ALVIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD of TRUSTEES REGULAR BOARD MEETING April 8, 2014 Official Agenda 7:00 PM

ALVIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR BOARD MEETING April 8, 2014 Official Agenda 7:00 PM

1. Call Meeting to Order and Establish Quorum 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Introduction of Greeters 3 5. Commendations 4 6. Open Forum - Information Only 7. Presentation A. Enrollment Forecast 7 B. School Boundary Advisory Committee 8 8. Consent Agenda - Action Items A. Request to Consider Approval of Board Minutes 9 B. Request to Consider Approval of Properties in Trust 27 C. Request to Consider Approval of Waiver of Stadium Use Fees for Relay for Life 29 D. Request to Consider Approval of Out-of-State Student Travel 1. SeaPerch 31 2. Manvel High School Student Debate National Competition 38 9. Request to Consider Approval of Revised Attendance Boundaries - Business Action Item 43 10. Request to Consider Approval of Speech Course for Local Graduation Requirement - 48 Operations Action Item 11. Request to Consider Approval of Two New State Mandated College Readiness Courses per 50 HB5 (Math and English) - Operations Action Item 12. Request to Consider Approval of City of Pearland's Safe Routes to School Plan - Business 52 Action Item 13. Request to Consider Approval of Public Utility Easement for Shadow Creek High School - 124 Business Action Item 14. Request to Consider Approval of Construction Manager at Risk for Safety and Security 127 Vestibule Projects - Business Action Item 15. Request to Consider Employments and Resignations - Personnel Action Item 130 16. Request to Consider Approval to Extend Term, Renew Term, Renew Probationary and 131 Terminate at End of Probationary Contracts - Personnel Action Item 17. Request to Consider Approval of Assistant Principal for Duke Elementary - Personnel Action Item 18. Request to Consider Approval of Principal for E.C. Mason Elementary - Personnel Action Item 19. Request to Consider Approval of Revision of Local Policies - Operations Action Item 132 20. Superintendent's Report A. Education Summit 21. Future Agenda Items

22. Closed Executive Session A. 551.072 Discuss Purchase, Exchange, Lease or Value of Real Property B. 551.074 To deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of employee(s) pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code 23. Request to Consider Approval of Aquisition of Property - Business Action Item 138 24. Adjournment

If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board of Trustees should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Board of Trustees is required, then such closed or executive meeting or session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq., will be held by the School Board at the date, hour, and place given in this Notice or as soon after the commencement of the meeting or session concerning any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including, but not limited to the following sections and purposes:

Texas Government Code Section:

551.071 Private consultation with the board’s attorney. 551.072 Discussing purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. 551.073 Discussing negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations. 551.074 Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against personnel. 551.075 To confer with employees of the school district to receive information or to ask questions. 551.076 Considering the deployment, specific occasions for, or implementation of, security personnel or devices. 551.082 Considering the discipline of a public school child, or complaint or charge against personnel. 551.083 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. 551.084 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 or executive meeting or 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.

Alvin Independent School District Date: April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Greeters

Category Greeters

Resource Personnel Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent Daniel Combs, Communications Attachments None Rationale This evening we have students from Passmore Elementary School serving as our greeters. These students are under the direction of GT Specialist Ms. Patty Hammer.

Mrs. Hammer and her students conducted a great senior citizen project which included: interviewing and writing poems about each senior citizen, presenting the poetry at a special luncheon to honor the seniors, learning about the history of Alvin, and displaying projects at the Alvin Museum.

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or None Proposed Motion

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Student & Faculty Commendation

Category Recognition

Resource Personnel Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent Daniel Combs, Communications Attachments None

Rationale A commendation is recommended for the following Students and Faculty who have distinguished themselves because of their outstanding accomplishments:

A special congratulations and commendations for the 2013/2014 State Champion Lady Mavericks Basketball Team. On the evening of March 1st at The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Tx. The Lady Mavs defeated Duncanville High School with a final score of 58 to 53. This evening we have joining us…. Ameiya Jackson Keyerra Fisher Mykhaela Tolds Imani Wiley Lauren Taylor Jordan Hosey Ariana Sanders Brianna Turner Chantey Carter Jonee’ Jones Ally Caudill Rangie Bessard

Managers: Meghan Hankins Jesselyn Comeaux Shania Hamrick

Bryan Harris - Head Varsity Basketball Coach Dianna Jones - Assistant Coach Brian Robinson -Assistant Coach Bob Maicher – Assistant Coach

Brianna Turner – An additional commendation is also

4 recommended for Manvel High School Girls Basketball standout, Brianna Turner. Brianna is a senior at Manvel High School, who led her team to a state championship; however; she is also the first student in Alvin ISD to receive the Gatorade National Athlete of the Year Award for her contributions to the game of basketball, her academic achievement and exemplary character on and off the court. Turner was selected from nearly 440,000 high school girls basketball players nationwide. Turner is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade Female High School Athlete of the Year award, to be presented at a special evening ceremony prior to The ESPY Awards in July.

Turner has also signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Notre Dame.

AHS Student Council We would like to recognize the AHS Student Council for being selected as the President Elect school for their district.

The Student Council Texas Association of Student Council selected the Alvin High School student council to be the President Elect School for District 7. Sophomore Bailey Reckard and Freshmen Mason Myers will be the student representatives. They will train next school year and run the fall and spring conferences for the Houston area schools in 2015.

At the spring district conference, Alvin High School Student Council earned the required points and received certificates in the areas of Pride and Patriotism, DASH (Drugs, Alcohol, Safety, and Health), and Energy and Environment. They also earned points and received recognition as an Outstanding Student Council.

Art Program: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo A huge congratulations to Joseph Watson who was 3D Class Champion at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show! His dynamic sculpture, Nose Dive, was auctioned for a winning bid of $60,000! 3D Class Champion! What does that mean? Out of the over 300,000 artworks that are judged from schools all around the greater Houston Area and beyond, 6 are considered best in their class. AHS Graduating Junior Joseph Watson's sculpture Nose Dive is #1 in the 3D Class! Not only did his sculpture set a new 3-D auction record, he is the first ever Class (Sculpture) Champion for Alvin ISD. He will have already collected about $15K before ever being considered

5 for the HLSR art scholarships that will be announced later in May. Manvel High School 11th Grader Aaron Knight was also quite successful during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Aaron’s 2D work, “Raindance”, was one of the 62 pieces of Art taken to auction. Aaron was also the winner of this year’s Alvin ISD art show.

Education Foundation - Congratulations to Kerri Neubauer and Sheila Olson for winning the state wide Celebrate Texas Public Schools Education Foundation Video contest. This is an honor for Alvin ISD and the Education Foundation. As part of receiving this honor, the Education Foundation received a $1,000 check from Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union.

District Goal(s) None

Budget None Implications

Recommendation That a commendation be presented to the students listed or Proposed above. Motion

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Enrollment Forecast Presentation

Category Business

Resource Personnel Pat Miller, Chief Operations Officer

Attachments Rationale Bob Templeton will present the demographic update for the enrollment forecast for the Spring of 2014. Twice annually Templeton Demographics conducts a study that evaluates current economic conditions in the Houston and surrounding areas that have a direct impact on the future growth in the Alvin ISD area.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or None Proposed Motion

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum School Boundary Advisory Committee Presentation

Category Business

Resource Personnel Pat Miller, Chief Operations Officer

Attachments Rationale Representatives of the SBAC, Krystal Kaplan and Gideon Oshin will present the committees attendance zone approved recommendation.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or None Proposed Motion

8 PPuubblliicc HHeeaarriinngg RReegguullaarr BBooaarrdd MMeeeettiinngg FFeebbrruuaarryy 1111,, 22001144 On February 11, 2014 at 6:30 the educational performance of the p.m. the Alvin Independent School District and each campus in the District Board of Trustees met for a District. The Board of Trustees Regular Meeting at the Central must also hold a public hearing for Administration Building, AISD, discussion of the reports. Mr. Brent Alvin, Texas, with the following Shaw, Director of Accountability and members present: Assessment, noted the District met Standard presenting the following: Tiffany Wennerstrom, Nicole Tonini, Cheryl Harris, Regan Metoyer, Mike  Components of the Annual Report  Report Overview Lansford, Charles McCauley and Sue  Percentage of Students Meeting Level II & III Stringer  2013 STAAR Progress  Attendance  Graduation Statistics Superintendent Brent and other  AP, SAT, ACT Results  Enrollment by Ethnicity administrative staff were also  Student Program Information present.  Class Size  Years of Experience & Turnover Rate of Teachers ITEM #1- CALL TO ORDER  Financial Information  District & Campus Objectives President Wennerstrom called the  Postsecondary Data meeting to order stating that a  School Safety Date quorum of Board members were present, notice was duly posted, and Discussion ensued regarding the meeting was called to order in various aspects of the report. The accordance with the Texas Open report is available on the Alvin ISD Meetings Act, Texas Government website. Code Section 551.001. Trustee Metoyer gave the Invocation and led Following the Public Hearing the the Pledge of Allegiance. Board of Trustees entered into a Regular Session. ITEM #2 – CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM #6 – INTRODUCTION OF GREETERS The Board of Trustees entered into a Greeters Closed Executive Session at 6:34 The greeters for the evening were p.m. to discuss the following: members of the Opportunity Smiles

 551.074 Discussion of Personnel / group at Manvel High School as well Assistant Superintendent of Human as the Alvin Panthers. Resources ITEM #7 – STUDENT / STAFF ITEM #3 & #4 INVOCATION & COMMENDATIONS PLEDE Justin Grubbs – Placed 4th and The Board of Trustees returned into made the All-State Band an open session at 7:00 p.m. Maya Hughley – National Trustee Metoyer gave the invocation Achievement Scholarship Finalist and led the Pledge of Allegiance. La’Azha Randle – Horatio Alger National Scholar ITEM 54 - PUBLIC HEARING – 2012-2013 TEXAS ACADEMIC Brianna Turner – Nominated to PERFORMANCE REORT participate in the 2014 Elite The District is required each year to Showcase Basketball Classic. Also publish an annual report describing

9 Page 2 Public Hearing/ Regular Board Meeting February 11, 2014 selected as a member of the 2014 All months to conduct the facility American McDonalds team naming process established under Board Policy CW (LOCAL). The Leon Gilmore & Rangie Besard – committee was made up of Board 2014 All American Finalist members, staff, administrators and community members. Mr. David Andrew Fiha and Kellyn Radler – Becker presented the following UIL State Band recommendations:

Elementary #15 Special Olympic Winners Dr. James “Red” Duke Quenton Bernhardt – Bronze Elementary Evan Klentzman – Silver Dr. James "Red" Duke is a living Chase Laskoskie – Gold legend, who has made great Chloe Creel – Gold contributions to the field of Alexia Guiton – Silver medicine. He is a pioneer in trauma care most noted for initiating the first Tramau 1 unit in Texas as well Oportunity Smiles / MHS as starting "Life Flight" at Memorial Yanah Dumandan – President Hermann Hospital. Dr. Duke is also Francheska Durias – Treasurer one of the most recognized television Chinwe Obudulu – Secretary personalities in his field, as determined by the Gallup Michael Biasina – Above & Beyond Organization, Inc. He is the former Award from The ARC for his host of the nationally syndicated commitment to Special Olympics Texas Health Reports and hosted and his work as an In Home Trainer the former PBS series Bodywatch.

Bill Wofford – Former trustee who Dr. Duke is a Houstonian who's life served four terms on the Alvin ISD work has been to help people in School Board need, and in many instances has saved lives. He is a note worthy Trustee Lansford made a motion to community member that exemplifies approve all commendations as the scholarly and hard working presented. Trustee Harris gave a charcteristics that we want the second to the motion. Motion students in our district to have. carried unanimously (7-0) Elementary #16 Bill Hasse Elementary ITEM #8 – OPEN FORUM – INFORMATION ONLY Graduated from High School in Austin, Texas The following addressed the Board of Trustees: 1957 Earned Bachelor’s Degree from Southwest Texas State Mr. Rupak Rauniar – School 1961 Earned M.Ed. in Boundary Advisory Committee’s Administration from University of recommendations Houston

Roy Garay – Gave background 1957-1962 Classroom Teacher, 6th regarding a name submitted to grade, Alvin Elementary School Naming Committee 1962-1964 Assistant Principal, Alvin Elementary ITEM #9 – PRESENTATIONS 1964-1968 Principal, Mark Twain Facility Naming Committee (new campus) The Alvin ISD Naming Committee responsible for planning, organizing, has been meeting for the past few

10 Page 3 Public Hearing/ Regular Board Meeting February 11, 2014 equipping, and opening this new Southern Trails, Southfork, etc. campus Furthermore, the bulk of the 1968-1978 Principal, Longfellow school's population will most likely Elementary (new campus) come from Shadow Creek Ranch. responsible for planning, organizing, equipping, and opening this new Administration Building campus Tommy King Administration Building 1976-1980 Administrative Assistant Tommy King has been a cherished to the Assistant Superintendent for employee at AISD for over 20 years. curriculum and personnel During his leadership, the District 1980 – 1982 Director for has achieved 11 consecutive Administrative Services superior ratings on the financial 1982-1984 Business Manager integrity rating system of Texas, (Santa Fe ISD) achieved a perfect district audit with no findings and recently received the 1984 – 1985 Assistant prestigious Meritorious Budget Superintendent for Business (Alvin Award. He has a passion for ISD) education and for the students of 1985 – 1995 Superintendent of AISD. Tommy King is a pillar in the Schools for Alvin ISD community and a true leader of our district. 1995 Retired after serving 37 years in Alvin ISD SeaPerch 2013 After retirement, went to work SeaPerch is an innovative for Region IV / Special Assistant to underwater robotics program that the Executive Director equips teachers and students with He is a piece of Alvin history, Mr. the resources they need to build an Hasse should be recognized for his underwater Remotely Operated work to make our children better Vehicle (ROV) in an in-school or out- prepared for life and success. of-school setting. Students build the ROV from a kit comprised of low- Organizations and Community cost, easily accessible parts, Involvement: following a curriculum that teaches  South Park Baptist Church – basic engineering and science Deacon and Committee concepts with a marine engineering theme. Member

 Rotary Club of Alvin An overview of Alvin ISD’s  Alvin/Manvel Area Chamber partnership with the Navy through of Commerce SeaPerch was given.  Junior Achievement Board of Directors AP Capstone  Chairperson of Region IV Jackie Caffey gave a presentation on the College Board AP Capstone Advisory Council Diploma Program. Capstone is an High School #3 innovative program that provides Shadow Creek High School students with an opportunity to Continues the precedent of naming engage in rigorous scholarly practice our High Schools after their of the core academic skills necessary for successful college location. Shadow Creek Ranch is a completion. very well known area throughout greater Houston and also AP Capstone is built on the encompasses the neighboring foundation of two courses – AP

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Seminar and AP Research. It is Current Appraised Value: $44,130 designed to complement and Total Taxes Due: $34,291 enhance the in-depth, discipline- Offer: $7,500 per piece specific study provided through AP courses. It cultivates curious, Administration recommended independent, and collaborative rejecting offer 002.01 scholars and prepares them to make logical, evidence-based decisions. ITEM D – REQUEST TO CONSIDER A DONATION ITEM #10 – CONSENT AGENDA Savannah Lakes – Donation from ITEMS A – E Savannah Lakes PTO in the amount Trustee Lansford asked that Item A of $17,053.00 to purchase and be pulled to be voted upon install a marquee. separately. All Trustees agreed. Trustee Harris made a motion to ITEM E – REQUEST TO CONSIDER approve Consent Agenda Items B-E. APPROVAL FUND RAISING SALES Trustee Metoyer seconded the Wilder Elementary and Stevenson motion. Motion carried Elementary requested fund raising unanimously (7-0). activities which would be $10,000.00 or more. Board policy ITEM A – REQUEST TO CONSIDER indicates this annual action to be APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES presented to the Board. Pulled to be voted upon separately ITEM A – REQUEST TO CONSIDER ITEM B – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES APPROVAL OF REDIRECTION OF January 22, 2014 CAPITAL January 23, 2014 Proposals were received for replacement of a failed rooftop air Trustee Lansford made a motion to conditioning unit at AHS’s Gym 1. approve the minutes with the Maintenance Department requested following addition: redirection of capital budget funds in the amount of $69,723.00 and Minutes of January 21, 2014 to note award of contract to replace the roof that Mr. Lansford did not vote in top air conditioning unit to Hunton favor of adjourning the meeting. Services. Corrected minutes would read as follows: ITEM C – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROPERTIES IN Trustee Harris made a motion to TRUST adjourn the meeting. Trustee The Offer and Recommendation Metoyer seconded the motion. Report listing this month’s offers for Motion carried (6-1) with Trustee properties in trust was presented to Lansford voting against the motion. the Board of Trustees. The offer did not meet any of the District’s criteria When asked, Mr. Lansford indicated on percent of value or taxes due. that he voted against adjourning the meeting for he felt the meeting did Offer was as follows: not accomplish what was noted on the agenda. Offer Number: 002.01 Bidder: Jigar Sandesara Legal Description: 105 S. 5th Block K Lot 5-6 Trustee Stringer seconded the 50% Interest .2870 Acres motion. Motion carried Current Appraised Value: $41,455 unanimously (7-0).

Legal Description: 105 S. 5th Block K Lot 5-6 50% Interest .2870 Acres

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ITEM #11 – REQUEST TO Trustee Harris seconded the CONSIDER APPROVAL OF motion. Motion carried CALLING THE TRUSTEE unanimously (7-0). ELECTION AND SCHEDULE OF ELECTION ITEM #12 - REQUEST TO DATES/ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BOARD TRAINING CREDIT COUNTY WIDE JOINT The 2014 Board of Trustee Election ELECTION date is Saturday, May 10, 2014. The inter-local agreement with Positions up for election are as Brazoria County for conducting follows: the May Joint Election was presented for approval. Last Position 6: Currently held by Sue Stringer year was the seventh year the Position 7: Currently held by Charles McCauley County conducted the election for the May General Election Attached Order for Election and was a very efficient indicates early voting locations, process. dates and times. Judges and clerks will be appointed by Brazoria Trustee Metoyer made a motion County. to approve an inter-local joint election to be conducted by Determination of results based Brazoria County. Trustee on AISD Policy BBB(legal) listed Harris seconded the motion. below: Motion carried unanimously (7- 0). To be elected to a public office, a candidate must receive a ITEM #13 – REQUEST TO plurality of votes, more votes CONSIDER APPROVAL OF than any other candidate, except as otherwise provided by law. REVISIONS TO THE 2013-14 Election Code 2.001 SCHOOL CALENDAR The District is required to The candidate receiving the make up the two (2) highest number of votes for each respective position voted on is instructional days lost January entitled to serve as Board 24 and January 28. The member. Education Code District will use February 17, a 11.057(a) designated bad weather calendar make-up date, as one Also, State Board of Education of the make-up days. requires that the President of the Board publically announce The District requested that the which board members have Board revise the 2013-2014 met, exceeded or are deficient Academic Calendar to change in meeting the continuing the last day of school from education requirements. Thursday, June 5 to Friday,

June 6. June 5 would then All Alvin ISD Trustees have become a full day of instruction exceeded their continuing and Friday would be an early education requirements. dismissal day. The teacher

workday initially scheduled for Trustee Tonini made a motion Friday, June 6, would then be to approve calling an election Saturday, June 7th. for May 10, 2014 for Trustee positions six (6) and seven (7) Trustee Harris made a motion and approve the election dates, to approve the revision of the times and places. 2013-2014 Alvin ISD school

13 Page 6 Public Hearing/ Regular Board Meeting February 11, 2014 calendars. Trustee Tonini of Trustees with naming seconded the motion. recommendations for the following Alvin ISD Facilities Discussion ensured regarding feedback from district Elementary #15 Dr. James “Red” Duke Elementary employees regarding the make- up days as well as wage and Elementary #16 Bill Hasse Elementary testing implications. Finals High School #3 Shadow Creek High School will go on as scheduled. Alvin ISD Administration Building Motion carried unanimously (7- Tommy King Administration 0). Trustee Metoyer made a motion to

