Action for elementary reading and math grades 3-5.  Mr. Driskell discussed that since we did not meet a certain threshold in accountability a plan must be created.  The plans are attached.

I had originally put on the board calendar to move the November board meeting to the 12th, but I have a 504 conference on the 12th and 13th. Does the 15th work?

Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requires school districts to maintain the level of state and local funds they spend to support federal programs from one fiscal year to the next. If a school receives a federal grant awarded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B (IDEA-B), the MOE requirement specifies that you must spend at least the same amount of state and local funds to provide services to students with disabilities that you spent in the previous fiscal year. You must comply with the MOE requirement to receive IDEA-B funding each fiscal year.
 If you recall last year in the audit presentation  there was mention of the district applying for an exemption for MOE  because we did not spend the same amount of money in special education as we did in 15-16.  We received an exemption for $22,000 but are still have to pay $8,100. 

I had Todd Hubbart at ESC 16 look into MOE for the 17-18 year and 18-19 year.  I have copied his email below:

I have reviewed the 16-17 and 17-18 MOE reports.  The
district will remain non-compliant in 16-17 but I do show you should be compliant
in 17-18.  I spoke with the SSA and received an updated on-behalf number
and picked up the 17-18 Pre-K SPED expenditures to make you compliant. 
The difference between the last compliant year (15-16) and 17-18 is a very
small amount so as long as the auditors do not reclass any expenditures out of
SPED and the SSA reports the amount I was given, you should remain
compliant.  This will lower the 18-19 expenditure baseline to
$111,719.  However, the district only budgeted $65,871 in 18-19 SPED expenditures
so we will need to find additional expenditures or exceptions to meet
MOE.  If Tina Dodson left the district after 17-18 we should be able to
file an $30,994.96 exception which will leave the district short approximately
$14,853.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

So in a nutshell we need to spend $14,853 in special education this year.  If we don't spend it we will owe the state $14,853.  I would rather spend it locally and buy something for the district then give more money back to the state. 

Fred is getting a bid packet together along with the advertisement language to start accepting bids on the parking lot across from the old school. 

I am including the most recent list of items that needs to be address by Hicks.  James has told me that he will send out Jarrod to go over the list and he will make sure we know when someone is here and what the status is when they leave.  After visiting with Jarrod, I will want Hicks to commit to a timeline of when the items will be taken care of for good.  If the timeline is not met, I would then like to have Fred send James a letter to pressure him to get the work done or further action will be taken.  There are several items that have been looked at several times, but not resolved.  The items with an * on the list were reported for the first time everything else has been on their list to repair.

All board members met the required number of hours

The attached quote is from True Green to apply fertilizer and weed killer to the grounds. I think this would be a time saver for Ron especially when Carson is no longer on staff.

This plan is necessary for the cafeteria audit.  It was provided by the ESC, I just added Miami ISD where applicable.

The Royals are moving out of the school house.  I wanted to visit with the board of possibly moving in the house and it be a benefit to my contract. I have included the results of superintendents' compensation in Regions 14,15,16,17 which are: Abilene, Wichita Falls, Amarillo, and Lubbock.

By policy BBBB (LEGAL) a quorum to canvass the election is considered only two members.  The date needs to happen between October 18 and October 24.  It has to be the only item on the agenda.