APRIL 19, 2004

The Smithville I.S.D. Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, April 19, 2004 beginning at 6:00 P.M. Items discussed or acted on by members included the following:

1. Recognition of Tiger Band for winning Sweepstakes, and DECA State and International Qualifiers – The Board took this opportunity to congratulate the Tiger Band and its director, Wayne King, for winning Sweepstakes at U.I.L. competition. They also recognized the achievements of those DECA students who advanced to state and international competition, as well as their instructor, Stewart Burns.

2. Outstanding Students for the Fifth Six Weeks – The Board recognized those students chosen from the junior high and high school as outstanding students. Blanca Sanchez, eighth grader at the junior high and daughter of Joel and Esther Sanchez, was recognized by the Board, as was senior Kristen Layton, daughter of Travis and Anne Layton, and sophomore Randy White, son of Gary and Cynthia White, representatives from the high school.

3. Employees of the Month for March – The Board saluted the employees of the month for March, Tony Quitta and Shirley Owens. Mr. Quitta is an English teacher at the high school, and Ms. Owens is an aide at Brown Primary. Both were present at the meeting to receive recognition.

4. Communications from the Public – The Board heard from Dwight Stockton regarding the upcoming legislative session, particularly the student/teacher ratio.

Consent Agenda – Mike Wittrock moved to approve the Consent Agenda, items 5 through 10, as presented. With a second from Peggy Walicek, the motion carried 7-0.

The Consent Agenda consisted of the following:

5. Minutes of the March 29, 2004 regular board meeting

6. Disbursements for the month of March 2004

7. Financial Statements for March 2004

8. Investment Report

9. Tax Collection Report

10. Student Transfer Requests

11. Superintendent’s Report – The Superintendent provided the Board with a calendar of the upcoming banquet and award ceremonies for the District.

12. Tentative May Agenda Items – The tentative agenda items for the May regular board meeting are:

a. Board Self Evaluation

b. Employment of Certified Personnel

c. Resignations of Certified Personnel

d. Superintendent’s Report

e. Student Dress Code

f. Set transfer tuition limit

g. Consider bids for custodial services

h. Consider bids for audit services

i. Consider bids for instructional supplies

j. Consider bids for discount stores

l. Consider bids for computers

m. Finalize GKD [Local]

13. Facility Use Policy GKD [Local] – This agenda item was tabled at the regular March meeting in order for the superintendent to gather more information and develop a revised policy and fee schedule for use of school facilities. After further input from the Board at this meeting, the item was again tabled so that the Superintendent could utilize the additional input to develop a revised policy and fee schedule.

14. Media Honor Roll Resolution – Ms. Walicek motioned to approve the resolution to place the names of the Smithville Times, publisher/editor Terry Schaub, and reporter Sarah Winn on the statewide Media Honor Roll sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards. Kamron Saunders seconded, and the motion carried 7-0. Sarah Winn was present to accept the resolution.

The Board moved to executive session at 7:00 p.m. and returned at 7:31 p.m. with no official action taken.

15a.Resignations of Certified Personnel including the Elementary Principal – The

Superintendent advised the Board of the following resignations:

Lorie Barnett – teacher at Brown Primary

Glenda Martin – teacher at Brown Primary

Susan Kalina – speech therapist at Brown Primary

Sheri Lehnick – principal at Elementary

15b.Employment of Certified Personnel – The Superintendent recommended

employment of Maryellen Sherrod as speech therapist at Brown Primary for next school year. In accordance with Mr. Sage’s recommendation, Mike Morgan moved to employ Maryellen Sherrod for the 2004-2005 school year. Howard Burns seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.

16. Adjournment – The Board adjourned its meeting at 7:32 p.m.