The board will now convene an open meeting. Today is Monday, December 15, 2014, and the time is 6.36 p.m.
Katy ISD · Regular Board Meeting SUPPLEMENTAL Agenda
Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, December 15, 2014
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- 0:00 to 5:54 Items 3 & 4 Reconvene from Closed Meeting – The Board will reconvene from Closed Meeting. The presiding officer will verify that the meeting has been duly called and notice of the meeting has been posted for the time and manner required by law. 3.1 Consider Board approval of accepting professional staff resignations and hiring of professional contractual personnel. (Texas Government Code 551.074: For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee.) 4. Pledge of Allegiance Natalie Vuong, 5th Grade, Rhoads Elementary
- 5:54 to 12:18 Item 5 Recognitions 5.1 2014 Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) Champions 5.2 Texas Education Agency Reward School 5.3 Top 10 Digital District 5.4 Primary Math World Contest
- 12:18 to 36:38 Item 6 Open Forum
- 36:38 to 39:12 Item 7 Report 7.1 Board Member Required Continuing Education Report
- 39:12 to 39:54 Consent Agenda 8.1 Consider Board approval of the proposal for general merchandise and groceries. 8.2 Consider Board approval of the proposal for Career and Technology Education (CTE) materials, supplies, and equipment. 8.3 Consider Board approval of design services associated with the new district student activity facility-second stadium. 8.4 Consider Board adoption of an Order Authorizing the Issuance of Katy Independent School District Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds in one or more series; setting certain parameters for the Bonds; authorizing a pricing officer to approve the amount, the interest rate, price, including the terms thereof and certain other procedures and provisions related thereto. 8.5 Consider Board approval of the minutes for the Board meetings held in November 2014. 8.6 Consider Board approval of grant ratifications. 8.7 Consider Board approval of the December 2014 budget amendments. 8.8 Consider Board approval of the November 2014 financial statements. 8.9 Consider Board approval of the November 2014 check registers. 8.10 Consider Board approval of the November 2014 tax report.
- 39:54 to 46:33 Item 9.1 Discuss and consider modifying the design of Elementary #38 to include a bilingual program.
- 46:33 to 50:42 Item 9.2 Consider Board approval of naming the Center for Imagination and Innovation (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics).
- 50:42 to 53:29 Item 9.3 Discuss and consider Board approval of the use of the Job Order Contracting (JOC) method and the use of Sterling Structures, Inc. through the TCPN Cooperative to complete the minor construction for the Morton Ranch High School ductwork replacement.
- 53:29 to 53:59 Items 10 - 12 10. Information Items 10.1 Donated items to Katy Independent School District 11. Future Meetings 11.1 Board Work Study Meeting – Monday, January 12, 2015 11.2 Regular Board Meeting – Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12. Adjournment
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Items 3 & 4
The board met earlier this evening in closed meeting. Any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in a subsequent open meeting.
This is a meeting open to the public, not a meeting of the public. There are students and other guests present.
To maintain decorum, respectful behavior is expected. Disruptive behavior and or comments will not be allowed.
out the KDSD Board of Trustees meets monthly in a regular meeting generally
to receive reports from the staff and to take action on recommendations from the
superintendent whereas there may not be lengthy discussions or a litany of
questions tonight please know that we've had the agenda for over a week as a
board we have reviewed each agenda item in a public work-study session with the
administrative team where we were able to ask and receive answers to our
questions thus as a board we should have appropriate knowledge and should be
prepared for our responses regarding the content of this meeting tonight
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 this meeting?
Mr. President, we are in compliance. The first item is the personnel report.
Mr. President.
Mr. Griffin.
I move that the Board of Trustees approve the personnel report as recommended by the Superintendent.
I have a motion by Mr. Griffin, seconded by Mrs. Vann, that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the Superintendent. Is there any discussion?
Hearing none, we will proceed to vote.
All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Motion passes 7-0.
Mr. President, tonight we'll have the pledge led by Ms. Natalie Wong.
Natalie, we'll be under your direction.
Everyone please stand for the pledge.
Ms. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all honor the Texas flag I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state
under God one and indivisible a great job Natalie this is Natalie Wong she's
a student at Rhodes Elementary this will miss Kerry Arias on the front row there
along with this Sharon Rose the namesake as well Natalie's parents are Lorraine
and Fong Wong I know there and she has a Nathan and Taylor or brothers and
sisters I'm here and Natalie likes cooking the holiday season for sure
right and music and drawing and she likes reading and writing and what the
teachers say about Natalie is Natalie's one of the students we'd like to clone
This is from Ms. Simon.
Natalie is the most respectful, kind, responsible, giving, and appreciative student I've ever taught.
I like to be just like her when I grow up.
One of your teachers.
I can always count on Natalie to have a positive attitude.
She never passes me in the hallway without a smile or a hug.
She makes those around her better.
