Hitchcock Independent School District
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The
Hitchcock Independent School District Board of Trustees met at a Public Hearing
to Discuss the District’s 2005-2006 Annual Performance Report and Regular
meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at the Boardroom/Conference Facility
located at 8004 North Railroad, Hitchcock, Texas. President Pat Turner called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
Present: Pat Turner, President;
Estelle Holmes, Secretary; Mark Morgan, Member; Jimmy Anderson, Member; Tom
Ivey, Member
Others: James L. Knapp, Interim
Superintendent; Bonnie Palmer, Curriculum Director; Gerald Hughes, Technology
Director; Randy Dowdy, Crosby Middle School Principal; John Wells, Maintenance Director;
John Montelongo, Hitchcock High School Principal; Barbara Trahan, Stewart
Elementary School Principal
Call to Order Pat Turner, President, called the
meeting to order at 7:00 PM; announced
the presence of a quorum and stated that the meeting had been duly called and
the notice had been posted in the manner prescribed
by law.
Pledge of Allegiance
Pat Turner, President, led
the members of the Board of Trustees and patrons in the Pledge of Allegiance to
the United States flag and the Texas flag.
Recognitions
School Board
Appreciation
Administration
and Campuses presented the following to the Board in appreciation for all they
do for the district:
1.
Mr. Knapp thanked the
Board for their support.
2.
Mr. Knapp presented a
Proclamation declaring January 2007 as School Board Appreciation Month
3.
Mr. Knapp presented
plaques to each Board member in appreciation for their support.
4.
Stewart Elementary
School students presented “Hats Off to our HISD School Board” and presented
hats to each Board member.
5.
Crosby Middle School
presented a fruit and sweet basket to each Board Member
6.
Hitchcock High School
presented a framed collage of Hitchcock High School students and red buckets
with gifts inside.
7.
Curriculum, Greater
Gulf Coast Cooperative, Chartwells, Nursery/Day Care, presented gifts.
Public
Hearing to Discuss the District’s 2005-2006
Annual
Performance Report
Presentation and Discussion of the
District’s 2005-2006 Annual Performance Report
Ms. Palmer,
Curriculum Director, presented a PowerPoint presentation on the 2005-2006 AEIS
report to the Board and announced
that the District and all campuses are rated Academically Acceptable.
Audience with patrons pertaining
To the District’s 2005-2006 Annual
Performance Report
No questions
were asked.
The Public
Hearing to discuss the District’s 2005-2006 Annual Performance Report was
adjourned.
007-001
Consent
Agenda
A motion was
made by Estelle Holmes and seconded by Mark Morgan to approve the Consent Agenda
as presented below and as recommended by the Administration.
1.
Minutes
a.
Special Called meeting
of December 5, 2006
b.
Regular meeting of
December 12, 2006
2.
Monthly Financial
Report for period ending December 31, 2006
3.
Monthly Cash &
Investment Reconciliation for period ending November 30, 2006
4.
Monthly Tax Collection
Report for month ending November 30, 2006
5.
TASB Localized Update
79 to add, revise, and/or delete (LOCAL) policies and according to the
Instruction Sheet
6.
Response to the Texas
Education Agency regarding the
application by the Abundant Life Christian Center of La Marque, Inc.’s Premier
Academy of Learning for an open-enrollment charter school indicating that the
proposed open-enrollment charter school is expected to impact the district .
Motion carried with all in favor.
Public
Participation
Mr.
Dierringer addressed the Board concerning bus routes, stating that the bus stop
for Redfish Road was too long a walk for students living on Redfish.
Report/Information
from the
Superintendent
Bus Route Report
Mr. Knapp
reported that he, Ms. Schiro, and Brenda Guy, Durham Transportation, met and
discussed the bus route for Redfish Road and for Beiring Road.
Redfish Road: Mr. Knapp reported the following:
·
Have to cross several
cattle guards
·
Dirt road with several
pot holes
·
It would be a safety
hazard as to students and the bus driver to travel down the road.
·
Would cause wear and
tear on the bus
·
If bus got stuck, it would
be almost impossible to get a tow truck out there because of the road
conditions.
Beiring Road:
Mr. Knapp reported:
·
There is not a safe
place to turn the bus around.
·
The City indicated, at
one time, they might be able to put in a turn-a-round at no cost to the
district.
Ms. Holmes asked that Durham Transportation present a
report to the Board and also asked that a workshop be held to address the issue.
Ms. Turner stated that she would like for the kids to
be picked up.
Mr. Morgan asked that the Administration check into
doing a Memorandum of Understanding with the City/County, for a fee, to do the
turn-a-rounds.
Kids First Head Start Monthly
Report for month ending
December 31, 2006 The Kids First Head Start Monthly Report for
month ending December 31, 2006, was presented to the Board for their review and
information.
