July 23, 2020 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
Announcement by the President that a quorum is present, the meeting has been duly called and that notice of the meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.

C. CLOSED SESSION as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. 

C.1. Personnel (§551.074) 
Appointments, Discipline, Dismissals, Duties, Employment, Evaluations, Extensions, Leaves of Absence, Non-Renewals and Proposals for Non-Renewals, Renewals, Reassignments, Resignations, Retirements, Settlements and request for sanctions of teacher certificate for abandonment of contract.

C.1.a. Superintendent's Annual Evaluation

C.2. Purchase, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property (§551.072)

C.3. Consultation with Board Attorney (§551.071)
A governmental body may not conduct a private consultation with its attorney except: (1) when the governmental body seeks the advice of its attorney about: (A) pending or contemplated litigation; or (B) a settlement offer; or (2) on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter.

D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION – 7:00 p.m.

E. PUBLIC COMMENTS
If you wish to address the Birdville ISD Board of Trustees in public comment at the July 23 meeting, please email your comments to PublicComments@birdvilleschools.net. Comments that are received between the posting of this agenda, July 20 at 5 p.m. and July 23 at 1 p.m., will be read during the Public Comments portion of the meeting in accordance with Board Operating Procedures.

F. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD

F.1. 2018 Bond Oversight Committee Quarterly Report [Chair, Bond Oversight Committee]

F.2. Bond Update Presentation [Conan Mathson, Senior Officer-Design/Construction]

F.3. Return to School Plan and 2020-21 District Calendar [Elizabeth Clark & Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendents]

F.4. Matching Cost for TEA Technology Purchases [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]

F.5. District Substitute Update [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]

G. SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS

G.1. Consider Personnel Items

G.2. Consider the New Richland High School Mascot [Board Subcommittee]

G.3. Consider Change for Board Meeting Dates in November and December 2020 [Darrell Brown, Superintendent]

G.4. Consider Endorsement of Candidate for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors, Region 11, Position C  [Darrell Brown, Superintendent]

G.5. Consider the Amended 2020-21 District Calendar [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendents]

G.6. Consider Revisions to District Substitute Pay [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent]

G.7. Consider Kindergarten Reading Diagnostic Assessment Waiver [Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]

G.8. Consider Purchase of TEA Technology and Matching Cost [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]

G.9. Consider the 2020-21 Budget Amendment for 2019-20 Incomplete Projects [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]

H. CONSENT ITEMS (All items listed under this subheading will be adopted with one motion unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda by a trustee for discussion.)

H.1. General

H.1.a. Consider Board Meeting Minutes:

H.1.a.1) June 25, 2020 Regular Board Meeting (Remote Meeting)

H.1.a.2) July 2, 2020 Special Board Meeting (Remote Meeting)

H.1.a.3) July 14, 2020 Special Board Meeting (Remote Meeting)

H.1.b. Consider the 2020-21 T-TESS Appraisal Calendar

H.1.c. Consider the 2020-21 T-PESS Appraisal Calendar

I. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD

I.1. CH (LOCAL) Exception Report

I.2. Bills Paid for June 2020

J. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS

J.1. Special Meeting for Annual Team Building Requirement, Thursday, August 6, 5:30 p.m.- Remote ZOOM Meeting

J.2. Regular Meeting, Thursday, August 27, 2020 Administration Building (Times to be posted)

K. ADJOURN