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SISD Board of Trustees Board Members Present: Debbie Burnett, Mae Burton, Sue Frazier, John
Hendricks, David Kennedy, Cathy Renshaw, Al Zorrilla Board Members Absent: None 5:00 p.m. Board President, Dr. Sue
Frazier, announced Dr. Al Hambrick had been chosen as the Lone Finalist for the position
of Superintendent of Sherman I.S.D. A
reception followed the announcement. *Public Hearing – Financial
Integrity Rating System of Texas (School FIRST) ·
Assistant Superintendent Bruce
Barnett presented a report on the financial integrity rating for 2004-05 and reported that
for the fourth year in a row the district received a superior rating from the State of
Texas. This rating is based on financial,
student, budgetary and actual general ledger data. *Presentations from the Public:
None *Superintendent/Board
Dialogue: ·
Dr. Hambrick and Dr. Sue Frazier distributed campus performance
awards to the following State AEIS RECOGNIZED schools:
Wakefield Elementary, Washington Elementary, Perrin Elementary, Jefferson
Elementary, Fairview Elementary and Crutchfield Elementary Schools. Each of the RECOGNIZED campuses will receive
$5,000.00. ·
Dr. Tyson Bennett presented a summary of the Texas Educator
Excellence Grant (TEEG) incentive pay plan for Jefferson and Washington elementary
schools. TEEG is part of the Governor’s Educator Excellence Award program and
is designed to create financial incentive systems for educators to increase student
achievement. Jefferson and Washington have the opportunity to apply for $50,000 and
$60,000 respectively by submitting incentive pay plans in accordance with program
guidelines. Both campuses were selected for this opportunity based on their high
percentages of educational disadvantaged students and “Recognized” status in
2004-05. Dr. Bennett presented examples of each campus’ incentive pay plan
criteria, the process by which the plans were composed, and the timeline for
implementation. At the conclusion, Jefferson and Washington were recognized for
their accomplishments in 2004-05 and each campus committee for their commitment to the
TEEG planning process. ·
SHS Principal Thomas O’Neal presented the SAT/ACT results
for the 2005-06 school year. On the ACT exam,
SHS exceeded the national average in English and science and exceeded both the state and
national average in math. On the SAT exam, SHS
exceeded both the state and national average in verbal, math and writing. When we compare our scores to the previous
year, we are down in verbal, but up in math. Mr.
O’Neal reported the writing portion of the ACT exam is still optional, where it is
not optional on the SAT; hence there was a greater number of students taking the ACT exam
and fewer students taking the SAT. ·
Mrs. Joanne Miller, Director of Bilingual/ESL Programs, presented
the annual Bilingual/ESL Program Report. She
reported there are 781 ESL/Bilingual students currently enrolled in Sherman I.S.D., an
increase of 58 students from last year. ·
Dr. John Hendricks, Chairman of the School Naming Committee, a
subcommittee of the Sherman Board of Trustees, reported the committee met in August and
Dr. Hendricks again outlined the criteria for submitting a name for consideration. When making a submission, give the rationale for
why the school should receive this name; submit a detailed bio of the person, as well as a
letter of permission from this person or their family.
The committee would recommend proof of community support for the name being
submitted. Names will be accepted until
October 1 and can be mailed to Dr. John Hendricks, c/o Sherman I.S.D., 120 West King
Street, Sherman, TX 75090. Dr. Hendricks reported to date the committee had
received 1,676 signatures in support of naming one of the new elementary schools after
Percy W. Neblett and 678 signatures in support of naming one of the new elementary schools
after Henry W. Sory. Other names had been
submitted to the committee but the committee’s criteria had not been met. Dr. Hendricks said Debbie Burnett and Mae Burton
also serve on the school naming committee and the committee would like to bring a
recommendation back to the board on October 16 and hopefully name the two new schools at
that time. ·
Chuck Edwards, Director of Maintenance, reported SHW Group was
here for four days last week working on the design of the new Washington Elementary
campus. They came up with a good design and
were ready to go. David Plyler, of Plyler
Construction, reported they had made great progress on the north elementary site and they
would be pouring concrete at 2:00 a.m. to complete the bus loop. He said they would be receiving the structural
steel on September 21 and on the south elementary site they will be moving dirt this week. *Action Items:
*From Consent Agenda:
*From Closed Meeting:
*The meeting adjourned at 8:16 p.m. |