October 17, 2016 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. INVOCATION

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCES 

5. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS - (Invitation to address the Board  - Time allocation to be specified by the Board President)

6. REPORTS

6.A. Board President's Report

6.A.1) Report on Award Ceremony at TASA/TASB in Houston

6.B. Chief Academic Officer's Report

6.B.1) ACE-Lights on Afterschool Program

6.C. Business Manager’s Report

6.D. Superintendent’s Report

6.D.1) Recognize Governor Greg Abbott's Proclamation that Designates October as Texas Public School Principal Appreciation Month. 

6.D.2) Information Concerning the TASB Legal Seminar in Abilene, Texas on November 15, 2016

6.D.3) Presentation to Middle School and High School

6.E. Principals' Reports

7. CONSENT AGENDA - Action Item

7.A. Consider Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting Held on Monday, September 19, 2016.

7.B. Consider Approval of September/October 2016 Disbursements as Paid

7.C. Consider Approval of Budget Amendments (If Any)

8. REGULAR AGENDA

8.A. Consider Action to Adopt the Policy Update as Recommended from the Second and Final Reading of TASB Policy Service Update #106--Information Item

8.B. Consider Action to Advertise and Call for Sealed Bids for the Purchase of Electricity for the Biennium that Extendes from February 1, 2017 Through January 31, 2019.  Bids to be Opened at The Regular Board Meeting on December 15, 2016.--Action Item

8.C. Consider Information Presented by the Early ISD Concussion Oversight Committee.--Information Only

8.D. Consider Action to Accept the Changes and Updates to the District Improvement Plan for the 2016-2017 School Year.-Action Item

8.E. Consider Action to Support Wade Kinnin as the Early ISD Representative to the Brown County Appraisal District Board of Directors for the Term 2017-2018.- Action Item

8.F. Consider Action to Approve the Officers of the School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) for the 2016-2017 School Year.-Action Item

8.G. Present Information about The Guardian Program. - Information Only

8.H. Consider Action to Approve the F.I.R.S.T. Report for the 2015-2016 School Year. - Action Item

8.I. Consider Information to Review and Discuss the Substitute Teacher Handbook for the 2016-2017 School Year.  Information Only

8.J. Consider Action to Accept the Quarterly Investment Report for October 2016.  Action Item

9. CLOSED SESSION - If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the Board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code, Chapter §551, Subchapters D and E or Government Code section §418.183 (f). Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting. All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting.

9.A. Personnel Matters-551.074

9.A.1) Review Resignations-(If Any)

9.A.2) New Hires to Fill Vacancies-(If Any)

9.A.3) Other Personnel Matters as May be Presented-(If Any)

9.B. Action Items Pursuant to Discussions in Closed Session-(If Any) 

10. FUTURE BUSINESS

10.A. Consider the Early ISD Board of Trustees Regular Board Meeting to be on November 21, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. - Action Item

10.B. Consider Action to Reschedule the December Early ISD Regular Board Meeting to Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM.  This is Necessary Because School Will be Dismissed on December 16, 2016 for the Christmas Holiday.--Action Item

11. ADJOURNMENT - Action Item