ITEM #14 – REQUEST TO accept and approve the CONSIDER APPROVAL OF recommendations for facility names 2014-2015 SCHOOL as presented by the Alvin ISD CALENDAR Facility Naming Committee. Trustee The calendar committee Lansford seconded the motion. collaborated with parents, teachers, and administrators in Trustee Lansford also thanked Mr. the creation of the 2014-15 Garay for his comments earlier in District Academic Calendar. the meeting and encouraged him to Calendar options were submit his naming recommendation approved through the to administration for future Professional District consideration. Motion carried Communication Committee. unanimously (7-0). After the PDCC approved these ITEM #16 – REQUEST TO options, they were presented to CONSIDER APPROVAL OF the district staff. Staff WAIVERS members were given an opportunity to vote on the The Academic Department calendar of their choice. The requested approval of the following calendar was presented to two waivers to TEA for: trustees for approval. 1. Staff Development General

Waiver Trustee Metoyer made a motion to approve the calendar This expedited waiver allows the Trustee McCauley seconded district to train staff on various the motion. educational strategies designed to

improve student performance in lieu Discussion ensued with Trustee Lansford expressing of a maximum of three days of that he feels students should student instruction. be required to attend 180  Districts may request up to a maximum of instructional days vs. the 176 three days for general staff development in instructional days noted on the calendar. lieu of student instruction. Motion carried (5-2) with  Waiver request may be approved for up to Trustees Lansford and Stringer three years. voting against the motion.  Districts and charter schools must apply for

the waiver days using the online waiver ITEM #15 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF application. SCHOOL NAMING Requested years: 2014-2015, 2015- RECOMMENDATIONS 16, 2016-2017 The Alvin ISD Facility Naming Committee provided the Board

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2. Staff Development BBE Local – Board Members Reading/ELA and Math Authority - remove the word seek in Waiver the 4th paragraph – Paragraph This expedited waiver allows the would then read: An individual district to request up to two days to Board member acting in his or her official capacity shall have the right conduct additional staff training for to information pertaining to District reading/language arts, fiscal affairs, business transactions, mathematics, science and/or social governance, and personnel matters, studies training one day per subject including information that properly may be withheld from members of in lieu of student instruction for two the general public in accordance days. with the Public Information Chapter  The extra day or days must be related to staff of the Government Code (See GBA).

development on the Texas Assessment DH Local – Employee Standards of Knowledge and Skills state assessment for Conduct – Add a section regarding reading/language arts, mathematics, science intentional misrepresentation of the and/or social studies, respectively or on the truth to the school board with the early reading diagnostic instruments for violation of this section resulting in

kindergarten through grade two. termination of employment

 This waiver request may be approved for up DNA Local – Performance to three years. Appraisal Evaluation of Teachers Requested years: 2014-2015, 2015- - To be later discussed -- noting that 16, 2016-2017 he feels that the appraisal system the District currently uses is unfair Trustee Harris made a motion to approve the waivers as presented. EIA Local – Academic Trustee McCauley seconded the Achievement - motion. Mr. Lansford noted that currently this local policy requires that there A brief discussion ensued regarding be an opportunity to redo an instructional and staff development assignment or retake a test when a days. student receives a failing grade. Mr. Lansford stated that he would like Motion carried (5-2) with Trustees paragraph 4 removed noting that he Lansford and Stringer voting against doesn’t mean a teacher couldn’t the motion. offer the option to a student of redoing an assignment or retaking a ITEM #17 – REQUEST TO test but this would give the teacher CONSIDER APPROVAL OF TASB the flexibility and the control to UPDATE 98 make that decision them. TASB has presented legal policies for review. The first reading of President Wennerstrom noted that Update 98 was presented and none of Mr. Lansford’s requested approved at the January 21st School changes are dealt with in Update 98 Board Meeting. / which is what was being submitted for approval. Trustee Harris made a motion to approve Update 98 as presented. Mr. Lansford then called for a Point Trustee Tonini seconded the motion. of Order noting that he had made an amendment and it required a Trustee Lansford made an amended second before discussion could motion noting the following changes ensue. Trustee Stringer then gave a nd to 4 Local policies: 2 to the amended motion.

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President Wennerstrom noted that ITEM #19 – REQUEST TO none of the changes Mr. Lansford CONSIDER APPROVAL OF requested are dealing with the GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE Update therefore they are not FOR HIGH SCHOOL #3 CIVIL SITE technically on the agenda. GAMMA Construction, Alvin ISD Building Programs, and SHW Group Mr. Lansford noted he had Architects received competitive presented his views and he would be proposals from sub-contractors and happy to discuss his views – further vendors for High School #3 site/civil noting he did not mind holding them construction phase. GAMMA is out for legal review but stating once completing evaluation and again, that these are his views. submitted a final Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) in the Discussion ensued. Mrs. amount of $7,037,956. Wennerstrom suggested that the Board approve the Update 98 as This initial phase of construction written and discuss the 4 policies at will include the scope of work for a future board meeting. items such as:

Trustee Lansford then made an  Site access and mobilization  Excavation of the detention ponds amendment to his amended motion  Placement of underground storm sewer requesting discussion of Policies as  Installation of underground fire and domestic water lines an agenda item at a future Open  Site build-up for the building pad Board meeting regarding the request  Grading and stabilization of paved areas he made prior. Trustee Metoyer seconded the motion. The 2nd Trustee Stringer made a motion to amendment to the amended motion approve and authorize the carried unanimously (7-0). Superintendent to review and execute an amendment to the Following this vote another vote was Construction Manager @ Risk taking on the original motion and contract with GAMMA construction Request to Approve Update 98 as for a Guaranteed Maximum Price of presented passed unanimously (7-0) $7,037,956. Trustee Tonini as well. seconded the motion. Motion carried (7-0). ITEM #18 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ALVIN ITEM #20 – REQUEST TO MEMORIAL STADIUM REPAIRS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RFP CONTRACT FOR COPIERS AND MULTIPLE FENCING PROJECTS Six vendor packets were extended to Copiers contractors for aesthetic and Bid proposals were extended to structural repairs to Memorial Xerox, Canon Business Systems and Stadium with three responses. Konica Minolta for district-wide Proposals were evaluated and are copiers. Award this type of contract within budget with a will not be on low bid alone but on recommendation to award a service equipment and service contract to LiquaTech, a Choice response. Recommendation was for Partner Cooperative vendor. Konica Minolta and Canon. This

contract is considered a 60 month Trustee McCauley made a motion to lease with the option to purchase approve the repair contract to Alvin the equipment for a $1.00 at the Memorial Stadium to LiquaTech as end of the lease. presented. Trustee Harris seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (7-0).

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Multiple Fencing Projects hiring to take place to open a new Five vendors were extended bid campus. proposals for various fencing projects that may arise throughout Trustee Lansford made a motion to the school year with five responding. approve the principal position for A non-exclusive award is requested Elementary #15. Trustee Harris with the following vendors: seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (7-0). Gulf Fence Company, Lake Jackson, TX Lonestar Fence & Construction, League City, TX Atlas Fence Co., Inc., Houston, TX ITEM #24 – SUPERINTENDENT’S Texas Fence Co., Houston, TX REPORT Texan Fence Co., Alvin, TX Dr. Brent highlighted the following Trustee Harris made a motion to District Activities: approve the copier and fencing projects as presented. Trustee AISD Education Summit AISD Health Fair Tonini seconded the motion. Student Achievements Discussion ensued regarding the UIL District Re-Alignment Government Finance Officers Association cost of the copies as well as the Budget Award lease agreement. Motion carried unanimously (7-0). ITEM #25 – FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ITEM #21 – REQUEST TO Trustee Stringer asked for a CONSIDER EMPLOYMENT OF discussion of the needs of the PERSONNEL Shadow Creek area residents As presented regarding school boundary issues as a future agenda item. Trustee Lansford made a motion to approve employment of personnel as ITEM #26 – ADJOURNMENT presented. Trustee McCauley Trustee Lansford made a motion to seconded the motion. Motion adjourn the meeting. Trustee Harris carried unanimously (7-0). seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. ITEM #22 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT

COORDINATOR Attest: Ana Pasarella was recommended to serve as Parent Involvement Coordinator

Trustee Tonini made a motion to ______accept Ms. Pasarella as Tiffany Wennerstrom, President recommended. Trustee Stringer seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (7-0).

ITEM #23 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF

ADDITIONAL STAFFING POSITION

– PRINCIPAL FOR ELEMENTARY ______#15 Cheryl Harris, Secretary Approval for the position of Principal of Elementary #15 is critical for hiring as soon as possible, to allow time for the extensive planning and

17 BBooaarrdd SSppeecciiaall MMeeeettiinngg // WWoorrkksshhoopp FFeebbrruuaarryy 1177,, 22001144 On February 17, 2014 the Alvin Attest: Independent School District Board of Trustees met for a Special/Workshop Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Central Administration Building, AISD, Alvin, Texas, with the following members present: ______Tiffany Wennerstrom, President Tiffany Wennerstrom, Nicole Tonini, Charles McCauley, Mike Lansford, Cheryl Harris, and Regan Metoyer.

Trustee Stringer arrived at 6:34 p.m.

Superintendent Brent was also ______present. Cheryl Harris, Secretary

ITEM #1 - CALL TO ORDER President Wennerstrom called the meeting to order stating that a quorum of Board members were present, notice was duly posted, and the meeting was called to order in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001.

ITEM #2 – SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION PROCESS Dr. Robert Nix facilitated a workshop to review the superintendent evaluation process.

ITEM #3 – ADJOURNMENT Trustee Metoyer made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Harris seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (7-0).

Meeting was adjourned at 8:37 p.m.

18 SSppeecciiaall MMeeeettiinngg BBuuddggeett WWoorrkksshhoopp FFeebbrruuaarryy 2200,, 22001144 On February 20, 2014 the Alvin this model, students gain content Independent School District Board knowledge while also developing the of Trustees met for a soft skills (collaboration, critical Special/Workshop Meeting at 6:30 thinking, creativity, teamwork) p.m. in the Central Administration necessary to be college or career Building, AISD, Alvin, Texas, with ready. the following members present: School Boundary Advisory Tiffany Wennerstrom, Sue Stringer, Committee Charles McCauley, Mike Lansford, Mr. Patrick Miller, Chief Operating Cheryl Harris, Nicole Tonini and Regan Officer, reviewed the SBAC process Metoyer. to date, noting there will be several more public hearings before the Superintendent Brent and other final recommendation is presented administrative staff were also to the Board of Trustees for present. approval.

ITEM #1 - CALL TO ORDER ITEM #4 – ADJOURNMENT President Wennerstrom called the Trustee Lansford made a motion to meeting to order stating that a adjourn the meeting. Trustee Harris quorum of Board members were gave a second to the motion. Motion present, notice was duly posted, and carried with 6 votes. Trustee Tonini the meeting was called to order in abstained from the vote. accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Meeting was adjourned at 10:18 Code Section 551.001. p.m.

ITEM #2 – BUDGET WORKSHOP #1 Attest: Mrs. Susan Wilson, Chief Financial Officer, presented Budget Workshop #1 along with Sonja Hockin, Budget Analyst reviewing the following:

 Budget Workshop Calendar  Major Variables for Revenue Calculations  Historical ADA & WADA  Property Value Growth / Decline ______ M & O / I & S Revenue Projections  3-Yr. Anticipated Projections Tiffany Wennerstrom, President  Fund Balance Projections & Uses of Fund Balance  Tax Rate Relationship of Local Property Values

ITEM #3 – PRESENTATIONS

Engaged Learning Model

Mr. Darrell Alexander, Executive

Director of Curriculum & ______Instruction, gave an overview of the Cheryl Harris, Secretary Engaged Learning Model. This is a program which integrates a standards-based design process using technology and design thinking to create engaging learning experiences for all students. Using

19 RReegguullaarr BBooaarrdd MMeeeettiinngg MMaarrcchh 44,, 22001144 On March 4, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. the Alvin Independent School District ITEM #5 COMMENDATIONS Board of Trustees met for a Regular Commendations were presented to Meeting at the Central the following student/staff: Administration Building, AISD, Alvin, Texas, with the following Sportsmanship Award presented to members present: Alvin High School students at the 9th Annual Comerica Bank Tiffany Wennerstrom, Nicole Tonini, Sportsmanship Luncheon, Cheryl Harris, Regan Metoyer, Mike presented by the Fellowship of Lansford, Charles McCauley and Sue Christian Athletes. Students and Stringer Sponsors representing the following organizations accepted the Superintendent Brent and other commendations: MCJROTC, administrative staff were also Football, Drill Team, Band and present. Cheerleaders.

ITEM #1 - CALL TO ORDER Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo President Wennerstrom called the 2014 Art Program Winners: meeting to order stating that a Uriel Montes, Kassandra Serrano, quorum of Board members were Naail Chowdhury, Alessa Esma, present, notice was duly posted, and Aaron Knight, Christine Estrada, the meeting was called to order in Sean Farrell, Joseph Watson, accordance with the Texas Open Regina Gomez Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001. Trustee SW Regional Scholastic Awards Stringer gave the Invocation and led Carolina Heiman, Ashley Lawhorn, the Pledge of Allegiance. Chandler Nixon

ITEM #2 – CLOSED EXECUTIVE Firefighter of the Year SESSION Charles Krampota The Board of Trustees immediately ITEM #6 – OPEN FORUM entered in a Closed Executive Session to discuss the following: The following addressed the Board of Trustees: 551.072 Discussion of purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property David Becker – Alvin Memorial 551.074 Discussion of personnel Stadium  Assistant Athletic Director/Head Football Coach, Alvin High School Ramani Row – School Rezoning Trustee Stringer left due to a family Concerns emergency following the Closed Session. ITEM #7 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF The Board returned into an Open CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A – C Session at 7:22 p.m. Trustee Harris made a motion to approve Consent Agenda Items A-C. ITEM #3 – INVOCATION & Trustee Metoyer seconded the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE motion. Motion carried Trustee Harris gave the invocation unanimously (6-0). and led the Pledge of Allegiance ITEM A – REQUEST TO CONSIDER ITEM #4 - GREETERS DONATIONS The greeters for the evening were Athletics National Art Honor Society students. Athletic Director requested to accept a donation from the Alvin

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Yellowjacket Booster Club in the amount of $11,545.16 to purchase a Trustee Tonini brought forth dietary bunker rake for the AHS Baseball concerns regarding special needs program. students. Superintendent Brent noted that their special dietary York Elementary needs, restrictions etc. are deemed Shadow Creek Soccer Club (SCSC) by their Individual Education Plan submitted a donation offer to fund (IEP). labor and materials that would improve an area of the play fields at Motion carried unanimously (6-0). York Elementary. Hybrid Bermuda grass would be installed on the ITEM #9 – REQUEST TO designated play areas. The SCSC CONSIDER ENGAGE LEARNING will request priority reservation MODEL AGREEMENT status for a five year period following Executive Director of Curriculum & acceptance and installation of the Instruction requested approval of donation. Engaged Learning Model Agreement. The ELM integrates a standards- ITEM B – REQUEST TO CONSIDER based design process using TEXTBOOK ADOPTION technology and design thinking to The Alvin ISD Textbook Committee create engaging learning experiences has evaluated the textbooks and for all students. Using this model, materials by attending presentations students gain content knowledge and also by examining sample while also developing the soft skills materials sent by publishers. The (collaboration, critical thinking, committee recommended the creativity, teamwork) necessary to adoption of all textbooks/materials be college or career ready. approved by the State Board of Education The three year training and implementation covers 26 campuses ITEM C – REQUEST TO CONSIDER and costs approximately $241,185. FIRE ALARM MONITORING / This will be funded using existing SYSTEM MAINTENANCE RFP Title 1 and Title 2 Federal funds. Proposals were advertised for services to maintain and provide fire Discussion ensued regarding alarm monitoring plus inspection various aspects of the contract. Mr. and maintenance services for fire Alexander noted this is not a sprinkler, fire alarms, and fire curriculum further noting that the extinguishers for Alvin ISD for a 3 curriculum will be written by the year term with one vendor District’s teachers. responding. Administration recommended award go to Liberty Motion carried unanimously (6-0). Fire Protection ITEM #10 – REQUEST TO ITEM #8 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSIDER APROVAL OF REVISED PORTABLE BULDING ITEMS AT WELLNESS POLICY MANVEL HIGH SCHOOL AND As part of the Child Nutrition BUDGET AMENDMENT Department’s audit requirements, Support Services requested the AISD’s School Health Advisory approval of a follow up budget Committee reviewed and revised the amendment in the amount of Wellness policy. $157,260.00 with authorization to purchase the following items for 3 Trustee Metoyer made a motion to temporary classroom buildings. This approve the wellness policy as request includes the purchase of: presented. Trustee Harris seconded permits, foundations, ramps, decks, the motion. walks, awnings, security fencing,

21 Page 3 Regular Board Meeting March 4, 2014 electrical, alarms, fiber/data, Trustee Lansford made a motion to installation construction services, approve employment of personnel as computer hardware, fixtures, requested. Trustee Tonini seconded furniture, and equipment for the set the motion. Motion carried up and operation of the 3 temporary unanimously (6-0). classrooms. ITEM #13 – REQUEST TO Amendment #20 - $157,260.00 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF Purchase of permits, foundations, ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS ramps, decks, walks, awnings, To comply with the Texas Education security fencing, electrical alarms, Code, the Board was asked to fiber/data, installation, construction consider services, computer hardware, Administrator/Principal/Assistant fixtures, furniture, and equipment Principal contracts at tis March for the set up and operation of the 3 meeting. temporary classrooms. Trustee McCauley made a motion to Trustee Harris made a motion to approve contract approve the items and amendment renewal/extensions as presented. as requested. Trustee Tonini Trustee Harris seconded the motion. seconded the motion. Motion Motion carried unanimously (6-0). carried unanimously (6-0). ITEM # 14 – REQUEST TO ITEM #11 – REQUEST TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PUBLIC ADDITIONAL STAFFING UTILITY EASEMENT FOR MANVEL POSITIONS – Dr. James “Red” JUNIOR HIGH Duke Elementary Installation of MJH’s electrical Initial staffing positions were service will require AISD to grant a presented for approval. ground easement to Center Point. The easement will allow installation Trustee Lansford made a motion to of the underground service conduit approve initial staffing positions for and the pad mounted electrical Duke Elementary as requested. transformer. Trustee Tonini seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously (6-0). The City of Manvel has requested an easement from AISD on which to ITEM #15 – REQUEST TO locate the domestic water/fire line CONSIDER APPROVAL OF and the water meter that will serve ADMINSTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Manvel Junior High. The following administrative appointments were presented to the Trustee Metoyer made a motion to Board of Trustees for approval: approve the public utility easement for Manvel Junior High and Duke Elementary Principal – Fulvia Shaw authorize AISD Administration to Lead Counselor – Chenda Moore execute the final easement Asst. Athletic Director / Head Football Coach Alvin agreement once the area survey is High School – Robert Wilcox finalized and the legal description ITEM #16 – SUPERINTENDENT’S drafted. Trustee Tonini seconded REPORT the motion. Motion carried unanimously (6-0). Dr. Brent highlighted the following District activates:

ITEM #12 – REQUEST TO AISD Education Summit CONSIDER EMPLOYMENT OF SeaPerch Manvel High School Basketball Playoffs PERSONNEL As presented.

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ITEM #17 – FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Trustee Tonini requested an update on ELM as well as other programs the District has recently implemented noting the following:

How many have been trained? How many are yet to be trained? Benefits and impact they have had on students

Trustee Harris asked for a report on K-12 Insight including the following:

How many surveys have been completed? Usage How the overall program is going thus far?

