The board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, February 26, 2018 and the time is 645 p.m.
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Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, February 26, 2018
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- 0:00 to 8:01 Item 3 *This clip is available without video* 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 naming a principal for Schmalz Elementary School. 3.2 Consider Board approval for employees who are being recommended to receive administrative one-year probationary, administrative one-year term, administrative two-year term, staff member one-year probationary, staff member one-year term and staff member two-year term contracts. 3.3 Consider Board approval of the personnel report.
- 8:01 to 15:59 Item 4 *This clip is available without video* Pledges of Allegiance 4.1 Catherine Bethke Elementary School Student
- 15:59 to 22:02 Item 5.1 *This clip is available without video* 2017 - 2018 Booster Club Presidents Recognition
- 22:02 to 23:42 Item 5.2 *This clip is available without video* Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages 2018 Farrington Contest & Awards Winners
- 23:42 to 27:03 Item 5.3 *A portion of this clip is without video* All-State Choir Awards
- 27:03 to 31:18 Item 5.4 All-State Orchestra Awards
- 31:18 to 33:08 Item 5.5 All-State Band Awards
- 33:08 to 37:33 Item 5.6 All-State Athlete Awards
- 37:33 to 39:29 Item 5.7 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic & Convention Performers
- 39:29 to 41:37 Item 5.8 Music For All National Festival Performers
- 41:37 to 43:01 Item 5.9 American Choral Directors Association Southwest Music Directors Conference Performers
- 43:01 to 44:11 Item 5.10 Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts 2018 Teacher of the Year
- 44:11 to 45:38 Item 5.11 Texas Department of Agriculture Best of the Bunch Award
- 45:38 to 1:07:52 Item 6.1 2018 - 2019 Budget Update
- 1:07:52 to 1:08:32 Consent Agenda Consent Agenda 7.1 Consider Board approval of the minutes of the January Board meetings and approval of the corrected minutes of the December 7, 2015 Board Work Study Meeting. 7.2 Consider Board approval of a professional development waiver for the 2018 - 2019 Instructional Calendar. 7.3 Consider Board approval for the prospective plans for the Two-Way Immersion Bilingual Program at Fielder Elementary and Memorial Parkway Elementary. 7.4 Consider Board approval of the February 2018 budget amendments. 7.5 Consider Board approval of the December 2017 financial reports. 7.6 Consider Board approval of the proposal for the builders risk insurance coverage for 2017 Bond projects. 7.7 Consider Board approval of the renewal of the contract for property insurance. 7.8 Consider Board approval of the proposal for awards and trophies. 7.9 Consider Board approval to award the contract for replacement of the synthetic field turf at Cinco Ranch High School and Katy High School. 7.10 Consider Board approval of design services associated with the renovations to Fielder Elementary School. 7.11 Consider Board approval of materials testing services associated with Junior High School #16 and High School #9. 7.12 Consider Board approval of a proposal for the construction of High School #9. 7.13 Consider Board approval of a proposal for the construction of Junior High School #16. 7.14 Consider Board approval of design services associated with the addition and renovations to the Katy High School Career and Technology Education (CTE) area and athletics area. 7.15 Consider Board approval of closed campuses for intra-district transfers for the 2018 - 2019 school year. 7.16 Consider Board approval of the proposed summer work schedule. 7.17 Consider Board approval of the Resolution Concerning District Closures Due to Inclement Weather. 7.18 Consider Board authorization for the superintendent to form a committee for the purpose of proposing
- 1:08:32 to 1:20:31 Item 8.1 Consider Board approval of the recommendation for transportation sustainability based on the results of the Katy Independent School District transportation sustainability survey (Katy Independent School District Strategic Design Goals 2.3 and 2.4).
- 1:20:31 to 1:23:10 Item 8.2 Consider Board approval of the 2018 - 2019 and 2019 - 2020 Instructional Calendars.
- 1:23:10 to 1:23:33 Items 9 - 11 9. Information Item 9.1 Donated Items to Katy Independent School District 10. Future Meetings 10.1 Board Work Study Meeting - Monday, March 19, 2018 10.2 Regular Board Meeting - Monday, March 26, 2018 11. 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 Texas Open Meetings Act with regards to this meeting tonight.
On behalf of my colleagues, I welcome everyone to this evening's regular board meeting of the KDIC Board of Trustees.
Each board member has received the agenda and documentation for this meeting last Thursday, February 22nd, and have had four days to study its contents and receive clarification from Dr. Hint.
Additionally, the board met last week in a work-study meeting to receive information and recommendations from staff, administration, and the superintendent on these agenda items.
Board members were able to ask questions and receive answers and should be prepared with responses in action for tonight.
The Board has just reconvened from closed meeting.
In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, an action arising from discussions
in a closed meeting must be taken in an open meeting.
Agenda item 3.1, consider Board approval of the naming of the principal of Schmalz Elementary.
Madam President.
Mrs. Doyle.
I move that the Board of Trustees name Charlotte Gilder as the principal for Schmalz Elementary.
Schmalz Elementary School as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting.
Second.
We have a motion by Mrs. Doyle and a second by Mr. Lacy that the Board of Trustees name
Ms. Charlotte Gilder as the principal for Schmalz Elementary School as recommended by
the superintendent in closed meeting.
Is there any discussion?
All right.
We'll now proceed to vote.
All in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
No.
Motion passes 7-0.
Item 3.2.
Well, before we move to 3.2, if I can go ahead.
I haven't seen Charlotte.
I'm looking for her.
Charlotte, if you're in the room, stand up.
There she is.
All right.
Charlotte, I want you to stay standing.
I'm going to read a little bit of your background so everybody gets to know a little bit more about you.
And I know you probably got some family there with you, so we'd like to meet them as well.
But I'm pleased to announce that Ms. Gilder has been named principal of Schmalz Elementary.
Ms. Gilder has worked in the field of education for 24 years.
She began her educational career in 1994 as a teacher in Port Arthur ISD and Goose Creek Consolidated ISD.
She later became the reading-writing specialist for Kirk Elementary and SciFair ISD, and she held that position for two years.
For the next four years she was a counselor in both Lamar Consolidated ISD and Katy.
Following her counseling career, she became an assistant principal and served in that capacity.
For 12 years in Katy ISD, she has served at Maid Creek Elementary from 2004-2007,
Beckendorf Junior High from 2007-2009, Tom Wilson Elementary from 2012-2016,
2016 and her most recent administrative position has been at Morton Ranch Junior High as the student support assistant principal since
2016. Ms. Gilner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Sam Houston State University
and both of her graduate degrees were awarded from Prairie View A&M.
She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling and Development as well as a Master of Education in School
Administration and you'll be on the job tomorrow ready to go, right?
