MEMORANDUM      

TO:                  Board of Trustees

FROM:            Tim Jones, Board President

DATE:            April 12, 2006

SUBJECT:     Board of Trustees Regular Meeting

 

There will be a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College Station Independent School District on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in the CSISD Board Room, CSISD Administrative Offices, 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

C.

 

RECOGNITIONS

C-1.

 

Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Texas Flag, and Moment of Silence

C-2.

 

Recognize Campus Artwork Displayed

C-3.

 

Staff

a.  Recognize Grant Recipients

     1.  Integrating Self-Awareness to Succeed

     2.  TI Presenter & TI-83 Graphing Calculators – Technology in the Classroom

     3.  Identifying and Assisting At-Risk Students Through Motivational Competition

     4.  Let’s Manipulate Our Way Through the Year

     5.  Learning to Read

     6.  Bring It Up to PAR (Phonemic Awareness in Reading)

     7.  Is It My Turn to Learn?: providing Adequate Mathematical Materials for All Children to Learn

     8.  Tiger Corn

     9.  Read, Show and Retell

   10.  SMART Boards + Smart Kids = SUCCESS

   11.  Footsteps of the Founders

   12.  Fast Little Fingers…Calculators in Kindergarten

   13.  First Rate Respect for our “Second Hand Lions.” Sharing our histories with future generations.

C-4.

 

Students

a.  Siemen’s Foundation Award – Presented by Teacher Kristin Jones and Teacher Debbie Walker

     1.  Jessica Wang, National Winner for Advanced Placement

     2.  Samson Zhou, State Winner for Advanced Placement

b.  National Youth Science Camp – Presented by Teacher Kristin Jones

     1.  Jessica Wang

c.  Best of Texas Award – Presented by Teacher Bart Taylor

     1.  Michael Smith

d.  Texas State Science and Engineering Fair – Presented by Teacher Alisa Hamilton

     1.  Pranitha Patil

 

 

e.  CSMS Duke Talent Recognition – Presented by Counselor John Hoyle

     1.  Faria Akram

     2.  Mauricio Arreola-Garcia

     3.  Sara Baker

     4.  Divya Chowdhard

     5.  Angela Gordillo

     6.  Joshua Herrington

     7.  Parker Lumpee

     8.  Stephanie Meadows

     9.  Kalena Miller

   10.  Katherine Park

   11.  WooJunPark

   12.  Lauren Porter

   13.  Elizabeth Pratt

   14.  Rebecca Ritchie

   15.  Elena Urbina

   16.  Zachary Wu – national recognition

   17.  Bruce Zhang – national recognition

 

 

f.  AMCMS Duke Talent Recognition – Presented by Counselor Brian Miles

     1.  Justin Acton

     2.  Graham Carter

     3.  Lulu Chang – national recognition

     4.  Lamees Elnihum

     5.  Sarah Hampton

     6.  Jered Harris

     7.  Yuchen He

     8.  Daniel Hsieh – national recognition

     9.  Petr Kalouguine – national recognition

   10.  Alexander Kenerley

   11.  Jennings Kennady

   12.  Kelsey Lightsey

   13.  Maria Lyuksyutova

   14.  Peter Moon

   15.  David Mora-Boellstorff

   16.  Benjamin Roberts

   17.  Hayley Rogers

   18.  Zachary Romo

   19.  John Schams

   20.  Neha Shetty

   21.  Mani Singh

   22.  Megan Strawser

   23.  James Taylor

   24.  Haoran Wang

   25.  Karen Wang

   26.  Eric Zheng

D.

 

BOARD DIRECTIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/

SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS

E.

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

F.

 

HEARING OF EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items)

G.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

H.

Ö

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

·        March 21, 2006 Workshop Minutes

·        March 21, 2006 Regular Meeting Minutes

·        March 27, 2006 Special Meeting Minutes

·        March 27, 2006 Workshop Minutes

I.

 

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

I-1.

 

Consider Approval of the 2006-2007 School Calendar

·        Eddie Coulson Memo

·        Draft Calendar

I-2.

 

Consider Approval of the 2006-2009 Long Range Technology Plan

·        Eddie Coulson Memo

·        Draft Long Range Technology Plan

I-3.

Ö

Consider Approval of a Texas Education Agenda Staff Development Waiver for the 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2007-2008 school years.

*This TEA Waiver will allow CSISD to provide staff development for teachers for ten days each school year.

·        Eddie Coulson Memo

J.

 

PERSONNEL

J-1.

Ö

Consider Approval of Resignations

K.

 

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

K-1.

 

Consider Request for Access Easement and other related issues across CSISD property to the property adjacent to the CSISD Administrative Complex.

K-2.

 

Consider authorization and approval of playground equipment purchase for the Head Start Program through the TASB BuyBoard.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel, Sharon Jackson, David Norton Memo

·        Drawings

K-3.

 

Consider approval of competitive sealed proposals

a.  Maintenance and Transportation Facility Paving Replacement

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel, David Norton, Royce Thomas Memo

·        Construction Proposal Evaluation

·        Maintenance Facility Paving Replacement

·        Steve Aloway, VLK Architects Letter

b.  A&M Consolidated High School and Field House roof replacement

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel, David Norton, Royce Thomas Memo

·        Construction Proposal Evaluation

·        Roof Replacement Bid

·        Steve Aloway, VLK Architects Letter

K-4.

 

Consideration, discussion and possible action on the acquisition of a portable building at College Hills Elementary School through a  purchase, lease, rental or other appropriate procurement method.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Mark Pantel Memo

·        Mobile Modular Purchase option

·        Mobile Modular Lease option

·        Comark Building Systems, Inc.

K-5.

Ö

Consider Approval of Board Policy GKA (Local) Community Relations:  Conduct on School Premises

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        GKA (Local)

K-6.

Ö

Consider Approval of bids for a cargo van for the Purchasing Department – RFB #6-015.

·            Mike Ball Memo

·            Mark Pantel Memo

·            RFB #6-015

K-7.

Ö

Consider Approval of Monthly Financial Reports

*Reports Covering the period of March 1-31, 2006.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        General Fund

·        Child Nutrition Program

·        Debt Service Fund

·        Investment Summary

·        Lone Star

·        TEXPOOL

·        District Activity Funds

·        Tax Collection Report

K-8.

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Consider Approval of Monthly Budget Amendments

*Amendments Covering the period since last Board Meeting.

·        Mike Ball Memo

·        Amendment Number 8

L.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

L-1.

 

In accordance with §551.072 of the Texas Government Code, the Board, in consultation with its attorney, will deliberate on the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.

L-2.

 

Discuss Superintendent Evaluation

M.

 

OPEN SESSION

N.

 

ADJOURNMENT


 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            TIM JONES                           

                                                                                                            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.

 

TJ/bf

 

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.