Notice of Regular Meeting The Board of Trustees South Texas ISD A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of South Texas ISD will be held September 23, 2014, beginning at 7:00 PM in the Biblioteca Las Americas, Lecture Hall, 300 Med High Drive, Mercedes, Texas. The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on this meeting notice. Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time. 1. Welcome. 2. 2014 South Texas ISD State Accountability Public Hearing. 3. Presentation of the Excellence in Education Award to South Texas ISD for Distinction post secondary readiness 2014 Accountability Rating by Region One ESC. 4. Board Meeting called to order. 5. Pledges of Allegiance & District Vision. 6. Moment of Silence. 7. Approval of Consent Agenda. In order to promote efficient meetings, the Board may act upon more than one item by a single vote through the use of consent agenda. Consent items shall be items placed on the Agenda marked with an asterisk (*) for which no Board discussion is anticipated and for which the Superintendent recommends approval. Prior to the meeting, at the request of any member of the Board of Directors, any item on the consent agenda shall be removed and given individual consideration. Requests for individual consideration are made at least a half-hour prior to Board meetings and requests must be directed to either the Board President or the Superintendent.
8. Public participation at South Texas ISD Board Meetings: Allotted time to hear persons who desire to make comments to the Board (BED Local) (S 1). A. Med High & Sci Tech student presentations on their Summer Symposium's educational experience. 9. *Action: Review and act on the August 26, 2014 Board Meeting Minutes. 10. Policy & Curriculum - Julio S. Saldaña, Grace Camargo & Javier Farias, Co-Chairs A. *Report on professional vacancies. B. *Report on staff ethnicity, gender and degree status. C. *Report on student graduation plans (S 1,5). D. *Action: Review and act on request from teacher, Jocelyn Alejandro, for extended use of personal leave to attend to a family matter. E. Report on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (S 1,3). F. Action: Review and act on Localized Board Policy Update 100: Final Reading 11. Buildings & Grounds - Richard Fleming, MD & Hector Gonzales, Co-Chairs A. Reports on the following projects (S 1): 1. Octaviano "Tony" Gonzalez Health Science Center 2. Cameron County Academy 3. South Texas Academy of Rising Scholars B. Action: Review and act on the following Change Orders: 1. Change order #2 to the betterment fund for the Octaviano "Tony" Gonzalez Health Science Center project. 12. Finance - Eliceo Muñoz, III & Israel G. Quintanilla, Co-Chairs A. *Action: Review and act on Comparison of Revenues/Expenditures Report. 1. South Texas Independent School District B. *Action: Review and act on school district investment reports. 1. Investments owned by the district. 2. Investments held by Wilmington Trust for the South Texas ISD Public Facilities Corporation. C. *Action: Review and act on checks written since last report. D. *Report on Child Nutrition Program statement of revenues & expenditures (S 1). E. *Action: Review and act on proposed calendar for South Texas ISD Audit including the scheduling of a special called board meeting on December 10, 2014. F. *Action: Review and act on Resolution authorizing stipends for extra curricular activities (S 5). G. *Action: Review and act on Resolution authorizing the excused absences for extra curricular activities. H. Action: Review and act on the following requisitions:
1. Requisition # 033356 to Closner & Sons for the waste water treatment plant phase I 2. Requisition # 033427 to Middlebury Interactive Languages for Power Speak license renewal 3. Requisition # 033544 to Zimmerman Construction for the waste water treatment plant phase II 4. Requisition # 033669 to JR Inc. for furniture for the Octaviano "Tony" Gonzalez Health Science Center 5. Requisition # 033641 to Longhorn Bus Sales for the purchase of 4 school buses 6. Requisition # 033683 to Insight Public Sector for the Octaviano "Tony" Gonzalez Health Science Center data infrastructure 7. Requisition # 033361 to Texas State Technical College for Medical Academy EMS Program I. Action: Review and act on the following payment applications (S 1): 1. D. Wilson Construction's application for payment #10 for construction services for the Octaviano "Tony" Gonzalez Health Science Center. 2. D. Wilson Construction's application for payment #10 for construction services for the Cameron County Academy. 3. Gomez Mendez Saenz Inc.'s application for payment #11 for the Octaviano "Tony" Gonzalez Health Science Center. 4. Ferris and Flinn, LLC's application for payment #12 for the waste water treatment plant. 5. Gomez Mendez Saenz Inc.'s application for payment #6 for the Cameron County Academy. 6. Closner & Sons' application for payment #1 for construction services for the waste water treatment plant phase I. 7. ERO Architect's application for payment #1 for the San Benito projects. 8. ACR Engineer Inc.'s application for payment (final) for the MDF Project district wide. 13. Superintendent's Report - M. Guerra, Ed.D. A. *Campus Reports. 1. STPA - A. Castro 2. Medical Academy - H. Goette 3. BETA - N. Casarez, Ed.D. 4. Med High - B. Heater, Ph.D. 5. Science Academy - M. Aranda 6. Attendance Reports - J. Hembree
B. *Action: Review and act on the following out of district student/staff travel (S 1, 3, 4, 5): 1. Johns Hopkins University, October 9-11, 2014, Baltimore, MD 2. National Health Science Curriculum Conference, October 14-17, 2014, Denver, CO 3. Chamber Repertory Theater, October 31, 2014, San Antonio, TX 4. Texas Renaissance Festival, October 31-November 1, 2014, Houston, TX 5. Project Lead The Way Conference, November 2-5, 2014, Indianapolis, IN 6. Leadership Education and Development Conference (LEAD), November 14-17, 2014, Albuquerque, NM 7. Model Organization of American States National Competition, December 2-6, 2014, Washington, DC 8. IB Program Workshop, December 4-7, 2014, Washington, DC C. *Action: Review and act on board members to attend the following: 1. TASB Fall Legal Seminar Series, November 22, 2014, South Padre Island, TX 2. 75th NSBA Annual Conference, March 21-23, 2015, Nashville, TN D. Action: Review and act on 2014-2015 Superintendent's Goals. 14. *Correspondence. 15. EXECUTIVE SESSION: A closed or executive session in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Chp. 268, Section 551.001 et al, 1993 Tex. Sess. Law 589 (Vernon), the Board may go into Executive Session to discuss the following: A. 551.074, 551.071 Personnel Matters and possible consultation with school attorney regarding Personnel Matters: Closed Meeting 1. Recommendation of professional staff for the 2014-2015 school year. a. Teachers b. Teacher Tutor(s) 16. OPEN SESSION: A. Personnel Matters: 1. Action: Review and act on recommendation of professional staff for the 2014-2015 school year. a. Teachers 17. Adjournment. b. Teacher Tutor(s)
If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the Board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E. Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting. All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting. The notice for this meeting was posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meeting Act on, at. For the Board of Trustees