March 6, 2019 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to order and verification 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. Pledge of Allegiance.

3. Prayer.

4. Recognitions.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goals #1 and 4]

4.A. Texas Destination Imagination Tournament, State Qualifier - Shelby Adams, Monica Brown, Toby Cook, Krystanie Cox, Shelby Kocian, Christian Monthie, and Connor Truitt. 

4.B. UIL Class 3A All-State Football, Honorable Mention - Preston Johnson and Henry Soukup. 

4.C. UIL Class 3A Band Solo and Ensemble, State Qualifiers - Monica Brown, Rachel Coffer, Jesse Corvin, Kaylin Gerik, Reece Griffin, Wren Griffin, William Killen, Shelby Kocian, Alana Krause, Dylan Lott, Carter Matus, Christian Monthie, Emma Nors, Sonia Perez, Hailey Routson, Skylar Schaffer, Thomas Stone-Burkett, Alyssa Terry, Connor Truitt, Joshua Withers, Jake Woosley, and Kirk Zuehlke.

4.D. UIL Class 3A Cross Country, State Qualifiers - Christian Monthie and Makayla Pavelka.

5. Audience.

6. Consent Agenda. (These action items are considered to be routine by the School Board and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussions on items unless a school board member so requests, at which time the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.)

6.A. Minutes of the February 13, 2019 Regular Board Meeting.

6.B. Finance and Operations.

6.B.I. Budget vs. Actual.

6.B.II. Check Register.

6.B.III. Budget Amendments.

6.B.IV. Donations.

6.B.V. Student Transfer Requests.

6.B.VI. Student Enrollment Report.

7. Administrative Reports. [District Goals #1 and 4]

7.A. Division Reports.

7.A.I. Accomplishments. 

7.A.II. Initiative Updates.

7.A.III. Recent Activities, Upcoming Activities, and Special Events.

7.B. Campus Reports.

7.B.I. Accomplishments.

7.B.II. Initiative Updates.

7.B.III. Recent Activities, Upcoming Activities, and Special Events.

8. Report - West Elementary School Targeted Improvement Plan Update. Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent, Amanda Adams, Executive Director for Teaching and Learning, and Cari Detlefsen, West Elementary School Principal. [District Goals #1-5]

9. Report - Algorithm Predicted 2019 A-F Accountability Overall Score Based on 21 Data Points from the West ISD 2018 TAPR, PEIMS Standard Reports, and TEA Financial Data and Texas Monthly Article, "Are Texas Kids Failing? Or Are the Test Rigged?".  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goals #1, 3, 4, and 5]

10. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board to approve the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Policy Reference Manual 112. The revised LOCAL policies include: BJA, CCG, CCGA, CCGB, CH, CQ, CV, DCB, DH, DIA, FMA, FNG, GF, GKA, and GKB.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goals #1-5]

11. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board approve revisions to West ISD Board Policy DC(LOCAL) The purpose of this request is to delegate authority to the Superintendent to hire teachers in time periods between Regular Board Meetings in the months of  March, April, May, June, July, and August.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goals #1, 3, 4, and 5]

12. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board to approve Cory Beckham as the West ISD Attendance Officer per West ISD Board Policy FED(LEGAL).  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [Board Goals #2, 4, and 5]

13. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board to select the delivery method to provide West ISD copier services and authorize the Superintendent or designee to negotiate a contract with the selected copier company.  Presented by Charles Mikeska, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations. [District Goal #5]

14. Executive Session.  Adjourn to Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.071 (Consulting privately with the Board’s attorney), §551.129 (Consulting privately with the Board’s attorney telephonically), §551.074 (Personnel, to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee, specifically to discuss), and §551.072 (Deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property).

14.A. Personnel Reports.

14.B. Superintendent's Contract Recommendations.

14.C. 2018-2019 Advanced Notification of Resignation Stipend Report. 

14.D. 2019-2020 Certified Employee Contracts (Administrator, Dual, Term, and Probationary Contracts).

14.E. 2019-2020 Reclassified and New Position Requests. 

15. Reconvene from Closed/Executive Session for possible action relative to items considered during Closed/Executive Session.

15.A. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board to approve the Personnel Report.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goal #5]

15.A.I. Retirements.

15.A.II. Resignations.

15.A.II.a. Nancy Willis, West Elementary School, Prekindergarten Teacher.

15.A.II.b. Dr. Richard Phillips, West Elementary School, Assistant Principal.

15.B. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board to approve the Superintendent's Contract Recommendations.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goal #3]

15.B.I. New Hires.

15.B.II. 2019-2020 Certified Employee Contracts (Administrator, Dual, Term, and Probationary Contracts).

15.C. Action - Consideration and possible action by the Board to approve the 2019-2020 Reclassified and New Position Requests.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent. [District Goals #1, 3, and 5]

16. Closing Remarks.  Presented by David Truitt, Superintendent.

16.A. District Calendar Reminders. [District Goal #4]

16.B. Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) Information. [District Goals #1 and 5]

16.C. West ISD Student Drug Testing Policy Update. [District Goals #2 and 4]

16.D. West ISD Sick Leave Bank Update. [District Goals #3 and 5]

16.E. West ISD Job Fair Update. [District Goals #1, 3, 4, and 5]

16.F. Community eGroup Update. [District Goals #1, 4, and 5]

17. Adjournment.

If, during the course of the meeting, any discussion of any items on the agenda should be held in Executive or Closed Session, the Board will convene in such Executive or Closed Session in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code §551.001 et seq.

District Goal Headers:

Goal #1: Educational Excellence
Goal #2: Safe and Secure Schools
Goal #3: Recruit and Retain Committed Educators
Goal #4: Community and Parent Involvement
Goal #5: Efficient and Effective Operations