Big Sandy Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting
Monday, February 21, 2011 – 6:30
Agenda Summary
The Board of Trustees of Big Sandy Independent School District will convene in a regular meeting at 6:30
p.m. on Monday, February 21, 2011, in the Board Room of the Big Sandy Independent School District,
9180 FM 1276 Dallardsville, Texas.
The items on this agenda do not necessarily have to be handled in the order listed on this notice.
If during this course of the meeting covered by this notice, the Board should determine that a closed
session of the Board should be held or is required in relation to any item included in this notice, then
such closed session as authorized by Section 551.001 et seq of the Texas Government Code (the Open
Meeting Act) will be held by the Board at that date, hour, and place given in this notice or as soon after
the commencement of the meeting covered by this notice as the Board may conveniently meet in such
closed session concerning any and all subjects and for any purpose permitted by Sections 551.071 –
551.084, inclusive, of the Open Meetings Act.
The Presiding Officer will present the following agenda:
1. Call to Order
a. Declaration of quorum
2. Public Comments
a.
Local Board Policy (BED Local)
At regular meetings, the Board shall allot 30 minutes to hear persons who desire to make comments to the Board.
Persons who wish to participate in this portion of the meeting shall sign up with the presiding officer or designee before
the meeting begins and shall indicate the topic about which they wish to speak. Audience participation at a Board
meeting is limited to the public comment portion of the meeting designated for that purpose. At all other times during a
Board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the Board, unless
requested by the presiding officer. No presentation shall exceed three minutes. Delegations of more than five persons
shall appoint one person to present their views before the Board. Specific factual information or recitation of existing
policy may be furnished in response to inquiries, but the Board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is
not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting.
3. Consideration and Board action to approve the minutes of the previous meeting
4. Review expenditures for the month of January 2011
5. Consideration and Board action, if any, to approve policy up-date 89
CKB (LOCAL): SAFETY PROGRAM/RISK MANAGEMENT - ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND REPORTS
EEJA (LOCAL): INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING - CREDIT BY EXAMINATION WITH PRIOR INSTRUCTION
EEJB (LOCAL): INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING - CREDIT BY EXAMINATION WITHOUT PRIOR INSTRUCTION
EEJC (LOCAL): INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING - CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
EHDB (LOCAL): ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EARNING CREDIT - CREDIT BY EXAMINATION WITH PRIOR
INSTRUCTION
EHDC (LOCAL): ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EARNING CREDIT - CREDIT BY EXAMINATION WITHOUT
PRIOR INSTRUCTION
EHDD (LOCAL): ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EARNING CREDIT - COLLEGE COURSE WORK/DUAL CREDIT
EHDE (LOCAL): ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR EARNING CREDIT - DISTANCE LEARNING
FD (LOCAL): ADMISSIONS
6.
Consideration and Board action, if any, to accept bids for 1996 Blue Bird Bus, 1993 Blue Bird
Bus, and 1996 Ford Crown Victoria
7. Consideration and Board action, if any, to approve a budget amendment
8. Consideration and Board action, if any, to approve the Extending Depository Contract with First
State Bank of Livingston
9. Principal Reports
a. Enrollment
b. Attendance
c. Activities
d. Academics
10. Superintendent’s Report
a. Transportation
b. Facilities
c. Finance
d. Personnel
11. Adjourn to Executive Session under section 551.074(at. 6252-17, 2(g) and Section 551.071
Attorney Consultation, of the Texas Open Meeting Act.
To deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties,
discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or to hear a complaint or charge
against an officer or employee; or
To hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee
Private consultation with the board’s attorney on a matter in which the duty of the
attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter.
Return to Open Session
12. Consider Principal Contracts
13. Adjourn
Closed Section
Closed session in accordance with Government Code Section 551.001 et.seq. :
Section 552.071
For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board’s attorney on any or all subjects or
matters authorized by law.
For the purpose of consultation with the district’s attorney concerning matters on which the
attorney’s duty to the district under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct clearly
conflicts with the Texas Open Meeting laws.
Section 551.072
For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
Section 551.073
For the purpose of considering a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation.
Section 551.074
For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties,
discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a
public officer or employee.
Section 551.75
To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions.
Section 551.076
To consider the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or
device.
Section 551.0821
For the purpose of deliberating a matter regarding a public school student if personally identifiable
information about the student will necessarily be revealed.
Section 551.082
For the purpose of considering discipline of a public school child or children or to hear a complaint
by an employee against another employee if the complaint or charge directly results in a need for a
hearing.
Section 551.083
For the purpose of considering the standards, guidelines, terms, or conditions the Board will follow,
or instruct it representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups in
connection with consultation agreements provided by section 13.901 of the Texas Education Code.
Section 551.084
For the purpose of excluding witness or witnesses from a hearing during examination of another
witness.
Section 551.129
A governmental body may use a telephone conference call, video conference call, or
communication over the internet to conduct a public consultation with its attorney in an open
meeting of the governmental body or a private consultation with its attorney in a closed meeting of
the governmental body.
Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with
regard to any matter considered in such closed or executive session then the final action, final decision,
or final vote shall be either:
i. In the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public
meeting; or
ii. At a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon thereof; as the School
Board shall determine.
On this 17th day of February 2011, this notice was posted on the bulletin board at the school district’s
Administration Building at 3:30 p.m.
Dianne Holbrook
Superintendent
For Big Sandy ISD