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Board Agenda: Monday, April 11, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.

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Posted: Friday, April 8, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

TEMPLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

April 11, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.

Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Temple Independent

School District will be held on Monday, April 11, 2016 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Joe Everton

Conference Room of the TISD Central Administration Offices, 200 North 23rd

Street, Temple, Texas.

The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action might be taken are as

follows, but items will not necessarily be taken in the order shown:

Page

Contact Number

I. DECLARE QUORUM: 6:00 P.M. Steve Wright

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. PUBLIC FORUM

IV. BOARD PRESIDENT’S REPORT Steve Wright

A. Future Items of Discussion 3

V. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT Robin Battershell

A. National Merit Finalist Recognition Jason Mayo 3

B. Power Lifting State Recognition Scott Stewart 3

C. Stand Up for Texas Public Schools Recognition Robin Battershell 3

1. Baylor Scott & White

2. Panel Specialists, Inc. (PSI)

3. Professional Datasolutions Inc. (PDI)

4. TMS Hydraulics, Inc.

D. Communities In Schools Update Michael Dewees 3, 18-22

E. Bond Rating Presentation Kent Boyd 3 x

F. Student Services Dashboard Presentation Scott Moger 3-4

G. Academics, Behavior, Attendance Goals’ Update 4-8

VI. ACTION ITEMS

A. Human Resources Robin Battershell\

1. Consideration for Approval of 2015-2016 Personnel Joe Palmer 9, 23

2. Consideration for Approval of Superintendent’s 9

Recommendations regarding Employment and Contract

Status of Administrative Professional Personnel

- Re-employ Probationary Contract Employees

- Terminate Probationary Contract Employees

- Renew Term Contract Employees

- Propose Nonrenewal of Term Contract Employees

B. Student Services Scott Moger

1. Demonstration of Transfer Process on TISD Website 9, 24-27


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C. Curriculum and Instruction Bobby Ott

D. Finance and Facilities Kent Boyd

1. Consideration for Approval for Geo-Technical and Materials 9

Testing Firm

E. Board Committee Reports

1. Facilities Committee Update Steve Wright

a. Committee Meeting held March 31, 2016 9-11

b. Next Committee Meeting – April 28, 2016 11

2. Policy Committee Update Virginia Suarez

a. Committee Meeting held March 30, 2016 11-12

b. Next Committee Meeting – April 27, 2016 12

c. Consideration for Approval of Temple ISD 12-13, 28

Board Policy DMD (Local) - Professional Development –

Professional Meetings and Visitations

VII. CONSENT ITEMS

Consideration for Approval of the following group of items:

A. Approval of the Tax Abatement Agreement with the City of Robin Battershell13, 29-30

Temple and LSB Broadcasting, Inc. dba KCEN-TV, but may not

Participate in the Tax Abatement as Outlined in the Agreement

B. Budget Amendment #09 Kallen Vaden 13-14

C. Purchase over $50,000

1. 2017 C3402 Conventional Bus, 77 Passenger Patrick Cain 14-15

2. Replacement of Flooring at Hector P. Garcia, Raye-Allen, Ken Wolf 15-16

and Kennedy-Powell Elementary

D. Approval to Attend the UIL One-Act Play Competition at Catrina Lotspeich 16

San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX, April 21-23, 2016

E. Approval to Attend the UIL Academic Competition in Catrina Lotspeich 16

Magnolia, TX, April 22-23, 2016

F. Approval to Attend the International Thespian Competition in Catrina Lotspeich 16-17

Lincoln, Nebraska, June 18-27, 2016

G. Minutes: Robin Battershell

1. Regular Meeting, March 21, 2016 – 6:00 p.m. 17, 31-39

2. Special Meeting, March 28, 2016 – 8:00 a.m. 17, 40-41

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act (Subchapters D and E of Ch. 551, Texas

Government Code), the board may enter closed meeting to deliberate any subject authorized by

Subchapter D that is listed on the agenda for this meeting. Any final action, decision, or vote on a

subject deliberated in closed meeting will be taken in an open meeting held in compliance with the

Texas Open Meetings Act.


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Agenda Item IV.

Board President’s Report

A. Future Items of Discussion

Item V.

Superintendent’s Report

A. National Merit Finalist Recognition - The Faculty and Staff of Temple High School would like to

recognize Parth Gupta for achieving National Merit Finalist status. All winners of Merit

Scholarship awards (Merit Scholar designees) will be chosen from the Finalist group, based on

their abilities, skills, and accomplishments without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or

religious preference. A variety of information is available for NMSC selectors to evaluate the

Finalist's academic record, information about the school's curricula and grading system, two sets

of test scores, school official's written recommendation, information about the student's activities

and leadership, and the Finalist's own essay. Beginning in March and continuing to mid-June,

NMSC notifies approximately 7,400 Finalists at their home addresses that they have been selected

to receive a Merit Scholarship® award.

B. Power Lifting State Recognition – Temple Girls Powerlifting had a great year. Out team was led

by Timmea Joiner and Erica Garcia. These two girls worked extremely hard and earned spots at

the regional meet where they competed very well. Timmea took 1st place in her weight class at

Regionals and set a record with a deadlift of 440 lbs. Erica finished 2nd and had to pull 295 lbs

on her final lift to qualify. The state meet was a first for Erica and something that she has wanted

since narrowly missing out last year. Erica did a great job at the state meet and set personal

records in two out of her three lifts and finished in 13th place. Timmea was on a mission all year

after finishing in the top ten last year at the state meet. She did a great job and pulled 440 lbs on

her second attempt on deadlift to break the previous record of 415 lbs. Later, on her third attempt

she decided she wanted to go for the total record and pulled 455 lbs on deadlift to break her

previous record of 440 and set a new total record of 1055.

C. Stand Up for Texas Public Schools Recognition – The following companies will be recognized

for their generous support of students, teachers, staff, and the schools at large.

1. Baylor Scott & White

2. Panel Specialists, Inc.

3. Professional Datasolutions Inc.

4. TMS Hydraulics, Inc.

This recognition is sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards. On behalf of their

Board of Directors as well as Temple ISD, we thank them for serving as role models in our

community.

D. Communities In Schools Update - Mr. Michael Dewees, Executive Director for Communities In

Schools (CIS), will present a power point presentation sharing results and statistics on students

served by CIS in Temple ISD. A copy of the presentation is included in the board packet.

E. Bond Rating Presentation – Mr. Kent Boyd, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations,

will present a power point presentation that was shown to the rating agencies on Tuesday, March

22, 2016. They were Standard & Poor and Fitch Ratings.

F. 2015-2016 Department of Student Services Dashboard Presentation

The Student Services Department consists of eight departments with approximately 180


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employees with the majority being bus-drivers and afterschool ACE staff. The individual

departments are overseen by the outstanding leadership of the directors, coordinators and

personnel shown below:

Andi Haynes, Director of Health Services

Fran Smetana, Director of Parent Involvement and the ACE Afterschool Program

Dr. Lisa Diserens, Director of Accountability, Assessment & PIEMS

Nancy Preston, Director of Temple ISD Counseling Services

Patrick Cain, Director of Transportation

Dr. Nichole Riley, Coordinator of Student Interventions/Section 504

Roy Pitrucha, Temple ISD SRO and Safety Officer

Paige Mungia, Barbara Welsh and Sean Yepez, Truancy Officers

Dr. Scott Moger, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services works with the respective

directors, coordinator and staff in the oversight of the departments. Dr. Moger’s responsibilities

include handling first calls into the Administration Building involving parent or community

questions, Board and District Policy development and training, Student, Parent & Community

Grievances, In-District & Out-of-District transfers, annual publication of the Student Code of

Conduct and Campus Handbooks, serving as the District Hearing Officer for expulsions, working

issues with principals involving students and parents, leading the Assistant Principals Meetings,

District Foundations Team Meetings with Dr. Riley, District Attendance Team Meetings and

Policy Committee Meetings. The Student Services Department will discuss the departments

2015-2016 goals and objectives and show the departmental dashboard measuring progress toward

goals.

G. Attendance, Behavior, Academics Goals’ Update –

Marilyn and I submitted the session title for the June TASB Board workshop on Thursday.

Instruction

The TEF Student Recognition on Monday evening was once again a classy affair. Thank you

Jennifer and Dan for being there. If others of you were there, I am sorry that I missed you. Kelli

and Mike Sames, former TEF members, coordinate this event. Lydia Gaines, co-chairs, and will

take over this function of the TEF in 2 years. Good transition program.

Texas Bio Science Cording: April 20, Wed. 7 PM, Mary Alice Marshall on TC Campus.

The P20 met on Tuesday. This has become a powerhouse.

Summer Externship Opportunities - 20 teachers, $500 each for 1 week externship. Information

coming through P20 or Workforce Solutions within the next few days. Teachers can select the

externship or Workforce Solutions can do this.

CCRS Fall Conference – October 21, 7:30-3:30 @ WilsonArt Manufacturing in Temple. $15

Registration Fee.

