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, September 18, 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 August regular board meeting held on

August 21, 2008.

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

3. Maintenance Report.

B. New Business

1. Public Hearing on Final School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas Report and Financial Management Report

2. Discuss/Approve Purchase of School Pickup.

3. Discuss/Approve Purchase of School Tractor.

4. Discuss/Approve Interlocal Agreement for Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing.

5. Discuss/Approve using Great American Plan Administrators as third party administrators for Gordon I.S.D.’s 403(b) and possible 457 plans.

6. Discuss/Approve Termite Treatment for Old Gym.

7. Discuss/Approve Purchase of New A/C Units for Main Building (3) and Procter Teacherage (1).

8. Discuss/Approve Budget Amendment #1 for 2008-2009 Budget.

9. Discuss/Approve Jack-Tel as IT Contractor.

10. Discuss/Approve Transfer Students.

VI. Superintendent’s Report- school improvement planning, financial report.

VII. Future Business

A. Approval of the date and time for the October 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 September 15, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.