MEMORANDUM         

TO:                  Board of Trustees

FROM:            Tim Jones, Board President

DATE:            April 11, 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, April 17, 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.

 

Recognize Campus Artwork Displayed

C-3.

 

Staff

a.  Recognize Grant Recipients

     1.  “Comprehension”

     2.  “Teaching the World with Advanced Technology”

     3.  “SMART Science”

     4.  “Freedom’s Voice”

     5.  “Shared Inquiry in Spanish”

     6.  “The 3 R’s: Readin’, ‘Ritin’ and ‘Rithmetic for Special Learners at College Hills Elementary”

     7.  “Math in Motion”

     8.  “Connections”

     9.  “Writing: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere”

   10.  “School of Rock – Learning to the Beat”

   11.  “Tiger Claws”

 

 

b.  SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year

     1.  Bart Taylor

C-4.

 

Students 

 

 

a.  Siemen’s Award - National

     1.  Kathleen Li

 

 

b.  Siemen’s Award - State

     1.  Brian Liu

 

 

c.  National Duke Talent Identification Program – College Station Middle School

     1.  Leonel Drukker

     2.  Minpeng Li

 

 

 d.  State Duke Talent Identification Program – College Station Middle School

     1.  Austin Anderson

     2.  Colton Brown

     3.  Shelby Buenger

     4.  Kyle Campbell

     5.  Alexander Carstens

     6.  Zachary Carstens

     7.  Lacey Chollett

     8.  Cristina Clark

     9.  Shaunna Fitzpatrick

   10.  Matthew Jones

   11.  Miles Love

   12.  Celina Malave

   13.  Erin Mitchell

   14.  Rebekah Morris

   15.  Alec Paradowski

   16.  Courtney Rogers

   17.  Claire Warlick

 

 

e.  National Duke Talent Identification Program – A&M Consolidated Middle School

     1.  Kevin Li 

 

 

f.  State Duke Talent Identification Program – A&M Consolidated Middle School

     1.  Yeowon Ahn

     2.  Justin Benden

     3.  Taylor Beyer

     4.  Nevin Blum

     5.  Kathryn Cerami

     6.  Aparna Datta

     7.  Sky Dominguez

     8.  Eric Gan

     9.  Michael Giedraitis

   10.  Garryn Green

   11.  Joanne Koola

   12.  Courtney Peters

   13.  Hunter Rhodes

   14.  Debra Roussel

   15.  Marshall Tolleson

   16.  Dean Zhu

 

 

 g.  MATHCOUNTS

     1.  Kevin Li

 

 

 h. Outstanding Trade & Industrial Student

     1.  Katie Prochaska

 

 

 i.  SkillsUSA

     1.  Chris Ballentine

     2.  Antonio Bermudez

     3.  Tad Duncan

     4.  Colin Eikenhorst

     5.  Stephen Gamache

     6.  Irene Georghiades

     7.  Sean Grant

     8.  Stephen Green

     9.  Steven Hess

   10.  Shannon Jones

   11.  Jared Noynaert

   12.  Katie Prochaska

   13.  Paul Robert

   14.  Adrian Vasquez de Velasco

   15.  Tom Vestal

 

 

j.  Texas Math & Science Coaches Association

     1.  Kevin Li

     2.  Zach Wu

     3.  Amanda Yang

     4.  Bruce Zhang

 

 

 

D.

 

BOARD

D-1.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action regarding the 2006-2007 Superintendent Evaluation Process.

D-2.

 

Board Directions and Reports/ Announcements/ Superintendent Reports

D-3.

Ö

Consider approval of 2007-2008 CSISD School Board Meeting Dates

*Annual approval of meeting dates

·        Ann Ganter Memo

 

 

 

E.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

H.

Ö

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

·        March 20, 2007 Workshop Minutes

·        March 20, 2007 Regular Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

I-1.

Ö

Consider approval of Resignations

I-2.

Ö

Consider approval of Employments

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

J-1.

 

Consider responses to Request for Competitive Sealed Proposals for the following items:

a.  Carpet and Tile for Southwood Valley Elementary School

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Norton Memo

·        Carpet and Tile Quotations

·        Carpet and Tile Points Sheet

·        Pantel Recommendation

·        Thomas Recommendation

·        Norton Recommendation

b.  Acoustical Ceilings for Southwood Valley Elementary School

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Norton Memo

·        Acoustical Quotations

·        Acoustical Points Sheet

·        Pantel Recommendation

·        Thomas Recommendation

·        Norton Recommendation

c.  Painting, Sealing and Caulking for Southwood Valley

Elementary School

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Norton Memo

·        Paint and Sealants Quotations

·        Paint Points Sheet

·        Pantel Recommendation

·        Thomas Recommendation

·        Norton Recommendation

J-2.

Ö

Consider authorization of purchase through The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) of Chillers for Southwood Valley Elementary School.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Norton Memo

·        Hunton Trane Services Quotation

J-3.

Ö

Consider authorization of purchases utilizing the Texas A&M University Interlocal Agreement of the following items:

a.  Laptop computers from MicroAge for the Career and Technology Education program

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Speier/McLeod Memo

·        MicroAge Quotation

 

 

b.  Audio visual equipment from MicroAge for Staff Development, Math Department, CATE, Pebble Creek Elementary School, College Station Middle School and Cypress Grove Intermediate School.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Speier Memo

·        MicroAge Quotation

J-4.

Ö

Consider approval of Monthly Financial Reports

*Reports Covering the period of March 1-31, 2007.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        General Fund

·        Child Nutrition Program

·        Debt Service Fund

·        TEXPOOL

·        Lone Star

·        Investment Summary

·        Tax Collection Report

·        District Activity Funds

J-5.

Ö

Consider approval of Monthly Budget Amendments

*Amendments Covering the period since last Board Meeting.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Budget Amendment Number 8

 

K.

 

ELECTIONS

K-1.

       Ö

Consider approval of the Interlocal Government Agreement between the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas The Board of Trustees of CSISD and Brazos County ordering a Special Election to be held in said city and school district on May 12, 2007 for the Purpose of a State-wide Constitutional Amendment Election, and providing procedures relating to the conduct of said elections.

·        Beth French Memo

·        Interlocal Agreement

K-2.

       Ö

Consider approval of Election Judges

·        Beth French Memo

·        Resolution

K-3.

       Ö

Consider approval of contract with Texas Voting Systems

·        Beth French Memo

·        Contract

 

 

 

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.