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MEMORANDUM                    

 

TO:                  Board of Trustees                  

FROM:            Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:             October 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, October 20, 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 /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. Baylon Jeske - Creek View Elementary

     b. Macie Kutzenberger - Creek View Elementary

     c. Marlie Kutzenberger - Creek View Elementary

     d. Isaiah Perkins- South Knoll Elementary

     e. Jude Perkins - South Knoll Elementary

 

C-2.

 

Students

1.     National Merit Semifinalists

       Minha Kim, Lisa Liu, Alexander Ober, Stephanie Palazzolo, Sandesh Reddy, Maximilian Russo, Erika Salzman, Lauren Spohn, Yusha Sun, Rohen Sukkawala, Steven Wang, Annie Zhang

2.     National Merit Commended Letter Recipients

       Erica Branham, Alexander Cantrell, Leonor Castro, Kevin Choi, Matthew Eckhart, Nicolas Farmer, David Gan, Olivia Garrett, Audrey Hamff, Jessika Harris, Taylor Holland, Simon Kapler, Arjun Krishnamoorthi, Huiyu Li, Tarun Muthunchamy, Mason Ouren, Sagar Patel, Eric Pillai, Aggela Polymenis, Danielle Scott, Yashovardhan Singh, Patrick Sorescu, Maria Sottile, Hannah Stewart, Raymond Tjhia, Ian Tremblay, James Walker, Woodrow Wang, Fallon Wenck, Wesley White, Esther Yi

3.     National Hispanic Recognition Program

       Connor Countryman, Tara De Leon, Nicholas Farmer, Francisco Mackin-Plankey, Sierra Ortega

C-3.

 

Recognize artwork provided by Rock Prairie Elementary School, South Knoll Elementary School and A&M Consolidated Middle 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

       Head Start Policy Council

       Intergovernmental Relations Liaison

       Personnel Advisory Council Liaison

       School Health Education Council

       Upcoming Events

 

Superintendent

       Upcoming events

E-2.

Consider approval of presiding judges and alternate judges for elections conducted by Brazos County for a one year term ending on July 31, 2016.

       Horn Memo

       Vote Center Judges List

 

 

 

F.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

MINUTES

·        July 21, 2015 Regular Board Meeting Minutes - Amended

       September 15, 2015 Workshop Minutes

       September 15, 2015 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

       September 30, 2015 Board Training Workshop Minutes

 

 

 

H.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

H-1.

 

Receive report on CSISD Education Foundation

       Benden Memo

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

 

Consideration and possible action with respect to the approval of the assignment and assumption of a contract to purchase real property and a grazing lease with the seller contemplated by such contract.

       Walker Memo

       Contract and lease

J-2.

 

Receive Annual Investment Report for fiscal year ending August 31, 2015

       Walker Memo

       Investment Report

J-3.

 

Consider adoption of the resolution stating the Board of Trustees has reviewed the district's investment policies and strategies.

       Walker Memo

       Resolution

J-4.

Consider approval of purchase of Literacy and Reading Intervention Resource Kits from Heinemann for a total amount of $66,690.00 from Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA) funds.

·        Walker Memo

·        Purchasing Information

J-5.

Consider approval of the 2015 total tax levy for College Station ISD.

·        Walker Memo

·        Roe Tax Levy Letter

J-6.

Consider approval of purchase of timekeeping software and hardware from Data Management, Inc, per TCPN Contract for the amount of $106,295.74 from the general fund.

·        Walker Memo

·        Time Clock Plus

J-7.

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

       Walker Memo

       Financial Statements

J-8.

     

Consider approval of monthly budget amendments.

       Walker Memo

       Budget Amendments

J-9.

     

Consider approval of financial reports.

       Walker Memo

       Financial Reports

 

 

 

K.

 

FACILITIES

 

 

 

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

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.