Marlin ISD

MINUTES

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MARLIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Administration Building - 7:00 P.M.

February 15, 2005

CALL TO ORDER
1. The meeting was called to order by President, Lowanda Washington, at 7:04 P.M.
2. Invocation was given by Roger Nutt.
3. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Justin Tobias and Daniel Drews, members of Future Farmers of America.
4. Roll call: Ms. Lowanda Washington, Mr. Roger Nutt, Mrs. Byrleen Terry, Mr. Terry Douglas and Ms. Sonja Washington.
Absent: Mr. Danny Vickers
5. Public comments/audience participation: Tawnya Nail, Elementary School Assistant Principal and mother of a first and third grader, spoke as a parent regarding school safety.

Bill(s) from The Chicken Place - Motion by Mr. Roger Nutt, seconded by Ms. Sonja Washington, to approve the bills from The Chicken Place. The motion carried unanimously.

Consent Agenda - Motion by Mrs. Byrleen Terry, seconded by Mr. Terry Douglas, to approve the consent
agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously. Consent agenda items: minutes of the January 18, 2005 regular meeting and February 10, 2005 Special Called Meeting and monthly financial report.

Contractor for Construction of Field House - Michael Marrs with Michael Marrs Architects, Inc. reported to the Board on the negotiation with contractor Bobby Radle. He gave some options that could be deleted from Mr. Radle's base bid to make negotiated construction cost. After discussion a motion by Mr. Roger Nutt, seconded by Mrs. Byrleen Terry, to accept proposal from Bobby Radle, add back the cost for upstairs storage to make negotiated price of $885,000. The motion carried unanimously.

Accept Proposal for Insurance Coverage - Motion by Mr. Roger Nutt, seconded by Mrs. Byrleen Terry, to accept proposal from Key & Piskuran Insurance Agency for Property/Inland Marine, Liability, Auto & Commercial
General Liability Insurance and Errors and Omissions Insurance as follows:
Great American- Property w/terrorism- $54,527
Texas Asso. Of Public School- Crime- $ 1,021
General Liability- $ 2,038
Educators' Legal Liability- $ 5,915
State Farm Insurance Vehicle- $12,087
The motion carried unanimously.

Resolution Extending Depository Contract - Motion by Mr. Terry Douglas, seconded by Ms. Sonja Washington, to adopt the Board Resolution extending depository contract with First State Bank Central Texas, Marlin Branch for funds of Marlin ISD an additional two-year term effective from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007. The motion carried unanimously.

Call for Trustee Election - Motion by Mr. Roger Nutt, seconded by Mrs. Byrleen Terry, to authorize an election tobe held on Saturday, May 7, 2005 for four school trustee positions, Single Member District A, C and two At-Large. The motion carried unanimously.

President Washington then announced the number of credit hours for each Board member. They are as follows: Lowanda Washington-19.25 hours; Roger Nutt-14.50 hours; Byrleen Terry-15.00 hours; Terry Douglas-14.50 hours; Danny Vickers-9.50 hours; and Sonja Washington-18.25 hours.

Resolution - Agents of the Board for Trustee Election- Motion by Mrs. Byrleen Terry, seconded by Ms. Sonja Washington, to approve Resolution naming Tom Simpson, Elizabeth Davidson and Janet Jones as agents of the
Board for the May 7th Trustee Election. The motion carried unanimously.

Early & Alternate Judges & Judges & Clerks for Districts - Motion by Ms. Sonja Washington, seconded by Mr. Terry Douglas to approve Tom Simpson as early voting judge, Elizabeth Davidson as alternate and the list of judges and clerks as presented. The motion carried unanimously.
The following is the list of judges and clerks:

A Vera Earl Judge and Ruth Jean Peoplesand Shirley Hawkins as clerks

B Marshall Hayes, Judge and Basil Margoitta and J. D. Phipps as clerks

C Gary Herwald, Judge and Lisa Erskine and Brian Bailey as clerks

D Annie Williams as Judge and Eloise Diles and Charlene Prince as clerks

E Maria Curry as Judge and Helen McCullough and LaTonja Taplin as clerks

Discussion Item- Special Campus Intervention Team Report - Ruth Meggs, Leader of the Special Campus Intervention Team, presented a handout to the Board showing pictures of students in action and information on TAKS preparation and student achievement. She stated a report has been sent to TEA on what has been done to move our student achievement forward. Mrs. Meggs commended the staff for their hard work.

Discussion Item- TELPAS - Deana Fink gave a presentation on the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS). Each Board member was presented a handout and Mrs. Fink reviewed the contents. Questions were asked by Board members. Superintendent Hopkins commended Mrs. Fink for her work and efforts on ESL (English as a Second Language).

Discussion Item- Performance Pay - Superintendent Hopkins presented a handout to the Board on performance pay. She asked the Board to review it and give her some feedback.

Supt. Report - Superintendent Hopkins reported the following to the Board: 1)update on sale of WADA.

Closed Session - The Board went into Closed Session at 7:56 P.M.

The Board came out of Closed Session and reconvened to Open Session at 8:46 P.M.

Supt. Appraisal, Goals, Directives, Compensation, etc. -No action was taken on this item.

Extension & Renewal of Administrative Personnel Contracts - Motion by Mr. Roger Nutt, seconded by Ms. Sonja Washington, to accept recommendation for contract extensions until June 30, 2007 for thefollowing administrators and twelve month athletic coordinators: Jo Ann Garrison, Dale Bohannon, Bill Almond, Gene Hicks, Tom Cannon, Tawnya Nail, Rockney Terry, Chuck Kautzer, Jerry Malone, William Nail and Charles Vincent. Also contract extension to include the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years for Marilyn Martin and a two year term contract as FEC DAEP principal for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years for Dan Falls. Also accept recommendation for contract renewal until June 30, 2007 for Deana Fink. The motion carried unanimously.

Extension of FEC Director Contract - Motion by Mrs. Byrleen Terry, seconded by Mr. Roger Nutt, to accept recommendation for contract extension until June 30, 2008 for Steve Holland. The motion carried unanimously.

Personnel Resignation - Motion by Mr. Terry Douglas, seconded by Ms. Sonja Washington, to accept resignation
from James Beeson. The motion carried unanimously.

Board Comments :

Roger Nutt - None
Terry Douglas - None
Sonja Washington - None
Byrleen Terr - None
Lowanda Washington - Good Luck Tuesday! (Test Day)

Adjourned President Washington adjourned the meeting at 8:50 P.M.

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