The board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, October 23rd, 2017 and the time is 634 p.m.
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Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, October 23, 2017
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- 0:00 to 1:30 Item 3 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 the personnel report.
- 1:30 to 6:32 Item 4 Pledges of Allegiance 4.1 Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School Student
- 6:32 to 18:26 Item 5.1 Public Hearing Presentation of the District's Rating on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST)
- 18:26 to 18:46 Item 5.2 Receive public input regarding the District's rating on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST).
- 18:46 to 26:28 Item 6.1 Recognitions National Principals Month
- 26:28 to 33:19 Item 6.2 National Merit Semifinalists from Tompkins High School
- 33:19 to 35:22 Item 6.3 Family, Career & Community Leaders of America Promote and Publicize Gold Medal Award
- 35:22 to 42:01 Item 6.4 Katy ISD Rodeo Committee Donation to Katy ISD Schools
- 42:01 to 44:30 Item 6.5 The Foundation for Music Education Mark of Excellence National Orchestra Honors Project Award
- 44:30 to 45:00 Item 6.6 2017 - 2018 Class of the Texas Forensic Association Hall of Fame Inductee
- 45:00 to 45:51 Item 6.7 Council for Economic Education John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Award
- 45:51 to 46:50 Item 6.8 Industry Leader Under 40 Award
- 46:50 to 48:43 Item 6.9 Government Finance Officers Association and Association of School Business Officials Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
- 48:43 to 49:22 Consent Agenda 7.1 Consider Board approval of the minutes of the September Board meetings. 7.2 Consider Board approval of the October 2017 budget amendments. 7.3 Consider Board approval of an agreement for the purchase of attendance credits. 7.4 Consider Board approval of the legal policies and adoption of the local policies included in Board Policy Update 108. 7.5 Consider Board approval of the method of purchase for the replacement of cafeteria and gym flooring at Sundown Elementary. 7.6 Consider Board approval of the method of purchase for electricity at Ag Project Barn #8, the Education Support Complex Annex and Elementary #41. 7.7 Consider Board approval of the design associated with the renovations at Golbow and Pattison Elementary Schools. 7.8 Consider Board approval of the construction delivery method associated with the restoration of Sue Creech Elementary School. 7.9 Consider Board approval of the Limited English Proficient (LEP) Enrollment and Bilingual Education Exception/ESL Waiver Application for 2017 - 2018.
- 49:22 to 52:37 Item 8 Action Item 8.1 Consider Board approval of nominating candidates for positions on the Board of Directors of the Waller County Appraisal District, Fort Bend Central Appraisal District, and Harris County Appraisal District.
- 52:37 to 53:01 Items 9 & 10 9. Information Items 9.1 Quarterly Investment Report 9.2 Donated Items to Katy Independent School District 10. Future Meetings 10.1 Board Work Study Meeting - Monday, November 6, 2017 10.2 Regular Board Meeting - Monday, November 13, 2017
- 53:01 to 53:36 Item 11 Closed Meeting - Closed Meeting will be held for the purposes authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq. concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including but not limited to the sections and purposes listed below. Discuss the superintendent's October 2017 quarterly evaluation. (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.)
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Item 3
Dr. Hint, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act with regard to the notice for this meeting?
Madam President, we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to the notice for this meeting.
The KDISD Board of Trustees met last week in a work study meeting to receive information
and recommendations from the staff, administration, and the superintendent.
Board members were able to ask questions and receive answers and should be prepared with
responses and action tonight.
The board has just reconvened from closed meeting.
In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, any action arising from discussions
in a closed meeting must be taken in an open meeting.
meeting.
Madam President.
Mr. Griffin.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the
Superintendent in closed meeting.
Second.
Second.
Oh, I'm sorry.
A motion has been made by Mr. Griffin, a second by Mrs. Doyle.
The Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the Superintendent
in closed meeting.
We'll now go to agenda item number four, Pledge of Allegiance.
Should we vote?
Yeah.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
Let's vote.
Oh, yeah.
This also is a vote. All in favor please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Motion passes six to zero. Mr. Mihalski was unable to attend our meeting tonight. Now we will do the Pledge of Allegiance.
