001[Music] All right, welcome everybody to our regularly scheduled board meeting July 15th, a little after 7. Call to order. Declaration of a quorum. Six members present, one absent. Welcome everybody. Welcome to the meeting of the College Station Independent School District Board of Trustees. We were elected at large to represent the interests of our community and our state in educating our students. Our mission for our students in this district is success each life, each day, each hour. We adhere to all pertinent laws, policies, and procedures in posting agendas and conducting our meetings. The detailed agenda information was made available to us at least 72 hours in advance. We've all come to this meeting informed and prepared. We've just completed a workshop meeting where we heard reports and discussed much of the information needed to make decisions
002in either this meeting or an upcoming meetings. Is a meeting of the seven tr this is a meeting of the seven trustees in a public setting rather than a public meeting. As such, public comment is included on the agenda at a specific time requires us to listen rather than take action so as to abide by the open meetings act. We're pleased that you have taken time this evening to join us. We're very proud of the school district and we thank you for your interest in and support of our students. Uh that'll bring us to pledge of allegiance. I think we have some students from the extended school year. Okay. You come up here. Okay. Hi, I'm Trese Medlock and I had the um honor of um being the ESY elementary coordinator this summer and so
003I have three um wonderful students that were with us in elementary and so um I'm going to let them introduce themselves. We got um to serve about 40 roughly 40 students in ESY um for elementary this year. You want to introduce yourself? >> Hello, my name is Terrence Alexander and I go to Creek View Elementary. I'm moving out your way. >> My name is Trenton Jefferson. I go to Creek View Elementary. My name is Prince Hawkins Peppa Creek Elementary. Good job. >> And I'm Margaret Michael. I was the coordinator for secondary. And I have Jeremiah Oh, here. Come here. I have Jeremiah Bell with us today. Keep it up, guys. >> Here. Okay. All right. >> Will you please stand for the pledge of allegiance? >> Ready? I pledge allegiance to the flag of United
004States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. stand for the Texas >> flag is to the Texas hate under God, unsivisible. >> Please join us for a moment of silence. Thank you. May be seated. [Applause] Just a little bit. Perfect. Okay. Big smiles, guys. >> One, two, three. >> Okay. [Applause] We want to recognize the artwork at the back of our boardroom from uh some of those kiddos from our extended school year. So, a lot of American flags, ice cream cones, what everything is about summer up here. So, we appreciate them. sharing those with us. Uh bring us item C3, recognize new staff. Miss Goulsby. >> Good evening. Dr. Hark Rider, board of trustees. I would like to introduce our new team
005members that are joining teaching and learning department. These are positions that were posted based on retirements. These are not new positions. The first one I would like to welcome is our director of federal and state programs, Jennifer Wood. Jennifer is an educator with over 20 years of experience in instruction, student assessment, and campus and district administration. She holds a bachelor's degree in a econ from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Mary Harden Baylor. Please welcome Jennifer Wood. >> Howdy. >> It's so nice to be back in a in a town where everyone knows what that means. Um I'm so excited to be here. I started July 1st. I had the opportunity to shadow Patty um before she retired and that was a huge help to this position.
