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| SISD Board of Trustees Regular Board Meeting Tuesday, September 20, 2005 SHS Little Theater Board Members Present: Debbie Burnett, Sue Frazier, John Hendricks, David Kennedy, Cathy Renshaw, Betty Stoker, Al Zorrilla Board Members Absent: None * Superintendent/Board Dialogue: • Campus performance awards for achieving the State AEIS rating of RECOGNIZED were distributed to Fairview, Jefferson, Perrin, Wakefield, and Washington Elementary Schools. Each RECOGNIZED campus will receive $5,000. • SHS Principal Thomas O’Neal presented the SAT/ACT results for the 2004-05 school year. Mr. O’Neal said average ACT scores for the high school are 20.7 and this exceeds the state average of 20.2 but is below the national average of 20.9. Mr. O’Neal reported that the average SAT scores for SHS are 542 verbal and 555 math and that both these scores exceed the state and national scores. • Barb Van der heydt of SHS Group congratulated the district on the passage of the $77 million bond. She said the first priority for the bond money was to build 2 new elementary schools and make improvements to the football stadium. She also stated that the goal was to have the elementary schools open to students by the fall of 2007 and the stadium renovations completed in time for the 2006 football season. • Board member Sue Frazier was named in May as the Board’s TASB Delegate and she presented a summary of proposed amendments and changes to the TASB Articles of Incorporation, and to the TASB Bylaws. • Dr. Hambrick presented an update on student enrollment, student transfers, and hurricane evacuee students in the district. Dr. Hambrick told the Board there are 6,393 students enrolled in the SISD this year and that the district had enrolled 13 hurricane evacuee students. Dr. Hambrick also reported there were 109 out of district transfer students in the district and that this was down from last year’s number of 131 students. • Special Education Director Victoria Hubbard presented the Special Education VIII Point Plan for procedures, monitoring, and staff support for the 2005-06 school year. * The Board approved acceptance of gifts to SHS in the amount of $6,500, Dillingham Intermediate in the amount of $2,500, and Wakefield Elementary in the amount of $7,000. The total amount of gifts received for the month of September is $16,000. * The Board approved expenditures and revenue for the month of August 2005 in the amount of $4,120,498.60/ * The Board approved the adoption of an order canvassing returns and declaring results of the bond election held on September 10, 2005. The final vote count was 1,912 votes for and 1,286 votes against. * The Board approved the annual investments report for 2004-05. * The Board approved the Section 125 Cafeteria Plan Adoption Agreement with AccuFlex Services, Inc. * The Board approved the Texas Purchasing Consortium Agreement and Resolution that allows the SISD food service department to participate in the purchasing consortium for the 2005-06 school year. * The Board approved the following three requests from the City of Sherman and the creation of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Zone #2. The first request was that the district waives the required sixty-day notice of the public hearing on the formation of the zone. The second request was that the district appoints an elected official or staff member to be the designated representative to discuss the zone with the City. The third request was that the district provide a date and time for representatives for the City to make a formal presentation to the district’s official on this subject before December 31, 2005. The Board did not name the official or staff member but agreed to do this at another meeting. * The Board approved the cooperative agreement between Grayson County College and the SISD to provide health care training for SHS students enrolled in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN-RN) program. * The Board acknowledged the superintendent’s acceptance of a teacher’s resignation; approved an amended contract for an administrator; heard an employee level III grievance, approved additional academic stipends for 2005-06, and approved a 3% increase to the superintendent’s salary. * The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:30 p.m.
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