July 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  This annual resolution by the board identifies areas within two miles of the schools that are subject to hazardous traffic conditions to allow the District to request additional state funding to provide District transportation for students residing within these areas.

Description:  Renewal of the MOU with CBC for dual credit classes at the high school as well as the continuance of the district's contribution of $150 per dual credit course (up to two courses per semester). See attachment.

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• Poth ISD will review transfer requests made by a peace officer who is the parent/guardian of a student pursuant to Board Policy FDA(LOCAL).
• Decisions on peace officer transfer requests will be handled locally in accordance with Board Policy FDA(LOCAL).
• In the event a peace officer wants to grieve the denial of a transfer request, the peace officer can file a grievance under Board Policy FNG(LOCAL) or GF(LOCAL), as appropriate. 

Current: Texas Education Code § 25.0344 states that school boards must grant a transfer request made by a servicemember who is the parent/guardian of a student. A servicemember is defined as an "active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, or the Texas National Guard." The servicemember can request the student transfer to another district campus or to another school district under an agreement. The lack of conditions and parameters in transfer requests made by servicemembers may lead to an influx of transfer requests and unnecessarily over-populate or under-populate a campus. Poth ISD has one Elementary, one Junior High, and one High School campus. If Poth ISD must grant transfer requests made by a servicemember, the District runs the risk of becoming overcrowded in total and on specific campuses. When overcrowding occurs, it may contribute to less individualized instruction, disciplinary issues, poor building conditions and an increase in illness risk.
 
Proposed: the District will be exempt from granting a transfer request made by a servicemember who is the parent/guardian of a student. While Poth ISD remains committed to considering transfer requests made by servicemembers, this exemption will ensure that Poth ISD campuses do not become overcrowded due to an influx of transfer requests by servicemembers.

• Poth ISD will review transfer requests made by a servicemember who is the parent/guardian of a student pursuant to Board Policy FDA(LOCAL).
• Decisions on servicemember transfer requests will be handled locally in accordance with Board Policy FDA(LOCAL).
• In the event a servicemember wants to grieve the denial of a transfer request, the servicemember can file a grievance under Board Policy FNG(LOCAL) or GF(LOCAL), as appropriate. 

 

Description:  School districts must annually certify to the State Board of Education and the commissioner that, for each subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002, other than physical education, and each grade level, the district provides each student with instructional materials that cover all elements of the essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education for that subject and grade level. Poth ISD does, and this item meets the certification requirement.

Description:  As of 2021, Under Section 26.04 (c) of the Texas Tax Code, each taxing entity must designate an officer or employee to calculate the tax rate each year. The District recommends again designating Dawn Barnett, Wilson County Tax Assessor-Collector, to calculate the 2023 tax rates per state regulations, as it has since 2021.

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On behalf of the 4-H members of Wilson County, the District respectfully requests that the Wilson County 4-H organization, by the attached resolution, be sanctioned as an extracurricular activity, as it has been for many years.

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The Wilson County Ag Extension Service requests the agents listed above and on the attached Adjunct Faculty Agreement be awarded adjunct staff member status for the 23-24 school year as they have been in prior years.

Description:  The District went out for bid for Property, Liability, and Automobile Insurance for the 2023-2024 school year. The RFP ran in the newspaper for two weeks as well as being posted on the website and sent out to several insurance companies. The RFP closed on July 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM. The board will hear the results and recommendation.

Description:  The Administration is recommending renewal of Workers' Compensation Insurance through TASB Risk Management Fund. This coverage is fully funded and based on the salaries of Poth ISD employees.

Description:  These cooperative commitments with ESC, Region 20, support many of the District's special programs as well as Ascender Business and Student Software renewals. These commitments also provide Poth ISD employees with additional resources for their classrooms as well as discounted training and professional development opportunities.

Description:  The District contracts services for a Deputy to monitor the District during school hours. This item, if approved, will allow the superintendent to negotiate the terms of the contracted services for the 23-24 school year.

Description:  The District has developed a replacement schedule for chromebooks to be able to continue to provide a 1:1 ratio for students to technology devices. On this schedule, the District must replace around 12.5% of its chromebook devices each year to keep its technology up to date with security and updates and maintain functionality with curriculum software.

Description:  In 2021-2022, the school board voted to raise the summer school/accelerate instruction supplemental pay rate from $26.50 to $35.00 per hour. That approval was only for one year, but the administration would like to propose that this rate be raised permanently to $35.00 per hour beginning with the ending 2022-2023 school year and the recently completed summer school/accelerated instruction services provided by its teaching staff.

Description:  District health insurance premiums have increased for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. The administration would like to discuss increasing the District's contribution toward health insurance for its employees to help offset some of the increase in premiums.