MEMORANDUM         

TO:                  Board of Trustees

FROM:            Tim Jones, Board President

DATE:            July 18, 2007

SUBJECT:     Board of Trustees Regular Meeting

 

There will be a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College Station Independent School District on Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in the CSISD Board Room, CSISD Administrative Offices, 1812 Welsh, College Station, Texas.  The following items are on the agenda:

 

ITEM NOS.

CONSENT

ITEMS

DESCRIPTIONS

A.

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

 

 

B.

 

DECLARATION OF QUORUM

 

 

 

C.

 

RECOGNITIONS

C-1.

 

Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Texas Flag, and Moment of Silence

C-2.

 

Students

a.  National Skills USA, Media Technology Instructor Scott Faulk

     1.  Adrian Vasquez de Velasco

     2.  Tom Vestal

 

 

 

D.

 

BOARD

D-1.

 

Board Directions and Reports/ Announcements/ Superintendent Reports

 

 

 

E.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

H.

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES

·        June 19, 2007 Board Workshop

·        June 19, 2007 Regular Board Meeting

·        June 25, 2007 Special Board Meeting

 

 

 

I.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

I-1.

 

Receive Report from Robin Oberg, Director of Special Programs, regarding CSISD Dual Language Program

·        Greg McIntyre Memo

I-2.

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Consider approval of the Student Code of Conduct for the 2007-2008 school year

·        Greg McIntyre Memo

·        Student Code of Conduct

 

 

 

J.

 

PERSONNEL

J-1.

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Consider approval of Resignations

J-2.

Ö

Consider approval of Employments

J-3.

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Consider approval of 2007-2008 Teacher Observation and Appraisal Calendar

·        Glynn Walker Memo

·        Calendar

 

 

 

K.

 

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

K-1.

 

Consider establishing meeting dates for Public Hearing on Budget Adoption and Tax Rate for 2007-2008 fiscal year

*Meeting legal requirements set forth in Statute

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Appendix 1

·        TIT Seminar Schedule 2007

K-2.

 

Consider approval of the District’s Wealth Equalization Plan for the 2007-2008 fiscal year under Chapter 41 of the Texas Education Code

·        Mike Ball Memo

K-3.

 

Consideration and possible approval of a Financing Plan to issue $67,420,000 Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2007; authorizing staff and consultants to proceed with document preparation

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Southwest Securities Memorandum

K-4.

 

Consider approval of a Respondent entity to provide construction Manager at Risk Services to the District for the construction projects related to the 2007 Bond Program

·        Mike Ball Memo

K-5.

 

Consider approval of Competitive Sealed Proposals for:

a.  Property and Casualty Insurance

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Summary

b.  Student Accident Insurance

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Summary

K-6.

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Consider approval of responses to Request for Quotes from Catalog Information Services (CISV) Vendors for Left Hand Network San Equipment in the amount of $61,631.00

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Speier Memo

·        RFQ

K-7.

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Consider approval of purchase of Calculator Teacher Kits for A&M Consolidated High School from a Department of Information Resources (DIR) vendor in the amount of $27,412.66

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel Memo

·        Formal Price Quotation

K-8.

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Consider approval of purchase of food service equipment through the Gulf Coast Cooperative which is administered by the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) Purchasing Cooperative in the amount of $88,683.99

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Dahm Memo

·        Summary

K-9.

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Consider approval of Monthly Financial Reports

*Reports Covering the month ended June 30, 2007.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        General Fund

·        Child Nutrition Program

·        Debt Service Fund

·        Investment Summary

·        Lone Star

·        TEXPOOL

·        District Activity Funds

·        Tax Collection Report

K-10.

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Consider approval of Monthly Budget Amendments

*Amendments Covering the period since last Board Meeting.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Amendment

 

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

L-1.

 

The Board will meet in executive session to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.  The executive session deliberations will be held pursuant to the "Deliberation Regarding Real Property" exception to the Texas Open Meetings Act as set forth in Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code

 

 

 

M.

 

OPEN SESSION

 

 

 

N.

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

                                                                       

TIM JONES, BOARD PRESIDENT           

 

 

The Board of Trustees reserves the right to go into executive session in accordance with Section 551.071 through 551.084 of the Texas Government Code to discuss any item(s) it is authorized to discuss in executive session in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.  Any necessary Board action related to such item(s) will be taken in open session following executive session.

 

TJ/bf

Summary Notes have been placed beneath each

Consent Agenda item for clarification purposes.

Individual Board Members review each Agenda Item

at least 72 hours prior to the actual Board Meeting.