ITEM #18 – ADJOURNMENT Trustee Lansford made a motion to adjourn. Trustee Harris seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

Attest:

______Tiffany Wennerstrom, President

______Cheryl Harris, Secretary

23 SSppeecciiaall MMeeeettiinngg BBuuddggeett WWoorrkksshhoopp MMaarrcchh 2277,, 22001144 On March 27, 2014 the Alvin the motion. Motion carried Independent School District Board unanimously (7-0). of Trustees met for a Special/Workshop Meeting at 6:30 ITEM #3 – BUDGET WORKSHOP p.m. in the Central Administration #2 Building, AISD, Alvin, Texas, with Mrs. Susan Wilson, Chief Financial the following members present: Officer and members of her department along with Dr. Elizabeth Tiffany Wennerstrom, Sue Stringer, Veloz, Assistant Superintendent of Charles McCauley, Mike Lansford, Curriculum & Instruction and Mr. Cheryl Harris, Nicole Tonini and Regan Patrick Miller, Chief Operations Metoyer. Officer, presented Budget Workshop #2 reviewing the following: Superintendent Brent and other administrative staff were also  Projections for M & O Budget  The Spending of Education Dollars present.  How a Campus Budget is Determined  Non-Annual Funding Requests  Annual Expenditures ITEM #1 - CALL TO ORDER  Payroll President Wennerstrom called the  WASA  Personnel meeting to order stating that a  Student/Teacher Ratio quorum of Board members were  Priority 1 Positions Additional Positions present, notice was duly posted, and the meeting was called to order in The Board of Trustees took a break accordance with the Texas Open at 8:00 p.m. and returned into an Meetings Act, Texas Government Open Session at 8:15 with Mr. Dane Code Section 551.001. Adkinson, TASB Consultant, presenting a Compensation Plan ITEM #2 – REQUEST TO Briefing and Budget Information. CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF A 140 TON AIR ITEM #4 – CLOSED EXECUTIVE CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR SESSION (CHILLER) FOR ALVIN PRIMARY The Board of Trustees entered into a Recently the Chiller at Alvin Primary Closed Session at 9:43 p.m. to unexpectedly failed and is discuss the following: considered non-repairable. The Chiller will be replaced with a new  551.074 Discussion of Personnel more efficient mode. The Board of Trustees returned into The Maintenance Department an Open Session at 9:55 p.m. requested authorization to purchase a 140 Ton air conditioner Compressor (chiller) for $63,492.00 under the TCPN Cooperative State

Purchasing Agreement #R5045 from

Hunton Services. Installation and is anticipated within a month of contract award.

Trustee Stringer made a motion to purchase and install the air conditioner compressor / chiller as presented. Trustee Tonini seconded

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ITEM #5 – ADJOURNMENT Trustee Lansford made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Stringer gave a second to the motion. Motion carried unanimously (7-0).

Meeting was adjourned at 9:58 p.m.

Attest:

______Tiffany Wennerstrom, President

______Cheryl Harris, Secretary

25 SSppeecciiaall MMeeeettiinngg MMaarrcchh 3311,, 22001144 On March 31, 2014 the Alvin ITEM #4 – ADJOURNMENT Independent School District Board Trustee McCauley made a motion to of Trustees met for a adjourn the meeting. Trustee Special/Workshop Meeting at 6:30 Stringer gave a second to the p.m. in the Central Administration motion. Motion carried Building, AISD, Alvin, Texas, with unanimously (7-0). the following members present: Meeting was adjourned at 9:54 p.m. Tiffany Wennerstrom, Sue Stringer, Charles McCauley, Mike Lansford, Cheryl Harris, Nicole Tonini and Regan Attest: Metoyer.

ITEM #1 - CALL TO ORDER President Wennerstrom called the meeting to order stating that a quorum of Board members were present, notice was duly posted, and the meeting was called to order in ______accordance with the Texas Open Tiffany Wennerstrom, President Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Section 551.001.

ITEM #2 – CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board of Trustees entered into a Closed Session at 6:35 p.m. to discuss the following: ______Cheryl Harris, Secretary  551.074 Superintendent’s Evaluation

ITEM #3 – OPEN SESSION / POSSIBLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION No action was taken regarding Superintendent’s contract

26 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Approval of Trust Property

Category Business

Resource Personnel Business Services

Attachments Offer and Recommendation Report Rationale The “OFFER AND RECOMMENDATION REPORT” listing this month’s offers for properties in trust. In analyzing the offers being presented, both the appraised value and taxes due have been compared to the offers. The offers do not meet both of our criteria on percent of value.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board Reject offer 004.01, 004.02, 004.03, 004.04, Proposed Motion 004.05 and 004.06.

27 Alvin Independent School District Trust Property April 8, 2014

CURRENT OFFER APPRAISED TAXES NOTES Reject NUMBER Accept BIDDER LEGAL DESCRIPTION VALUE DUE OFFER 004.01 R Ashley Joyner A4093 Tract 7C (PT) Scott Ave Nar Acres 3.750 $9,840 $897 $3,000 004.02 R Ashley Joyner A4093 Tract 7C (PT) Scott Ave Nar Acres 3.075 $14,300 $1,158 $3,000 004.03 R Wanda Woodson Block 4, Lot 8, CR 719 Acres .1231 $13,460 $2,783 $1,382 004.04 R Wanda Woodson Block 4, Lot 9, CR 719 Acres .1217 $2,650 $492 $245 004.05 R Cecilia Hickok Tract 33 1/2, Off CR 81 Acres 5.00 $35,000 $6,223 $6,223 004.06 R Claudia Alvarez Lot 9K1A - 9K1B Clara Ln, CR 958 Acres 2.00 $36,000 $16,803 $10,000 28 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Waiver of Stadium Use Fees for Relay for Life Category Business

Resource Personnel Business Services

Attachments Memo Rationale The American Cancer Society requests to use Fairview Junior High School football field for the “Relay for Life” and is further requesting the facility rental fees be waived.

The football field is needed from 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2014 to 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 14. The relay starts at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 13 and ends at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2014.

Access to restrooms, lights and electricity are needed. Volunteers will clean up the entire area.

The American Cancer Society has agreed to pay for the electricity usage.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board approve Fairview football field usage and waiver Proposed Motion of facility rental fees for “Relay for Life” in June.

February 24, 2014

To: Dr. Fred Brent Superintendent, Alvin Independent School District

From: Kerri Neubauer, Logistics Chairperson 2014 Alvin/Manvel Area Relay for Life American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life will be held on June 13 and 14, 2014, at Fairview Junior High. Alvin ISD has been a true partner in the goal to raise money and celebrate survivorship in this worthwhile cause. Each year since we began, we have surpassed the goal we set, and we truly appreciate Alvin ISD and all the staff members who volunteer and participate.

The American Cancer Society respectfully requests that the usage fees for the Fairview Junior High School Football Field for the Relay for Life activities be waived. The required facility usage forms have been submitted. As in the past, I understand that this letter must be submitted and approved by the Board prior to approval. The football field will be used from 9 a.m. on Friday, June 13, until 7 a.m. on Saturday June 14. Access to restrooms, lights, and electricity at the field will be needed. As in the past, volunteers will clean up the entire area. The American Cancer Society will assume the cost of the electricity

Thank you again for your support of this event that has come to mean so much to this community.

30 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to consider out of state student travel

Category Operations / Action

Resource Personnel Dr. Elizabeth Veloz, Assistant Superintendent of Academics Darrell Alexander, Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction Attachments Memos Trip Request Forms

Rationale May 9-11, 2014 – Debate National Champions

Three Manvel High School students have qualified for the National Individual Event Tournament of Champions for Original Oratory. The tournament is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.

May 16-18, 2014 – Seaperch National Competition

Passmore Elementary, Wilder Elementary, Alvin Jr. High, Nolan Ryan Jr. High advanced to Seaperch Nationals at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

District Goal(s) Academic Performance

Budget Implications AISD is using local funds to fund 100% of the trip for students, staff sponsors and parent sponsors. Recommendation or That the Board approves the out of state trips. Proposed Motion RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

Darrell Alexander

MEMORANDUM

Darrell Alexander, Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction Alvin Independent School District

To: Dr. Elizabeth Veloz From: Darrell Alexander Date: March 27, 2014 RE: April 8 Board Meeting/Out of State Seaperch Trip Request CC: Susan Wilson, Kevon Wells, Jennifer Valdez

The purpose of this memo is to formally request approval for an out of state trip per FMG (Local).

On February 15, 2014, four AISD schools (Passmore EL, Wilder EL, Alvin JH, Nolan Ryan JH) advanced to Seaperch Nationals May 16-18 in Hattisburgh, Mississippi.

Dates - May 16-18, 2014 (Competition on Saturday, May 17, 2014) Location – University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Payne Center 118 College Drive Hattiesburg, MS 39406

What is Seaperch SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) in an in-school or out-of- school setting. Students build the ROV from a kit comprised of low-cost, easily accessible parts, following a curriculum that teaches basic engineering and science concepts with a marine engineering theme. The SeaPerch Program provides students with the opportunity to learn about robotics, engineering, science, and mathematics (STEM) while building an underwater ROV as part of a science and engineering technology curriculum. Throughout the project, students will learn engineering concepts, problem solving, teamwork, and technical applications. (http://www.seaperch.org/what_is)

Nationals The 2014 National SeaPerch Challenge will be located on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS on Saturday, May 17, 2014, where up to 100 teams are anticipated. Hosting the event will be the Mississippi Regional Committee. This year, students will enjoy the college experience, as accommodations and meals will be available for all participants on the university’s campus, only a short walk to Saturday’s in-pool and poster competitions.

Friday night again will feature the popular Welcoming Party for arriving teams to meet and interact, and Sunday will be a free day for teams to explore the rich cultural history and outdoor activities in the greater Hattiesburg area.

Alvin Independent School District 301 E. House Street 281-245-3088 [email protected]

Funding 39 students, 12 AISD sponsors, & 3 parent sponsors will be making the trip May 16-18 to Hattisburgh, Mississippi. To support our students and their extracurricular efforts, AISD is using local funds to fund 100% of the trip for students, staff sponsors, and parent sponsors. These costs are as follows:

Item Cost Per Item # of Items Total Cost Per Item

Charter bus for students, staff $5,400 1 $5,600 and parent sponsor

Registration per student, staff $45 60 $2,700 and parent sponsor

Housing/lodging per student, $90 60 $5,400* staff or parent sponsor

ROV registration $150 7 $750

Total $14,450

Note: The costs will be subsidized (maybe $1,500) through sponsorships *Combination of upfront and reimbursement costs

Please contact my office if you have additional questions.

Respectfully,

Darrell Alexander Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Alvin Independent School District 301 E. House Street 281-245-3088 [email protected]

35 Seaperch National Competition Travel Itinerary May 16-18, 2014

Friday, Team Arrivals May 16

6:00 am Charter Bus to Depart AISD

Teams arrive during the day and settle into USM student dorms

3:00 – 6:00 pm Team Check-in and Compliance Review – Payne Center

Dinner (included in registration fee) – Food Court, Thad 4:30 – 7:00 pm Cochran Center

Ice Cream Social – Grand Ballroom/Food Court, Thad 8:00 – 9:00 pm Cochran Center Saturday, Competition Day May 17

6:30 – 9:00 am Attendee Breakfast – Food Court, Thad Cochran Center

7:30 – 8:30 am Team Check-in and Compliance Review – Payne Center

7:30 – 8:30 am Judges / Volunteer Breakfast – Payne Center

8:00 – 8:15 am Judges / Volunteer Meeting – Payne Center

Opening Ceremony - Payne Center Susan Nelson, Mistress of Ceremonies, Executive Director, SeaPerch, managed by AUVSI Foundation 8:45 - 9:15 am Speakers - TBA

Chris Hansen, Technical Director, SeaPerch – Review of Competition Rules

Pool Competition - Johnson Natatorium 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Poster Competition - Payne Center

36 Lunch for all registrants - Food Court, Thad Cochran Center 11:30 - 1:30 pm Judges / Volunteer Lunch – Payne Center

Pool Competition - Johnson Natatorium Poster Competition - Payne Center 1:30 - 4:00 pm Invited Guests view Pool and Poster Competitions and meet the students

Team Pit Area closes and all teams must remove their 4:00 – 4:30 pm materials for Awards Banquet set-up

Awards Banquet for all registrants (presentation of awards, 6:00 - 9:00 pm dinner and closing ceremony) – Payne Center

Sunday, Sunday will be a free day for teams to explore the rich cultural history and outdoor activities in the greater Hattiesburg area May 18 and travel back to AISD.

ALVIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Manvel High School

Principal Charlotte Liptack TO: Alvin ISD Board of Trustees Associate Principal Raymond Root FROM: Charlotte Liptack, Principal of Manvel High School

Assistant Principals DATE: March 25, 2014 Eric Landgrebe RE: Funds for Debate National Competitions (9th Grade)

Donald Brown Ramsha Babar has qualified for the National Individual Event Tournament of Champions (A-E) for Original Oratory; Jasmine McCain has qualified for the National Individual Event Tournament of Champions for Original Oratory; Joyce Obgonnaya has qualified for Davon Ruiz National Individual Event Tournament of Champions for Dramatic Interpretation. (F-L) This tournament is held in St. Peter, Minnesota at Gustavus Adolphus College, May 9-11, 2014. Tiffany Mathews (M-R) We would like to request assistance with the funds needed for registration, travel, hotel and meals for all three girls plus their coach Kristopher Clancy and one female sponsor (yet LaToya Easter unnamed). These girls have worked hard to get to this point and financial assistance would (S-Z) give them more time to prepare for these events without worrying about how they will cover the expenses.

Mailing Address www.alvinisd.net/mhs Physical Address 301 East House Street 281-245-2232 19601 Highway 6 Alvin, Texas 77511 281-245-2268 (fax) Manvel, Texas 77578

38 39 40 41 42 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Revised Attendance Boundary

Category Business

Resource Personnel Pat Miller, Chief Operations Officer

Attachments Proposed school boundary maps. Proposed student transfer amendments Rationale To accommodate student enrollment and support District goals it is necessary to create the Dr. James “Red” Duke Elementary attendance zone and to revise other west side elementary and junior high attendance zones with a temporary variance of student transfer guidelines.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board approve the creation Dr. James “Red” Duke Proposed Motion Elementary attendance zone and to revise other west side elementary and junior high attendance zones with a temporary variance of student transfer guidelines.

Memo Date: April 1, 2014

To: Dr. Fred Brent Superintendent of Schools AISD

From: Patrick Miller Chief Operations Officer

Reference: 2014 Recommendation for Boundary Change School Boundary Advisory Committee

The community parents who comprised the School Boundary Advisory Committee (SBAC) offer their recommendation for School Board acceptance of school boundary changes.

SBAC recommendation is attached for your reference (3 pages).

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Recommendation for School Boundary Changes AISD Board of Trustees Meeting April 8, 2014 SBAC Recommendation

Temp. Capacity 2013 2014 2015 2016 ELEM 15 800 717 798 834 JETER 800-880 915 789 862 941

46 MAREK 800-872 931 748 772 787 MASON 653-797 670 727 769 847 SAVANNAH LAKES 800-908 813 864 909 970 WILDER 800-908 893 751 799 835 YORK 800 812 758 803 884 ELEM 16-HASSE Opens

Next years 5th & 8th graders along with their siblings would be grandfathered to remain at their current school for the 2014-2015 school year. Proposed Junior High Zone Adjustment

Temp. Capacity 2013 2014 2015 2016 RODEO PALMS 1050 880 1019 1082 1147 RYAN 1200 1184 1186 1241 1324 47 Future Junior High in Manvel 1000 Opens

Junior high adjustment to balance enrollment for 2014/2015 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Approval of a local requirement for graduating students Category Operations/Action

Resource Personnel Dr. Elizabeth Veloz, Assistant Superintendent for Academics Kevon Wells, Executive Director of Secondary Education Attachments Memo

Rationale As HB 5 is implemented, one of the requirements of students is to demonstrate proficiency in communication as determined by the district.

Students currently in high school must have a speech credit to graduate. However, the foundation and foundation plus endorsement graduation plans under HB 5 requires the skills taught, but does not require a speech class. It is the recommendation that beginning with the graduating class of 2014, all students be required to have at least one half-credit in speech that will be fulfilled by the successful completion of Professional Communications or Communication Applications.

District Goal(s) Academic Performance

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That the Board approves communication requirements for Proposed Motion graduating students.

Memorandum

To: Dr. Elizabeth Veloz From: Kevon Wells Date: 4/3/2014 Re: HB 5 Requirements

As HB 5 is implemented, one of the requirements of students is to demonstrate proficiency, as determined by the district, in:

 delivering clear verbal messages  choosing effective nonverbal behaviors  listening for desired results  applying valid critical-thinking and problem-solving processes  identifying, analyzing, developing, evaluation of communication skills needed for professional and social success in interpersonal situations, group interactions, and personal and professional presentations.

Although many of these will be acquired in most classes and throughout the curriculum, these skills will be addressed consistently throughout the district by creating the local requirement through Professional Communication or Communications Applications.

CONFIDENTIAL 1

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Approval of Secondary Course Requests for 2014-2015 Category Operations/Action

Resource Personnel Dr. Elizabeth Veloz, Assistant Superintendent for Academics Kevon Wells, Executive Director of Secondary Education Attachments Memo

Rationale House Bill 5 requires that the district have college-readiness courses designed for grade 12 students whose performance indicates the student is not college ready.

Any student successfully completing College Prep English or College Prep Math can use the credits to satisfy the advanced ELA/Math requirements needed for the foundation school program.

District Goal(s) Academic Performance

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That the Board approves the Secondary Course Requests for Proposed Motion 2014-2015 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

ALVIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

To: Dr. Elizabeth Veloz From: Kevon Wells Date: March 26, 2014 RE: New Course Requests – High School

House Bill 5 requires that the district have college-readiness courses designed for grade 12 students whose performance on the EOC exam, coursework, college entrance exam, or higher education screener (e.g., Accuplacer) indicates the student is not college ready. The courses developed will be provided on the high school campus, the institute of higher learning with which the district has partnered, or through distance learning.

Any student successfully completing College Prep English or College Prep Math can use the credits to satisfy the advanced ELA/Math requirements needed for the foundation school program.

HS Course Title Grade Dept. Semesters State PEIMS Number Credit College Prep English (1471) 12 HS 2 1 CP110110 College Prep Math (2471) 12 HS 2 1 CP111200

301 E. House St. Alvin, TX 77511 281-245-2491 281-388-2719

51 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Approval of the Safe Routes to School Plan and Resolution as Proposed by the City of Pearland Category Operations/Action

Resource Personnel Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent

Attachments Safe Routes to School Plan Resolution Supporting Safe Routes to School Plan Rationale The safe route to school study was conducted to identify the campuses that would best fit the qualifications for grant funding to improve walking and biking to campus in the Pearland area. The City of Pearland is asking for both Pearland ISD and Alvin ISD to show support for this study by approving the proposed plan and adopting a resolution [attached]. The Pearland City Council has already voted to support the study and will be moving forward in the grant process through HGAC. Support from the school districts will greatly help the chances of receiving these grant funds.

District Goal(s)

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That the Board Approve the Safe Routes to School Plan and Proposed Motion Resolution as Proposed by the City of Pearland.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..PAGE 1

Safe Routes To School (SRTS)

Pearland, Texas

Local Population

Problem Statement

Policy Statement

2. The Safe Routes to School Team……………………………………………………..PAGE 4

3. The Public Input Process………………………………………………………...……..PAGE 6

4. School Descriptions……………………………………………………………………..PAGE 8

Schools Initially Screened but Not Selected

Schools Initially Screened and Deemed in Need of Safe Routes to School

5. Travel Environment……………………………………………………….……………..PAGE 11

6. Barriers to Active Transportation…………………………………………………………………………..PAGE 12

Carleston Elementary School

Challenger Elementary School

Cockrell Elementary School

Harris Elementary School

Lawhon Elementary School

Glenn York Elementary School

Pearland South Junior High School

7. Outreach and Publicity Strategy District-wide and Focus Areas…….……………..PAGE 60

8. Creating Solutions………………………………………………………….……..……..PAGE 61

9. The Action Plan……………………………………………………….…….……………PAGE 63

Engineering Strategies

Education Strategies

Encouragement Strategies 1

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Enforcement Strategies

Evaluation Strategies

11. Evaluation, Coordination, and Support Activities…………………… ………..………..PAGE 65

12. Plan Endorsement………………………………………………………………….…..…..PAGE 67

APPENDICES

TBD

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1. Introduction

Safe Routes To School (SRTS)

The term “Safe Routes to School” was first used in Denmark in the late 1970s as part of a very successful initiative to reduce the number of children killed while walking and bicycling to school. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) spread internationally, with programs springing up throughout Europe and in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.

Research on the safety of children walking and bicycling to school began in the U.S. in the early 1970s and was highlighted by release of the US DOT publication “School Trip Safety and Urban Play Areas” in 1975. The first modern Safe Routes to School program in the U.S. began in 1997 in the Bronx, N.Y. In 1998, Congress funded two pilot SRTS programs through the US DOT. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued $50,000 each for Safe Routes to School pilot programs in Marin County, California and Arlington, Massachusetts. Within a year after the launch of the pilot programs, many other grassroots Safe Routes to School efforts were started throughout the United States.

Efforts to include a larger SRTS program in federal legislation began in earnest in 2002. In 2003, the League of American Bicyclists organized the first meeting of leaders in pedestrian and bicycle issues to talk about Safe Routes to School and how a national program might work. At the same time, a number of states were developing their own SRTS programs, continuing to build momentum for the movement.

In July 2005, Congress passed federal legislation that established a National Safe Routes to School program to improve safety on walking and bicycling routes to school and to encourage children and families to travel between home and school using these modes. The program, which was signed into law in August 2005, dedicated a total of $612 million towards SRTS from 2005 to 2009. The Federal Highway Administration administered the Safe Routes to School program funds and provided guidance and regulations about SRTS programs. Federal SRTS funds were distributed to states based on student enrollment, with no state receiving less than $1 million per year. SRTS funds could be used for both infrastructure projects and non-infrastructure activities. The legislation also required each state to have a Safe Routes to School Coordinator to serve as a central point of contact for the state.

Safe Routes to School programs operate in all 50 states and D.C. With legislative extensions, the Federal Safe Routes to School Program has apportioned nearly $1.15 billion to states as of September 30, 2012. These funds have benefited or will benefit more than 14,000 schools. In July 2012, Congress passed a transportation bill: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). Beginning in October 2012, SRTS activities were eligible to compete for funding alongside other programs, including the Transportation Enhancements program and Recreational Trails program, as part of a program called Transportation Alternatives (TAP).

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Pearland, Texas

Pearland, Texas is located immediately south of the southern limits of the city of Houston along what is known in the area as the “288 Corridor,” based on its adjacency to State Highway 288. Pearland is known primarily for its rapid growth, as it now resides among the top two fastest growing cities in the State of Texas, and among the nation’s top 15. Its population has more than tripled in the past 13 years, increasing by 66,360 people since the year 2000. With a current population of just over 104,000, it has become an important suburban community that supports the residential needs of citizens throughout the southeast region of the State of Texas.

As Houston’s closest suburb, and being located directly south of the city, Texas Medical Center employees make up a considerable segment of the Pearland population. Additionally, Pearland is mainly a “bedroom community” and therefore is mostly comprised of families. As a result, primary and secondary school populations make up a significant part of the population, with almost 30 percent of Pearland residents being identified as 18 years of age and younger in the 2010 U.S. Census. Two school districts mainly serve the Pearland population with primary and secondary schools – Pearland Independent School District and Alvin ISD. In addition, Pearland ISD provides school administration services for the Brookside Village community – a small city within the boundaries of the City of Pearland.

Pearland ISD serves the schools of the city of Pearland, with a student population of approximately 20,000, comprised of a diverse representation of ages. genders, races, nationalities, and backgrounds. Alvin ISD serves the west side of Pearland residents in the Shadow Creek Ranch area of town, as the City ultimately grew to annex portions of unincorporated lands that AISD was already in place to serve.

These overlapping characteristics of local boundaries, diverse citizens, rapid growth, and a mix of aging and improved infrastructure, have made for an interesting challenge for our local leaders. However, a mixture of interlocal agreements, mutual aid policies, regional planning, economic development strategies, responsive growth, and innovative local management have all played a substantive role in making sure the City not only grows accordingly, but also improves as it does so.

One challenge that the fast-paced growth of our city contends with relates to the number of new school and neighborhoods that have come to exist in Pearland. While roads, bridges and other transportation routes have flourished with the new growth, pathways for hiking and biking are often part of an aged system of sidewalk and drainage infrastructure or are non-existent and open ditches or unpaved areas prevail.

Combine these factors with a culture of transit that is very much “Texan,” and the perfect storm exists for traffic jams, environmental pollution, obesity, and safety impediments along the routes that parents rely on for their children to get to and from school each day. Pearland, therefore, has selected to embark on the development of a viable, research-based, living plan that will ultimately attempt to foster safer, more available, and continuous routes to schools.

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Local Population

The City of Pearland boasts as one of the top two fastest growing cities in the State of Texas, and is ranked 15th nationwide, as it has increased population from 37,640 in 2000 to more than 91,000 as of the 2010 U.S. decennial census. In 2012 U.S. Census estimates indicated there to be 96,294 people in Pearland, but at the time of this report, local demographic research shows our population to exist at around 104,000. Conservative estimates suggest that by the year 2025, Pearland will be home to more than 200,000 citizens.

Diversity is one of the most prolific statistical notations about our city, as minority and ethnic nationality groups have grown increasingly since the year 2005. Asians have increased by 252 percent since the year 2000, and Hispanics now make up 20 percent of the Pearland population. Sixteen percent of the city’s makeup is Black or African-American, exceeding the State average by 4.5 percent.

Growth in Texas cities is clearly attributable to the stronger growth in Texas’ energy markets and the petrochemical industry. Lower housing costs, family formation, and less burdensome costs of living provide the region with the “perfect storm” for booming increases in residential population.

Problem Statement

Disconnects, trip hazards, and a vehicular culture that prevails throughout the Sun Belt states negatively affect our ability to foster customs such as walking or biking to and from school in a significant, community-wide fashion. Cultural and tangible impediments are the two major elements preventing communities such as ours from developing social norms that promote environmentally-friendly modes of transportation.

Pearland is no different. As a rapidly growing city, transit deficiencies, widespread geography, and a highly residential community, there are significant difficulties garnering support for the importance of walking or biking to school, as opposed to vehicle drop-offs and pick-ups.

The impetus for the Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program is highly self- explanatory – making the roadways, walkways and other pathways children and their families utilize to get to and from schools accessible, available, and safe. Often referred to as “alternative” modes of transportation, there is a strong sense that society must reach a “tipping point” in which driving is actually more of an alternative than walking and biking to school.

However, there exists a culture, particularly in the State of Texas, where the span of distances our local landscape requires us to cover in our daily comings and goings is significant. This is true throughout the “Sun Belt.” Therefore, in addition to the need for improvements in infrastructure, a socio-cultural change in community norms and beliefs must also occur.

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This plan emphasizes the important factors that will be considered as Pearland formally pursues its efforts to make our community safer for those who will walk or bike to/from school, and as we work together to encourage more people to do so.

Policy Statement

Each of the Elementary, Middle and Junior High schools in our Districts are committed to providing for, to the extent feasible, and promoting physically active transportation, such as walking and bicycling, for a safe and enjoyable trip to school. This Safe Routes to School Plan aims to address the issues that will impede active transportation and seeks to strategically solve these problems by implementing a Safe Routes to School program.

While the City of Pearland has taken on the task of commissioning and coordinating the development of this plan, it is within the guise of a collaborative partnership that involves leaders and designated official representatives from the respective school districts involved in the administration of education services to citizens of Pearland.

Our community is motivated to pursue Safe Routes to School because:

 We highly value student physical activity and health.  We want to improve the air quality and environment around our schools.  We wish to improve unsafe or insufficient walkways, bikeways, and crossings.  We are committed to reducing speeding and reckless driving near schools.

2. The Safe Routes to School Team

We believe that a diverse Safe Routes to School Team develops the most successful Safe Routes to School Plan. Our Team is comprised of a variety of stakeholders, each lending their own unique perspective and expertise in order to make walking and bicycling to school more safe, accessible, and fun for our students.

The stakeholders on our team include:  School Board Members and District and School Administrators who provide leadership on student health and student safety, develop policies to support safe and active transportation, and oversee implementation and evaluation of results;  District Student Transportation Staff who recommend and implement student transportation programs and conduct the evaluation of results;  Teachers at each school who observe student behaviors and monitor student transportation activities on the school grounds  Crossing Guards who observe student behaviors and monitor student transportation activities at the transitions between local streets and school grounds;  City Parks & Recreation Department personnel that develop and implement programs, activities, state-of-the-art facilities, and public infrastructure designed to promote healthy lifestyles through recreation and athletics;

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 Law Enforcement Department personnel who educate the public about school zone traffic regulations, provide enforcement in school zones, and address crime and traffic dangers around schools;  City Engineering & Capital Projects Department personnel who provide infrastructure planning assistance, fund and construct infrastructure improvements;  City Public Works Department personnel who provide infrastructure maintenance, planning assistance, funding, and construction services.  Parents who are concerned about the safety of their children and make choices about the transportation of their student;  Students of our schools who participated in surveys about their journey to and from school and helped identify issues  Local and Regional Health Departments who support active transportation as part of public health for citizens, young and old; and  Local Businesses which are supportive of the activities and programs of our schools.

The Champions (primary contact person) for our Safe Routes to School Plan are:

Tom Ried – Mayor, City of Pearland 3519 Liberty Drive Pearland, Texas 77581 (281) 652-1663 www.cityofpearland.com

Dr. John P. Kelly, Superintendant, Pearland ISD 1928 N. Main, Pearland, Texas 77581 (281) 485-3203 www.pearlandisd.org

Stakeholder contributions to the development and /or execution of this Plan include:  From Pearland ISD o School no-bus boundaries and student location maps o Crossing Guard Locations and Procedures o Current student trip patterns to/from school o Facilitate family participation in Student Travel Survey (Survey Monkey) o Identification of Current Known Issues (Parents, Teachers, Students)  From Alvin ISD o School no-bus boundaries and student location maps o Crossing Guard Locations and Procedures o Current student trip patterns to/from school o Facilitate family participation in Student Travel Survey (Survey Monkey) o Identification of Current Known Issues (Parents, Teachers, Students)  From the City of Pearland o Sidewalk inventory o Infrastructure improvement plans (Trail Master Plan, Comprehensive Plan, etc…) o Coordination of the plan development process as a whole 7

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o Extensions of general funds for content experts needed to complete the plan o Hosting kick-off activities associated with plan development process o Hosting of a regional training workshop conducted by TxDOT o Site visits of local schools designed to promote observational research necessary for the plan development process o Monitoring of the funding opportunities available to execute various aspects of the plan

3. The Public Input Process

The City of Pearland incorporates public input into the decisions involving a great deal of its financial management, community development, and planning activities. Public hearings, citizen comments during City Council meetings, and residents’ participation in research conducted by the City provide Pearland residents with the ability to have their opinions, experiences, preferences, and basic needs factored into how the City operates, builds roads and bridges, acquires property, or serves citizens.

Expenditures involving projects supported with federal, state, or locally-restricted funding often requires a public input process, but the City values the involvement of the families and individuals that ultimately will benefit from, or utilize, the end results of local government efforts. For this Safe Routes to School Plan, our team worked to include the key stakeholders and school administrators in developing our Plan.

After an initial effort by City of Pearland staff to design the framework for developing a plan, stakeholders were identified and provided with training and technical assistance from the Texas Department of Transportation in September of 2012. Representatives from throughout the region were invited to Pearland’s City Hall and participated in a full-day training conducted by Michael J. Cynecki of Lee Engineering. This event provided participants with the opportunity to learn more about Safe Routes To School program activities and the structural elements required to successfully complete a plan.

The stakeholder group participated in a break-out session to kick-off the plan’s development process, hosted by the City of Pearland and facilitated by Kevin St. Jacques of Freese & Nichols Consulting. At the end of the day, the core group of stakeholders was formed; representative of the local area academic, government finance, law enforcement, community development, capital improvements, and parks/recreation. The group’s charge for developing a full-scale process for obtaining public input involved polling parents of students enrolled at the priority schools, for the purpose of obtaining their opinions and perspectives on the various options for creating a Safe Routes To School (SRTS) plan for the City of Pearland.

To accomplish this we:

 Administered an on-line survey conducted in the selected Elementary and Junior High Schools to be completed by parents of students in the 1st grade and higher, that queried:

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o What form of transportation is typically taken to and from school (bus, ride in car, bicycle, walk, or other) o An open ended question about challenges of walking or bicycling to school An on-line version of the survey will be regularly administered in the Fall of the school year to gage the progress of encouraging active transportation to school and update the Plan recommendations.

 Interviewed key technical stakeholders o Pearland City Engineer provided a succinct brief of the sidewalk construction specifications required by the City of Pearland. According to Pearland’s City Engineer, the City of Pearland requires that sidewalks be installed upon development of the property. There are different width requirements for the types of street classifications in accordance with the City's Thoroughfare Plan; for example, as adopted by the Unified Development Code, sidewalks at least six feet wide are required along both sides of Major & Secondary Thoroughfares and Major & Minor Collectors. Where sidewalks four feet wide are required along both sides of all other streets.

o Pearland’s Parks and Recreation Director provided the effort with key guidance on the incorporation of important elements of the City’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan into the SRTS Plan.

o Pearland’s Engineering and Capital Projects Director provided the effort with key guidance on the incorporation of important elements of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, planned projects in the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), as well as other anecdotal and practicable aspects of local transportation modalities that could factor into our SRTS Plan.

o Brazoria County Constable provided law enforcement support for our need to consider safety and community awareness elements that would benefit our planning and development activities.

 Input from school administration staff regarding the policies at their schools and known issues regarding walking and bicycling to school

 School officials were interviewed and provided feedback on site-specific policies and procedures involving local student school transportation modalities.

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4. Pearland Elementary and Middle Schools Our school Safe Route to School Plan addresses the needs of the Elementary and Middle Schools in the city of Pearland, including those schools in the Pearland ISD and one school in the Alvin ISD. A map of the schools in Pearland ISD is shown in Figure 1. Economically disadvantaged student information is included for the purposes of ensuring that low-moderate income community factors are included in the plan development and prioritization processes. The priority schools listed in the plan are in bold, several of which represent higher or moderate levels of low- moderate income students.

Table 1. Pearland Elementary, Middle and Junior High Schools Total # of Econ. Disadv. School Name Address Grades Students # Students, % 3010 Harkey Rd, Carleston ES PK-4 795 382 48% Pearland 77584 9434 Hughes Ranch Challenger ES PK-4 705 129 18% Rd, Pearland 77584 3500 McHard Rd, Cockrell ES PK-4 787 337 43% Pearland 77581 2314 Schleider Dr, C.J. Harris ES PK-4 680 196 29% Pearland 77581 5810 Brookside Rd., E.A. Lawhon ES PK-4 615 335 54% Pearland77581 5350 Magnolia, Magnolia ES PK-4 775 294 38% Pearland 77584 3900 Manvel Rd., Massey Ranch ES PK-4 737 163 22% Pearland 77584 1302 Rustic Lane, Rustic Oak ES PK-4 578 119 21% Pearland 77581 2405 Shadybend, Shadycrest ES PK-4 575 97 17% Pearland 77581 3003 Southwych Pky, Silvercrest ES PK-4 839 61 7% Pearland 77584 2550 County Rd 90, Silverlake ES PK-4 773 103 13% Pearland 77584 3001 Old Alvin Rd, Alexander MS 5-6 617 142 23% Pearland 77581 2506 Woody Rd, Sam Jamison MS 5-6 795 296 37% Pearland 77581 3121 Manvel Rd, Rogers MS 5-6 892 99 11% Pearland 77584 2201 N. Galveston Leon Sablatura MS 5-6 733 242 33% Ave, Pearland 77851 3301 Manvel Rd, Berry Miller JH 7-8 820 147 18% Pearland 77584 2315 Old Alvin Rd, Pearland JH East 7-8 647 124 19% Pearland 77581 4719 Bailey Rd, Pearland JH South 7-8 748 256 34% Pearland 77584 2337 N. Galveston Pearland JH West 7-8 699 258 37% Rd, Pearland 77581 Glenn York ES 2720 Kingsley Rd, PK-5 701 228 33% (Alvin ISD) Pearland 77584 10

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Schools Initially Screened but Not Selected

Pearland is a suburban city located about 20 miles south of Houston, Texas. Several of our newer schools are located adjacent to relatively new subdivisions that have been built according to more recent city standards that require sidewalks and connectivity to schools has been a focal point. For this reason, the following schools were considered to have fewer challenges involving sidewalk connectivity between the school and its adjacent residential community within the acceptable 1 – 2 mile walking distance:  Magnolia Elementary School  Massey Ranch Elementary School  Shadycrest Elementary School  Silvercrest Elementary School  Silverlake Elementary School  Alexander Middle School  Rogers Middle School  Barry Miller Junior High School  Pearland Junior High School East  Pearland Junior High School West One other school, Rustic Oak Elementary School, is in a rural setting that was not considered viable at this time for further consideration in this Plan.

Priority Schools in Need of Safe Routes to School

Thus, this Safe Routes to School Plan will focus on the schools in most need of enhancement and with the greatest potential for encouraging increased walking and bicycling to and from school. The schools included for assessment and development of recommendations are:  H. C. Carleston Elementary School  Challenger Elementary School  Barbara Cockrell Elementary School  C. J. Harris Elementary School  E. A. Lawhon Elementary School o Serves Pearland students, but located in the City of Brookside Village  Pearland Junior High School South  Glenn York Elementary School (Alvin ISD, but within city of Pearland)

A map of the schools within the city of Pearland, with the targeted schools for safe routes assessments and recommendations, is shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1. Schools of Focus for this SRTS Plan

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5. Travel Environment

The following table represents a sampling of how our students travel to and from school, by percentage, based on responses to on-line surveys of parents of students in the six elementary schools. This survey includes responses from over 400 students from the targeted schools to a survey administered using Survey Monkey, an on-line surveying tool, during November 2012 through February 2013. A summary of the overall survey response to mode of transportation is shown in Table 2. Specific comments received from the survey regarding access to each school can be found in Section 6 of this report.

Table 2. Summary of Mode Choice among Schools Selected for Evaluation

Survey Responses by School

Name # of Resp.

Carleston ES 58 Challenger ES 92 Cockrell ES 82 Harris ES 74 Lawhon ES 42 Glenn York ES 11 Pearland JH South 117

# of School Family Name Walk Bike Carpool Other Resp. Bus Vehicle Overall Survey 452 10% 6% 25% 46% 3% 10% Results

Over 40% of those responding indicated that they did not qualify for bus service. And, over 50% of those responding indicated that walking or riding a bike to and from school is difficult for their child due to missing sidewalks between their house and school. School specific responses and comments are included in the subsequent sections on each school’s needs and recommendations.

Depending upon the geographic and development nature of each school site, the proportion of students beyond a 2-mile walking distance for qualification for busing can be large or small. The 2-mile No-Bus Zone is considered to be the actual walking passageway along public streets. The school districts provide free school bus service to those living beyond 2 miles from their assigned school. Families that live closer than 2 miles to school are able to pay to receive school bus service. Additionally, Alvin ISD provides free “hazardous route” busing of students who are within the 2- mile zone but must cross streets with high vehicle speeds and/or volumes, pass by potentially harmful activities, or cross very active railroad tracks.

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Our schools are already engaged in activities that enhance safe and active student travel, including:  Pedestrian crosswalks and ramps at the edges of the school boundary  School Crossing Guards positioned at the first major street crossing nearest to the school along the school boundary  School speed zones on the approach roadway, slowing traffic from 15 – 20 miles per hour below the posted speed limits  Some neighborhoods have off-street paths that connect neighborhoods to school property

The following supports or activities are in place during student travel times:

 Crossing guards  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Staff escort of walking students from school building to near street crossing with crossing guard at most schools  School traffic safety plan for bus and car pick-up and drop-off

School arrival and dismissal procedures at each targeted school are described in Section 6 of this report.

The City of Pearland subdivision regulations currently require the provision of sidewalks along local streets and the provision of sidewalks along each side of collector streets. However, many neighborhoods were developed before these requirements were adopted and so many older neighborhoods do not have continuous sidewalks and many collectors and arterial streets do not have sidewalks.

10. Barriers to Active Transportation:

For each of the 6 Elementary Schools and 1 Junior High School selected for assessment and development of recommendations, we have compiled the following information:  A map depicting the locations of the students during the 2012-13 school year;  A sidewalk inventory, provided by the City, was compiled in GIS format for all streets within a one mile radius of the school;  Barriers to walking and bicycling to school were identified; and  Potential improvements to encourage walking and bicycling to and from school are suggested.

