I hereby call this special workshop meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Katy Independent School District to order. Today is Thursday June 4th and the time is 622. Mr. Frady, will you verify that we're in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Law in regard to the notice of this meeting?
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Mr. President, we are in compliance. First item is talk about board waiver addressed the missed student structural day of flooding on May 26th. Ms. Bonney-Holland will talk about that for us. Good evening Mr. President, members of the board, Mr.
Fraley. As you all know on May the 26th we had some rather significant flooding in the Houston area and we were unable to attend school. In fact much of the Houston area was declared as a disaster area. As a result, the Commissioner of Education has urged and encouraged campuses and districts to apply for an instructional day waiver so that we are not required to make up that instructional day. As is required in statute, we did send out an electronic notification to all of our Katy Improvement Council members and ask if anyone objected to us bringing this waiver to the board for your consideration to please notify us immediately and I'm happy to report we had no response. So I think everyone this is one thing we can bring to you and say a large group of people have agreed so we are happy to present this to you but we would very much like to request this waiver from the state if the board
approves. President I will tell you that based on my Twitter response, unanimous support for this waiver or students and staff yes mr. president yes mr. Mahowski
I made that the Board of Trustees approves a waiver for the Miss student instructional day as a result of area flooding on May 26 2015 due to severe weather conditions
I have a motion by Brian Mahalski, seconded by Joe Adams, that the Board of Trustees approves a waiver for the missed student instructional day as a result of the area flooding on May May 26, 2015 due to severe weather conditions. We have any discussion? With no discussion, are you ready for a vote? All in favor, raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. We have two board members that were unable to attend today.
Mr. President, the next item is the resolution addressing the missed instructional student instructional day and employee work day due to area flooding. Ms. Lundin will explain that to you.
Good evening, President. I want to say, Mihalski, I'm so sorry. Griffin, Board Members and Superintendent Fraley, secondary to the waiver, I am here to seek your approval of the resolution that stands before you to compensate all employees for not being able to report to work on May 26th.
Mr. President.
Yes, Ms. Fox.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the resolution addressing the missed instruction student instructional day and employee work day on May 26 2015 due to area flooding which resulted in hazardous conditions including a declared state of disaster in Harris County I have a
motion by Rebecca Fox seconded by Henry deBrell that the Board of Trustees approves resolution addressing the missed student instructional day and employee workday on May 26 2015 due to area flooding which resulted in hazardous conditions including a declared state of emergency state of disaster in Harris County we have any discussion when I finish with the vote then I'll read the resolution in discussion no further discussion y'all ready to proceed with the vote all in favor raise your right hand to say aye Aye. Aye. Motion passes 5 to 0, and I'll read the resolution. Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees, June 4th, 2015. Whereas the recent flood emergency in Harris County and the Fort Bend County resulted in the closure of all schools and facilities in the Katy Independent School District KDISD on May 26 2015 for the safety of students staff and the public and whereas there was a recommendation to curtail travel to the public roads throughout the Houston metropolitan area including all of KDISD and whereas KDISD closed its schools and facilities because it must act in the best interest of and for the safety of its students and staff and whereas the circumstances circumstances completely beyond the control, district employees were forced to miss work in KDISD, and whereas to financially penalize employees who are acting in the interest of public safety will potentially be harmful in the future if these employees fail to act in a safe and prudent manner during a natural disaster for fear of financial loss, and whereas it will be detrimental to the best interest of the district to act in a way that may lead to unsafe conduct by its employees in a future natural disaster, and whereas there is a public purpose served and a benefit to the district to encourage prudent and safe behavior in a natural disaster so all employees have the best opportunity of protecting their safety and being able to resume their duties, and whereas there is a public purpose served and a benefit to Katy ISD to demonstrate support of its employees, enhance employees' morale, and support the retention of employees and whereas the KD ISD 2014-2015 school calendar and related work schedules have been affected by these events and whereas the Board of Trustees board believes it is in the best interest of the KD ISD for the remainder of the 2014-2015 school calendar to remain in effect as originally adopted and whereas the board has determined that none of the days missed due to school closure during this natural disaster will be made up by the KD ISD employees and whereas the board believes that a public purpose exists or forgiving or excusing the absences of these employees due to this natural disaster and whereas this resolution is not meant to excuse the failure to report to duty on these days by an employee who are instructed by the administration to do so or who were required to contact or job description to report for duty and who are emergency services personnel or whose presence is necessary to provide for the safety and well-being of the general public now therefore be it resolved by the board that all the above reference photographs I'm sorry all the above reference paragraphs are incorporated into and made it part of this resolution and the board finds that a public purpose and a benefit the KD ISD exists to excuse and or forgive the absence by district employees due to school closure during the recent flood emergency and that payment for such a day is necessary to conduct of the school public schools as provided by Texas Education Code 45.105 subsection C and the board hereby authorizes the superintendent of schools to excuse the day of absence of district employees for school closure necessitated by the the flood emergency and pay all employees full compensation for this day. Approved this fourth day of June 2015 by Charles Griffin, Board President. Do we have any other business for the Board today, Mr. Superintendent? I thank the Board for their support of the employees. Thanks very much for that action. I'd like to thank them for doing all the work that they did. I was out of town, but I watched the radar and y'all had some impressive ring Well with no further business today. This is closes the special board meeting on 630 We're adjourned
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MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves a waiver for the missed student instructional day as a result of area flooding on May 26, 2015 due to severe weather conditions.
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 3.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Resolution addressing the missed student instructional day and employee work day on May 26, 2015 due to area flooding which resulted in hazardous conditions, including a declared state of disaster in Harris County.
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |