December 17, 2018 at 7:45 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) Performance Stipend Friday

6.B. Chief Academic Officer's Report

6.C. Chief Financial Officer's Report

6.D. Superintendent’s Report

6.D.1) Winter Governance Seminar, Galveston, February 21-23, 2019.

6.E. Principal Reports

6.F. Athletic Director's Report

7. CONSENT AGENDA - Action Item

7.A. Consider Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting Held on Monday, November 12, 2018.

7.B. Consider Approval of November 2018 Disbursements as Paid

7.C. Consider Action to Accept a Budget Amendment. (If Any)

8. REGULAR AGENDA

8.A. Consider Action to Possibly Award the "Best" Bid for the Supply of Electricity for Early ISD to commence on March 1, 2019.   Possible Action Item

8.B. Consider Action to Formally Accept the Superintendent's Evaluation Instrument.  Action Item

8.C. Consider Action to Accept The FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas) for the 2017-2018 School Year as Presented/Discussed in the Public Hearing.  Action Item

8.D. Consider Preliminary Discussions Concerning the School Year Calendar for the 2019-2020 School Year.  Information Only

8.E. Consider for Discussion Only, the Board Members' Pre-Publication Totals for Continuing Education Hours for the Year January 2018-December 2018.  Information Only

8.F. Consider Action to Designate Media Members as TASB Media Honor Roll Members.  Action Item

8.G. Consider Information Concerning Property Values and Funding Lag.  Information Only

8.H. Consider Information Concerning a Possible Staff Pay Increase.  Information Only

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.A.4) Student Discipline Issues(If Any)

9.A.5) Deliberation Concerning the Guardian Program and Other Matters Related to the Deployment or Implementation of Security Personnel or Devices, Pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.076.

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 January 21, 2019 at 6:00 P.M. - Possible Action Item

11. ADJOURNMENT - Action Item