August 31, 2015 at 6:00 PM - Regular

I. Routine Business

I.A. Call To Order

I.B. Invocation

I.C. Pledge of Allegiance

I.D. Certification of Notice

II. Audience with Patrons (limited to 5 minutes per patron)
Persons wishing to participate in this portion of the meeting reserved for that purpose were required to sign up as they arrive and to indicate the topic about which they wish to speak.

III. Consider Approval of Consent Agenda Items:

III.A. Action Items:

III.A.1. Budget Amendments (Melinda James)

III.A.2. Board Minutes for the following: (Bonnie Tegge)

III.A.2.a. July 20, 2015

III.A.2.b. July 27, 2015

III.A.2.c. August 11, 2015

IV. Finance (Melinda James)

IV.A. Information/Discussion Items:

IV.A.1. Financial Statements

IV.A.1.a. General Operating Funds

IV.A.1.b. Student Nutrition Fund

IV.A.1.c. Debt Service

IV.A.1.d. Check Register 

IV.A.1.e. Tax Collection

IV.A.1.e.(1) Tax Collection 2014

IV.A.1.e.(2) Tax Collection 2015

IV.A.1.f. Head Start Financials

IV.A.1.g. Investment Report

IV.B. Action Items:

IV.B.1. Consider Approval of Bid Property (Melinda James)

IV.B.2. Consider Approval of 2015 Tax Rate Information

IV.B.2.a. 2015 Certified Value

IV.B.2.b. Certification of the 2015 Anticipated Collection Rate & Excess Debt Collection

IV.B.2.c. Statement of 2015 Effective and Rollback rates

V. Instruction

V.A. Information Item:

V.A.1. Instructional Vision Presentation to be presented on August 31, 2015 by Rickie Harris, Dr. Wayne Guidry & Dr. Silvia Martinez 

VI. Policy

VI.A. Action Items:

VI.A.1. Consider Approval of the 2015 - 2016 Updated Student Code of Conduct (Anitrea Goodwin)

VI.A.2. Consider Approval of Policy Update 102 (Anitrea Goodwin)

VI.A.3. Consider Approval of the 2015-2016 PDAS Calendar (Anitrea Goodwin)

VII. The open session of the meeting will adjourn. The Board of Trustees will reconvene in closed session for the following purposes.

VII.A. Discussion for the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's Attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law.(Tex.Govt.Code 551.071)

VII.A.1. Consider legal advice regarding renewals, non-renewals and terminations of contracts for professional and non-professional personnel and related actions.

VII.B. Teachers and Administrators (Tex.Gov't Code 551.074)

VII.B.1. Discussion of Selection/Employment

VII.B.2. Reassignment and Resignations

VII.B.3. Discussion of Evaluation

VII.B.4. Discipline

VII.B.5. Duties

VII.B.6. Discussion of Termination

VII.B.7. Consider renewals, non-renewals and terminations of contracts for professional and non-professional personnel and related actions.

VII.C. Discussion of Discipline of Students (Tex.Govt. Code 551.082)

VII.D. Discuss other matters as authorized by (Tex.Govt.Code 551.071-551.084)

VII.E. Paraprofessional, Support Staff, and Personnel (Tex. Govt. Code 551.074)

VII.F. Personnel (Anitrea Goodwin)

VII.F.1. Information Item:

VII.F.1.a. Resignations

VII.F.2. Action Item:

VII.F.2.a. Consider Approval of Contractual Staff

VII.F.2.b. Consider Approval of Substitute List

VII.G. Adjourn