NBISD Board Report for July 27, 2015

New Braunfels Independent School District

Board Report

Regular Board Meeting

July 27, 2015

Consent Agenda

All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Board of Trustees and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a Board member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as an item on the Regular Agenda. The following items were approved:

Minutes to the Public Hearing held on June 29, 2015
Minutes to the Regular Board Meeting held on June 29, 2015
Policy Update 102 (second reading), affecting the following policies:

BBD (LEGAL) Board Members: Training and Orientation
BDAE (LEGAL) Officers and Officials: Duties and Requirements of Depository
BE (LOCAL) Board Meetings
BE (EXHIBIT) Board Meetings
BJCE (LEGAL) Superintendent: Suspension/Termination During Contract
CH (LOCAL) Purchasing and Acquisition
CKB (LEGAL) Safety Program/Risk Management: Accident Prevention and Reports
CO (LEGAL) Food Service Management
DCA (LEGAL) Employment Practices: Probationary Contracts
DCB (LEGAL) Employment Practices: Term Contracts
DGBA (LOCAL) Personnel-Management Relations: Employee Complaints/Grievances
DGBA (EXHIBIT) Personnel-Management Relations: Employee Complaints/Grievances
DK (EXHIBIT) Assignment and Schedules
DNA (LEGAL) Performance Appraisal: Evaluation of Teachers
DNB (LEGAL) Performance Appraisal: Evaluation of Other Professional Employees
EB (LOCAL) School Year
EHAC (LEGAL) Basic Instructional Program: Required Instruction (Secondary)
EHBI (LEGAL) Special Programs: Adult and Community Education
EI (LEGAL) Academic Achievement
EIE (LEGAL) Academic Achievement: Retention and Promotion
EKBA (LEGAL) State Assessment: English Language Learners/LEP Students
FDC (LEGAL) Admission: Homeless Students
FEC (LEGAL) Attendance: Attendance for Credit
FFA (LOCAL) Student Welfare: Wellness and Health Services
FFAD (LEGAL) Wellness and Health Services: Communicable Diseases
FG (LEGAL) Student Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect
FFG (LOCAL) Student Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect
FFG (EXHIBIT) Student Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect
FL (LEGAL) Students Records
FMG (LOCAL) Student Activities: Travel
FMH (LOCAL) Student Activities: Commencement
FNG (LOCAL) Student Rights and Responsibilities: Student and Parent Complaints/Grievances
GF (LOCAL) Public Complaints
GKD (LEGAL) Community Relations: Nonschool Use of School Facilities

Action Items

Approved	Investment Reports for the 4th Quarter and the year ending June 30, 2015.
Approved	An Order calling a Bond election to be held by New Braunfels ISD on November 3, 2015; making provisions for the conduct of a joint election; and resolving other matters incident and related to such election. The Proposition includes the issuance of up to $62,800,000 of NBISD building bonds for the purposes of acquiring, designing, renovating, constructing and equipping school facilities and the purchase of necessary sites for school facilities, and the levying of a tax in payment thereof.
Approved	Facility Usage Agreement to lease classroom space at NBHS to Howard Payne University from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016, for college courses including Dual Credit Courses.
Approved	Real Estate Contract and Resolution for purchase of property within the Veramedi Subdivision for a future elementary school site for up to $850,000 to include the cost of $1 per square foot of the 15.1-acre site and additional funds for associated fees.
Tabled	Superintendent's Formative Six-Month Review
Approved	Option 3 Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit from the Texas Education Agency. NBISD continued to have Chapter 41 status for the 2015-2016 school. NBISD is not currently subject to recapture, but is required annually to select an option to equalize wealth.
Approved	Appointment of Joe Hassmann as the delegate to represent NBISD at the 2015 Texas Association of School Boards Delegate Assembly. Rigo Montero was also appointed as the alternate delegate.

Informational Items

Appointment of Professional Personnel for the 2015-2016 School Year:

James Bachrach, NBHS; Darrell Brietzke, ORMS; Robin Burr, Carl Schurz; Monica Carney, Klein Road; Eliseo Cano, NBHS NGC; Allyson Cobb, NBHS; Deborah Collings, Memorial; Joshua Corby, ORMS; Jennifer Datesman, NBMS; Ashley De Luna, Memorial; Candace Dozier, NBMS; Jessica Duarte, NBMS; Crystale Elizalde, County Line; Katherine Endres, NBMS; Jose Falcon, NBHS; Byron Gardner, NBMS; Paula Goles, NBMS; Anton Hildebrand, NBMS; Chandra Hooten, County Line; Kayla Kitchens, NBHS; Lisa Jones, NBHS NGC; Gregory Lerma, Memorial; Kelli Long, Ed Center; Maria Lopez, Klein Road; Kathryn Millard, Memorial; Christi Mills, NBMS, Dustin Mlenar, NBMS, Tracy Pavlu, NBHS, Linda Peters, Klein Road, Kyle Polk, ORMS; Sarah Reel, Walnut Springs; Eileen Rodgers, Memorial; Shaina Ryan, Klein Road; Chris Salazar, Ed Center; Kimberly Scott, Klein Road; Georgia Shaffer, NBHS NGC; Courtney Shelton, Memorial; Donna Shoop, Lone Star; Lisa Tschoepe, Lamar; Victoria Vadnais, NBMS; Mark Wrase, NBHS; and Melissa Zuniga, NBHS NGC.

Director of Student Services Clay Gillentine presented the NBISD 2015-2016 Student and Parent Handbook and Student Code of Conduct to the board for review
Director of Student Services Clay Gillentine presented a written report of the requests for Out-of-District Transfers from employees for the 2015-2016 School Year
Executive Director of Technology Matt Jones presented the monthly TEC21 Report

Future Board Meetings and Announcements

Regular Board Meeting - Monday, August 17, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the NBISD Education Center Boardroom
Regular Board Meeting - Monday, September 21, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the NBISD Education Center Boardroom