006Um I've met a lot of great people already in College Station ISD. So, thank you for being so welcoming. I'm looking forward to serving the principles and the students um and to fulfill the mission of CSISD. I'd like to recognize um my daughter's here. Her name So, when I'm not at work, I'm chasing her around the volleyball court or the track or the basketball court. And then my mom, Lana Wood, she is in the pink. um shout out to her for always supporting me through this educ my career um and for um her journey this year. So, thank you. I love you guys. Our next new team member is our coordinator of advanced academics, Jeremy Day. Jeremy Day brings more than 26 years of educational experience in the classroom, campus, and district leadership positions. His
007previous roles include advanced academics coordinator, district reading, language arts and social studies specialist, an AP and IB teacher and coordinator. Most recently, he led the advanced academics program in McGomery ISD. We welcome Jeremy Day. >> I went to Trinity University, so please don't hold that against me. All the Aggies in the room. Um, my wife is here, Tiffany Day. She's my better half of uh I asked her 26 years I think we're at. So uh we met when I'm when we were 15 and I was not near as uh nice as I am now. So for her to be with me is fantastic and support me. Um but anyway serious on a serious note it's been fantastic. This is day two for me and I have met the best people like you guys are doing
008something special up here in College Station. So, um really excited um excited to lead the advanced academics uh program and to do some great things with our our students, teachers, and our parents. And uh my door is always open if anybody needs anything. And just thank you for the opportunity. So, our next new team member is our coordinator of school improvement, Dr. Chelsea Best. Dr. Best joins us from Brennham ISD with a decade of experience in education. She has served as an elementary science teacher, digital learning special specialist, and a curriculum coordinator in various districts. Dr. Best earned her bachelor degree of psychology from Angelo State University, a master's degree in educational technology from Arizona State University and her doctorate in school leadership from the University of Massachusetts Lowel. Dr. Bess, welcome. >> Thank you.
009So, I'm super excited to be joining CISD. This is where my family lives. I coach youth soccer, too. So, I'm really excited to support our students and our community. Thanks. [Applause] >> All right. Welcome everybody. Thank you'all for being here. Um, bring us item D1. I don't know that we have any board reports. Yes. Anything? Anything at all? >> I have one um just to add. 19 years ago today, I completely outkicked my coverage and married the love of my life who's a teacher in the school district. And where else would I rather be on the night of our anniversary than at a school board meeting. So, happy anniversary, Omarissa. I love you. Good for you. >> Yeah, we'll try to move through this for you. Um, okay. Anything else? Uh, Dr. Hark Rider, superintendent
010update. >> Yes, sir. Just some dates. Uh, obviously summer has went by super quick. It's been a great summer, but uh, they go by way too fast nowadays. Uh, July 28th through the 30th, all new teachers to CSISD will report. On July 31st, we have our, uh, summer graduation. So, we'll get that information out to you. It'll be 6:00 July 31st here in the boardroom. I believe that is a Thursday. August 1st, all staff returns to CSISD. That will be a teacher work day for them to kind of get their rooms ready and get prepared uh, for training. the next week and then our district convocation will be at Central Church on August the 7th. >> All right. Uh item E, we don't have any for the board meeting. Item F, consent agenda items are
011G, I4 through six, J1 through J19. That is all. Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion by Dr. Payne, second by Miss Eigie. Any further comments, discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion carries 6. Uh brings us item I1. Consider approval of an order of election authorizing a general election to be held November 4th, 2025 for the purpose of electing CSISD board of trustees position 3, four, and five by the qualified voters of College Station ISD. establishing voting early voting locations and vote centers for this election and making provisions for conducting the election. >> Motion to approve as presented. >> Second motion by Dr. Payne, second by Mr. Ben. Further discussion? All those in favor say I. >> All those opposed. Motion carries 6. I two consider approval
012of an interlocal government agreement between College Station Independence School District and Brazes County related to the November 4, 2025 general election. >> Move to accept as presented. Second >> motion by Mr. Ben, second by Dr. Payne. All those in favor? Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. >> All those opposed. Motion carry 6 I3 consideration, discussion and possible action related to the formation the district advisory committees. >> Mr. Dunson. >> Yes, sir. Uh really quick um one of the consent agenda items um you just approved was update 125. Those are some local policies that we discussed last month. One of those local policies is board policy BDF local which uh requires the district to come to the board for the formation of advisory committees that are made up primarily of district staff, parents,