Item 4
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 thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
All right, I'm going to give you guys a little bit of information about our student here, Julia Matthews,
Roosevelt Alexander Elementary School principal Dr. Charmaine Hoban. She is in
the fifth grade and parents David and Kate are here tonight with her. Siblings
Lauren and William special interests. Julia enjoys participating in Destination
Imagination and Girl Scouts. She also likes music, art, animals, crafting and
making others happy her favorite subject is Julia's favorite subject is writing
because she likes the opportunity to express her thoughts she also enjoys
conducting experiments in science and I've got a couple of quotes here quote
about Julia from her music teacher miss plum in addition to being an exceptional
student and musician Julia shows responsibility in her daily tasks she is
compassionate and caring toward her classmates and is always putting others
first. Well congratulations for being here with us and I think you've got some
time and some words to share with us. Hello my name is Julia and I am from
Roosevelt Alexander Elementary. This year is our 20th birthday. At our school we
like to do tons of fun things such as the Kindness Crew and Special Buddies. The
The kindness crew is a group of fifth graders from each class that show the younger grades how kindness affects everyone.
In special buddies, we help our special needs friends get off the bus into their classes on time.
I started Ray since kindergarten.
A couple of memories I have are clapping out my brother and sister at fifth grade graduation and going to DI State with my best friends.
Some more memories I have are doing the pumpkin book character, reading to the
kindergartners, special buddies. I also remember my dad being a watchdog, the
third graders reading to me, field day, watching my sister singing choir in all
the field trips. I am also excited to perform at TMEA in San Antonio with the
choir this February. We want to thank you, we want to say thank you to the Katy ISD
Foundation on behalf of Ray families affected by the flooding. I enjoy coming
to this event and hope you have a wonderful day.
Thank you so much Julia for saying both of our pledges for us this evening. Fun fact, I have three kids that all started at Alexander in kindergarten too.
just like you and your siblings. Alexander has a pretty sweet spot in my heart too.
It's a pretty special place. So I'm going to present you with this certificate that says
Julia Matthews, Alexander Elementary was a pledge later today October 23rd 2017.
Thank you.
Why don't parents get in there real quick and get a picture with Julia.
Julia, all right.
Teacher, principal, come on.
And Julia and her campus also brought in board trustees,
this great, kindest crew.
But actually, let's see if there's.
This way.
This way?
I want you all there.
Great.
Hey, look.
That's awesome.
Can you look at Dr. Hovind?
Thank you.
Thank you, Julia.
Now to agenda item 5, 5.1, presentation of the district's rating on the financial integrity
Item 5.1
rating system of Texas otherwise known as FIRST.
I don't have water.
Do you have water?
Good evening, Mrs. Vann, President Vann, Superintendent Hinton, trustees.
It's my pleasure tonight to present you our financial report card or schools first
first stands for financial integrity rating system of Texas and this is being done
This month and next month throughout the state of Texas at every ISD
Schools first was adopted in the 1999 legislature. It's a statewide rating system
implemented for the first time in 2003 with the results of the 2001-2002
2002 fiscal year. TEA has implemented numerous changes over the years. This is the second year
of the changes that we're currently in. They're always tweaking, always making it a little bit
more difficult, or trying to make things a little easier for the public to understand.
The purpose of Schools First is to expand public education accountability system
in Texas. Its primary goal is to improve the management of school districts financial resources
and to assure the maximum allocation of resources are directed for instructional purposes.
You've heard me mention that before, the importance of making sure our resources go to instruction,
and here's a law that is requiring a look to make sure we're doing so.
There are several indicators that are now more easily recognized and interpreted both by public and by the finance industry.
There are several indicators that have a sliding scale on a rating.
