[Oath of Office Meeting on June 30, 2022. ]
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WELCOME TO THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLED MEETING TONIGHT.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR ACTUAL MEETING, WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING THINGS TO DO BEFOREHAND.
I SEE A LOT OF VERY FAMILIAR FACES OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT.
SO WE HAVE THE PLEASURE TONIGHT OF SWEARING IN OUR DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE, VANESSA PACHECO, WHO WILL BE SWORN IN BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE CLINTON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
ALSO, WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME AFTERWARDS TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
MS. PACHECO. I WANT TO START BY SAYING WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TODAY FOR ME TO SWEAR YOU IN AS A PARENT OF AN RISD STUDENT, AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, AS A WOMAN WHO IS THRILLED WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY BEING A PART OF IT.
BY SWEARING YOU IN, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR.
IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND FOLLOW THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE.
SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT TWO TRUSTEE.
RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY PRESENT.
WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.
TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.
AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND TAKE AS MANY PHOTOS AS YOU LIKE.
AS A [INAUDIBLE] PERSON, AN AMERICAN, I HONOR MY ANCESTORS TODAY WHOSE ROOTS DEEP, WHOSE ROOTS RUN DEEP AND WIDE ACROSS THESE LANDS, WHO PERSEVERED THROUGH A LOT OF TRANSGRESSIONS AND LOVED WITH PURPOSE SO THAT I COULD BE HERE TODAY.
I THANK MY FAMILY FOR THEIR UNFETTERED SUPPORT TO GET ME HERE TO THIS DAY.
I THANK MY EXCELLENT TEAM, MY SUPPORTERS, THE VOLUNTEERS, AND ALL VOTERS.
AND IN THE WORDS OF ROSARIO CASTELLANOS, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO IMITATE THE MODELS PROPOSED FOR US THAT ARE ANSWERS TO CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER THAN OUR OWN.
IT ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH TO DISCOVER WHO WE ARE.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.WE'RE GOING TO PUT HER TO WORK. YOU GOT A 15 MINUTE BREAK THEN BAM!
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.