BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
CSISD Board Room
April 17, 2007
7:00 p.m.
President
Tim Jones called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
B. DECLARATION
OF QUORUM
President Tim Jones declared
a quorum was present with seven members.
President Jones, Vice-President Mary Broussard, Secretary Randall
Pitcock, Trustees Charlotte Slack, Marc Chaloupka, Garland Watson and Steve
Aldrich were present.
C. RECOGNITIONS
C-1. Pledge
of Allegiance to the American Flag, the
Superintendent Eddie Coulson
recognized Oakwood Intermediate School Principal Jane Rankin who introduced
Shay Williams and Carley English. These
students led the audience in the pledges and a moment of silence.
C-2. Recognize
Campus Artwork Displayed
The art collection displayed
in the Board Room was provided by art students who attend Oakwood Intermediate
School, taught by Art Teacher Mindy Austin.
C-3. Staff
a. Recognize Grant Recipients
Ann Ganter, Director of the
Education Foundation, recognized the Foundation’s 2007 Grant Recipients. Congratulations to Michelle Jedlicka, John
Tollett, Charlotte Wiggins, Chris Parr, Kristen Jones, Mary Ann Nagyvary, Michelle
Cochran, and Jody Peacock, all from A&M Consolidated High School, for the Making it Click: Personal Response Systems
to Assess and Enhance Student Comprehension grant; Debbie Lange and Zandy
Pustay from A&M Consolidated High School for the Teaching the World with Advanced Technology grant, Barbara Bowers
and Sandy Siddall from A&M Consolidated Middle School for the SMART Science grant; April Wilson from
A&M Consolidated High School for the Freedom’s
Voice Grant; Annie Roth from South Knoll Elementary for the Shared Inquiry in Spanish grant; Janet
Boutton, Lilly Moreno and Andrea Siebert from College Hills Elementary for The 3 R’s: Readin’, ‘Ritin’ and ‘Rithmetic
for Special Learners at College Hills Elementary grant; Kerry Gray, Leslie
Rangel, Jennie Fortner, Lisa Edrington, Christie Scambray, Allison Hanna and
Debbie Furry from Southwood Valley Elementary for the Math in Motion grant; Sally Hughes and Kristi Addington from
Oakwood Intermediate School for the Connections
grant; Judy Weir and Janet Ball for the Writing:
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere grant; Andrea Poehl from Southwood Valley
Elementary and Shelly Rice from Forest Ridge Elementary for the School of Rock – Learning to the Beat
grant; and Dawn Galloway, Fara Goodwyn, and Janelle Poe from A&M
Consolidated High School for the Tiger Claws
grant.
b. Skills USA Advisor of the Year
Bart Taylor, AMC High
School’s Computer Maintenance Technology Teacher, SkillsUSA & Tiger
Robotics Head Coach and District Curriculum Coach, was announced as the
SkillsUSA Advisor of the year!
C-4. Students
a. Siemen’s Award - National
Mike Novak and George Rash
presented the National Siemen’s award to Kathleen Li.
b. Siemen’s Award - State
Mike Novak and George Rash
presented the State Siemen’s award to Brian Liu.
c. National Duke Talent Identification
Program – College Station Middle School
The students in the Duke
program are allowed to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the ACT
college entrance exam, normally taken by college-bound juniors and
seniors. In order to qualify for the
national ceremony, a student must score 650 or higher on the math or critical
reading section of the SAT and/or a minimum of 28 on the ACT. Congratulations to Leonel Drukker and Minpeng
Li.
d. State Duke Talent Identification Program –
College Station Middle School
Nineteen College Station
Middle School 7th graders have qualified to attend the state
recognition ceremonies for students meeting the criteria of the Duke Talent
Identification Program. To qualify for
an invitation to the state recognition ceremony, the student must have scored
at least 510 on the math or 500 on the critical reading portions of the
SAT. A student could also qualify by
scoring a minimum of 21 on a section of the ACT. Principal Oliver Hadnot recognized and
congratulated Austin Anderson, Colton Brown, Shelby Buenger, Kyle Campbell,
Alexander Carstens, Zachary Carstens, Lacey Chollett, Cristina Clark, Leonel
Drukker, Shaunna Fitzpatrick, Matthew Jones, Minpeng Li, Miles Love, Celina
Malave, Erin Mitchell, Rebekah Morris, Alex Paradowski, Courtney Rogers, and
Claire Warlick.