This is from Ms. Lowry, the principal.
Natalie, so glad to have you here.
Good evening, and my corner is yours.
Hi, my name is Natalie Vong. I go to Rhodes Elementary School and I'm in the fifth grade.
At Rhodes, we love the word respect. It's an acronym for Rhodes Elementary School promotes
excellent citizenship and teamwork. I'm proud to be at a school that makes sure we grow up to be
respectful and responsible. We have an excellent model for that behavior in our wonderful namesake,
miss Rhodes she visits our school and leaves us notes to encourage us this is
our 10th anniversary and our school mascot is a rocket because we are the
Rhodes Rockets our school is special because we have some very unique
programs like rocket seniors read deed run rockets can ritmo crochet club and
our students have the opportunity to take violin thank you for listening to
me talk about my school and have a wonderful day
Natalie, thank you so much for leading our pledges tonight.
That's really great.
We have a gift for you from the school board.
This is a certificate of recognition that says you were the pledge leader, and that's
for you.
It should say service of bravery for speaking in front of all of these people.
And this is a very special bag.
You can take your lunch in it.
It's an insulated bag and it's only given to the students who lead this pledge and that's
not very many, right?
So we only have a few meetings each year and the people who lead our pledges get a bag
that's very, very special.
And you are the only one who has done it with a beautiful tiara, a beautiful sparkly tiara.
So congratulations and thank you for being here and have a Merry Christmas.
May I take a picture with you?
Hold up that bravery.
I love the roads rocket of course
Thank You Natalie very well done let's give her another hand
Hey, do we have any scouts in our audience this evening?
If so, please stand up, tell us your name, your troop number, and what badge you're working on.
No scouts here this evening?
Item 5
Okay, then we will move on to the next item on our agenda, which is our recognitions.
Mr. Farley?
I'm glad to introduce Ms. Lindsay Tigard, our communication specialist for lights and recognitions.
Mr. Tigard?
Good evening Mr. President, Board Members and Superintendent Fraley.
For our first recognition this evening, I would like to call forward Schmalz Elementary
Physical Education teachers, Kasha Philem and Scott Power.
Both of these teachers have been selected as 2014 Coordinated Approach to Child Health
Champions or CATCH Champions, part of the University of Texas School of Public Health
and the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living.
The CATCH program focuses on identifying, practicing, and adopting healthy eating habits
and engaging in physical activity by incorporating hands-on lessons and activities.
They were selected as CATCH champions for their untiring dedication to creating healthy
environments for Texas children and successfully implementing the CATCH program into their
school and community.
Please join me in congratulating them on this achievement.
The Texas Education Agency recently named Schmalz Elementary a reward school for high
progress.
High progress schools are identified as Title I schools in the top 25 percent in annual
improvement and or schools in the top 25% of those demonstrating the ability
to close performance gaps based on system safeguards Schmalz is now one of
380 title one schools in Texas with this designate designation for the 2013-14
school year at this time I would like to call for Jamie Shipley the principal of
Schmalz Elementary to accept this award
Congratulations to Smalls again.
KDIC was recently ranked by the Learning Council as one of the top 10 digital districts nationwide
for transitioning to digital curriculum and content in an effective manner, leading to
greater student success.
Specifically, KDIC ranks third place among suburban school districts nationwide.
The following technology and teaching and learning administrators are being recognized
tonight for playing an integral role in achieving this great recognition.
Please come forward as I call your name.
Fran McTigert, Technology Director for Customer Support.
report.
Darlene Rankin, Director of Instructional Technology.
Joe Christopherson, Director of Technology Operations.
Jamie Hines, Director of Business Intelligence.
Carrie Rampelli, Director of Enterprise Systems.
systems, Brenda White, Director of Project Management, Rhonda Ward, Executive Director
for Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Kim Lawson, Executive Director for Elementary
Curriculum and Instruction, Aline Lindley, Director for Secondary Curriculum and Instruction,
Gifted and Talented in Advanced Academic Studies, and Karen Moeller, Director for Elementary
curriculum instruction
congratulations to the district and everyone who played a role in achieving
this award
MathWorks is a center for innovation in mathematics education at Texas State University.
Their mission is to develop model programs in learning communities that engage K-12 students
from all backgrounds in doing mathematics at a high level.
Each year after the MathWorks Math Contest, four students are selected to advance to represent
Texas at the primary Math World Contest in Hong Kong.
They recently announced that one of the four team members competing in the 2015 Math World
Contest is a KDIC student.
For our final recognition this evening, I would like to call forward Edward Liu from
Beck Junior High.
Edward along with his three teammates will attend the 2015 Residential Junior Summer
summer math camp program at Texas State University this coming June and will then go on to compete
at the Primary Math World Contest in Hong Kong in July.
Lou was selected from the 284 students who participated in the qualifying 2014 MathWorks
Math Contest.
Congratulations and good luck this summer.