This is a new thing. This is the second year we're in the sliding scale for the
rating where you can earn somewhere between zero and ten points. And then
there's still five indicators that are called critical indicators. They're the
first ones that we're going to go over and then critical indicators will be in
red and those are if you fail one, you fail it all. So the determination of our
rating is based on the numerical scores and 70 to 100 is superior achievement.
with the substandard achievement being less than 31 points or a failure of one
of the critical indicators. So I'm going to let Ann in an attempt to make
this a little bit more entertaining and we're going to rotate and I'm going to
ask Ann to go over the critical indicators for you. Okay so the first
critical indicator is was the annual financial report filed within one month
after the January 28th deadline. The board did approve it on the 23rd and we
we have it all filed and put to bed by January 27th, 31 days before the indicator requires.
Indicator 2A is, was there an unmodified opinion in the annual financial report?
And that, an unmodified opinion means a clean financial report.
In other words, there were no findings, and the district did have an unmodified financial report.
Indicator 2B is was the annual financial report free of instances of material weaknesses in internal controls?
Yes, the auditors did determine that our internal controls were found to be sufficient to prevent any potential material errors.
Indicator number 3 was was the district in compliance with payment terms of all debt agreements at the fiscal year end?
and yes we did make all of our required debt payments for the 2015-16 school year.
Indicator number four asked if the district make timely payments to the
teachers retirement system, Texas Workforce Commission, Internal Revenue
Service, and other governmental agencies and yes we did. And the last critical
indicator was was the total unrestricted net asset balance in the statement of
net position or net assets greater than zero and yes we met that outright our
net assets were 124.7 million and after adjustments it actually comes up to 271
million that they adjust for this report. Okay indicator six is were the number of
days of cash on hand and current investments in the general fund
sufficient to cover operating expenditures? We've talked about that we
talked about it last week about our cash reserves and yes we had about 128 days
days of cash on hand at the end of the 2016 school year. Was the measure of
current assets to current liabilities ratio for the school district
sufficient to cover short-term debt? The answer is yes. Was the ratio of
long-term liabilities to total assets for the school district sufficient to
support long-term solvency? Answer is yes. All of these are worded to
answer yes. Sometimes they're worded a little funny because of that. Did the
school district's general fund revenues equal or exceed expenditures? And then
that in our case yes, but if not was a school district's number of days of cash
on hand greater than or equal to 60 days? Well I've already mentioned that we're
about 128 days of cash on hand, so yes. Indicator 10 was this debt service
coverage ratio sufficient to meet required debt service? Yes. I will note
that because we had a current refunding in the 15 and the 16 17 school year that that's one this is
one that we need to watch indicator 10 we need to watch it it's not because we had a spike in
our debt payment it's because of governmental accepted generally accepted accounting principles
requires us to record it the type of refunding we had as an expense if you record it as expense and
not another source, I mean another use. It actually does pop out where this
could give us some problems next year. Not just Katy ISD, every school district
that did a refunding would have an issue with this and so we think that the
agency will probably make a make a rule change but we are looking at it again.
There's not an increase in expenditures, it's an accounting print issue only.
Indicator 11 Ann. Okay indicator number 11 is was the school district
administrative cost ratio equal to or less than the threshold ratio. This ratio
takes administrative costs and divides them by specified instructional costs. It
comes up with a ratio. For a district our size of a greater than 10,000 students,
our ratio should be less than 8.5 percent. We were at 3.75 percent, which is
down from 3.9 percent in the prior year, and we have one of the lowest ratios in
the area. Indicator number 12 asked, did the district not have a 15 percent
decline in the student to staff ratio over three years. We did have a three and a half percent
decline from 8.23 student to staff ratio to 7.94 in that three-year time period which was well
below the 15 percent threshold. Indicator 13 asked if the comparison of PEIMS data to like information
in the audit resulted in an aggregate variance of less than three percent of expenditures
per function. I personally love this one. Our expenditures were $621,491,946
and we were off $618 which is rounding within the pinks which the
accountant in me loves to say 99.9999% accurate. We could have been off 18.6 million.
Yeah. But we were off 618. Okay. Indicator number 14 asks was the annual financial
REPORT FREE OF ANY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS,
CONTRACTS, AND LAWS RELATED TO OUR LOCAL, STATE,
OR FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE WERE FREE OF ANY MATERIAL
NONCOMPLIANCE.
