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A. CALL TO ORDER
Vice-President Marc Chaloupka called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.

B. DECLARATION OF QUORUM
Vice-President Marc Chaloupka, Secretary Dayne Foster and Trustees Tim Jones, Larry Johnson, Mary Broussard and Steve Aldrich were present. President Susan Lowy was absent.

C. DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS
1. Students
a. Nakeatha Hodge -Blue Chip Teacher Recruit for the Texas A&M University System for the 2001-2002 school year.
2. Teachers
a. Amanda Welch - Olympic Torch Bearer.
3. Administrators
a. Maria Pitre - State of Texas Secondary Principal of the Year.
b. George McLean - Certified Texas School Business Specialist.
D. HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda Items)
None
E. HEARING OF EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda Items)
None
F. BOARD
1. Committee Reports (DEIC, PAC, TIF, CSISD/BISD Board Liaison, CSISD Education Foundation Liaison, Facilities, City Liaison, Superintendent Evaluation).
Trustee Steve Aldrich reported on the CSISD/BISD Board Liaison meeting stating that the majority of the meeting was in regards to the status of Public School Finance. Mr. Aldrich also reported on testifying before the Sub-committee of the Joint Select Committee on Public School Finance by himself and Mark Ball, Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations, on December 13, 2001
Trustee Tim Jones commented that the Superintendent's Evaluation is progressing on the re-vamped schedule and the Proposed Format document has been forwarded to the Board of Trustees.
2. Consider Approval of Education Foundation Grants in the Amount of $18,616.96.
Ann Ganter, Education Foundation Director, introduced the fourth round Grant Recipients.
a. Kevin Harris - Central Administration; Bilingual Ropes Course Implementation for Support Service Team Building. This was the first grant submission by a non-teaching staff member.

b. Sharmaine Jennings, Jamie Bassett, Teresa Butler, Linda Ellison, Kelly Gentes and Tina Meadors - A&M Consolidated High School; Building Bridges in Geometry.
c. Michelle Williamson and Mary Selcer -A&M Consolidated High School; My Mathematical Life.
d. Jaime Bassett - Zoom Tool Excitement Hands-on Real-world Geometry. Shared grant with Jeanie Bassett and Sally McKnight from South Knoll Elementary School.
e. Shannan Feldman - Timber Academy; Encouraging Alternative Education Students to Pursue Careers in the Medical Profession.
f. Mary Jones, Elaine Taylor, Cathy Stearns, Mary Margaret Ashlock, Marsha Herron, Patty Ramirez, Penny Ross, Lynn McCarl, and Andrea Siebert - College Hills Elementary School; "Phun with Fah-niks" - Hands-on Literacy Learning.
g. Jan Fechhelm, Nancy Boswell and Cindy Luttrell - Cypress Grove Intermediate School; Science Fun Fest.
h. Linda Williams and Harriet Youngblood - Cypress Grove Intermediate School; "Around the World" Math and Reading Family Night.
i. Becky Lane - Southwood Valley Elementary School; School House Rock Project.

MOTION 3309: I make a motion to approve the Education Foundation Grants in the amount of $18,616.96. Motion made by Larry Johnson and seconded by Tim Jones. The motion carried with six ayes.

3. Consider Approval of Local Policy FNCE (LOCAL).
Item removed from agenda and will be brought back at the January Board Meeting.

*G. CONSENT AGENDA
Approval of Minutes was removed from the Consent Agenda pending corrections to the November 19, 2001 Regular Board Meeting Minutes to reflect the vote on the Disciplinary Hearing. The minutes will be corrected and brought back at the January meeting. Consider Resignations, Consider Employments, Monthly Financial Reports, Monthly Budget Amendments, Consider Approval of Bids, Consider Approval of Quarterly Investment Report.

MOTION 3310: I move approval of the consent agenda with the exception of Item H. The motion was made by Steve Aldrich and seconded by Dayne Foster. The motion carried with six ayes.

I. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
1. Consider Approval of District Goals and Objectives for 2002-2003.

Eddie Coulson, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Personnel, presented information regarding the District Improvement Plan as approved by DEIC and requested approval by the Board of Trustees.

MOTION 3311: I move approval of District Goals and Objectives for 2002-2003 as presented under I1. Motion made by Tim Jones. Seconded by Steve Aldrich. Motion carried with six ayes.

2. Receive Report on Technology in Education (TIE) Grant Evaluation.
Eddie Coulson presented a report on the evaluation by TEA for the TIE Grant involving CSISD in lieu of Linda Ray, Director of Program Development, Compliance and Grants, who was attending a conference. TEA is in the process of evaluating the TIE Grant's impact on Technology Integration into the classrooms. The evaluation focused on the needs of the rural, economically disadvantaged students. CSISD is awaiting the actual report of the evaluation.
J. PERSONNEL
3. Consider Approval of CSISD Plan for Educational Aide Teacher Certification.
Eddie Coulson presented the plan to make sure that current eligible employees are aware of the Educational Aide Exemption Program that is coordinated and administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This plan allows Educational Aides that have been in the classroom for at least one year and qualify for financial aide to receive Education Aide Exemption for tuition if they attend a state university.

MOTION 3312: I move approval of the CSISD Plan for Educational Aide Teacher Certification. Motion made by Steve Aldrich and seconded by Dayne Foster. The motion passed with 6 ayes.

K. BUSINESS AFFAIRS
5. Financial and Compliance Audit Report for the Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2001.
Mike Ball, Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations introduced Jennifer Manning, CPA of Patillo, Brown & Hill who gave a report on the completed Financial Audit for CSISD. Their findings reflected no material mis-statements or issues of non-compliance or any other findings required to be reported by the Texas Education Agency or by the government.

MOTION 3313: I move approval of the Audit Report as presented. Motion made by Tim Jones and seconded by Mary Broussard. Motion carried with six ayes.

L. BOARD DIRECTIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS

Dr. Johnson reminded all in attendance that the January 2002 Board Meeting will on Tuesday January 22, 2002 due to a holiday on Monday January 21, 2002. Dr. Johnson then applauded the efforts of the School Board Members for all of their work "behind the scenes" serving the children of this district and the community.
M. EXECUTIVE SESSION
None
N. OPEN SESSION
None
O. ADJOURNMENT

MOTION 3314: I move to adjourn the meeting. The motion was made by Larry Johnson and seconded by Dayne Foster. The motion carried with six ayes.

Without objection, Vice-President Chaloupka adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m.

SUSAN LOWY DAYNE FOSTER
PRESIDENT SECRETARY

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