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Regular School Board Meeting August 26, 2019 Board of Trustees Frank Alanis - President Robert Garcia Juan J. Ramos, Jr. – Vice President Romero Amador, Jr. Alejandro Alanis - Secretary Olga S. Oviedo Lizett C. Villarreal – Treasurer Sergio Coronado Superintendent “Students will be inspired to search, discover, experience, and apply knowledge in a safe creative environment” NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PROGRESO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that a REGULAR School Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Progreso I.S.D. will be held on the 261h of AUGUST 2019 IMMIDTATELY FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING at the Administration Office Conference Room, Progreso, Texas, at which time the followingagenda items will be discussed. A- Call meeting to order A I Pledge of Allegiance/Texas Flag A2 Prayer A3 Public Audience Public participation is limited to this. the designated open forumportion of the meeting. In accordance with District Policy BED (Local), the Board may impose reasonable time limits on this portion of the meeting. Persons who wish to participate in this portion of the meeting shall sign up with the presiding officer or designee before the meeting begins and shall indicate the topic about which they wish to speak. No presentation shall exceed five minutes. Delegations of more than five persons shall appoint one person to present their views beforethe Board. A4 School Board Minutes May 27, 2019 Regular Board Meeting June 24, 2019 Regular Board Meeting July 23, 2019 Regular Board Meeting B- Superintendent's Report Discussion and possible action on the following: BI District Reports C- Curriculum & Instruction: Discussion and possible action on the following: CI Strategic Management Services Proposal C2 Sharon Wells Math Curriculum Renewal C3 Pearlized Mathematics Curriculum Renewal C4 DMAC Software License Renewal CS Edmentum - Plato Courseware Renewal C6 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Read 180 and System 44 C7 Library Service and Instructional Cooperative Agreement Renewal C8 Student Handbook/ Student Code of Conduct D- Support Services/Facilities Discussion and possible action on the following: DI Update on Technology Building E- Student Services Discussion and possible action on the following: EI Consideration and take possible action to approve MOU with City of Progreso for Law Enforcement Services Renewal E2 Memorandum of Understanding between Community Development Institute Head Start and Progreso ISO E3 Memorandum of Agreement between Progreso !SD and South Texas College Dual Credit Program E4 Memorandum of Agreement between Progreso ISD and Regional Day School Program forthe Deaf £5 Special Education Physical Therapy Services 2019-2020 rl:t' 'i F- Finance: Discussion and possible action on the following: FI Cash Disbursements F2 Investment Report F3 Tax Collection Report F4 Budget Amendment F5 Adoption of2019-2020 Budget F6 Adoption of 2019-2020 Pay Schedules F7 Adoption of Annual Maintenance & Operations and Debt Service Tax Rates forTax Year 2019 Resolution F8 Memorandum ofAgreement Renewal/ TEXIS Software- Region One F9 Update on FIRST Reporting Compliance Requirements FI O Policies and Procedures FI I Appointment ofInvestment Officers F 12 Resolution - Approval oflnvestment Trainers F13 Bond Refund Ser20 I 0 F 14 Tax Resale Resolution - Hidalgo County Tax Office F 15 TEA Monitor/Conservator Expense Report, July 2019 G- Governance: Discussion and possible action on the following: G l Conservator Monthly Report H- Executive Session: Closed Meeting under Texas Gov't Code 551.071; 551.072; 551,074; 551.- 076; 551,082. (a) Resignations and Superintendent's recommendations for terminations, proposed terminations, re-assignments and proposed non-renewals of district employees (b) Superintendent"s recommendations and possible interviews forhiring of administrative & professional personnel - instructional and non-instructional (c) Superintendent's recommendations for hiring ofnon-professional personnel - clerical/technical and auxiliary (d) Discussion with Management Team concerning d1e roles and responsibilities of public officers, i.e. Board Members I- Reconvene in Open Meeting to take action on the followingitems: Discuss and take possible action on the following items: (a) Discussion and possible action on Superintendent's recommendations concerning terminations, proposed terminations, re-assignments and proposed non-renewals or suspensions of District employees. (b) Discussion and possible action on hiring ofadministrative & professional, instructional and non-instructional personnel (c) Discussion and possible action on hiring ofnon-professional Clerical/Technical and Auxiliary personnel (d) Discussion with Management Team concerning the roles and responsibilities of public officers. i.e. Board Members J- Adjournment I.