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Trustees Discuss Governance Goals, Hazardous Area Designations
The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees held its regular board meeting for July on the evening of the 16th. A recap of the agenda is below.
- Call to order. Nelson Minyard and Steve Brown were absent.
- Trustee Doyle Woodall gave the invocation.
- Verification of compliance with Open Meetings Act.
- Report Items
A. Trustees discussed Lone Star Governance Goal 2, Goal Progress Measure 2.2 that measures the percentage of students in Pre-kindergarten who demonstrate proficiency in phonological awareness.
B. Trustees discussed Lone Star Governance Goal 3 that focuses on college readiness in Math and English Language Arts/Reading.
- Consent Agenda – The Consent Agenda is a group of routine or previously discussed items approved together at one time.
A. Trustees voted 5-0 to approve minutes of past meetings; bills for payment; Texas Education Agency alternate approver for the superintendent; a low attendance waiver; Region 18 ESC cooperative purchasing program; list of T-TESS and T-PESS appraisers; the calendar for T-TESS and T-PESS appraisals; Memorandums of Understanding with Odessa College for the early college high schools and dual credit courses; an agreement with Communities in Schools; and a contract with College Board.
- Action Items
A. Trustees voted 5-0 to approve purchases over $50,000. This month’s list includes two sets of roofing bids (for LBJ Elementary, Sam Houston Elementary and the Chancellor House), and Domino’s pizza for secondary school cafeterias.
B. Trustees voted 5-0 to approve hazardous area designations. The Hazardous Area Designation is defined as an area within two miles of a school with a transportation hazard like railroad tracks or high traffic thoroughfare. Things that would preclude a student from walking to school. With these designations, the school district is eligible to receive an addition 10% funding for transportation.
C. Trustees voted 5-0 to approve the 2019-20 Employee Handbook.
D. Trustees voted 5-0 to approve the 2019-20 Student Handbook and Student Code of Conduct.
- There was no closed session.
- Information items.
The meeting adjourned at 6:51 p.m.