Good evening. I hereby call this special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Independent School District to order. Today is Monday, May 19, 2014 and the time is 5 11 p.m. Mr. Fraley, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Law in regard to the notice for
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this meeting? Madam President, we are in compliance.
Before we before we get into the business of the meeting, I would like to to take a moment of silence to honor our friend Robert Shaw, who's not doing very well. And so just please keep him and his family in your prayers. Okay, we will begin the business of our meeting. Thank you very much. The special board meeting is to canvass our votes, swear in our new trustees, and to elect new officers of the board. and this meeting is a bit out of sync on from previous years when we have done this meeting and that is because we are required to canvas the election between eight and eleven days following Election Day normally we have a work-study meeting on the Monday following elections that would have been May 12th We did not. This work study meeting is on May 19th. We normally would have had the work study meeting on May 12th and the regular board meeting on May 19th and we would have sworn in officers and canvassed the election at the end of the regular board meeting but because there is a week in between and this is the date which we need to canvass the votes we have chosen to do it before the work study so that our newly elected trustees will have the opportunity to hear, discuss, ask questions, and be prepared to vote on the action items on May 27th. So with that said, we will begin with the canvassing of the election. Mr. Haskett and Mrs. Adams, it's very great to see you. How are you?
Thank you, President Fox, members of the Board of Trustees, and Superintendent Fraley. As you know, on May the 10th, 2014, we did have an election to fill three positions on the board. Position three, currently held by Bill Proctor. Position four, held by Terry Huckabee. And position five, held by Henry DeBrell. The results of the election, as you were just given, are as follows. Position three, Ashley Vann received 2,620 votes, Bill Proctor 1,285. Position 4, Jennifer Camaro received 363 votes, Courtney Doyle 2446 and Terry Huckabee 1023 Position 5, Cindy Lawrence received 1430 votes, Henry DeBrell 2461 The spreadsheet that you have there, the Excel spreadsheet on top of your packet you just received is the results we passed out election night. They are now official. We had two provisional ballots that we had to consider, and that did not affect or change any of the results we passed out election night. The first page of the next section is called a cumulative report. That's the result of all the precincts, all those numbers added together from the ten voting precincts in Katy ISD. behind the cumulative report are precinct reports from each of the ten precincts. So all of these numbers do agree with the Excel spreadsheet. All of the numbers are checked out. And I'd like to thank Kathy Adams for all of her help in getting the results, getting the reports to anyone interested during this voting process. She's been a great help, and we are certainly grateful to have had her in this election. We'd like to recommend that the board certify the May 10, 2014 Board of Trustees elections as reported by the Central Accounting Committee and declare the winners as follows. Position 3, Ashley Vann. Position 4, Courtney Doyle. And Position 5, Henry DeBrell. And we'd be glad to answer any questions if you have any.
Mr. Haskett, I have a question. We have a total of 4,044 votes in this election. Do you know how many registered voters we have in our area?
It's a little over 146,000, I think, at this point. 149. We just got new numbers today, so it's 149,000 as of today.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And the voting branch, the branch voting that we did, how successful would you call that?
We had a fair turnout at each of the sites. It was a lot of work for Kathy and some others that had to move the equipment, but we had no problems with the equipment and it did work very well.
Okay. Thank you for accommodating us on that and making all that available. The chair would recognize.
As follows, position three, Ashley Vann with 2,620 votes. Position four, Courtney Doyle with 2,446 votes. And position five, Henry DeBrell with 2,461 votes.
Second.
I have a motion.
Is this William? Okay.
I have a motion by Mr. DeBrell, a second by Mr. Griffin, that the Board certify the May 10, 2014, KDISD Board of Trustees Election Results as reported by the Central County Committee and declare the winners of each position as follows. Position 3, Ashley Vann, 2,620 votes. Position 4, Courtney Doyle, 2,446 votes. votes. In position five, Henry Debrell, 2,461 votes. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. At this time, we will administer the oath of office to the newly elected members of the School Board of Trustees. Mrs. Vann, Mrs. Doyle, and Mr. Debrell, please join Ms. is NOAC at the front. Thank you Mr. Haskett and Mrs. Adams for taking such good care of us during the election. Family members feel free to take as many pictures as you like and make yourselves get a great position so you can see
swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of the Office of School Board Trustee for the Katy Independent School District of the State of Texas and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the the Constitution and laws of the United States, and of this state, so help me God.
