February 11, 2021 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. 5:30 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER

2. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION

2.A. Board Discussion of Personnel Matters under § 551.074: Employment, Retirement(s), Termination(s)/Proposed Termination(s), Proposed Nonrenewal(s), Request(s) for Leave of Absence, Request(s) for Extended Leave Without Pay, Resignation(s), Reassignment(s), Job Abandonment, Proposed Extension of Probationary Contract(s), Proposed Suspension Without Pay, Administrator Contract Recommendations, Non-Administrator Contract Recommendations

2.B. Discussion of Real Property under § 551.072.

2.C. Consultation with legal counsel regarding and/or involving pending or contemplated litigation or a settlement offer or on a matter which the School District's legal counsel determines should be confidential including contract negotiations in accordance with Government Code, § 551.082, § 551.0821, § 551.087, and § 551.071, respectively; Hawkland v. GPISD No. 3-19-cv-01822-B

3. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION

3.A. Action as a Result of Closed Session

4. INVOCATION

4.A. Joshua Ward - Student Pastor
Fielder Church - Grand Prairie

5. PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG

6. RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

6.A. GPISD Council of PTAs - Angel Membership Program

6.B. Results Driven Accountability Recognition

6.C. Leadership Spotlight - Honoring Child Nutrition

6.D. TEPSA Assistant Principal of the Year

6.E. 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest Review

7. OPEN FORUM FOR AGENDA ITEMS

7.A. Persons attending the meeting may request an Open Forum Sign-Up Card. The card must be completed in its entirety and submitted to the Board President or designee prior to the meeting being convened. The first Open Forum is limited to agenda items other than personnel and individual/specific students. Any personnel concern should be brought directly to the Superintendent prior to the meeting.. Speakers will be limited to five (5) minutes. When more than one individual wishes to address the same agenda item, the President may ask the group to appoint one spokesperson.

8. ADOPT AGENDA

9. PUBLIC HEARING: 2019-2020 TAPR REPORT

10. CONSENT AGENDA

10.A. Minutes from Previous Meetings

10.B. Personnel: Routine Action

10.B.1. Employment, Retirement(s), Termination(s)/Proposed Termination(s), Proposed Nonrenewal(s), Request(s) for Leave of Absence, Request(s) for Extended Leave Without Pay, Resignation(s), Reassignment(s), Request(s) for Temporary Disability, Job Abandonment, Proposed Extension of Probationary Contract(s), Proposed Suspension Without Pay, Administrator Contract Recommendations, Non-Administrator Contract Recommendations

10.C. Regular Reports of the Superintendent

10.C.1. Purchasing Contracts

10.C.2. Tax Collection Report

10.C.3. Revenue and Expenditure Report

10.C.4. Summary of Proposed Budget Transfers/Amendments

10.D. Consider Approval of Amended Order of Election

10.E. Consider Approval of Donation to the District

10.F. Consider Approval of Weaver and Tidwell, LLP Audit Engagement Letter for the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year

10.G. Consider Resolution to Extend the Depository Contract with Frost Bank

10.H. Consider Approval of 40% Campus Hybrid Instruction for 9th-12th Grade Students and Hybrid Instruction During District-Scheduled Testing Days for K-8th Grade Students waivers

10.I. Consider Approval to Request Staff Development Waiver

10.J. Consider Adoption of TASB Recommended Policy Revisions in Update 116

10.K. Approval of Board Travel

11. ACTION ITEMS

11.A. Consider Approval  of Revised 2020-2021 School Calendar

11.B. Consider Taking Action on Employee Contracts

11.C. Consider Teacher Resignations/Contract Abandonment

12. INFORMATION ITEMS

12.A. Career and Technical Education Overview In Recognition of CTE Month

12.B. HB3 TIA Update

12.C. System of Great Schools Overview

12.D. Request for Proposal (RFP) Process and Timeline for Food Service Management Company

12.E. Spring Demographic Update

12.F. Review Board Agenda Calendar

13. OPEN FORUM FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS

13.A. Persons attending the meeting may request an Open Forum Sign-Up Card. The card must be completed in its entirety and submitted to the Board President or designee prior to the meeting being convened. This second Open Forum allows individuals to address the Board on any subject, except personnel and individual/specific students.  Any personnel concern should be brought directly to the attention of the Superintendent prior to the meeting.  Speakers will be limited to five (5) minutes.  When more than one individual wishes to address the same topic, the Board President may ask the group to appoint one spokesperson.

14. COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS

14.A. Board of Trustees expressions of thanks, congratulations, and condolences.

15. ADJOURNMENT