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Meeting Agenda
1. Campus Reports
1.A. Student and Staff Recognition
1.B. Ralls High School Campus Report
1.C. Ralls Middle School Campus Report
1.D. Ralls Elementary School Campus Report
1.E. EDGE Mentoring Report
1.F. Athletic Report
1.G. District Improvement Committee Report
1.H. Consideration/Approval to appoint replacement for District 1 Place.
2. Routine Items
2.A. Approval of Minutes from previous Board Meeting
2.B. Approval of Budget Amendments and Transfers
2.C. Monthly Financial Information
2.C.1. Revenue and Expenditures
2.C.2. Account Balances
2.C.2.a. Credit Card Statement
2.C.2.b. Bank Balances
2.D. Discussion/Approval of the following items:
2.D.1. Cafeteria Report
2.D.2. Tax Report
2.D.3. Transportation Report
2.D.4. Athletic Report
2.D.5. Telephone Analysis
2.D.6. Activity Report
2.D.7. Lorenzo Land Payment
2.D.8. Bills as Paid Report
3. New Business
3.A. Public Notice: Local Report of the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS).
3.B. Set a date to review Board Goals and Level II Board Training
3.C. Consideration/Approval to apply for a State Waiver for Modified Schedule for TAKS Testing Days.
3.D. Public Report on the No Child Left Behind Annual Highly Qualified Teacher Survey Reports for the school year 2008-2009.
3.E. Report on Air-conditioning Units for High School Gym.
3.F. Consideration/Approval to accept bid on Tax Property Block 102, Lots 1, 2, 3 Original Town of Ralls.
4. Personnel
5. Consent Agenda-None
6. Superintendent's Report
6.A. Enrollment Information
6.B. Technology--One to One Computing
6.C. Wind Energy Meeting Update
6.D. Board Training--TASB Legal Seminar
6.E. PBMAS/SPP Report
7. Future Business
7.A. School Board Appreciation Meal
7.B. Discussion/Evaluation of Superintendent
7.C. Discussion/Evaluation of District Administrators
7.D. School board report on progress toward required training of Continuing Education.
8. Adjourn
Agenda Item Details Reload Your Meeting
Meeting: November 10, 2008 at 7:30 PM - Regular
Subject:
1. Campus Reports
Subject:
1.A. Student and Staff Recognition
Subject:
1.B. Ralls High School Campus Report
Presenter:
Chris Wade
Description:
Education Go Get It Week
Subject:
1.C. Ralls Middle School Campus Report
Subject:
1.D. Ralls Elementary School Campus Report
Presenter:
L'Rae Watson
Description:
Education Go Get It Week
Subject:
1.E. EDGE Mentoring Report
Presenter:
Selenda Cumby and Carolyn Chote
Subject:
1.F. Athletic Report
Presenter:
Billy Villarreal
Description:
Football-Basketball-Cross Country
Subject:
1.G. District Improvement Committee Report
Presenter:
Deanna Logan
Description:
The Committee met on Wednesday November 5, 2008.
Subject:
1.H. Consideration/Approval to appoint replacement for District 1 Place.
Description:
I will have more information for you at the meeting.
Subject:
2. Routine Items
Subject:
2.A. Approval of Minutes from previous Board Meeting
Description:
Minutes from meeting held on Monday October 13, 2008. Please read minutes for your approval.
Subject:
2.B. Approval of Budget Amendments and Transfers
Subject:
2.C. Monthly Financial Information
Subject:
2.C.1. Revenue and Expenditures
Description:
EXPENDITURES------2008----21.15% EXPENDITURES------2007----14.51% EXPENDITURES------2006----16.84% REVENUE REALIZED----2008----20.0% REVENUE REALIZED----2007----29.59% REVENUE REALIZED----2006----27.52% TIME ELASPED--------16.8%
Subject:
2.C.2. Account Balances
Subject:
2.C.2.a. Credit Card Statement
Description:
This report will be available at the Board Meeting
Subject:
2.C.2.b. Bank Balances
Subject:
2.D. Discussion/Approval of the following items:
Subject:
2.D.1. Cafeteria Report
Subject:
2.D.2. Tax Report
Subject:
2.D.3. Transportation Report
Subject:
2.D.4. Athletic Report
Subject:
2.D.5. Telephone Analysis
Subject:
2.D.6. Activity Report
Subject:
2.D.7. Lorenzo Land Payment
Description:
None for October
Subject:
2.D.8. Bills as Paid Report
Subject:
3. New Business
Subject:
3.A. Public Notice: Local Report of the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS).
