MEMORANDUM      

TO:                  Board of Trustees

FROM:            Tim Jones, Board President

DATE:            October 10, 2006

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, October 17, 2006, at 7:15 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.

 

Students

 

 

a.  National Merit Semi-Finalists

1.  Laura Acuff

2.  Kathleen Coulson

3.  Michele Ebbole

4.  Mary Eggebrecht

5.  Corinne Eijsink

6.  Harrison Fox

7.  Paul Gustafson

8.  Ian Ivy

9.  Kathleen Li

10. Brian Liu

11. Colin MacKenzie

12. Heidi Martini-Stoica

13. Renee McVay

14. Jared Noynaert

15. Dimitar Popov

16. Daniel Tomkins

17. Adrian Vasquez de Velasco

 

 

b.  National Hispanic Recognition Program

1.  Adriel Fidone

2.  Sean Lau

3.  Joseph Saenz

4.  Adrian Vasquez de Velasco

 

C-4.

 

Special Recognition

a.  Fiber Optics Project Partners – City of College Station, Texas A&M University

1.  Olivia Burnside

2.  Isaias Hernandez

3.  Ben Roper

4.  John Schlandt

5.  Brandon Sosa

 

 

 

D.

 

BOARD DIRECTIONS AND REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/

SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS

 

 

·        Report related to School Safety and Security

·        Report related to Student Health

E.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

H.

Ö

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

·        September 19, 2006 Workshop

·        September 19, 2006 Regular Board Meeting

 

 

 

I.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

I-1.

 

Receive Highly Qualified Report from Donna Adams, Director of Curriculum & Instruction

·        Greg McIntyre Memo

I-2.

Ö

Consider Approval of a Texas Education Agency Waiver allowing A&M Consolidated High School to have a modified class schedule on TAKS testing days

*Districts/Schools may request waivers from TEA allowing for modified scheduled on the dates TAKS is administered.

·        Greg McIntyre Memo

·        Waiver

·        Schedule

I-3.

Ö

Consider approval of the Grades 6-8 and High School Math Textbook adoption Committee Members.

*Grades 6-12 Math Textbooks will be adopted throughout the course of the 2006-2007 school year.

·        Donna Adams Memo

·        Textbook Selection Committee Membership

 

 

 

J.

 

PERSONNEL

J-1.

Ö

Consider approval or Resignations and Retirements

J-2.

Ö

Consider approval of Employments

 

 

 

K.

 

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

K-1.

 

Consider Competitive Sealed Proposals for an Outdoor LED Message Board for A&M Consolidated High School.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel/Ron Fox Memo

·        LED Message Board Bids

·        Construction Proposal Evaluation

K-2.

 

Consider authorization for purchase of vehicles through the (HGAC) Houston Galveston Area Purchasing Cooperative

a.  School Buses

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Vehicle Acquisition Plan for 2006-2007

·        Mark Pantel/Bill Conaway Memo

·        Quote No. 175068

·        Quote No. 186037

·        Quote No. 183297

b.  Vehicles for Transportation, Operations, Child Nutrition and Career and Technology Departments

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Vehicle Acquisition Plan for 2006-2007

·        Pantel/Norton/Conaway/Dahm/McLeod Memo

·        D24

·        D40

·        D38

·        Dodge Ram

·        Dodge Caravan

K-3.

 

Consider authorization for purchase of Laserfiche Electronic Document Imaging Software and Kodak Scanners through (TCPN) The Cooperative Purchasing Network.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Pantel/Speier/Jackson Memo

·        SmartFiles

·        Dell Quotation

K-4.

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Consider approval of Monthly Financial Reports

*Reports Covering the period of September 1-30, 2006.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        General Fund

·        Child Nutrition Program

·        Debt Service Fund

·        Investment Summary

·        TEXPOOL

·        Lone Star

·        Tax Collection Report

·        District Activity Funds

K-5.

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Consider approval of Monthly Budget Amendments

*Amendments Covering the period since last Board Meeting.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Budget Amendment Number 2

 

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

 

 

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.