April 18, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1) Call to order Open Session in the Board Room of the Lovenberg Administration Building, 3904 Avenue T, Galveston, Texas.

2) Citizen's Request to Address the Board on Agenda and Non-Agenda Items.  Please complete sign-up sheets available in the lobby prior to the start of the meeting.

3) Superintendent's Report

3)A) Campus Highlights: Burnet Elementary, Ms. Beatriz Rodriguez

3)B) Galveston Educational Foundation Annual Report

3)C) Child Nutrition Presentation, Ms. Jennifer Douglas

3)D) Galveston Youth Risk Student Survey Report, Dr. John Prochaska

3)E) GISD Strategic Plan Highlights: 5.1.1: Implement an all-inclusive long-term plan for improving all GISD facilities by providing top-of-the-line high quality, competitive,efficient,attractive,compliant, and safe educational environments; and 4.2.1: Develop a district cost savings plan. Debbie Jones

3)F) Review Student Outcome Goals:
Goal 3:1: Percent of College and Career Ready Graduates, calculated as the percent of annual graduates who accomplished at least one of the following, will increase from 77.8% to 90% by the end of the 2019-2020 school year:  1)  Met or exceeded the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) criteria in both ELA/reading and mathematics on the TSIA, SAT, or ACT;  2) Completed and earned credit for at least
two advanced/dual-credit/dual-enrollment courses;  3) Enrolled in a coherent sequence of CTE
courses.
Goal Progress Measures:
 3.1 The percentage of 9-12 grade students meeting TSI criteria in Reading and Math will
increase from 40% to 50% by the end of the 2020 school year.
3.2 The percentage of 9-12 grade students enrolled in Dual Credit courses will increase
from 42% to 53% by the end of the 2020 school year.

3)G) Review Superintendent Constraints:
Constraint 2: The Superintendent shall not allow adult convenience or preference to take priority
over the academic progress of students.
Constraint Progress Measures:
2.1 The percentage of students at Improvement Required campuses will decrease from 16% to 0% by the end of school year 2020. (Baseline established in the 2016–17 school year)

3)H) Sick Bank Presentation, Mrs.Debbie Jones

3)I) District Summer Hours

3)J) Summer Programs, Dr. Annette Scott

3)K) Professional Development Summer Calendar, Dr. Annette Scott

3)L) Board Budget Planning Calendar, Ms. Debbie Jones

3)M) Enrollment Report

4) The Board may recess into Closed Executive Session in the Library as permitted by the Texas Open Meeting Act Government Code Sections 551.071- 551.090 Subchapter D and E.

Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting then the final action, final decision, or final vote shall be either:
A) in the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting; or
B) at a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon notice thereof; as the School Board shall determine.

5) CONSENT AGENDA - Action Items

5)A) Consider approval of minutes of the Regular Meeting on March 28,2018.

5)B) Consider approval of personnel resignations and recommendations with contracts.

5)C) Attorney Fees

5)D) Finance Reports

5)E) Consider approval of Purchases over $50,000.

5)F) Consider approval of the Board's Time Use Tracker for February 21st. 

5)G) Consider applying for Staff Development Minutes Waiver

5)H) Consider applying for Low Attendance Days Waiver for Ball High School

5)I) Consider adding State approved Innovation Courses: Newcomers' English Language Development A&B

5)J) Consider an agreement between Galveston ISD and UTMB Galveston for Medical Services

5)K) Consider approval of the recommendations for Chapter 21 Professional contracts for the 2018-2019 school year as presented.

5)L) Consider approval of Administrations request to apply for the 2018-2019 Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Cycle 10, Year 1.

6) REGULAR AGENDA- Action Items

7) Discuss and consider the approval of PBK Architects to conduct a Facilities Condition & Needs Assessment for an amount not to exceed $100,482.

8) Discuss and consider the approval of PASA (Population and Survey Analysts) to conduct Demographic Study Services, for an amount not to exceed $57,000.

9) Suggested Future Agenda Items

10) Board Comments

11) Adjournment