2016-2017 Career Days

Temple College – TBD

CTC – Feb. 24, 2017

We launched the Co-hort 2 class for the Go2Work program last week. This has been a difficult

one to get going. We have mentors, we have curriculum, but getting students is difficult. We


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have 2 that are remaining and will begin working tonight. If these 2 keep their jobs, then we have

made strides. If they don’t, I will probably give it one more co-hort in the Fall and then consider

whether or not to continue the program.

Student Services

The United Way Carnival last Saturday was wonderful once again, raising the same amount of

revenue as last year. I presented United Way the check at the Board meeting today. Thank you

Steve and Jennifer for coming. The Facebook page run by Templite, Hunter Wellen, Discover

Temple Texas, posted some wonderful comments including one lengthy one that said how much

the family enjoyed the event, it was cheap, fun and they will return next year.

Based upon HB 5, we have conducted an end-of-year survey for parents/community, staff, and

students each year. Only the parent/community study is required by law. We retooled this this

week, and I am pleased. Secondly, because we have had extensive conversations with faculty on

the retention plan, we will not do a faculty survey this year. Thirdly, we will use the survey that

the Superintendent’s Student Advisory developed for the student survey. Slick solution!

Human Resources

Finance and Operations

I wanted to provide some additional information as a follow-up to our discussion last Thursday at

the Facilities Committee Meeting in regard to the HVAC cost differential between various

systems at the new Thornton. That differential is not the purported $1M. Please read below.

The cost between Jefferson and Dearing (Pflugerville) Elementary Schools are comparable to one

another in both detail and scope. Jefferson’s cost was $20.19/SF by comparison to Dearing at

$23.21/SF. This suggests that the cost of geothermal systems are more expensive that multi-zone

rooftop units which would be anticipated. However, the cost delta is smaller than totals would

indicate. In addition to the difference of systems, Dearing also has an air monitoring system that

Jefferson does not. This system has a cost of $229,824 or $2.46/SF. Removing this system from

Dearing would lower its cost to $20.75/SF.

Per Kent’s research here is a cost comparison between HVAC systems at Jefferson and Dearing.

This is excellent information.

Jefferson (Completed

9/13)

HVAC Total Cost –

Multi-Zone Rooftop

System

$1,738,106

Dearing (Completed

9/14)

HVAC Total Cost –

GeoThermal

$2,166,980

Difference in Total

System

$428,874

Adjusted Difference for

2% Annual Inflation from

2013-2014

($34,762)

Difference in Total Cost

After Inflation Factor

Adjustment

$394,112

Utility Cost Analysis


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(consideration for full

Net-Zero readiness at

Dearing removed for

conservative estimate)

Jefferson $81,283 per year

Dearing $59,180

Annual Savings $22,103

Payback based upon

$394,112/$22,103

17.8 yrs.

Steve has sent some questions to Barry and as of this writing I have not received those answers.

April 2016

Important Dates

Date Event Department

March 31-

April 2

Temple Jazz Festival Temple College (Performance Times posted on FA

website) Fine Arts

April 1 THS Theater UIL Bi-District One Act Play Contest Time TBA College

Station Fine Arts

April 2 United Way Carnival 11:00 – 3:00 Temple High School District Wide

April 2 & 4 THS HS UIL Academic District Contest University HS Temple HS

April 4 Supt./Asst. Supt. Monthly Meeting 8:30 CAO Asst. Supts.

April 4 Elementary Curriculum Cadres 3:30-5:30 FHAO Conference Center Elementary

Education

April 4 2016 TEF Academic Recognition 6:30 – First United Methodist Church TEF

April 4 – 8 1-5 Wildfacts #6 Elementary

Education

April 5 P20 Meeting 9:00 CTCOG, Belton Supt.

April 5 6th and 7

th Big Ideas Math Teacher Training 3:00-6:00 FHAO Room 5

Secondary

Education

April 5 PAC Meeting 3:00 FHAO Room 6 Counseling

Services

April 5 CPI Refresher Training AM & PM Sessions FHAO Conference Center District Wide

April 6 P20 Strategic Alliances 8:30 CAO Supt.

April 6 8

th and Algebra 1 Big Ideas Math Teacher Training 3:00-6:00 FHAO Room

5

Secondary

Education

April 6 C & I meeting 9:00 FHAO Room 6 C & I

April 7 Kennedy-Powell 1st Grade Production of Peter Rabbit 6:00 KP Cafeteria Fine Arts

April 7- 8 THS Theater UIL Area One Act Play Contest Time TBA Tomball Fine Arts

April 8 Select CTE Students to tour HEB Distribution Center CTE

April 8-9 TBRI Training Seminar – 9:00 – 4:00 Meridith-Dunbar Auditorium District Wide


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April 8 Bluebonnet Extravaganza (ES & MS Library Services) 9:00-11:00 Temple

Public Library Special Programs

April 8 Bell County Superintendents’ Meeting – 11:30 TAMUCT Supts.