And that concludes our recognitions this evening.
Thank you.
Item 6
policy a maximum of 30 minutes have been allotted for this forum the time allow
will be divided equally among those requesting to speak the maximum amount
of time allowed for any one speaker is five minutes individuals who have
written comments to present to the board are encouraged to provide the
statements to the assistant superintendent for school and community
engagement dr. Andrea grooms who is over on the right side of the room these
written statements will be shared with the board do the posting requirements of
the open meetings act the board is only able to respond to a presentation that is directly related
to a posted agenda item for clarification purposes the open forum is not a dispute resolution forum
the board is not trying to prevent any patron from speaking the intent is to redirect patrons
to the proper grievance process so that action can be taken as appropriate employees or members
of the public who wish to express complaints about a student matter or district personnel
are reminded that they must follow and exhaust all administrative remedies prior to presenting
complaints to the board as I announce your name please come to the mic and
state your name tell the board whether or not you reside in KDSD and whether or
not you have children presently enrolled in KDSD tonight we have six speakers so
each speaker will be allotted five minutes our sergeant arms miss Courtney
Doyle will give you a verbal reminder when you have one minute remaining our
first speaker tonight is Lori
This corporate body, this board, has major problems.
We had a State of the District meeting that should have been open to the public.
To those of us that put money into this district, it was closed, again.
The words that came out of that meeting were that those that did not agree with the bond
were thorns in the side of the district and needed to be removed.
This needs to be addressed to the public. It is unacceptable. And before he had called
people village idiots in 2010. You have one employee. That one employee has also put you
in a state of treason. Two years ago, you put a declaration to the governor of Texas
stating we were a democracy. We are not. You just said a pledge to this flag under the Republic.
You take an oath to both states, of the state and of the United States, of the Republics,
which it states in those constitutions. That needs to be corrected immediately. We are a Republic.
You have parents coming up to you trying to communicate with this board in this district
that are being ignored.
I know.
I've been ignored since 2010.
We have Common Core in this school district.
It has been proven.
Parents are getting upset with the homework that's being sent home
in the Common Core style,
and students are marked wrong for the correct answer
because they did not do the problem the way the teacher expects it to be done
under Common Core.
If they can think for themselves and figure out the problem, they mark them wrong.
If we have bright students, should we be telling them they're wrong and sitting there and punishing them
for doing what they need to be learning and they learned?
Do we need to be showing our students that we are treasonous to our constitutions by the declarations we send up?
Do we need to be ignoring the public still who come up here?
There was a lieutenant colonel up here last week plenty of time where there was another
violation of the Constitution and was not allowed to speak.
You can let him speak.
We put human bodies in your offices, in your spaces, not just to follow what the law is
because it doesn't have emotion or feeling or thought.
We put you there so that if something is wrong, we can stand up and correct it.
And for some reason, this corporate body doesn't understand the concept of why we put people and not robots in those seats.
We need this corrected, and I hope very much on the next agenda for January,
we have a declaration going to Governor Abbott, who will be in office at that time,
that we are a republic, not a democracy.
You are all, because you are part of this corporate body,
in a state of treason at this moment
because that declaration has been sent.
Whether you served at that time or not,
the corporate body is in treason.
Please correct it.
The proper officials were here the first night
that it was told and voted on,
so I'm not in this prison of treason.
That county constable that was here,
he is. Can we correct things please? Get us back on track because we the people
are the ones that are here backing you up in the foundation and you are
ignoring us. We're not thorns. We're the ones that support this entire corporate
body. Fix it.
Mr. President, a clarifying question. Ms. McFarland, you speak of the Constitution and the pledge and our great republic, but unless I'm wrong, I noticed during the pledge you didn't have your hand over your heart.
Is that for a certain reason?
I'm also a Christian, sir, and I believe you're a minister.
One of the Ten Commandments says, there shall be no idols before me.
It is in my faith, which I have freedom under the First Amendment to have, not to say the
pledge to an idol.
And that is how I see it.
It is my faith.
I stand with the people, but I cannot under my faith and how I've been taught to do that.
And I have every right to do that.
Ma'am, I want a clarity.
I am a licensed minister, but I pledge my allegiance that is your choice
This country and to this flag as a sign of my loyalty to America
But you don't do the same, but just your speak of the Constitution. That is your choice
I have the freedom not to do so and it has been declared in the Supreme Court that I do not have to
Laurie I have one question of a clarification
numerous times you stand at that podium there and
And you've made many accusations that we violate law.
Have you officially filed charges with the state or the federal government?
I have tried to file charges.
So the answer is yes or no?
Yes, with the DA's office.
Okay, then when are we going to see those?
I'm sorry, when are we going to see them?
I tried to file them with the DA.
They did not accept them.
I am continuing on that path.
So the answer is you've tried, but the state doesn't agree with you.
Not the state.
The county is where it needs to be filed.
