LAGO VISTA ISD Notice of Regular Meeting The Board of Trustees Lago Vista ISD A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Lago Vista ISD will be held on November 17, 2008, at 7:00 PM in the Board Room in Viking Hall, 8039 Bar K Ranch Road, Lago Vista, Texas 78645. The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on this meeting notice. 1. Invocation 2. Welcome visitors/Recognition/Public participation 3. Facilities Upgrade and Improvement – Concession Stand Project 4. Discussion and possible action regarding Vision Statement 5. Discussion and possible action regarding board operating procedures and formation of board committees 6. Discussion of City of Lago Vista’s proposal to purchase district property 7. Discussion and possible action regarding property owned by LVISD 8. Update on Drug Testing Program 9. Program Report – LVES Math Coaching 10. Survey Update 11. Policy Update 83 12. Superintendent report—LVISD activities 13. Minutes of previous meetings 14. Monthly Financial report 15. Adjourn If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the Board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E. Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the Act authorizing the closed meeting. All final votes, actions, or decisions will be taken in open meeting. ____________________________ _________________ Barbara Qualls, Ph.D. Date Superintendent LAGO VISTA ISD Local Policy Update 83: DAA(LOCAL): EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – delete policy (moved to DIA) DEA(LOCAL): COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - SALARIES AND WAGES – replace with revised policy DGBA(LOCAL): PERSONNEL-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS - EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS/GRIEVANCES – replace with revised policy DIA(LOCAL): EMPLOYEE WELFARE - FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND RETALIATION – replace with revised policy EHAC(LOCAL): BASIC INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM - REQUIRED INSTRUCTION (SECONDARY) – delete policy (see EHAC(LEGAL)) FB(LOCAL): EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY – replace with revised policy FFH(LOCAL): STUDENT WELFARE - FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND RETALIATION – replace with revised policy FFI(LOCAL): STUDENT WELFARE - FREEDOM FROM BULLYING – add policy FL(LOCAL): STUDENT RECORDS – replace with revised policy FNC(LOCAL): STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - STUDENT CONDUCT – replace with revised policy FNG(LOCAL): STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - STUDENT AND PARENT COMPLAINTS/GRIEVANCES – replace with revised policy FO(LOCAL): STUDENT DISCIPLINE – replace with revised policy GF(LOCAL): PUBLIC COMPLAINTS – replace with revised policy LAGO VISTA ISD “LVISD equips students for the rigors of the 21st Century by preparing them for a global based digital economy. LVISD will be recognized as a leader in educational innovation through: technology, facilities, curriculum, volunteerism, and instruction.” Our Students: 1. Are inquisitive, self-motivated, intellectual risk-takers capable of setting and meeting goals. 2. Are self-confident, responsible decision-makers who are accountable for their actions. 3. Have an understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses and make healthy lifestyle choices. 4. Transform their learning experience with technological, cultural, and global perspectives. 5. Are multilingual. 6. Are academically challenged to reach new heights and embrace lifelong learning. 7. Graduate prepared to meet the challenges of post-high school education and/or the workforce. Our Learning Environment: 1. Provides quality instruction in a stimulating environment that meets the needs of diverse student populations. 2. Welcomes and encourages active communication and participation between and among campuses, parents, and students. 3. Stimulates effective collaboration among professional staff, parents, and students where all take responsibility for student learning. 4. Is positive, supportive, and safe for all students. 5. Provides high performing highly skilled staff qualified above minimum requirements that is dedicated to furthering their professional growth to meet a changing classroom demographic. 6. Effectively and seamlessly incorporates technology into student learning. 7. Consists of facilities that meet the needs of all students and provide the best opportunities to thrive and achieve their greatest potential. 8. Offers the most rigorous academic programs. Our Community and District: 1. Inspire an increase in volunteerism, mentoring, and general participation in the school system by persons and businesses in the community with expertise in various areas. 2. Encourage LVISD students to be involved in and act as responsible members of the community. 3. Maintain consistent, open communication in a respectful manner with all stakeholders. 4. Effectively communicate to taxpayers and citizens so that they may understand and financially support the needs and goals of the district. 5. Maintain the continued financial stability of the district. LVISD Administration • P.O. Box 4929 • Lago Vista, TX • 78645 • 512.267.8300 • 512.267.8304 (fax) 3 Lago Vista I.S.D Board Operating Procedures Board Meeting Agenda In consultation with the Board President, the Superintendent shall prepare the agenda for all Board meetings. Any Trustee may request that a subject be included on the agenda for a meeting, and the Superintendent shall include on the preliminary agenda of the meeting all Trustee-requested topics that have been timely submitted. (BE Local) Before the official agenda is finalized for any meeting, the Superintendent shall consult the Board President to ensure that the agenda and the topics included meet with the President's approval. In reviewing the preliminary agenda, the President shall ensure that any topics the Board or individual Trustees have requested to be addressed are either on that agenda or scheduled for deliberation at an appropriate time in the near future. The Board President shall not have authority to remove from the agenda a subject requested by a Trustee without that Trustee's specific authorization. (BE Local) Board Meeting Discussions and Limitations Discussions shall be addressed to the President of the Board and then the entire membership. Discussion shall be directed solely to the business currently under deliberation, and the Board President shall halt discussion that does not apply to the business before the Board. (BE Local) Audience participation at a Board meeting is limited to the portion of the meeting designated for that purpose. At all other times during a Board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the Board, unless recognized by the presiding officer. (BED Local) Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be furnished in response to inquiries, but the Board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. (BED Local) 4 Individual Board Member Authority Because the Board is a body corporate, members can perform no valid act except as a body at meetings properly convened and conducted. (BBE Legal) Board members as individuals shall not exercise authority over the District, its property, or its employees. Except for appropriate duties and functions of the Board President, an individual member may act on behalf of the Board only with the express authorization of the Board. Without such authorization, no individual member may commit the Board on any issue. (BBE Local) Individual Board Member Requests for Information Individual members shall not direct or require District employees to prepare reports derived from an analysis of information in existing District records or to create a new record compiled from information in existing District records. Directives to the Superintendent or custodian of records regarding the preparation of reports shall be by Board action. (BBE Local) Individual Board Member Access to Information 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 the Government Code. (BBE Local) Individual members shall not have access to confidential student records unless the member is acting in his or her official capacity and has a legitimate educational interest in the records in accordance with policies (BBE Local) Individual members shall seek access to records or request copies of records from the Superintendent or other designated custodian of records. When a custodian of records other than the Superintendent provides access to records or copies of records to individual Trustees, the provider shall inform the Superintendent of the records provided. ( BBE Local) *Access to resumes and application materials for candidates that will be submitted for approval at the Board meeting may be accessed by individual Board members by scheduling a time to review the applicant materials at the office of the Superintendent. (Board Workshop 5/23/02) 5 Complaints to Individual Board member If employees, parents, students, or other members of the