AND THE LAST INDICATOR ASKED, DID THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT NOT RECEIVE ANY ADJUSTED REPAYMENT
SCHEDULE FOR MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR AN
OVERALLOCATION OF FOUNDATION SCHOOL
PROGRAM FUNDS AS A RESULT OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP?
YES, WE DID NOT REQUIRE A REPAYMENT SCHEDULE
ADJUSTMENT.
In other words, we were able to operate within the payment schedule that the state provided to us.
Thank you, Ann.
That's the 15 indicators this year.
So KDISD did pass all critical indicators.
KDISD received 100 of 100 points.
Our rating was 100% or superior.
And that is the highest rating possible established under the guidelines and rules of the Texas Education Agency.
see. So the good news is in short the financial audit that was done when we
finished the school year August 31st 2016 was 100% or superior rating when it
comes to the financial condition of your school district. With that you have a
report in front of you and in the report I'm just going to walk through it real
quick. The first, or page four through seven, has the presentation that Ms.
Feitinger and myself just went over. Page nine is the actual ratings and the
scores from Texas Education Agency right off their website. That's on page nine
through eleven. And then the prior years, same ratings but the prior year so you
can compare one year to the next are on pages 12 through 15. Again that was we received 100%
as well that year one year ago and then you have the required disclosures that we're required to
have so the reimbursements have the reimbursements that were made to both superintendents Fraley and
hint and then the board members that were on the board during the fiscal 15-16 school year.
Any outside compensation and fees received by the superintendent and there was none.
And then page 22 discloses any gifts of $250 or more by an executive officer or board member
and there were none on this again. And then page 24 asks for any business transactions
between the school district and board members and again there were none on
none during the 15-16 school year you've all have miss noac and myself put on
your place a thing a form requesting your information so we can get that in
advance so we can just go over it next year and so if you'll have that in front
of you if you could complete that again and give it to miss noac that would be
very beneficial. But that concludes my part of the school's first report and I
would just be willing to answer any questions or provide any follow-up.
No questions? Madam President. Ms. Fox. Mr. Smith, how many years has KDISD received the
superior rating? Fifteen. Fifteen. There was one year where because of the changes that the
agency made. It was pass fail. We passed but outside of that we've received
the highest 100% ratings 14 of the 15 years and the other was pass fail.
But we would we did score a superior anyway. Thank you. Awesome job.
Anyone else? Okay. Thank you very much for your presentation. Appreciate it. We'll move to item 5.2
Item 5.2
is receive a public input regarding the district's rating on financial integrity rating system of
texas we had no signups for the public input public hearing part so we will move on to
recognition but before that are there any scouts in the audience
okay then we'll proceed with agenda item number six we'll move on to our recognitions
Item 6.1
next on our agenda i'd like to introduce miss maria depeta manager of our media relations and
multimedia for the recognition portion of the meeting tonight.
Good evening Madam President, Board Members and Superintendent Hint.
Due to the number of individuals and groups being honored this evening,
we may revisit some of these categories again at the end of this
program to ensure we recognize any late arrivals.
First off, we have the National Association of Secondary Principals,
the National Association of Elementary Principals, and the American Federation of School Administrators
selected October as National Principals Month.
The month is set aside to honor the hard work and dedication of the principals across America.
The key to student success is a great school, and the key to a great school is a great principal.
A proclamation was presented to the Board of Trustees for their approval,
DEDICATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO HONOR ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND
TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK PRESIDENT VAN TO READ THE PROCLAMATION ONCE AGAIN.
PROCLAMATION OF THE CATIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LORETROSTE'S PRINCIPAL MONTH.
WHEREAS PRINCIPALS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN MAKING A SCHOOL GREAT AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS
are an important part of the district leadership and vital to the overall success of teachers
and students, and whereas principals are a valued and respected group of administrators
that sustain the district's most important assets, its people and students, whereas principals
are supported, dedicated, and determined to encourage staff and student success, whereas
contributions of principals impact student lives on a daily basis, and therefore the
Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees does hereby resolve that the month
of October will be observed as principals month throughout the district
the board also encourages students staff and parents to express their
appreciation to KDISD principals for their dedication and commitment to their
campus communities staff and students signed the 25th day of September 2017
Ashley Vann president KDISD Board of Trustees thank you madam president
please join us in recognizing all of our elementary campus principals big round
Give them a round of applause for them.