Why don't you introduce your family real quick.
Thank you, Dr. Menzies, and to the board for allowing me this opportunity.
I'm very excited.
I have my first meeting here with me tonight.
I'm going to invite my husband, Juan Miller, and my sixth-grade daughter,
and he will attend the KDIF.
All right.
Now to agenda item 3.2.
Mr. President.
Mr. Mohoski.
I move the Board of Trustees approves the administrative one-year probationary,
administrative one-year term, administrative two-year term,
staff member one-year probationary, staff member one-year term,
and staff member two-year term contracts as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting.
Second.
We have a motion by Mr. Mohoski and a second by Mr. Griffin
that the Board of Trustees approves the administrative one-year probationary,
administrative one-year term, administrative two-year term, staff member one-year probationary,
staff member one-year term, and staff member two-year term contracts,
as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting.
Is there any discussion?
We'll now proceed to vote.
All in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Motion passes 7-0.
Item 3.3, Madam President.
Mrs. Fox.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the personnel report as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting
Motion has been made by mrs. Fox a second by mr.
Mohalski that the Board of Trustees approves a personnel report as recommended by the superintendent in closed meeting. Is there any discussion?
Being them we will now proceed to vote all in favor raise your right hand and say aye aye
Aye.
Motion passes 7 to 0.
And before you get going, as part of that personnel report
and has been the norm here lately,
there is one position that I want
to introduce to the community and the board.
And that is the new head football coach athletic
director at Seven Lakes High School, Mr. James Hammond.
James, if you'll stand up and let me brag about you
a little bit.
I see you wore the right colors in your tie there. Good job.
Learning early.
But I'm pleased to announce that James Hammond has been named high school athletic coordinator head football coach for Seven Lakes High School.
Coach Hammond has been in education for 14 years.
He began his teaching career at Clear Creek ISD in 2004.
He then taught and coached at Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena, Texas for eight years.
His coaching experiences in Pasadena
included freshman girls basketball, JV baseball,
and football, where he was offensive coordinator.
He most recently served as a teacher and coach in Fort Bend
ISD.
While in Fort Bend, he taught pre-AP, pre-calculus, AP
calculus, ABBC, and served as the Algebra II team leader.
Pretty good at math, aren't you?
He was, so you ought to know that your score should
be higher than the opposing team's score.
He was named as Ridge Point High School's Teacher of the Year in 2016-2017, as well
as Ridge Point High School Assistant Coach of the Year.
His coaching experience in Fort Bend includes special teams coordinator and defensive backs
from 12 to 14, and defensive coordinator, defensive backs 2015 to present.
Under his guidance, the Ridge Point football teams were area finalists in 2013, 16, and
and state semifinalists in 2016. Coach Hammond graduated magna cum laude from
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
with teaching emphasis in mathematics. Welcome aboard. Do you have family with you?
All right, why don't you introduce them.
And those are the boys you said can run a 4-5-40 already, right?
All right.
Welcome aboard.
All right.
Thank you very much, and welcome to KDIC.
Next, we have the Pledges of Allegiance.
Item 4
and I am excited to introduce to you a Bethke elementary student his name is Curtis Westaway
his principal is Kerry Lowry grade is fifth grade and his parents Mindy and Clint Westaway are here
with us he's got brothers and sisters Ben who's in the fourth grade who happens to be his birthday
today is that right how about that where's Ben all right Ben happy birthday
Ben we've got him Emily in the first grade and we've got George and Shelly
who are both in preschool I'm going to give you a little information about this
fine young man Curtis is a well-rounded kid currently he's involved with the
school choir scouts swim team and basketball he loves responsibility and
helping others. He's also interested in cooking, camping, and art. He serves as a
safety patrol member at Bethke and shares his ideas on how to improve the
campus with his principal. Curtis and his family lived directly behind Bethke and
watched every step of it being built with excitement. His mom even served on
the naming committee. He is proud to be a Bethke Bison. His favorite subjects
include reading, writing, science, especially PE.
That was one of my favorite subjects.
He loves being active.
Quotes about Curtis.
Ms. Sample, Curtis' fourth grade teacher.
Curtis Westaway is an outstanding fifth grade student
at Bethke Elementary School.
He participates in Read, Deed, and Run
and is a leader in Safety Patrol.
Not only is he among the first to step forward to help others,
Curtis is the kind of young man
who looks you in the eye when he's speaking to you his character work
ethic ethic are outstanding and then miss Keller Curtis fifth grade teacher
says Curtis is a very bright student and a leader in his classroom he is very
inquisitive and excels in anything he sets his mind to and then of course quote
from Miss Lowry his principal Curtis brightens my day every morning and
afternoon when he dutifully arrives for safety patrol he not only takes his
responsibility seriously but often asked how I am doing and generally cares about
my answer he is the first to help offer suggestions and not afraid to work he is
the kind of kiddo that reminds us why we become educators he motivates me to be a
better educator I'll tell you what you're dynamite aren't you well I'm
going to go ahead and turn it over to you but there's also one person that I
want to recognize here and that is our namesake at Bethke Elementary School and
that's Gigi Bethke over there and I know she's beaming with pride.
The floor is yours young man. We're gonna say the pledge and then I think you get
to talk 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.
On the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to the Texas, one state under God, one and invisible.
All right, the mic is yours.
Good evening. I am a student from Catherine Bethke Elementary.
There are many great things about Bethke, one of which is Bison Time.
Bison Time is a unique school program where students have the ability to take
part in many skillful activities based on what we are interested in. Some of
these activities are cooking, sports, robotics, science, mathematics, and so much
more. We work together during Bison Time to give back to our community. Bison Time
also gives students the ability to make new relationships and release their inner
herself Bethke is unique to me because there are so many exceptional teachers
that our principal miss Lowry has chosen to lead our school and build our legacy
one thing that is special to me about Bethke is that we saw it get billed from
a sagebrush field to a thriving school campus my little brother would look over
the fence and watch the building go up now over 1,000 kids have benefited and
and learned at Bethke.
I invite you to come see the amazing students and teachers
at Bethke.
We are doing great things and can't wait to show you.
Curtis, that was one of the best speeches
I think I have ever heard from the board.
And thank you very much.
In honor, speaking in front of all these people,
and I think we even have people standing out in the aisle
to hear you talk.
We give you a letter of recognition. This is for you and you're the first to get two gifts.
The superintendent used to give buses out but they were getting expensive so now we only get to give these.
There's a backpack to put stuff in and your own little lunch box.
And if we could get Ms. Lowry and Ms. Bethke to come up so we can take a picture of everybody.
We're going to sneak right in front of the camera.
That was so funny.
What?
Move around here.
Let's move that over here.
Are they scouts?
Oh, sorry.
Sorry, I jumped the gun.
Are there any scouts with us tonight?
Okay.
Not tonight.
All right.
Oh, wait.
Oh, where?
Oh, there you are.
Sorry.
Where?
Oh, I'm so sorry. You know what would help?
We'll start from my left to the right, and if you'll announce your name, your PAC, and what patch you're working on.
Badge. Sorry.
I was a girl scout.
All right.
Wait, wait, wait.
There's two of them that ended up back over here.
Yes ma'am, she's right there.
Okay.
Hi.
Hi.
Should we get here?
Go ahead.
That was very brave to walk all the way up here.
Thank you.
I should have gotten a picture of that.
I just heard.
My name is Max .
Go ahead.
Thank you very much for being with us tonight.
All right.
Item 5.1
Now, next on our agenda, I'd like to introduce Ms. Marie DiPetta,
Manager of our Media Relations and Multimedia,
for the recognitions portion of the meeting tonight.
Okay.
Good evening, Madam President, Board Members, and Superintendent Hint.
We start tonight with KDISD being thankful to have students enriched
by the involvement of their parents and community members
who share their time, talent, and resources to support extracurricular activities at our high schools.
Tonight, we recognize the Booster Club presidents from each high school for their dedication to our students and staff.
Would each Booster Club president please come forward when I call your name and remain for a group photo.
We start with Cinco Ranch High School.
Keith Carmichael, Athletic.
Rod McCain, band. Melissa Nixon, band. Anna Marsh, choir. Sharon Ellie, dance. Tina Costley, FFA. Usha Makrashi, orchestra. Megan Schacht, theater.
From Katy High School we have
Danita Holmes, Choir.
Amber Berry, Dance.
Danann Smith, FFA.
Angelique Burnside, Orchestra.
Thomas Clark, Robotics.
And Melissa Palestina, Theater.
From Morton Ranch High School.
Slow down just a bit.
from Morton Ranch High School Michael Rosario athletic Stacy Massey band Shauna
Pippen choir Lorena Zubiera dance Heather Anderson FFA Heather Sanchez
orchestra and Kim specs gore theater
From Pato High School, Jennifer Bernhardt, Athletics, Rachel Rowe, Band, and Jill Castillo, Theater.
From Seven Lakes High School, Mary Ann Vondenstein, Athletic, Foster Williams, Band, Vanessa Hines, Choir, Theater, Bonnie Hanning, Dance,
From Taylor High School
Catherine Stevens Dance
Nancy Steele FFA
David Heider Orchestra
Ann Pamm Morgan Theater
From Tompkins High School
Darrell Brand Athletic
John Rolson Band
Melissa Bryant Choir
Debbie Gutierrez Dance, Paul Zutz FFA, Naveed Yahya Orchestra, Cindy Devlin
Robotics and Ashley Hurst Theater. Let's give them all a big round of applause.
Okay.
Thank you for supporting our KDISD students and your valuable contribution to our high schools.
Item 5.2
Next, students from Katy ISD brought home top honors at the 2018 Farrington Contest
and Awards, a foreign language competition hosted by the Houston area teachers of foreign
languages.
The district had over 30 high school students win awards with three winning first place
in American Sign Language and French.
To win these prizes, students competed foreign language, completed rather, foreign language
exams that consisted of reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Students, please come forward when I call your name.
Nicole Pratt, Cinco Ranch High School, first place for American Sign Language 3.
Sierra Walton, Seven Lakes High School, first place for American Sign Language 2.
and Akshita Raghuvanchi Katy High School first place for French too
congratulations to you
And one more round of applause for these great students.
At this time I would like to recognize the talented students who were selected as 2018
Item 5.3
All-State Musicians.
These students are among the best in Texas choir, orchestra, and band programs.
All-State Choir students, please come forward when I call your name.
From Katy High School, Conley Grimmett, Blake Holson, Hunter Kendrick, Justin Hopkowski, Sierra Richardson, Bradley Sherman, and Angel Zacharias.
From Maid Creek High School, Nicholas Edwards, Gage Evans, and Samuel Holmes IV.
Thank you.
from Martin Ranch High School, Rachel Glasser
from Seven Lakes High School, Annie Rude Ajay
Rika Bachacharjee, Hailey Plavinsky
Alyssa Sun Yiu and Erica Yannick
from Taylor High School Parker McGowan and Brennan Till from Tompkins High School Leah
Maria Bowles and Tashnu Islam.
If any of the directors or parents of these amazing students are in the audience tonight,
will you also please stand.
Congratulations to each one of you.
Thank you.
Let's give them one more round of applause.
We move on to All-State Orchestra students.
Item 5.4
Students, when I call your name, please come forward.
From Cinco Ranch High School,
from Katy High School
From Seven Lakes High School
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school.
If any of the directors or parents of these students are in the audience tonight, will
you also please stand?
Congratulations to each one of you.
Congratulations to each one of you.
Next up, we have All-State Band students.
Item 5.5
Please come forward when I call your name.
From Cinco Ranch High School, Nevin George.
And Ethan Gomez.
From Katy High School, Coriann Dearman.
From May Creek High School, Dane McGruder.
From Seven Lakes High School, Michael Nevins and Patrick Sullivan.
From Taylor High School, Sebastian Saar, Sunny Tang, and Eric Wang.
From Tompkins High School, Evan Dolotina.
And also, if any directors or parents of these students, if you are in the audience, please stand and be recognized.
Thank you.
All right, congratulations to each one of you.
Thank you.
For our next recognition, I would like to introduce Ms. Debbie Decker,
Item 5.6
Executive Director of the Katy ISD Athletics Department.
Good evening Madam President, Board Members, and Superintendent Hint.
Each year all state athletes are selected from districts across Texas as some of the best in the state at their sport.
So we'll have the athletes come forward as I call your name.
And then of course at the end we would like for all parents as well as coaches to stand if you're in the audience.
From Cinco Ranch High School, Blake Keithy.
Also from Cinco Ranch, Tyler Worrell.
Josh O'Filly, Heidi Nelson, Sophie Atkinson, and Megan Hopper from Cinco Ranch High School.
From Katy High School, Connor Galvin, Kishan Rowe, Michael Matus,
Deondrick Glass, Cole Birmingham, Seth Small, and Mauro Otomo, all from Katy High School.
Before I move forward, go back one sec, I also have the privilege of announcing
Kalloy Bratonev recently won the state gold medal for swimming in the 200 individual medley,
and so we went ahead and snuck Kalloy in on this board meeting.
So congratulations, Kalloy, on your gold medal.
Swimming.