Presenter:
Shauna Lane
Description:
All Districts are required to provide public notice of their TELPAS results to their local board of trustees. This notice must include district-level performance of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students by grade and cluster (grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) as follows: 1. The number and percent of LEP students who made at least one proficiency level of progress in English reading proficiency from the spring of 2007 to the spring of 2008, and 2. The percent of LEP students who attained an advanced high level of English reading proficiency out of the total number of students rated each year in the spring of 2007 and the spring of 2008.
Subject:
3.B. Set a date to review Board Goals and Level II Board Training
Presenter:
Deanna Logan
Description:
We need to review the Board goals and determine the direction we want the district to take. Setting goals that give vision and direction to administration and the district is very important. They must be simple, measurable, attainable, results oriented and time driven. We need to set a date, we can combine the meeting with the Level II Board Training or have 2 meetings. We can have a morning meeting if this is better for everyone.
Subject:
3.C. Consideration/Approval to apply for a State Waiver for Modified Schedule for TAKS Testing Days.
Presenter:
Deanna Logan
Description:
Annually, district may request a waiver to modify the schedule of classes on TAKS testing days. A waiver request for a modified testing schedule must be submitted at least 31 days prior to implementation. The High School would like to modify their schedule for students not taking the TAKS test in order to better utilize staff and create a more conducive testing environment.
Subject:
3.D. Public Report on the No Child Left Behind Annual Highly Qualified Teacher Survey Reports for the school year 2008-2009.
Presenter:
Deanna Logan
Description:
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires each local education agency to publicly report progress of the LEA and its campuses toward meeting the highly qualified teacher requirements. The district is 100 % Highly Qualified for the 2008-2009 school year. I will review the numbers for you at the board meeting for the district and each campus.
Subject:
3.E. Report on Air-conditioning Units for High School Gym.
Presenter:
Bruce Harris
Description:
We have information to share with you in regards to putting the air conditioners at the HS Gym
Subject:
3.F. Consideration/Approval to accept bid on Tax Property Block 102, Lots 1, 2, 3 Original Town of Ralls.
Presenter:
Deanna Logan
Description:
I will have the Appraisal Card and more information for you at the Board Meeting.
Subject:
4. Personnel
Subject:
5. Consent Agenda-None
Description:
Information on these items has been sent to the Board of Trustees for review prior to the meeting. Any board member may pull any item from the consent agenda (without a second) for discussion prior to consideration.
Subject:
6. Superintendent's Report
Presenter:
Deanna Logan
Subject:
6.A. Enrollment Information
Subject:
6.B. Technology--One to One Computing
Subject:
6.C. Wind Energy Meeting Update
Description:
Bruce and I attended a meeting on October 15th at Shallowater High School. We will update you on the latest information.
Subject:
6.D. Board Training--TASB Legal Seminar
Description:
There is a meeting on November 18th, sponsored by Region 16 ESC to be held in Amarillo.
Subject:
6.E. PBMAS/SPP Report
Description:
I would like to share the results of these compliance reports.
Subject:
7. Future Business
Subject:
7.A. School Board Appreciation Meal
Description:
We would like to honor you on Monday January 12 prior to the Board Meeting.
Subject:
7.B. Discussion/Evaluation of Superintendent
Description:
I have my worksheet ready to give to you.
Subject:
7.C. Discussion/Evaluation of District Administrators
Description:
This will take place in January and I will have it on the Agenda for the January Meeting.
Subject:
7.D. School board report on progress toward required training of Continuing Education.
Description:
To be reported during the December Board Meeting.
Subject:
8. Adjourn

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