(30-minutes maximum)

The following matters are posted for closed meeting to be discussed under one of the following Sections of the Texas Government Code statutes: ATTORNEY CONSULTATION - Section 551.071, REAL PROPERTY - Section 551.072, PERSONNEL MATTERS - Section 551.074 and SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS - Section 551.082. Should any final action, decision, or vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting, then the School Board may take action, decision, or a vote on a matter posted for closed meeting when it reconvenes in open session.

(30-minute maximum)

(10-minute maximum per item)

(5 minutes maximum for all items, inclusive)

Budget amendments are presented for Board action under Policy CE, which requires prior approval of any changes increasing functional expenditures or other uses, revenue or other resource estimates, or affecting the fund balance.

Each month, financial statements are prepared to provide the Board of Trustees a summary of the District's financial position.

The Competitive Solicitation Summary Report, which is prepared for the monthly regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, contains summaries of bids and competitive solicitations being submitted to the Board for its consideration and approval as listed below. Along with pertinent explanatory notes, each summary contains award and item specifications information. Action items, if any, are considered separately in an earlier section of this agenda. Consent awards are considered as a part of this agenda item.

Utility easements are required in order to accommodate campus utility needs so that the El Paso Electric Company can locate underground power supply facilities.

Normally computers, monitors and laptops are disposed via a recycling process; however we recommend the sale of these outdated laptops due to the large number of units being deleted from inventory.

The design of this program is to offer Communities In Schools (CIS), a year-round, in-school program that uses a case managed multi-disciplined holistic approach to help students who are at-risk. The contract provides for 37 professional, degreed, certified social workers and a support team of 7 non-campus specified field experts for a cadre of 44 well-trained social service personnel, serving approximately 25,000 students per year.

Region 19 provides multi-media support which includes the delivery and pickup of LCD projectors, screens, televisions, DVDs and public address systems for all YISD campuses and central office. A secondary, and separate service, is for the pickup and delivery of audiovisual equipment belonging to individual campuses for repair. YISD will keep both services, but separate the contract to allow for separate budgeting.

In order to facilitate data-driven decision making and data-driven instruction, the District will be implementing benchmark assessment using Edusoft. The "Teachers Tools" Module will allow teachers to create frequent common assessments using a TEKS-based item bank in order to adjust instruction accordingly. The Benchmark Module will facilitate the administration of Districtwide benchmark assessments.

The grant will provide funding in Year 1 for planning of the magnet school concept and curriculum. Year II will be an implementation year providing services to 8th, 9th and 10th grade students.

Objectives of the above two grants are to assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency and assist adults in the completion of a secondary school education (GED).

If awarded, funding will be used for the Pre-Advanced Placement and Placement program. The program will implement a focused, research-based planning model that will raise the threshold of performance in Math, Science and English.

Objectives of the above two grants are to assist adults to become literate and obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency and assist adults in the completion of a secondary school education (GED).

The grant will fund an incentive program for teachers at these campuses that demonstrate successful practice in increasing student achievement: North Loop ES $60,000; Constance Hulbert ES $90,000; and Camino Real MS $135,000.

Funding will be for $100,000 in technology and software that provides for a complete implementation of PLATO Courses.

Per Policy BF, Board Policies, adopted by the Board on May 21, 2003, proposed local policies or amendments introduced and recommended to the Board at one meeting shall not be adopted until a subsequent meeting. Emergency adoption, however, may occur in one meeting if special circumstances demand an immediate response. Local policies become effective upon Board adoption or at a future date designated by the Board at the time of adoption. After Board review of legally referenced policies and adoption of local policies, the new material shall be incorporated into the official policy manual and into other localized policy manuals maintained by the District. If discrepancies occur between different copies of the manual distributed throughout the District, the version contained in the official policy manual shall be regarded as authoritative.

(5 minutes maximum for all items, inclusive)

This notice has been publicly posted at the administrative offices of the Ysleta Independent School District, 9600 Sims, El Paso County, Texas, seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the above meeting, as required by the following sections of the Texas Government Code: 551.041 and 551.043. This notice is also posted at all school district high schools.