From Seven Lakes High School, we have the Baten Horse sisters,
Alyssa Kelly Baten Horse, as well as Danny.
Come on down from Seven Lakes Volleyball.
From Taylor High School, we have Mr. Ian Beek, Will Dupree, Tito Agbanya, Ben Montgomery, and Andrew Coker.
Okay, and last but not least, and I will tell you that they have a little basketball game
going on right now with some Tompkins High School folks, so we may not have a lot of
them here, but Alyssa Balandron, Hayden Gold, Kat Abera, Grace Cahout, Marissa Marinchak,
Lauren Archeron, Lauren Titus, and Daniel Figueroa. Congratulations to all of you
and for your outstanding achievements.
We could have the parents and coaches that are here go ahead and stand. Thank you.
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Okay, next, the Texas Music Educators Association Annual Clinic and Convention that was held
Item 5.7
earlier this month featured two chorale performing groups representing Katy I.
The Seven Lakes Junior High Treble Choir prepared a 25-minute concert of seven songs they performed
at the convention.
They are one of only four junior high choirs chosen to perform from over 130 schools who
submitted recordings.
The choir is under the direction of Kristen Lycos and the assistant director, Jen Hart.
Please come forward and remain for a photo.
photo.
Adding to them, the Alexander Elementary Sing-Reg Choir was one of only two elementary choirs
chosen from the entire state of Texas to perform as well.
They are the first elementary choir to be selected from Katy ISD since 2013.
The choir is directed by music teachers Alyssa Plum and Michael Marker.
Will you please come forward as well.
Congratulations!
Next, the Music for All National Festival celebrates outstanding music
Item 5.8
making by the nation's finest high school and middle school scholastic ensembles.
Participating students experience an atmosphere of mutual respect
while enjoying concerts from other outstanding ensembles.
Will the directors please come forward as you are announced?
Representing KDISD at this festival March 15th through the 17th
will be Seven Lakes High School Wind Symphony Band
directed by John Mays, Jonathan Yu, and James Vinson.
The Wind Symphony is one of 71 high school and middle school ensembles from across the
nation selected to perform at the festival.
They will perform in concert, be evaluated by renowned music educators, and participate
in master classes and a special event.
Music for All had a record number of applicants for the national festival in the orchestra
division.
Only six ensembles from across the United States were selected to perform at the festival.
Of those six, two are from Katy ISD.
Seven Lakes High School combined orchestras directed by Desiree Overy and Herbert Anzora,
as well as Beck Junior High Chamber Orchestra directed by Barb Nelson.
Also, the McMeans Junior High Varsity Choir directed by Stephen Koch.
and over 30 choir tapes were submitted and McMean's choir was the only junior
high chosen to perform.
Congratulations to these ensembles for this distinct honor.
Next, the Seven Lakes High School Chorale Women will be performing next month at the Southwestern Division American Chorale Directors Association 2018,
Item 5.9
celebrating youth and diversity in the Arts Conference in Oklahoma City.
City. These performers were selected among thousands of honor choir applicants and were
chosen to highlight their talents with the conductors who will attend the conference.
Twenty-three choirs were invited to the conference, nine are high school choirs, and only three
are high school treble choirs. To be selected for the conference, the chorale directors
submitted a recording of three pieces and a team of judges invited the choirs that scored
for the highest in the selection process.
Will choir directors, Emily Chandler and Jeremy Bledsoe,
please come forward.
And congratulations and good luck also at the conference.
Wood Creek Elementary teacher Catherine Mills was named the 2018 Teacher of the Year from
Item 5.10
the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts.
Ms. Mills is being honored for the teaching that she has done both inside and outside
of her school.
Some of her most compelling work happened during Hurricane Harvey. As a
way to reach out to her students during this hardship, she used Facebook to start
the Hurricane Harvey book club and to share stories of adversity. She would
actually read to her students and then ask them to post videos of themselves
reading as well. Her project went viral across the nation. Congratulations Mrs.
Mrs. Miles on your passion and devotion to our students.
Item 5.11
Commissioner, Sed Miller, honored the Nutrition and Food Services Department
with a Best of the Bunch Award in the 2017 Local Products Challenge. The
challenge encourages school districts to incorporate homegrown products into
school meals and to teach children about the healthy foods that are produced in
the Long Star State. The Farm to School Initiative, which is part of the Local
Products Challenge, includes several ways for school districts to implement the
commissioner's push to include more local ingredients accepting this award tonight is
mrs donna pittenger director of nutrition and food services congratulations on receiving this award
One more round of applause for Donna.
To the parents of our students being recognized tonight, we'd like to thank you for being
in our audience.
You're welcome to stay for the remainder of the board meeting if you wish, but this
concludes our recognitions for this meeting.
Thank you very much.
Item 6.1
We now move on to agenda item number six, our 2018-2019 budget update. Mr. Smith.
Good evening, Ms. Vann and Superintendent Hint. I'm going to set my alarm clock so it
goes off at 10 o'clock so we're done tonight with this update about 10 o'clock.
It's a pleasure to be with you. Tonight I'm not going to get specific
numbers about CATI ISD. Really kind of what the administration and my office
looking at as we develop this budget it goes back to the conversation we had
over this time last year and then over the summer about state funding and as
you know this is our tax rate it's been our tax rate has been level since the
2008-2009 school year what I'm going to talk about is that gray or the bottom
part of our taxes for maintenance and operations tonight so what if our
property values goes up there's your apples sample or right now we are about
50 50 or in 2013 14 we were about 50 50 or 49 percent 51 percent participation
in funding a basic tier 1 education in the 1617 school year and this is off the
TEA website we ended the year actually at a 36 percent or for us is 6 36 percent
state funding and a 64% local funding. That's a 13% change. 13% more is being
asked of our local taxpayers in funding a basic tier one education. 13%. And
that's just over the last three years. We've referred to those as the rotten
apples and that's equated to just about a hundred million dollars over three
years. This is a picture of the property of the participation that is the local
participation that's the local taxpayers portion of funding Tier 1 and
as you can see that that same from that 2014 school year it's gone up to where
more of the burden of funding of Tier 1 education is happening in Katy ISD.
Likewise, the state's portion has gone down and that's pretty substantial.
When we look at the state trends, the state trends are doing the same, they're just not
quite as exaggerated as locally, but statewide this is not just a problem or an issue in
KDISD, it's statewide.
