December 20, 2017 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1) Call to order Open Session in the Board Room of the Lovenberg Administration Building, 3904 Avenue T, Galveston, Texas.

2) Citizen's Request to Address the Board on Agenda and Non-Agenda Items.  Please complete sign-up sheets available in the lobby prior to the start of the meeting.

3) Superintendent's Report

3)A) Campus Highlights: Ball High School, Joseph Pillar

3)B) GISD Strategic Plan Highlights: 1.3.1 Provide systems and procedures to help identify and monitor students learning gaps, teaching strategies to reach these students and data necessary to guide instruction which will ultimately eliminate all gaps. Annette Scott

3)C) Big Brother Big Sister Memorandum of Understanding

3)D) The President of the Board Trustees will announce the Board of Trustees continuing Education hours.

3)E) The President of the  Board of Trustees will make an announcement to appoint standing committees.

3)E)1) Finance Committee

3)E)2) Curriculum Committee

3)E)3) Policy Committee

3)E)4) Strategic Plan Committee

4) The Board may recess into Closed Executive Session in the Library as permitted by the Texas open Meeting Act Government Code Sections 551.071- 551.090 Subchapter D and E.

Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting then the final action, final decision, or final vote shall be either:
A) in the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting; or
B) at a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon notice thereof; as the School Board shall determine.

5) CONSENT AGENDA - Action Items

5)A) Consider approval of minutes of the Special Meeting on November 14, 2017 and the Regular Meeting on November 15, 2017.

5)B) Consider approval of personnel resignations and recommendations with contracts.

5)C) Attorney Fees

5)D) Finance Reports

5)E) Consider approval of Purchases over $50,000.

5)F) Consider approval for additional T-Tess Appraisers.

5)G) Consider donations greater than $20,000.

5)H) Consider approval of Administrations request to apply for the 2018-2020 Pathways in Technology Early college High Schools (P-TECH) and Industry Cluster Innovative Academies (ICIA) Success Grant.

5)I) Consider approval to purchase tables with seating for Central Middle School and Design Work and tables with seating for Moody Early Childhood Center from Edu-Source Corporation in the amount not to exceed $170,000.

5)J) Discuss and consider approval of an out of state trip to Washington DC for eligible Students at Collegiate Academy March 12th-16th, 2018.

6) REGULAR AGENDA- Action Items

6)A) Discuss and concern adoption of the GISD School Boards Student Outcome Goals and Constraints.

7) Suggested Future Agenda Items

8) Board Comments

9) Adjournment