NBISD Board Report for May 26, 2015

New Braunfels Independent School District

Board Report

Regular Board Meeting

May 26, 2015

Recognitions

Pledge Leaders

Philip Brown (8th grader), Katherine Llerena (8th grader) and Marisol Gomez (6th grader) of New Braunfels Middle School were the pledge leaders for the month of May 2015.

Female Student of the Month

Kyle Estes, Jocilyn Estes and Board President James Bettersworth, during the recognition at the board meeting.

Male Student of the Month

Jenna Buck, Anne Buck, Tyler Buck, Keith Buck and Board Vice President Sherry Harrison, during the recognition at the board meeting.

2014-2015 Campus Teachers of the Year and District Teachers of the Year

Front row, left to right:

Carl Schurz Elementary - Lauren Bain

County Line Elementary - Kimo Aleman

Klein Road Elementary - Gracie Munoz

Lone Star Elementary - Katie Werner

Memorial Elementary - Denise Krause

Seele Elementary - Heather Mayer

Back row, left to right:

District Elementary Teacher of the Year - Theressa Engel, Lamar Elementary

Walnut Springs Elementary - Judy Griscom

New Braunfels Middle School - Melissa Townsend

Oak Run Middle School - Norma Cowan

Ninth Grade Center - Lori Waters

District Secondary Teacher of the Year - Chase Hyland, New Braunfels High School

Superintendent Randy Moczygemba and Board President James Bettersworth

DECA State Qualifiers

Not pictured in order: Brittany Cardenas, Hotel and Lodging Management Individual Series; Thomas Drake Trosper, Professional Selling; Connor O'Toole, Tyler Buck, Dylan Price and Dustin Paulos, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making; Matthew Polo, Fundamental Word Processing; Jacob Clark, Basic Office Systems & Procedures; Eric Boyce, Jordan Sadler, Stephen Dion, Drew Renken; Web Site Design Team; Nydia Fulgium, Emily Batchelor, Wesley Wolfe, Eric Campos, Broadcast News Team; and J.C. Lawler, Human Resource Management. Sponsor Carolee Britton.

Technology Student Association (TSA) State Qualifiers

Not pictured in order: Cameron Ramos - CNC Production; Anthony Para - CNC Production; Josephine Anderson - Engineering Design; Lisseth Merino - Engineering Design; Mauro Alex Duran - Engineering Design and Promotional Graphics; Jaxon Blair - Promotional Graphics; David Starr - Promotional Graphics; Ryan Jenkins - 3D Engineering; Liliana Haus - Fashion Design; Briana Sullivan - Children's Stories; and Audrey Preuss -Children's Stories. Sponsor Linda Miller.

Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) State Qualifiers

Sponsor Lonette Reininger, Kasey Smith and Madaline Lane.

Business Professionals of America (BPA) State and National Qualifiers

Not pictured in order:

Matthew Polo - Fundamental Word Processing; Jacob Clark - Basic Office Systems & Procedures; J.C. Lawler - Human Resource Management; Nydia Fulgium - Broadcast News Team; Emily Batchelor - Broadcast News Team; Wesley Wolfe - Broadcast News Team; Eric Campos - Broadcast News Team; Eric Boyce - Web Site Design Team; Jordan Sadler - Web Site Design Team; and Stephen Dion - Web Site Design Team

National Qualifiers: Allison Hezel,Fundamental Word Processing competition and the Broadcast News Team - Connor Kaufmann, Kolton Moore, Dustin Paulos, and Mitchell Feltmann. Sponsor Beverly Trollinger.

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Qualifier & Contest Winner

Not pictured in order: Shelbie Nicholson - Career Investigation; Ashlyn Powell -

Entrepreneurship; and Bailee Tanguma - Entrepreneurship

State Contest Winner: Alexandra Hartman - 5th Place State Winner in Food Innovations.

Sponsors: Stacy Kell and Amy Cowan.

PTA Reflections Program State Honorable Mention & State Award of Merit Recipient

State Honorable Mention Recipients Winston Waldrip (ORMS) - Middle School Literature, and Emilie Grieve (ORMS)- Middle School Dance Choreography, with Board Secretary Joe Hassmann.

State Award of Merit - Emilie Grieve (ORMS)- Middle School Dance Choreography (not pictured).

UIL 6A State Qualifiers and State Champions

Not pictured in order:

Quarter-Finalists - Sammi Gillas, Girls Singles; Austin Moniger and Josh Van Winkle, Boys Doubles

Semi-Finalists - Cole Davis and Francisco "Paco" Bendana, Boys Doubles; and Alejandro Cavides and Hunter Blesser, Mixed Doubles

State Champions - Henry Gordon and TJ Fumagalli, Mixed Doubles.

Coach David Mueller

Texas Association of High School Coaches Academic All-State Golf

Coach Glen Phair, Shayna McElroy, Megan McElroy, Jordan Clayburne and Caitlin Brown.

Texas Association of Soccer Coaches (TASCO) Honorees

Not pictured in order:

Academic All-State - Sarah Gribbon, Rebekah Kensing, Reyna Garcia, Lainey Kelley, Jenny Trevino, Robert Cole, and Eredi Segura

All-State 2nd Team - Brooke Hanson and Rebekah Kensing

Coaches Eric Norris, Chase Adams, Jason Perez and Jimmy Bryant.

Future Farmers of America (FFA) 5th Place Winners in State Wool Judging

Not pictured in order: John Palmer, Gina Gomez, Jonathan Smith, Kyle Parker and Kolton Neuse. Sponsor Jordan Leverett.

Texas High School Hall of Fame Inductee

Janie Streety, Jim Streety and Board Vice President Sherry Harrison.

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Reward Schools

Superintendent Randy Moczygemba, Nicole Haecker (Lone Star - High-Progress Reward School) and Kim Recio (Seele - High-Progress and High-Performing Reward School) and Board President James Bettersworth.

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 of the Regular Board Meeting held on Monday, April 20, 2015
NBISD Policy Updates LDU 2015.01 affecting policies (second reading):

FMG (LOCAL): STUDENT ACTIVITIES - TRAVEL
DEC (LOCAL): COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Action Items

Administered

Administered Oath of Office to newly elected board members: James S. Bettersworth, District 3 Board Member, and Sherry G. Bettersworth, District 5 Board Member. Both were sworn in for a three-year term through 2018.

Approved

One-year Food Service Management Contract with ARAMARK for the 2015-2016 school year. This contract will be paid by the Food Service Fund with revenues received from cash sales to students and others, catering charges, and from Federal Child Nutrition reimbursement revenue. No local tax revenues are expected to be used to support food services operations.

Approved

Increase in the Paid Full Price Lunch Meal for 2015-2016 by $0.10 to the following prices: $2.45 elementary student lunch; $2.70 secondary student lunch; $1.35 student breakfast at all campus; $2.00 adult breakfast; and $3.35 adult lunch.

Approved

2014-2015 General Fund Budget Amendment to cover costs for purchase of greenhouse, staff training and other campus expenses.

Approved

Renewal of Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage with the Texas Association of School Board's Risk Management Fund for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

Approved

Addition of three (3) full-time Assistant Principals for 2015-2016 School Year at Lone Star Elementary, the NBHS Ninth Grade Center and changing split half-time positions at Memorial Elementary and Klein Road Elementary into two full-time positions. Funding will be provided through the 2015-2016 budget.

Approved

Contract with Communities in School services for 2015-2016 to include three full-time CIS social workers at the cost of $91,500.00 for services rendered from August 1, 2015 to July 31, 2016. These social workers will be assigned and housed at New Braunfels High School, New Braunfels Middle School and Oak Run Middle School.

Approved

Depository contract for 2015-2017 with Wells Fargo Bank Texas N.A. This two-year contract extension will begin July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017.

Approved

Second revision of NBISD 2015-2016 School Calendar

Approved

Purchase of 250 elementary computers for a total of $283,812.50. The computers will be purchased from Apple and paid for with committed technology fund balance.

Informational Items

Executive Director of Finance and Operations Steve Brown presented a revised draft of budget information for the 2015-2016 school year
Executive Director of Finance and Operations Steve Brown presented a written report on overnight student trips
Executive Director of Finance and Operations Steve Brown reported on the extension of the printing services contract with JC Pollock, Office Depot and Atwood Printing, acquired through the Printing Service bid 004-0614PS. All three vendors have agreed to a one-year contract extension from June 16, 2015, through June 15, 2016.
Director of Student Services Clay Gillentine presented an update on the 2014-2015 School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC).
Director of Student Services Clay Gillentine presented a copy of the 2014-2015 Community and Student Engagement District and Campus Evaluations.
Executive Director of Technology Matt Jones presented the monthly TEC21 Report to the Board.
Appointment of personnel for the 2014-2015 school year:

Lupita Miles, Coordinator of ELL Programs, Education Center

NBISD Facilities Planning Committee Chairperson Rob Johnson presented a recommendation to the board on behalf of the committee. This recommendation included $62M in projects that could be considered for a November 2015 bond election.

Future Board Meetings and Announcements

Pubic Hearing on Proposed Budget - Monday, June 29, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the NBISD Education Center Boardroom
Regular Board Meeting - Monday, June 29, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the NBISD Education Center Boardroom