Rising property values are causing more and more of the funding of Tier 1 public education
to taxpayers across the state.
and again that's your rotten apples in action. State funding is reduced for
property value growth, I've already said that, and the gain from property value
growth is used for other areas of the state budget outside of education. So
this is a snapshot if you will or a graph of the funding formulas that we
live by and I've broken it up into three sections to talk to you tonight and I'm
going to focus there on the bottom part is the compressed tax rate as you know
the as I mentioned earlier the legislation in 2005 reduced the
maintenance and operations tax rate for most districts from a dollar fifty down
to a dollar and there's that dollar denoted at the very bottom that I just
added at the bottom in Katie ISD's case because we had a dollar sixty three M&O
tax rate and we were one of very few districts that had over a dollar fifty
at the time, our compressed tax rate was down to $1.866, and I've denoted that there at the very bottom at $1.9.
And as you know, when this board adopted it and when most boards adopted their new tax rates back in 2006,
they adopted the four additional golden pennies.
It's actually based off the Austin ISD yield or their wealth per student,
and that was done by almost every district in the state at the time, or they've done it by now,
because there's a lot of value in those four golden pennies.
And I've denoted that there at the bottom right with a red line.
There's no access to any pennies to the right of that for any district without a tax rollback election or TRE.
Mr. Smith, I'm going to ask you to stop real quick.
We've got some folks coming in.
If the folks coming in can please find a seat.
Go ahead and sit down.
We're in the middle of a presentation.
There's a few seats up front, officer, if they'll come and fill those seats or they
can stand in the back.
but once we shut the doors I want to go on with the presentation.
All right go ahead and hold them right now we'll finish the presentation. Thank
Thank you.
Okay, so anything out to the right of that red line is only accessible for
any district in the state with a tax rollback election or a TRE.
As you know though, the golden pennies,
shortly after they were adopted they added two additional golden pennies.
In our case to access those would take an election.
Any district across the state would take an election with the exception of,
in the wake of a natural disaster. We were able to take advantage of those two
golden pennies and this board made some very good, a very good business decision
back in the fall when it adopted its tax rate and took advantage of those golden
pennies since we were in the wake of the the Harvey natural disaster. Other than
that it would not be accessible without without an election. So now we're going
to move away from tax rates and we're going to talk about the state's
portion of funding tier one. And I want to start out with the basic allotment. In
the top left hand you'll see a 5140 and essentially what that number is is if
you take all property value and you divide it by students you're going to
come up with a number that's called it's five hundred and fourteen thousand
dollars in value. Five hundred and fourteen thousand dollars in value. If
you divide five hundred fourteen thousand by a hundred you're going to
get five thousand one hundred and forty dollars and you divide that by a hundred
you're going to get that yield of 5140. And I point that out on the left because that yield of 5140 or 514,000 is very important when it comes to state funding.
I will say before I move on that the 2015 session increased the basic allotment by $100.
So you can see that 50, it was 5040, or you can see it denoted there on the left at 5040.
that $100 increase just funded or barely funded a 2% pay raise for KDISD staff.
It funded a little bit more than that, but just added about a 2% pay raise is what it funded.
So an increase in the basic allotment is important to the ability to have any school district
to access more dollars into public education.
So where does KDISD lie on this spectrum?
Well, there we were in the 15-16 school year.
In the 15-16 school year, I put the formula out there. If you take our total property values, our taxable values at $27.8 billion, and you divide it by our number of students, it would equal $314,000 or almost $315,000 or a yield of $3,150.
That would be compared to the $5,140. We're quite a bit lower than that black line above it.
it. Each year as our wealth increases, we've kind of creeping up. Now we're at
3550 and then in the 17-18 year, the year that we're currently in, we expect to be
about a 3780 wealth per student. Again that's the 35.3 billion dollars in
property values divided by our total number of students equals 378 thousand
dollars. So you can see we're creeping up to that black line. That black line is
important again it represents the basic allotment but property poor school
districts like Katy ISD are below that black line and they receive money from
the state of Texas up to the black line okay so as we creep closer to the black
line we're going to get less funds for a student that's the rotten apples if we
were lowering our values per student and this happens some in some places
throughout the state that money goes that that line goes down and as you go
go down from the black line you get more money from the state but the trend
across the statewide is all school districts most school districts are
creeping up towards that bike line of the basic allotment and I'm going to
talk a little bit about what's above that that line if you take a school
district that is property wealthy or subject to recapture that buzzword
recapture if you do the math on that they are going to be have a wealth below
above $514,000 per student. So if they do that, if you do the math and it's $600,000 per student,
then they're somewhere above the black line. And what happens? They pay recapture or money
back to the state that brings them down to the black line. So a district like KDISD receives
money to get to that black line. A recapture district pays money, in essence, down to keep
at the black line so we are bungeed to that black line of the basic allotment
so that's a very important number when you hear it mentioned in state funding
and so a property wealthy school district if they're above the black line
and they get wealthier they pay more into recapture okay just like we get
less state funds but the overall benefit is to the state of Texas budget okay so
the third part and I'm ten minutes into this and I'm just about done I will be
be done by about 10 o'clock, 10 minutes into this and I'm going to wrap up here
soon to talk about that skyline. Beautiful picture. It's from about
Lady Bird Lake in the city of Austin facing north. You can't quite see the
capital. It would be just under the 2005 there, but that's the
Austin skyline in 2005. And remember I called those golden pennies the Austin
They were tied to the Austin Yield earlier.
And at that time, Austin ISD, according to the TEA website, has about 79,707 students.
As that stood sometime in 2017, that's the same angle, same skyline.
You can see the iconic building with the kind of the pointed top now just dwarfed around
other high rise buildings.
And you can see three or four or five cranes in this picture because they're still building.
And in that time, Austin, at this time in the 2016-17 school year, Austin reported just under 83,000 students or 82,700 students.
That's a gain of 3,000 students and a whole lot of value that I see in that picture.
KDISD over that time has gained in some years 3,000 students per year.
So Austin is growing.
They're not growing as rapidly from a student standpoint, but they are growing from a value standpoint.
point and I say that to go back to the right of that picture to the Austin
yield in the 15-16 school year that yield was $77.53 so if you want to do
the math that's their property value divided by their students is about
$775,000 ours was 370,000 there's this 500 and it was 753,000 early on in the
the budget this last year when we were, Dr. Hindt and I were following the legislative session,
both House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1 is what's carried their budgets. The Senate and House
respectively showed this in their budgets. It was a $99.41 yield, and that's because Austin's
wealth is rising. They're moving up that scale. So those golden pennies became a lot more wealthy,
and they survived with the session and are reaping about what cost us to give a 3% pay raise. So
So that's how golden those are to do that.
And I will also say that we anticipate, or they budgeted for, that to be $106, or just
over a million dollars per student of property value in Austin ISD.
So those golden pennies are golden.
And what happens there is I'll show you that purple line, that's still us from before the
pictures were in the way at our wealth level.