April 11 McLane Children’s Hospital Advisory Committee Meeting – 9:00 – McLane

Children’s Hospital Supt.

April 11 GT Training Research Ideas for Gifted Learners 1-5 3:30-5:30 FHAO

Conference Center

Elementary

Education

April 11 ArtWorks Reception – Featuring Artwork from TISD Students 5:30-7:00

CAC Fine Arts

April 11 TISD Regular School Board Meeting 6:00 CAO Board Room School Board

April 12 Elementary Principal Roundtable 11:00-1:00 FHAO Elementary Education

Office

Elementary

Education

April 12-13 THS Band UIL Concert/Sight-Reading Festival Times on Website

Copperas Cove HS Fine Arts

April 12 Student Services Committee Meeting – 1:00 FHAO Room6 Student Services

April 13 Public Relations Committee Meeting 8:30 CAO PR Committee

April 13 Health Services Staff Meeting 3:30 FHAO Room 6 Health Services

April 14 PEIMS Meeting 8:00 FHAO Room 5 Student Records

April 14 MS Choir UIL Concert/Sight-Reading Festival Times on Website Belton

HS Fine Arts

April 14 Thornton 1st Grade Production 6:00 Thornton Cafeteria Fine Arts

April 14 Advanced Academics ELAR Vertical Team Meeting 4:30-5:30 FHAO Secondary

Education

April 14 CPI Training 8:00-5:00 FHAO Conference Center District Wide

April 15 TEF Executive Board Meeting 8:00 Dickson TEF

April 15 SPED Support Staff Meeting 8:00-2:00 FHAO Conference Center SPED

April 15 Soft Skills Presentation/Lesson to CTE Students from Leadership Temple CTE

April 16 TISD Job Fair 9:00 – 11:30 Temple High School Human Resources

April 16 TISD MS Band Solo & Ensemble Contest All Day Bonham MS Fine Arts

April 18-29 2 Math Benchmark 1, 2 Reading Benchmark 1 Testing Window

Elementary

Education

April 18-

May 20 TPRI/Tejas LEE, mClass Testing Window

Elementary

Education

April 18 –

June 10 TISD Transfer Window District Wide

April 18 TEF Regular Board Meeting 12:00 Dickson TEF

April 18 Early Childhood Partnership Meeting 5:30 Meridith-Dunbar C & I

April 19 AP/Counselor Meeting 3:30 FHAO Room 5 District Wide

April 19 THS Choirs UIL Concert/Sight-Reading Festival Times on Website

Harker Heights HS Fine Arts


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April 19 TEDC Meeting 10:00 TEDC Supt.

April 19 Western Hills Kinder Program 5:45 Western Hills Cafeteria Fine Arts

April 19-20 Pre-K Round Up 8:00 – 4:00 Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy District Wide

April 20 Advanced Academics Social Studies Vertical Team Meeting 4:30-5:30

FHAO Room 5

Secondary

Education

April 20 Texas Bioscience Institute - Silver Cording Ceremony (honoring the 2015-16

class) 7:00 Temple College Mary Alice Performing Arts Center THS

April 21 Spring Athletic Physicals Athletics

April 21 Pre-K Round Up 8:00 – 7:00 Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy District Wide

April 21 DEIC Meeting 4:15-5:45 FHAO Conference Center Special Programs

April 21- 22 THS Theater UIL Region One Act Play Contest Time TBA San Jacinto

College Fine Arts

April 22 Annual ROTC Dining Out 6:00 VFW Hall THS

April 23 TISD MS/Elem Orchestra Solo & Ensemble Contest All Day Temple HS Fine Arts

April 23 THS HS UIL Academic Region Contest Magnolia HS Temple HS

April 25 Student/Staff Holiday - Bad Weather Day District Wide

April 25-

May 20 K-5 STAR-E Testing Window

Elementary

Education

April 26 Superintendent’s Department Meeting 10:30 CAO Supts. Office

April 27 Wildcat Mentor Board Meeting 8:30 Dickson District Wide

April 27 Central Texas Incredible Kids Celebration 11:30 Bell County Expo Center-

Assembly Hall District Wide

April 27 School Board Policy Committee Meeting 4:00 CAO School Board

April 27 Advanced Academics Science Vertical Team Meeting 4:30-5:20 FHAO

Room 5

Secondary

Education

April 28 School Board Facilities Committee Meeting 7:30 CAO School Board

April 28 Bilingual Esperanza Training 8:00 FHAO Room 28 Bil/ESL

April 28 Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting 11:30 Chamber Office Supt.