013other community members and or students. Um board members can also be a part of these um committees in less than a quorum. So, we're bringing forward to you tonight. Uh, David, can you I just have a couple slides up here just so we can follow through. We've got four committees that we're bringing to you. The first one is the GT parent advisory committee. This one started back in the spring. This was um formed prior to this policy, but we're just bringing it to your attention. It will continue into the fall into the spring. These um folks have already been members of this committee. They've already met um several times um in the spring and they'll continue through the spring and then um reform back in the fall of next year. Um the emergent bilingual family
014advisory committee um this will be for emergent bilingual families, dual language families. Um there is a process for those families to be appointed um and criteria for each grade level and school to be a part of this committee and those folks will be appointed or um asked to be a part of that committee through surveys um related to their programming. We'll also be asking to form a special education parent advisory committee specifically for those parents who have students in special education or have 504s. And um it will be one parent per uh campus to serve a one-year term that is renewable each year. And this will be a lottery system. And so parents will be able to sign up, put their name in the hat, and then will be selected at random for that. It's
015the same way we did the GT advisory committee last spring. And then a new more broad advisory committee for the district, community advisory committee. Um this is really just to provide input, feedback on district initiatives, provide an additional community engagement opportunity for families, staff, and community members, promote transparency, and communication between stakeholders and district leadership, and uh support continuous improvements and celebrate the things happening in the district. At this time, we are looking to have at least two parents per school. Again, this will be through a lottery system that we'll put an application out for. People can put their names in the hat. We would like staff members from each campus um to be elected or appointed similar to how we do it for DEIC. And um at least five community members. This can be
016business owners. This could be uh faith-based leaders. This be also be parents who weren't a part of the lottery system for their school. And any questions about committees? Sorry, I went through that pretty quickly, but >> you did. Um, well, I'm happy to see some of these forming. I mean, we said we want to hear from our parents and involve them, but also the rest of our community, too, and and a couple of those have staff on on them. >> Sure. >> Um, which is great. So the the last one you just said that you might have the some community members appointed like say um this special education committee for example there were 10 parents from one campus who wanted to be involved. or is there any leeway for appointing like having some spe appointments
017of somebody we think would be a really good fit or like a knowledgeable community member or a you know somebody who was more more an expert or something in that area but they didn't get picked in the lottery. >> Definitely a definitely a possibility. Um we we did experience that with our GT advisory committee where we had some parents who also may be subject matter experts um in that field and that's going to be up to the district facilitator to appoint some of those community members to bring that that perspective. Yes ma'am. And then one just specific thing with the emerging emergent bilingual um like again we're just we're just kind of seeing this right the um dual language campuses would it be for the dual language parents involved in this or is it really
018more the emergent bilingual side of that? What is the purpose kind of of the um >> Sure. So the the second and third point there um it's either an emergent bilingual it's a parent of an emergent bilingual student or a non-emergent bilingual parent that participates in the dual language program. Yes, ma'am. And that's that's based on the ratios and the capacity of those campuses as defined by the the recommendation here. >> Great. I think all all good ideas. Motion to approve as presented. >> Second. >> Motion by Dr. Payne, second by Miss McAdams. Any further discussion or question? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed? Motion carries 6. Thank you. Mr. Dunson drops us all the way down to K1. Consider approval of the purchase over $50,000 for roofing and
019window repairs for for central office building utilizing tips contract 2410001. Mr. Bugner. All right. Thank you for having me tonight. Um, yep. First up is the uh approval of the purchase for to do some roof repairs here at the central office building mainly in this breezeway area where we are having some uh very leaking areas not so much in this side of it but the other side. Um this will also constitute uh reglazing the windows around the building. We have windows where literally you can uh almost stick your finger between the window and the frame into an office. So um we are just getting all that done. We are going to change out how these um awnings are over the walkway here with more of a canopy system that is in the towards the uh
020front of this to make this um a lot more inviting and a lot more weathertight. We're going to eliminate these crossovers that go over with mechanical equipment and put the mechanical equipment on the roof that is easily accessible for any type of maintenance and repairs. Um ARMCO helped us with this. our district consultant for uh roofing and building envelopes and created the um the plans for this project and we reached out to multiple entities through various purchasing cooperatives um of roofing companies that are highly rated and everything and we got responses back from them weighed their responses and from that CR systems was our best value contractor for this project um they've stated it would take around 60 days of course weather pending it has not been the uh best or even a good summer