No, I'm not.
I can't take it.
I'm not going to take any of this.
We might need the board to come.
Ooh.
We might need the ladies in the front just to kneel down a little bit.
All right.
We're good.
We're good.
We're good.
Wow.
Wow.
Thank you.
Take a step forward.
Come on, come on. There we go.
there we go. Y'all kind of squish in.
All right, everybody ready? All right, here we go.
If y'all can see me, make sure y'all can see the camera.
And in three, two, one, let's get another one.
Stand by. And three, two, one, and last one. Here we go.
and in three, two, one, thank y'all.
One more round of applause for them.
Congratulations.
Chris, Chris, Chris.
Where's the clicker?
Okay, we're going to do this one more time.
Now please join us in recognizing all of our secondary campus principals.
Squeeze a little bit more. Squeeze in. Squeeze in.
Yeah.
Don't come forward. Come forward. Come forward. Come forward. Come forward.
Come forward. Come forward. There we go. There. Yeah, that's good. That's good.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Don't see the board members.
Everybody in the back, make sure you can see the lens.
Make sure you all can see the lens.
Here we go.
Stand in by.
And in three, two, one.
Let me get one more.
Here we go.
Stand in by.
And in three, two.
Thank you all.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Do you want to give it a clicker?
I'll get it.
Okay, next I would like to introduce KDISD's 2017 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists.
Item 6.2
These students are among 16,000 semifinalists named in this year's National Merit Scholarship Program
and were selected based on their results on the PSAT National Merit Scholarship
qualifying test. These talented high school seniors have an opportunity to
compete for scholarships worth 33 million dollars that will be offered
next spring. Students when I call your name please come forward. We'll start out
first from Cinco Ranch High School we have Ruwa Ding.
Shruti Gadiyar, Alex Kong, Russell Pugh, Ji Won Ling, Michelle Ling, Laura Ling, Tommy Liu,
Abigail Ronnie, Michael Tian, Amy Wong, Elizabeth Xu, Alice Yang, Julia Yang, Melissa Yang, and Kevin Yu.
picture.
Alright.
Yes.
We're going to do two rows.
The girls step on the background and the boys stand behind the girls.
Yeah, and y'all may have to
just bend a little.
Alright, here we go.
Everybody ready?
And in three,
two, one.
Let's get one more. Here we go. And in three, two, one. Thank you all.
Hold tight. Hold tight. We've got some bags.
Mom's a dad. Come on, Rossi.
Congratulations.
Now Seven Lakes High School we have
George Lee Dennis Liu Hannah Liu Sophie Liu Bruce Liu Praneet Padesetti Thor
Roy Rydahl.
Roger Xu.
Rishikesh Srinivasan, Brett Fing-Pen, Joshua Tai, Zachary Wang, Kevin Wu, Amy Yang,
Yaxuan Yang, Sabin Yang, and Jennings Yee.
No. Okay. And three, two, one. One more. Here we go. And then three, two, one. Thank you all.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Just Taylor.
From Taylor High School, we only have one, but we have quite a big list.
Argua Vanjoplain, Ruiz Blount, In Young Cho, Santiago Cortez, Isaac Kim, John Latch, Alana Larkin, Emily Liu, Leonardo Lopez, William Matava, Shirley Tang, Lawrence Wang, Jody Wong. Congratulations.
And three, two, one. Thank you.
Mom?
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
From Tompkins High School, we have
Thank you.
We wish all of these students continued success.
Thank you guys.
Next students from Morton Ranch High School brought home the gold medal and the national
Item 6.3
star which stands for students taking action with recognition if this was an
events competition at the family career and community leadership of America's
also known as FCCLA 2017 National Leadership Convention which was held in
Nashville Tennessee this past July these Morton Ranch FCCLA members advanced in
the category of promote and publicize one of 31 national star events available
to FCCLA students. As participants in this event, these young men used their
family and consumer science related skills to develop a portfolio, interview
with judges, and they also participated in a presentation which showcased all
the community service activities performed by their members throughout
the year. At this time we would like to congratulate Kyle Triplett and Michael
Hurley.
