MEMORANDUM                              

 

TO:                  Board of Trustees                  

FROM:            Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:             August 14, 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, August 19, 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. Cinco and Emma Deegear

C-2.

 

Employees

Texas State Comptroller’s Leadership Circle

“Platinum Award for Financial Transparency”

 

C-3.

 

Recognize artwork provided by Elementary Enrichment Students

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

√

MINUTES

●     June 17, 2014 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

●     June 23, 2014 Board Workshop Minutes

●     July 15, 2014 Board Workshop Minutes

●     July 15, 2014 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

H.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

H-1.

 

Receive 2014 Preliminary STAAR and STAAR End of Course Results

·         Perry Memo

H-2.

 

Receive report on 2014 CSISD Community Based Accountability System

·         Perry Memo

H-3.

√

Consider approval of Code of Conduct for 2014-15 School Year

·         McIntyre Memo

·         Proposed 2014-15 Student Code of Conduct – English

·         Proposed 2014-15 Student Code of Conduct - Spanish

H-4.

√

Consider approval of Board Policies EIC (Local) and EIF (Local)

·         McIntyre Memo

·         Proposed Policy EIC (LOCAL)

·         Proposed Policy EIF (LOCAL)

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

I-1.

√

Consider approval of new administrator contracts as recommended by Superintendent of Schools

●     Karen Ferguson, Director for Career and Technology Education

○     Walker Memo

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

 

Consider approval of school district budget for fiscal year beginning September 1, 2014 and ending August 31, 2015.

·         Walker Memo

·         Proposed Budget

J-2.

 

Consider approval of ordinance adopting tax rate for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

·         Walker Memo

·         Ordinance

J-3.

 

Consider approval of purchase of 480 Lenovo ThinkPad Netbooks from Avinext, per the existing Department of Information Resources Contract, for the amount of $263,520.00 purchased from 2013 bond program funds

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hutchison Memo

·         Quote

J-4.

√

 

Consider approval of the 2014 tax roll for College Station ISD as submitted by the Brazos Central Appraisal District.

·         Walker Memo

·         Tax Roll

J-5.

√

Consider award of Request for Bids #14-011 Plumbing Labor to Ed Phillips Plumbing and Brazos Valley Sewer and Drain Service.

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hall Memo

·         Matrix

J-6.

√

Consider award of Request for Bids #14-010 Electrician Labor to BCA Electric and Sadler Electric.

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hall Memo

·         Matrix

J-7.

√

Consider award of Request for Bids #14-013 Civil Labor to Palomares Construction.

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Hall

·         Matrix

J-8.

√

Consider award of  Request for Bids  #14-0031 Fuel Bid to Brenco Marketing for an estimated yearly total of $568,570.00.

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel/Silva

·         Bid Tabulation

J-9.

√

Consider approval of the Resolution authorizing the Interlocal Agreement with Texas A&M University for the procurement of goods and services.

·         Walker Memo

·         Pantel Memo

·         Resolution

J-10.

√

Consider approval of Resolution Amending Authorized Representatives for the TexPool Investment Services.

·         Walker Memo

·         Resolution

J-11.

√

Consider approval of changes to CSISD authorized representatives for First Public - Lone Star Investment Pool.

·         Walker Memo

·         Add Form

J-12.

√

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

·         Walker Memo

·         HS Financials

J-13.

      √

Consider approval of monthly budget amendments.

·         Walker Memo

·         Amendments

J-14.

      √

Consider approval of financial reports.

·         Walker Memo

·         Financials

 

 

 

K.

 

FACILITIES

K-1.

 

Receive recommendation from Rezoning Committee for new elementary attendance zones to take effect for the 2015-16 school year

·         Ealy Memo

K-2.

√

Consider approval of America's Nationwide Netting, Inc. bid of $72,000 for the CSHS Baseball Backstop Improvement project to be paid from 2009 bond savings

·         Hall Memo

·         Backstop Info

 

 

 

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

L-1.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the superintendent evaluation.  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.