MEMORANDUM                      

TO:                  Board of Trustees               

FROM:           Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:                        February 12, 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, February 18, 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.  Southwood Valley Elementary

     1.  Madison Long

     2.  Samuel Chew

b.  Pebble Creek Elementary

     1.  Will Zumwalt

     2.  Mallory Zumwalt

     3.  Nadav Lavy

 

C-2.

 

Students

a.  Highest possible score on ACT

     1.  Jiatao Liang

b.  All State Choir – Director Travis Angel

     1.  Randy Westmoreland

     2.  Laura Ramirez

c.  All State Band – Directors Jonathan Sweet and Eric Eaks

     1.  Simon Kapler

     2.  Amber Macha

     3.  Davis Ponjuan

     4.  Alonso Hernandez

     5.  Bradon Yosko

d.  All State Orchestra – Directors Jane McCormick and Jason Hooper

     1.  Minha Kim

     2.  James Wu

     3.  Woody Wang

 

C-3.

 

Recognize artwork provided by CSISD students from Southwood Valley Elementary, Pebble Creek Elementary and Oakwood Intermediate School

 

 

 

D.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

E.

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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 a Superintendent Search

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

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MINUTES

·         January 21, 2014 Workshop Minutes

·         January 21, 2014 Regular Meeting Minutes

·         February 3, 2014 Workshop Minutes

·         February 6, 2014 Workshop Minutes

 

 

 

H.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

H-1.

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Consideration, discussion and possible action related to 2014-2015 Birth to Five Head Start budget and grant

·         McIntyre Memo

·         Approval Statement

·         2014-2015 Funding

·         2014-2015 Budget Summary

H-2.

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Consideration, discussion and possible action related to an Early Release Day Waiver

·         McIntyre memo

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

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Consider approval of purchase of eFinance Public Sector Software Windows 5.0 upgrade from Sungard Pentamation for the amount of $75,114.00 from 2014 Bond funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hutchison Memo

·         SunGard Addendum

J-2.

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

·         Walker Memo

·         Head Start Financials

J-3.

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Consider approval of monthly budget amendments

·         Walker Memo

·         Amendments

J-4.

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Consider approval of financial reports

·         Walker Memo

·         Financials

 

 

 

K.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

K-1.

 

Consider approval of the 2014-15 CSISD school calendar

·         Ealy Memo

·         Proposed Calendar

K-2.

 

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 renovations to Creek View Elementary School and Rock Prairie Elementary School

·         Ealy Memo

·         Joeris Information

 

 

 

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.