD. 50 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,200 I understand that all of our ISDs are lacking in 51 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:43,840 funds. 52 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,920 If I were you, I would do anything that I 53 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,240 can to increase the amount of funding coming into our 54 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:48,720 ISD. 55 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,240 I would take any deal that I could. 56 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,520 However, this one, this is just simply not enough. 57 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,840 From what I understand, this curriculum would only, if you 58 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,240 were to accept this curriculum into this ISD, I believe 59 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,960 it would only increase your funding by $60 per student. 60 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,520 $60 per student to you, honestly, to me, feels like 61 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:05,240 a slap in the face 62 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,400 Because look, guys, we had a lot of really good 63 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,960 candidates run in this past election. 64 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,880 And almost every one of us, at least us on 65 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,280 the Democratic side of the aisle, have been pushing for 66 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,640 and running for increasing the basic allotment by $1,400. 67 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:19,800 Because we know that basic allotment hasn't been adjusted since 68 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,440 2019 and inflation's been killing us in the sector. 69 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,240 $1,400 per student is what we need at least to 70 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,960 just to combat the inflation we've had since 2019. 71 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,200 And so when I see this as only going to 72 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,520 increase the funding, $60 per kit, merely $60 per kit 73 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,280 for all of us who wanted to increase the basic 74 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,320 allotment by $1,400, that's a real punch in the gut. 75 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,040 So I'm not sure if you all have had the 76 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,200 opportunity to sit down and think about whether or not 77 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,880 you all will accept this curriculum. 78 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,800 But if you are still thinking about it, I want 79 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,480 you to take that to your heart and to your 80 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:50,120 concerns. 81 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,240 Thank you. 82 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:52,440 Thank you, Mr. 83 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,560 Cray.