March 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Texas law now requires that any purchase of books for school libraries (titles that are not already in the library's collection) be brought to the Board for approval. The list has been posted for the 30 days required before approval for purchase can be made.

Description:  Gonzales ISD administration is seeking approval to apply for 2,100 TEA staff development waiver minutes for the 2026-27 school year.  With the approval of 2,100 waiver minutes for staff development by TEA, brings the operational minutes to more than 75,600 for each campus and puts the district in compliance with TEA.

Description:  The bid received by the County on this property conformed to resale policies and was, therefore, approved by the Commissioners at Court on 
February 23,2026, pending the approval of the other taxing entities.

The property is located at 1420 St. Matthew.

Description:  By section 2.051-52.002 of the Texas Election Code, as the authority responsible for preparing the official ballot, the secretary of the board must certify the unopposed status to the authority responsible for ordering the elections.  The Trustee Election for Gonzales ISD Single Member Districts 3,5, and 6 drew one candidate from each district.  As a result, the cancellation process must be initiated for these positions on the school board.  

Description:  Per Section 2.053 of the Texas Election Code, on receipt of the certification of unopposed candidates, the governing body of a political subdivision, by order or ordinance, may declare each unopposed candidate elected to the office.  

Section 2.053 also provides that the certificate of election shall be issued "in the same manner at the same time" as for a candidate elected at an election.  Therefore, the candidates who have been declared "elected at the meeting ordering the cancellation, must wait until after the official Election Day and no earlier than the prescribed canvassing period to be sworn in and assume their duties.
 

Description:  The existing surface of the track has reached it's useful life and repairs are warranted.  Hellas installed the original track surface and has inspected the condition.  The oval track and the field event runways are constructed of a pavement section and coated with a polyurethane surfacing system.  The existing conditions and recommendations are as follows:

• The oval track pavement section appears to ve in good condition and will be re-inspected when the surfacing system is removed.  Full replacement of the surfacing system is recommended.
• The pavement sections for the High Jump and Pole Vault areas are in good condition.  Full replacement of the surfacing systems are recommended.
• The pavement sections of the Long Jump/Triple Jump runway is failed and needs to be reconstructed.  Full replacement of the surfacing system will be required when rebuilt.  It is further recommended that this runway be relocated outside of the playing field area.

Budget Information
These projects are to be funded from the 2023 Bond Funds.  Cost are as follows:

1. Resurface Oval track= $274,413
2. (ALT #4) Oval pavement repair contingency (to be returned if not used) = $80,000
3. (Alt #5) Resurface High Jump and Pole Vault areas=$35,856
4. (Alt #1) Demo existing Long Jump/Triple Jump runway =$25,337
5. (Alt #3) Construct new Long Jump/Triple Jump runways with new surfacing outside playing field= $78.266
6. (Alt #2) add new 6' wide concrete sidewalk path to new Long Jump/Triple Jump= $24,110. Final location and layout to be determined in field.

???????TOTAL price for all items above= $517,982.  Hellas will be procured via the BuyBoard purchasing Cooperative.

Description:  This item is to provide new furniture for the new CTE Building.  ISD staff worked with South Texas School Furniture to select specific items.  The selected items include classroom furniture, office furniture, lab tables, Cosmetology furniture, and storage units.

Budget Information 
These projects are to be funded from the 2023 Bond Funds.  South Texas School Furniture will be procured via the TIPS purchasing cooperative.  Cost are as follows:

• Cosmetology Furniture, including freight and installation= $249,637
• Classroom Furniture, including freight and installation=$568,554.76
• Contingency (to be returned to ISD if not used)= $50,000

TOTAL price for all items above=$868,191.76


 

Description:  Compliant options were made available to district stakeholders for voting.  The majority of voters selected Option B; therefore, that is what administration recommends be approved by the board.

Description:  A Theory of Action is a set of high-level strategies to which all school system inputs and outputs must be aligned.  A theory of action has unique qualities:

1. In LSG, a Theory of Action is written as a special Guardrail
2. A Theory of Action is usually made up of ~3 ''if'' statements that describe the non-negotiable high-level strategies that are believed to be critical to accomplishment of the goals while honoring the guardrails
3. A Theory of Action does not have interim measures

Description:  Administration will present an update on the results of Mock STAAR exams administered in February.

Description:  Administration will present the 1st quarter investment report for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Strategic Goal Area:  4-Strategic Resource Management