Board members, at this time, I would like to move to Section 3.1 and recognize our outgoing board members. and Mr. Huckabee and Dr. Proctor, I would just like to thank you very much for your service to the KDISD board. It's a big job, and it takes a lot of time and a big commitment, and we're so appreciative of your service, and we wish you all the best. We'd like to offer you an opportunity for closing remarks as you like.
Go ahead, Dr. Proctor. I'd just like to thank the Katy community, the taxpayers, the parents, students, and all involved for the honor to being able to represent them on the Katy ISD School Board. Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr. Huckabee?
I would like to also thank the administration time we've had together I've enjoyed it as well as Mr. Fraley for that a rough start but we ended up doing working well together and maybe there's other things in the in the future so we'll see from there but I want to thank the community for what that what all they've done and and like I said thanks for the administration as
well thank you mr. Huckabee okay at this time we would ask mrs. van and mrs. Doyle to exchange places with our board members and mr. Huckabee and dr. Proctor we will be getting your portraits available for you and have them ready in a week or so to take home as our parting gift. Thanks.
Dr. Proctor.
We'll need just a moment to get our computers up and running.
Thank you.
Okay.
Is this person going to start taking over the remaining of the office? Mr. President, I'm going to present.
I'm ready. You're the only one.
Thank you.
Let the chair know when you are ready and we'll go. Mr. Adams, are you prepared?
Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Vann, are you up?
Okay.
Look on with Mr. DeBrell. Mrs. Doyle, are you prepared or you can look on with someone?
She's almost. Two seconds. Okay.
This time we'll move to Section 2.3, the electing of new officers for the 2014-15 Board of Trustees.
Madam President.
Mr. DeBrell.
I would like to nominate Brian Michalski for President of KDISD Board of Trustees. Second. Second.
No second needed on these. And let me see. A nomination was made by Henry DeBrell to elect Brian Mahalski as president. Are there any other nominations? If not, the chair will entertain a motion to close nominations. Mr. Adams? I need a second to close nominations. Second. A motion to close nominations was made by Joe Adams and seconded by Henry DeBrell. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye to the closing of nominations. Aye. Okay. The nominations are closed by a vote of seven to zero. Madam President. Hold on. A nomination was made by Henry DeBrell. This is a very complicated and but very exact thing and so we'll move through it slowly. A nomination was made by Henry DeBrell that the board elect Brian Mahalski for the office of president of the Board of Trustees for the 2014-15 school year. All those in favor raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passes 7 to 0. Congratulations Mr. President. Thank you. I think. Mr. Michalski, Mr. President Michalski, you will be taking over the meeting at this point. Would you like this hard copy to go and write notes or are you okay? Yes, I believe I would. Thank you.
Okay. Nominations are now open for the position of Vice President. Mr. President,
I would like to nominate Henry DeBrell for the position of Vice President.
A nomination was made by Mr. Griffin to elect Mr. Dubrell as Vice President. Are there any other nominations?
Move nomination cease.
Second. Joe Adams and Rebecca Fox, first and second for the close.
That is my motion. Okay. A motion to close nominations was made by Mr. Adams and seconded by Mrs. Fox. All those in favor raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye. Chair Greg Musil. Chair Greg Musil.
The nominations are closed by 7 to 0 vote. A nomination was made by Charles Griffin that the Board elect Henry DeBrell for the Office of Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the 2014-2015 school year. All those in favor raise your right hand and say aye. The nomination is approved by seven to zero vote. Congratulations Mr. Dubrow. Nominations are now open for the position of secretary. Madam President.
Mr. President, I'm sorry.
It's going to take some getting used to, I understand.
It's been two years that way, so it's going to take a little while. It could be worse.
It's going to be hard enough hearing Mr. President. I certainly don't want to hear Madam.
We'll work on that.
Mr. Dubrow.
I'd like to nominate Rebecca Fox for Office of Secretary.
A nomination was made by Mr. Dubrow to elect Mrs. Fox as Secretary. Are there any other nominations?
I move the nominations are closed.
The Chair will entertain a motion to close nominations. Do I have a second? Second. A motion to close nominations was made by Mr. DeBruyere and seconded by Mr. Griffin. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye. Aye.
The nominations are closed by 7 to 0 vote. A nomination was made by Henry DeBrell that the board elect Rebecca Fox for the Office of Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the 2014-15 school year. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. The nomination is approved by 7 to 0 vote. Congratulations, Mrs. Fox. Nominations are now open for the position of Treasurer.
Mr. President, I move, I nominate Mr. Griffin for the Office of Treasurer.
A nomination was made by Mrs. Fox to elect Mr. Griffin as Treasurer. Are there any other nominations? Being none, the Chair will entertain a motion to close nominations.
So moved. Second. So moved. Second. Second. Okay.
The motion to close nominations was made by Mrs. Fox and seconded by Mr. DeBrell. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The nominations are closed by seven to zero vote.
Mr. President. Oh, no.
Hold on. One more step.
Let's get that one.
Ooh.
The nomination was made by Mrs. Fox that the board elect Charles Griffin for the Office of Treasurer of the Board of Trustees for the 2014-15 school year. All those in favor raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. The nomination is approved by a seven to zero vote. Congratulations Mr. Griffin. Mr. President. Nominations are open for the position of Sergeant
Mr. Griffin. I would like to nominate Ms. Courtney Doyle for the position of
Sergeant at Arms. A nomination was made by Charles Griffin to elect Courtney Doyle as Sergeant at Arms. Are there any other nominations? There being none, the chair will entertain a motion to close nominations. So moved. A motion to close nominations was made by Mr. DeBrell, seconded by Mrs. Fox. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
The nominations are closed by a 7-0 vote. A nomination was made by Charles Griffin that the board elect Courtney Doyle for the Office of Sergeant-at-Arms of the Board of Trustees for the 2014-2015 school year. All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Aye. The nomination is approved by a 7-0 vote. Congratulations, Mrs. DeWall. This concludes the election of officers. So we will now move to the agenda, to the recognition portion of our agenda, where we will recognize our past president.
Mr. President. Is it got it right?
Mr. DeBrow.
Ms. Fox, wow. Mr. Mahulski, I don't envy you in having to follow in her footsteps. The past two years, the leadership, the dedication, the passion for the young people of this community, the passion for Katie as a whole has come through. We've had some challenging times. We've had some rough times, but you have led us through. I remember, maybe it's about two years ago now, maybe a year and a half, there was this movie about Prime Minister Thatcher, the Iron Lady who led Great Britain. And when I look at that movie, I think of Miss Fox, who led us through a time of turmoil to where we are now. So, Brian, once again, I don't envy you because you do have big shoes to fill. and uh this Fox would be honored to continue to serve with you and it was an honor serving under your leadership thank you
mr. president ripple miss Fox I just wish we had a glass of water a glass of wine that we could toast you thank you very much awesome job
Mr. Fox, as you know, the role of president is, like Mr. DeBrell said, has great times and has rough times, and times when you're trying to keep peace in the family and other times whenever you're the biggest cheerleader. We all know that you are the biggest cheerleader. So we appreciate you serving as the board president for the past two years, and thank you for your service.
Mrs. Fox, I mean, it wouldn't be possible for me to take this role right now if it wouldn't have been for your mentorship over the last two years. You know, thinking back when you became board president two years ago, you had a board with five of its members that had a combined experience of three years. Not three years each, a combined experience of three years on this board. That in itself presented challenges that your predecessors didn't have and is a testament to your leadership qualities. You recognize that not only did you need to lead us and teach us to become effective board members, that you needed to groom us for leadership positions for the future of this board. I can't thank you enough for the countless, tireless discussions that we have had over the past two years about our great district. While I humbly appreciate that this board now has the confidence in me to serve as our board president for the next year. Truthfully, I'm not sure I'm ready for that role, but knowing that you and others will be here to continue to mentor me provides me the confidence that we collectively as a team can continue to move forward and be the absolute best we can be for the 67,000 plus and growing students of our district. Speaking of students, your true from the heart love for our students is in my opinion your best quality. You genuinely care, in fact no care is not a good enough word, you are passionate about our students, about providing opportunities for them and about their success. I've often said that the number one prerequisite for being a board member is that you must love children, have a genuine interest in providing Providing them with unparalleled opportunities and a genuine desire for them to succeed. You have that. And I am grateful for the way you have exemplified humility to us for the past three years. So as we begin this new chapter of our service together, and as you have many times used scripture to help me when I needed it, I have a verse for you which I believe is fitting. It's Colossians 3.12. and so as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Because to me, and I believe all of us sitting here at the dais this evening, you have been compassionate, kind, humble, gentle, and often patient with all of us as we were learning our way around here. and I want you to know that you're truly beloved. So in closing, one last time, it is my honor to bow at the waist and present you with chocolates.
