The Board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, November 13, 2017 and the time is 6.33 p.m.
Katy ISD · Regular Board Meeting Agenda
Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, November 13, 2017
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- 0:00 to 1:16 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.
- 1:16 to 4:53 Item 4 Pledges of Allegiance 4.1 Wolman Elementary School Student
- 4:53 to 6:16 Item 5.1 Katy Independent School District Namesake Recognition
- 6:16 to 7:04 Item 5.2 2017 University Interscholastic League (UIL) State Solo and Ensemble Contest Outstanding Soloist
- 7:04 to 8:01 Item 5.3 University Interscholastic League (UIL) All-State Journalism Staff
- 8:01 to 9:01 Item 5.4 Texas Outdoor Education Association 2017 Kindergarten - 6th Grade Outdoor Education Program of the Year
- 9:01 to 9:43 Item 6 Public Hearing 6.1 Public Hearing on the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program
- 9:43 to 10:19 Item 7 Action Item 7.1 Consider Board approval of the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program.
- 10:19 to 10:51 Consent Agenda Consent Agenda 8.1 Consider Board approval of the minutes of the October Board meetings. 8.2 Consider Board approval of the November 2017 budget amendments. 8.3 Consider Board approval of the September 2017 financial reports. 8.4 Consider Board adoption of a Resolution to cast the Katy Independent School District vote for the Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors. 8.5 Consider Board adoption of a Resolution to cast Katy Independent School District votes for the Waller County Appraisal District Board of Directors. 8.6 Consider Board adoption of a Resolution to cast Katy Independent School District votes for the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District Board of Directors. 8.7 Consider Board approval of the annual review of investment policies and strategies. 8.8 Consider Board approval of a one-time lump sum payment of 1% of the midpoint for the 2017 - 2018 school year for all District employees. 8.9 Consider Board approval of the method of purchase and award of Not-to- Exceed contract pricing for the connections for portable buildings relocated to Bethke and Fielder Elementary schools. 8.10 Consider Board approval of the method of purchase for the replacement of baseball field fencing at Katy High School and Taylor High School. 8.11 Consider Board approval of a water meter easement to Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 173 associated with Elementary #41 located in the Cross Creek Ranch subdivision.
- 10:51 to 19:39 Item 9 Discuss the School Building Bond Election held on November 7, 2017.
- 19:39 to 20:28 Items 10 - 12 10. Information Item 10.1 Donated Items to Katy Independent School District 11. Future Meetings 11.1 Special Board Meeting - Friday, November 17, 2017 11.2 Board Work Study Meeting - Monday, December 4, 2017 11.3 Regular Board Meeting - Monday, December 11, 2017 12. Adjournment
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Item 3
Dr. Hint, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to the notice for this meeting?
Madam President, we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act with regard to the notice for this meeting tonight.
The KDISD Board of Trustees met last week in a work-study meeting to receive
information and recommendations from the staff, administrations, 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 and a closed meeting must be
taken in an open meeting. Mr. Griffin. I move that the Board of Trustees
approves the personnel report as recommended by the superintendent in
closed meeting. Second. A motion has been made by Mr. Griffin, a second by Mrs. Doyle
that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the
superintendent in closed meeting. All in favor raise your right hand and say aye. Aye.
Motion passes 7 to 0. We will now have our Pledge of Allegiance. Yes I'm excited
Item 4
to introduce to you Audrey Hoffman. She's gonna lead us in the pledge then I get
get to brag about her just a little bit.
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.
Texas one state under God all right you stay there all right I'm just gonna give you a little
information about miss Hoffman here she is a student at Woolman elementary school where her
principal is Miss Ricks she is in the fifth grade she has her parents here
with her Rick and Tiffany Hoffman
siblings Claire Hoffman some of her special interests are arts art
gymnastics outdoor activities traveling her favorite subjects are math science
and reading a quote about Audrey from Miss Brittany Davis fifth grade homeroom
and math teacher Audrey is such a wonderful and diligent student she
encourages others sets a great example for our classmates and works hard on her
schoolwork each day it's been such an honor and a privilege to get to be her
teacher this year and now we're going to turn that mic over to you and let us
hear from you Audrey okay I love elementary because the teachers are nice
and they help us and Mr. and Mrs. Woolman come to our school and make us feel very
special. I'm so blessed to be a part of Woolman Elementary for the last six years.
I'm actually going to present you with a certificate of recognition because only a few kids get to come up here and lead us in our
and said thank you so much you did a wonderful job and you have to have some
wonderful namesake and an amazing principal so great job let's take a
picture
Why don't we step over here and see?
There we go.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Audrey.
And you want to do something kind of cool?
Mr. Wollman was my husband's teacher.
