CS School Board Meeting 5-19-09

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Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College Station
Independent School District on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in
the AMC High School Lecture Room, A&M Consolidated High School, 1801
Harvey Mitchell Parkway South, College Station, Texas. (Full agenda
0n-line at csisd.org)

All seven trustees were in attendance

Administered Oath of Office to Elected Board Members: Paul Dorsett
and Carol Barrett were sworn in.

Departing Trustees, Marc Chaloupka (12 years!) and Tim Jones were
thanked by each board member and were given a plaque. Board
secretary, Beth French, was also honored for her service.

Support Person of the Year
1. Kourtney Mangham, College Hills Elementary
2. Melissa Guerrero, College Hills Elementary
3. Suzanne Haas, College Hills Elementary
4. Deborah Burris, Forest Ridge Elementary
5. Debbie DeFiore, Pebble Creek Elementary
6. Sonya Bland, Rock Prairie Elementary
7. Cathleen Schlechte, South Knoll Elementary
8. Anna Arevalo, Southwood Valley Elementary
9. Cindy Kunz, Cypress Grove Intermediate
10. Keisha Brown, Oakwood Intermediate
11. Jacqueline Chambers, Oakwood Intermediate
12. Dianne Krivdo, AMC Middle School
13. Tosha Mable, CS Middle School
14. Shawnee Allen, AMC High School
15. Latosha Davidson, Alternative Education Programs
16. Tish Garza, Alternative Education Program

Each school’s winner was honored. There was a tie in voting for the
district winner so two awardees were honored: Debbie DeFiore, of
Pebble Creek Elementary, and Tish Garza, of the Alternative Education
Program

Teacher of the Year
ELEMENTARY
1. Penelope Ogle, College Hills Elementary
2. Rachelle (Shelly) Rice, Forest Ridge Elementary
3. Linda Lee, Pebble Creek Elementary
4. Judy Dethloff, Rock Prairie Elementary
5. Suzy Mills, South Knoll Elementary
6. Jeanna Porter, Southwood Valley Elementary
7. Sandra Lewellen, Cypress Grove Intermediate
8. Kristi Addington, Oakwood Intermediate

Each school’s winner was honored, and then the district winner was
announced: Judy Dethloff of Rock Prairie Elementary

SECONDARY
1. Amanda Mann, AMC Middle School
2. Stephanie Holland, CS Middle School
3. Stormy Hickman, AMC High School
4. Erin Stutts, AMC High School
5. Karen Steele, Alternative Education Programs

Each school’s winner was honored, and then the district winner was
announced: Erin Stutts, English teacher at AMC High School (and my
senior’s favorite teacher)

**********BREAK FOR PHOTOS AND CAKE***********

Charlotte Slack thanked those who worked on the bond election and on
helping build support for its passage. It pass by 71% support, and
was the largest school bond package passed in Texas during the May
2009 elections

Mary Broussard was congratulated on winning the Jefferson Award; she
will travel to Washington, DC next month for a related gathering.

Board – no committee meeting news seemed noteworthy

Superintendent
• 2009 Bond Election
• 2009 Graduation (Timber 5/28; AMCHS 5/29)
• 5/30/09 End of Year Breakfast (all employees)
• H1N1 Flu (Pebble Creek closed one day)
• 100 Years of Class

HEARING OF CITIZENS (Non-Agenda/Agenda Items) - none

CONSENT AGENDA
All consent items approved without discussion (items checked)

Donna Adams gave a 10-minutes Ppt. presentation related to standard
for staff development & types of workshops which were held this year.

Consider responses to Request For Qualifications from audit firms
related to audit services for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2009.
Due to a coming transition in the Business Office (it sounds as though
Mike Ball is leaving), K-1 and K-2 businesses which have been used in
the past will be retained; for the following year a change is
recommended.
Approved 7-0

Consider responses to Request For Bids from financial institutions to
serve as the District’s depository bank for the 2009-2011 biennium
Approved 7-0

Consider approval of a resolution authorizing payment to employees for
work time missed due to the campus closure related to the H1N1 flu
Approved 7-0

Consider authorizing the purchase of Desktop and Laptop Computers for
Creek View Elementary, College Hills Elementary and A&M Consolidated
High School CATE Renovation through the Department of Information
Resources (DIR)
Approved 7-0

Consider authorizing the purchase of Smartboards for Creek View
Elementary and College Hills Elementary utilizing the Texas A&M
University Master Agreement
Approved 7-0

Consideration, discussion and possible action regarding declaring the
CSISD owned property at Barron and Victoria as the site for College
Station High School
Approved 7-0 – This caused applause and exclamations since it has been
so long in coming!

Consider approval of costs associated with moving construction
temporary buildings from the Creek View Elementary School site to the
property at the intersection of Barron Road and Victoria Avenue.
Approved 7-0

Consider adoption of Resolution Expressing official Intent To
Reimburse Costs of Projects Related to the 2009 Bond Program
Approved 7-0

The Board went into executive session at 9:00 p.m. to discuss
qualifications of new executive board nominees, and I did not stay for
the Open Session which was to continue afterwards.

Susan G. Scott

[Katherine Kelly]

Thanks to Susan Scott for stepping in and
attending the School Board meeting. Your notes were very informative.

Kate