It's not agreeing
It's that they don't know the law either. Thank you
Mr. President
Mr. Fraley
once again, we have a comment regarding common core in our district and I
Think that the state Texas has made it very clear that we are not to have a common core
Does Katie have a common core? We do not adopt common core standards against the state law
we do have materials that are land with common core and the state standards and the
Governor-elect President Abbott said that we're allowed to use those materials.
I understand that because, as I've heard it been stated, is that two plus two is four,
whether it's either way, and they have an overlap there.
And it just happens to me that they both have the same answer.
This has been addressed by the Lieutenant Governor-elect and the Governor-elect as well.
Mr. President, if I could reference, I've had two folks who were not at the State of the District
trying to quote what I said at the State of the District.
it. We've not posted the video. If there's a video, I'm not sure there's one out there.
By reference to Thorns, it's not opposition to the bond. It was the signs put up against
the local minister. It was the allegations of signs put in the collection plate notes
criticizing the family. It was signs attacking a certain high school in this district. I
named no one. I'm surprised at how many folks are taking offense to my criticizing
and putting up those signs.
It had nothing to do with it.
So opposition is not a thorn.
It's signs around a church against a local minister.
It's notes allegedly put in the collection plate against him and his family.
It's signs encouraging votes against a certain high school.
Those are thorns.
We don't need that behavior.
Opposition is fine.
That's not a problem at all.
But it's certain behaviors.
That is not a question, but that is just a statement of clarification
clarification that once again being accused of things by folks who don't
who aren't present and
And I really you know, we agreed about some things around
Election time and we've also agree about those things but but but but me being this quote is not one of things we agree about
Thank You Laurie
Or your your time has expired that question. Thank you. I appreciate I hear you. Thank you. I appreciate that
Our next speaker this evening is Mr. Don Elder, Jr.
Welcome, Mr. Elder.
Superintendent Fraley, President Malosky, and trustees of the board,
I'm here to speak about a man that gave great service to the KDISD Independent School District
and that is Robert Shaw. I'm here also as one of your agenda items in the naming
of the STEM Center tonight which is for science, engineering, math, technology and
also arts, not being the least but arts is very important to it.
Robert Shaw was a man who was involved very much with his church he and his wife Cindy he was a
man who was dedicated to his kids to his family into this institution Katie is day and he dedicated
a large part of his life to making decisions for this district there were not only good for the
people that taught administered and all in this district but also for the
students of this district this district is better because Robert Shaw passed
through here so I am in full support my wife and my family are in full support
of having this facility named after Robert R. Sharp.
I have had a student in Katy, IHD,
our only son, graduated in 95.
I have been a resident of this district since 1945.
So I know what goes through here.
I have been a past board member,
and I know what it takes,
and it takes dedication from each and every one of you and that's what Robert
was he was a very dedicated person Robert looked out for the thing that was
most important and that was the education of our young people within
this district so they could succeed in every possible way when they got out in
life and be productive thank you
Thank you, Mr. Elder.
Our next speaker this evening is Mrs. Sharon Rhodes.
Welcome, Ms. Rhodes.
President Mikulski, Mr. Fraley, and board members,
I too am going to speak about Robert Shaw.
You know, when I think about Bob Shaw, I think of two major things.
the first is his dedication to education in our district he believed in education
and he believed in Katie ISD he was very supportive always always of students and
teachers and administrators during his tenure here so 16 years on our board I
think was 15 years on our board did an excellent job we were very fortunate to
have him. The next thing I want to talk about, and probably the most important thing about Robert
Shaw, is his personal character. He was positive, honest, always trying to do the right thing.
And when I say positive, I will never forget, can never forget Robert Shaw's smile. Because no
matter what happened, when he walked up to you, he would flash that smile at you. Even in hard times,
he would do that and I always appreciated that so much I know his family very well for I taught
his children could his family stand up now I taught all of his children I told everybody in
Katie but I know he's a good man because I watched him as he raised those children and
And as he and Cindy tried to instill in them and did instill in them the values that they appreciated the most in life.
I am very fortunate, honored, and blessed to have a school in Katy named for me and my husband.
Jack and Sharon Rhodes Elementary School.
And because I know the joy that that brings, I know the joy that it will bring to you, Cindy, and your family, to know that Robert Shaw will be honored to have his name as the namesake for our new STEM Center.
It's a perfect fit.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Ms. Rhodes.
And we truly are blessed to have your name on one of our schools as well.
As well as our next speakers tonight, I'm pleased to announce Ray and Jamie Wollman will be our next speakers.
We get a two for one.
Welcome, Mr. and Mrs. Wollman.
President Mahoski, members of the board, Superintendent Fraley, it's a pleasure to be here tonight to speak to you.
Of course, my name is Ray Wollman.
This is Jamie Wollman.
We do live in the city of Katy.