I know, right?
And maybe his favorite.
Madam President.
Madam President.
Yes.
So we had National School Lunch Week recently,
and Wollman Elementary is where we went,
and Audrey was my hostess.
Yes, she was.
So we had lunch together, and you have very strong leadership.
And I enjoyed listening with you.
It's great to see you again.
All right.
Thank you.
She's got a great smile, too.
It's love Audrey Knight.
All right.
Next, do we have any scouts in the audience?
I don't think they've found us yet.
All right.
Item 5.1
Next is our recognitions portion of the evening.
Yep.
I'd like to introduce Ms. Maria DePetta, Manager of Media Relations and Multimedia
for the recognition portion here tonight.
Good evening, Madam President, Board Members, and Superintendent Hent.
Tonight, we are honoring all of our district namesakes who have contributed so much to our district.
However, as you can see, due to the constraints of our meeting room, prior to this meeting, we decided to recognize their work and dedication to our schools and community.
Our namesakes are respected mentors, devoted members of our community, and beloved leaders and educators.
educators. Their lives of leadership and passion for learning have been passed on from generation
to generation and we give them our deepest appreciation. They truly are the foundation
of our legacy here at KDISD. And as you can see, we have quite a few namesakes here on
our list. And new to our KDISD namesake family this year are Bob and Felice Bryant, the Stockdick
Octic Family, Patty Pato, Anna Baker, Sydney Self, and Lester Reinicker.
Let's give our namesakes a well-deserved round of applause.
Well, we're in the walk and they're out there pulling.
For our next recognition, we are pleased to introduce Rachel Richards from Single Ranch High School,
Item 5.2
who earned the distinguished honor of being recognized as an Outstanding Solist
at the 2017 University Interscholastic League State Solo and Ensemble Contest.
This is a mark of musical excellence given at the state level.
To earn this Outstanding Solist distinction, a student must receive a Division I Superior Rating at the state level
and then be designated by a judge as an Outstanding Solist.
Congratulations, Rachel, on this distinguished honor.
Item 5.3
Cinco Ranch High School senior, Bren Hurstfield, earned a position on the 2017 All-State Journalism Staff.
staff. To qualify for that position, students must have earned 50 points by participating
and winning different journalism contests throughout the school year, such as invitation
contests, UIL district, regional and state contests, as well as interscholastic lead
press conference. Congratulations, Bren, on this achievement.
meant.
That's right.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
And our last recognition is given to the Outdoor Learning Center
Item 5.4
that received the 2017 Kindergarten through 6th Grade Program of the Year
from the Texas Outdoor Education Association.
The TOEA promotes bringing the outdoors into our classrooms
and our classrooms into the world.
Accepting the award on behalf of the center is H.C. Grimmett, the Outdoor Learning Center Coordinator,
and Paul Dunk, the Outdoor Learning Center Specialist.
Thank you for all that you do for the Outdoor Learning Center,
so it can be a wonderful environment for our Katy ISD students and staff.
He's got himself right there.
That's right. I missed him.
And this concludes our recognitions for this evening.
Thank you Mr. Peta.
Next we move on to agenda item number six, public hearing.
Item 6
At the board work study meeting last week, Marcus Forney, executive director for campus
administration support, gave an overview of the Simon Youth Academy and proposed application
for the optional flexible school day program.
the Board of Trustees will now receive public input regarding this topic. Those
individuals requesting to speak regarding the Simon Youth Academy
optional Flexible School Day program signed up prior to the start of this
meeting. 30 minutes have been allotted for this public hearing. Time allowed
will be divided equally among those requesting to speak. We have no speakers
so this is the end of the public hearing. Thank you for your...
I don't even think anybody can say it.
That is it.
Item 7
So now I move on to 7, action item.
Madam President.
Mrs. Doyle.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the application to be sent to the Texas Education Agency
for the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program.
Second.
A motion has been made by Mrs. Doyle, a second by Mr. Mohalski,
that the Board of Trustees approves the application to be sent to the Texas Education Agency
for the Simon Youth Academy optional flexible school day program. All in
favor raise your right hand say aye. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Madam President. Mrs. Doyle. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the
Consent Agenda
consent agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11. Second. Who was that?
that? A motion has been made by Mrs. Doyle, a second by Mr.
Moholsky that the Board of Trustees approves a Consent Agenda as recommended
in items 8.1 through 8.11. All those in favor raise your right hand and say aye.
Motion passes 7 to 0. Agenda item number 9 discuss the school building bond
Item 9
election held on November 7, 2017.
Well, I'll start us off.
Last Tuesday was a good night.
All right?
And very pleased with the outcome.
And I just want to say on behalf of the, on behalf of
Superintendent, we've got a great group of administration
over there that worked their tails off.