April 28 Leadership Training Cohort 4:15 CAO Human Resources

April 29 THS Dance/Kitten Spring Show 7:00 THS Auditorium Fine Arts

April 29 CAO Staff Meeting 1:00 CAO Supt.


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Agenda Item VI.A.1.

Personnel

The list of personnel recommendations is attached. We are requesting approval of the campus site

based recommendations as brought forth by the Superintendent.

Recommendation: Approve the 2015-2016 Personnel per distributed list.

Agenda Item VI.A.2.

Consideration for Approval of Superintendent’s Recommendations regarding Employment and

Contract Status of Administrative Professional Personnel

- Re-employ Probationary Contract Employees

- Terminate Probationary Contract Employees

- Renew Term Contract Employees

- Propose Nonrenewal of Term Contract Employees

A list of recommendations is provided in the board packet under separate cover.

Recommendation: Approve the Superintendent's recommendations regarding employment and

contract status of administrative professional personnel.

Agenda Item VI.B. 1.

Presentation of the 2016-2017 Online Transfer Process

Parents who request to transfer their student to another campus in lieu of their zoned campus will be

able to make their request online for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year. This is a change from

previous years as Temple ISD has used paper transfer request forms. All transfer requests, including

K-12 and Academy will be accepted April 18, 2016 through June 10, 2016. All transfer requests this

year must be submitted online and will be available here on this website beginning April 18th. Online

request can also be submitted at the Temple ISD Central Administration Office located at 200 N. 23rd

Street using Temple ISD computer located in the Student Services Department. Dr. Moger will

present the new transfer process.

Recommendation: None. Information only.

Agenda Item VI.D. 1.

Consideration for Approval for Geo-Technical and Materials Testing Firm

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be opened on Monday, April 11 and reviewed by

administrators. A recommendation will be brought forth Monday at the board meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Recommendation: Approve the Geo-Technical and Materials Testing Firm.

Agenda Item VI.E. 1.a.

Committee Meeting held February 25, 2016

The committee met on Thursday, March 31 2016. A copy of the minutes is listed below.

BOARD FACILITIES COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF MEETING

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Members Present: Steve Wright – Chair, Dan Posey, Jennifer Davis

Staff Present: Robin Battershell, Kenneth Wolf

Others Present: Barry Nebhut – Stantec


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The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m.

A. Downtown Building Update and Discussion

Stantec has met recently with community partners concerning plans for a downtown building. Stantec

has also presented conceptual layouts to TISD administration for its building. The administration is

currently soliciting input from staff concerning the plans and will have a follow-up meeting with

Stantec soon to discuss those comments.

B. 2015 Bond Timeline

Mr. Wolf presented an updated master schedule for the bond process. The schedule includes each

project, the contractor and/or delivery method for each project and the anticipated budget amount and

duration for each project.

Mr. Nebhut presented the latest draft of the Thornton Elementary project. The draft included floor

plans and external renderings. Stantec has had several meetings recently with the Thornton principal

and other TISD administrative staff members to work on the plans. Additional meetings will be

scheduled within the next couple of weeks to address the proposed geothermal system and to continue

to fine-tune plan details.

Finally, Mr. Nebhut briefly discussed the drainage project on the Temple High School campus. More

information about that project will be presented at the next committee meeting.

C. Staff Housing Options

Dr. Battershell provided an update of employee housing options. She and Matthew Leblanc have met

recently with local realtors and will schedule future meetings with various apartment complexes to

discuss the potential of rental discounts and/or waivers for District staff.

D. Lamar Middle School Road

Mr. Boyd has spoken with Kayla Landeros, City of Temple attorney, about acquiring a small section

of property near the Lamar campus. Mrs. Landeros indicated that the property, officially listed as an

extension of Thompson Avenue, can probably be deeded to the District without much difficulty. She

and Mr. Boyd will continue to work through this process.

E. Vacant Buildings

Mr. Boyd has spoken recently with the “Citizens for Progress” concerning property availability at the

Bethune campus. While the administration is not willing to rent the school building itself at the

moment, he has offered to lease the double-room portable to their organization for a very nominal

amount. He will be meeting with them on-site in early April to discuss the possibility further.

Concerning the other vacant buildings across the District, the administration will be developing long-

range plans for each of those facilities.