021for work um on the outside of buildings, but um that is where we are this summer. And this amount is in the amount of $569,700 and does include a contingency amount of $48,000 just in case anything arises that um we were not aware of. Speaking of the weather, I believe it was Mr. Simac a couple months ago who said, you know, with all our bond projects, as long as it doesn't rain. >> Mhm. >> Is that Does that ring a bell, Mr. Okay, just check it. Yeah. Right. Yeah. >> So, I'm not turning around, by the way. >> Motion to approve as presented. >> Second. >> Motion by Dr. Payne, second by Miss Wilson. That's awesome. Um, only thing I want to make sure is brought out. This is funded through 23 bond fund. >>
022Sorry, I forgot to mention that. It is funded through the 2023 bond under the deferred maintenance. >> Can I actually and I don't know if we get too much discussion of but but part of that bond was it was a little bit open on this building and central rate on whether we would spend some money to more not just repair but maybe I maybe I need a reminder of what was some of the discussion or even get a new facility. Right. So where where are we on >> money earmarked for um a new central office and then as well as uh money to spend here depending on how you wanted to. I believe it was $31.5 million. And so at our discretion of how that money is going to be spent, I plan on uh
023having discussions with you later this fall, reconvene the uh long-term planning committee next spring to have a discussion. There is currently no uh the way the bond was worded, we were supposed we were trying to find a a building uh in College Station. Uh we've had zero luck. We've tried to buy two different properties. U no go on either one and we didn't like the third one we looked at. So we're at a position right now we have the funds. Uh we have the property. We legally can build a new administration building. Uh but we want to visit with the long-term planning committee uh to that group. They're the ones that earmark the money for a new admin to let them know kind of the dilemma we're in and what our plans are. Uh and
024then we are working behind the scenes now on the planning and programming for that facility and that we would bring you guys for action uh next spring. >> Y >> appreciate it. But in either situation, the plan would be to continue to have and use this facility. So spending investing it, it would make sense. >> Correct. it would be utilized uh more than likely if if we can get programming to get most all of our uh folks out of here into a new building. This more than likely would turn into our new alternative school uh and move that out of uh College View and have that facility here and those kids over here and and staff here and then whatever else we wanted to come up with. So yeah, the building will definitely be utilized.
025>> Any other questions? >> All those in favor say I. All those opposed. Motion carries 6. Brang us to K2. Consider approval of the purchase over 50,000 for sanitary sewer line repairs at Consolidated. Mr. Buckner. >> Yes. So, we have had um constant issues with uh sanitary line um backing up in the main office area at&m Consolidated High School. We brought in Ed Phillips Plumbing to start this project. And as they got into it after they cut through the slab and tunnneled down into where the sanitary sewer line was, there is a they found another issue with it and that is that that building that line is gravity fed back towards the building instead of away from the building. So this has doubled the amount of work that they needed to do in regards to
026that. So now we have um we will have to tunnel from outside the building underneath back into the building and get that line to where it connects outside and then we have a more of a gravity flow away from the building like it should be. Originally, this project was at um $40,7012. And now with this add added work that was um determined once they got underneath the building, it's an increase of 38,373.88, which will now take that project and including an extra 10,000 for contingency just in case something else pops up, which if nothing does, then of course that money does come back to the district, that 10,000. But now that project is $88,544 and we're going to use the um uh 23 deferred maintenance 23 bond with deferred maintenance uh funds for that as
027well. >> Motion to approve as presented. >> Second. >> Motion by Dr. Payne, second by Miss McAdams. >> Further questions, discussion? >> Uh I just need to recuse myself as a Ed Phillips as a client. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed and one abstain. Motion carries 5-0. >> Uh that brings us to item L, executive session. See y'all when we get back. Summer's almost over. Next time we see y'all be in another board meeting if you're not here when we get out. So, appreciate y'all. Hope y'all have had a fantastic summer. [Music] All right, we're back in open session. I move to accept the recommendation of the superintendent of schools and the school district's attorney and to direct the superintendent and the school district's attorney to proceed
028as discussed in closed session in the matter styled TEA docket number 701-28-18935. >> A motion by Missy, second by Mr. Benning. Further discussion or question? All those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed. Motion carry 6. That'll bring us to a journ.