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Meeting Agenda
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1. Call the Meeting to order: Establish a quorum, Moment of Silence
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Public Comments
The next items on the agenda is Public Comment and Public Audience, which is the time for members of the audience to address the Board of trustees through either public comment or public audience, if applicable.Before we begin, I will remind our audience members of the Board’s procedures for handling public comments. The public comment portion of our Regular Board meeting is available to members of the public who wish to address agenda and non-agenda item to be considered by the Board.
Anyone who wants to speak during public comment must sign up prior to the start of the meeting and list the agenda item or non-agenda subject they want to discuss. Each public comment speaker will be allowed a maximum of ___ minutes to address the Board. Any public testimony speaker who is speaking through a translator, will receive up to ___ minutes to address the Board.
The public addressing tonight’s agenda items allows all speakers who have signed up before the start of the meeting to address the Board regarding an item on tonight’s agenda.
Please keep your comments or criticisms civil and courteous. Please also avoid using profanity and refrain from making personal attacks on others during your opportunity to speak. Last, we ask that you not discuss students who are not your own child. Yelling, inappropriate, uncivil or discriminatory comments will not be permitted.
If you are speaking on items that are not on tonight’s agenda, then the following applies to those speakers. If a group of people want to be heard on the same topic, the Board asks that they designate a spokesperson to avoid needless repetition. The Board shall allot no more than 30 minutes for speakers on items not on tonight’s agenda. The Board has adopted rules to preclude the abuse of open forum by, for example, anyone uselessly repeating the same comment or complaint meeting after meeting.
All comments by persons speaking on either agenda or non agenda items will be limited to __ minutes per speaker.
I also caution you that your public comments should not complain about individual school employees by name or position or, other than your own child, identify students, pursuant to Tex. Gov’t Code 551.074, 551.0821 and 551.082 As presiding officer, I am obligated to determine whether a person addressing the Board has attempted to administratively resolve any complaints or grievances about which they want to address the Board that involve District officers or employees. In the event your comment, in the judgment of the presiding officer, constitutes a complaint or charge against an employee or officer, it may be necessary for me to interrupt and ask you to stop and direct you to proceed with the school district’s formal grievance procedures or to have the item heard in Executive Session depending on the nature of the complaint.
If a speaker is seeking Board resolution of a specific complaint, that concern should be addressed through the District’s grievance process which can be found online and include Policies DGBA, FNG and GF. Grievance forms can be obtained at any campus administration office, or in the central administration offices. Thank you |
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4. Recognition of Elementary and Middle School UIL Participants
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5. Recognition of our school counselors as we celebrate National School Counselor's Month
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6. Recognition of our Career and Technology Teachers as we celebrate CTE Teacher's Month
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7. Recognition of our teachers who earned the distinction of the Teacher Incentive Allotment
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8. Approval of Consent Agenda
In order to promote efficient meetings, the Board may act upon more than one item by single vote through the use of the consent agenda. Consent items shall be items placed on the Agenda for which no Board discussion is anticipated and for which the Superintendent recommends approval. Prior to the meeting, at the request of any member of the Board of Trustees, any item on the consent agenda shall be removed and given individual consideration. Requests for individual consideration are made prior to Board meetings and requests must be directed to either the Board President or the Superintendent. |
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8.A. Minutes
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8.B. Monthly Financial Report
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8.C. Budget Amendments and Expenditures Report
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8.D. Tax Levy Adjustments and Collections Report
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9. Discussion and Possible Action on Proclamation Declaring February 2025 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
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10. Policy Update 124
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10.A. (LEGAL) Policies - to be reviewed but not subject to adoption
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10.B. Discussion and possible action to add, revise, or delete (LOCAL) policies as offered by TASB Policy Service for consideration and according to the Instruction Sheet for TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 124.
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11. Consideration, Discussion, and Possible Action on Payroll issues for hourly employees and contracted personnel due to the inclement weather closure on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
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12. Discussion and possible action on the adoption of the 2025-2026 school year calendar.