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6.1 Active Transportation Plan for H.C. Carleston Elementary School

Overview H. C. Carleston Elementary is located at/near the intersection of Fite Road (CR 406) and Harkey Road, about 3 miles east of SH 288 and 1/2 mile south of Broadway in Pearland, Texas. The school is situated within a partially developed urbanized area of Pearland, with a mixture of newer subdivisions with sidewalks and rural single family homes and small housing clusters along rural roads without sidewalks. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to reside to the northwest, west and southwest, while a scattered few are located to the northeast and east along various roadways to which currently there are no pedestrian facilities. Although close to the school, the students living to the east do not have the proper facilities to enable them to walk to school safely. The students from the northwest, west and southwest of the school are adequately accommodated for walking and bicycling to school.

Current Programs, Policies and Issues for Walking and Bicycling to School This school is already engaged in activities that enhance safe and active student travel, including:  Programs to provide pedestrian crosswalks and ramps at the edges of the school boundary  Bike racks at the two bicycling approach passages, one for the south and west located at the end of the covered walkway and another just beyond the northern end of the covered walkway at the trail from the neighborhood.  Walking and Bicycling students are released 5 minutes before the bus students.  Students are assisted across intersections by crossing guard(s) and supervised by campus staff.

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Crossing guards  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Student patrol  Parent patrol  Law enforcement support  Neighborhood Watch program  Walking School Bus  School traffic safety plan  other

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:  Students must walk their bicycles on campus grounds. Students living in the West Oaks subdivision on the north side of our campus will be able to walk home. Parents are to wait at the end of the sidewalk to receive their child. Kindergarten and 1st grade students who do not have a parent waiting for them will be brought back to the school. Students living in West Oaks across Fite may walk home in the crossing guard walker line. Students will be escorted out of the building down the sidewalk and across Fite by the crossing guard. Parents must wait across Fite to receive their child. Kindergarten and 1st grade students who do not have a parent waiting for them will be brought back to the school.

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Other school travel policies include:  Bus Policy: During the first week of school the bus driver will give 1st – 4th grade children a transportation form that must be filled out and returned to the driver. Parents of Pre-K and Kindergarten students must register their children through the school office or the transportation office. Contact information for telephone and internet registration options are made available to the parents of these children.

In the interest of student safety, parents are instructed to discuss proper behavior for their children while on buses prior to the first day of school. If a student is in grades Pre- K or Kindergarten, an adult must be present with them at the bus stop with a valid photo ID to receive the child, or the driver must return the child to the school. Pre-K or Kindergarten children may get off the bus with an older sibling (1st grade or older) who rides the same bus.

Daycare There are a number of daycare facilities that serve the school with aftercare services and daycare dismissal is located in the gym. Parents are instructed to rehearse with their child the name of his/her daycare provider. Teachers escort the students to the gym where they will be placed with other children who attend the same aftercare facility, and students are then loaded onto the daycare vans as they arrive. Parents must notify the daycare/aftercare in the event of a child’s absence, or if their dismissal routine changes.

Car The students will be seated by grade level on the sidewalk that faces Harkey. Parents pull into the school’s driveway and drive up to the school’s designated “announcer” who stands along the sidewalk with a bullhorn. Parents hold up a school-sanctioned sign with the child’s name and grade level on it and the child is summoned to the vehicle, upon which the signage is shown again to the person placing the child in the vehicle. The line of parents awaiting their child(ren) moves consecutively along the driveway as students are placed in vehicles.

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Figure 2A. Carleson Elementary Existing Conditions

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Comments from Survey The following comments were received in response to the online survey from those indicating they had a student at Carleston Elementary School:

 We walk to school at 2-3 times weekly.  I would like to see cross guards into the West Oaks Village subdivision. I would love to have a continuous sidewalk across the school. Currently there is a ditch.  Next year my child will be at Jamison M.S. and I did not see it on the list. I would like it to be added because she will be a walker next year & the sidewalk abruptly ends. I would like for the sidewalk to be continued down Woody so she can walk safely home and not have to cross the street traffic or get home safely because there was no access.  Current zoning does not take advantage of zoning children to schools for which they could walk or ride. I do not favor any additional money being spent on sidewalks to schools for kids in neighborhoods who cannot actually attend that school.  My child would sometimes like to walk or ride to school but we are unable to, due to no sidewalks. If we would walk or bike to school we would be on the street and we cross a very busy street.  Sidewalks along Fite Road to Harkey would be great!  We will have to drive to the middle school eventually because we are too close for bus service but there is no safe route (busy streets, no sidewalks).  There is a gravel patch that could be fixed by the bridge between my house and the school.  I have multiple children and therefore have different issues with each. The survey did not address this. My Carleston student walks almost every day. I have a Jamison student (which is not included in the survey, but by far the worst situation) who should have transportation as the route is far (1.95 miles according to PISD) and totally unsafe (no sidewalks/shoulder, traveling along 518 and crossing 518. South is a little better and I think we've figured out a bike path, however, the amount of equipment my daughter drags to school precludes a safe ride.  We are in bike riding distance but the street has far to much traffic to allow it. There is a deep ditch next to the street making it even more dangerous.Traffic on Fite Road and no shoulder or sidewalk.  We often walk to school and are fortunate that there are sidewalks along the way. We live in West Oaks Subdivision where sidewalks already and thankfully exist  Cars parking in the southern section of the West Oaks to drive children home are a great safety concern for us neighborhood walkers. Cars should not be using our neighborhood for pick-up but should be waiting in the line at the school as vehicles departing are not cautious of children who walk or ride their bikes and actually live in the neighborhood.  I would support safe sidewalks to encourage and promote healthy habits of walking or biking to school.  Besides no sidewalks, there aren't bike lanes.

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 Thank you for adding the sidewalk last year between Centennial Park and Magnolia. It made a big difference

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Enhance Intersection Traffic Control, Fite Road at W. Oaks Boulevard. This improvement will improve the safety for students from the West Oaks Village subdivision and those that walk along Fite Road to and from areas to the southwest of the school. 2. Provide Missing Sidewalk Connection along south side of Old Oaks Boulevard. This improvement will eliminate unnecessary street crossings by students in the West Oaks Village subdivision, between Keithwood and Autumn Forest Drive. 3. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the south side of Fite Road, from Neches River Drive to Harkey Road. This improvement will allow students that live to the east of the school to walk or ride bikes to school. It will also facilitate community access to the park along McLean Road. 4. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the north side of Fite Road, from McLean Road to Harkey Road. This improvement will allow students that live to the east of the school to walk or ride bikes to school, and eliminate the need for students living north of Fite Road to cross Fite Road to get to school. It will also facilitate community access to the park along McLean Road. 5. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the east side of Harkey Road, from Fite Road and extending to the existing sidewalk just north of Josephine Street This improvement will allow students that live to the east of the school along Harkey Road and along Josephine Street to walk or ride bikes to school. 6. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along on side of Josephine Street. This improvement will provide for enhanced safety of students walking along Josephine Street to access the proposed sidewalk along Harkey Road. 7. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along Livingston Street to Fite Road. This improvement will provide for enhanced safety of students walking along their neighborhood street to access the proposed sidewalk along Fite Road. 8. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along Apple Springs Drive and Neches River Drive to Fite Road. This improvement will provide for enhanced safety of students walking along their neighborhood streets to access the proposed sidewalk along Fite Road. 9. Provide a Pedestrian Bridge to cross the ditch on Apple Springs Drive. This improvement will connect the Parks at Walnut Bend subdivision to the neighborhood to its west and allow students from this neighborhood to walk or ride bicycle to the school. Consideration may be given to establishing a street connection as well. 10. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along west side of Harkey Road from Patridge Drive to Magnolia Street. This improvement fills the sidewalk gap between two subdivisions, allowing students in the further subdivision to walk or ride bicycle to school. This sidewalk connects to the hike and bike trail along Magnolia Street.

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11. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along east side of Harkey Road from Patridge Drive to Magnolia Street. This improvement allows students living to the east of Harkey Road access to the pedestrian crossing signals at the intersection of Harkey and Manolia. This sidewalk also connects to the hike and bike trail along Magnolia Street. 12. Install a traffic signal at the intersection of Fite Road and Harkey Road. If warranted, a traffic signal will facilitate the increased pedestrian crossing activity and enhance the safety for pedestrians at the intersection. 13. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the south side of Broadway from Morenci Street to W. Oaks Boulevard. This improvement connects the small subdivision to the existing sidewalk network, allowing students to walk of bicycle to school.

Coordination, Outreach and Publicity Strategy The walking and bicycling to and from school could be encouraged by the following activities:  Student patrol to raise student awareness of importance of proper behaviors  Walking School Bus routes for each neighborhood  School traffic safety plan for parent packets tied to school code of conduct

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y Proposed SRTS Enhancements Figure 2B. Carleson Elementar

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6.2 Active 6.2 Active Transportation Plan for Challenger Elementary School

Overview Challenger Elementary is located amid old and new subdivisions, about one mile east of SH 288 and 1/2 mile north of Broadway in Pearland, Texas. The school is situated within a mostly developed urbanized area of Pearland, with a mixture of newer subdivisions with sidewalks and rural single family homes and small housing clusters along rural roads without sidewalks. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to reside to the north, northwest and west, while a scattered few are located to the east, south and southwest along various roadways. Although close to the school, the students living to the east, south and southwest do not have the proper facilities to enable them to walk to school safely. The students from the north, northwest, and west of the school are basically accommodated for walking and bicycling to school.

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Crossing guards  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Student patrol  School traffic safety plan

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:  Students are dismissed in a precise order so as to promote safety in the process of dismissing walkers and bikers, in the following order: bus riders, car riders, daycare/aftercare students, bridge bikers, bridge walkers, regular bikers and regular walkers.  Teachers cross the bridge and street with the students to ensure safety.  Teachers that do walker/biker duty have walkie talkies to communicate with the school’s main office as needed.

Other school travel policies include:  No parent walk-ups are allowed. Parents must either wait across the bridge or across the street to get their child if they are a walker or biker.  No Kindergarten students are released until a parent is positively identified on the other side of the bridge waiting for them.  Students will not be released if it is raining heavily, lightening is present, or other weather impediments exists. In these cases all students become subject to “parent pick- up.”

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Comments from Survey Numerous comments were offered by respondents to the on-line survey that was conducted for this Safe Routes to School Plan. The following comments were received from those indicating they had a student at Challenger Elementary School.

 We need sidewalks. I don't feel it is fair I have pay for bus service when the city doesn't provide sidewalks.  My daughter has ridden her bike, but only if I have the time to watch her all the way: few missing sidewalks; but bigger issue is no crossing guards further down the road.  There is a deep ditch along Hughes Ranch that children often fall into on their bikes and on foot. Sometimes they need help getting out of the ditch. I also worry about the kids that walk home to our neighborhood from Dawson High School - there is no sidewalk along Hughes Ranch for them and only a partial sidewalk along Hawk Road (which is a much longer route for some kids.)  Some sections of the sidewalk along Hughes Ranch Road are broken.  I really believe it is necessary for the safety of the Dawson High School students to build a sidewalk along Hughes Ranch Rd. connecting Dawson to the neighborhoods. I believe it is foolish and unwise to expect that High School students will always choose the safe route down Hawk Rd. Thanks for including us in your survey!  Several houses on E Hampton and others streets have tree branches and bushes that are to low (not following CIA) guide lines therefore parents have to walk in the street.  County Road 403 (Hughes Ranch Road) is not safe, because of the expansion of the road. The ditch has been cut deeper and made less room for the kids to walk. They have to walk too close to the road and it is not good.  I'm afraid either a child or the crossing guard will get hit by a car across from Challenger Elementary School if Hughes Ranch Rd is not fixed. Due to the recent road construction on Hughes Ranch Rd across from Challenger Elementary School, a child safety issue has come about. I understand a turn lane was added to help the flow of traffic for parent drop-off and pick-up which is good. But now cars that are not dropping off their kids (they are on the main lane of Hughes Ranch Rd) are speeding way over the 20 mile speed limit in the morning and I'm afraid the crossing guard or kids will get hit. The police won't do anything about it. In addition, part of the new road that goes from the edge of the school to the entrance of "The Meadows of Southdown Subdivision" was carved out of the backside of the subdivision where kids bike and walk to school and home which is not good. The carve-out removed the majority of the safe space between the sidewalk and what used to be the ditch which is now part of the new road. In addition, I believe the new road from the edge of the school (Bryan St) to the entrance of Southdown (North Hampton Dr.) did not have to be done and contains dead zones which was not needed and is now endangering our kids. There are yellow striped and white striped areas called dead zones that were put into the new road to help with traffic flow but these dead zones took away the backside of the subdivision and now there is not enough room for the walkers and bikers to get to the end of the subdivision.

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 The area across from the school is fine. However, after the kids cross the street via the cross-walk, the area between the school and the entrance to "The Meadows of Southdown Subdivision" dwindles sharply on where they can walk and ride as they go toward North Hampton Dr. to the stop sign and into the subdivison. The carve out has caused a major safey concern for parents of walkers and bikers. One side of the sidewalk has bushes for several yards. The other side that was grass (where the kids biked and walked) is now a ditch full of rocks. I have watch several bikers fall off their bikes from the sidewalk into the rocky ditch when they lose their balance. Also, other bikers and walkers are using the ditch to get to the stop sign because there is not enough room with just the sidewalk and a foot of grass next to it. Kids are walking along the shoulder as well to get to the entrance of the subdivision. I am also concerned about what happens when it rains and the ditch is full of water and mud. I am not alone. All the parents of the walkers and bikers are very concerned about this issue.  The sidewalks are on our side of the street. In the Spring he will start riding bike to school.  The lack of sidewalks between our subdivision and Challenger Elementary is extremely unfortunate for us as there is no safe way to walk or bike to school. We would often utilize this means if an adequate route existed. Unfortunately it would mean crossing a fairly busy street and walking through fields and ditches alonside the road.  But if sidewalk was available, there would need to be police slowing traffic past the school. It is late to now be thinking of adding safe/walking for kids.  I would prefer take my child to school.  I think this survey is so important. I would love more sidewalks so my kids can bike/walk to school.  I would like the opportunity to provide additional information for Glenda Dawson High School.  Would love to see sidewalks on Hughes Ranch Road on the South side of Hughes Ranch. My child would be able to ride his bike if there were sidewalks.  Sidewalks on our side are old and narrow, difficult to walk when there is a bike also sharing the sidewalk. The sidewalk across the street is wider, but crossing the street is dangerous because no one helping children cross. Solution would be to make the north side sidewalk wider.  I made a complaint to the city over a year ago about no bridge across the ditch that is across from my neighborhood entrance. Because of this I have to pick up their bikes because its a steep drop off for someone their size and I have to walk their bikes through the ditch.  This is not a commuter town for those who wish to ride a bike or walk. Most of the streets are unsafe to ride a bike or walk on. My oldest son rides his bike to school but it would be nice if Pearland had bike lane for those who wanted to ride around town. Younger child is not old enough yet.  There is not a ramp from our neighborhood into the school parking lot

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 I'm happy you are taking this survey. Nearly every student within a 2 mile radius of Challenger Elementary has to be driven to school by their parents because this street is too dangerous for elementary students to walk or bike. MY SON HAS TO TAKE THE BUS IN ORDER TO HAVE A SAFE TRANSIT TO SCHOOL. STUDENTS CAN'T WALK ON OUR STREET DUE TO NO LEVEL SURFACE , COMPLETE LACK OF SHOULDER ON ROAD AND A NARROW BRIDGE THAT CAN'T BE TRAVERSED SAFELY ON FOOT. Our street is not passable by bike or on foot. NO WALKING GUARDS ARE PROVIDED ON THE ROUTES.  We have to pay for the school bus because we live within 2 miles radius and my daughter and i can’t walk to school because there is no sidewalk in Miller Ranch Road. So I think it is unfair for us to pay for the bus.  There needs to be sidewalks on Hughes Ranch Road between Cullen and Challenger. Many students walk down this path and have to walk through the grass.  If we had appropriate sidewalks, this would keep them away from the busy street. Would be nice to have a cross guard at intersection just before the school block starts

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Enhance Crossing of Hughes Ranch Road at Bryant Court and Repair Landings. This improvement will increase the width of the crosswalk to 10 feet, add actuated flashers for the crossing, and provide 8 to 10 foot wide crosswalk approach paths between the sidewalks on either side of Hughes Ranch Road. 2. Widen and repair the sidewalk along the north side of Hughes Ranch Road between Bryant Court and N. Hampton Drive. This improvement will replace the existing concrete sidewalk in need of repair to a 8-foot wide sidewalk, from the crosswalk at Bryant Court to tie to the existing sidewalks in the neighborhood. The one block of existing sidewalk along the west side of N. Hampton would also be repaired. a. Note: Hughes Ranch Road is planned to be widened in 2017 or 2018 and currently includes 5-foot sidewalks on both sides of the road. b. The City is revisiting the design and considering additional sidewalk width. The City will use the SRTS recommendations to justify wider sidewalks where needed. 3. Widen the existing pedestrian bridge along the south side of Hughes Ranch Road to 10 feet. This improvement would facilitate student usage of the existing 8-foot wide path by eliminating the safety bottleneck of the existing 4-foot wide bridge. 4. Widen and repair the sidewalk along the north side of Hughes Ranch Road between Bryant Court and S. Hampton Drive. This improvement will replace the existing concrete sidewalk to a 8-foot wide sidewalk, from the crosswalk at Bryant Court to tie to the existing sidewalks in the neighborhood, to facilitate mixed bicycle and pedestrian use of the path. a. Note: Hughes Ranch Road is planned to be widened in 2017 or 2018 and currently includes 5-foot sidewalks on both sides of the road. b. The City is revisiting the design and considering additional sidewalk width. The City will use the SRTS recommendations to justify wider sidewalks where needed. 5. Stripe the east-west crosswalks along Hughes Ranch Road at S. Hampton Drive. This improvement will enhance the safety of the increased use of the sidewalks along Hughes Ranch Road. 6. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the one block of Bedford Avenue to connect to the sidewalk along the north side of Hughes Ranch Road. This improvement will encourage students to walk or ride bicycles to school by making a more direct connection to the existing sidewalk network accessing the school. 7. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along Harington Drive and along the south side of Hughes Ranch Road from Harrington Drive to S. Hampton Drive. This sidewalk would connect subdivisions to the existing 8-foot trail along the side of Hughes Road which connects to the school.

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 Note: Hughes Ranch Road is planned to be widened in 2017 or 2018 and currently includes 5-foot sidewalks on both sides of the road.  Note: The City is revisiting the design and considering additional sidewalk width. The City will use the SRTS recommendations to justify wider sidewalks where needed. 8. Stripe the east-west crosswalks along Hughes Ranch Road at Miller Ranch Road. This improvement will enhance the safety of the increased use of the sidewalks along Hughes Ranch Road. 9. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the south side of Southdown Drive from the north side of Hughes Ranch Road to Woodbridge Avenue. This improvement would provide for enhanced safety of students walking along their neighborhood street to access the existing sidewalk network. 10. Provide 6-foot sidewalk connection along Fair Oaks Street. This improvement will complete the gap in the sidewalk network, allowing students living south of the small lake to use the existing sidewalk network to walk of bicycle to school. 11. Provide a new hike & bike trail along the Hooks Road and drainage right-of- way from Summer Breeze Drive to the school. This improvement will connect subdivisions south of the school directly to school, greatly encouraging students to walk or ride bike to school. Two pedestrian bridges are anticipated to be needed to cross the drainage ditch. 12. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the south and east side of W. Sterling Drive from the Hooks Road Trail to Hughes Ranch Road. This improvement will connect the Sterling Estates subdivision to the school, encouraging students to walk and bicycle to school. 13. Provide a new hike & bike trail connector between the Crystal Lake subdivision and the Sterling Estates subdivision. This improvement will connect the Crystal Lake subdivision to the school, encouraging students to walk and bicycle to school.

 Note: The Crystal Lake subdivision will be connected to the school via the sidewalks included in the Hughes Ranch Road widening project, which will make this connection unnecessary.

