Public Meeting Public Notice: August 23, 2010 at 6:30 PM - Regular

1. Call Meeting to Order for August 23, 2010.

1.A. Roll Call

2. Motion to go into Closed Session:

2.A. [Section 551.071, Government Code - Consultation with Attorney:] For a private consultation with the Board’s attorney with respect to pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers, and/or on matters where the attorney’s duty to the Board, under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, clearly conflicts with the open government provisions of Chapter 551 of the Government Code, to wit:

2.A.1. Consultation with attorney regarding attorney-client items listed in agenda item VIII (A).

2.A.2. Proposed revisions to Board Policy EIA (Local) - Grading/Progress Report to Parents - for First Reading.

2.A.3. Proposed revisions to Board Policy FB (Local) - ADA/Section 504 Coordinator - for Adoption.

2.A.4. Proposed agreement with Greater San Antonio After School All-Stars regarding After School Challenge Program for 2010-2011.

2.A.5. Proposed contract amendments and current issues involving Amendment #3 on Head Start contract with City of San Antonio.

2.A.6. Proposed expanded agreement with Our Lady of the Lake University regarding the College Conexion program.

2.A.7. Proposed license agreement with TESCCC (Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative) for the CSCOPE Curriculum Management System and content.

2.A.8. Items listed under Agenda items II (B) and II (C).

2.B. [Section 551.074, Texas Government Code - Personnel Matters:] To hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee, to wit:

2.B.1. Level IV grievance appeal of Roosevelt Elementary teachers - Stop, Look & Listen hearing.

2.C. [Section 551.074, Texas Government Code - Personnel Matters:] To deliberate the, appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties or dismissal of a public officer or employee, to wit:

2.C.1. New Hires:

2.C.1.a. Claudia Garcia - on a standard District Probationary Contract for Chapter 21 employees for the 2010-2011 contract year, at Pay Grade AP-4, subject to assignment and reassignment by the Superintendent. [Note: Ms. Garcia has interviewed for a Bilingual Curriculum Specialist position.]

2.C.2. Change in Contract Status:

2.C.2.a. Milsimer Perez - on the District's standard Term Contract for Chapter 21 employees for the 2010-2011 contract year, from Pay Grade PG-8 to a Pay Grade Range of AP-4 through AP-5, subject to assignment and reassignment by the Superintendent, with compensation based on the assignment. [Note: this Instructional Facilitator has interviewed for the new Accountability Coordinator position.]

2.C.2.b. Sarah Santos - on the District's standard Term Contract for Chapter 21 employees for the 2010-2011 contract year, from Pay Grade AP-4 to a Pay Grade Range of AP-4 through AP-6, subject to assignment and reassignment by the Superintendent, with compensation based o the assignment. [Note: this Student Achievement Specialist has interviewed for a Academic Dean position.]

2.C.2.c. Yvonne Hernandez - on the District's standard Term Contract for Chapter 21 employees for the 2010-2011 contract year, from Pay Grade PG-8 to Pay Grade range of AP-4 through AP-6, subject to assignment and reassignment by the Superintendent. [Note: this Instructional Facilitator has interviewed for a Assistant Principal position.]

2.C.3. Superintendent

3. Call Meeting to Order for August 24, 2010, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Edgewood Academy, Recital Hall, 607 S.W. 34th Street, San Antonio, Texas.

3.A. Roll Call

3.B. Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance

4. Time for Public Comment:

5. Discussion/Action on matters taken up in Closed Session and/or matters listed in Section II, whether or not items listed therein were taken into Closed Session; and matters listed under Sections VII and VIII, if any, taken into Closed Session under Section II. The Board may also go into Closed Session at this time on any matter on any agenda item listed in either or both sessions as may be authorized by law.

6. Presentation(s):

6.A. District's Self-funded Workers' Compensation Program

7. Consent Agenda Items:

7.A. Minutes: Regular...May 24-25, 2010; Special...July 15, 2010; Special...July 19, 2010; Regular...July 26-27, 2010; Special...August 9, 2010.

7.B. Approval for a Proclamation to support the nomination of Corporal Roy Cisneros for the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.

7.C. Approval of Final Amended Budget for 2009-2010.

7.D. Approval to dispose of Out-Of-Adoption Textbooks as per Policy CMD (Legal) dealing with Equipment and Supplies Management, Instructional Materials Care and Accounting.

7.E. Approval to Dispose of specified Surplus/Scrap/Broken/Obsolete Furniture and Equipment as per Policy CI (Local), using the On-line Auction Disposal method, beginning September 9, 2010, until disposal is completed.

