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It was in paper so we will quickly cover this item. No action. Information only.

BSISD is 100% Highly Qualified at this time. No action. Information only.

Items appearing on the Consent Agenda are routine in nature and may be dealt with using a single motion, second and affirmative vote. At the request of any Board Member(s) any item can be pulled from the Consent Agenda and moved to the regular agenda for the Board’s consideration as a single item. If you have any questions concerning bills please call in advance for more detailed information. Recommendation: Approve the Consent Agenda as presented.

Update 86 is attached. This is the first of 2 post-legislative updates from TASB. I have reviewed the local changes and see no issues. Recommendation: Approve Update 86. Motion: "I move that the board add, revise, or delete (LOCAL) policies as recommended by TASB Policy Service and according to the Instruction Sheet for TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 86."

I am interested in moving to a meal per diem for travel. I have some sample policies from other schools. I have attached a possible proposal for the change. This would enable us to give the per diem and not require receipts on meals. I believe we would have to spell out travel times to be eligible. I will be ready to discuss this in more detail at the meeting. Recommendation: Approve update to policy DEE (LOCAL) as presented. Motion: " I move that the board revise, DEE (LOCAL) as presented."

We are missing one area of kids not required to drug test and that is our students in the High School work program. I am proposing to add this to (LOCAL) policy FNF. I have discussed this with Walsh, Anderson and they believe it is fine. Recommendation: Approve addition to FNF (LOCAL). Motion: "I move that the board revise FNF (LOCAL) as presented."

Big Sandy ISD does not currently have this local policy. The attached is the recommendation from Mrs. Robbins and myself. Recommendation: Approve as presented. Motion: "I move that the board add EIC (LOCAL) as presented."

Annually the public must be informed of the AEIS report for the district. I would like to set this hearing on our regular meeting in December. December 14th. Recommendation: Set public hearing for Big Sandy ISD AEIS report on December 14, 2009. Motion: "I move the Board set the Public Hearing for the district AEIS report for December 14, 2009."

The auditor has asked if we could set a special meeting to review and approve the audit report for the 2008-2009 school year. He has 2 other school board meetings on the 14th. I am open for any date in the first week of December. Possibly Nov 30 or December 3?

We have discussed numerous times about placing GPS tracking systems on school vehicles. Fleetmatics is a company we have determined has the best value for a tracking system to meet our needs. Pricing is $45 per unit per month and no install charge. For our 6 vehicles it would be $270 per month or $3240 per year. Recommendation: Motion: "I move the board purchase 6 GPS tracking systems for the 6 passenger vehicles currently owned by the district."

This resolution is for a representative on the UCAD. Union Grove has asked us to back their candidate, Jered Moddox, from a small school perspective. It is the pleasure of the board. We have 234 votes.

Jackson is working on the cost proposals for extra work. He will not have all of them available at the meeting but would like to have opinions on what we believe we want to move forward with. He will have to propose a new GMP to us once we get all proposals and have a better idea of exactly what we want to move on. Tim called and asked about a special meeting on November 17 to approve a new GMP.

We have hired ReliaPole to inspect and provide recommendations to the district on the poles at the softball and baseball complex. The cost for the inspection is $6,795.00. This is the only company we have found that will have an engineer on site during the inspection then place their seal on the report. No action. Information only.

Hired Nurse Susan Williams

I have asked Karen to provide this for each of you each month. It is a list of events we are aware of at the time of the meeting for the next 30 days.