__. tl.. Dated this 23rd day of August 2019 - Progreso Independent School District By: ---tcef;--=�...:c-r---------------'S uperintendent I, the undersigned authority, hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the above-named school district is a correct copy of theNotice and that I posted the Notice on the bulletin board for public notices in the district"s Central Administrative office located at 600 North Business Farm Rd. l 015, Progreso, Texas, on the 23rd day of August 2019 at5_:00 P.M. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, large print or Braille, are requested to contact us at (956) 565-3002 one day prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Dated this 23rd day of August 2019 - Progreso Independent School District y � B : -- -';;,c=c-t-,-----�---------�• Superintendent A4 School Board Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING HELD ON MAY 27, 2019 SESSION A: The meeting was called to order by Frank Alanis, President. A quorum was established as follows: MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Frank Alanis Romero Amador, Jr. Juan J. Ramos, Jr. Alejandro Alanis Lizett C. Villarreal Robert Garcia Olga S. Oviedo Sergio Coronado, Interim Superintendent Eden Ramirez, School Attorney Hermelinda Romeros, Conservator A Call meeting to order at 6:00 P.M . A1 Pledge of Allegiance/Texas Flag A2 Prayer Ms. Olga S. Oviedo A3 Public Audience None B Superintendent’s Report B1 District Reports Mr. Sergio Coronado reported graduation will be Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Presenter Judge Rudy Gonzalez will be giving a speech. Mr. Coronado discussed cuts on days for some staff. Some administrators were cut to 217 days and adjusted some coaches to 187 days. This year we will be accounting for the coaches and will be working summer school. No more dual contracts will be given out. Board had questions on open gym and strength and conditioning how that will affect coaches. Ms. Rodriguez explains the open gym schedule. B2 Modified Summer Schedule Mr. Sergio Coronado requested the board of trustees approval on Modified Summer Schedule: 10 hrs work weeks 7:30 am - 5:30 pm with 30min lunch (Monday – Thursday). Motion made by Juan J. Ramos, Jr. to approve Modified Summer Schedule Second by Olga S. Oviedo VOTING FOR: Frank Alanis, Juan J. Ramos, Jr., Alejandro Alanis, Lizett C. Villarreal, Robert Garcia, and Olga S. Oviedo VOTING AGAINST: None MOTION PASSES C Curriculum & Instruction C1 State Adopted Textbooks for Language Arts Kinder -8th Ms. Maribel Rodriguez informed the board of trustees The State Board of Education issued Proclamation 2019 which calls for instructional materials for the following subjects: • English language arts and reading, grades K-8 • Spanish language arts and reading, grades K-6 • Spelling (English and Spanish), grades l-6 • Handwriting (English and Spanish), grades K-5 • English Learners Language Arts, grades 7-8 1 Districts and open-enrollment charter schools are required to certify annually to the State Board of Education and the commissioner that, for each subject in the required curriculum other than physical education, students have access to instructional materials that cover all of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. The adopted materials are scheduled to go into classrooms in the 2019-20 school year. District Textbook Committee voted to adopt English/Spanish Language Arts textbooks from McGraw-Hill. Administration requests and recommends the approval of the state adopted textbooks to be ordered from McGraw-Hill for the 2019-2020 as recommended by the District Textbook Committee. Motion made by Juan J. Ramos, Jr. to approve McGraw-Hill for the 2019-2020 school year as recommended by Ms. Rodriguez. Second by Robert Garcia VOTING FOR: Frank Alanis, Juan J. Ramos, Jr., Alejandro Alanis, Lizett C. Villarreal, Robert Garcia, and Olga S. Oviedo VOTING AGAINST: None MOTION PASSES C2 Progreso ISD Summer School June 3, 2019 - June 27, 2019 Ms. Maribel Rodriguez reported on summer school program 2019. LEP Summer School Program Requirements: Limited English proficient (LEP) students who will be eligible for admission to Pre- kindergarten and Kinder at the beginning of the next school year. Remediation I st-8th- Requirements: ❖Received a grade of 68% or below on their End of Year report card in reading and math. ❖Reading 2 years or more below grade level. Did not meet passing standard on STAAR. ❖Did not meet passing standard on ST AAR. High School Credit Recovery & Remediation EOC Requirements: ❖Students who need to recover credits through the use of the Plato computer