Public Meeting Public Notice: April 14, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call Meeting to Order for April 14, 2015.

1.A. Roll Call

1.B. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

1.C. Academic Spotlight Hosting Campus: J. F. Kennedy High School

2. Time for Public Comment:

3. Presentation(s) and/or Public Hearing(s):

3.A. Dancing with the Children Program

3.B. Recognition Award to Texas Ranger Joel Kite

3.C. Recognition of organizations that assisted Edgewood ISD students with shoes and coats for 2014-2015.

3.D. Presentation to the Board on How Social Workers Assist Our Students and Families in our District.

3.E. Presentation re: Internal Audit re: Agenda Item V (22). (Presentors: Aracelia Guerrero and Cheyanne Rolf)

3.F. West Side Girl Scout Leadership Center

3.G. 2013-2014 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR)

4. Consent Agenda Items:

4.A. Approval of minutes for board meetings: Special Board Meeting on February 24, 2015 and Regular Board Meeting, March 17, 2015.

4.B. Approval of Budget Amendments for the period ending March 31, 2015.

4.C. Approval of promotions, transfers, new hires, resignations, retirements and reassignments 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.]

4.D. Approval to proclaim April 30, 2015 as Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros, and April 27 - May 3, 2015 as Celebrando Cinco de Mayo in Edgewood Independent School District, with a parade and festival on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

4.E. Approval of proclamation to proclaim May 6, 2015, as National School Nurse Day in Edgewood Independent School District.

4.F. Approval of proclamation to proclaim May 2015 as Mental Health Month in Edgewood ISD.

4.G. Ratification of Superintendent's approval of Amendment #2 of the 2014-2015 Head Start contract with the City of San Antonio (CoSA), which will allow the District to receive reimbursement from CoSA in the amount of $135,734.00 (Federal Share) for supplemental expenditures in the Head Start Program in Edgewood ISD.

5. Individual Items for Consideration and Approval:

5.A. Approval to purchase from Follett Corporation instructional materials for GEAR Up I'm A Scholar Program teachers, the summer Student Success Initiative for Reading, and the Advanced Placement English and Literature and Composition course at a cost $4,722.38, to be funded from Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP), Gifted and Talented and Title I.

5.B. Approval of "Proclamation 2015 Instruction Materials Adoption," for the purchase of instructional materials as therein provided, for approximately $1,650,000.00, payable from the Instructional Materials Allotment.

5.C. Approval to purchase Mac Air Laptop with accessories from Apple, Inc. for Staff Development Director in the amount of $1,737.00, to be paid with Title I funds.

5.D. Approval to purchase Laptop case from M&A Technology for Staff Development Director in the amount not to exceed $36.25 to be paid with Title I funds.

5.E. Approval for an agreement between Edgewood ISD and Northside Regional Day School for the Deaf for the 2015-2016 school year for an amount of $11,000.00 per student using Special Education federal funds.

5.F. Approval to purchase backpacks and school supplies for Edgewood ISD students for the 2015-2016 school year from Educational Products, Inc., for an amount of approximately $523,684.40, funded by Title I, Part A, of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and local funds.

5.G. Approval to purchase four (4) sets of Drum-N-Store Bucket Activity kits from School Specialty, Inc., physical education equipment for Roosevelt Elementary School, in the amount of $658.80, funded through the Edgewood Education Foundation Innovation Grant.

5.H. Approval of purchase order for Region 20 for participation in the workshop, Indirect Cost Fundamentals, in an amount not to exceed $375.00, utilizing local funds.

5.I. Approval for Turner Roofing Company to replace the roof on the new CATE building at the Edgewood Fine Arts Academy.

5.J. Approval for allocation of funds in the amount of $91,967.00, to fund a Summer Athletic League Program that services and is comprised of Edgewood ISD students.

5.K. Approval of Second Quarterly Investment Report for the period of December 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015.

5.L. Approval of the Instructional Materials Allocation and TEKS Certification for fiscal year 2015-2016.

5.M. Approval to purchase office supplies and consumable items from Office Depot in the amount not to exceed $1,473.13 utilizing local funds.

5.N. Approval to purchase custodial supplies in the amount not to exceed $45,000.00 from Matera Paper Company Inc.

5.O. Approval to purchase custodial supplies in the amount not to exceed $9,000.00 from Cintas Corporation.

5.P. Approval to award RFP 15-002 for Elevator Maintenance Service to ThyssenKrupp Company in the amount of $45,586.20 utilizing local funds.

5.Q. Approval to spend funds for contracted services for buildings in the amount of $26,600.00, for Burleson ECC and Winston Elementary boilers.

5.R. Approval to spend $60,000.00 from the Construction Budget for Architectural Services for CATE warehouse renovations at the Edgewood Fine Arts Academy and the Press Box at Edgewood Veterans Stadium.

5.S. Approval of E-Rate competitive bid RFP #15-019 for a District Wireless Upgrade to Computer Solutions, based on the RFP scoring rubric on March 3, 2015, in the amount of $503,926.68.

5.T. A proposed temporary amendment to Board policy DC (Local), regarding Employment Practices, whereby the Board would temporarily delegate to the Superintendent the authority to make the selection of and offer employment to all new classroom teachers to the District from May 1, 2015, through September 30, 2015.

5.U. Approval to spend additional funds for the remediation and repair of the Edgewood ISD warehouse at Edgewood Jr. High.

5.V. Authorization to issue a Request for Proposal or other appropriate action for internal audit services.

6. Motion to go into Closed Session:

6.A. [Section 551.071, Texas 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:

6.A.1. Proposed MOU with ACCD, WDC, and/or the City of San Antonio regarding the WETC program and Lincoln Elementary.

6.A.2. Legal issues associated with agenda items brought into Closed Session.

6.B. [Section 551.074, Texas Government Code - Personnel Matters:] To deliberate the, appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee, to wit:

6.B.1. Proposed resolution of Salary disputes:

6.B.1.a. Genevieve Guerra

6.B.1.b. James Street

6.B.2. Change in contract status of designated personnel in order to qualify to fill the following positions, subject to assignment and reassignment by the Superintendent in the proposed Pay Grade Ranges, to wit:

6.B.2.a. Senior Systems Analyst - Pay Grade Range AP5 through AP5

6.B.2.b. District Bilingual/ESL Specialist - AP4 through AP4

6.B.2.c. Campus Testing Coordinator - AP4 through AP4

6.B.3. Other appointments, employments, assignments and/or reassignments of personnel mentioned in the Superintendent's Personnel Report under Agenda Item IV (3).

7. Discussion/Action on matters taken up in Closed Session and/or matters listed in Section VI, whether or not items listed therein were taken into Closed Session; and matters listed under Sections IV and/or V, if any, taken into Closed Session under Section VI. The board may also go into Closed Session at this time or any time during the meeting on any agenda item listed in this Notice of Regular Meeting, as may be authorized by law.

April 14, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

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