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MEMORANDUM        

 

TO:                  Board of Trustees                  

FROM:            Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:             April 15, 2015

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 21, 2015, 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

 

 

 

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.     A&M Consolidated Middle School

i.       Khyjian Thomas

ii.     Charles Waller

 

 

Students

BPA National Qualifiers

●      Victoria Evans, CSHS

●      Yusha Sun, AMCHS

●      Michael Yang, AMCHS

●      Mary Beth Duff, CSHS Advisor

●      Dianne Rister, AMCHS Advisor

●      Kelly Yates, CSHS Advisor

State Champion SkillsUSA

●      Erica Branham, AMCHS

●      Mark Cahill, CSHS

●      John Cassler, CSHS

●      Jonathan Chang, AMCHS

●      Dana Choe, AMCHS

●      Patrick Diaz, AMCHS

●      Ryan Feigenbaum, CSHS

●      Yuchen Gao, AMCHS

●      Ras Goodwyn, AMCHS

●      Bryson Greenwood, CSHS

●      Amanda Herrera, AMCHS

●      Tyler Hogan, CSHS

●      Kyle Krusekopf, AMCHS

●      Jared Lascurain, AMCHS

●      Ellen Li, AMCHS

●      Jiatao Liang, CSHS

●      Cahill Ordones, CSHS

●      Sam Park, CSHS

●      Aggela Polymenis, CSHS

●      Erika Salzman, AMCHS

●      Marcus Varni, CSHS

●      Pablo Villalobos, CSHS

●      Ann Yue, AMCHS

●      Chase Zamulinski, CSHS

●      Jill Conlin, CSHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Scott Faulk, AMCHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Stephen Green, CSHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Barbara Klein, AMCHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Chris Koym, CSHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Jason Oualline, CSHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Patrick Powell, AMCHS SkillsUSA Advisor

●      Bart Taylor, AMCHS SkillsUSA Advisor

 

 

Staff

Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO)

Certified Texas School Business Specialist

●      Sherry Coombs

●      Ginger Kubichek

●      Sheryl Welford

C-4.

 

Recognize artwork provided by A&M Consolidated Middle School and College Station Middle School and Timber Academy High School.

 

 

 

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 Committee

●      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.

√

MINUTES

●      March 24, 2014 Workshop Minutes

●      March 24, 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 2015-16 District Improvement Plan

●      McIntyre Memo

●      Draft District Improvement Plan

 

H-3.

√

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to Proclamation 2015 Textbook Adoptions

●      Kovacs Memo

●      Adoption List

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

 

Consider purchase of Audio Visual equipment for Spring Creek Elementary from Avinext for $248,728.00 from 2013 Bond funds.

·       Walker Memo

·       Pantel/Hutchison Memo

J-2.

 

Consider purchase of classroom Audio Enhancement Systems for Spring Creek Elementary from Avinext for $64,140.00 from 2013 Bond funds.

·       Walker Memo

·       Pantel/Hutchison Memo

J-3.

 

Consider purchase of Network Switches and Infrastructure  for Spring Creek Elementary from Avinext for $67,835.00 from 2013 Bond funds.

·       Walker Memo

·       Pantel/Hutchison Memo

J-4.

 

Consider purchase of forty-eight (48) HP computer workstations for the College Station High School Graphic Design and Animation Labs from Avinext for the amount of $88,320.00 from Career and Technology Federal funds.

·       Walker Memo

·       Pantel/Hutchison Memo

J-5.

√

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

·       Walker Memo

·       IMA and TEKS Certification

J-6.

√

Consider purchase of public address system for Spring Creek Elementary from Firetron, Inc for $62,876.77 from 2013 Bond funds.

·       Walker Memo

·       Pantel/Hutchison Memo

J-7.

√

Consider purchase of special needs bus from Longhorn Bus Sales for $94,895 from Special Services Federal Program funds.

·       Walker Memo

·       Pantel/Silva Memo

J-8.

√

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

●      Walker Memo

●      Head Start financial/credit card expenditures

J-9.

      √

Consider approval of monthly budget amendments.

●      Walker Memo

●      Amendments

J-10.

      √

Consider approval of financial reports.

●      Walker Memo

●      Reports

 

 

 

K.

 

FACILITIES

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 the College Station Middle School and Rock Prairie Elementary deferred maintenance project

·       Hall Memo

·       Joeris Letter

 

 

 

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

L-1.

 

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.

L-2.

 

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

 

VJ/ch

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.