F. Briefing of Rating Agency Interviews


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Dr. Battershell discussed the recent interviews with two bond rating agencies, in preparation for the

bond sale scheduled in April. Representatives with both Fitch and Standard & Poor’s met with

administrative staff on March 22, as part of the credit rating evaluation process. Both interviews were

very favorable. The administration will be presenting the information at the April board meeting.

G. Summer Flooring Projects

Mr. Wolf presented bid results for the summer flooring projects at Kennedy-Powell, Hector P. Garcia

and Raye-Allen. He was very pleased with the pricing which came in significantly under the budgeted

amounts at around $220,000. The complete bid tabulation will be brought to the April board meeting

for consideration.

H. Transportation Facility

Mr. Nebhut presented plans for the proposed new transportation facility. Currently, the transportation

department utilizes four connected portables for offices, training spaces, and breakroom/restroom

facilities. While the administration does not have sufficient funding to replace all portables now with

a new structure, they have discussed plans with Stantec to construct a facility to house all of the offices

at this time. That would allow the District to remove two of the portables. The administration has

about $500,000 available in remaining 2011 Bond funds for this project.

Mr. Wolf discussed the logistics of moving the staff into a temporary double-portable during

construction, which should take about nine months. Stantec will bring refined plans to the April

committee meeting and then to the full board for approval at the May meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 a.m.


Agenda Item VI.E. 1.b.

Next Committee Meeting – Thursday, April 28, 2016 – 7:30 a.m.


Agenda Item VI.E 2.a.

Policy Committee Update

Committee Meeting held March 30, 2016

The committee met on Wednesday, March 30, 2016–4:00 p.m. A copy of the minutes is listed below.

Policy Committee Meeting Minutes

March 30, 2016

4:00 P.M.

Members Present: Dr. Battershell, Ronnie Gaines, Linell Davis, Dr. Moger and Beth Moore

Members Absent: Virginia Suarez and Shannon Gowan Others Attending: Joe Palmer

Called to Order: 4:15 PM

Review and Discuss Board Policy DMD (LOCAL) – Professional Development – Professional


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Meetings and Visitations

Dr. Moger stated in a review of Temple ISD policy DMD (LOCAL), the TISD Human Resources

Department recommends the following revisions to clarify employee approval and travel for their

service on voluntary boards and other entities outside of an employee’s normal job duties. Dr. Moger

mentioned that the policy has been reviewed for the past six months. Dr. Moger turned the

conversation over to Mr. Joe Palmer, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources to discuss.

Mr. Palmer stated there were two distinct pieces in the revision to policy DMD (LOCAL). The

first is to clarify professional personnel may indeed attend and participate in meetings, conferences,

boards and workshops that relate to their professional jobs of special interest to the employee with

superintendent approval. Secondly, Mr. Palmer mentioned that even though employees are granted

permission for attendance to these events with no salary deduction or loss of leave the events are not

considered part of the individual’s job duties. In making the changes below, Mr. Palmer stated that the

revision would free the district from additional coverage in the event of the employee having an

accident while traveling in a personal vehicle.

Vantage Points: A Board Member’s Guide to Update 104

Dr. Moger reviewed Update 104 and stated that Update 104 is the second of two post-legislative

updates, focusing primarily on amendments to the Administrative Code as a result of recent

legislation. Dr. Moger reviewed legal policies in the document that he felt would be of particular

interest to the Board of Trustees to include policies effecting the reporting requirements and changes

to district financial reports and audits, reports to the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC),

video and audio recording in special education settings, partial credit requirements for students who

are homeless or in foster care, credit-by-exam requirements for homeless students, substitutes for state

assessments, and wellness policy requirements.

Dr. Moger then reviewed specific local policies that were identified by TASB as needing revision

and were addressed in Update 104. There are six local policies that will be revised. The policies are

EEH (LOCAL), FB (LOCAL), FD (LOCAL), FEB (LOCAL), FFC (LOCAL) and FFH (LOCAL).

He said that he believes all of the policies can be brought to the Board Policy Committee in the April

meeting. Lastly, Dr. Moger said that the Update 104 Vantage Points was sent to all of the Assistant

Superintendents to review with their departments. Dr. Moger asked the Policy Committee if there

were any further questions. There were no further questions and the meeting was adjourned.

The Meeting was adjourned at 4:35 PM


Agenda Item VI.E. 2.b.

Next Committee Meeting –Wednesday, April 27, 2016 – 4:00 p.m.


Agenda Item VI.E. 2.c.

