SMITHVILLE I.S.D.

BOARD BRIEFS

OCTOBER 16, 2006

The Smithville I.S.D. Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, October 16, 2006 beginning at 6:00 P.M. Items discussed or acted on by members included the following:

1. Outstanding Students for the First Six-Weeks – The Board congratulated Emma Hancock, an

eighth grader from the junior high, for being chosen outstanding student for the first six-

weeks. Also recognized were Alaina Fortenberry and Bradley Campion, outstanding students from the high school campus.

2. Employees of the Month for September – Employees of the Month for September were

Catherine Skye, teacher at the high school, and Joe Young, a member of the maintenance staff. Ms. Skye and Mr. Young were present at the board meeting to receive certificates of appreciation from the Board of Trustees.

3. Communications from the Public – The Board heard from Melody Johnson, who expressed her support of the Athletic Director and his staff. They also heard from Adena Lewis, director of the Chamber of Commerce, who sold Mr. Sage the first Smithville Tiger Christmas ornament, and also expressed her support of the Board and the District.

Consent Agenda – Peggy Walicek moved to approve items 4 through 8 on the Consent Agenda as presented. Kamron Saunders seconded, and the motion carried 6-0. The Consent Agenda included the following:

4. Minutes of the September 18, 2006 regular board meeting

5. Disbursements for the month of September 2006

6. Financial Statements for September 2006

7. Investment Report

8. Tax Collection Report

9. Superintendent’s Report – The Superintendent asked for input from the Board regarding several new projects, including surveillance cameras at the high school parking lot, a new concession stand at Barry Field, and a new track facility and tennis courts at the high school.

10. Secondary Campuses Student Council Report – David Edwards, principal at the junior high, gave the Board a report on the SJHS student council membership and activities. Members of the high school STUCO executive council; Valerie Breeden, Seth Nichols, Scott Nichols, Katie Robertson, Lauren Clark and Lili McEntire, reported to the Board on their activities.

11. Site-Based Committee Membership Reports – Board policies BQA and BQB address site-based planning and decision-making in the district. At the beginning of a new school year, the district and campus site-based committees are reorganized to meet the requirements of policy. The Board was provided a list of the reorganized committees.

12. TASB Delegate Report – The Texas Association of School Boards Annual Convention was held on October 6-8, 2006 in Houston. Board member Michael Goertz served as our voting delegate to the TASB Delegate Assembly. Mr. Goertz gave a short report to the Board on the assembly.

13. Tentative November Agenda Items – Tentative items to be included on the November agenda:

a. Superintendent’s Report

b.Employees of the Month for October

c. A.E.I.S. Report and Public Hearing

d.Textbook Selection Committee

e. Change board meeting dates due to holidays

f. TASB Delegate Report

g. State Compliance Monitoring

h. District and Campus Improvement Plans

14. Parent request for hazardous route consideration – The District has received a request from a parent for hazardous designation for the area of town in which his child resides, which would require that his child be provided bus transportation to and from school. After discussion by the Board, including the effects that granting this request could cause, Kamron Saunders moved to deny the request for hazardous designation as presented. Craig Williams seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.

15. Location Agreement with Forty Love Films – This item was withdrawn by the company, therefore no action was taken.

16. Sale of property no longer useful to the District – In order to seek bids for the sale of

property, the District governing board must approve and declare available items deemed to

be surplus or no longer useful to the district. The Superintendent is requesting permission from the Board to seek bids on the following property: 1991 International School Bus, 1992 International School Bus, 1984 Chevrolet 4-door Dually Pickup. Craig Williams motioned to approve the sale of the school district property as listed. Howard Burns seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.

17. Consider the district position on students living outside district boundaries and review board policy on inter-district transfers – As discussed in the last board meeting, the District has allowed students from the Old Lockhart Road area to attend SISD schools without transfer. This area is definitely in the Flatonia school district, and needs to be addressed for future situations. Howard Burns moved to allow the students to continue enrollment in the District without fee for the remainder of the 2006-2007 school year. They will become transfer students, and charged the fee adopted by the Board, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. With a second by Kamron Saunders, the motion passed 6-0.

Executive Session – The Board entered executive session at 7:22 p.m. and returned at 7:33 p.m. with no official action taken.

18a. Resignations of Certified Personnel – The Superintendent advised the Board of the

resignation of Ruby Gillis, effective December 31, 2006. No action was necessary.

19. Adjournment – The Board ended its meeting at 7:34 p.m.