And I know that this school board did as well.
So just from me to all of you, thank you for your hard work.
I think you paid it off.
and we'll canvass the vote Friday. You know my wife and I prayed quite a bit
about it. Let me tell you quite a bit. All right and you know not only did we ask
for one more vote but we asked for a few more and I didn't want there to be a
question and right now as it stands 66% or two-thirds majority voted in favor of
this and it didn't have any geographic boundaries as far as Harris, Fort Bend or
Waller. Very pleased with outcome but most most importantly pleased for the
the students, staff, and community of Katy, and those future students that are going to show up here in the next, you know, four to five years.
Thank you all.
Mr. Griffin.
Dr. Hint, the previous bond, we had a large bond group.
This one, we had a slight modification, so it was a smaller group.
After you look at the whole process, will you come back to the board and have a recommendation?
So when we need another bond, we'll at least have the framework so each time we get better and better
because the results this time were even better than last time. Absolutely. You
know I think sometimes school districts come back after a failure but we need to
reconvene on the success of this bond so we can write down those things that were
successful for us so that when we come back hopefully in four years if we can
stretch it you know we'll have a good template for what we need to do. Awesome.
Madam President, Mrs. Doyle. Thank you for the recognition of the
the administration and the board working very hard for this bond and I know there
was the community members that were part of the bond committee worked very hard
as well but I think thank you also needs to go to you dr. man because this was
the first bond election that you were the superintendent of and it was
refreshing and remarkable to see how hard you worked how many how many
different bond bites did you attend I think I know the number but I don't want
to misquote it 32 yeah but I think that made the difference in the community
being educated on what the committee was asking for because you were so very open
and out in the public eye the videos that we did things like that I just felt
I think that the community felt more educated on what they were voting for
and the number showed so thank you for your dedication and your hard work and
leading us to such a successful win.
Anyone else? Madam President, this is Fox. So I echo the sentiments Dr. Hinton.
The, I'm not going to repeat what has been said, but I will like to add that I
appreciate you coming from a social studies teacher perspective. The thing
that's really great about about you for our district is you haven't forgotten
your teacher roots and and nobody forgets them but you're reminded of
them all the time and you talk about them all the time and your emphasis to
our teachers about their civic duties and talking about the importance of
voting and and you know I said all the time your your vote is your voice and so
and for you to to help them understand that that's that's a powerful thing it's
something we should be proud of we didn't ask you no one asked anyone how
they vote but the importance of voting and I think that permeated throughout
our entire community not just our employees but throughout the community
and I appreciated that teachers and staff did a great job right teachers and
staff did a great job in the community also you know they it's the ownership of
when you when you vote on something you have an ownership you have a buy-in and
and you want to see it successful.
I appreciate that.
Mr. Halsky.
I will repeat one word that Courtney used.
First and foremost, I think this bond election,
it was very nice to see that there was not,
across the community, by and large, it was a very positive thing.
There was not a lot of opposition that we've grown accustomed to
a little bit in this community over time.
And I do attribute a lot of that, and it was quite refreshing,
as Courtney had said, to see the superintendent out in front of us.
And I think that that makes a huge difference when you're out there just making people aware,
talking about what's coming, talking about the needs that this district has.
So much appreciation for the efforts there.
Madam President, I think that Dr. Hintz's leadership was probably 90% of making this happen the way it did.
but I look out here at these folks and ones that were at the shelters, ones that were operating the shelters,
ones that were manning the shelters.
I think something special started happening at about that time.
Harvey did a tremendous amount of damage to a lot of people.
One of the most impressive, almost inspirational things to me,
is that in the areas that suffered the greatest damage is where the highest percentage of votes for the bond issue is high everywhere.
The people whose homes are still ravaged, who have financial pictures that they don't even really able to quantify at this point in time,
came out to support it and finally I think that that the structure of the
bond and the openness of the communication has meant means that this
community has gone from one where there was justification for distrust to one
where the trust has been reestablished and it creates great things for the
future. I think this was an extremely important bond issue and I think the
district comes out of it thanks to Dr. Hinton and his team, all of you all, with more
confidence, more trust than ever before and that can only mean good things for
the district.
I'm not going to bore all of us with the same thing that everyone else is sad and
you know yes we can recognize everyone that's here. I think what we have to what
What I'm most impressed with is our community spoke.
Our community spoke loudly, and our community said,
we don't want to have overcrowded schools.
We want to have safe schools.
We want to have our children have the opportunity to be educated.
Six schools, one high school, two junior highs, three elementaries,
will help eliminate all that, give us a safer learning space,
give us the opportunities for all of the children at each one of those schools
to participate in things.
