December 15, 2016 at 7:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. INVOCATION

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCES 

5. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS - (Invitation to address the Board  - Time allocation to be specified by the Board President)

6. REPORTS

6.A. Board President's Report

6.A.1) Christmas Stipend Friday

6.B. Chief Academic Officer's Report

6.C. Business Manager’s Report

6.D. Superintendent’s Report

6.D.1) Food Service Information

6.E. Principal Reports

7. CONSENT AGENDA - Action Item

7.A. Consider Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting Held on Monday, November 21, 2016.

7.B. Consider Approval of November/December 2016 Disbursements as Paid

7.C. Consider Action to Accept a Budget Amendment. (If Any)

7.D. Consider Action to Accept Two Donations from Glen and Melissa Lewis to Early ISD to support the Academy of Engineering and for Welding Program Scholarships. 

8. REGULAR AGENDA

8.A. Consider Action to Open and Discuss Sealed Bids for the Purchase of Electricity for the Biennum from March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2019.  The Board has the Perogative to Decide to Accept the "Best" Bid or Decline All Bids and Re-Address the Bid Process.--Action Item

8.B. Consider the Recommendation from Administration to Accept a Resolution for Legislators to Not Implement the A-F School District Grading System-Action Item

8.C. Consider Action to Formally Accept the Evaluation Instrument Used to Evaluate the Superintendent--Action Item

8.D. Consider Action to Accept the Change of Board Policy CPC (Local) at the Second Reading.  Action Item

8.E. Consider First Reading of Board Policy AE (Local) to Address Early ISD's District Mission Statement and Vision Statement.-Information Only

8.F. Consider Information in a Presentation from Mrs. Godfrey Concerning the School Report Cards for Each Campus from TEA.-Information Only

8.G. Consider Preliminary Discussions Concerning the School Year Calendar for the 2017-2018 School Year.  Information Only

8.H. Consider for Discussion Only the Board Members' Pre-Publication Totals for Continuing Education Hours for the 2016 Year.  Information Only

9. CLOSED SESSION - 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 or Government Code section §418.183 (f). 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.

9.A. Personnel Matters-551.074

9.A.1) Review Resignations-(If Any)

9.A.2) New Hires to Fill Vacancies-(If Any)

9.A.3) Other Personnel Matters as May be Presented-(If Any)

9.A.4) Student Discipline Issues(If Any)

9.B. Action Items Pursuant to Discussions in Closed Session-(If Any) 

10. FUTURE BUSINESS

10.A. Consider the Early ISD Board of Trustees Regular Board Meeting to be on January 16, 2017 at 6:00 P.M. - Possible Action Item

11. ADJOURNMENT - Action Item