BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
CSISD Board Room
March 3, 2009
5:30 p.m.
A.
CALL TO ORDER
President Charlotte Slack called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
with seven members present.
B. DECLARATION OF QUORUM
President Charlotte
Slack, Vice President Marc Chaloupka, Secretary Randall Pitcock, Trustees Tim
Jones, Garland Watson, Valerie Jochen and Mary Broussard were present.
C. BOARD
C-1. Consider
an Order calling a Bond Election to be held on May 9, 2009
Superintendent Eddie Coulson distributed pertinent information and
presented the recommendation of The Long Range Education Planning Committee:
·
Elementary Number 8, with a projected cost of $19,362,408
Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year,
CSISD will have an elementary school capacit6y of 4,500 students t its seven
elementary schools. Based o projected growth, CSISD will exceed its capacity of 4,500 students by
the 2011-2012 school year. With future
growth expected, adding elementary school number eight will increase the
district’s elementary student capacity by approximately 660, bringing the
district’s elementary enrollment capacity to approximately 5,160 students.
·
College Station High School Phase 1, with a projected cost of
$111,310,715
The CSISD community has talked about building a second high school
for many years. In fact the 2005
Facilities Planning Committee recommended to the school board that a second
high school be constructed at that time.
Due to the district’s financial condition at the time, the board
deferred any action toward a second high school. This year, The Long Range Educational
Planning Committee again determined the district’s need for a new high school. In a series of discussions about a second
high school, the committee determined that a new high school should:
o Have comparable academic
programming
o Have comparable
extra-curricular programming
o Provide equitable (not all
necessarily the same) career and technology education programming
o Have comparable facilities
in relation to fine arts, athletics and other programs
·
Transportation Center Phase 1, with a projected cost of $7,768,331
According to demographic studies conducted by Harner
and Associates, CSISD is projected to have as many as 25,000 students in the
future. As the district grows, the
district support services will continue to grow. Currently, CSISD adds new bus routes and
purchases new buses on an annual basis in order to accommodate the student
growth. The district’s current
transportation facility is functioning at its maximum capacity, and there is no
room to expand the vehicle service area, the parking area or space need for
staff training. A new Transportation
Center will allow for the district to accommodate it current need for space as
well as plan for the future growth of the district.
·
Other Campus Projects, with a projected cost of $5,758,546
Renovations to A&M Consolidated High School will be possible
once the population of high school students has been distributed between two
comprehensive high schools. The
renovations projected for AMCHS include adjusting current spaces in order to
expand current programs and provide other necessary capital renovations
The acquisition of buses will allow CSISD to maintain an updated
bus fleet.
MOTION 4077: I move approval of an Order calling an election
to be held on May 9, 2009 seeking approval from the voters for the Issuance of
$144,200,000 of Bonds and Levying the Tax in Payment Thereof. The motion was made by Trustee Tim Jones and
seconded by Trustee Mary Broussard. The
motion passed with seven ayes and zero nos.
D. ADJOURNMENT
Without objection,
President Slack adjourned the meeting at 6:02 p.m.
CHARLOTTE
SLACK RANDALL PITCOCK
PRESIDENT SECRETARY