And their principal and their teacher sponsors are here.
In 3, 2, 1.
Let me get another one.
Here we go.
And in 3, 2, 1.
Parents.
Can we grab a picture with the principal and teacher sponsors?
Come on.
Come on.
And then three, two, one.
One more.
Here we go.
And then three, two, one.
Thank you all.
Congratulations to both of you for this accomplishment.
Thank you.
Next, I would like to introduce Gary Johnson, President of the Katy Rodeo Committee, George
Item 6.4
Thomas, Board Member and Rodeo Arena Director, Doug White, Katy Rodeo Committee Board Member,
and Troy Furgati, also a Katy Rodeo Committee Board Member, for a special presentation.
Good evening Madam President, Board Members, and Superintendent Hite. I'd like to thank you for
allowing the rodeo committee to make our annual distribution to the FFA chapters tonight. As you
know we hold a rodeo in conjunction with the FFA livestock show each year. The monies raised in
in this event are distributed to the campus FFA chapters in various ways.
Over the past 11 years, 12 years now, we've distributed monies to pay for
animal vaccinations, student teacher development courses, FFA american
degrees,
different events that the chapters are teachers wanted to attend, and we
contribute to the activity fund each year. This year, our distribution to
the activity fund is $75,000 in conjunction with the 75th anniversary
of the rodeo that we'll have in February of 18. These proceeds are used to help offset the cost
of events, travel, and other costs that are incurred by the chapter while attending different
events with students. I'd like to call forward the FFA advisors from each school who are with
us this evening. From Cinco Ranch, John Ford, Dean Fox, Elizabeth Jensky, and Amanda Coxell.
Thank you.
call in Heather Jackson, Ashley Laird, Jacob Price, Seth Lucas, Josh Vodnall,
Jessica Reeves, and Daniel Powell.
Let's get one more here we go and in three two one thank y'all.
Thank you.
And now from Maid Creek High School, Glenn Hughes, Chelsea Lawandowski, and Ronnie Machinsky.
Three, two, one.
Let's get one more.
And three, two, one.
One more, one more.
here we go, set a mind. Three, two, thank y'all.
And now Martin Ranch High School. We have Charlie Boyce, Abby Bozarth, Stephanie Knight, Will Farr, and Corey Spikes.
And this year we also gave seed money to
to Paytoe High School since they are brand new and they haven't participated in the past.
We'd like to recognize Rachel Packman, the teacher, and several of her students.
Thank you all.
In Seven Lakes High School we'd like to recognize Joe Beauchamp, Blake Goodwin
and Breanne Warhol.
and Taylor High School Sarah Jackson, David Laird, and Jerry Schimmick.
One more, here we go.
And in three, two, one. Thank y'all.
And last but surely not least from Tompkins High School we have Shelby Baum,
Katie Sheffield, and Michael Watson.
Thank you.
Once again, I'd like to thank Madam President, board members, and Superintendent Height for this opportunity
and look forward to working with the district for the 2018 rodeo.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay. Each year, the Foundation of Music Education announces a select group of high school and middle school bands to be chosen for the Mark of Excellence Honors. This year, we are proud to announce that six Katy ISD musical groups were selected as national winners.
Item 6.5
From Beckendorf Junior High, the Honor Orchestra, Carol Butts.
From Seven Lakes Junior High, Honors Orchestra, Ragan Watley.
From the Seven Lakes Junior High Varsity Trouble Choir, Kristen Lycos.
From Seven Lakes High School, Sinfonia Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra, Desiree Overy.
And from Taylor High School Chamber Orchestra, Clinton Capshaw.
accepting the award on behalf of all of these schools is dr. Imelda Medrano from
Seven Lakes junior high
Come on down.
It doesn't matter.
Everybody take a step this way.
And in three, two, one second.
One more.
Thank you all.
Congratulations.