Thank you.
Mr. President, if I may? Yes, sir. Mrs. Fox, one of the things I think is important to know is that you have led with a strength a lot of folks know that you had. You have pushed me. You have pushed this board. You forced us to face some things that we needed to face that we didn't want to face. And I think that we're all the better for it, without a doubt. And I appreciate the counsel. I appreciate the questions. I appreciate the vision. And, again, as I said, the passion. No one can question your passion for our kids. No one can question your love for this community. no one can question your devotion to service it is above reproach and i thoroughly appreciate having worked with you the past couple of years in this capacity and really since day one since 2007 in various capacities so thank you for all you've done and uh this is not a good bible any stretch of imagination it's just we have more road ahead so thank you very kindly ma'am
I'll keep it brief. I don't quite have the history that all of you all have spoke to, but I do have seven years of an amazing friendship with you. And I look forward to serving alongside you, learning even more from you, and I just hope that you know how much I appreciate all you've done for me in many different roles of leadership and well before the events of tonight so thank you so much for everything you've done
looks like she wants me to speak I agree of course with everything that's been said and you and I have also had a very special relationship and it's one of a mentor it's one of a friend and it's one that cannot be replaced by many others that I've met I've been here six years and you were one of the first people that began to lead me and mentor me whether it was in PTA or just simple life we've had chats about how to raise my kids that I have plenty of and and and so I have sat in your love and logic sessions and laughed and cried with you you on different occasions and I'm forever grateful for those moments and I am honored to be up here with you, serving with you. Thank you.
Wow, it's really hard to vote for yourself and it's even harder to take those kind words and believe they're about me. and of course I never cry so this is so unusual I am so excited about our future so excited like a double backflip with a twist excited about our future with the seven board members seated here and I look forward to working with each of you and mr. Adams you and me we're the with the history yeah but I am too now like I regret I regretfully give up the title of cute new girl right mr. do I'm no longer the cute new girl I don't even get cute funny girl anymore I just get mentor and this has been being president for two consecutive years was a gift to me and I am blessed it's been one of the greatest honors and privileges of my life and serving with all of you and you know who you are. I could say something about each person but you know who you are and I say it all the time. I love this community. I love this job more today than the first day I moved here with each day. I love it more and it's because of you. And thank you for the scripture, Mr. Mahalski. I appreciate that very much and for me the scripture I try to live by us to whom much is given much is required and I have been blessed so much that I hope to in some small way be able to give back thank you so much
all right I could probably sit here and talk about you all night long but we do have some business to do. So let me find my place for this special meeting. The time is now 546 p.m. and this meeting is adjourned.
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MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedIT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, APPROVE A ONE-YEAR EMPLOYEE TERM CONTRACT, A ONE-YEAR EMPLOYEE DUAL ASSIGNMENT PROBATIONARY CONTRACT, OR A ONE-YEAR EMPLOYEE DUAL ASSIGNMENT PROBATIONARY CONTRACT FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 3.2
PassedIT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, FINDS THAT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT WILL BE SERVED BY TERMINATING THE EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE NAMES ARE LISTED ON THE ATTACHMENT AND ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED UNDER AN EMPLOYEE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD GIVE SUCH EMPLOYEES NOTICE UNDER SECTION 21.103 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE OF THE BOARD'S TERMINATION OF HIS/HER CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE 2013-2014 CONTRACT PERIOD. THIS DECISION BY THE BOARD WILL BE FINAL AND NOT APPEALABLE.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 3.3
PassedIT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, WILL GIVE NOTICE TO THE EMPLOYEE, WHOSE NAME IS LISTED ON THE ATTACHMENT, THAT IT IS PROPOSED THAT THEIR TERM CONTRACT BE NON-RENEWED AT THE END OF THE 2013-2014 CONTRACT PERIOD. IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEE OF THIS PROPOSED ACTION TO NON-RENEW THEIR TERM CONTRACT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2013-2014 CONTRACT PERIOD PURSUANT TO SECTION 21.201-21.211 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 3.5
PassedIT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PERSONNEL REPORT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |