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MEMORANDUM                    

 

TO:                  Board of Trustees                  

FROM:            Valerie Jochen, Board President

DATE:             September 9, 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, September 15, 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. Samuel Donnellan - Spring Creek Elementary

b. Emily Martin - Spring Creek Elementary

 

C-2.

 

Students

●       Skills USA

○       CSHS Video Game Design National Champions

■       Bryson Greenwood, Tyler Hogan, Aggela Polymenis, and Pablo Villalobos

○       Photography National Champion

■       Chase Zamulinski, CSHS

○       AMCHS 3D Animation Team National Runner-Up

■       Kyle Krusekopf and Jared Lascurain

○       AMCHS Career Pathway Showcase in Information Technology Team National Runner-Up

■       Patrick Diaz, Ann Yue, Ellen Li, Kelly Krenek, and Erika Salzman

○       CSHS Quiz Bowl Team National Runner-Up

■       Jiatao Liang, Mark Cahill, Cahill Ordones, Samuel Park, and Marcus Vami

○       Related Technical Mathematics National Runner-Up

■       Erika Salzman, AMCHS

○       Coaches

■       Jason Oualline, CSHS Video Game Design

■       Jill Conlin, CSHS Photography and Quiz Bowl

■       Barbara Klein, AMCHS 3D Animation Team

■       Bart Taylor, AMCHS Career Pathway Showcase in Information Technology and Related Technical Mathematics

●       Academic UIL

○       AMCHS Current Issues Team State Champions

■       Benjamin Lamb, Eric Pillai, Rachel Lamb, and Annie Zhang

■       Coach: Roy Rodriguez

○       CSHS Science Team State Champions

■       Hongsen Qin, Jiatao Liang, William Chollett, and Jason Tran

■       Coach: Casey Akin

C-3.

 

Recognize artwork provided by Spring Creek Elementary, College View High School, A&M Consolidated High School and College Station 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

●       Head Start Policy Council

●       Intergovernmental Relations Liaison

●       Personnel Advisory Council Liaison

●       School Health Education Council

●       Upcoming Events

 

Superintendent

●       Upcoming events

●       Leadership - CSISD

E-2.

 

Consider appointment of two district representatives on the Board of Directors of the Brazos Central Appraisal District

●       Ealy Memo

E-3.

√

Consider approval of an Order of Election authorizing a general election to be held on November 3, 2015, for the purpose of electing CSISD Board of Trustees Position 1 and Position 2 by the qualified voters of the College Station ISD; establishing early voting locations and polling places for this election; and making provisions for conducting the election

*Considerar la aprobación de una orden de elección que autoriza una elección general que se llevará a cabo el 3 de noviembre del 2015, con el fin de elegir a la posición 1 y 2 del consejo directivo de CSISD por los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Independiente de College Station; Establecer sitios de votación adelantada y los lugares de votación para esta elección; Tomar medidas para llevar a cabo la elección

●       Horn Memo

●       Order - English

●       Order - Spanish

E-4.

√

Consideration and possible approval of an order calling a bond election to be held by the College Station ISD on November 3, 2015

* Consideración y posible aprobación de un pedido de llamar a una elección de bonos que se celebrará por el College Station ISD el 03 de noviembre de 2015

●       Ealy Memo

●       2015 Bond Election Description of Projects

●       Order - English

●       Order - Spanish

 

F.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

 

 

 

G.

√

MINUTES

●       August 4, 2015 Budget Workshop Minutes

●       August 18, 2015 Workshop Minutes

●       August 18, 2015 Public Hearing Minutes

●       August 18, 2015 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

H.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

H-1.

 

Receive report on CSISD Special Education, 504 and Dyslexia Services

●       Perry Memo

 

H-2.

√

Consider approval of 2015-16 Campus Improvement Plans

●       McIntyre Memo

●       A&M Consolidated High School

●       College Station High School

●       Timber Academy

●       A&M Consolidated Middle School

●       College Station Middle School

●       Cypress Grove Intermediate

●       Oakwood Intermediate

●       College Hills Elementary

●       Creek View Elementary

●       Forest Ridge Elementary

●       Greens Prairie Elementary

●       Pebble Creek Elementary

●       Rock Prairie Elementary

●       South Knoll Elementary

●       Southwood Valley Elementary

●       Spring Creek Elementary

 

 

 

I.

 

PERSONNEL

 

 

 

J.

 

BUSINESS

J-1.

 

Receive the Quarterly Investment Report for the period ending August 31, 2015.

●       Walker Memo

●       Quarterly Investment Report

J-2.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the acceptance of a letter of intent with Grid Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. for a future school site.

●       Walker Memo

●       Letter of Intent

J-3.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the acceptance of a letter of intent with Smiling Mallard Development East, LLC for a  future school site.

●       Walker Memo

●       Letter of Intent

J-4.

√

Consider approval of a Public Utility Easement in favor of the City of College Station, Texas in conjunction with the relocation of certain utility lines in order to accommodate the construction of certain improvements at the A&M Consolidated High School campus over a portion of the location of the current easement area for such utilities.

●       Walker Memo

●       Resolution

J-5.

√

Consider approval of Annual SunGard Public Sector Software Maintenance and Support agreement for the amount of $116,611.94 for the 2015-16 school year as appropriated in the adopted 2015-16 General Fund budget.

●       Walker Memo

●       SunGard Software

J-6.

√

Consider approval of Purchasing Cooperative Fees Report for 2014-2015 and renewal for 2015-2016.

●       Walker memo

●       Purchasing Cooperative Fees and Renewals

J-7.

√

Consider award of RFCSP #15-014 Data Cabling for new Center of Alternative Learning (College View High School) and new Purchasing Warehouse to DD Electronics for the amount of  $ 136,884.86  to be paid from 2013 Bond funds.

●       Walker Memo

●       Data Cabling

J-8.

√

Consider approval of anti-virus software contract extension to SH1 Government Solutions for the amount of $63,155.00 per PACE Contract #P00132.

●       Walker memo

●       Contract

J-9.

√

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

●       Walker Memo

●       Financial Statements

J-10.

      √

Consider approval of monthly budget amendments.

●       Walker Memo

●       Budget Amendments

J-11.

      √

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.

 

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.