March 8, 2016 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order. 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.

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Board Goals

4. Recognition of Taft ISD Students:

4.A. High School Boys Basketball Team

4.B. State History Fair Qualifier: Rylee Hernandez

4.C. Junior High Destination Imagination (DI) Team

5. Public Comments: Comments are limited to five minutes per speaker. The Board Secretary will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. Should there be more than five (5) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select one (1) representative to speak for them. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve the matter administratively. If not, the person shall be directed to the appropriate policy, as noted in BED (Local), to seek resolution before bringing the matter to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Pursuant to 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, no Board Member or Administrator may respond to a member of the public, unless such response is a recitation of District Policy or a statement of specific factual information.

6. Consent Agenda

6.A. Approve Regular Board Meeting Minutes of February 2, 2016.

6.B. Approve Investment Report for January 2016.

6.C. Approve Total Expenditures by Function Ending January 2016.

6.D. Approve Summary of Taxes paid to Taft ISD for January 2016.

6.E. Approve Child Nutrition Report for January 2016.

7. Discussion

7.A. ADA Report-Fourth Six Weeks.

7.B. RFQ Audit

7.C. Athletic Department Update.

7.D. Technology Department Report.

7.E. Taft ISD Child Nutrition Department Audit Update.

7.F. Maintenance and Operations Department Report.

7.G. School Uniforms

7.H. Discussion of District Commencement Exercise Protocol.

7.I. School of Science and Technology-Discovery Charter School.

7.J. Curriculum and Instruction Update. 

7.K. Principal's Report: Attendance and Benchmark II Scores.

7.K.1. High School

7.K.2. Junior High

7.K.3. Petty Elementary

8. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into Closed Session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act

8.A. The Board will convene in closed session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et. seq. TGC 551.074

8.B. Retirement of Kevin Wall

8.C. Employee Resignations

8.C.1. Angela Goldstein

8.C.2. Thuy Nguyen

8.C.3. Kimberly Moralez

8.D. Conduct Annual Evaluation of Superintendent of Schools and Discussion of Contract Extension.

9. Reconvened from Closed Session: The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session

9.A. Action Regarding Approval of Evaluation of Superintendent of Schools.

9.B. Action Regarding Superintendent of Schools Contract Extension.

10. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members

11. Items for Individual Consideration

11.A. Discuss and/or Approve 2015-2016 Budget Amendments.

11.B. Action Regarding Resignation of Board Member Mary Garrett and Acceptance of Said Resignation from the School Board.

12. Important Dates to Remember

12.A. Regular Board Meeting Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

13. Adjourn