7.F. Approval of the Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS) Appraisers list.

8. Individual Items for Consideration and Approval:

8.A. Approval of statement from the Law Firm of Escamilla & Poneck, Inc. in the amount of $22, 929.12 for Professional Services Rendered using local funds.

8.B. Approval to nominate a candidate to fill TASB Board Position D.

8.C. Approval of Amendment #2 to the interlocal agreement between EISD and the City of San Antonio to allocate an additional $12,000.00 for the implementation of the After School Challenge Program.

8.D. Approval of a District User License agreement for Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC) CSCOPE Curriculum Management System and Content, not to exceed $105,000, purchased with stabilization funds.

8.E. Approval of a collaboration statements with the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council Inc. to conduct the Learning for Life Program and the "In-School and After-School Scouting Program" for the first through fifth grade EISD students for the 2010-2011 school year.

8.F. Approval to enter into an agreement with the Greater San Antonio After-School All-Stars Program to provide an after school program for EISD elementary campuses for the 2010-2011 school year and through September 30, 2011.

8.G. Approval of amendment #3 to the Head Start contract and budget/award with the City of San Antonio for Head Start funds to fund the Head Start Program in EISD.

8.H. Approval to renew an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) implementation agreement with AVID center for EISD five secondary campuses and eleven elementary campuses for the 2010-2011 school year for a total of $47,490 funded by the American Recovery Reinvestment Act and High School allotment.

8.I. Approval to accept the 2010-2013 District Improvement Plan addressing the eight key result areas as prepared by District Curriculum and Instruction, Business Operations and District Operations Division.

8.J. Approval to contract services from Texas Education Agency approved vendors to provide Supplementary Education Services for Memorial High School students in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000 from Title I and State Compensatory Education funds as mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.

8.K. Approval to accept the "Texas Support for Homeless Education Program" (TEXSHEP) Grant from Region 20 for homeless families for the amount of $8,919 for FY2010-FY2012.

8.L. Approval of expedited waiver related to the timeline for New Accelerated Instruction requirements under the Student Success Initiative.

8.M. Approval to renew the license agreement with Riverside Publishing for the Edusoft System, a web based comprehensive assessment and instructional tool, at a cost not to exceed $80,968.75, using federal funds.

8.N. Approval to accept the Notice of Grant Award for the collaborative Dropout Reduction Program Cycle I continuation grant in the amount of $130,000 from the Texas Education Agency.

8.O. Approval of new high school courses in the area of Career & Technical Education to be added to the list of courses offered to the students of EISD.

8.P. Approval to engage Marie A. Wilson, Speech Therapist, as a independent contractor/consultant to provide EISD Special Education students speech services for a total of $63,840.00 using Special Education American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) funds.

8.Q. Approval to engage Jo Ann Gonzales, Speech Therapist, as a independent contractor/consultant to provide speech services for EISD students for a total of $68,400 using Special Education Federal funds.

8.R. Approval to engage Michelle Lyn Albarron, Speech Therapist, as a independent contractor/consultant to provide speech services for EISD students for a total of $85,120.00 using Special Education state funds.

8.S. Approval to engage Vicky Scheel, Physical Therapist, as a independent contractor/consultant to provide EISD Special Education students physical therapy for a total amount of $45,600 using State funds.

8.T. Approval to enter into agreement for consultant services between Speech Specialists of San Antonio and EISD Special Education Department to provide two speech language pathologist and one speech language pathologist assistant to service the speech impaired students, in the amount of $212,080, using Special Education Federal funds.

8.U. Approval to enter into agreement for consultant services between Special Kids Care and EISD Special Education Department to provide specialized nursing care to a special education student as per Individual Education Plan (IEP) using Special Education State funds.

8.V. Approval of promotions, transfers, new hires, resignations, retirements and re-assignments for professional contract personnel where Board Action is required. [Note: Board action on this item, if any, is limited to those personnel items that require Board action; otherwise, the item is for information only, whether or not the Board approves a motion to approve this item; and, in any event, the Board does not approve transfers, resignations previously approved by the Superintendent, retirements and reassignments.]

8.W. Approval of Individual Expenditures Equal to or Exceeding $25,000, (in accordance with Policy CH (Local) and Texas Education Code Purchasing Requirements, where applicable), to wit:

8.W.1. Purchase Fujitsu MH380 netbooks from M&A Technology in the amount of $34,662, to be paid with the Algebra Readiness grant.

8.W.2. Purchase Carnegie Learning site licenses to include consumable workbooks and fee for teacher training in the amount of $27,285.27, funded by the Algebra Readiness grant.