Next, the Texas Forensic Association brings about more effective cooperation among the
Item 6.6
members of the speech and theater arts professions in the discharge of their responsibilities
and Forensic and Theater activities. Tonight we would like to recognize Gay
Hollis from Taylor High School for being inducted into the 2017-18 class of the
Texas Forensic Association Hall of Fame. Congratulations to her she was not able
to be here today but we will make sure she gets her recognition. Next the
Item 6.7
Council for Economic Education also known as CEE is the leading nonprofit
organization in the United States that focuses on personal finance and economic
education for students K through 12. Each year the council awards outstanding
teachers for their excellence in economic education. We would like to
recognize Michael Clark from Tompkins High School who received the John
Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Award this year for his
innovative approaches and classroom results. Congratulations.
Here we go.
Stand by.
Three, two, one.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, sir.
The Industry Leader Under 40 Award is presented annually at the National Sports Safety and Security Conference and Exhibition.
Item 6.8
This honor recognizes young professionals from the sports, safety and security field that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in addressing safety and security issues,
also enhancing the safety and security of their venue, and they've also set an example for others to follow.
The National Center for Spectator Sports, Safety and Security, also known as NCS4,
industry leader under 40 award is presented to Ben Rollins general manager
of the Merrill Center.
Next, the Government Finance Officers Association has again awarded KDISD the Certificate of
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of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
The district also received the Association
of School Business Officials Certificate of Excellence
in Financial Reporting.
Both of these awards represent KDISD's commitment
to financial reporting and demonstrating full disclosure
in the area of finance.
Accepting these awards on behalf of KDISD is Chris Smith,
our Chief Financial Officer.
sir thank you and i have some we have uh six certified public accountants on our staff and
i think some of those are with us tonight of course liz excuse me liz haven is our
accounting supervisor she's over all our accountants she actually worked with whitley penn
sterling schiller our senior accountant is here uh starling you said 28 years with the district
last week and then rand baker is here uh rand is on his third year with kdisd and then of course
and fighting our business manager these guys put this report together that's 186 pages and have
done so and been recognized by it for it being what i think is pretty darn flawless uh doctor
this is exceptional so thank you all for y'all's hard work
One more and in three, two, one. Thank you.
Thank you Chris Smith and thank you to your team for their hard work and dedication and for receiving this designation.
Thank you Madam President and Superintendent Hint as well as board
members. This concludes the recognitions portion of this meeting this evening.
Ms. Fox, I mean Ms. Doyle, sorry. I move that the Board of Trustees approve the
Consent Agenda
consent agenda as recommended in item 7.1 through 7.9. Second. A motion has been made by
Mrs. Doyle, a second by Mr. Griffin that the Board of Trustees approves
a consent agenda and agenda you're just all off today yeah agenda is recommended by items 7.1
through 7.9 um are we ready to vote all right all in favor raise your right hand yeah i i motion
passes five to zero mrs fox had to step out for a moment madam president mr griffin i move that the
Item 8
Board of Trustees approves the attached resolution nominating candidates for
positions on the Board of Directors for the Water County Appraisal District Fort
Ben County Appraisal District in Harris County Appraisal District a motion has
been made by mr. Griffin a second by mr. Lacey to the Board of Trustees approves
the attached resolution nominating candidates position on the Board of
Directors for the Waller County Appraisal District the Fort Ben County
Appraisal District in the Harris County Appraisal District I will take this time
to read the resolution. The Board of Trustees of the Katy Independent School
District being convened in regular session at its regular meeting place
within the boundaries of the Katy Independent School District on the 23rd
day of October 2017 with a quorum present. It is hereby resolved and
directed that in accordance with the Senate bill 621 66 legislature for the
Texas State of Texas which provides for a state property tax board and further
provides for a local appraisal district board to be appointed by taxing
authorities within that appraisal district according to the procedures
outlined in Senate Bill 621 to assess and appraise all taxable property for
all taxing units within said appraisal district whereas the Katy Independent
School District has selected designated constituted and appointed Waller Fort
Bend and Harris counties Texas as its appraisal districts Katy Independent
school district hereby nominates the following named citizens duly qualified
residents of said districts as a candidate for members of the board of
directors for the following counties Waller County Appraisal District
Roosevelt Alexander and Larry Jones Fort Bend County Appraisal District Al
Abramovic Harris County Appraisal District George Scott do we have any
comments or questions? Okay being none we will take a vote. All those in favor
please raise your right hand say aye. Aye. Motion passes 5-0.