Consideration for Approval of Temple ISD Board Policy DMD (LOCAL) –

Professional Development – Professional Meetings and Visitations

In a review of Temple ISD policy DMD (LOCAL), the TISD Human Resources Department

recommends the following revisions to clarify service on voluntary boards and other entities outside of

an employee’s normal job duties. There are two district changes in the revised policy. The first is to

clarify professional personnel may indeed attend and participate in meetings, conferences, boards and

workshops that relate to their professional jobs of special interest to the employee with superintendent

approval. Secondly, even though employees are granted permission for attendance to these events


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with no salary deduction or loss of leave the events are not considered part of the individual’s job

duties. This change would free the district from any liability from having to attain additional

insurance coverage in the event of the employee having an accident while traveling in a personal

vehicle. A mark-up copy of DMD (LOCAL) is shown in the back of the Board Book.

Recommendation: Approve revision of Temple ISD Board Policy DMD (LOCAL) – Professional

Development – Professional Meetings and Visitations.

Consent Agenda Items VII.A through G, 1-2.

Consideration for Approval for the following group of items:

A. Approval of the Tax Abatement Agreement with the City of Temple and LSB Broadcasting,

Inc. dba KCEN-TV, but may not Participate in the Tax Abatement as Outlined in the

Agreement – A copy of the letter is included in the board packet from the City of Temple.

B. Budget Amendment #09 -

TEMPLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2015-16

Budget Amendment #09 Reference 6-0401:

Account Number Account Description Increase Decrease

199 E 36 6412 00 002 0 22 257 Student Travel – Fees & Meals – Ag Science 1,029

199 E 11 6399 00 002 0 22 258 Supplies – Instruction – Industrial Arts - CTE 200

199 E 11 6249 00 002 0 22 257 Misc Contracted Repair/Mtce – Ag Science 1,000

199 E 11 6268 00 002 0 22 257 Copier – Ag Science - CTE 29

199 E 61 6499 00 002 0 22 250 Advisory Council - CTE 200

Transfer within department budget to cover student travel.

Reference 6-0402:


199 E 31 6396 00 044 0 99 100 Furn/Equip/Sftwr <$5,000 –Counseling-Bonham 540

199 E 36 6399 00 044 0 99 145 Supplies – UIL – Bonham 52

199 E 36 6494 00 044 0 99 145 Student Travel – UIL – Bonham 200

199 E 36 6499 00 044 0 99 145 Other Oper – UIL – Bonham 225

199 E 13 6499 00 044 0 99 100 Other Oper – Staff Dev – Bonham 28

199 E 23 6411 00 044 0 99 100 Travel & Exp – Campus Admin – Bonham 5

199 E 23 6495 00 044 0 99 100 Membership Dues – Campus Admin - Bonham 30

Transfer within campus budget to consolidate remaining funds for end of year

purchases. Reference 6-0403:



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199 E 11 6494 00 041 0 99 758 Student Travel – Library – Lamar – Spec Prog 59

199 E 11 6494 00 042 0 99 758 Student Travel – Library – Travis – Spec Prog 59

199 E 11 6494 00 044 0 99 758 Student Travel – Library – Bonham – Spec Prog 59

199 E 12 6328 00 002 0 99 758 Library Books – THS – Spec Programs Dept 177

199 E 21 6499 00 999 0 30 781 Other Oper – Dept Admin – Special Programs 10

199 E 11 6399 00 999 0 30 781 Supplies – Instruction - Dyslexia 10

Transfer within program budget to cover campus activities and meeting needs.

Reference 6-0404:


199 E 11 6499 00 107 0 11 100 Other Oper – Instruction – Jefferson 200

199 E 11 6499 05 118 0 30 200 Other Oper – Tutoring – Garcia 200

199 E 13 6499 00 999 0 25 792 Other Oper – Staff Dev – Bil/ESL 400

Transfer among campus and department budgets to cover STAAR snacks.

Reference 6-0405:


199 E 11 6399 00 002 0 11 960 Supplies – Tech Plan – THS – Tech Plan 6,785

199 E 11 6399 20 999 0 11 960 Software – Misc Acquisitions & Upgrades 1,000

199 E 51 6299 00 999 0 99 343 Misc Contracted Svcs – Telecomm Evaluation 13,022

199 E 11 6396 00 102 0 11 960 Tech Equip<$5,000 – Cater – Tech Plan 3,500

199 E 11 6396 00 107 0 11 960 Tech Equip<$5,000 – Jefferson – Tech Plan 3,285

199 E 11 6396 00 118 0 11 960 Tech Equip<$5,000 – Garcia – Tech Plan 1,000

199 E 53 6249 52 729 0 99 343 Contracted Repair/Mtce – Local Networks 7,692

199 E 53 6319 50 729 0 99 343 Misc Supplies – Network – Tech Dept 5,000

199 E 53 6319 40 729 0 99 343 Misc Supplies – Servers – Tech Dept 330

Transfer within department budget to cover telecommunications and student supplies.

