February 21, 2007 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1) Call to Order Open Session at 6:30 PM in the Board Room

2) Superintendent's Report:

2)A) This month's SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOLS highlights Oppe Elementary and Crenshaw Elementary/Middle School

2)B) Overage Student Plan

2)C) Partnership with Texas A&M @ Galveston

3) Citizen's Request to Address the Board on Agenda and Non-Agenda Items. Please complete sign-up sheets available in the lobby prior to the start of the meeting.

4) CONSENT AGENDA - Action Items

4)A) Minutes - Consider approval of Special Meeting Minutes: January 10, 2007, February 7, 2007, February 8, 2007, February 12, 2007 and February 13, 2007. Also attached are minutes of the Regular Board Meeting, January 17, 2007

4)B) Personnel - Consider routine appointments and resignations

4)C) Personnel - Consider approval of temporary disability leave of third grade teacher at Alamo

4)D) Consider approval of TAKS Testing Days Waiver at Ball High School, pursuant to TEC §25.082.

4)E) Consider a Driver Education Program at Ball High School

4)F) Consider anticipated expenditures of $25,000 and over for fiscal year 2006-2007

4)G) Consider approval of Ball High School's Course Catalog for the 2007-2008 school year

4)H) Consider extension of contract for Region IV Maintenance & Operations services

4)I) Consider approval of Interlocal Agreement between the Galveston Independent School District and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) for the Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program

4)J) Consider naming LeeRoy Amador Police Chief for the Galveston Independent School District

4)K) Consider retaining the Galveston Independent School District Police Department for the 2007-2008 school year

4)L) Routine Reports from January 17, 2007 meeting

4)M) Routine Reports

5) Action Items Deferred from the Consent Agenda

6) REGULAR AGENDA - Action Items

6)A) Discuss and consider action regarding expenditure of funds for Technology Consultant Services

6)B) Discuss and consider annual audit report for 2006-2007 as submitted by Null-Lairson

6)C) Discuss and consider approval of Girls' Softball Field budget as required by outline of Title IX Lawsuit

6)D) Discuss and consider approval supporting the application to establish and operate a subzone at M-I, LLC's Galveston facility, under the auspices of the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 36

6)E) Discuss and consider proposal from the FOCUS, Inc. Board regarding leasing an elementary school facility from GISD for the newly chartered Ambassadors Preparatory Academy (APA)

6)F) Discuss and consider request from Odyssey Academy to lease or purchase a school facility from Galveston ISD

6)G) Discuss and consider application from Cosmos Foundation Inc. for an open-enrollment charter school

6)H) Discuss and consider application from Eagle Academies of Texas Charter School to expand their geographic boundary to add a new campus

6)I) Update on procedural investigation into the review and evaluation of specific employees in MIS department and any contemplated or potential litigation therefrom

6)J) Consider review of settlement proposal for an Executive Director

7) Suggested Future Agenda Items

8) Board Comments

9) Adjournment

10) CLOSED SESSION: There may be a closed session in accordance with Government Code Section 551.001 et.seq.

10)A) Section 551.071: 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 Meetings laws.

10)B) Section 551.072: For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.

10)C) Section 551.073: For the purpose of considering a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation.

10)D) 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.

10)E) If, during the 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 Meetings Act) will be held by the Board at that date, hour and place given in this notice or as soon as the Board may conveniently meet in such closed session concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes permitted by Sections 551.071-551.084, inclusive, of the Open Meetings Act.