e. National Duke Talent Identification
Program – A&M Consolidated Middle School
Seventeen A&M
Consolidated Middle School 7th graders have qualified to attend the
state recognition ceremonies for students meeting the criteria of the Duke
Talent Identification Program. In order
to qualify for the national ceremony, a student must score 650 or higher on the
math or critical reading section of the SAT and/or a minimum of 28 on the
ACT. Congratulations to Kevin Li.
f. State Duke Talent Identification Program –
A&M Consolidated Middle School
Nineteen College Station
Middle School 7th graders have qualified to attend the state
recognition ceremonies for students meeting the criteria of the Duke Talent
Identification Program. To qualify for
an invitation to the state recognition ceremony, the student must have scored
at least 510 on the math or 500 on the critical reading portions of the
SAT. A student could also qualify by
scoring a minimum of 21 on a section of the ACT. Principal Chris Scott recognized and
congratulated Yeowon Ahn, Justin Benden, Taylor Beyer, Nevin Blum, Kathryn
Cerami, Aparna Datta, Sky Dominguez, Eric Gan, Michael Giedraitis, Garryn
Green, Joanne Koola, Kevin Li, Courtney Peters, Hunter Rhodes, Debra Roussel,
Marshall Tolleson, and Dean Zhu.
g. MATHCOUNTS
More than 300 schools and
almost 2000 students in Texas participate in MATHCOUNTS each year. Of these, 288 students advance to the state
competition. A&M Consolidated Middle
School seventh grader Kevin Li placed 3rd in Texas at the State
MATHCOUNTS competition held Saturday, March 24th in Austin. Only the top four students go on to compete
at the national level. As a member of
the national team, Kevin will join three other students to represent the state
of Texas at the national competition to be held May 10-12 in Fort Worth.
h. Outstanding trade & Industrial Student
AMC High School’s Katie
Prochaska will be named Outstanding Trade & Industrial Student runner-up
Best of Texas Award. She will receive an
award and a scholarship from TIVA for winning.
i. Skills USA
The Skills USA contest
consists of technical information tests as well as hands on production,
troubleshooting and application. Adrian
Vasques de Velasco, Tom Vestal and Sean Grant will advance to the national
competition. Congratulations to Chris
Ballentine, Antonio Bermudez, Tad Duncan, Colin Eikenhorst, Stephen Gamache,
Irene Georghiades, Sean Grant, Stephen Green, Steven Hess, Shannon Jones, Jared
Joynaert, Katie Prochaska, Paul Robert, Adrian Vasquez de Velasco, and Tom
Vestal.
j. Texas Math & Science Coaches
Association
College Station students
participated in the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association middle school
state math and science contest in San Antonio.
Out of 73 schools and over 400 competitors, College Station won several
awards. Congratulations to Kevin Li,
Zachary Wu, Amanda Yang, and Bruce Zhang.
D. BOARD
D-1. Consideration,
discussion and possible action regarding the 2006-2007 Superintendent Evaluation
Process
Trustee Marc Chaloupka
reported as the Chairman of the Superintendent Evaluation Committee regarding
the process to be used, as well as the instrument to be used. The Commissioner of Education’s standard
approved format will be used for the current year, but the trustees may
customize and develop their own format to be used in the future. The process will occur during May and June,
with a workshop setting at the May meeting, followed by a formal process at the
June meeting.
D-2. Board
Directions and Reports/Announcements/Superintendent Reports
Secretary Randall Pitcock
reminded everyone of the Last Round of the Education Foundation No-Golf
Tournament fundraiser. The event is
scheduled for 4/20/07 at 6:30 p.m.
Secretary Randall Pitcock
commented regarding his visit to Andrea Poehl’s Head Start classroom at Southwood
Valley Elementary and the positive, healthy instruction and learning taking
place in that classroom.
Superintendent Eddie Coulson
reminded everyone that the legislative bodies are currently in session in
Austin, writing legislation that will affect College Station ISD.
