October 24, 2006 at 7:00 PM - Special Joint

1. Call to Order

1.A) Announcement by the president and mayor whether a quorum is present, that the meeting has been duly called and notice of the meeting has been posted for the time and manner required by law.

1.B) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

2. Discussion between the Board of Trustees of the Stafford Municipal School District and the City Council of the City of Stafford on the following subjects:

2.A) Agreement for joint use of facilities between the City and SMSD

2.B) Joint memorandum of understanding between City Council and Board with proposed revisions by Board

2.C) Creation of an integrated student information system which will enable the City and District to link census data and other data sources for ongoing policy and analysis to be shared between the two bodies

2.D) Joint annexation of territories

2.E) Forthcoming $15,050,000 school bond election in November 2006

3. Discussion between the Board of Trustees of the Stafford Municipal School District and the City Council of the City of Stafford on the following subjects:

3.A) Approaches to significantly enhance the District

3.B) Approaches to identifying student age residents of Stafford not attending SMSD

3.C) A system for determining the retention and attrition of students and teachers within the District

3.D) Analysis of the availability of quality teachers and incentives necessary to attract those teachers

3.E) Approach to maximize productivity of the District and minimize the tax rate

3.F) Commitment to enhance magnet school programs

3.G) Approach of overall academic excellence in District and partnering with Houston Community College and University of Houston and community-wide resources and commercial entities to enhance the academic excellence of the District

3.H) Timetable for meetings between the two bodies for formulation of the school district’s budget

3.I) Approach to receiving comments from the public at the joint meetings.

4. Setting of time, place, date and agenda of next meeting between Stafford Municipal School District Board of Trustees and Stafford City Council and related actions.

5. Adjournment