2007-2008 Budget Calendar
The
2007-2008 Budget Calendar was presented to the Board for their review and
information. [See attached]
Update on Boilers and Chillers at
Kids First Head Start (Northside)
Mr. Wells
presented an update on the boilers and chillers and explained how they
worked. He stated that he would seek
Request for Proposals from TAC to
update the controls at Crosby Middle School and Northside Elementary.
Survey: Payroll checks for professional employees
The results
of the survey on the number of professional employees who would like to receive
their payroll check either monthly or twice-a-month were presented to the
Board.
Monthly: 47
Twice-a-month 43
No response 26
Total
surveys distributed: 116
The Board
requested that an Action Item be prepared for the February meeting to recommend
that the professional employees receive
their paychecks twice-a-month effective September 1, 2007.
Athletic Program at
Crosby Middle School
Mr. Knapp reported to the Board that a meeting was
held with Mr. Dowdy and Coach Carney to discuss the athletic program at Crosby
Middle School. From this meeting, two
plans were brought forth.
Plan 1:
Calling for an A day/B day schedule for 7th and 8th
(alternating the last period of the day for 7th and 8th
grade) which would give each grade an athletic period at the end of the day on
alternating days. This plan would
require three additional personnel, two girls’ coaches and an additional boys’
coach.
Plan 2: Calls
for a “zero period” from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM for all athletes. This plan would not require any additional
personnel.
The athletic director indicated he preferred the zero
hour.
The Board
requested that this item be placed on the February agenda for discuss and possible action.
Action
007-002
Surface Use Agreement with
American Energy Partners and
Amendment to the Oil & Gas Lease
A motion was made by Estelle Holmes and seconded by
Jimmy Anderson to amend the Oil and G as Lease entered into on April 25, 2005,
for the reasons indicated above and to execute a Surface Use Agreement with
American Energy Partners covering 10 acres out of the W. J. Jack League A-13,
Galveston County, Texas. The duration
of the lease shall not exceed one year from date of agreement.
Members in favor: Pat
Turner, Estelle Holmes, Mark Morgan, Tom Ivey
Members opposed: Jimmy
Anderson
Motion carried with the majority in favor.
007-003
Resolution of the Board of
Trustees of HISD regarding
mandatory joint elections
A motion was made by Mark Morgan and seconded by
Jimmy Anderson to approve the Resolution regarding changes in trustee elections,
including (1) authorizing joint elections with the City of Hitchcock beginning
with the May 12, 2007, election and (2) authorizing the Superintendent to
negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and submit changes to the U. S.
Department of Justice of pre-clearance.
[See attached]
Motion carried with all in favor.
007-004
Establishment of the 45th
calendar day prior to the last day of
instruction
A motion was made by Estelle Holmes and seconded by
Mark Morgan to reaffirm that the last
formal day of instruction is May 31, 2007, and to approve Monday, April 16, as
the deadline for giving notice of proposed non-renewal of a teacher’s contract.
Motion
carried with all in favor.
007-005
Approval of dates for teachers’ and
administrators’ contract review
A motion was made by Estelle Holmes and seconded by
Jimmy Anderson to approve the following dates for review and approval of contracts:
February
20—Administrators and Directors
March
20—Teachers
Motion
carried with all in favor.
Discussion
Local Policy FNCA:
Student Dress Code
The Board
reviewed and discussed local policy FNCA:
Student Dress Code.
Closed
Session
Pat Turner,
Board President, called the members of the Board of Trustees into closed
session at 9:17 PM for the purposes permitted as
authorized by the Texas Open Meeting Act, Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 Personnel: Discuss and possible action regarding the
employment of two (2) new professional employees for the 2006-2007 school year.
Reconvene
from Closed Session
The members
of the Board of Trustees reconvened from Closed Session at 9:30 PM and took the
following action:
New Hire A motion was made by Estelle Holmes and seconded by Mark Morgan
to employ two professional employees under a Probationary
One-Year Contract—Teacher for the 2006-2007 school
year as presented and as discussed in executive session.
Theresa Hollinger-Gorski
Brad Howard
Motion carried with all in favor.
Future
Agenda Items
1.
Change payroll period
for professional staff from monthly to twice-a-month
2.
Bus Routes
3.
Offer contract to Elsie
Schiro, Business Official
Announcements
Upcoming
Board meeting, Saturday, February 3, 2007, 8:30 AM, to develop “Portrait of a
Graduate”.
Adjourn
A motion was made by Tom Ivey and seconded by Estelle
Holmes to adjourn the meeting. Motion
carried with all in favor. The meeting
was adjourned at 9:35 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda J. Taylor
Superintendent’s Secretary
Pat
Turner, President
Estelle
Holmes, Secretary