COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKSHOP

CSISD Board Room

June 5, 2008

6:00 p.m.

 

               

A.   CALL TO ORDER

President Charlotte Slack called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. with six members present.

 

B.  DECLARATION OF QUORUM

President Charlotte Slack, Vice President Marc Chaloupka, Secretary Randall Pitcock, Trustees Garland Watson, Valerie Jochen and Mary Broussard were present.  Trustee Tim Jones was absent.    

 

C.  WORKSHOP SESSION

C-1.  Receive Report from Clark Ealy, Executive Director for Accountability and Planning, about attendance rezoning

Superintendent Eddie Coulson recognized Dr. Clark Ealy, Executive Director for Accountability and Planning who reported regarding attendance rezoning and the recommendation of the Rezoning Committee.

 

Dr. Ealy reported that discussion with the Board in January and February of 2008 establishing guiding parameters directed the work of the committee.  These principles are:  maintain feeder patterns Head Start through 8th grade; maintain comparable composition; zone for at least three Title I schools; and zone schools for growth.  To maintain comparable composition was the most difficult parameter to work with.

 

Executive Director Ealy reviewed the data showing where the growth is occurring in CSISD and explained how the committee work began.  The feeder pattern parameter meant that the committee had to look at a 4/3 split between intermediate schools, with Southwood Valley Elementary as the swing school in both scenarios.  Dr. Ealy reviewed those options and the effects of each.  After looking at the choices, the committee chose to enact its own parameter - Do not put all Title I schools in the same feeder pattern. 

 

That parameter meant that the committee needed to look at scenarios that sent College Hills, South Knoll and Pebble Creek to Oakwood, and Southwood Valley, Rock Prairie, Forest Ridge and Creek View to Cypress Grove.

 

Comparable Composition was the most difficult parameter to address.  Sending four elementary campuses to Cypress Grove-CS Middle School kept the intermediate/middle school percentages comparable.  Elementary schools were more difficult because

  • the pie will be sliced seven ways
  • we looked at ways to lower the percent low SES of Title I schools
  •  we discussed moving neighborhoods multiple times
  •  we discussed repeated moving of neighborhoods

 

C-2.  Consideration, discussion and possible action related to the Belief Statements developed by the Long Range Educational Planning Committee

Superintendent Eddie Coulson updated the Trustees regarding the status of the Long Range Educational Planning Committee toward strategic planning.  Demographics, Technology, and Accountability are areas of discussion.

 

C-3.  Discussion related to School Board Committees

Discussion occurred.

 

D.  EXECUTIVE SESSION

D-1.  The Board will meet in executive session to discuss and consider the Superintendent Evaluation.  The executive session deliberations will be held pursuant to the “Personnel Matters: Closed Meeting” exception to the Texas Open Meetings Act as set forth in Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code.

The Board went into Executive Session at 7:11 p.m.

 

 

E.  ADJOURNMENT

Without objection, President Slack adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

CHARLOTTE SLACK                                             RANDALL PITCOCK                 

PRESIDENT                                                             SECRETARY