MEMORANDUM                      

TO:                  Board of Trustees               

FROM:           Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:                        October 15, 2013

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, October 15, 2013 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.  Timber Academy

     1. Azalie Baumann

     2.  Gunner Bryant

     3.  Tass Devault

C-2.

 

Students

a.  National Merit Semifinalists

     1. Dana Branham

     2.  Bryan Conlee

     3.  Mark Ebbole

     4.  Ezekiel Hsieh

     5.  Michelle Liu

     6.  Abigail McDougal

     7.  Emily Miaou

     9.  Nicolas Schlumprecht

   10.  Rachel Scott

   11.  Joshua Tremblay

   12.  Brooke Versaw

   13.  Victoria Yao

   14.  Cynthia Zhang

   15.  Taylor Zhang

C-3.

 

Recognize artwork provided by students from Timber Academy, College Station High School, A&M Consolidated High School, and Forest Ridge Elementary

 

 

 

D.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

 

 

E.

 

BOARD

E-1.

 

Consider approval of Superintendent Contract

E-2.

 

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

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

Ö

MINUTES

·         September 17, 2013 Workshop Minutes

·         September 17, 2013 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

H.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

I-1.

Ö

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to employing Director of Technology, Dave Hutchison

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

 

Receive the Annual Investment Report for the fiscal year ending  August 31, 2013

·         Glynn Walker Memo

·         Report

J-2.

Ö

Consider adoption of the Resolution stating that the Board of Trustees has reviewed the district’s investment policy and investment strategies

·         Glynn Walker Memo

·         Resolution

·         Board Policy CDA (Legal)

·         Board Policy CDA (Local)

J-3.

Ö

Consider approval of Head Start Financials and Credit Card Expenditures

·         Glynn Walker Memo

·         Head Start Financials and Credit Card Expenditures

J-4.

Ö

Consider approval of Monthly Budget Amendments

·         Glynn Walker Memo

·         Amendments

J-5.

Ö

Consider approval of Financial Reports

·         Glynn Walker Memo

·         Financials

 

 

 

K.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

K-1.

Ö

Consider approval of Missed Instructional Day Waiver for Southwood Valley Elementary

·         Clark Ealy Memo

 

 

 

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

L1.

 

The Board will meet in executive session to discuss the Superintendent Contract.  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

L-2.

 

The Board will meet in executive session to conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property because the deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the District in negotiations with a third party.  The executive session deliberations will be held pursuant to the “Deliberation Regarding Real Property; Closed Meeting” exception to the Texas Open Meetings Act as set forth in Section 551.0742 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.