We do not have children in the district. We do have a son who attended KDISD.
We'd like to thank you for the privilege to speak about our friend Bob Shaw.
Ray and I feel that Bob Shaw would be a perfect namesake for the new KDISD
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Center. He and the Center would be a
perfect match because he had the heart of a servant and the mind of an
engineer when we met Bob over 25 years ago he was serving children as the Katy
area swim meet director and many of our children in the area would participate
in the meets and as Sharon said his smile his smile I mean I still can see
it perfectly it was so big when you saw him his eyes almost closed it was just
wonderful a smile so when we met Bob 25 years ago he was serving students he
continued to serve students on the board for 15 years he served until he was
physically able to do that his experience knowledge and vision helped
to address the many growth changes during that time that he served on the
board Bob was passionate about career technology if you talk to him a while
you got that pretty quick. He was very proud of the many advancements at the
Miller Career Center during his years of service. He loved and he would spend
hours explaining the many avenues to success that the center provided for
students of Katy ISD. In the future as we drive down Katy land past the Robert R.
Shaw Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, we all will be
reminded of Bob's impact on thousands of past, present, future students of Katy ISD.
Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Woolman. Our next speaker this evening is
Laura Freeman. Ms. Freeman. Hi my name is Laura Freeman. I live in Katy ISD. I have
have kids in Katy ISD.
Good evening, Mr. President.
board members mr. Fraley and tonight I'm before you representing KTISD council of
PTAs as you are aware we have 51 active PTAs in our district most of the time
people think the purpose of PTA is to help the school do things that the
schools can't do themselves like making copies stapling papers hanging artwork
or bringing programs to the school that go above and beyond what the district
provides however that's not quite right the mission of PTA is to make every
child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities
to advocate for all children I think that last part is the part that gets
forgotten advocate for all children when families join PTA I don't think they
realize what they're actually doing in addition to showing support for their
school they are joining the largest child advocacy Association in the nation
PTA has been instrumental in helping to form legislation for more than a hundred
years from the beginning PTA leaders have been focused on giving children
the highest is sorry the highest advantages and physical mental and
social education some examples of early issues PTA was involved in include
abolishing the public drinking cup creation of birth certificates creation
of the school lunch program creation of kindergarten and making sure that school
buildings were constructed properly more recent legislative issues include
funding of school-based health clinics limiting the access of children to
tobacco and alcohol products, including school supplies and the annual tax-free holiday,
the restriction of children riding as cargo in the back of pickup trucks, the graduated
driver's license, and most recently, House Bill 5, which changed the graduation requirements
for all incoming Texas high school students.
That being said, the 84th legislator of the state of Texas will reconvene January 13th.
Texas PTA is already working to ensure there are stances on electronic cigarettes, healthy
lifestyle juvenile justice and public school funding among others are heard
February 25th 2015 Texas PTA will be rallying on the south lawn of the
Capitol building to help make sure our voices are heard I would love it if you
could join me and helping our representatives hear us I represent the
26,000 PTA members within Katy ISD I'm just one person together we can make a
difference because it's not us then who thank you very much for time I want to
acknowledge on mrs. Freeman she has done a tremendous job as president of the
PTA Council and this is for this year she's done so much work over the past
years as well as a big-time volunteer and you heard me refer our parents as
our secret sauce our parents is what makes us different wonderful place that
it is we have breaking more we have great teacher great kids but it's that
that extra piece that our parents bring that really make a big difference.
So I want to thank Ms. Freeman for her work as well.
I believe in PTM, an honorary Texas Life member, PTA,
and so I'm very excited about that.
I just want to thank you for being here tonight.
Thank you, Ms. Freeman.
Our final speaker this evening is Mr. John Pendergraft.
Welcome, Mr. Pendergraft.
Hello, good evening.
The reason I'm here tonight is I have two kids in KISD.
a sixth grader and a third grader and three years ago
when my older son was a third grader we had no issues at all whatsoever with the
math
it wasn't exactly the way also old guys learned it but it
it was at least doable and he didn't have any problems with it they learn
their fast facts they learn the multiplication they learn to multiply
the old school way and they did it over and over until it became quite good at
it
now I have a third grader and sometime in the last three years the curriculum
has completely changed
they're not learning their fast facts the teachers don't really care they're
not drilling it into them. I'm trying to do that at home. Now they're on the
worksheets from Pearson and every page of these worksheets has two to three
techniques on it. They draw, they call it a drawing an array, which basically means
draw a bunch of circles on the page. They do an array for three times 26. That's a
lot of circles drawn on a page. They do regrouping is basically, you know, we
call it different things. They use strip diagrams. There aren't even number lines.