8.W.3. Purchase order for food items to Butterkrust in the amount of $125,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.4. Purchase order for contracted services to Gold Star in the amount of $60,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.5. Purchase order for Non-Food items to Golf Coast Paper in the amount of $160,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.6. Purchase order for Food Items to Labatt in the amount of $2,400,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.7. Purchase order for Non-Food Items to Labatt in the amount of $48,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.8. Purchase order for Food Items to Mission Foods in the amount of $45,000.00, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.9. Purchase order to Reliance Air and Refrigeration for maintenance and repair services in the amount of $72,000.00, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.10. Purchase order for Non-Food Items to Sysco in the amount of $120,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.11. Purchase order for Food Items to Sysco in amount of $36,000.00, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.12. Purchase order for Food Items to Blue Bell in the amount of $28,000.00, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.13. Purchase order for Food Items to Bordens in the amount of $900,000, using Child Nutrition funds.

8.W.14. Purchase a 3-year subscription agreement for a data management system from ESPED for a Special Education Student Information Management system, in the amount of $42,600, utilizing American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to enable the District to use electronic ARD's.

8.W.15. Purchase testing material and contracted services for scoring and reports from Pearson Education, at a cost not to exceed $69,491.79, using local funds.

8.W.16. Purchase online curriculum for credit recovery and accrual for students in the Discipline Alternative Education Program (DAEP) and in the program entitled Program Acceleration of Curriculum Excellence and Scholarship (PACES). A total of 80 licenses will be purchase from Odysseyware at a cost of $48,000 and a site license and training from Education 2020 in the amount of $32,000 paid out of local funds.

8.W.17. Approval to extend the maintenance and repair of distict-wide elevators with Schindler Elevator Corporation for maintenance at a cost of $75,000,00.

8.W.18. Approval to initiate an open purchase order to Cintas Uniforms, Inc., for dust mop services in the amount of $25,000.00.

8.W.19. Approval to contract for the services of TD Industries for A/C Unit Filtration changes and Evaporator Washes for the entire District in the amount of $115,917.00.

8.W.20. Approval of an open purchase order with Waste Management for the disposal of all District garbage and waste at a cost of $130,000.00.

8.W.21. Approval to provide an extension with Hillyard Co., for an additional year to purchase custodial supplies as needed throughout the District out of the 2010-2011 custodial budgets, not to exceed $300,000.00.

8.X. Approval of payment to Garza/Gonzalez & Associates for the Audit to include Testing for ARRA Funds of Edgewood Independent School District for the Year ending August 31, 2010, in the amount of $72,000 to be paid utilizing local funds.

8.Y. Purchase order for fuel to Royce Groff Oil Company in the amount of $250,000, utilizing local Transportation funds.

8.Z. Approval to undesignate Fund Balance Designations for various projects in the amount of $452,184.00.

8.AA. Approval for the Edgewood Independent School District's Property and Casualty Insurance coverage for the 2010-2011 school year.

8.AB. Approval of the YMCA 2nd grade swim program at the District's elementary campuses for 2010-2011 school year using, Local funds in the amount of $33,500.00.

8.AC. Approval to enter into an agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center for participation in the UTHSC Sex Education Program (SEP), to address abstinence targeting 6th-12th grade students during the 2010-2011 school year.

8.AD. Approval of agreement with the Center for Health Care Services to provide outside counseling services to students in grades Pre-K - 12th grade for the 2010-2011 school year, at a cost of $3,000, funded locally.

8.AE. Approval to enter into an extended agreement with Our Lady of the Lake University , at no additional cost to the District than in the current agreement, to provide post-secondary information to students from the T-Stem Academy vis the College Conexion Program for the 2010-2011 school year.

8.AF. Approval to accept the memorandum of agreement with the Bexar County Juvenile Board for participation in the Bexar County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program for 2010-2011.

8.AG. Approval of Multi-award contracts with Charter Bus Companies for student trips.

8.AH. Approval of Board Resolution for interlocal agreement between Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Edgewood ISD for participation in the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Cooperative Purchasing Program. (Procurement Card)

8.AI. Approval of purchase of service from the Law Firm of Escamilla, Poneck & Cruz, Inc. not to exceed the amount of $320,000 for professional services rendered during the 2010-2011 school year using local funds.

8.AJ. Approval for A/C Emergency Repairs at Edgewood Fine Arts Academy in the amount not to exceed $46,187.56 to TD-Industries.

August 23, 2010 at 6:30 PM - Regular

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