Outreach and Publicity Strategy The walking and bicycling to and from school could be encouraged by the following activities:  Parent patrol program of rotating assignments to raise awareness of issues  Walking School Bus routes for each neighborhood  School traffic safety plan for parent packets tied to school code of conduct

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ary Proposed SRTS Enhancements Figure 3B. Challenger Element

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6.3 Active Transportation Plan for Barbara Cockrell Elementary School

Overview Barbara Cockrell Elementary is located in a growing segment of northeast Pearland, Texas, with many newer subdivisions nearby, but limited sidewalk network to access the school. The school is located off of Pearland Parkway, about 1 mile south of the Sam Houston Tollway. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to reside to the near south, further north beyond undeveloped land, and to the east and southeast across Pearland Parkway. The students living to the south of the school are basically accommodated for walking and bicycling to school, but there lacks a sidewalk that connects from sidewalk along Old Alvin Road directly to the school entry.

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Crossing guards  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Law enforcement support

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:  BIKE RIDERS o As students arrive on campus they are to walk their bikes while on school property, securing them with bike locks as the school is not responsible for damage or theft. During afternoon dismissal, students are escorted similarly across the bus driveway along Old Alvin Road to the off-campus area for release.  WALKERS o During afternoon dismissal, students are escorted across the bus drive to the sidewalk along Old Alvin Road to the off-campus area for release.

Other school travel policies include:  Morning Drop Offs: o Parents who drop off or pick up their children from school in vehicles must do so by using the front driveway when monitors are on duty, which is no earlier that 7:15 a.m. Parents that wish to walk their child(ren) into school are directed to park in the Parent Parking Lot and walk their child in from their car. o Option 1 for morning drop-off’s by vehicle takes place in the front of the building between 7:15 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. . From 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. staff will be available to open car doors, greet students, and assist children that need support getting into the building. . Parents are instructed to pull up to the drop-off area and keep the line moving.

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. NO students may be dropped off in the parking lot and the parking lot is typically reserved for emergencies only. o Option 2 is reserved for drop-offs that take place at the back of the school building AFTER 7:45 a.m. Bus drivers, daycare transportation operators, and teachers are the only authorized persons allowed to utilize the back parking lot before 7:45 a.m. o From 7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. students who are able to independently exit vehicles and enter the building may be dropped off along the breezeway and enter the double doors by the cafeteria. o Staff members will not be available to open car doors. o Doors to the back entrance of the building will promptly be locked at 8:00 a.m. Students arriving after 8:00 a.m. will need to be dropped off at the front of the building to receive a tardy slip. o NO visitor parking in teacher parking lot. All visitors are required to enter through the front of the building, show proper ID, and receive a visitor’s badge. o Drivers are instructed to follow the entrance all the way around to the back parking lot when visiting the school and not to make any left turns at the school’s dumpsters, so as to avoid accidents.

DISMISSAL PROCEDURES The school day ends at 3:00 p.m. Student identification signage must be displayed in the passenger side windshield of vehicles when car transporters are waiting in the car rider line. Parents are instructed to not meet their child during afternoon dismissal in the foyer of the school as it interferes with safety protocols as staff escort students during dismissal. Parents may not approach students in the car rider line on foot. Students designated as car riders will be placed in a vehicle with the child’s name.

In the afternoon, students will be sitting according to grade level to create a swift pick-up. Children will not be allowed to walk to the Parent Parking Lot. For our students’ safety, all parents need to wait in their cars to pick up car riders. Students designated as car riders will only be released to an adult in a vehicle. Please do not approach the car rider line on foot.

BUS LANE The bus lane is researved for PISD buses and daycare vans only.

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Figure 4A. Cockrell Elementary Existing Conditions

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 Old Alvin Road must get a sidewalk!  Need complete sidewalk on Old Alvin road. Bike lane on Old Alvin is also very important.  I am a grandmother of 3 that live here in my neighborhood too…that is why I am filling out this survey. We do need sidewalks, there are many elementary kids in this neighborhood.  Cars do not follow the posted speed limit during school hours. We need to have crossing guards to ensure the kids' safety.  Doesn't affect my child, but the children who walk home to the apartments on Old Alvin must cross a busy street in the middle of the block with no crossing guard. Need to add crossing guard, or add sidewalk on Old Alvin, from McHard to the apartments so they could cross at intersection and use sidewalk to get home. Thank you.  I’ve been living here at this address for 6 years now, and our neighborhood has asked before for sidewalks. Which the answer was "No Funds" I notice some new sidewalks thru the years being put on between schools and neighborhoods, I though no Funds means for everyone not just this side of town. We really need sidewalks from our neighborhood to school, this is a community with a lot of elementary kids that need to be driven to school instead of exercising with this short walk to school. It seems that this neighborhood is always last and forgotten by the city. Finally after several year our main road its been fixed, While other are done every year without needing it. I really hope this sidewalk can be a reality this time.  We need cross guard - too much traffic  This is crucial. Sidewalks are needed!!!!!!  I would let my son take the bus if I didn't have to pay for it. You'd think that because we live with 2 miles of the school that we save the district money on fuel and should not have to be "punished" for it. Right now my son is only 6 and we drop him off; but we would like to have other options for when he gets older.  We need a fence and sidewalk on McHard road. It is unsafe for students to play so close to the 45 mph street without fences.  My 2nd grader is able to ride bus. My 8th grader is unable to ride the bus because we live "too close"....I have to drive him daily to and from school which is a conflict with my work schedule! It would not be safe for him to walk or ride a bike. He would be crossing 2 major intersections at a high traffic time of day!  We need a light on Pearland Parkway to slow the traffic!! The street is very busy and it is completely unsafe for a child to cross or to ride alongside on a bicycle. Or, an 'up-and-over' sidewalk could be an option - but the cars still move entirely too fast for a child to be unsupervised near Pearland Parkway.  please give free bus service for all students. 34

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 Thankfully our neighborhood has sidewalks. We will let our child walk to school when he's older - probably third grade. Parents have to be at work a certain time and child is too young to walk alone.  My oldest daughter attends Dawson High. There are large gaps where there is no sidewalk. You would have to walk in the ditch or walk in the street. There is absolutely no shoulder on Hughes Ranch Road. I have tried to walk myself and feel very unsafe the speed of cars passing me.  Old Alvin Road is the worst. A lot of kids cannot walk or even ride a bike down this street because there is not even a shoulder.  We have an easy walk to the school. Crossing the bus lane would be a deterrent to me sending her by herself, but I walk with her. A crossing guard might be needed at that corner. It is also access to the teacher parking so it is quite busy. The sidewalk abruptly ends at the edge of the school so anyone coming from the front of the neighborhood is not able to get to school on a sidewalk.  I would love for my children to be able to walk to and from their schools. At this time, it is just not safe. Also, I have younger children that will be attending Barbara Cockrell and Pearland Jr High, so my concerns about walking are not just for my currently enrolled children, but also for those that will attend in the future.  If the sidewalk along old Alvin road was complete I would allow my child to ride his bike to and from school  We would love to walk to school or bike together but there is not a sidewalk on Old Alvin Rd. we live less than a mile from the school. Please add a sidewalk!!!!!  We would love to walk to school but it's impossible to cross Pearland Parkway on foot  My children could ride bikes straight down Old Alvin rd if there was a safe side walk from Brentwood to McHard. If instead, they try to go down back streets through Lakes of Highland Glen, it is more than 2 miles one way.  I went before the City of Pearland and asked them to place sidewalks down Old Alvin Rd, but they said that it would be too expensive. I would have to pay for bus service because I live within two miles of the school.  We need sidewalks along Old Alvin Road.  Crossing the busy street would easily be re-mediated by having a cross-walk monitor. But that's only if we had sidewalks from my neighborhood to the school.  Would have to cross RR tracks  Large ditches on either side of two lane road. Also, I find it appalling that I have to pay for bus service when my school taxes are so high and that fact that there is not a safe route for my oldest to get to Pearland Jr High West without the bus makes paying for the service even more aggravating. The excuse that there is a Texas law that "allows" them to charge was not well received, especially since we just moved from Pasadena ISD and they have lower taxes, more kids and still manage to fund free bus service as it should be.

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Provide sidewalk connection along the pickup-drop-off roadway. This improvement provides a missing 8-foot wide sidewalk connecting the existing sidewalk from the south to the bike racks and sidewalk on the west side of the school leading to the front door. 2. Provide short sidewalk connection at the southeast corner of Old Alvin Road and McHard Road. This small improvement provides a short sidewalk connector that facilitates the north-south movement at the corner. 3. Provide short sidewalk connection along Highland Glen Lane at the entry to the community pool. This small improvement provides a short sidewalk connector that facilitates student and resident walking along Highland Glen Lane. 4. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the south side of Pearland Parkway from Hidden Glen Lane to tie to the existing sidewalks at the school. This improvement will provide a more direct route for some students to walk or ride bicycles to school, and will provide connectivity choices. 5. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the east side of Old Alvin Road from Knapp Road to McHard Road. This improvement provides sidewalk connection to the subdivisions north of the school and connection to the pedestrian crossing signal at the intersection of McHard and Old Alvin Road. a. Note: The City has a development agreement with a developer to build 585 linear feet of 6-foot sidewalk on the west side of Old Alvin from McHard Road to the north. b. Note: In the same agreement the City is committed to building 630 linear feet of 6-foot sidewalk on the east side of Old Alvin. c. Note: The remaining portion of the sidewalk to Knapp road needs to remain in the plan as a recommendation. 6. Provide 6-foot sidewalks along Knapp Road, Union Valley Drive, Robinson Drive and Glastonberry Drive. This improvement would provide for enhanced safety of students walking along their neighborhood street to access the existing and proposed sidewalk network. 7. Provide a Pedestrian Bridge across Pearland Parkway south of Hidden Glen Lane. This improvement would connect the trails on either side of Pearland Parkway, thus connecting the two large subdivisions east of Pearland Parkway to the subdivisions and school west of the parkway.

Outreach and Publicity Strategy The walking and bicycling to and from school could be encouraged by the following activities:  Parent patrol program of rotating assignments to raise awareness of issues  Collaborations with Neighborhood Watch program during arrival and departure  School traffic safety plan for parent packets tied to school code of conduct

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Figure 4B. Cockrell Elementary Proposed SRTS Enhancements

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6.4 Active Transportation Plan for C. J. Harris Elementary School

Overview C. J. Harris Elementary is located amid old and new subdivisions, about 10 miles east of SH 288 and 1/2 mile north of Broadway in Pearland, Texas. The school is situated within a mostly developed urbanized area of Pearland, with a mixture of newer subdivisions with sidewalks and rural single family homes and small housing clusters along rural roads without sidewalks. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to reside to the north, northwest and west, while a scattered few are located to the east, south and southwest along various roadways. Although close to the school, the students living to the east, south and southwest do not have the proper facilities to enable them to walk to school safely. The students from the north, northwest, and west of the school are basically accommodated for walking and bicycling to school.

Current Programs, Policies and Issues for Walking and Bicycling to School This school is already engaged in activities that enhance safe and active student travel, including:  Pedestrian crosswalks and ramps at the edges of the school zone  A path leading to and from the subdivision directly east of the school  A pedestrian crosswalk at the three way intersection of Schleider and Barry Rose including a crossing guard for morning and afternoon  A crossing guard stationed at Schleider and Plum in the morning and afternoon  A crossing guard stationed at Old Alvin and Plum in the morning and afternoon  Bicycle racks provided for student and parent use

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Crossing guards  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Teachers and Staff assist students out of cars  Teachers or Staff members safely walk groups of students who are walking or bicycling off of the campus at dismissal

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:  We have crossing guards at three intersections and one directly across the street to assist students that are walking or bicycling to and from school. Once all of our buses have left in the afternoon, the walkers and bicycle riders are escorted off the campus by teachers or staff. The school’s driveways that students will walk are monitored by staff members in the morning and the afternoon to assist students to cross the driveways safely. As a safety precaution to themselves and others, bicycle riders must walk their bicycles on school property rather than ride them.

Other school travel policies include:  Staff and teachers park in the side parking lot to allow parents ample parking in front, so they can walk students into the school.  Crossing guards are not allowed to use their cellular/mobile phones while on duty.  Students that walk or ride bicycles are required to enter and exit specific doors.

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Figure 5A. Harris Elementary Existing Conditions

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Numerous comments were offered by respondents to the on-line survey that was conducted for this Safe Routes to School Plan. The following comments were received from those indicating they had a student at Harris Elementary School.

 WE NEED A CROSSING GUARD AT THE CORNER OF PLUM AND OLD ALIVIN RD. BY THE CHURCH!!!!! THEY HAVE ONE FOR THE JR. HIGH KIDS BUT NOT FOR THE ELEMENTARY KIDS....  Even if I had a safe route between my house and the school, I would be afraid to let my 6 year old bike to school 1.5+ miles with the potential for my child or any child being abducted.  There is only one crossing guard and she is only at the street of the school and does not show up until after 7:30 and since my kids have to be at school before then because of clubs and student council so there is no safe way to cross the busy 4- lane road  We live in the Twin Lakes subdivision on Veterans. My child would have to cross train tracks, 35, and 518 in order to get to CJ Harris from our house. We are 1.9 miles away and it is not feasible for children to do this (walking or riding a bike). The neighborhood across the street from mine (The Parks at Walnut Glen) gets free busing. My house is actually farther away from the school than that bus stop and those students get free busing. This is very frustrating for my family.  We need a crossing guard at old Alvin and Plum during Elementary school hours there is one at this intersection during Jr High hours, but smaller children require a little extra help at this large intersection. Instead of the Schlieder and Plum 3 way stop.  We love riding bikes/ walking but broken sidewalks and lack of them makes it harder, and dangerous. We appreciate what has been replaced and hope it continues all the way to us. Thanks again for helping to keep our kids safe and parents involved!!  Crossing guarding being available at schedule times.  518 is a very busy road, there is no cross guard and my work hours interfere with school hours. It's unfair to have to pay for transportation services to and from school. Especially when you’re a single parent!  My son is old enough and close enough to ride his bike. However, I worry about the traffic. The cars drive terribly, and he would have to cross a busy intersection that does not have a crossing guard.  We live less than two miles from school but even with added sidewalks and bike lanes I have concerns. FM 518 has become a congested street and asking primary or elementary students to walk across that is dangerous, might as well ask them to cross Hwy 288! Also, I don’t think sidewalks and bike lanes are no longer the problem, its society alone and a parents worse fear of their child being abducted.  There should be a side walk on both sides of Alexander Middle School. On the right side of the school, there is an S curve with no side walk or shoulder for the kids to be safe, the curve has blind spots & many cars drive fast with no regards to the school being there

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Widen the existing sidewalk to 8-feet wide along the west side of Schleider Drive from Berry Rose Road to E. Plum Street. This improvement will facilitate the safety of existing and increased walking and bicycle riding by students living in the apartments and subdivisions south of the school. 2. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the north side of E. Plum Street from Linwood Oaks Street to Schleider Drive. This improvement will facilitate walking and bicycling by students that live north of E. Plum Street, eliminating the crossing of E. Plum Street to access the existing sidewalks on the south side of the street. 3. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the south side of E. Orange Street from Old Alvin Road to Schleider Drive. This improvement will facilitate walking and bicycling by students that live north of E. Plum Street. The sidewalk will also encourage walking by all residents in the area and provide access to the park to the east along E. Orange Street. 4. Provide 6-foot sidewalk from Stonewood Heights Court to new 6-foot sidewalk extension along north side of E. Orange Street to tie to intersection with Schleider Drive. This improvement provides a shorter route to school from the subdivision, encouraging walking and bicycling. 5. Provide 6-foot path from the pedestrian bridge at Shiela Street to the sidewalks at the west side of the school. This improvement encourages walking and bicycling from the neighborhood southwest of the school. The pedestrian bridge already encourages walking and bicycling to the Junior High School. 6. Provide short segment of 6-foot sidewalk along the west side of Sherwood Street that completes the sidewalk from the subdivision to Broadway. This improvement will facilitate walking and bicycling by students that live in the Sherwood subdivision. Pedestrian signals and crosswalks are provided for all approaches at the intersection of Sherwood at Broadway. 7. Widen the sidewalk along the north side of Broadway from Sherwood Street to Berry Rose Road. Change the narrow sidewalk at the back of curb to a 6-foot sidewalk separated from the curb by at least 5 feet to encourage walking along the corridor and enhance the safety for students. 8. Widen the east side landing of the crossing of Schleider Drive to the path to the subdivision to the east. This improvement enhances the safety of improved utilization of this connection.

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 Walking School Bus routes for each neighborhood  School traffic safety plan for parent packets tied to school code of conduct  Coordinate with the Junior High School to extend the crossing guard duties to the hours that support Harris Elementary School as well.

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Figure 5B. Harris Elementary Proposed SRTS Enhancements

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6.5 Active Transportation Plan for E. A. Lawhon Elementary School

Overview E. A. Lawhon Elementary is located amid a mixture of rural residential, older subdivisions and mobile homes, about 3 miles east of SH 288 and 1/2 mile south of Beltway 8, physically in Brookside Village (population approx.1,500) but also serving students living in the northern edge of the City of Pearland. The school serves a mostly rural area with a mixture of old and newer low density housing and small housing clusters along rural roads without sidewalks. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to be scattered in all directions, with a small concentration in a mobile home park to the southeast in Pearland. Although close to the school, the students do not have the proper facilities to enable them to walk to school safely.

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Student patrol for car riders  Law enforcement support at the main intersection near the school during drop- off/pick-up

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:  Due to deep ditches and no sidewalks, students do not walk or ride bikes to school. However, parents do park their cars and walk students across the pedestrian crosswalk in the school parking lot during drop-off/pick-up times. They also have the option of driving their car through the car rider line to drop-off/pick-up their child where staff members unload/load the child into the car.

Other school travel policies include:  N/A

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y Existing Conditions Figure 6A. Lawhon Elementar

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Comments from Survey

 There should be sidewalks so the children could safely walk home if they have to. I would not let him ride his bike by himself  My daughter and/or I are unable to walk or bike due to the road is kind of narrow, dangerous for walk or bike. It is very nice if City of Pearland build side walks around 2 miles from school. I look forward for good news.  If the sidewalks extended farther down Brookside Road and there was a stop sign or cross walk my kids would ride their bike to school.  I think the survey should consists a question of whether or not the parent would allow their child(ren) to go to and from school on their own. There are not many sidewalks near us and the Pearland parents are crazy drivers no matter what time of day. Always speeding in the school zone, most parents and daycare drivers treat it as a race. My child is too young to walk to school.  If there were sidewalks then we would consider bikes

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along east side of Oday Road from Pearland Heights Mobile Home Park to Brookside Road and along south side of Brookside Road to existing sidewalk at school. Conduct a “warrant study” to determine if the intersection at Oday and Brookside should be an all-way stop to improve its safety as a pedestrian crossing. This improvement allow could allow for students to walk or ride bicycle to school that could not have otherwise. 2. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along north side of Brookside Road from Brookside City Hall to Oday Road. This improvement allows students to walk or ride bicycle to school that could not have otherwise. The segment of sidewalk also provides community access to city hall. 3. Provide 6-foot sidewalk to complete the connection along the east side of Oday Road from the mobile home park to Butler Road. This improvement allows students to walk or ride bicycle to school that could not have otherwise and extends the reach of local residents for walking. 4. Provide 6-foot sidewalk on Butler Road at entry to Village Grove subdivision. This improvement connects the subdivision sidewalks to the proposed sidewalks along Oday Road and Butler Road. 5. Provide 6-foot sidewalk connector on both sides of Village Grove Drive. This improvement connects the sidewalk network on the two sides of the subdivision, connecting the east side to the propose sidewalk network to access the school. 6. Provide 6-foot sidewalk on the east side of Old Avin Road from Butler Road to Brookside Road. This improvement allows students to walk or ride bicycle to school that could not have otherwise. 7. Provide 6-foot sidewalk on Butler Road between Old Alvin Road and Oday Road. This improvement connects the subdivision sidewalks to the proposed sidewalks along Oday Road and Butler Road.

Outreach and Publicity Strategy The walking and bicycling to and from school could be encouraged by the following activities:  Student patrol to raise student awareness of importance of proper behaviors  Parent patrol program of rotating assignments to raise awareness of issues  Collaborations with Neighborhood Watch program during arrival and departure  Walking School Bus routes for each neighborhood  School traffic safety plan for parent packets tied to school code of conduct

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Proposed SRTS Enhancements Figure 6B. Lawhon Elementary

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6.6 Active Transportation Plan for Glenn York Elementary School

Overview Glenn York Elementary is located amid relatively new subdivisions, about 1.5 miles west of SH 288 and 1/4 mile north of Broadway in Pearland, Texas. The school is situated within a mostly developed urbanized area of Pearland, with mostly newer subdivisions with sidewalks. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to reside to the northeast, north, northwest and west, while many are located in the subdivisions to the south of Broadway. Sidewalks are provided along the local and collector roads within the subdivisions north of Broadway, providing walking and bicycling opportunities for the majority of students. Broadway is a major arterial roadway running east-west just south of the school, posing a hazardous crossing for students and qualifying those students living south of Broadway for school bus service.

