NBISD Board Report for February 22, 2016

New Braunfels Independent School District

Board Report

Regular Board Meeting

February 22, 2016

Regular Meeting

Recognitions

Pledge Leaders

Caleb Barber, a first-grader, and Josh Barber, a fourth-grader from Lamar Elementary, were the pledge leaders for the month of February.

NBHS Female Student of the Month

Iris Montero was recognized as the NBHS Female Student of the month.

CAPTION: Board Trustee Rigo Montero with Iris and Rosalinda Montero

NBHS Male Student of the Month

Luke Marbach was recognized as the NBHS Male Student of the month.

CAPTION: Debbi, Luke and Ken Marbach

National Merit Program Finalist

Jaxon Blair was recognized by the Board for being named a National Merit Program Finalist.

CAPTION: Kim, Jaxon and Kevin Blair with Board Vice President Sherry Harrison.

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 and Regular Board meeting held on January 25, 2016
Minutes to the Team Building Workshop held on January 27, 2016

Action Items

Approved	Contracts/Contract extensions for administrators and administrative professional support
Approved	Investment reports for the Second Quarter 2015-2016 ending December 31, 2015
Approved	2016-2017 NBISD School Calendar with 10 additional minutes added to all the elementary campuses, both middle schools and the Ninth Grade Center school day and a quarterly grading cycle for all NBISD students
Approved	Exception to Board Policy EIC (LOCAL) for the NBHS 2016 graduating class that will allow the district to recognize co-valedictorians, a salutatorian and the Top 11 students at the graduation ceremony.
Approved	Addition of two (2) Career Technology Education (CTE) counselor positions at the secondary level for 2016-2017. Funding for these positions will come from CTE designated funds and be approximately $120,000.
Approved	Update of Board Policy GB (LOCAL) Public Information Program - Silver Unicorn Award - LDU 2016.01 with changes to the types of public recognition that will be given to honorees and extends the years of service for board members from three years to six years and two (2) terms. The number of honorees will also be reduced to only three per year rather than up to six per year.
Approved	Policy CW (LOCAL) Naming Facilities was enacted to allow nominations to be accepted for the two (2) new elementary campuses being built under the 2015 Bond Program. Nominations will be accepted for a minimum of six months.

Informational Items

Appointments of Professional Personnel for the 2015-16 school year:

Linda Dreibrodt, Ed Center/Instructional Specialist Social Studies K-12

Executive Director of Finance and Operations Steve Brown gave a written report on:

the 2015-2016 NBISD Fundraising Projects

Executive Director of Technology Matt Jones gave a written report on TEC21

Future Board Meetings and Announcements

Regular Board Meeting to be held on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the NBISD Education Center Boardroom
Regular Board Meeting to be held on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the NBISD Education Center Boardroom