NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE BONHAM INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, March 24, 2008, at 6:00 PM the Board of Trustees of the Bonham School District will hold a Regular Meeting at the Bonham ISD Administration Center, 201 East 10th Street, Bonham, Texas 75418. The subjects to be discussed are listed on the agenda which is attached to and made a part of this Notice.If during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board of Trustees should determine that a closed session of the Board of Trustees is required, then such closed session as authorized by the Texas Open Meeting Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq., will be held by the School Board at the date, hour, and place given in this Notice as the School Board may conveniently meet in such closed session concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including, but not limited to the following sections and purposes:
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION:
551.071 Private consultation with the board’s secretary.
551.072 Discussing purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.
551.073 Discussing negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations.
551.074 Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against personnel.
551.075 To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions.
551.076 Considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of security personnel or devices.
551.082 Considering discipline of a public school child, or complaint or charge against personnel.
551.083 Considering the standards, guidelines, terms, or conditions the board will follow, or will instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups.
551.084 Excluding witnesses from a hearing.
Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed session, then the final action, final decision, or final vote shall be either:
(a) in the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting; or at a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon notice as the School Board shall determine.
On March 14, 2008, this Notice was faxed to the news media who had previously requested such Notice and an original copy was posted at the Bonham ISD Administration Center at 11:00 a.m. on said date.
AGENDA:
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation - Press Cox
3. Pledge of Allegiance
Led by 1st grade students from Finley-Oates Elementary
4. Employee Recognition - March
Rebecca Knight, Bonham High School
Teacher; Wiley Grissom, Finley-Oates Custodian
5. Student Recognition
6. Public Comment
7. BUDGET WORKSHOP to discuss the 2008-2009 District Budget and Proposed Tax Rate.
8. Consent Agenda
All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted with one motion. The will not be separate discussion of these items unless a Board member requests that an item be withdrawn for individual consideration. The remaining items shall be adopted under a single motion and vote.
A. Consider approval of substitutes.
Kelly L. Bagwell
B. Consider approval of tax credits, supplements and delinquent tax collection for February 2008.
C. Consider approval of financial statements and bills payable for February 2008.
9. Approval of Minutes
10. Reports to the Board
A. Director of Maintenance and Transportation Report
B. Athletic Director Report
C. Stephenson Principal Report
D. Finley-Oates Elementary Principal Report
E. I.W. Evans Principal Report
F. L.H. Rather Principal Report
G. Bonham High School Principal Report
H. Superintendent Report
1. An election is to be held on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the Fannin County Courthouse, 101 E. Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, Texas 75418, for the purpose of BISD Trustee Election Places 1, 6, 7. Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to Freda Simpson, Early Voting Clerk, Bonham ISD, PO Box 490, 201 E. 10th St., Bonham, TX 754l8. Applications for ballots by mail must be received no later than the close of business on May 2, 2007. Early voting dates -April 28 - May 6, 2008, at the Fannin County Courthouse, 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
School Board Election - May 10, 2008, at the Fannin County Courthouse, 7:00a.m. -7:00p.m.
2. Average Daily Attendance Update - 1852.44
3. Schwartz & Eichelbuam Newsletters
4. Standardized Dress Update
5. Parent/Community Correspondence
11. Discussion Item- TASB Summer Leadership Institute
12. Discussion Item- 2008 Media Honor Roll
13. Discussion Item - Discuss the possibility of hiring skill specific employees such as a painter or plumber.
14. Discussion Item - Bus Fleet
15. Action Item - Consider approval of Policy Update 82
16. Information/Action Item - Consider approval of vehicle purchase
17. Action Item - Consider approval of the amended 2007-2008 budget.
18. Action Item - Consider approval of certifying supplemental and textbook adoptions for 2008-2009.
19. Action Item - Consider approval of leasing the portable buildings located at the Stephenson Campus to the Fannin County Special Education Coop.
20. Action Item - Consider approval of resolution designating staffing areas of acute shortage for Bonham ISD
21. Action Item - Consider approval of CTE Career Pathways
22. Action Item - Consider approval of purchasing new marching band uniforms.
23. Action Item - Consider approval of above base stipend for high math, science and Spanish teachers beginning in the 2008-2009 school year.
24. Action Item - Consider approval of purchasing new flooring for the old gym at L.H. Rather and the gym at Bailey Inglish.
25. Action Item - Consider approval of April 21, 2008, 6:00 p.m. for public hearing on the proposed budget and proposed tax rate for 2008-2009 followed by the adoption of the 2008-2009 budget.
26. Executive Session, Govt. Code 551.074
A. Discuss personnel matters pertaining to evaluations, duties, terminations, replacements, reassignments, resignations, hiring and additions to the staff.
B. Discuss proposed renewals and nonrenewals of term contracts and probationary contracts.
27. Action Item - Consider approval of items listed in Executive Session.
28. ADJOURNMENT
It is the policy of Bonham Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; and Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Bonham Independent School District will take steps to ensure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational programs and services.