Current Programs, Policies and Issues for Walking and Bicycling to School

This school is already engaged in activities that enhance safe and active student travel, including:  Pedestrian crosswalks and ramps at the edges of the school zone  Staff escorts walking and bicycling students to corner of Kingsley Drive and Trinity Bay Drive where crossing guard is positioned to get students safely across the intersection for continuation on sidewalks to the north and east.

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Crossing guards  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Law enforcement support  School traffic safety plan

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below: This school is already engaged in activities that enhance safe and active student travel, including:  Pedestrian crosswalks and ramps at the edges of the school zone

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:

Walkers and bikers who reside to the southwest of Glenn York

Dismissal

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 Students living in the Shadow Creek neighborhood north of Broadway and west of Kingsley are escorted out of the south end of the building by school personnel.  Staff members escort these students along the sidewalk heading south on Kingsley to the boundary of the Glenn York Elementary property line.  From there, walkers and bikers turn west on the existing sidewalk that leads to their neighborhood.  Walkers and bikers who live in this neighborhood are not required to cross any streets or roadways.

Arrival  Because students are not required to cross any streets or roadways, they walk or bike directly to the school building without assistance from staff members.

Walkers and bikers who reside to the north, northwest, northeast, east, or southeast of Glenn York

Dismissal  Students who live in these neighborhoods are escorted out of the north end of the building by school personnel.  For students who live to the east of Kingsley Dr., staff members escort these students to the corner of Kingsley Dr. and Trinity Bay where they are met by a crossing guard.  The crossing guard escorts these walkers and bikers across Kingsley and releases them on the east side of the street where they walk or ride home independently from there.  With the recent addition of The Avenues at Shadow Creek Ranch Apartments located on the corner of Kingsley Dr. and Broadway, students who reside there are required to walk independently after being released by the crossing guard on the east side of Kingsley heading south towards Broadway.  For students who live to the west of Kingsley Dr., staff members escort these students west on Trinity Bay to the boundary of the Glenn York Elementary property line and release them from there.

Arrival  Walkers and bikers who live to the east of Kingsley Dr. and north of Trinity Bay walk to meet the crossing guard at the corner of Kingsley Dr. and Trinity Bay. The crossing guard escorts them across Kingsley Dr. heading west and releases them to continue their walk to the school building.  Students who live west of Kingsley Dr. walk east along Trinity Bay to meet a staff member near the boundary of the Glenn York property line. From there, the staff member will escort them east on Trinity Bay, across the entrance to the staff parking lot, and to the sidewalk that leads to the main entrance of the building.

Other school travel policies include:

 Bikers are asked to walk their bikes once they arrive on Glenn York property to the designated bike racks.

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Figure 7A. York Elementary Existing Conditions

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Comments from Survey Numerous comments were offered by respondents to the on-line survey that was conducted for this Safe Routes to School Plan. The following comment was received from those indicating they had a student at Glenn York Elementary School.

 I would love for me and my child to ride our bikes or walk, but I don't feel riding a bike, since the sidewalk ends and he has to get onto Trinity Bay which is a very busy street. Also he has to cross two big streets. It would be nice if there were more signs warning about children walking or biking. It would be great to have some markings for walkers and bikers on the surface of the street. And what would be absolutely fabulous is to have a more direct way of getting to school. If we could go across we'd be able to save a lot of time.

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along west side of Kingsley Drive from Southern Trails Drive to Broadway Street. This improvement allows students to walk or ride bicycle to school that could not have otherwise. Currently these students within one mile southwest of school are eligible to be bused due to the “hazardous” crossing of Broadway. a. Note: Sidewalks along Kingsley (CR48) are being provided by developer or are included in Brazoria County’s plans for widening CR48, which is scheduled to start in 2014. 2. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along west side of Kingsley Drive from Southern Trails Drive to Broadway Street.. This improvement allows students within one mile southeast of school to walk or ride bicycle to school that would have otherwise had to walk further to cross Broadway using the signal at Half Moon Bay. Currently these students are eligible to be bused due to the “hazardous” crossing of Broadway. a. Note: Sidewalks along Kingsley (CR48) are being provided by developer or are included in Brazoria County’s plans for widening CR48, which is scheduled to start in 2014. 3. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the east side of Indigo Bay Drive from Trinity Bay Drive to Hampton Bay Drive and along the north side of Trinity Bay Drive from Indigo Bay Drive to Biscayne Bay Drive. This improvement allows students to walk or ride bicycle to school from their neighborhood to use the crossing control point at Biscayne Bay Drive and Trinity Bay Drive. a. Note: This appears to be a sidewalk that the developer should have installed. The City is currently verifying this information and shall update this plan upon additional findings. 4. Provide standard crosswalk along the south side of Trinity Bay at Park Springs Drive. Provide standard crosswalks along the south and north side of Winter Springs Drive at Park Springs Drive. This improvement enhances the sidewalk system intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood. 5. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the east side of Indigo Bay Drive and the north side of Trinity Bay Drive.. This improvement reduces the crossing of streets internal to the neighborhood to access the sidewalk system along Trinity Bay Drive intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood. 6. Enhance the Crosswalks at the All-way Stop Controlled intersection of Biscayne Bay Drive and Trinity Bay Drive. A higher order of crosswalk pavement markings is suggested to enhance the visibility, and thus the safety, of the pedestrian crossings on all four approaches to the intersection. 7. Enhance the Crosswalks at the All-way Stop Controlled intersection of Trinity Bay Drive and S. Clear Lake Loop. A higher order of crosswalk

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pavement markings is suggested to enhance the visibility, and thus the safety, of the pedestrian crossings on all four approaches to the intersection. 8. Enhance the Crosswalks on the north side of the intersection of S. Clear Lake Loop at Silent Shores Lane. A higher order of crosswalk pavement markings is suggested to enhance the visibility, and thus the safety, of the pedestrian crossings on all three approaches to the intersection. 9. Provide standard crosswalk along the east side of Rustling Creek Drive at the entry drive to the Briarwood North subdivision. This improvement enhances the sidewalk system intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood. 10. Provide a short (20-foot) 6-foot sidewalk connector from the cul-de-sac at the east end of Imperial Shore Drive to the sidewalk along Biscayne Bay Drive. This improvement reduces the walking distance from the neighborhood to access the sidewalk system along Biscayne Bay Drive intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood. 11. Provide standard crosswalk along the west side of Indigo Bay and the south side of Trinity Bay Drive at this intersection. This improvement enhances the sidewalk system intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood. 12. Provide an enhanced crosswalk along the west side of Indigo Bay Drive and a standard crosswalk the south side of Trinity Bay Drive at this intersection. This improvement enhances the sidewalk system intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood. The enhanced crosswalk – ladder striping or a complete color or pattern in the crosswalk – increases the visibility and thus the safety of this uncontrolled pedestrian crossing Trinity Bay Drive. 13. Re-stripe the crosswalks at all four legs of the intersection of Biscayne Bay Drive and Regents Bay Drive. This improvement enhances the sidewalk system intended for use to access the school to and from the neighborhood.

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Figure 7B. York Elementary Proposed SRTS Enhancements

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6.7 Active Transportation Plan for Pearland Junior High School South

Overview Pearland Junior High School South is located in the developing southeast sector of Pearland, Texas, about 5.5 miles east of SH 288 and 2 miles south of Broadway. The school is situated within a partially developed urbanized area of Pearland, with a mixture of newer subdivisions with sidewalks and rural single family homes and small housing clusters along rural roads without sidewalks. Within the two-mile no bus zone, the majority of the students appear to reside to the west, northwest and north, while a scattered few are located to the south and east along various roadways to which currently there are no pedestrian facilities. Although close to the school, the students living to the southeast and southwest do not have the proper facilities to enable them to walk to school safely. The students from the north and northwest of the school are adequately accommodated for walking and bicycling to school, though several enhancements need to be made.

This school has the following supports or activities in place during student travel times:  Staff presence during drop-off/pick-up  Law enforcement support  Neighborhood Watch program  School traffic safety plan

The arrival and dismissal procedures that address walking and bicycling to and from this school are described below:  Students who live in the neighborhoods to the northwest are directed to arrive/leave by the tennis courts and practice football fields.  Students who live in the neighborhoods to the northeast are directed to arrive/leave by the front of Turner High School and Veterans Drive.  Students that walk or bike are encouraged to leave the school grounds at 4pm due to the heavy student pick-up traffic from 3:45 – 4:00pm.  New parent pick-up procedures implemented in the 2013 school year require that parents form a single car-rider pick-up line, for safety purposes.

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Figure 8A. Pearland JH South Existing Conditions

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 I noticed some of the other PISD schools are not on the survey and don't have sidewalk routes to them. My child's grandparents live near Rustic Oaks Elementary and there ARE NO SIDEWALKS up to the schools property as well as it is dangerous since parents park all over the place (not in a line of cars but literally EVERYWHERE!) VERY dangerous school to be around and then the school zones are the largest in the area! other zones like Carlston and Lawhon have school zones about 500 feet past the schools but Rustic has them over a 1/2 mile. Very inconsistent in the Pearland area.  I drive Veteran's to 35 daily and see many students riding bikes/walking along busy rode with no shoulder/sidewalk in places or crossing 35 with the construction. so scary and dangerous that I can't believe it.  He plays the trombone and it is easier to walk and carry than to balance the trombone on the bike and ride.  Sidewalks are needed on Bailey starting at PJHS all the way to the Natatorium for students walking or biking there after school, or even to the High School.  The route does have sidewalks on one side of the street - would be helpful to have on both sides and would be helpful to have better/safer crossing areas for students who walk or ride bikes.  You didn't ask about Magnolia Elementary but there is a major traffic problem there in the mornings. We live too close to the school for my kindergarten child to ride the bus without paying for it. It's difficult with work schedules to not have bus service for such young children.  One busy intersection to cross, McLean Road  The crossing from Park Village Estates to Jr. High South is scary to see as a parent. I do my part and contact police, but they can't be everywhere. The main problem is people making turns into the school in an entrance CLEARLY marked do not enter. It is dangerous for walking kids as well as cars turning out of the drive. Perhaps a stop sign can be considered here clearly stating no turn and 3 way??  At PJHS at the exit from the front parking lot onto McLean Rd there is a Do Not Enter sign. Is it possible to get this sign moved back about 30 ft to allow people to enter the parking lot from this direction. Moving the sign back would prevent people from driving down the main student pickup lane.  On the west part of McLean road from our Springfield subdivision there is no sidewalk, this is a concern.  I have multiple children and therefore have different issues with each. The survey did not address this. My Carleston student walks almost every day. I have a Jamison student (which is not included in the survey, but by far the worst situation) who should have transportation as the route is far (1.95 miles according to PISD) and totally unsafe (no sidewalks/shoulder, traveling along 518 and crossing 518. South is

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a little better and I think we've figured out a bike path, however, the amount of equipment my daughter drags to school precludes a safe ride.  I would love for my children to be able to walk to and from their schools. At this time, it is just not safe. Also, I have younger children that will be attending Barbara Cockrell and Pearland Jr High, so my concerns about walking are not just for my currently enrolled children, but also for those that will attend in the future.  My son would have to walk in the ditch or on the road if he were to walk. His only route to take is Bailey, which is a very high traffic two lane road without any shoulders . We live almost to 1128. That is a very long distance forsomeone to walk. The school should provide a bus this far away and with Bailey being the only option to walk.  My problem is not with him walking to PJHS, it was when he attended Jamison. He rode the bus but we had to pay but just one street over in our subdivision Jamison students did not have to pay. The alternative was to have him walk and cross 518.  We need sidewalks for sure between the Natatorium and South and around the cow pasture between them.  Thank you for adding the sidewalk last year between Centennial Park and Magnolia. It made a big difference

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Recommendations The following recommended improvements are listed in relative priority, based on a combination of factors including ease of implementation and number of students served.

1. Provide 6-foot sidewalk connections on Springfield Avenue west of McLean Road to the sidewalk along the east side of McLean Road. This improvement connects the existing sidewalk networks on either side of McLean to each other, and the subdivision to the west of McLean to the sidewalk that lead to the school. 2. Widen the sidewalk to 8 feet along the east side of McLean Road from Springfield Avenue to Village Creek Drive. This improvement will facilitate and encourage the increased walking and bicycling to the school from the residential areas to the north. 3. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the west side of Veterans Road from Magnolia southward to tie to the existing sidewalk north of Springfield Avenue. This improvement provides a more direct path from the Cobblestone subdivision and the Magnolia Place Trailer Park to the existing sidewalk network that leads to the school. 4. Provide and enhance the pedestrian crossings at the all-way stop controlled intersection of Veterans Road at Springfield Avenue. This improvement will provide pedestrian crosswalks at all four approaches to the intersection and enhance the signage for the intersection. This same improvement needs to be done for the north-south crossings at Barrington Way. 5. Provide the 6-foot sidewalk connection and bridge along the east side of Veterans Road at the drainage ditch north of the school. This improvement provides a secondary access path from neighborhoods to the north and direct connection to the athletic complex east of Veterans Road. 6. Enhance the pedestrian crossing of Veterans Road at the athletic complex. This improvement would provide pedestrian actuated crossing flashers and crosswalk striping to enhance the visibility of this crossing. 7. Provide 6-foot sidewalk connections along Village Creek Drive west of McLean Road. This improvement will facilitate the student walking and bicycling to the school from the neighborhoods to the west. The existing crosswalk marking s and signage will be enhanced. 8. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along the north side of Baily Road between Lawrence Place and Lavaca Drive. This improvement connects the sidewalks of the two subdivisions and provides walking and bicycling access from the western subdivision through the existing sidewalks to the school. a. Note: The Bailey Road expansion project includes a 10-foot sidewalk along the north side of Bailey Road. The project is scheduled to start construction in late 2015. 9. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along south side of Cottonwood Street from Harkey Road to Spring Branch Drive West. This improvement provides walking and bicycling access further west into the less developed residential areas. 10. Provide 6-foot sidewalk along east side of Harkey Road from Ravenwood Drive to Patridge Drive. This improvement provides walking and bicycling

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access further west into the less developed residential areas and connects to sidewalk improvements along Harkey Road to Magnolia Street.

Coordination, Outreach and Publicity Strategy The walking and bicycling to and from school could be encouraged by the following activities:  Student patrol to raise student awareness of importance of proper behaviors  Parent patrol program of rotating assignments to raise awareness of issues  Collaborations with Neighborhood Watch program during arrival and departure  Walking School Bus routes for each neighborhood  School traffic safety plan for parent packets tied to school code of conduct  School traffic safety plan during parent nights, concerns, and extracurricular activities  Communication of safety procedures using call-out phone messages, email blast, Pearland Junior High South website, and other electronic, mobile/cellular applications

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Figure 8B. Pearland JH South Proposed SRTS Enhancements

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11. Outreach and Publicity Strategy District-wide and Focus Areas

1. Conduct the Transportation to School Survey Regularly a. At least biannually, conduct the on-line survey of how families get their students to school and the issues they face. b. Track and publish the performance measures gathered in the survey - mode of transport, sense of safety, stated issues, etc. 2. Engage the Community a. Collaborate with local media for public service announcements before the start of each school year regarding the importance of school speed zones and watching for young people walking and bicycling to school. b. Contact neighborhood associations along walking routes to school to assure that signs are visible, trees and brush are trimmed, and sidewalk obstacles are addressed. c. Contact each neighborhood association to request extension of the neighborhood watch program to monitor students walking to and from school. d. Contact businesses along safe routes to school to solicit their participation in keeping walking routes clear of obstructions and to look for ways to enhance the safety and aesthetics of the walking environment at their property. 3. Participate in the National Walk to School Week program each October and the National Bike to School Week program in May. a. Draft a news release or media advisory for the events. Template media materials are available at www.walktoschool.org/resources. Follow up with key media contacts. Pre-arrange interviews. b. Choose a difference focus school and backstory each year. c. Conduct a highly visible event to bring greater awareness to the event’s theme, varying the focus of the message each year (i.e. increasing physical activity, making it safer for walkers, or the environmental benefits of walking). d. Go beyond the school to include other prominent community members and organizations in Walk to School. Invite your town mayor, congressperson, a local celebrity or the mascot of a sports team to attend and possibly speak at your event. e. Seek Opportunities for Co-Promotion with media, local youth-oriented organizations and business. 4. Sustain an incentive program for ridesharing, walking and bicycling to school. a. Incentives for commitment to rideshare, walk or ride bike b. Performance rewards to students and families c. Rewards for parent/guardian leadership of walking school buses, route monitors, rideshare coordinators, etc. d. Participation rewards to school administrators and staff for administering program e. Regular and visual celebrations of the program

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12. Creating Solutions Goals Our primary goal for active school transportation are: 1. improve the health and safety of students walking and bicycling to school, and the parents that participate as chaperones and in other walking/biking activities 2. increase the number of students walking and bicycling to school 3. decrease traffic congestion at school pick-up/drop-off routes

Strategies We have identified strategies involving the 5 E’s (Engineering, Education, Enforcement, Encouragement, and Evaluation) of Safe Routes to School to address the barriers to walking and bicycling in our school community and to achieve our stated goals. The strategies we will use include:

8a. Engineering Strategies (within 2 miles of schools), with specific improvements as noted in Section 6 for each school  Construct, replace, or repair sidewalks  Build off-road walking/bicycling paths with connections to schools, where feasible  Install, enhance, or repair crosswalks  Install curb extensions to reduce the crossing distance on streets  Install new or improved street lighting  Install new or improved signage and pavement marking or legends  Install traffic calming measures (curb extensions, speed bumps, traffic circles, raised crosswalks, narrowing lanes, etc.)