I'm still not sure what good a strip diagram is in the real world. It looks
looks totally useless to me I've been teaching her the old-fashioned way and
she gets it I'm sure how to multiply a three-digit number by a three-digit
number she gets it if you do it the old-fashioned way the way the school's
doing it she's clueless her friends are clueless other parents are pulling their
hair out there's crying every night over this math homework on a test recently
she's a technique I showed her the old-fashioned way she got the right
answer she showed her work she not only got it wrong she got a behavioral mark
My daughter went three years without getting a single mark in school. She got a mark for not showing the Common Core method on her test.
These worksheets are all by a company called Pearson. My wife has looked into this. Pearson is absolutely a Common Core implementer.
That's their bread and butter. They were for Common Core, they are Common Core, and they're the worst of the Common Core.
Our research has led us to understand there are other people implementing Common Core in such a way that it actually does work for the kids and is useful.
Pearson is the worst of the worst and this is what the teachers are being
forced to teach to I've talked to her teachers apparently they have no choice
in the matter this is the worksheets have been given I don't know who in the
district or where this comes from but apparently it's not really sinking in
with the kids it just is I mean there's so many techniques thrown at them didn't
avoid learning to do math the old-fashioned way she can't get it and
other kids can't get it so you may say there's no common core mr. Adams but
there is and it's exactly what's being done and I'm sure you've read the law
and you know it's a page and a half and it has no punishment and it has no recourse.
So I don't know why you selected this program. I'm not sure how it was picked, what the reasoning is for this,
but it is, I mean the third grade math is terrible and it's really,
really causing a lot of families, a lot of kids, a lot of grief.
And I don't know, I just want to make the board aware of this because I don't know that everything filters all the way up from
the teachers to the principals to the board.
So, you know, I felt like I needed to take the time tonight to come here and let you know that it's just not working.
Three years ago my son had no problem with math. I had no problem with the curriculum
Somewhere in that time frame it has completely changed and it is not working. Thank you
Thank You mr. Pendergraf
That concludes the open forum for this evening
I will direct you to the report section of our agenda and this is actually a housekeeping
Item 7
item so to speak so I will actually be giving the report tonight on board member required
continuing education.
Completing the annual required continuing education is a basic obligation under the
Texas Education Code chapter 11.159 and an expectation of any sitting board
member annually but at the last regular board meeting of the calendar year which
is tonight our president of each local board of trustees required to announce
the name of each board member and whether they have completed exceeded or
are deficient in their contributing education hours for tier one two and
three training this year tier one training consists of local orientation
training and orientation to the Texas Education Code for new board members
members only.
Ashley Vann and Courtney Doyle have both completed two hours of local orientation training.
Ashley Vann and Courtney Doyle both have 3.5 hours in orientation to the Texas Education
Code, exceeding the number of required hours of training for that category.
Tier 2 training involves team building between the Superintendent and Board members.
All Board members and Mr. Fraley met on October 6, 2014 with an outside facilitator and completed
the required three hours of tier 2 team building training tier 3 training
consists of discretionary continuing education training new board members are
required to have at least 10 hours of tier 3 training and all other board
members are required to have at least five hours of tier 3 training Joe Adams
has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 32.5 hours of training
Rebecca Fox has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 33 hours of
training ashley vann has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 22.75 hours of
training courtney doyle has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 13.75 hours of training
henry debrauch has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 49.75 hours of training ryan
mahalsky has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 10.25 hours of training
charles griffin has exceeded the tier 3 training requirements with 17.75 hours
Once again, it is mandatory that the Board President states that completing the annual required continuing education is a basic obligation and expectation of any sitting Board member under the State Board of Education.
Please do announce that we are all in compliance.
And that is it.
Now I will direct your attention to the consent agenda portion of our agenda.
Consent Agenda
Mr. President.
Mr. Adams.
Move the Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.10.
Second.
I have a motion by Mr. Adams, seconded by Mr. DeBrell,
that the Board of Trustees approves the consent agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.10.
We will vote.
All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Motion passes 7-0.
Item 9.1
our next item this evening is to discuss and consider modifying the design of elementary
38 to include a bilingual program we will have a presentation by dr. Caskey a shepherd and miss
Cassman welcome good evening president Mahalski trustees superintendent Fraley
as a follow-up to our conversation that we had during last Monday's of work
study we are bringing forward a recommendation to modify the design of
elementary school 38 to accommodate a one-way bilingual program mr. Ganel and
I are asking Linda Shepherd and Lisa Kastman to emphasize three major points this evening.
The first are the legal mandates of the requirements of having a bilingual program.
Secondly, the identified need to service our bilingual students who are in the southwest
quadrant of their school district. And thirdly, the impacts on school size if
elementary 38 were to be built with a bilingual program to accommodate a bilingual program.
At this time I'm going to turn it over to Mrs. Shepherd.
Good evening Board Members and Mr. Fraley.
Tonight the first slide represents the legal portion that we're required to offer English
language learners.
