Board Agenda

CORRECTED AGENDA SUMMARY

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting
Thursday, November 9, 2000
6:00 P.M.
Agenda Summary

The Board of Trustees of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District will convene in a committee-of-the-whole session on Thursday, November 9, 2000, in the Board Room of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Instructional Support Center, 10300 Jones Road, Houston, Texas for the purpose of reviewing that portion of the November 13, 2000, school board agenda designated as Action Items and to hear designated reports and recognitions. No action will be taken at this meeting. The meeting is open to all who wish to attend and hear the matters discussed.

The items on this agenda do not necessarily have to be handled in the order listed on this notice.

If, during the course of the meeting covered by this notice, the Board should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Board should be held or is required in relation to any item included in this notice, then such closed or executive meeting or 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 after the commencement of the meeting covered by this notice as the Board may conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or 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.

The presiding officer will present the following agenda:

Reports

	The following written reports have been transmitted to the Board:	Page 27
12.	The administration will report on legislative issues, State Board of Education, Texas School Alliance, and the Fast Growth School Coalition activities.

Action Items

Proposed Consensus Items
	Danielle Lutz	Page 29
13.	The Board will consider approving the district’s submission of an application, which includes multiple campuses, for Improving Teaching and Learning: The Texas Title I Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Program Grant.

	Carolyn Spillane, B Willis	Page 31
14.	The Board will consider approving the 2001 summer school dates for elementary, middle school and high school.

	George Hobson, Susan Hall	Page 33
15.	The Board will consider approving the following Food Service bids: #00-09-5521 Vending snacks #00-09-5522 Carbonated drinks

	George Hobson, Colleen Wells	Page 41
16.	The Board will consider approving contracts for the recommended vendors as follows: #00-07-5467 Tapes, audio and video #00-09-5528 Floor care system #00-09-5536R-RFP Nature Trails clearing project #00-10-5531R Scoreboard maintenance

	David Sanders	Page 47
17.	The Board will consider approving tax refunds of $500 or greater for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD and/or Harris County Education District.

	David Sanders	Page 73
18.	The Board will consider the sale of, and authorize the Board President to sign, a tax resale deed. .5774 acres, Abstract No. 910

	George Hobson, Matt Morgan	Page 77
19.	The Board will consider approving Matt Morgan, food service director, as the district’s authorized representative for matters pertaining to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.

	Carol Oman, John Fourqurean	Page 79
20.	The Board will consider approving the accounting/consultant firm to perform a management review of the Food Service Department.

Proposed Non-Consensus Items
	Cindy Wright	Page 81
21.	The Board will consider approving the minutes of the September 27, 2000, special-called meeting.

	Cindy Wright	Page 83
22.	The Board will consider approving the minutes of the October 9, 2000, regular meeting.

	Bill Carpenter	Page 101
23.	The Board will consider approving on first reading the following policies which are updates or additions: AE (Local) Educational Philosophy/Mission Statement BBE (Local) Board Members Authority BBF (Local) Board Members Ethics BJCF (Local) Superintendent Non-Renewal DI (Local) Employee Welfare DI (Exhibit) Employee Welfare FFAB (Exhibit) Health Requirements and Services: Immunizations FFG (Exhibit) Student Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect

	John Fourqurean	Page 103
24.	The Board will consider approving the administration’s recommendation for attendance boundary changes for elementary schools.

	John Fourqurean	Page 105
25.	The Board will consider approving the administration’s recommendation for attendance boundary changes for middle schools associated with the opening of Goodson Middle School.

	John Fourqurean	Page 107
26.	The Board will consider approving the administration’s recommendation for attendance boundary changes for middle schools associated with the opening of Aragon Middle School.

	John Fourqurean	Page 109
27.	The Board will consider approving the administration’s recommendation for attendance boundary changes for elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools associated with the opening of Cypress Ridge High School.

	Richard Swain	Page 111
28.	The Board will consider approving personnel recommendations, inclusive of appraiser certifications, employments, resignations, retirements with related benefits, promotions, terminations, discharges and leaves of absence, and the naming of the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel. [This item may be discussed in executive session pursuant to Section 551.074.]

	Rick Berry	Page 123
29.	The Board will consider approving the sale, purchase, or receipt of donated property. [This item may be discussed in executive session pursuant to Section 551.072 and Section 551.073.]

	Deanna Swenke	Page 125
30.	The Board will hear a Level Three complaint under Policy FNG (Local) from Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gaze against Nadine Fidler, principal at Bleyl Middle School, for a grade level promotion decision. [This item may be discussed in executive session pursuant to Section 551.074.]
	Richard Swain, Colleen Wells	Page 127
31.	The Board will hear a Level Three complaint under Policy DGBA (Local) from Mr. Timothy Briscoe, a former materials handler at the Distribution Center, regarding his termination effective August 25, 2000. [This item may be discussed in executive session pursuant to Section 551.074.]

Board Discussion

	Pam Wells	Page 129
32.	The Board will discuss conducting a survey of Cypress-Fairbanks residents.

Executive Session

	Rick Berry		Page 131
33.	There will be an executive session in accordance with Government Code Section 551.001 et. seq.
	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
	Section 551.072	For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
	Section 551.073	For the purpose of considering a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation.
	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.
	Section 551.076	To consider the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices.
	Section 551.082	For the purpose of considering discipline of a public school child or children or to hear a complaint by an employee against another employee if the complaint or charge directly results in a need for a hearing.
	Section 551.083	For the purpose of considering the standards, guidelines, terms or conditions the Board will follow, or instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups in connection with consultation agreements provided for by section 13.901 of the Texas Education Code.
	Section 551.084	For the purpose of excluding witness or witnesses from a hearing during examination of another witness.

On this 6^th day of November, 2000, this corrected notice was mailed or electronically transmitted to news media, who previously requested such notice, was broadcast on Warner Cable channel 16; and a copy was posted on the window in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Instructional Support Center at 6:00 p.m. This agenda replaces the previously posted agenda.


	Richard E. Berry, Superintendent