September 25, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGES, PRAYER, AND WELCOME

1.A. VISION/MISSION STATEMENT 

Vision - Challenging and empowering students for global success.
Mission - Natalia Independent School District, in partnership with the community, is committed to providing a safe and challenging environment that promotes productive and successful life-long learners.

Building Lives Utilizing Education

2. PUBLIC COMMENT

2.A. Agenda Items

2.B. Non-Agenda Items

3. RECOGNITIONS

3.A. Education Human Resources Day

4. LONE STAR GOVERNANCE 

4.A. Student Outcome Goal 4.0 The percentage of students 8th-grade Reading at Meets or above on STAAR will increase from 56% to 76% by August 2025. August 2021- 56%; August 2022- 61%; August 2023- 66%; August 2024- 71%; August 2025- 76%
*data source TAPR and campus STAAR performance reports

4.B. Student Outcome Goal 5.0 The percentage of students 8th-grade at or above on Meets on STAAR Mathematics will increase from 9% to 29% by August 2025.
August 2021- 9%; August 2022- 14%; August 2023- 19%; August 2024- 24%; August 2025- 29%
*data source TAPR and campus STAAR performance reports

4.C. BC 3.0 Do not deviate from Natalia ISD Board Policy or Natalia ISD Board Operating
Procedures such as negotiating financial compensation with district employees.

5. Discuss and approve Lone Star Governance presentation.

6. PRESENTATIONS

6.A. Report on school bus inventory, schedule of maintenance, and custodial assignments.

6.B. AGCM Construction Management Firm

7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

7.A. Discuss and take possible action to approve the district's School Safety and Security Audit.

7.B. Discuss and take possible action to select a professional Construction Program Management Firm for the District's 2024 Bond Projects and delegate authority to the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the final contract. 

7.C. Discuss and take possible action to authorize the Superintendent to issue a Request for Qualifications for Architectural Design and Construction Administration for the 2024 Bond Projects and establish a process for evaluation. 

7.D. Discuss and take possible action to approve the Extra Curricular Handbook.

7.E. Discuss and take possible action to approve Policy GKG (LOCAL).

7.F. Discuss and take possible action regarding a Resolution of the Board to employ or accept as volunteers chaplains.

7.G. Discuss and take possible action regarding a staff attendance stipend to be distributed in December 2023 and May 2024.

7.H. Discuss and take possible action to approve a resolution nominating a candidate for the election of Medina County Appraisal Board of Directors for 2024-2025.

8. CONSENT AGENDA

8.A. Consider and approve minutes from August 21, 2023 Regular Meeting.

8.B. Consider and approve the August 2023 financials.

8.C. Consider and approve Budget Amendment #2 General Fund.

8.D. Consider and approve purchase over $25,000 for the ECC cafeteria vent-a-hood.

8.E. Consider and approve MOU with the Larry Brown School (Atascosa County Alternative Education Education Program).

8.F. Consider and approve Order of Cancellation for the November 7, 2023 school board election.

9. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS 

9.A. Enrollment Report

9.B. Attendance Report

9.C. Staff Report

9.D. Accountability Report

10. ADJOURN