April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order.
Description:
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.
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2. Invocation
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3. Public Comments
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4. Consent Agenda
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4.A. Approve Minutes of Board Meetings:
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4.A.1. Regular Board Meeting, Monday, March 24, 2025
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4.A.2. Board Training, Friday, April 4, 2025.
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4.A.3. Board Training, Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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4.B. Approve Total Expenditures by Function Ending March 2025.
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4.C. Approve Quarterly Investment Report.
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4.D. Approve Summary of Taxes paid to Taft ISD ending March 2025.
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4.E. Approve Taft ISD Child Nutrition ending March 2025.
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5. Discussion and/or Individual Consideration
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5.A. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of the Out of State Travel for five students and one sponsor to attend the BPA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida from May 7-10, 2025.
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5.B. Action Item: Approval of the Concession Stand Change Order, Owner Contingency and overall Construction/Soft Cost budget for baseball and softball not to exceed $7,656,990.
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5.C. Information Item: Discussion of Taft ISD Bond Updates through April 2025.
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5.D. Information Item: Budget Overview for 2025-2026.
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5.E. Action Item: Review and Approve the Taft ISD Instructional Leadership (TLI) and Strong Foundation Implementation (SFI) Contracts with National Institue for Texcellence in Teaching (NIET).
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5.F. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of the Taft ISD -20 Ricardo L. Treviño Junior High School Design Plan and Taft ISD & Ricardol L. Treviño Junior High Performance Agreement for School Action Fund.
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5.G. Information Item: Review and Discuss the Taft ISD Data Dashboard.
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6. Closed Session
Description:
Board will adjourn into Closed Session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act. The Board will convene in Closed Session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et. seq TGC 551.071 and 551.074.
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6.A. Discussion on Employment Contracts for the 2025-2026 School Year.
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6.B. Employee Resignation(s)/Retiring
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6.C. Discuss and Conduct the Annual Superintendent Evaluation and Contract Term.
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7. Reconvened from Closed Session
Description:
The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session.
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7.A. Approve non-administrative professional contract recommendations as presented.
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7.B. Consider approval of the Superintendent Evaluation and Contract Term.
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8. Important Dates to Remember
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8.A. Celebration of Excellence Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the Taft High Library (Administration Office).
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8.B. Election Day Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Julia M. Alvarado Center.
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8.C. Regular Board Meeting Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Taft High School Library.
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8.D. Taft ISD Employee Appreciation Banquet Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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8.E. Taft High School Graduation Friday, May 23, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. at Greyhound Stadium.
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9. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members
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10. Adjourn
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