Each school district that has an enrollment of 20 or more English language learners in
any language classification in the same grade level district wide shall offer a bilingual
education program in pre-kindergarten through elementary grades.
and each in a school district shall provide a bilingual education program by
offering dual language instruction in relating to the program content and
design the bilingual education program shall be a full-time program of
instruction in which both the students home language and English shall be used
for instruction and the required bilingual education or English as a
second language program shall be provided to every English language
learner with parental approval and it's until such time that the student meets
the exit criteria the next slide we reviewed last week and looking at the
four quadrants if you recall we were looking at the Southwest quadrant where
we currently have 258 bilingual students however we do not have a bilingual site
in the southwest quadrant this next slide represents our 12 current sites
filter elementary opened in a 607 with seven feeder schools and to date we have
15 feeder schools feeding into filter elementary the additional eight that
were added all being in the southwest quadrant at this point I'll turn it over
to Lisa Kastman to discuss facilities. Good evening, thank you. Once again
reviewing the slide from last week showing the distribution of one-way
dual-language students currently in the Southwest quadrant. As you can see these
students come from across the entire Southwest area. Additional classrooms
will be provided for the at the end of each wing. The three wings will have four
classrooms, two on each floor, since this is a two-story building. So we have two
classrooms, two floors, three wings amounting to 12 classrooms. The capacity
would change from 1,030 to 1,300. The additional infrastructure would include
12 additional parking spots, increase in the parent drop-off drive length,
restrooms, cafeteria space, and capacity for the heating and air conditioning. It
It is anticipated that it would cost approximately $3.5 million as a total project cost.
This reflects a cost of just under $13,000 per seat, which compares favorably with the
budget of approximately $22,000 per seat, a marginal cost for adding the 270 seats.
Now we're open for any discussion.
Mr. President.
Ms. Fox.
Thank you very much for your presentation.
Mr. President, last week at our work study meeting, I was one of the people that asked
to think about this a bit longer so that I could process all the information that was
given and I have had all of my questions answered and I know that there are some spaces on the
eastern side of our district where we can add programs and I was thinking about those
and how to possibly use those here.
here, but upon further investigation and getting my questions answered and really looking into
this in depth, thank you for the time to do that, I believe that this option is absolutely
the best. There are so many students in our Southwest Quadrant whose parents would not
want their babies on a bus for, I don't know how long, but a very long time to travel on
the other side of the district and those students might not be well served and our our requirement
is to educate every child the best way we can and your recommendation is that this will serve them
better and i agree with you and so and i also was really struggling with buses and how would we bus
the children and how how can we do that when buses are a shortage for us bus drivers are a shortage
for us. So I just needed some time to really
dig into it, get my feeling for
how this best works, and I completely agree with this option. And thank you
for your innovative way of thinking about that and coming to us with
an opportunity to make this work in this way.
I think it's brilliant.
Mr. President? Mr. DeBrell? I move that the Board of Trustees
approves modifying the design for elementary number 38 include a bilingual
program thank you of a motion by mr. deBruyne seconded by mr. Griffin that
the Board of Trustees approves modifying the design for elementary number 38 to
include a bilingual program is there any further discussion none we will proceed
to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye the motion
passes 7 to 0 thank you very much
Item 9.2
you're now at agenda item number 9.2 mr. president this is Fox I move that the
Board of Trustees approves naming our newest educational facility the Robert
R Shaw Center for science technology engineering arts and mathematics second
I have a motion by Ms. Rebecca Fox, seconded by Mr. Henry DeBrell, that the Board of Trustees
approves naming our newest educational facility the Robert R. Shaw Center for Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.
Mr. President.
Mr. DeBrell.
Before we take a vote, we all agree how important this is, but remember Mr. Shaw.
all this week he would be so happy because he was indeed passionate about
every child in this district but he did bleed Katie red and today with the Tigers
going to the state championship he would be so excited so in honoring him even
more tonight I would ask that you all join me in saying go Tigers so so we
could do that on three okay I don't I'm not the cheerleader thing we'll follow
your lead okay unless miss Fox you do want to do the radio okay one two three
Mr. President, I appreciate so much the sentiments spoken about Mr. Shaw this evening and last
week.
Anyone who wants to listen to the video from our last Board meeting, we each talked about
what he meant to us and what we knew of him.
And I loved what mrs. Rhodes said about his character and his smile and the woman's knew him well and you know
former mayor and former board member elder
knew him well and served with him in many many areas and
You know I see the McMeans here
And there are you recognize these names because they're well known in the area and they know
Robert Shawn they know his character and they they knew his service in his heart and
And you're right, it just fits.
And to honor him with a facility like this where he loved all the kids.
He got excited about things they could do and he believed they could.
And he showed up to everything.