And so what happens is on those golden pennies, a penny of taxes will get us to that purple line.
And then above that, the state pays us to get us up to Austin's yield.
And that's why they're so wealthy, and that's why it was a good business decision for this board to go and get not just four, but six, because we could.
We were able to take advantage of getting more golden pennies.
So now I'm going to talk in only very briefly about this right-hand side.
These are again only election able to be to get with an election their copper pennies. You can see that if you were
Below that that that particular black line. It's a smaller yield at three hundred and thirty one dollars and ninety five cents or three hundred nineteen thousand five hundred dollars
If you were below that and you had an election to get those pennies
You would get brought up to that level in state funding or if you're above that level in wealth
and you had those pennies, you would have to pay back towards that line. So if you
you could see that if KDISD, if we had access to those pennies, we would be
above that black line and we would be having to pay those monies back in a
form of recapture. Now we're far from that. We're not going to have an election
to get that, but every year in September or October for these last couple of
years
We've been required since we're above that black line to go through the steps and be called a chapter 41 school district.
And we go through that and we tell them this is what we would do with the money if we had access to it.
But we don't have access to it, and so it's a waste of time.
But if we did, we would be subject to recapture on those.
All right, so I'm going to talk about the basic allotment goes through these formulas.
And it goes through all the different types of students that we have.
and you can see every year we grow and there's about a 4% gain in that. There's
about a 20 million dollar gain. It's all because of new students again, but I'm
going to show those those monies, those rotten apples hidden home. So that's the
same slide we just saw. There's the growth of Tier 1. That's that the basic
allotment with all our different types of students grew 4%. Our local fund
assignment grew 17%. Now the local fund assignment is that's how much it cost
I mean that's how much KDISD taxpayers should pay for that tier one
education. It's gone up 17 percent. Why? Well because the prior year our
values and our tax maintenance and operations taxes went up by 17 percent.
There's a correlation there and because of that our state funding went down
substantially. That's the rotten apples in action. Now then we had an 11 percent
gain again on top of 4%. So next in the 17-18 year, the year we're in, our local
share went up 11%. Again there's a correlation there and state funding went
down again by another 15 million dollars. Now in the year we're in somewhere
between five and seven percent is what our taxes are going to go up based on value
growth. Students are going to go up next year in the budget. You can see that
that's a significant more money in students that we're anticipating but
there's that 7% increase in the local fund assignment or the the taxpayer
share of funding tier one those tie together so our state funding is going
to go down another 11 or 12 million dollars not as far as it has before
because the property value growth there at the bottom percentage wasn't as high
and that leads us to the big question of what are our values going to do this
year. We're anticipating a 5% increase. Again, we've averaged over 9% increase
in values over the last 10 years. We're looking at a 5% increase this year.
Could be more, could be less, don't know. There's a whole lot of new construction
still going on in the north side of our district and along the I-10 corridor.
That's going to help with that, but then of course we know what the impact of
Hurricane Harbor, we're not sure what that will be. So that's the big question
is what's that value going to do and it will move forward and it will correlate no matter what it is
to what that number will be next year when we're looking at the 1920s budget so that's really all
i wanted to talk to you about about is the fundamentals of how we're building the
administration's building the budget uh in march we're going to show you some actual numbers with
the proposed staffing plan in those numbers and we'll see some some bottom line develop in april
Our gentlemen from First Southwest will be here, our financial advisors, I'm sorry, Hilltop Securities, our financial advisors will be here, and Terrell Palmer and Jeff Robert.
And they're going to talk about this same subject, our budget with our debt plan, and we're going to issue and start going through the process of having our first bond sale, the 2017 authorization sometime later this summer.
And then I'm sorry and then in May we have to have a yet another budget update
by then we'll know what that property values will be at that time so things
will start coming together very clearly. That's all I have for you tonight. Thank
you Mr. Smith. Does anybody have any questions? Mr. Smith there's a lot of new
people or a lot of people that are not normally here and I like to run through
three or four questions just real hopefully in rapid order correct me on
any point that my presumption is wrong. When we talk about recapture, we really
kind of focus on the situation that HISD confronts where they're having to give
back money to the state of Texas for what has been called traditionally
Robin Hood. Yes sir. Equity. Is that correct? Yes sir. Okay. When we talk about
tax base going up and our revenue from the state going down, we're not talking
about Robin Hood per se correct yes sir but when the state of when we achieve a
higher tax base some that don't follow this might assume that we're putting 100
percent of that money in our bank account that is not true is it that's
correct that when we have a tax base increase and you look at we should be
able to have X millions of dollars more in reality we may have X millions of
of dollars or more that we're taking from people's pocketbooks via property taxes, but
that money goes to the state of Texas for transportation, health care, law enforcement,
or any general purpose of the state's treasury.
Yes, sir.
So, in fact, what we have when the tax base in KDISD goes up, because we're not at the
recapture line. The reality is that the state of Texas will criticize us for raising taxes,
but they're the prime beneficiaries of that increased tax base. True or false?
True.
Okay, so let me say this. The reality that we have just seen is the reality that affects everything
Everything we do, everything that we would like to do, and everything that we would vision
that we would want to do.
But the overall lighting reality is this.
I'm not representing them, I'm representing me.
The state of Texas has lied about a testing and accountability system and imposed tens
tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars of burden on school districts.
The state of Texas takes your property tax money,
pretend that it goes to us on the tax base increase, and they spend it elsewhere.
And then you get mad at the school district.
School districts all across the state, they get mad at school districts,
because the state of Texas has imposed a de facto state property tax.
And the reality of the situation is this.
If you look at our tax base going from X million to X plus million,
the state of Texas confiscates that money.
And one of the things that this board is trying to look at
is how do we address a de facto state property tax.
We went through a strategic process.
We had dozens and dozens of citizens, many dozens of hours.
And we're going to look at that issue.
But the bottom line is this.
There are many great programs, but the reality is this.
This school district and every school district in the state of Texas lives within an economic
reality over which we're not in total charge. That's the bottom line and I
understand your passion, I understand your letters, but the reality is there
are other factors that go into any decision. Thank you, Madam President.
Anyone else? Okay, thank you very much Mr. Smith. We now move to agenda item 7.
Consent Agenda
consent agenda. Madam President. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the
consent agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18. I have a motion by Mr.
Griffin, a second by Mr. Moholski that the Board of Trustees approves the
consent agenda items as recommended in item 7.1 through 7.18. Is there any
discussion I'll proceed to vote all in favor please raise your right hand and
say aye motion passes 7 to 0 mr. Mahalski I move the board of trustees
Item 8.1
approves the transportation sustainability model that maintains the
current ridership eligibility of 1 half mile radius for elementary and one half
and one mile radius for secondary and moves to a multi-bill schedule in the
2018-2019 school year as presented by the administration. Second. I have a
motion by Mr. Moholsky, a second by Mr. Scott that the Board of Trustees
approves a transportation sustainability model that maintains the current
ridership eligibility of one half mile radius for elementary and one mile
radius for secondary and moves to a multi-bail schedule in the 2018-2019
school year as presented by the administration. Is there any discussion?
