NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

GORDON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Gordon Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet in a regular session  on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the school library at 112 Rusk Street, Gordon, Texas 76453. Items to be discussed are as follows:

 I. Call to Order and Announcement of Quorum Present by the President

     A. Members Present/ Members Absent

           B.  Guests

      II. Invocation

     III .Open Forum

     IV. Exemplary Students Report

      V. Recommended Action

           A. Routine Business

                 1.   Approval of the minutes for the May regular board meeting held on

                                May 15, 2008. 

2.        Approval of the fund status report, bills, and accounts.

3.        Maintenance Report.

                

            B. New Business

1.         Discuss/Approve Powell & Leon as school attorney for the 2008-2009 school year.

2.         Discuss/Approve letting the following bids or bid quotations: fuel products, athletic supplies, cafeteria products, and student/athletic insurance.

3.         Discuss/Approve contracting with Erath County Appraisal District to collect school taxes for properties located in Erath County.

4.         Discuss/Approve contracting with Palo Pinto County Appraisal District to collect school taxes for properties located in Palo Pinto County.

5.         Discuss/Approve bids received for repair/replacement of district air conditioning units, roofs, and damage to teacherages.

6.         Discuss/Approve letting bids for used school buses.

7.         Discuss/Approve budget amendment(s).

8.         Discuss/Approve transfer students for 2008-2009 school year.

9.         Distribute Board Policy Update 83 “Vantage Points”.

10.      Discuss/Approve hiring David Low as principal for the 2008-2009 school year.

11.      Discuss possible purchase of house for district teacherage.

12.      Discuss/Approve date for budget workshop.

13.      Discuss proposed policy on allowing parents to ride the school bus on field trips.

 

VI. Superintendent’s Report- enrollment, preliminary FIRST rating, and financial report.

 

      VII. Future Business

A.      Approval of the date and time for the July regular board meeting.

      VIII. Adjourn

 

 

 

 

Jon Hartgraves, Superintendent                                                                                      

For the Gordon ISD Board of Trustees

* Agenda items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this meeting notice.

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.  [See BEC(LEGAL)] This notice was posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act on June 16, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.