8b. Education Strategies  Teach pedestrian and bicycle safety skills to students and parents  Organize a Bicycle Rodeo or training course to teach on-bike skills  Teach the health, environmental and sustainable transportation benefits of walking and bicycling to students and parents  Educate parents and caregivers about safe driving procedures at the school  Train school and community audiences about Safe Routes to School

8c. Encouragement Strategies  Sustain a Walking School Bus program, with at least one route per school where practical  Host annual Walk to School Day (first Wednesday in October), annual Bike to School Day, or other events  Initiate a walking/biking mileage club or other contest  Promote Safe Routes to School in the community  Create a Safe Passage or extended Neighborhood Watch program  Conduct a community safe driving awareness and education program

8d. Enforcement Strategies  Continue the crossing guard training program, increasing the number of crossing guards where applicable  Create a parent or student patrol program  Utilize speed feedback trailers or signs to deter speeding in school zones

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 Increase traffic law enforcement during school hours at strategic locations  Install “NO TEXTING IN SCHOOL ZONE” signs at all schools where applicable

8e. Evaluation Strategies  Surveying/counting the number of students who are signed up to regularly walk and bicycle to and from school  Tracking the number and type of crashes and speeding violations within 2 miles of school  Monitor parent/guardian feedback on perceptions of safety by conducting surveys of parents each school year, similar to that done for this Plan

13. The Action Plan

The Safe Routes to School team is committed to realizing our vision for a safe, enjoyable, and accessible walking and bicycling environment for our students. We will utilize the following Action Plan to keep our efforts focused and on track:

Engineering Strategies

Responsible Funding Strategy Goal Status Party Source 10,000 Local, City PW Ongoing  Construct, replace, or repair sidewalks LF/yr CDBG  Build off-road walking/bicycling paths with Local, 5,000 LF/yr City P&R Ongoing connections to schools Federal Local, 50 per year City PW Ongoing  Install, enhance, or repair crosswalks CDBG  Install curb extensions to reduce the Local, 10 per year City PW Future crossing distance on streets CDBG Local,  Install new or improved street lighting As needed City PW Ongoing CDBG  Install new or improved signage (school Local, As needed City PW Ongoing zone, speed limits, crosswalks, etc.) CDBG  Install new or improved pavement marking Local, As needed City PW Ongoing or legends CDBG  Make existing walkways accessible to Local, 20 per year City PW Ongoing disabled students CDBG Local, As needed ISD Ongoing  Install bicycle parking near schools CDBG  Install traffic calming measures (curb Perform City PW Local, special Future extensions, speed bumps, traffic circles, CDBG raised crosswalks, narrowing lanes, etc.) studies  Create traffic controls using traffic lights, Local, As needed City Traffic Ongoing flashing beacons or signs CDBG

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Education Strategies

Responsible Funding Strategy Goal Status Party Source  Teach pedestrian and bicycle safety skills 1 class per PISD, AISD Ongoing Local to students and parents school/yr City PD,  Organize a Bicycle Rodeo or training 1 class per PISD,AISD, Ongoing Local school/yr course to teach on-bike skills Parks/Rec City PD,  Teach personal safety skills to students 1 class per PISD,AISD, Ongoing Local school/yr and parents Parks/Rec  Teach health, environmental and 1 class per Parks/Rec, Local, Future sustainability benefits of walking and school/yr PISD, AISD Federal bicycling to students and parents Brochure  Educate parents and caregivers about safe City PD, Local, for each Ongoing PISD, AISD Federal driving procedures at the school school Parks/Rec,  Create and distribute bicycle and Update Local, PD, PISD, Ongoing every 3 yrs Federal pedestrian safety educational materials AISD  Train school and community audiences 1 class per Parks/Rec, Local, Future about Safe Routes to School school/yr PISD, AISD Federal

Encouragement Strategies

Responsible Funding Strategy Goal Status Party Source

1 route per Local, PISD/AISD Future  Start a Walking School Bus program school/yr Private

50%  Host Walk to School Day (first Wednesday PISD, AISD Local, schools Future Parks/Rec Private in October) or other special event every year 50%  Initiate a walking/biking mileage club or Local, schools PISD/AISD Future Private other contest every year

 Promote Safe Routes to School in the Fall every Local, PISD/AISD Future community yr Private 50%  Initiate a reward program for safe travel Local, schools PISD/AISD Future Private behaviors among students every year

 Create a Safe Passage or Neighborhood Add 1 ea. Ongoing Local, PISD/AISD Watch program yr Private

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 Conduct a community safe driving 2 Media Local, PISD/AISD Future awareness and education campaign events/yr Federal 50% Local, schools PISD/AISD Future  Host Bike to School Day Federal every year

Enforcement Strategies

Responsible Funding Strategy Goal Status Party Source  Continue the crossing guard training Annual PISD, City PD, Local, Ongoing program Program AISD Private  IN SCHOOL ZONE” signs at all schools 75% PISD,AISD, Local, Ongoing where applicable schools City PW Private  Create a parent or student patrol As needed PISD/AISD Ongoing Local program City As needed Ongoing Local  Lower speed limits in school vicinity PD/Engineering  Utilize speed feedback trailers or signs As needed City PD/PW Ongoing Local to deter speeding in school zones  Increase traffic law enforcement during All schools City PD Ongoing Local school hours at strategic locations  Install or confirm “NO TEXTING All schools City PW Ongoing Local

Evaluation Strategies

Responsible Funding Strategy Goal Status Party Source  Surveying/counting the number of students 100% of PISD,AISD, who are signed up to regularly walk and schools City PD, Ongoing Local bicycle to and from school Reporting City Adm,  Tracking the number and type of crashes PISD,AISD, Monthly and speeding violations within 2 miles of City PD, Ongoing Local Reporting school City Adm,  Monitor parent/guardian feedback on PISD,AISD, perceptions of safety by conducting Annual City PD, Ongoing Local survey surveys of parents each school year, City Adm, similar to that done for this Plan

10. Evaluation, Coordination, and Support Activities:  Activities that address the monitoring, review, and update process o Perform annual survey of travel to school o Compile class tracking of walk/bike versus bus and pickup

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o Update sidewalk inventory regularly o Each school annually to review and update its safe routes to school  Plan for how initiatives(s) will be sustained o Each school to annually disseminate safe routes to school plan to parents of students o School district to annually incentivize walking and biking to school, at school and at student level o School district to solicit parent involvement in promoting and conducting walking and biking programs o School district to solicit local agency and business involvement in sponsoring walking and biking programs  Methods and measures of success for strategies o Increase in students walking or bicycling to school (self-reporting to teachers) o Decrease in students being dropped off or picked up at school (measure at school curbside) o Increase in length of sidewalk facilities within 2 miles of school (city inventory)  Reference to or inclusion of a non-motorized master plan or similar document o Safe routes to school plan to be incorporated into city-wide pedestrian master plan o Safe routes to school plan to be incorporated into system-wide pedestrian access to transit plan

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5. Plan Endorsement We believe that building a strong partnership between schools and the local government is fundamental to the success of a Safe Routes to School Plan. Our Safe Routes to School Plan has been endorsed by the following entities:

Pearland ISD

Alvin ISD

City of Pearland – Mayor & Council

122 ALVIN INDEPENTENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL

WHEREAS, Alvin Independent School District supports policies and programs that focus on health and wellness and healthier community environments; and

WHEREAS, the health and safety of children is of highest concern to Alvin ISD; and

WHEREAS, walking and biking can help enhance the health and overall physical activity of children, improve air quality and the environment, and reduce traffic congestion in and around school zones; and

WHEREAS, Safe Routes to School is a national and international movement to create safe, convenient, and fun opportunities for children to walk and bike to school; and

WHEREAS, Safe Routes to School efforts help remove barriers to walking and biking to school through improvement of infrastructure and facilities and the creation of education, encouragement, engineering, enforcement, and evaluation programs; and

WHEREAS, having safer routes to and from schools can decrease pedestrian and bicycling related injuries, not just for students, but for the entire community; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting that Alvin ISD recognize the importance of making walking and biking to school a safe activity.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Alvin ISD will participate in and support the Safe Routes to School initiative in order to gain the benefits mentioned above and strengthen the quality of life for Alvin ISD students, families, and neighborhoods.

Resolution declared and adopted on April 8, 2014

Tiffany Wennerstrom, President Regan Metoyer, Vice-President

___ Cheryl Harris, Secretary Charles McCauley, Trustee

___ Mike Lansford, Trustee Sue Stringer, Trustee

Nicole Tonini, Trustee

123 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Public Utility Easement for Shadow Creek High School Category Business

Resource Personnel Pat Miller, Chief Operations Officer

Attachments Memo from Jeff Couvillion, Director of Building Programs Rationale Installation of the domestic water/fire lines that will serve Shadow Creek High School requires the granting of an easement to the City of Pearland for these underground utilities and the water meter. These easements do not adversely affect the District’s ability to use or improve the school site.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board approve the Public Utility Easement for Shadow Proposed Motion Creek High School and authorizes AISD Administration to execute the final easement agreement with the City of Pearland once the area survey is finalized and legal description drafted.

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Memo

Date: March 31, 2014 To: Pat Miller, Chief Operating Officer From: Jeffery Couvillion, Director of Building Programs RE: Water/Fire Line and Water Meter Easement for City of Pearland at Shadow Creek High School

The City of Pearland requires an easement from Alvin ISD on which to locate the water/fire line and domestic water meters that will serve the New Shadow Creek High School campus. This easement is approximately 10’ in width beginning at Kirby Drive and looping around the building and out to Broadway for an approximate length of 5500’. Also required is an approximate 10’ x 80’ easement to cover the 6” domestic water and 2” irrigation meter, and an additional 2” domestic water meter easement, approximately 10’ x 20’. Attached for your review is a site plan indicating the approximate location of the proposed easements.

As these easements do not adversely affect the District’s ability to use or improve the school site, the Building Programs Dept. is requesting that the Alvin ISD Board of Trustees grant the dedication of an easement and authorize AISD Administration to execute the final easement agreement once the area survey is finalized and the legal description drafted.

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Construction Manager at Risk for Safety & Security Vestibule Projects Category Business

Resource Personnel Pat Miller, Chief Operations Officer

Attachments Memo from Jeff Couvillion, Director of Building Programs Rationale The District has previously established the method of delivery for each construction project under State Purchasing law. The recommendation of Construction Manager @ Risk allows for improved definition of scope, control, and scheduling flexibility for renovation projects such as these. The CM@R method would be used for the project to add Security Vestibules to multiple campuses. Building Programs is requesting authorization to amend the previously approved Construction Manager @ Risk contract with Stewart Builders for Alvin Junior High. This will include the 2013 Bond Aging and Evolving Projects for the addition of security vestibules at multiple campuses.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board approve the inclusion of the 2013 Bond Aging & Proposed Motion Evolving Projects: Security Vestibule Additions – Multiple Campuses, under the Construction Manager @ Risk delivery method and previously approved Construction Manager at Risk contract with Stewart Builders.

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Memo

Date: March 31, 2014 To: Pat Miller, Chief Operating Officer From: Jeffery Couvillion, Director of Building Programs Re: Use of Construction Manager @ Risk Procurement Method for Safety and Security Vestibule Additions

The Aging Facilities and Evolving Programs part of the 2013 Bond Referendum made provisions to add security vestibules at the front entrance of ten campuses:  Alvin Elementary  Alvin Primary  EC Mason  Don Jeter  Hood Case  Passmore  Stevenson  Walt Disney  Harby JH  Mary Marek

The projects listed above represent a construction package that fits the criteria previously listed as the best utilization of the Construction Manager @ Risk delivery method:  Depends heavily on site exploration during design  Has tight scheduling needs  Projects that take place at occupied campuses/buildings (where it is crucial that construction minimize disruption of the student/staff activity)  Project is budget challenged

In January, the Board awarded a Construction Manager @ Risk contract with Stewart Builders for the Alvin JH Renovation project. In an effort to receive the most economical value for Alvin ISD, we feel that packaging these Security Vestibule Addition projects together with this existing contract, would be most advantageous.

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128 The negotiated fee structure that is in place with Stewart Builders under the CM@R contract for the larger Alvin JH Renovation project is lower than would be expected for the much smaller Security Vestibule Additions if they were packaged alone.

Our schedule for this work has us completing the design along with SBWV Architects, receiving competitive proposals from subcontractors later in April, and returning to the Board in May for award of the Guaranteed Maximum Price for the first of these additions that would take place over the summer. Completion of these projects will take place at various times between this summer and the end of the year.

Building Programs is requesting authorization to use the Construction Manager @ Risk construction delivery method for the Security Vestibule Additions and amend the previously approved Construction Manager @ Risk contract with Stewart Builders to include these same projects.

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129 Alvin Independent School District April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Personnel Items – Employment of Personnel

Category Personnel/Action

Resource Personnel Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Elizabeth Veloz, Assistant Superintendent

Attachments Memo related to personnel

Rationale Requested personnel

District Goal(s) Teachers and Staff

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board approval be granted for requested personnel Proposed Motion

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Approve to Extend Term, Renew Term, Renew Probationary, and Terminate at end of Probationary Contracts Category Personnel/Action

Resource Personnel Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Elizabeth Veloz, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources

Attachments Contract Recommendation Lists

Rationale To comply with the Texas Education Code, personnel contracts are considered at the April Board meeting. Attached are lists of contract recommendations for your approval.

District Goal(s) Teachers and Staff Technology Facilities Academic Performance Parental/Community Involvement Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications Funding within personnel budget allocation.

Recommendation or That Board approve professional contract recommendations Proposed Motion as presented.

131 Alvin Independent School District Date: April 8, 2014

To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Approval of Revision of Local Policies

Category Operations / Action Item

Resource Personnel Dr. Fred Brent, Superintendent

Attachments Comments from TASB Consultant Rationale Trustee Lansford requested the revision of the following Local Policies: DFE, BBE, DH, DNA, EIA

These policies were presented to the District’s TASB Policy Consultant for review, whose comments are included in the Board Packet.

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or Administration has no recommendation on this item. Proposed Motion

132 Board Member Requests

Amy Kadlecek—TASB policy consultant

April 1, 2014

1) DFE (Local) Resignations

Board Member Request:

Board Member request to change Resignation Acceptance from Superintendent and Designee to Board Only:

Ms. Kadlecek states it doesn’t take Board action to accept a resignation. It is accepted when the Superintendent or designee accepts it. The list of resignations is for information only provided in a board weekly. It is in the best interest of the district to keep it the way it is written.

In Update 95, within the last year, we clarified who the designees were in addition to the Superintendent accepting resignations. We stated the designees were the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Assistant Superintendent of Academics, and Deputy Superintendent. The purpose was to allow more than one administrator to accept resignations if the others were out of the district and not available.

It is critical that these administrators be able to accept resignations at key times. For example, if an employee has violated policy, and then it is determined it is in the best interest of the district for that person to resign immediately during their contract year. If this changes, it would slow the process of the district in filling positions. Based on the scheduled board meetings, it would be difficult in a timely manner to complete district processes. This would not be effective for employees, the board and the cabinet administrators who accept resignations.

Here is the explanatory note that was sent with DFE (LOCAL) when we updated the policy as part of Update 95.

FOR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, recommended language has been added to clarify that when an employee resigns effective at the end of the school year or submits a resignation after the last day of the school year and before the penalty-free resignation date, the district need not take action to accept the resignation because the resignation is considered to be automatically accepted upon receipt.

A second change is based on a recent Commissioner of Education proposal for decision, Harris v. Fort Bend Independent School District, which indicated that although the Education Code allows the board to delegate to one or more individuals the authority to consent to a resignation during the school year, it does not allow the board to grant to the superintendent the authority to further delegate that responsibility to another employee. As a result, we recommend revising the policy language to give the superintendent or other person designated by Board action the authority to accept these resignations.

Opinion:

Keep the policy in place

133 2) BBE (Local) Board Members Authority:

Currently, BBE (Local) in the fourth paragraph states:

An individual Board member, acting in his or her official capacity, shall have the right to seek information pertaining to District fiscal affairs, business transactions, governance, and personnel matters, including information that properly may be withheld from members of the general public in accordance with the Public Information Chapter of Government Code. (See GBA)

Board Member Request:

Remove the word “seek” in the fourth paragraph

BBE local—Removing the Word Seek:

Ms. Kadlecek recommends keeping the word “seek”. While the Board generally has access to any information necessary to perform their duties – on occasion there may be information requested that is not necessary for them to perform their duty.

Opinion:

Keep the board policy the same. Information is provided to board members when requested within BBE policy guidelines.

3) DH (Local) Employee Standards of Conduct:

Currently, DH (Local) discusses how each District employee shall perform his or her duties in accordance with state and federal law, District policy, and ethical standards.

Under the Violations of Standards of Conduct section it states:

Each employee shall comply with the standards of conduct set out in this policy and with any other policies, regulations, and guidelines that impose duties, requirements, or standards attendant to his or her status as a District employee. Violation of any policies, regulations, or guidelines may result in disciplinary action, including termination of employment. [See DCD and DF series]

Board Member Request:

It was requested to add a section regarding intentional misrepresentation of the truth to the school board. Violation of this section would be termination of employment.

The only time an employee comes before the board would be when the administrators have to investigate and then bring findings to board through a hearing. The policy already addresses what may happen if violations occur.

Opinion: Keep the current wording of the violations of standards of conduct because it addresses that if violations of policies, regulations, or guidelines occur it may result in disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

134 4) DNA (Local) Performance of Appraisal Evaluation of Teachers:

Currently DNA (Local) discusses a state approved appraisal system for teachers.

Board Member Request:

Discuss how this evaluation section is fair and effective.

Current Teacher Appraisal System--PDAS

PDAS is the standard system. Alvin ISD’s appraisal system is within guidelines. We have adopted the option of less than annual appraisals (once every 5 years) when a teacher qualifies after the probationary period. The only alternatives to make a new appraisal typically involve other districts being part of a grant to afford and implement a new system. Then, the campus committees have to approve it. It would be very time consuming to come up with a new system. Since the state is coming up with a new system for 2015-16, it is recommended the district can wait until then to try the new system that is being recommended.

PDAS Information

PDAS remains in place as the State’s approved instrument for appraising its teachers and identifying areas that would benefit from staff development. Research based pilot programs across the state were utilized before implementation. It is a system with uniform standards, allows collaboration, and input from teachers.

The philosophy of PDAS is:

 Learner-centered and the focus is on the student’s learning experience whereas the old system (TTAS) was focused on the teacher only  Aligned to the state’s accountability system  High Standards of Proficiency represents a high standard of student engagement  PDAS process fosters reflection and observation, both leading to professional growth  Collaboration: the teacher and the appraiser collaborate throughout the process  Year-Long Evaluation: PDAS allows for adjusting instruction to meet the needs of students for continuous improvement

PDAS focuses on:

Quality: focus on the teaching behavior and how it relates to student success

Quantity: frequency and number of students for which the teaching behavior resulted in learning.

Last year, based on feedback from Senate Bill 1383, 82nd Texas Legislature, TEA began the process of updating the teacher evaluation system and developing a new principal evaluation system.

Opinion:

Due to the fact a new improved teacher and principal evaluation system will be approved state-wide for districts in 2015-2016 to use, we recommend staying with the current approved state PDAS system. Please keep in mind that new

135 evaluation systems will be piloted in 2014-15 year. Changing evaluation systems requires significant training time for teachers and staff.

TEA’s new teacher and principal evaluation systems will encourage more frequent, timely, formative feedback and include multiple indicators of success, including measures of student learning.

The goal of both systems will be to foster open and collaborative campus cultures that focus on instructional growth, supportive and contextual feedback, and the development of individual and school-wide practices that more effectively improve student learning. If a district chooses, it can use a locally adopted evaluation system that meets the objective of the new state system.

5) EIA (Local) Academic Achievement Grading/Progress Reports to Parents:

Currently EIA (Local) states:

The District shall permit a student who meets the criteria detailed in the grading guidelines a reasonable opportunity to redo an assignment or retake a test for which the student received a failing grade.

Board Member Request:

Remove paragraph four. (stated in above paragraph)

Grading Policy

Since SB 2033 requires each school district to adopt a grading policy. The district grading policy may allow a student reasonable opportunity to make up or redo a class assignment or examination for which the student received a failing grade.

Alvin ISD provides a well-balanced curriculum on state prescribed Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Students who participate in this curriculum will have the opportunity to master the knowledge, skills and competencies established by the district curriculum and state standards.

Alvin ISD will utilize ongoing mastery assessment to determine which students are in need of remediation (re-teaching and acceleration). The use of benchmark tests, teacher-made tests, performance assessments, and teacher observations will help determine which students are not mastering instructional objectives.

Many districts have grading guidelines that allow a reasonable opportunity to redo an assignment or retake a test. The district grading guidelines were developed by a committee comprised of teachers/administrators and are reviewed annually. The grading guidelines provide the criteria for when students can redo an assignment or retake an assignment. Since not all students learn at the same pace, we believe it is in the best interest of the students to allow students to redo an assignment or examination according to current guidelines.

The law states that the districts are required to show relative mastery of an assignment. The Law states districts “may” allow students to redo. When it is written too permissive, by using the word “may”, this could be seen as arbitrary.

136 Therefore, it is best left to say “shall”. Our district allows for local input through our grading guidelines in district procedures for each grade level. For example, policies are written for elementary level, secondary level, and departments. She is not aware of any districts that say the district “shall” not allow re-dos. Grading guidelines are not under board review and not board approved. A committee compromised of teachers and administrators developed the grading guidelines. The local policy merely states we have grading guidelines in place to meet that requirement of the law. Not every test or paper will be redone. It is up to local guidelines.

Ms. Kadlecek reviewed our student handbook online on page 39 and read our grading policy. She said it is correctly communicated. It covers everything necessary and is very clear.

Opinion:

Leave EIA local as it is and do not take out the suggested fourth paragraph in the policy. It is not recommended to have every teacher make a decision to sometimes redo and sometimes not redo. This would cause inequities and uniformity among campuses if we didn’t have a standard policy. She stated this is especially important with the size of our district that we would not want to allow that practice.

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To AISD Board of Trustees

Agendum Request to Consider Land Acquisition

Category Business

Resource Personnel Pat Miller, Chief Operations Officer

Attachments None

Rationale Acquisition of land discussed in closed session.

District Goal(s) Fiscal Responsibility

Budget Implications None

Recommendation or That Board approve the acquisition of land as discussed in Proposed Motion closed session. Price and terms will be presented with action item.

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