Madam President, Ms. Fox. We had a great discussion last week when we talked
about this and I appreciate the discussion that we had and the respect
we showed each other during that. Because of my strong passion about later start
start times for our high school students, I won't be able to support this motion.
I just wanted to make sure it is, I absolutely support the multi-bill system,
and I support the transportation model, but my vote will be about the importance
of later start times for high school students and how I agree with the research
that I've read about it. Thank you.
Thank you, Mrs. Fox. Madam President.
Mr. Griffin. Rebecca,
Rebecca, I understand your passion and I understand the discussion that you had yesterday, or
I'm sorry, at the last board meeting.
But I felt that you crossed a line.
The board directs the superintendent, a board member does not.
And I understand you said you had the passion for the later start time for the high school.
But to me, during that discussion, you had crossed the line.
The board has had plenty of opportunity to weigh into the superintendent.
We told him we want the two-to-three bell schedule.
We've told him that we want him to listen to the community.
We said we want him to talk to his teachers.
We want him to listen to his students.
But at that time, your addressing the superintendent should have been addressing the board
because we as the board can give the superintendent that goal, not a board member.
And the thing that really kind of ties it all to me that makes it so dangerous is the superintendent's recommendation takes into account the board's goals.
And I say the board's goals because it's all of us.
But it also takes into account the community.
It takes into account the administration.
And it takes the students.
It's the whole thing.
And from what I've seen, superintendents don't give recommendations lightly.
The last time that a superintendent gave a recommendation that this board failed to act on, we found a new superintendent six months later.
So when you were pushing to change that one issue, had the superintendent come to this board with a different recommendation, it would have been you driving that, not the board.
and then we might have been looking for a new superintendent because his
recommendation that he came up with was based on all of us and then for him to
have changed it would have been for you and you are a board member and we are
the board so next time instead addressing the superintendent with your
specific request how about addressing the board and say as a board can we
we because we did the strategic design and that's where that information came from.
And we can't divert the administration's attention from this board and what the superintendent
wants to do.
Madam President.
Mr. Scott.
The board knows that I have taken advantage of my opportunity of being on this board to
to express opinions that may not be consistent with the full board.
The linebarger contract, the delinquent tax contract was an example.
I want to point out that when Harvey struck and
there were three members of the board absent, and it was clear
that the tax contract was the absolute majority will of the board.
I chose to not vote symbolically but to vote substantively for that contract
because it was the majority will of the board and I did not believe that any
major contract of this district should be done by a minority but legal majority
we all have a right to advance our individual preferences however we are
never ever immune from the consequences of our opinions and our suggestions on
how the board should act the truth of the matter is the reality of the matter
is that to move the junior high and the high school to later stock times based
based on advocacy research, tending to border on psychobabble, would not solve the transportation
safety issues that have been brought to this board by the superintendent of schools.
It would not solve the problem of, in fact, it would greatly aggravate the problem.
The lives of high school students are infinitely more complex than the lives of junior high
students in jobs, co-curricular, extracurricular, internships, and the notion that we should
move, that we have this situation that the administration has brought back a reasoned,
rational, community-involved recommendation.
the notion that we would tell the superintendent of schools at this point in time go do it again
would be counterproductive to the very integrity of the relationship between a board and a
superintendent I not only support the superintendent in this because I am loyal to the superintendent
I support the superintendent in this because he is 100% correct.
We don't live in a parallel universe where this board gets to tuck in high school students to make sure they get enough sleep time.
We live in a system where we need to protect as much as we can the schedule of high school students in their very complex lives.
and the notion that we're going to make a choice between junior high and high school.
This superintendent has not only brought us a good recommendation,
he's brought us the most rational recommendation,
and it is clearly the result of a board directive of study.
It is clearly the result of hours and dozens and dozens of hours of research.
It is the result of the superintendent's team bringing us a report
and by gosh if we don't want to take that recommendation we need to go out
and get another superintendent and I will tell you this for darn sure I am
not for that thank you mr. Griffin and mr. Scott for your opinions and for you
being honest before the vote and expressing yours as well it's my
understanding and knowing well enough going forward that regardless of your
vote it is the it is you will support the vote of the board as it stands
Absolutely. Regardless. I will support the board because it's part of our board ethics. I would like to answer one thing with Mr.
Griffin if I may. Mr. Griffin, I apologize if you think that I in any way was giving the superintendent a directive.
I have been on this board a number of years and I understand that when we speak, we are, when, I
will not speak for you all. When I speak, I am speaking to the board members.
I don't turn and look at an audience and carry on.
I'm speaking to you all when we're speaking.
If we're speaking to one of the presenters, I'm speaking to the presenter.
But when I'm trying to plead my case or my beliefs, I am speaking to you all.
The superintendent engaged with me, as we have, and I was answering his questions.
But please, Mr. Superintendent, I hope you do not think that I was being disrespectful in any way
or you and I had already had a conversation with the superintendent he
was not surprised by my passion because that also is the member the role of the
board member I would never come and surprise the superintendent with my
comments at a meeting he was aware of those this I am one of the most
supportive people this district sees and has seen for years. I love our community.
I love our students, our teachers, and our community and I am super supportive. This
is something I care deeply about. I'll stand on my vote this evening because I
believe that in the future we may see that it it changes or it doesn't change
But I will feel very confident in this and I know that you all have seen that from me before and
I'm a little disappointed that a
board member or two would stretch what
my passion is about later start time for high schoolers based on the research and
say that
that my comments would cause us to look for a new superintendent.
I believe that's a far stretch.
And Mr. Superintendent, if I am
Mr. Superintendent, you know I'm a huge fan of yours.
I'm super supportive.
and I will support the decision of the board,
but I just wanted to make you aware.
And thank you, Mr. Superintendent,
for visiting with me before last month
and for getting our conversation to the forefront
so that I believe that here is our time in the open.
It's where we have our conversations.
I don't get to call all of you all and talk about it.
I spoke with the superintendent,
but in open meeting is where I get to talk to you all
about my passion and the things that I've been reading.
And so I respect our superintendent very much,
and that won't change after tonight.
Thank you, Mrs. Fox.
Do we have any other?
Madam President.
I'll be quick.
Ms. Fox, 70% of 19,000, the administration and the student
councils all support the administration's decision.
