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A. CALL TO ORDER

President Susan Lowy called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.

B. DECLARATION OF QUORUM

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

C. DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS

1. Students
a. National Merit Finalists

President Lowy recognized the National Merit Finalists from A&M Consolidated High School. The National Merit Finalists are Paul Booth, James Daciuk, Arpit Dave, Laurel MacKenzie, Richard Price, Christopher Smith and Rebecca Wehrly. The National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees are Cecivon Arreola-Garcia, Rickey Meza and Rolando Perez. The National Achievement Scholarship Award Finalist is Ikima Elhassan.

D. HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda Items)

None.

E. HEARING OF EMPLOYEES (Non-Agenda Items)

None.

F. CONSENT AGENDA

Minutes: February 18, 2002 (Workshop), February 18, 2002 (Hearing), February 18, 2002 (Regular), February 26, 2002 (Special); Curriculum and Instruction: Consider Approval of Textbook Adoption, Consider Approval of Building Use Request; Personnel: Consider Approval of Professional Staff Contracts for 2002 - 03; Business Affairs: Consider Approval of Monthly Financial Reports, Consider Approval of Monthly Budget Amendments, Consider Approval of Quarterly Investment Report.

President Lowy pulled Item I2, Consider Approval of Submission of First Day of Instruction Waiver to Texas Education Agency from the Consent Agenda. Tim Jones pulled Item J2, Consider Approval of Resignations/Retirements from the Consent Agenda.

MOTION 3332: I move approval of the consent agenda with the exception of Items I2 and J2. The motion was made by Marc Chaloupka and seconded by Steve Aldrich. The motion carried with six ayes.

G. BOARD

1. Committee Reports (DEIC, PAC, Facilities, Foundation, BISD/CSISD Liaison, City Liaison, TIF, Superintendent Evaluation)

Dayne Foster reported regarding the March DEIC meeting. This committee approved the staff development calendar for 2002 - 03, the summer staff development catalog, the District Improvement Plan activities and the waiver for the first day of instruction for 2002 - 03. In addition there was a report regarding the online staff development registration system.

Steve Aldrich reported regarding the March Foundation meeting. The No-Golf Golf Tournament is being held on April 12th and the College Station Med has agreed to be the title sponsor.

President Lowy reported regarding the Superintendent Evaluation which will be discussed in tonight's executive session of the Board.

I. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

2. Consider Approval of Submission of First Day of Instruction Waiver to Texas Education Agency

President Lowy pulled this item from the consent agenda. Eddie Coulson, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Personnel discussed the waiver and the results from the public hearing and other input from the public. Combining the comments received at the public hearing plus e-mail responses there were a total of 220 responses. Of those 220 responses, 93.6% (206) supported the August 14th school start date and 6.4% (14) did not support beginning school prior to the week of August 21st.

Barbara Rees, citizen, spoke regarding the calendar adoption process and the lack of publicity of the waiver adoption process.

MOTION 3333: I move to approve submission of the waiver that will allow CSISD to begin school prior to the week of August 21st. The motion was made by Steve Aldrich and seconded by Marc Chaloupka. The motion carried with six ayes.

3. Report on Summer Staff Development Options

Terresa Katt, Assistant to the Superintendent for Staff Development, presented the Board with the summer staff development options for 2002 - 03. There will be 56 sessions offered that will focus on the three I's of CSISD and that will support the state required training. There will also be technology training options offered to all staff. The online staff development registration begins on April 1st.

4. Report on School Safety Survey

Clark Ealy, Director of Program Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, discussed the school safety survey. The survey has 14 questions with a 5 point likert scale. The survey was designed to gather perceptions about safety in College Station ISD. It was distributed to the following groups: DEIC, PAC, CIP committees, student councils at the high school and both middle schools, PTO, Education Foundation and Lincoln Center patrons. The surveys are due back by April 15th and will be used to help develop the Board forum in May.

J. PERSONNEL
2. Consider Approval of Resignations/Retirements

Tim Jones pulled this item from the consent agenda. The Board recognized several retirees who have served the District. These retirees included Julie and Robert Garner, who have a combined 68 years of service with CSISD, Ann Marsh, who has 23 years of service with CSISD, Carol Nichols, who has 19 years of service with CSISD and Raby Womack, who has 24 years of service with CSISD.

MOTION 3334: I move approval of the resignations/retirements. The motion was made by Tim Jones and seconded by Marc Chaloupka. The motion carried with six ayes.

L. BOARD DIRECTIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS

Dr. Steve Johnson announced that there would be a districtwide retirement celebration on May 19th with additional details to be provided.

Steve Aldrich announced the CSPS forum regarding Chapter 41 would be on April 4, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. at the College Station Conference Center. Mr. Aldrich also reported regarding the TASB grassroots meeting in Huntsville. Trustee Marc Chaloupka was selected to serve on the TASB grassroots legislative committee.

M. EXECUTIVE SESSION

President Lowy announced that in accordance with Section 551.071 through 551.084 of the Texas Government Code, the Board of Trustees will go into executive session. The Board of Trustees went into executive session at 7:45 p.m.

N. OPEN SESSION

The Board returned to open session at 9:01p.m.

O. ADJOURNMENT

MOTION 3335: I move to adjourn the meeting. The motion was made by Marc Chaloupka and seconded by Mary Broussard. The motion carried with six ayes.

Without objection, President Lowy adjourned the meeting at 9:02 p.m.

SUSAN LOWY DAYNE FOSTER
PRESIDENT SECRETARY

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