April 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Regular

1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order. Let the record show that a quorum of Board Members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Goals

4. Public Comments: Comments are limited to five minutes per speaker. The Board Secretary will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. Should there be more than five (5) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select one (1) representative to speak for them. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve the matter administratively. If not, the person shall be directed to the appropriate policy, as noted in BED (Local), to seek resolution before bringing the matter to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Pursuant to 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, no Board Member or Administrator may respond to a member of the public, unless such response is a recitation of District policy or a statement of specific factual information.

5. Junior High Construction Project

6. Recognize Taft ISD Students

6.A. Kayla Thompson - Published Poet

6.B. Coastal Bend Science Fair Participants & State Science Fair Participants

6.C. Koch Academic Scholar Athletes

6.D. Taft High School Band

6.E. Taft High School One Act Play

6.F. Taft High Schol Winterguard

7. Recognize Taft ISD Teacher of the Year Nominees

7.A. Taft High School - Carolyn Thetford

7.B. Taft Junior High - Selena Cruz

7.C. Petty Elementary - Christina Hiracheta

8. Consent Agenda

8.A. Approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 21, 2013

8.B. Approve Investment Report for March, 2013

8.C. Total Expenditures by Function Ending March, 2013

8.D. Additional Transfer Students for the 2012-2013 School Year

9. Information Only

9.A. College for All Grant

9.B. Texas Literacy Initiative Grant Report

9.C. HEB Camp Experience Report

9.D. Athletic Complex/ High School Construction

9.E. Chapter 313 Application - Cheniere Energy

9.F. Budget Calendar and Status

9.G. Special Education Update

9.H. Information on Graduation 2012-2013

9.I. Principal's Report

9.J. Food Service Update

9.K. Child Nutrition Report

9.L. Summary of Taxes Paid to Taft ISD - March, 2013

10. Items for Individual Consideration

10.A. Discuss and/or Approve Attendance Waiver for Taft Junior High

10.B. Discuss and/or Approve A Resolution Amending Authorized Representatives At TexPool

10.C. Discuss and/or Approve Junior High Furniture Purchase

10.D. Discuss and/or Approve Allocating Financial Resources to the 2013 Student Extracurricular Transportation

10.E. Discuss and/or Approve a Board Resolution Extending Depository Contract for Funds of Taft Independent School District and Prosperity Bank

10.F. Discuss and/or Approve A View and/or Direction on the Petty Elementary Paver Project

11. Superintendent Report

11.A. Appreciation Banquet, May 17, 2013

11.B. Summer Leadership Conference - June 6-8, 2013

11.C. Team of Eight Training Workshop

12. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into closed session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act

12.A. The Board will convene in closed session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et. seq. TGC 551.071, 551.072, and 551.074

12.A.1. Resigning Employee

12.A.1.a. Jessica Badgwell

12.A.1.b. Lakeisha Rhodes

12.A.1.c. Lisa Hernandez

12.A.1.d. Asenath Soto-Gonzalez

12.A.1.e. Patricia Chaney - Retiring

12.B. Consider Proposed Renewal and/or Nonrenewal of Term Contracts

13. Reconvened from Closed Session: The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session

14. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members

15. Adjourn