Madam President I think it's important to note that we were notified by the
Harris County Appraisal District that they had submitted their candidates for
for the Harris County position on October 16th.
It was actually a deadline.
Although it's not a deadline that Waller County
or Fort Bend County is adhering to, Harris County did,
we're still pursuing Mr. Scott as our nominee
and it is not likely that this will be resolved
based upon conversations that we had,
but I felt like it was important to note
the conversation that we had. I think it's important to note also that with
all that was occurring in the month of September with Harvey and a lot of the
different things this could have been something that I overlooked but again
we're we're doing what we can with the Harris County District so that we can
submit Mr. Scott's name. Thank you very much.
Agenda item 99, bring your attention to the information items.
Items 9 & 10
Agenda item number 10, future meetings.
Board work study meeting will be Monday, November 6, 2017, followed by our regular board meeting
Monday, November 13, 2017.
and 17. The board will now go into closed meeting to be held for purposes authorized
Item 11
by the Texas Open Meetings Act. So, you go back in there. Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
I closed it.
Oh.
Today is Monday, October 23, 2017.
The time is 7.28 p.m.
The board will now convene and close meeting as authorized under Section 551.001 of the Texas Government Code for the following purposes.
Texas Government Code 551.074.
Official documents
Agenda
The district's own agenda file, as published on its video page. 4 pages.
Board packet · 23 documents
The district's own backup material for this agenda, retrieved from BoardDocs. Each file was checked against the size BoardDocs states for it.
- 4th Quarter Report 140 KB
- MIN 09 18 2017 Work Study PENDING APPROVAL 341 KB
- MIN 09 25 2017 Regular Board Meeting PENDING APPROVAL 400 KB
- MIN 09 29 2017 Special Meeting PENDING APPROVAL 16 KB
- OCT 2017 Donated Items to Katy ISD 54 KB
- public hearing FIRST rating sign 90 KB
- PUBLIC HEARING FIRST sign in 2018 98 KB
- Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credits (Netting Chapter 42 Funding)_pdf 565 KB
- Wealth per student slide 82 KB
- 1_Function and Object Code Descriptions 2017-18 76 KB
- 2_ REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE 10042017 35 KB
- 3_KISD_2017-18 Budget 100517 8 KB
- 4_BudgetAmendementDetail October 2017 - 10052017 29 KB
- UpdatePacket for Board 8490 KB
- 2017_10_09_DD_Book_FINAL 5194 KB
- GES_PES_DD_Board_Presentation (1) 18309 KB
- District Language and LEP Enrollment Reports 10.2.17 183 KB
- Nominations for CAD Board 2018 46 KB
- Appraisal District Nomination Resolution SIGNED 197 KB
- MIN 09 18 2017 Work Study 207 KB
- MIN 09 25 2017 Regular Board Meeting 156 KB
- MIN 09 29 2017 Special Meeting 92 KB
- Purchase of Attendance Credits 226 KB
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedI move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the superintendent in Closed Meetings.
6 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 7.1
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 7.2
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 005 · AGENDA 7.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 006 · AGENDA 7.3
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 007 · AGENDA 7.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 008 · AGENDA 7.4
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 009 · AGENDA 7.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 010 · AGENDA 7.5
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 011 · AGENDA 7.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 012 · AGENDA 7.6
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 013 · AGENDA 7.6
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 014 · AGENDA 7.7
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 015 · AGENDA 7.7
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 016 · AGENDA 7.8
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 017 · AGENDA 7.8
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 018 · AGENDA 7.9
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in September 2017.
MOTION 019 · AGENDA 7.9
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.9. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
MOTION 020 · AGENDA 8.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the attached resolution nominating candidates for positions on the Board of Directors of the Waller County Appraisal District, Fort Bend County Appraisal District, and Harris County Appraisal District. Not Present at Vote: Rebecca Fox
5 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |