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, November 15, 2007 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 October regular board meeting held on

                        October 18, 2007. 

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

3.      Maintenance Report.

                

            B. New Business

1.        Discuss/Approve Resolution and Votes for Palo Pinto Appraisal District Board of Directors.

2.        Discuss Vacant Seat on Gordon I.S.D. School Board.

3.        Public Hearing to Discuss HB 621 .

4.        Discuss/Approve Resolution to Tax Tangible Personal Property in Transit Which Would Otherwise be Exempt Pursuant to Texas Tax Code, Section 11.253.

5.        Discuss/Approve Amendments to Long-Range Plan.

6.        Discuss/Approve Purchase of Surveillance System from CTCR.

7.        Discuss/Approve hiring Dana Campbell as a teacher for the Spring 2008 semester.

8.        Discuss/Approve recommendation for director on the Erath County Appraisal District Board of Directors.

9.        Discuss/Approve Transfer Students.

 

VI. Superintendent’s Report- enrollment, appraisal districts, old gym, and financial report.

 

      VII. Future Business

A.     Approval of the date and time for the December 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 November 12, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.