Don't look at me and say you support the administration,
the students, and 70% of 19,000 people when you say that.
Ms. Griffin, that survey was about transportation, not about start times.
I just wanted to make my comments about start times.
Thank you.
Ms. Anyone else?
All right.
We will now proceed to vote.
All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Ms. Any opposed?
Aye.
Ms. Motion passes 6-1.
Ms. Madam President.
Item 8.2
Ms. Doyle.
I move that the Board of Trustees approves the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 instructional calendars presented by the administration.
Second.
A motion has been made by Mrs. Doyle, a second by Ms. Fox.
The Board of Trustees approves the 2018-2019 and the 2019-2020 instructional calendars as presented by the administration.
Is there any discussion?
Madam President.
Ms. Fox.
I would like to thank the board for the for the thing that we gave to the superintendent to do two years of calendars
Thank you to the superintendent and administration for bringing us two years of calendars
I think that's very helpful for our families and our teachers to plan. Thank you very much
If it's okay, madam president if I could go back real quick just to yes, I'm sorry
That's all right
To the multi-bill schedule. I want to make sure that our community is fully aware
where we're not going to be able to push something out tomorrow.
Now that the board has approved the multi-bill schedule as it's detailed in the action item,
we'll start doing the routing and the routing pairing.
And I know the next question will be for our elementary folks,
where we have a little fluctuation in some of our start times there, 8 o'clock versus 8.20.
We should be able to come back.
as you know March is a very short month being that we have a spring break in the
middle of that and I don't think you guys are prepared to come back in the
middle of spring break but at the April 23rd board meeting we'll push that
information out to you so that our community is well aware and it is our
hope at that time that we'll have the elementaries outlined as far as who
falls in the eight o'clock bracket who falls in the 820 bracket okay thank you
I'm sorry you asked to speak about that and I went right over you so I'm gonna
repeat the motion for item 8.2 mrs. Doyle has made a motion and mrs. Fox has
seconded that the Board of Trustees approves of 2018 to 2019 and the 2019 to
2020 instructional calendars as presented by the administration is there
any comments or discussion all right being then we'll now proceed to vote all
those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye motion passes 7 to 0
And just want to point out on that calendar also, because we don't have the testing dates yet for the 1920 testing cycle, we may have to come back and do a minor modification, but it will not affect our holiday times of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or spring break.
Thank you.
I'll call your attention to agenda item number nine, the donated items to Katy Independent School District.
Items 9 - 11
Our future meetings, board work study meeting Monday, March 19, 2018, and followed by our regular board meeting Monday, March 26, 2018, right back here in this boardroom.
There being no further business before the board, the meeting is adjourned.
The time is 8.08 p.m.
Official documents
Agenda
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Board packet · 43 documents
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- MIN 01 15 2018 Work Study PENDING APPROVAL 356 KB
- MIN 01 22 2018 Regular Board Meeting PENDING APPROVAL 370 KB
- 1 Financial Statement - December 2017 15 KB
- 2 Analysis Function Object - December 2017 17 KB
- Construction Report December 2017 215 KB
- Tax Report December 2017 9 KB
- 3 Check Registers - December 2017 7 KB
- FINAL REPORT_18-19_Katy ISD Transportation Survey_Report 195 KB
- 2018 Transportation Sustainability 1574 KB
- February Amendments - Board Docs 1166 KB
- Builders Risk Results 58 KB
- 2_Property Renewal 2018-2019 85 KB
- 2 - RFCSP 1702 - Awards and Trophies - EVAL 223 KB
- 1 - RFCSP 1702- Awards and Trophies - TAB 243 KB
- Hellas Proposal - Katy ISD_Rev_1.30.18 695 KB
- KISD_Synthetic Turf Replacements Schedule_2018.01.29 30 KB
- LOR-Turf at CRHS and KHS-2018.02.01 41 KB
- AIA Document B101-2007 FE reno 12887 KB
- JH16_Terracon Materials Testing Proposal 295 KB
- HS9_Terracon Materials Testing Proposal 288 KB
- HS9 Ranking Sheet_Package A 7 KB
- 1796 Recommendation Ltr. - High School 9 106 KB
- AIA Document A101-2007 hs 9 17848 KB
- 1795 Recommendation Ltr. - Junior High School 16 103 KB
- JH16 CSP Ranking 55 KB
- AIA Document A101-2007 jh 16 12222 KB
- AIA Document B101 KHS reno 12348 KB
- District Opened and Closed Campuses 2-6-18 BGR 48 KB
- Resolution concerning District Closures due to Inclement Weather 112 KB
- Board Timeline- Elem 279 KB
- FEB 2018 Donated Items to Katy ISD 130 KB
- 2018-19 Instructional Calendar - Multi Color - Recommended to Board 103 KB
- 2019-20 Instructional Calendar - Multi Color 103 KB
- AMENDED MIN 12 07 2015 Work Study 258 KB
- Finance Update February 2018b 377 KB
- MIN 12.07.15 SIGNED 2561 KB
- MIN 01 22 2018 Regular Board Meeting 2958 KB
- MIN 01 15 2018 Work Study 2228 KB
- FIELDER SIGNED 12139 KB
- HS 9 SIGNED 17914 KB
- JHS 16 SIGNED 12404 KB
- KHS CTE SIGNED 12431 KB
- RESOLUTION 573 KB
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees names Charlotte Gilder as the principal for Schmalz Elementary School 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 002 · AGENDA 3.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the administrative one-year probationary, administrative one-year term, administrative two-year term, staff member one-year probationary, staff member one-year term and staff member two-year term contracts 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 3.3
PassedIt is recommended 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 004 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 005 · AGENDA 7.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 006 · AGENDA 7.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 007 · AGENDA 7.4
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 008 · AGENDA 7.5
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 009 · AGENDA 7.6
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 010 · AGENDA 7.7
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 011 · AGENDA 7.8
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 012 · AGENDA 7.9
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 013 · AGENDA 7.10
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 014 · AGENDA 7.11
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 015 · AGENDA 7.12
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 016 · AGENDA 7.13
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 017 · AGENDA 7.14
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 018 · AGENDA 7.15
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 019 · AGENDA 7.16
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 020 · AGENDA 7.17
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 021 · AGENDA 7.18
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 7.1 through 7.18.
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 022 · AGENDA 8.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the transportation sustainability model that maintains the current ridership eligibility of one-half mile radius for elementary and one-mile radius for secondary and moves to a multi-bell schedule in the 2018 – 2019 school year as presented by administration.
6 Yes · 1 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | No |
MOTION 023 · AGENDA 8.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the 2018 - 2019 and 2019 - 2020 Instructional Calendars presented by the administration.
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 |