I think that's very important.
had we not passed it who knows what would have happened but thankfully we
didn't have to make those decisions so I'm very proud of the staff I'm very
proud of the administration I'm very proud of the board and most importantly
I'm proud of the community that came together and spoke their voice this is
what our community wants and this is what we shall do as a board and we shall
do as an administration thank you victory and then we woke up the next day
realized oh gosh we got a lot of work
no thank you board members it I for the sake of not being redundant I you spoke
every sentiment that that's in my heart and we all worked very hard cabinet
worked very hard the community worked very hard dr. hint you worked extremely
extremely hard and we all saw that and you've all spoken to that. One thing I will say as a product, a past product of this district who has children currently in this district and we know there's kids that are coming to this district. This bond, this win, this passing of a bond that represents all three of those groups. So that's something that really speaks volumes, you know, I think in this victory and there is a lot of work going
forward so with this bond passing that is now a charge for this bond for this
board and this administration going forward so it's exciting work to have
ahead of us and until then we'll go eat some turkey and then come back and and
get the hard work done all right any anything else all right thank you very
much I will bring your attention to agenda number 10 donated items to the
Items 10 - 12
Acadia Independent School District. We have future meetings, special board
meeting here Friday November 17th to canvas the vote of our bond election and
then we have a board work-study meeting Monday December 4th 2017. It's crazy to
think it's already December. Followed by a regular board meeting on Monday
December 11th 2017 and being no further business. Madam President just before you
finish can we just say best wishes to the girls volleyball going to stake on Friday.
Friday, go Spartans.
Go Spartans.
We're looking forward to them doing really great.
Yes, good luck.
This is Spartan, Seven Lakes High School Volleyball.
There being no further business before the board, this meeting is adjourned.
The time is 6.54 p.m.
Record.
Record.
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Agenda
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Board packet · 31 documents
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- NOV 2017 Donated Items to Katy ISD 66 KB
- Harris Ballot 27 KB
- Harris Resolution 54 KB
- Waller Ballot 25 KB
- Fort Bend Ballot 212 KB
- Fort Bend Resolution 54 KB
- CDA (LOCAL) 134 KB
- CDA (LEGAL) 250 KB
- 2017 Annual Review of Investment Strategies 303 KB
- F__Board Doc 1__Function and Object Code Descriptions 2017-18 76 KB
- D__Board Doc 2__ REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE 103117 35 KB
- E__Board Doc 3__KISD__2017-18 Budget__November 2017_103117 11 KB
- A__Board Doc 4__Budget Amendment Detail__November 2017_103117 36 KB
- CBE Portable Proposal BR 217 KB
- FE Portable Proposal BR 242 KB
- Elem 41_Water Easement 1722 KB
- MIN 10 10 2017 Special Meeting PENDING APPROVAL 18 KB
- MIN 10 16 2017 Work Study PENDING APPROVAL 351 KB
- MIN 10 23 2017 Regular Board Meeting PENDING APPROVAL 418 KB
- 1 Financial Statements - September 2017 15 KB
- 2 Analysis Function Object - September 2017 17 KB
- 3 September 2017 Construction Report 199 KB
- 4 Tax Report September 2017 9 KB
- 5 Check Registers - September 2017 7 KB
- Waller Resolution 54 KB
- 2017-2018 OFSDP Application_Katy ISD 228 KB
- OFSDP_November2017 211 KB
- PUBLIC HEARING Simon Youth Academy sign in 214 KB
- Public Hearing Sign In for Simon Youth 152 KB
- Optional Flex Day Simon Youth SIGNED 982 KB
- Water Easement SIGNED 325 KB
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
Unknown(not specified)
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedI move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the superintendent in Closed Meeting.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the application to be sent to the Texas Education Agency for the Simon Youth Academy Optional Flexible School Day Program.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 004 · AGENDA 8.1
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 005 · AGENDA 8.1
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 006 · AGENDA 8.2
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 007 · AGENDA 8.2
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 008 · AGENDA 8.3
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 009 · AGENDA 8.3
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 010 · AGENDA 8.4
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 011 · AGENDA 8.4
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 012 · AGENDA 8.5
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 013 · AGENDA 8.5
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 014 · AGENDA 8.6
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 015 · AGENDA 8.6
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 016 · AGENDA 8.7
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 017 · AGENDA 8.7
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 018 · AGENDA 8.8
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 019 · AGENDA 8.8
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 020 · AGENDA 8.9
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 021 · AGENDA 8.9
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 022 · AGENDA 8.10
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 023 · AGENDA 8.10
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.
MOTION 024 · AGENDA 8.11
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in October 2017.
MOTION 025 · AGENDA 8.11
UnknownIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 8.1 through 8.11.