BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
CSISD Board Room
August 15, 2006
President
Tim Jones called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with seven members present.
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
Acting Superintendent Eddie
Coulson recognized Rock Prairie Elementary School Principal Carl Dethloff and
South Knoll Academic Coordinator Laura Richter who introduced students who,
through a choral pledge performance, led the audience in the Pledge of
Allegiance to the American Flag, the Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag,
and a Moment of Silence.
Mr. Dethloff recognized Fourth
Graders Ashleigh Johnson, Kristin O’Neill and Alexandra Pratt, Third Graders
Joy Johnson and Kassidy McCabe, Second Graders Benjamin Johnson, Megan Mueller
and Zephyr Seagraves, First Graders Chris Whitley and Tacey Raulerson, and
Kindergarteners Anna Catherine Johnson and Mathew Mueller. Ms. Richter recognized Second Grader Ryan
Eberle and Fourth Grader Brady Eberle.
C-2. Recognize
Campus Artwork Displayed
An eclectic art collection
adorned the board room walls and was enjoyed by all.
C-3. Students
a/b/c. AMC High School Varsity Cheerleaders; AMC
High School JV Cheerleaders; Freshman Cheerleaders
The AMC High School
Cheerleaders attended the NCA Cheerleading Camp at the University of the
Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, July 23rd – 26th. While there, the cheerleaders received the following
awards: A&M Consolidated High School
was awarded the Most Spirited High School Award.
The Varsity squad won a bid
to Nationals, the Champion Chant, the Spirit Stick, and was named All-American
Cheerleaders. Congratulations to Katie
Whitmire, Kaila McGillis, Chanelle Klabunde, Katie Coulson who also won the
Leadership Award, and Justine Allen – the Mascot, who won Most Spirited Mascot,
Best Mascot and NCA Staff Nominee.
The Junior Varsity squad won
a bid to Nationals, a Champion Chant, a Spirit Stick, and was named
All-American Cheerleaders.
Congratulations to Courtney Bussell, Shelbey Joslin, Stevi Madera, and
Elyssa Trejo.
The Freshman squad won a bid
to Nationals, a Champion Chant, a Spirit Stick, and Megan Tate was named
All-American Cheerleader. Sponsors
Debbie Robertson, Linda Ferris and Mary Selcer recognized students.
d. FFA Convention
Fourteen A&M
Consolidated FFA members attended the 78th State Convention in Fort
Worth. Seven members received the
highest state degree – the Lone Star Degree.
Members included Colton Atkins, Wesley Bissett, Carrie Richmond, Beth
Elliot, Dana Ethridge, Dana Henry and Michael Talbert. Toss Tolleson won the Senior Prepared Public
Speaking Event and will be competing at the National Convention in Indianapolis
in October. Colton Atkins was selected
to serve on the convention chronicle as a newspaper writer. The chapter received a gold rating for the
Chapter Award which is a description of the chapter’s student, chapter and
community involvement.
e. Media Honored
Tom Turbiville and chase
Murphy of WTAW, Amanda O’Neal of KBTX, and Holly Huffman of The Eagle, were
named to the 2006 Media Honor Roll, a program sponsored by the Texas
Association of School Boards (TASB). The
Media Honor Roll recognizes media representatives statewide who deserve
recognition for fair and balanced reporting of news about public schools. Media representatives from approximately 500
Texas newspapers and radio and television stations were honored by their local
school districts.
D. BOARD
DIRECTIONS AND REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
Trustee Charlotte Slack
announced that Newsweek Magazine has rated AMC High School as 337th
in the Nation…27th in Texas…
Secretary Randall Pitcock
reported that Coach Fran Charities sponsored a 5K Fun Run & Walk on 8/19/06
at 8:30 a.m. CSISD was well represented.
President Tim Jones
announced that he would be distributing committee assignments to trustees for
the 06-07 school year soon.
Acting Superintendent Eddie
Coulson reported that the first day of school’s enrollment shows an overall
3.3% increase from last year. At the
elementary level we are experiencing at 6.3%, intermediate and middle school
level are about the same and the high school shows about a 2% increase at this
time.
Dr. Coulson expressed sorrow
at the loss of three CSISD students in a tragic automobile accident.
E. HEARING OF
CITIZENS (Non-Agenda Items)
None
F. HEARING OF
EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda Items)
Bobby Slovak, CSEA President
for 2006-2007, encouraged trustees to approve to levy the optional 4-cent
Enrichment tax.
G. CONSENT
AGENDA
Agenda Item H - Approval
of Minutes – July 17, 2006 Joint Workshop with the City of College Station, July
18, 2006 Board Workshop, July 18, 2006 Regular Board Meeting, July 25, 2006
Special Board Meeting, August 10, 2006 Board Workshop; Agenda
Item I – Curriculum & Instruction:
Agenda Item I-2: Consider approval of the following Board
Policies: (a) DEE (Local), Compensation and Benefits: Expense Reimbursement and
(b) BBG (Local), Board Members: Compensation and Expenses; Agenda Item I-3:
Consider approval of Local Identification Criterion for State Compensatory
Education – annual renewal; Agenda
Item J – Personnel: Agenda Item
J-1: Consider approval of
Resignations/Retirements, Agenda Item J-2:
Consider approval of Employments; Agenda Item K – Business & Operations: Agenda Item K-2: Consider
approval of responses to Request for Quotations (a) Smartboard and Sympodium
Classrooms RFQ #7-001, (b) Annual Printer Cartridge Quote RFQ #6-027;
Agenda Item K-3: Consider approval of responses to Request for Bids: (a)
Plumbing Labor Bid RFB #6-029, (b) Annual T-Shirt Bid RFB #6-023; Agenda Item
K-4: Consider authorizing the reduction in the price charged for breakfast
from $0.30 to $0.10 for students who qualify for reduced price meals for the
2006-2007 school year; Agenda Item
K-5: Consider approval of Monthly Financial Reports – reports covering the
period of July 1-31, 2006; Agenda Item K-6: Consider approval of Monthly
Budget Amendments – Amendments covering the period since last Board Meeting.
MOTION 3732: 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.
I. CURRICULUM
AND INSTRUCTION
I-1. Consider
approval of payment to the Schlechty Center for Leadership and School Reform
The Schlechty Center for
Leadership and School Reform (SCLSR) is an established hub of educational
research that provides leadership and educational consulting services to
districts in the United States, Canada and Europe. Last summer, CSISD sent twenty-two school
administrators to the SCLSR Principal’s Academy in San Antonio, Texas. Based on the quality of the academy and the
significant learning that took place at the academy, the school administrators
had a strong desire for CSISD to establish a relationship with the SCLSR. As a result, CSISD began its partnership with
the SCLSR during the 2005-2006 school year.
By continuing the partnering with the SCLSR, CSISD will be able to tap
into the expertise at the SCLSR so that our principals and teachers will have
access to some significant and meaningful staff development. Our continued partnership will allow us to
expand the learning that has already taken place by our staff through the
Essential Elements of Instruction and Curriculum Mapping initiatives that were
established several years ago. The SCLSR
focuses its attention on how to get students engaged in school so that students
are able to have significant long term learning. The administration recommends that the
Trustees approve the payment to the Schlechty Center for Leadership and School
Reform in the amount of $50,000 for the 2006-2007 school year.
MOTION 3733: I move approval of payment to the Schlechty Center
for Leadership and School Reform as presented.
The motion was made by Trustee Steve Aldrich and seconded by Trustee
Charlotte Slack. The motion passed with
seven ayes.
K. BUSINESS
AND OPERATIONS
K-1. Consider
approval of membership in the Texas School Coalition
Acting Superintendent Eddie
Coulson reported that The Texas School Coalition is organized for the purpose
of bringing together independent school district that have an interest in
improving the school funding laws for all school districts. The organization provides research,
information, and consultation regarding school finance legislation. By continuing our partnership with the Texas
School Coalition, we will continue to have the opportunity to have access to
the latest school finance information, attend workshops and conferences related
to school finance, and participate in structuring the debate that will bring
final resolution to the school finance issues.
The administration recommends that the CSISD Board approve membership
for CSISD in the Texas School Coalition at a fee of $8,500 for the 2006-2007
school year.
MOTION 3734: I move approval of membership in the Texas School
Coalition as presented. The motion was
made by Trustee Steve Aldrich and seconded by Trustee Marc Chaloupka. The motion passed with seven ayes.
L. EXECUTIVE
SESSION
L-1. Consideration,
discussion, and possible action regarding items related to the CSISD’s
Superintendent Contract
President
Tim Jones announced that in accordance with Section 551.074 of the Texas
Government Code the Board of Trustees would adjourn to Executive Session to
discuss items related to the CSISD’s Superintendent Contract. The Board went into Executive Session at 7:35
p.m.
M. OPEN
SESSION
None
N. ADJOURNMENT
Without
objection, President Tim Jones adjourned the meeting at 9:50 p.m.
TIM JONES RANDALL
PITCOCK
PRESIDENT SECRETARY