NOTICE OF A REGULAR MEETING

Board of Trustees

Carthage Independent School District

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

6:30 P.M.

 

A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Carthage Independent School District will be held on November 20, 2007, beginning at 6:30 p.m., in the Boardroom at #1 Bulldog Drive, Carthage, Texas.

 

The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed below. 

 

Items do not have to be taken in the order as shown on this meeting notice.  Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time.

 

1.   Consent Agenda

a. Minutes of the October 16, 2007, Special and Regular Board Meeting

b. Accounts Payable

c.  Budget

d.  Cash and Investments

e.  Tax Report

f.  Cafeteria Report

g. Transportation

h.  Enrollment

      2.   Set Workshop Date to Develop Evaluation

3.  Chapter 41 Partners

4.  Appraisal District’s Board of Directors for 2008-2009 Term

      5.   Maintenance Project Report

      6.   Stadium

      7.   Update on Restrooms at Softball Field

      8.   Presentation by Band Director – Update, Performance, Plan of Action 

      9.   Second Reading on Localized Update 81 (LOCAL) Policy Changes

          A                            (LEGAL)                REPLACE TABLE OF CONTENTS

            AE                           (LEGAL)                ADD POLICY

            BAA                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BBA                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BBB                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BBD                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BBFA                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BDAE                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BDAE                     (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BE                           (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BJA                         (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            BQ                          (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            C                             (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            CFA                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            CH                          (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            CHE                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            CKD                       (LEGAL)                ADD POLICY

            CMD                      (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            CNA                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            D                             (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DBA                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DBAA                    (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DBD                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DC                          (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DC                          (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DEA                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DF                           (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DG                          (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DGBA                    (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DGBA                    (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            DMA                      (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EB                           (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EHAB                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EHBG                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EHBK                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EHDD                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EJ                            (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EK                           (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            EKC                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            F                              (LEGAL)                REPLACE TABLE OF CONTENTS

            FD                           (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FD                           (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FDB                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FDD                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FEA                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FEA                        (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FEB                         (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FEC                         (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FEC                         (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FFAB                      (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FFH                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FFH                        (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FL                           (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FNA                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FNAB                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FOC                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FODA                     (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            FOE                        (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            GBA                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            GBAA                    (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            GKC                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            GKC                       (LOCAL)                REPLACE POLICY

            GKG                       (LEGAL)                REPLACE POLICY

               GKG                        (LOCAL)                DELETE POLICY

 

    10.    Personnel

   

   

 

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE

 CARTHAGE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

 BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of November 2007, the Board of Education of Carthage Independent School District will hold a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Carthage Independent School District Administration Building, #1 Bulldog Drive, Carthage, Texas 75633.  The subjects to be discussed are listed on the agenda, which is attached to and made a part of this notice.

 

If during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the Board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Section 551, Subchapters D and E of Texas Government Code § 418.183(f). Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting.  All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in Open Meeting.  [See BEC (LEGAL)]

 

Texas Government Code Section:

 

551.71   Private consultation with the Board’s attorney.

551.72   Discussing purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.

551.73   Discussing negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations.

551.74   Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against personnel.

551.75   To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask

            questions.

551.76   Considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of security

            personnel or devices.

551.82  Considering discipline of a public school child, or complaint or charge against

            personnel.

551.83  Considering the standards, guidelines, terms, or conditions the Board will follow,   

            or will instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives   

            of employee groups.

551.84  Excluding witnesses from a hearing.

 

Should any final action, final decision, or final vote be required in the opinion of the School Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed session, then the final action, final decision, or final vote shall be either:

 

(a)     in the open meeting covered by the Notice upon the reconvening of the public meeting; or

(b)    at a subsequent public meeting of the School Board upon notice thereof; as the School Board shall determine.

 

On this 16th day of November 2007, this notice was faxed to the news media that has previously requested such notice and an original copy was posted on the window of the School District Administration Building at 10:00 a.m., on said date.

 

 

                                                                       

Reba Allison, Superintendent