MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Board of Trustees                                        

FROM:            Tim Jones, Board President           

DATE:            April 9, 2008

SUBJECT:     Board of Trustees Meeting

 

 

There will be a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College Station Independent School District on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the AMC High School Lecture Room, AMC High School, 1802 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South, 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 a Moment of Silence

C-2.

 

Campus Artwork provided by Oakwood Intermediate School art students – taught by Teacher Melinda Austin

C-3.

 

Students

a.  2008 Yearbook Yearbook – Advisor Stormy Hickman

     1.  Laura Blomstedt

     2.  Johny Fisher

     3.  Ivan Garcia

     4.  Marylou Garcia

     5.  Jessica Garlick

     6.  Alli Glover

     7.  Shayne Hassel

     8.  Elle Hawthorne

     9.  Anna Malone

   10.  Katherine Mason

   11.  Stephanie Mason

   12.  Brian Nock

   13.  Kim Rife

   14.  Michelle Schuett

   15.  Hannah Smith

   16.  Julie Thompson

   17.  Taylor Thompson

   18.  Samantha Villacin

   19.  Caitlin Walker

   20.  Casey Wilhelm

   21.  Kris Wulfson

 

 

b.  AMC FFA Students – John Templeton

     1.  James Balthrop

     2.  Travis Benden

     3.  Dusty Blum

     4.  Blayne Cochrane

     5.  Mark Ethridge

     6.  Stephen Hines

     7.  Ian Love

     8.  Michael Massey

     9.  Tyler McFarland

   10.  Will Rooney

   11.  Reese Rosser

   12.  Jonathan Villasana

   13.  Garrett White

 

 

c.  AMCHS SkillsUSA State Competition – Teacher Bart Taylor

     1.  John Goen – 1st Place, Action Skills

     2.  Jessica Gantt, Taylor Thompson, Katheryn Cunha, Devin Place – 2nd Place, Broadcast New Anchor Team

     3.  Steve Manning – 2nd Place, Computer Maintenance Technical Information Test

     4.  Jessica Simon, Matt Garberding, Kyle Hobson, Cody Taylor – Superior, Computer Maintenance Computer Case Mod Projects

     5.  Michael Howard, Henry Inovejas, Kelvin Trinh – Superior, Computer Maintenance Computer Case Mod Projects

     6.  Henry Inovejas – 1st Place, Computer Technologies Technical Information Test

     7.  Alex Liu – 3rd Place, Computer Programming Competition

     8.  Annie Lin – Superior, Graphic Communication Digital Project

     9.  Jose Contreras – Superior, Graphic Communication Digital Project

   10.  Adam Garrett – Judges Choice, Superior, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   11.  Jennifer Glover, Maria Villa – Superior, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   12.  Jay Robinson – Superior, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   13.  Ryann Coombs, Morgan Moss – Excellent, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   14.  Irene Georghiades – Excellent, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   15.  Arjit Mahapatra – Excellent, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   16.  Kara Schoenemann – Excellent, Media Tech – Pre-produced Video Projects

   17.  Brandon Strain – 2nd Place, Technical Computer Applications

   18.  John Scroggins – 1st Place, Technical Computer Applications Technical Information Test

   19.  Ben Peacock – 2nd Place, Technical Computer Applications Technical Information Test

   20.  Adam Garrett – 1st Place, Television Production Technical Information Test

   21.  Jay Robinson – 1st Place, Television Camera Operator Technical Information Test

   22.  Arjit Mahapatra – 2nd Place, Television Camera Operator Technical Information Test

   23.  Andrew Jarrett – 2nd Place, Web Page Design Technical Information Test

   24.  Rafik Massoud – Superior, Web Page Design Project

 

 

d.  BPA State Leadership Conference – Teachers Dianne Rister, Kathy Fisher, Terri Casto

     1.  Max Bowman

     2.  Rachel Flores-Meath

     3.  Ali El-Halwagi

     4.  Jimmy Hemmer

     5.  Andrew Keating

     6.  Erica Liu

     7.  Kelsey Mills

     8.  Jessica Mitter

     9.  Pranitha Patil

   10.  Keri Wood

   11.  Emily Wu

Alternative Teams

1.      Liz Blomstedt

2.      Max Bowman

3.      Alex Liu

4.      Emily Wu

5.      Seth Carstens

6.      Jae Han

7.      Mengxiang Jiang,

8.      Robby Nevels

 

 

e.  Destination Imagination State Meet

     1.  Alex Coopersmith

     2.  Sidney Garrett

     3.  Thomas Morgan

     4.  Stacia Roberts

     5.  Kathryn Unger

 