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13. Discussion and possible action on the creation of School Board subcommittees and the naming of school board members to serve on those subcommittees.
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14. Superintendent's Report
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14.A. Report from campus administration on using data dashboards to address student achievement and performance.
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14.B. Summary report of parental involvement activity "Untangling the Mysteries of Math" from Wednesday, January 29th.
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14.C. Discussion on work being done to adjust for loss of revenue due to state funding being assigned based on State Appraisal Values versus County Appraisal District Values.
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15. Closed Session or Meeting as authorized by Section 551.001 et seq of the Texas Government Code (The Open Meetings Act), under the following provisions:
Section 551.071 – Consultation with School Attorney on matters in which the duty of the Attorney to the Governmental Body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas. Section 551.072 – To deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. Section 551.074 – For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee. |
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15.A. Discussion on Hiring of Contracted Personnel
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15.B. Discussion on Superintendent's mid-year evaluation.
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15.C. Discussion of contract renewal for district and campus administration
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16. Open Session
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16.A. Discussion and Possible Action on Hiring of Contracted Personnel
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16.B. Discussion and possible action on Superintendent's mid-year evaluation.
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16.C. Discussion and possible action on contract renewal of district and campus administration
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17. Adjournment
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Agenda Item Details
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| Meeting: | February 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting | |
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1. Call the Meeting to order: Establish a quorum, Moment of Silence
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Public Comments
The next items on the agenda is Public Comment and Public Audience, which is the time for members of the audience to address the Board of trustees through either public comment or public audience, if applicable.Before we begin, I will remind our audience members of the Board’s procedures for handling public comments. The public comment portion of our Regular Board meeting is available to members of the public who wish to address agenda and non-agenda item to be considered by the Board.
Anyone who wants to speak during public comment must sign up prior to the start of the meeting and list the agenda item or non-agenda subject they want to discuss. Each public comment speaker will be allowed a maximum of ___ minutes to address the Board. Any public testimony speaker who is speaking through a translator, will receive up to ___ minutes to address the Board.
The public addressing tonight’s agenda items allows all speakers who have signed up before the start of the meeting to address the Board regarding an item on tonight’s agenda.
Please keep your comments or criticisms civil and courteous. Please also avoid using profanity and refrain from making personal attacks on others during your opportunity to speak. Last, we ask that you not discuss students who are not your own child. Yelling, inappropriate, uncivil or discriminatory comments will not be permitted.
If you are speaking on items that are not on tonight’s agenda, then the following applies to those speakers. If a group of people want to be heard on the same topic, the Board asks that they designate a spokesperson to avoid needless repetition. The Board shall allot no more than 30 minutes for speakers on items not on tonight’s agenda. The Board has adopted rules to preclude the abuse of open forum by, for example, anyone uselessly repeating the same comment or complaint meeting after meeting.
All comments by persons speaking on either agenda or non agenda items will be limited to __ minutes per speaker.
I also caution you that your public comments should not complain about individual school employees by name or position or, other than your own child, identify students, pursuant to Tex. Gov’t Code 551.074, 551.0821 and 551.082 As presiding officer, I am obligated to determine whether a person addressing the Board has attempted to administratively resolve any complaints or grievances about which they want to address the Board that involve District officers or employees. In the event your comment, in the judgment of the presiding officer, constitutes a complaint or charge against an employee or officer, it may be necessary for me to interrupt and ask you to stop and direct you to proceed with the school district’s formal grievance procedures or to have the item heard in Executive Session depending on the nature of the complaint.