And he and Mr. Fraley created a mojo that nobody could cross.
off and it and he I know he's smiling and and I know he hates this because he
never wanted the limelight but this facility fits him and his son's an
engineer and other son works in aerospace something and it's it's just
all great we just I'm just very excited thank you to the namesakes who took time
to honor him tonight and i know there are a bunch more people who would want to and we appreciate
all of you yeah well i'm excited to vote i will reread the uh the motion and then we will um
have a motion by mrs fox seconded by mr braille that the board of trustees approves naming our
newest educational facility the Robert R Shaw Center for Science Technology
Engineering Arts and Mathematics all those in favor please raise your right
hand and say aye aye I'm very pleased and honored to announce that the motion
passes 7-0 our final discussion action item for this evening is to discuss and
Item 9.3
consider board approval for the of the use of the job order contracting method
and the use of sterling structures Inc through the TCPN cooperative to compute
complete the minor construction for the Morton Ranch high school ductwork
replacement leave we will we have a presentation by mrs. Stevenson here okay
I understand it's a but good evening president mcmahonsky board members
superintendent fraley I have one item tonight to bring before you and that is
the ductwork repair at Morton Ranch High School. The job itself proved to be more complex as
they got into the job and because the structures for the old ductwork have to be replaced in
order to have the new ductwork put up, it changes the scope of this job from maintenance
to small construction. And because of that, we need Board approval to proceed with this.
And we ask that it be placed on the agenda so this work can be completed during the holidays.
holidays. And that's why I'm here tonight. After analysis and review, we have found
that the job order contract through TCPN is our best option for having this job
completed. The contract is readily available and meets all requirements for
small construction jobs. Upon approval by the board, the district will be able to
proceed with this work so that it would be completed during the holidays. The
recommendation is to award the contract to Sterling Structures. They've done this
this type of work for the district in the past and it's always been very successful.
The total cost is $111,800.
That does not include engineering costs, which we have found there is no engineering needed
after further analysis, but there will be some bonding that will be added on to that.
so it's a hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred dollars and the expenditure
will be funded from the 2010 bond fund so move
second okay the motion by mr. Adams seconded by mr. Griffin that the board
of trustees approves the job order contracting method for the amount of
construction of the replacement ductwork at Morton Ranch High School and approves
the proposal from sterling structures Inc through the TCP and cooperative
there any further discussion discussion on this item hearing none will proceed
to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye aye motion
passes seven to zero trustees I will direct your attention in your materials
Items 10 - 12
to the donated items to the Katy Independent School District our future
board meetings will be our board work-study meeting on Monday January
12 2015 and a regular board meeting on Tuesday January 20th 2015 there being no
further business we are adjourned at 729 p.m.
Official documents
Agenda
The district's own agenda file, as published on its video page. 3 pages.
Board packet · 31 documents
The district's own backup material for this agenda, retrieved from BoardDocs. Each file was checked against the size BoardDocs states for it.
- 1 - 121514 -Letter from PBK on MRHS Ductwork 40 KB
- 2 - 121514 - Sterling Structure Proposal 3246 KB
- memo 334 KB
- December 2014 Donated Items KISD Table 23 KB
- MIN 11 05 2014 Special Workshop Meeting pending board approval 24 KB
- MIN 11 17 2014 Work Study pending approval 88 KB
- MIN 11 24 2014 Regular Meeting pending approval 103 KB
- Training Hour Summary December 2014 18 KB
- State Board of Education Continuing Education for School Board Members 103 KB
- Requirements 73 KB
- BBD (EXHIBIT) 52 KB
- 1 -121514 RFCSP #1517 TAB - General Merchandise and Groceries 57 KB
- 2 - 121514 RFCSP #1517 EVAL - General Merchandise and Groceries 10 KB
- 1 - 121514 - RFCSP #1522 TAB - CTE Materials Supplies and Equipment 46 KB
- 2 - 121514 - RFCSP #1522 EVAL - CTE Materials Supplies and Equipment 9 KB
- Atty Ltr (Student Activity Facility-Second Stadium-HKS Inc ) 122 KB
- AIA Architect Contract-Design Services-signed 2366 KB
- Katy ISD new money order 2014 81 KB
- Board Grant Summary-December 6 KB
- Grant Descriptions-Dec 5 KB
- 1_Function and Object Code Description 12 KB
- 2_ REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE 1214 86 KB
- 3_KISD_2014-15 Budget 1214 21 KB
- BudgetAmendmentDetail 74 KB
- CW LOCAL 48 KB
- 03 Check Registers Nov 2014 7 KB
- Dec 15 Board Mtg Slides for Bilingual Elem 38 Plans 750 KB
- 01 Financial Statements Nov 2014 12 KB
- 02 Analysis Function Object Nov 2014 15 KB
- November 2014 Tax Report 52 KB
- HKS Student Activity Facility Second Stadium Contract 2158 KB
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 1.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Job Order Contracting (JOC) method for the minor construction of the replacement ductwork at Morton Ranch High School and approves the proposal from Sterling Structures, Inc. through the TCPN Cooperative.
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 |