Public Meeting Public Notice: May 25, 2009 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1. Call Meeting to Order for May 25, 2009.

1.A. Roll Call

2. Time for Public Comment: In the event that a quorum of the Board is not present to open the meeting, the Monday session shall thereby be cancelled after a reasonable time in the opinion of the Board members present or, if there is no Board member present, the Superintendent or designee, and agenda items II through III shall be moved to Tuesday, May 26, 2009, immediately following Section IV on the Agenda.

3. Motion to go into Closed Session.

3.A. [Section 551.071, Government Code - Consultation with Attorney:] For a private consultation with the Board’s attorney with respect to pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers, and/or on matters where the attorney’s duty to the Board, under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, clearly conflicts with the open government provisions of Chapter 551 of the Government Code, to wit:

3.A.1. Policy EF (Local) amendments - First Reading.

3.A.2. Policy CW (Local) options associated with Superintendent's report in Agenda Item VIII (B) (1).

3.A.3. Data Optics Cable, Inc. claim against District and related issues (for information only).

3.A.4. E-Rate appeal dealing with E-Rate application 9 (for information only).

3.A.5. Consultation with attorney regarding attorney-client items listed in Agenda Item IX (B).

3.A.6. Legal issues dealing with other agenda items brought into Closed Session.

4. Call Meeting to Order for May 26, 2009 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Edgewood Academy, Recital Hall, 607 S.W. 34th Street, San Antonio, Texas.

4.A. Roll Call

4.B. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

4.C. Academic Spotlight for Hosting Campus: Fine Arts Academy

5. Discussion/Action on matters taken up in Closed Session and/or matters listed in Section III, whether or not items listed therein were taken into Closed Session; and matters listed under Sections IX and X, if any, taken into Closed Session under Section III. The Board may also go into Closed Session at this time on any matter on any agenda item listed in either or both sessions as may be authorized by law.

6. Presentation(s) and Discussions:

6.A. Edgewood ISD Employee Compensation Plan for 2009-2010 presented by Mary Barrett

7. Bond Construction Projects Update - Project Management

7.A. Bond Projects Financial Update and Change Order Log

8. Administrative/Product Reports

8.A. Budget/Finance

8.A.1. Tax Report

8.B. Superintendent

8.B.1. Report on Cenizo Park Elementary Petition Request

8.B.2. Update on the Westside Education Training Center Lease

9. Consent Agenda Items

9.A. Minutes: Regular...January 25-26, 2009; Special...April 7, 2009.

9.B. Approval of statement from the Law Firm of Escamilla & Poneck, Inc. in the amount of $41,602.39 for Professional Services Rendered using local funds.

9.C. Approval of the Budget Amendments for April 20, 2009 through May 15, 2009.

10. Individual Items for Consideration and Approval:

10.A. Approval to participate in the Martha & Arturo Olivo Family & Mission Road Development Center Memorandum of Understanding with the Special Education Department from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

10.B. Approval to adopt and purchase textbooks for Career and Technical courses: Apparel, Interior Design, Housing, Personal and Family Development, Individual and Family Life, Child Development, Nutrition and Food Science, Food Science and Technology and Preparation for Parenting.

10.C. Approval to adopt and purchase from Cengage Learning the Microsoft Office 2007 Advanced Concepts and Techniques and the Microsoft Office 2007 Concepts and Techniques, Window Vista Edition textbooks and resource book for the business courses at the high schools for the amount of $33,734.25.

10.D. Approval to enter into an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Implementation Agreement with AVID Center for Edgewood ISD six secondary campuses and eleven elementary campuses for the 2009-2010 school year for a total of $72,328.00, funded by American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Title I, and high school allotment funds.

10.E. Approval of renewal of a bid from Bollinger, Inc. for Student Athletic and Voluntary Student Accident Insurance at the cost of $179,750 for school year 2009-2010.

10.F. Approval to enter into an agreement with the City of San Antonio for the After School Challenge Program to operate the Math and Science Initiative at L.B. Johnson Elementary using city funds for operating costs not to exceed the amount of $24,500.

10.G. Approval to use the portable building and play area at Gardendale Elementary with a waiver of all fees for the Madonna Neighborhood Center Summer Recreation Programs.

10.H. Approval to enter into an agreement with Our Lady of the Lake University to implement the AT&T Foundation Comprehensive Higher Education Initiative: The Post Secondary Planning Program for four years, from June 2009 through July 2013.

10.I. Approval to use the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Sex Education Program fifth grade curriculum: Growing with Confidence, to address abstinence targeting 5th grade boys and girls.

10.J. Approval of promotions, transfers, new hires, resignations, retirements and re-assignments for professional contract personnel where Board Action is required. [Note: Board action on this item, if any, is limited to those personnel items that require Board action; otherwise, the item is for information only, whether or not the Board approves a motion to approve this item; and, in any event, the Board does not approve transfers, resignations previously approved by the Superintendent, retirements and reassignments.]

10.K. Approval of Individual Expenditures Equal to or Exceeding $25,000 to wit:

10.K.1. Agile Mind Education Holdings, Inc., for Agile Mind Professional Development/Instructional Support $31,200, a sole source purchase.

10.K.2. Participation in the CSCOPE Curriculum System Cooperative through the Education Service Center, Region 20, during the 2009 - 2010 school year, for the amount of $92,400.

10.K.3. Purchase of the Princeton Review Curriculum & Instruction/PSAT/SAT Test Prep, for the amount of $96,000 a sole source purchase.

10.K.4. Purchase of the on-line learning management system for the 2009-2010 school year from InfoSource Instructional Technology for the amount of $49,875, a sole source purchase.

10.L. Approval of the Edgewood ISD Employee Compensation Plan for 2009-2010 school year.

10.M. Approval of a CPS agreement which includes an electric line right-of-way agreement for the new Cenizo Park Elementary School.

10.N. Approval of a memorandum of understanding between Edgewood ISD and Johnson Controls Inc., to perform a preliminary analysis of an Energy and Operating Efficiency Plan at no cost and obligation to the District.

10.O. Approval of the paver project sponsored by the Edgewood Class of "1967" at the Monument Plaza located at Frank Mata Stadium.

10.P. Approval to contract with Zapata & Associates Inc., for the architectural and engineering services for the restroom facilities at Winton Elementary cafeteria from interest Bond Fund not to exceed $8,000.

10.Q. Approval to accept the 2009-2010 Staff Development Plan for the Employees of Edgewood ISD.

10.R. Approval to enter into a collaboration with the City of San Antonio to provide social services, post secondary education opportunities and job training to students from Kennedy High School and Memorial High School participating in the collaborative Dropout Reduction Program.

10.S. Approval of the Independent Financial Auditors for Edgewood ISD.

10.T. Approval to accept the interim progress report for the student clubs pilot program grants for the May 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008 reporting period from John F. Kennedy High School, Memorial High School and the Edgewood Academy.

10.U. Approval to enter into a collaboration with Alamo Community College District to provide campus tours and guest speakers for the 8th grade transition summer school for summer 2009 and 2010.

10.V. Approval to accept the 2009 Notice of Grant Award from the San Antonio Sports and the Women's Sports Foundation to benefit the eleven elementary schools in the amount of $12,580.00

May 25, 2009 at 6:30 PM - Regular

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