If a speaker is seeking Board resolution of a specific complaint, that concern should be addressed through the District’s grievance process which can be found online and include Policies DGBA, FNG and GF. Grievance forms can be obtained at any campus administration office, or in the central administration offices. Thank you |
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4. Recognition of Elementary and Middle School UIL Participants
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Campus Administration
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5. Recognition of our school counselors as we celebrate National School Counselor's Month
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campus administrators
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6. Recognition of our Career and Technology Teachers as we celebrate CTE Teacher's Month
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Campus Administrators
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7. Recognition of our teachers who earned the distinction of the Teacher Incentive Allotment
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Cynthia Ramos
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8. Approval of Consent Agenda
In order to promote efficient meetings, the Board may act upon more than one item by single vote through the use of the consent agenda. Consent items shall be items placed on the Agenda for which no Board discussion is anticipated and for which the Superintendent recommends approval. Prior to the meeting, at the request of any member of the Board of Trustees, any item on the consent agenda shall be removed and given individual consideration. Requests for individual consideration are made prior to Board meetings and requests must be directed to either the Board President or the Superintendent. |
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8.A. Minutes
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8.B. Monthly Financial Report
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8.C. Budget Amendments and Expenditures Report
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8.D. Tax Levy Adjustments and Collections Report
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9. Discussion and Possible Action on Proclamation Declaring February 2025 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
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Leticia Muñiz
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10. Policy Update 124
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10.A. (LEGAL) Policies - to be reviewed but not subject to adoption
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| Presenter: |
Alejos Salazar
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10.B. Discussion and possible action to add, revise, or delete (LOCAL) policies as offered by TASB Policy Service for consideration and according to the Instruction Sheet for TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 124.
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| Presenter: |
Alejos Salazar
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Description:
CAA(LOCAL): FISCAL MANAGEMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES - FINANCIAL ETHICS
CDA(LOCAL): OTHER REVENUES - INVESTMENTS CY(LOCAL): INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DH(LOCAL): EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT EHB(LOCAL): CURRICULUM DESIGN - SPECIAL PROGRAMS EHBB(LOCAL): SPECIAL PROGRAMS - GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS FFG(LOCAL): STUDENT WELFARE - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT GKA(LOCAL): COMMUNITY RELATIONS - CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES |
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11. Consideration, Discussion, and Possible Action on Payroll issues for hourly employees and contracted personnel due to the inclement weather closure on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
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| Presenter: |
Dr. Alejos Salazar, Jr.
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Description:
Be allowed to pay hourly employees even though we were closed due to weather-related issues.
For contracted employees, give them credit for the days during which the school was closed versus having them make up the days at the end of the year or at a later time, |
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12. Discussion and possible action on the adoption of the 2025-2026 school year calendar.
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William Bardwell
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13. Discussion and possible action on the creation of School Board subcommittees and the naming of school board members to serve on those subcommittees.
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| Presenter: |
Alejos Salazar
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14. Superintendent's Report
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14.A. Report from campus administration on using data dashboards to address student achievement and performance.
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Campus Administration
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14.B. Summary report of parental involvement activity "Untangling the Mysteries of Math" from Wednesday, January 29th.
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| Presenter: |
Nora Garcia and Cynthia Ramos
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14.C. Discussion on work being done to adjust for loss of revenue due to state funding being assigned based on State Appraisal Values versus County Appraisal District Values.
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| Presenter: |
Alejos Salazar
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15. Closed Session or Meeting as authorized by Section 551.001 et seq of the Texas Government Code (The Open Meetings Act), under the following provisions:
Section 551.071 – Consultation with School Attorney on matters in which the duty of the Attorney to the Governmental Body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas. Section 551.072 – To deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. Section 551.074 – For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee. |
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15.A. Discussion on Hiring of Contracted Personnel
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15.B. Discussion on Superintendent's mid-year evaluation.
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15.C. Discussion of contract renewal for district and campus administration
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| Presenter: |
Alejos Salazar
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16. Open Session
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Description:
The Board will reconvene in open session and take such action as is necessary.
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16.A. Discussion and Possible Action on Hiring of Contracted Personnel
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16.B. Discussion and possible action on Superintendent's mid-year evaluation.
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16.C. Discussion and possible action on contract renewal of district and campus administration
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| Presenter: |
Alejos Salazar
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17. Adjournment
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