SMITHVILLE I.S.D.
The Smithville I.S.D. Board of Trustees met in regular
session on
1. Oath of Office for re-elected board members – Denise Behrens, acting in her capacity of notary, issued the oath of office to Peggy Walicek, Place 1 and Michael Goertz, Place 2 who were elected without opposition to serve three year terms on the Board of Trustees.
2. Reorganization of the Board – Board policies BDA [Legal] and BDA [Local] specify that the Board will elect a president, vice-president, and secretary at the first regular meeting after the election and qualification of Trustees. The regular May 2005 election was cancelled due to lack of opposition in both places up for re-election. Mike Morgan moved that the president and secretary of the Board remain as is. With a second from Howard Burns, Craig Williams, Mike Wittrock and Peggy Walicek were elected as president, vice-president and secretary, respectively, by acclamation.
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Recognition of
4. Recognition of KEYE 42 Silver Apple Award Recipient – The Board congratulated Brown Primary teacher Helen Simmons for being chosen by KEYE News as their Silver Apple Award Winner. Ms. Simmons was nominated by a student who felt that she deserved recognition for going above and beyond her duties as a teacher.
5. Employees of the Month for April – The Board saluted the employees of the month for April, Diana Virdell, Marshall Ferrell and Oscar Rivera. Ms. Virdell is a counselor at the high school, and Mr. Ferrell and Mr. Rivera are employees in the maintenance department. All were present at the meeting to receive recognition.
6. Communications from the Public – The Board heard from Sydney and Brytne Tucker in support of the current Student Code of Conduct and discipline at the high school.
Consent Agenda – Kamron Saunders moved to approve items 7 through 11 on the Consent Agenda as presented. Peggy Walicek seconded, and the motion carried 7-0. The Consent Agenda included the following:
7.
Minutes of the
meeting
8. Disbursements for the month of April 2005
9. Financial Statements for April 2005
10. Investment Report
11. Tax Collection Report
12.
Superintendent’s Report – The
Superintendent updated the Board on plans for commencement exercises scheduled
for
13. First Draft of the 2005-2006 District Budget – Heather Wilson, Director of Business, presented the Board with the first draft of the 2005-2006 District budget.
14. Grade 3 and 5 Reading and Math TAKS Testing Results for Spring 2005 – Cheryl Burns, Director of Curriculum, reported to the Board on the second administration of the TAKS reading test for 3rd and 5th graders. She also reported on the first administration of the mathematics test for 5th graders.
15. Tentative June Agenda Items – Tentative agenda items for the June meeting are:
a. Superintendent’s Report
b. Board Self-Evaluation
c. School climate survey report
d. Review Board Operating Procedures
e. Preliminary Spring TAKS Testing Report
f. Recognition of Outstanding Students for the Sixth Six-Weeks
g. Superintendent’s Formative Assessment
h. Review District Crisis Management Plan
i. Set Transfer Tuition Limit
j. Annual Maintenance Report
k. Approve bids for ground maintenance
l. Review and approve student handbooks for all campuses, Code of Conduct, and Athletic
Handbook
16. Delegate selection for the TASB Convention delegate assembly – The TASB Delegate Assembly is a crucial component of the Association’s governance structure. Each active member (school board) of the Association is entitled to have a delegate and an alternate attend the Assembly and cast our district’s vote on action items coming before the Assembly. The TASB Convention this year is September 23rd –25th, and will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The 2005 Delegate Assembly will meet on Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Mike Morgan nominated Kamron Saunders to serve as delegate from Smithville ISD. Mike Wittrock seconded the motion. Craig Williams moved that nominations cease, with a second from Mike Morgan. Craig Williams nominated himself as alternate. Mike Morgan seconded.
17. Consider Revision of Board Policy DED [Local] – Current DED [Local] refers to 260 work day staff. It was determined during the budget process in 2004-2005 that the District has no 260 day employees and that policy should be changed to reflect the correct number, which is 247. Salary calculations were adjusted at that time, but policy wording was not changed. The Superintendent is requesting that this housekeeping issue be addressed, and that the number 260 be changed to 247 in local policy DED. Peggy Walicek motioned to approve the administrative recommendation to replace reference to 260 work day employees with 247 work day employees. Kamron Saunders seconded, and the vote passed 7-0.
18. Review and adopt Board Policy Update 75 – Included in the board packet were vantage points from Board Policy Update 75, a document recommended by the Texas Association of School Boards to help keep our district policies up to date. A motion was made by Howard Burns to approve Update 75 as presented. Mike Morgan seconded the motion, and it carried 7-0.
19. Consider and adopt the official 2005-2006 School Calendar –Mike Wittrock entered a motion to approve the 2005-2006 school calendar as presented. Howard Burns seconded the motion, and it carried 7-0.
The Board entered closed session at 7:25 p.m. and returned at 8:35 p.m. with no official action taken.
20a.Resignations of Certified Personnel – The Superintendent informed the Board of the
following resignations: Dianna King, Seline Rabel, Mary Beth Battles, Darius Bharucha,
Rebecca Hernandez, Cynthia Brown and Jimmy Trousdale. No action was required.
20b.Employment of Certified Personnel – Mike Wittrock moved to employ Mike Duggan,
Charlette Hykes, Angela Multer, Allegra Hobbs, Michele Wiley and Vickie McQueen for the
2005-2006 school year. After a second from Kamron Saunders, the motion passed 7-0.
21. Adjournment – The Board adjourned its meeting at 8:40 p.m.