MEMORANDUM                     

TO:                  Board of Trustees               

FROM:           Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:                        April 9, 2014

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, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the CSISD Board Room, CSISD Central Administration, 1812 Welsh, College Station, Texas.  The following items are on the agenda:

 

ITEM NOS.

CONSENT

ITEMS

DESCRIPTIONS

A.

 

CALL TO ORDER /WELCOME

 

 

 

B.

 

DECLARATION OF QUORUM/WELCOME

 

 

 

C.

 

RECOGNITIONS

C-1.

 

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

a.  Oakwood Intermediate School

b.  Cypress Grove Intermediate School

C-2.

 

Students

 

 

a.  3A Individual State Champion Powerlifters - Coach Greg Frasure

    1.  Corey Nutall - CS High School

    2.  Ashley Troutman - CS High School

    3.  Desmond Payton - CS High School

b.  State Champion Tractor Technician Team - Coach John Templeton

    1.  Nick Raley - AMC High School

    2.  David Buxkemper - AMC High School

    3.  Dustin McGee - AMC High School

c.  National Qualifiers - Skills USA - AMC High School Coaches:  Scott Faulk, Barbara Klein, Patrick Powell, and Bart Taylor; CS High School Coaches:  Stephen Green, Jason Qualine, Jill Steenbergen and Eric Pesak

    1.  Mark Ebbole - AMC High School

    2.  Sarah Ann Porter - AMC High School

    3.  David Holbrook - AMC High School

    4.  Patrick Diaz - AMC High School

    5.  John Cassler - CS High School

    6.  Tyler Johnson - CS High School

    7.  Kelvin Wang - CS High School

    8.  Samantha Villalobos - CS High School

    9.  Pablo Villalobos - CS High School

d.  National Qualifiers - Business Professionals of America - Coach Kathy Fisher

    1.  Chengcen Shao - AMC High School

    2.  Stephen Wang - AMC High School

      3.  Vicky Yao - AMC High School

C-3.

 

Teacher

a.     HEB Excellence in Education Award Finalist and      Skills USA Advisor of the Year

        1.  Bart Taylor

C-4.

 

Recognize artwork provided by CSISD students from Oakwood Intermediate, Cypress Grove Intermediate, and Rock Prairie Elementary

 

 

 

D.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

E.

 

BOARD

E-1.

 

Board Directions and Reports/Announcements/ Superintendent Reports and Announcements

 

Board

·         CSISD Education Foundation

·         District Educational Improvement Council

·         Audit

·         Head Start Policy Council

·         Intergovernmental Relations Liaison

·         Personnel Advisory Council Liaison

·         School Health Education Council

·         Upcoming Events

 

Superintendent

·         Upcoming events

 

 

 

E-2.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to naming the ninth elementary in CSISD Spring Creek Elementary

·         Coulson Memo

E-3.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to naming Clark Ealy as the CSISD Superintendent

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

Ö

MINUTES

·         March 17, 2014 Workshop Minutes

·         March 18, 2014 Workshop Minutes

·         March 18, 2014 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

H.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

H-1.

 

Receive Report from Chairman Debe Shafer related to School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC)

H-2.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the 2014-15 District Improvement Plan

·         McIntyre Memo

·         Proposed District Improvement Plan

H-3.

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Consideration, discussion and possible action related to 2014-15 Textbook Adoptions

·         Kovacs Memo

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

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Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the purchase of two (2) International 4300 box trucks with lifts from Santex Truck Centers for a total of $153,142.00 from 2013 Bond Funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Silva Memo

·         Profile

J-2.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the purchase of Bus Communication Hardware and GPS Units from Sprint for a total of $51,888.64 from 2013 Bond Funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Silva Memo

·         Proposal

J-3.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to Instructional Material Allotment and TEKS Certification

·         Walker Memo

·         Certification

J-4.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the purchase of the Toro Groundsmaster 5900 Mower from Professional Turf Products for the amount of $82,488.15 from 2009 Bond Funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hall Memo

·         Proposal

J-5.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the purchase of  Air Conditioning units to be installed at South Knoll Elementary gymnasium from Carrier Corporation for $133,464.49 from  2013 Bond Funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hall Memo

·         Specs

J-6.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the purchase of chiller replacement coils to be installed at Rock Prairie Elementary from Entech Sales and Service  for $68,400.00  from  2013 Bond Funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hall Memo

·         Proposal

J-7.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the purchase of band uniforms at A&M Consolidated High School for the amount of $76,770.00 from Stansbury Uniforms from 2009 Bond Funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Reed Memo

·         Proposal

J-8.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to purchase of Video Security Systems

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hutchison Memo

·         Proposal

J-9.

Ö

Consider approval of monthly Head Start financial statements and credit card expenditures

·         Walker Memo

·         Head Start Financials

J-10.

Ö

Consider approval of monthly budget amendments

·         Walker Memo

·         Budget Amendments

J-11.

Ö

Consider approval of financial reports

·         Walker Memo

·         Financials

 

 

 

K.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

K-1.

 

Consider approval of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), the total project budget, authorization for the Superintendent or his designee to execute necessary documents associated therewith, and the authorization to proceed with the work associated with Elementary School #9

·         Ealy Memo

·         GMP Proposal

K-2.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to  College Station Independent School District funding a study related to partnering with other entities to build a natatorium

·         Ealy Memo

K-3.

Ö

Consider approval of a waiver request to the Texas Education Agency for low attendance on bad weather days

·         Ealy Memo

 

 

 

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

L-1.

 

The Board will meet in executive session to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.  The executive session deliberations will be held pursuant to the “Personnel Matters; Closed Meeting” exception to the Texas Open Meetings Act as set forth in Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code.

 

 

 

M.

 

OPEN SESSION

 

 

 

N.

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

                                                                        Valerie Jochen                                

                                                                        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.

 

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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.