E. HEARING OF
CITIZENS
None
F. HEARING OF
EMPLOYEES
Dexter Innovejas,
representing a group of CSISD PE teachers, addressed the trustees regarding
re-opening the discussions about the staffing of certified PE Teachers at the
elementary and intermediate schools in College Station ISD.
G. CONSENT
AGENDA
Agenda Item D – Board : Agenda Item D-3: Consider approval of 2007-2008
CSISD School Board Meeting Dates; Agenda
Item H - Approval of Minutes –March 20, 2007 Workshop Minutes, March 20,
2007 Regular Meeting Minutes; Agenda Item I – Personnel: Agenda Item I-1: Consider approval of Resignations;
Agenda Item I-2: Consider approval of Employments; Agenda Item J – Business & Operations: Agenda Item J-2: Consider
authorization of purchase through The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) of
Chillers for Southwood Valley Elementary School; Agenda Item J-3: Consider
authorization of purchases utilizing the Texas A&M University Interlocal
Agreement of the following items: (a) Laptop computers from MicroAge for the
Career and Technology Education program (b) Audio visual equipment from
MicroAge for Staff Development, Math Department, CATE, Pebble Creek Elementary
School, College Station Middle School and Cypress Grove Intermediate School;
Agenda Item J-4: Consider approval of Monthly Financial Reports – reports
covering the period of March 1-31, 2007;
Agenda Item J-5: Consider approval of Monthly Budget Amendments –
Amendments covering the period since last Board Meeting; Agenda Item K– Elections: Agenda
Item K-1: Consider approval of the Interlocal Government Agreement between
the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, The Board of Trustees
of CSISD and Brazos County ordering a Special Election to be held in said city
and school district on May 12, 2007 for the purpose of a State-wide
Constitutional Amendment Election, and providing procedures relating to the
conduct of said elections; Agenda Item K-2: Consider approval of
Election Judges; Agenda Item K-3: Consider approval of contract with
Texas Voting Systems.
MOTION 3778: I move approval of the Consent Agenda, as presented. The motion was made by Trustee Marc Chaloupka
and seconded by Vice President Mary Broussard.
The motion passed with seven ayes and zero nayes.
J. BUSINESS
AND OPERATIONS
J-1. Consider
responses to Request for Competitive Sealed Proposals for the following items:
(a) Carpet and Tile for Southwood Valley Elementary School
Superintendent Eddie Coulson
recognized Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations Mike Ball who
reported regarding sealed proposals. The
current year General Fund budget provides funding for replacement of carpet and
tile floor coverings at Southwood Valley Elementary School. After evaluating the responses to the Sealed
Proposal Request, Kellen Commercial Interiors, Inc. appears to be the best
value to the District.
(b) Acoustical Ceilings for Southwood Valley
Elementary School
Mike Ball reported to the
trustees regarding sealed proposals. The
current year General Fund budget provides funding for replacement of acoustical
ceilings at Southwood Valley Elementary School.
After evaluating the responses to the Sealed Proposal Request, Dudley
Construction appears to be the best value to the District.
(c) Painting, Sealing and Caulking for Southwood
Valley Elementary School
Mike Ball reported to the
trustees regarding sealed proposals. The
current year General Fund budget provides funding for replacement of acoustical
ceilings at Southwood Valley Elementary School.
After evaluating the responses to the Sealed Proposal Request, S&G
Contracting, Inc. appears to be the best value to the District.
MOTION 3779: I move approval of the administration’s recommendation
of hiring Kellen Commercial Interiors, Inc., Dudley Construction and S&G
Contracting, Inc. as presented. The
motion was made by Marc Chaloupka and seconded by Randall Pitcock. The motion passed 7-0.
M. EXECUTIVE
SESSION
The Board will meet in executive session to
deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. The executive session deliberations will be
held pursuant to the “Deliberation Regarding Real Property” exception to the
Texas Open Meetings Act as set forth in Section 551.072 of the Texas Government
Code.
The
Board went into Executive Session at 8:05 p.m.
N. OPEN
SESSION
None
O. ADJOURNMENT
Without
objection, President Tim Jones adjourned the meeting at 8:50 p.m.
TIM JONES RANDALL
PITCOCK
PRESIDENT SECRETARY