September 20, 2016 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order. Let the record show that a quorum of Board Members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Board Goals

4. Recognition of Taft ISD Staff:

4.A. Debbi Foeh, nominated by Area 2 for the 2016 Coach of the Year Award for Special Olympics Texas.

5. Public Comments: Comments are limited to five minutes per speaker. The Board Secretary will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. Should there be more than five (5) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select one (1) representative to speak for them. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve the matter administratively. If not, the person shall be directed to the appropriate policy, as noted in BED (Local), to seek resolution before bringing the matter to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Pursuant to 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, no Board Member or Administrator may respond to a member of the public, unless such response is a recitation of District policy or a statement of specific factual information.

6. Consent Agenda

6.A. Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting August 26, 2016.

6.B. Approve Total Expenditures by Function Ending August 2016.

6.C. Approve Investment Report for August 2016.

6.D. Approve Summary of Taxes Paid to Taft ISD for August 2016.

6.E. Approve Child Nutrition Report for August 2016.

7. Discussion

7.A. Waterpark 2016 Update

7.B. Early Learning Academy Update

7.C. Presentation of School Board Disclosure Information & FIRST Rating.

7.D. Drug Testing/Synthetic Marijuana

7.E. Technology Department Report

7.F. Maintenance and Operations Department Report

7.G. Federal/Special Programs Update

7.H. ADA Report

7.I. Curriculum and Instruction Update

7.J. Principal's Report: 2016-2017 Goals and Attendance Update.

7.J.1. High School

7.J.2. Junior High

7.J.3. Petty Elementary

8. Items for Individual Consideration

8.A. Discuss and/or Approve Policy BE (LOCAL) Update.

8.B. Discuss and/or Approve TexSTAR Interlocal Agreement and Resolution to have Ivonne Banda, Director of Business and Joe Lopez, Taft ISD Superintendent designated as authorized representatives for TexSTAR. 

8.C. Discuss and/or Approve offer to purchase tax sale property S-96-1209-TX; City of Taft, Taft Independent School District and San Patricio County vs. Harold B. Benford, ET AL ACCT. NO 46008; Lot 6, Block 37, Taft Townsite, as shown by map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 3, Page 18, Map Records of San Patricio County, Texas

9. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into closed session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act

9.A. The Board will convene in closed session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et. seq. TGC 551.071, 551.072, 551.074, and 551.087.

10. Reconvened from Closed Session: The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session

11. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members

12. Important Dates to Remember

12.A. Team of Eight Workshop/Social Contract Monday, October 3, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Administration Building, Board Room.

12.B. Regular Board Meeting Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Administration Building, Board Room.

13. Adjourn

14. Items for Individual Consideration

14.A. Discuss and/or Approve TexSTAR Interlocal Agreement and Resolution to have Ivonne Banda, Director of Business and Joe Lopez, Taft ISD Superintendent designated as authorized representatives for TexSTAR.