Reference 6-0406:


199 E 11 6112 00 999 0 11 751 Subs – Elem Ed 2,770

199 E 13 6411 00 999 0 99 751 Travel & Exp – Staff Dev – Elem Ed 2,770

Transfer within department budget to cover subs for TPRI testing.

C. Purchase Over $50,000

1. 2017 C3402 Conventional Bus, 77 Passenger

1- 2017 C3402 Conventional Bus (pb105)


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Transportation

1 - 77 passenger 276 wheelbase International School bus

Transportation of Temple ISD students during routes, trips

and other educational purposes

Buy Board Cooperative Purchasing

LONGHORN BUS SALES 6921 Homestead Road, Houston

TX. 77028

90,450.00 + 800 buy board (91,250.00 per unit)

Buy Board pricing, delivery time and availability of local

service. Standardizing units to lower maintenance costs.

4/13/2016

General budget

2. Replacement of flooring at Hector P. Garcia, Raye-Allen, and Kennedy-Powell

Elementary

Replacement of flooring at Hector P. Garcia, Raye-Allen,

and Kennedy-Powell Elementary.

Maintenance

Removal and replacement of approximately 90,000 square

feet of carpet and VCT Flooring

Renovate campuses


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Flooring Solutions

$219,093

District sent out a RFP on March 8th and opened bids on

March 29th

5/1/2016

2015 Bond Funds

Flooring Solutions provided the majority of the work in the

2011 bonds. Working for both American Constructors and

BWC.

D. Approval to Attend the UIL One-Act Play Competition at San Jacinto College in Pasadena,

TX, April 21-23, 2016 - THS students participated in the UIL One-Act Play Contest and

advanced from District, to Bi-District, Area, and Regional. Approximately 32 students will

travel by TISD school bus to Pasadena on Thursday, April 21st, along with 6 sponsors. On

Tuesday, April 21st, the OAP students will rehearse at San Jacinto College and then compete in

the UIL OAP Region Contest on Friday, April 22nd

. Students will return to Temple on

Saturday, April 23rd

, by TISD school bus. Those students who are competing in the Academic

UIL Competition will travel to Magnolia HS for that competition with Mrs. Tolleson and

sponsor. Post District budget funding – $9,050 (Estimate based on 32 students advancing to

UIL One-Act Play Contest). No further impact.

E. Approval to attend the UIL Academic Competition in Magnolia, TX - April 22-23, 2016 -

THS students participated in the Local UIL Academic Contest and advance to the Regional

UIL Academic Contest held in Magnolia at Magnolia High School. Some of the students will

be in Pasadena already for One-Act Play Contest and they will travel from the One Act Play

site to Magnolia HS with Mrs. Tolleson. Directors of other academic disciplines will travel to

Magnolia by rental vehicle with their students. The Math Team will travel on Friday, April

22nd

, as their contest starts early Saturday morning. They will stay in a hotel in Magnolia

overnight. The rest of the teams will travel to Magnolia on Saturday, April 23rd

. Students will

compete on Saturday, April 23rd

and return to Temple that evening. Post District budget

funding – $4500 (Estimate based on 17 students advancing to Regional Academic UIL

Competition). No further impact.

F. Approval to attend the International Thespian Competition in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 18-27,

2016 - THS Theatre students participated and won the Texas State Thespian Festival in 7

events. They will represent Texas and TISD at the International Contest in Nebraska. The

competition is scheduled from June 18-27, 2016. Temple was again named an all-star troupe.

This is a wonderful honor for our district and a great opportunity for our theatre arts students to

audition for scholarships, as well. This year, Temple High School has advanced more students

to this competition than any other school in the state of Texas. The group will depart from

Temple on June 18, 2016 and return on June 27, 2016. They will be caravanning to Nebraska

using 3 rental vehicles (2 12-passenger vans and 1 suburban). Post District budget funding -

Estimated: $11,000. 18 students, 4 adults – convention fees @ $500 approximately per person


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plus audition fees (includes 6 nights and breakfast each morning). The students will cover

costs of the hotels and meals in route. (Students must pay $350 per person to offset costs of

meals and items not covered by the budget.) No further impact.

G. Minutes are included in the board packet from the following Board meetings:

1. Regular Meeting, March 21, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.

2. Special Meeting, March 28, 2016 – 8:00 a.m.

Recommendation: Approve Consent Agenda Items VII.A through G, 1-2.

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