 

f.  Duke Talent Recognition

     1.  AMC Middle School State Recognition

          a.  Gabriella Abou-el-kheir

          b.  Anas Abu-Odeh

          c.  Jared Alexander

          d.  Shankara Anand

          e.  Camille Aucoin

          f.  Olga Belyanina

          g.  Kaley Brauer

          h.  Maria Teresa DeFigueiredo

          i.  Deyu Deng

          j.  Lauren Gray

         k.  Viivi Jarvi

          l.  Vilja Jarvi

         m.  Kelli Klein

         n.  Matthew Lawler

        o.  Wanda Lipps

        p.  Harrison Park

        q.  Kensen Shi

         r.  Nathan Smith

        s.  Erin Taylor

         t.  Samantha Wang

         u.  Kelly Zhou

         A.  AMC Middle School National Recognition

              i.  Anas Abu-Odeh

             ii.  Shankara Anand

            iii.  Deyu Deng

            iv.  Harrison Park

             v.  Kensen Shi

            vi.  Samantha Wang

     2.  CS Middle School State Recognition

          a.  William Bonds

          b.  Amy Deng

          c.  Anne Finch

          d.  Angelique Gratton

          e.  Kevin He

          f.  Eric Lan

          g.  Alec Lindner

          h.  Jacob Mathews

          i.  Jeana Nam

          j.  Janet Ni

         k.  Mei Xuan Tan

         l.  Akshans Verma

        m.  Amanda Yang

         A.  CS Middle School National Recognition

               i.  Williams Bonds

              ii.  Amanda Yang

 

 

g.  MATHCOUNTS – Teacher Caroline Jones

     1.  Yongin Choi

     2.  David Deng

     3.  Kevin Li

     4.  Kensen Shi

 

 

h.   National Merit Scholarship Finalists

     1.  Andrey Belyanin

     2.  Wesley Chapkin

     3.  Jeffrey Chen

     4.  William Chen

     5.  Dale Delucia

     6.  Alexander Ivanov

     7.  Georgia Lagoudas

     8.  Christopher Lewis

     9.  Alex Liu

   10.  Clare Lynch

   11.  Wesley McDougal

   12.  Ignacio Olivera

   13.  Rebecca Phinney

   14.  Indrajit Sehbi

   15.  Samantha Walker

   16.  Rebecca Yasskin

 

 

i.  Texas Math & Science Coaches Association

     1.  AMC High School - Teacher Jamie Bassett

          a.  Saum Chaudhuri

          b.  Jeffrey Chen

          c.  Rajeev Kinra

          d.  Bruce Zhang

     2.  Cypress Grove Intermediate School – Teacher Jan Fechhelm

          a.  Abilasha Gokulan

          b.  Hoseok Jeung

          c.  Emily Miaou

          d.  Sam Welch

          e.  Connor White

 

 

 

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.

Ö

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

·        March 18, 2008 Board Workshop

·        March 18, 2008 Regular Board Meeting

·        March 24, 2008 Special Board Meeting

 

 

 

I.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

I-1.

Ö

Consider approval of Policy Update 82

 

A(LEGAL) Replace

DBE(LEGAL) Replace

AE(EXHIBIT) ADD

DBF(LOCAL) DELETE

AF(EXHIBIT) DELETE

DH(LOCAL) Replace

BBB(LEGAL) No policy enclosed

DHE(LEGAL) Replace

BBFB(LEGAL) Replace

DK(LEGAL) Replace

BDAF(LEGAL) Replace

EIF(LEGAL) Replace

BEC(LEGAL) Replace

EK(LEGAL) Replace

BJCF(LOCAL) Replace

EKB(LEGAL) Replace

CBB(LEGAL) Replace

FEA(LEGAL) Replace

CCA(LEGAL) Replace

FED(LEGAL) Replace

CCG(LEGAL) Replace

FFAA(LEGAL) Replace

CCH(LEGAL) Replace

FM(LEGAL) Replace

CDB(LEGAL) Replace

FMH(LEGAL) Replace

CDC(LEGAL) Replace

FN(LOCAL) Replace

CKC(LEGAL) Replace

FNAA(LOCAL) No policy enclosed

CL(LEGAL) Replace

FNCG(LEGAL) Replace

CNB(LEGAL) Replace

FOCA(LEGAL) Replace

CRD(LEGAL) Replace

FOD(LEGAL) Replace

CRG(LEGAL) Replace

G(LEGAL) Replace

CS(LEGAL) Replace

GKA(LEGAL) Replace

CV(LEGAL) Replace

GKDA(LOCAL) No policy enclosed

CVF(LEGAL) Replace

GND(LEGAL) Replace

D(LEGAL) Replace

GR(LEGAL) Replace

DBD(LOCAL) Replace

GRA(LEGAL) Replace

DBE(LEGAL) Replace

GRC(LEGAL) ADD

 

 

 

·        Greg McIntyre Memo

 

 

 

J.

 

PERSONNEL

J-1.

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Consider approval of Resignations

J-2.

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Consider approval of Employments

 

 

 

K.

 

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

K-1.

 

Consider selection of architect firms to serve as a resource for the Long Range Educational Planning Committee and/or to provide architectural services associated with new school facilities that may result from that planning process

·        Mike Ball Memo

K-2.

 

Consider designating a portion of the fund balance in the General Fund for expenditures associated with future new campuses

·        Mike Ball Memo

K-3.

 

Consider approval of acquisition of portable classroom buildings through the Texas Local Government Statewide Purchasing Cooperative (Buyboard)

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel Memo