September 19, 2011 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM
“I call this meeting of the Castleberry Independent School District to order. Let the record show that a quorum of board members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.”

2. INVOCATION

3. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA

4. MONITORING THE STRATEGIC PLAN

4.A. Strategic Plan Update

4.B. Fund 199 Designated Projects and Long Range Facility Plan

5. MONITORING THE STRATEGIC PLAN

5.A. DISCUSSION ITEM
Capital Improvements Bond Projects Update

5.B. DISCUSSION ITEM
Capital Improvement Bond Program (Project CI-5) Update for Castleberry Elementary

6. MONITORING THE STRATEGIC PLAN

6.A. Consider All Matters related to Instruction, including, but not limited to reports, finances, and/or proposals.

6.B. DISCUSSION ITEM
Campus Improvement Plans

6.C. Federal Program Summary

7. CLOSED SESSION

8. DINNER

9. ROUTINE BUSINESS

9.A. DISCUSSION ITEM
Pledges of Allegiance

9.B. School Officials Present

9.C. DISCUSSION ITEM
Recognition of Guests

10. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS

11. CONSENT AGENDA

11.A. ACTION ITEM
Consider Approval of Board Minutes from the August 29, 2011 Special Meeting #1 and the August 29, 2011 Special Meeting #2

11.B. Consider Approval of the Expenditure Report for the Month of August 2011. 

11.C. Consider Approval of Professional Employee Shortage Areas

11.D. Consider Approval of Parameters for District Calendar

11.E. Consider Approval of Bluebonnet Co-op for Students with Visual Impairments

11.F. Consider Approval of Purchasing 250 Netbooks for 10th Grade Students

12. MONITORING THE STRATEGIC PLAN

12.A. Consider All Matters related to Technology, including, but not limited to reports, finances, and/or proposals.

12.A.1. Discussion Item
Board of Trustees Technology Training Session Follow-up

13. FINANCIAL REVIEW

13.A. Consider All Matters related to Financial, including but not limited to reports, finances, and/or proposals.

13.B. ACTION ITEM
Consider Approval of Resolution 11-001 regarding authorized signatures on the Bank of Texas account for Castleberry Elementary.  MOTION

13.C. DISCUSSION ITEM
Financial Services Executive Director Report

13.C.1. Financial Services Evaluation

13.C.2. Child Nutrition Evaluation

13.D. A.V. Cato Elementary, Castleberry Elementary, and Joy James Elementary have each received a $50.00 donation from River Oaks Lions Club for school supplies for use on their campus.

13.E. Castleberry Elementary has received a donation of school supplies from Trinity Baptist Church to be distributed to students in need at their campus.

13.F. Castleberry Elementary has received a $1,218 donation from the General Mills Box Tops for Education Program to use at the principals discretion for the campus.

13.G. REACH High School has received various donations valued at $4,485 dollars from area businesses to be used for student incentives for the 2011-2012 school year.

14. MONITORING THE STRATEGIC PLAN

14.A. PERSONNEL

14.A.1. Consider All Matters Incident and/or related to Public Officers and Employees/Auxiliary Service, including, but not limited to, Contracts Resignations, Hiring, Assignments, Allocations, and Salaries.

14.A.2. ACTION ITEM
Consider Approval of New Hire Contract Recommendation

14.A.3. DISCUSSION ITEM
Executive Director of Administrative Services Report:  Includes the Job Fair Analysis, Employee Exit Interview, Public Information Request Summary, Staff Retention Rate, Maintenance/Custodian and Transportation.

14.A.3.a. Job Fair Analysis: Includes information on professional staff hired from each university during the 2010 – 2011 job fair.

14.A.3.b. Employee Exit Interview: Includes data from the 2010 – 2011 school year and the three previous years of Exit Interviews.

14.A.3.c. Public Information Request Summary:  Includes information on Public Information Requests as of August 2011.

14.A.3.d. Staff Retention Rate:  Information is presented concerning the district’s turnover rate with the previous two years comparison.

14.A.3.e. Transportation: The report includes information on transportation summer activities, grant information and bus driver training programs.

14.A.3.f. Maintenance/Custodian: The report includes highlights of the summer projects, preparations for the Capital Improvement projects, and Custodial summer activities.

14.A.4. DISCUSSION ITEM
Maintenance and Construction Projects Update

14.A.5. Calendar Waiver

14.A.6. Review Resignations Received

15. BOARD INFORMATION

15.A. DISCUSSION ITEM
Schwartz & Eichelbaum, Wardell, Mehl and Hansen, P.C. - September 7, 2011

15.B. DISCUSSION ITEM
Equity Center Concerns

15.C. School Board 2011-2012 Planner

15.D. School Board Operating Procedures.

15.E. Schwartz & Eichelbaum, P.C. Board Minutes 9-1-11.

15.F. School Board Agenda Request by Board Members.

15.G. Review Student Travel Approvals.

15.H. DISCUSSION ITEM
2012 Board of Trustees Self-Evaluation, Draft 1

15.I. DISCUSSION ITEM
2012 Superintendent Evaluation, Draft 1

15.J. Budget Preparation Timeline 2011-2012.

15.K. Board Policy

15.L. Establish Next Meeting.

16. ADJOURN

17. CLOSED SESSION