The Board President or his/her designee will call the roll of members.

The group will recite the Pledge of Allegiance

Dr. Bethany Logan, Assistant Superintendent, will conduct a public hearing on ESSA and Perkins Grant to comply with grant requirements.

Citizens wishing to address the Board of Trustees have so indicated by listing their name on the Communications from the Public sign-in sheet located on the table at the entrance to the boardroom if the meeting is done in person, or at the link provided on the published board agenda if conducted remotely. Those signing have given a brief indication of the topics to be addressed.
Comments to the Board of Trustees under this provision will be limited to three minutes.
The members of the Board of Trustees will listen to citizen presentations during this portion of a regularly scheduled meeting, but they will not comment or participate in a discussion of the topic. 

Board members routinely approve items on the consent agenda as a group.  These are routine agenda items.  Board members have the option to ask questions regarding any of the items listed under "consent agenda".

State law requires that a record be kept in the form of official minutes on each meeting held by a governmental body and that these minutes be approved at the next regular meeting.

The minutes from the May 19, 2025 regular meeting are attached.

Monthly reporting of financial position in relation to the budget.  The Board is provided monthly financial statements.

Meet legal reporting requirements for investments.
In order the meet legal reporting requirements for investments, the Board receives quarterly reports on District investments.

The Board has requested a monthly status report of earned state aid in relation to the budget.

The Board has requested a monthly status report of earned state aid in relation to the budget.

Attached is the Tax Assessor-Collector's Report.

The business manager, Stacy Tiner, will review the financial disbursements for the previous month with the Board of Trustees.  No action is required.

The Superintendent will update the Board on important issues pertaining to the District.

June Superintendent Report

• Dr. Perry’s two weeks have included: Coffee with the Superintendent, Lions’ Club, meeting with Trustees and District leaders, and planning for the new school year.

• Sun Meals and Sun Meals to Go are in full swing. Child Nutrition has served approximately 3,600 meals in the first two weeks of Summer Feeding. They are serving  breakfast and lunch daily to 100 children at Smithville Elementary, Smithville Junior High, and ACE , 40 meals at the Rec Center and 70 breakfasts for the athletic morning workouts.  Our multiple day meals known as Sun Meals to Go are being distributed at Lake Thunderbird, MLK Park and Rosanky Community Center on Monday and Thursdays.  We will have an evening distribution site in July at the Calvary Baptist Church.  We are currently distributing meals to 150 children at these sites. These are meals for Monday through Sunday consumption.  This summer we have employed 7 high school students and 3 college students along with 2 of our Child Nutrition employees.   

• Also in July we will have a filming crew from DC here from July 7-10 with No Kid Hungry- Share the Strength.  They will be filming our Sun Meals to Go program for four days. as well as speaking with families that receive our meals.   

• Professional learning for staff in & out of the District is happening - Teacher Mentor Training, Data Driven Instruction, etc... and last week Dr. Perry served on a texedFest panel with TASA at their summer conference.

• Your link to board training through SafeSchools (Vector Solutions) has been emailed to you.  Cybersecurity and Child Abuse training will be available through this source.  Remember, board members are required to have 1 hour of Cybersecurity training each year, and 1 hour of Child Abuse training every 2 years.  Important: your timeline starts over in May after we have announced your hours at the April board meeting.  You will be required to complete Cybersecurity training between now and April 2026, and if you completed Child Abuse training this past spring you will be required to do it again between now and April 2027. 

• Registration and Housing opens on July 22nd for the txEDCON25 TASA/TASB Convention, which will be held September 11-14, 2025 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.  Mr. Jones is the delegate and Mr. Gutierrez is the alternate. Trustees should let Ms. Behrens know if they are planning to attend.

• ESC Region 13 is planning to host a TEC Legislative Update training for board members on Monday, August 18th in LaGrange.  This is a required training for all board members.  We need to get a consensus on who could attend.

As per Texas Education Code, Chapter 28, at least annually, the local school health advisory council (SHAC) shall submit a report to the board of trustees.  Dr. Bethany Logan, Assistant Superintendent, will highlight activities from the 2024-2025 school year.
 

Dr. Perry will update the Board on pertinent results of the 89th Legislative Session.

The school district staff is currently in the process of developing the proposed budget for the 2025-2026 school year.  The process began in March with budget planning at the campus level.  The Board must adopt the final budget on or before August 31, 2025 in accordance with legal requirements.

Budget hearings were conducted with each campus principal and each department director.  

Stacy Tiner, Business Manager, will present the first draft of the 2025-2026 budget to the Board.
 

Dr. Logan, Assistant Superintendent, will give a regular progress report/update on the Smithville I.S.D. Strategic Plan.  This month, she will specifically report on school safety.

The Board conducts a self-assessment once a year to accomplish the following:
1.  Assess governance team effectiveness
2.   Review roles and responsibilities in the decision- making process
3.   Identify the continuing education needs of the governance team
      and team members
4.   Initiate dialogue among team members to enhance  communications
5.  Establish goals for the governance team

The Board is using a survey instrument and process recommended and developed by the Texas Association of School Boards.  The instrument is organized according to the Framework for School Board Development.  The question arises "Can this be done in executive session since some of the discussion might be about a particular member of the governance team?"  TASB Legal has been consulted regarding this question, and the response from them was that it had to be conducted in open session.  The only exception would be if the discussion needed to address directly the conduct of board member X.  Then according to TASB that discussion could occur in closed session.
 

Tentative items to be included on the July agenda:

a.  2025-2026 Budget and Compensation Plan
b. Child Nutrition Services
c.  Board Operating Procedures
d.  Required Board Trainings
e.  Review of TASB Facilities Study
f.  Call for Public Hearing on Proposed Budget and Tax Rate
g.  Student Code of Conduct for 2025-2026
h.  T-TESS Appraisers for 2025-2026

Included in the board packet is a list of recommendations for curricula from the School Health and Wellness Committee.  Dr. Bethany Logan will present this to the Board and answer any questions they may have, 

The purpose of this agenda item is to authorize expenditure for the purchase of 240 replacement desks at Smithville High School, an amount not to exceed $75,000 from the general fund.

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