Notice of Special Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

April 29, 2008

7:00 PM

High School Commons

  

 

I.          Procedural

 

            A.        Pledge of Allegiance

            B.        Invocation

            C.        Call to order and establish a quorum

            D.        Communications:       Public Comments

           

 

 

PUBLIC FORUM ON BOND ELECTION

 

 

II.        Adjournment

 

 

Name of Person posting this Notice:______________________________

                                                                    Joe D. Moore

                                                                    Superintendent of Schools

 

 

This notice is posted the 25th of April 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.



 

Notice of Regular Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

April 21, 2008

6:30 PM

 Bells High School Commons

 

                                       PUBLIC FORUM ON BOND ELECTION

 

I.          Procedural

A.     Pledge of Allegiance

B.     Invocation

C.     Call to order and establish a quorum

D.     Communications:   Public Comments

II.                Action Items

A.     Discussion/Action on Regular Board Meeting on March 24, 2008.

B.     Discussion/Action on bus purchase.

C.     Discussion/Action on resignation(s)

D.     Discussion/Action on new personnel.

     III.       Reports (Superintendent’s and Principals’ reports could contain

Information of a late-breaking nature that is unavailable at the time of posting this agenda)

     A.     Administrators’ Report

                                                                                     a.      Rebeckah Pritchard/Elementary School

1.  Improvement Plan

2.  Key Personnel Recognition

3.  Attendance/Percentage

4.  Calendar of Events

                                                                                    b.      Don Keene/Junior High School

1.  Attendance/Enrollment

2.  Highlights

3.  Plans

                                          c.   Will Steger/High School

                                                 1.  Mentor Groups/Registration

                                                 2.  Evacuation Training

                                                 3.  TAKS Testing

                                                 4.  THEA Exam

                                                 5.  Jr-Sr Prom

                                                 6.  Graduation

                                                 7.  Loy Lake Results               

                                          d.   Charles Boles/Athletic Director

1.  Boys Track

2.  Girls Track

3.  Schedule

4.  Baseball

5.  Softball

B.        Review and Discussion of  Financial Information

                                                                                    1.      Financial Reports (attachments)

                                                                                    2.      Balance Sheet

                                                                                    3.      Budget/Revenue Report

                                                                                    4.      Check Register

C.         Superintendent’s Report

                                                                                    1.      TexPool account summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    2.      Utility summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    3.      Transportation report (attachment)

                                                                                    4.      Teachers’ pay schedule

                                                                                    5.      Coaches’ supplemental pay schedule

                                                                                    6.      Miscellaneous

a. Trustee/Bond Election

b. End of School Appreciation Dinner

c. Finger Printing

d. LED Sign

    IV.          Executive Session

The Board shall convene in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Gov’t Code, Article 551.074 Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, Subchapter D and E to discuss the following:

 

V.                 Action after Executive Session

 

VI.              Adjournment

 

NOTE:      During any properly scheduled open meeting the board may discuss, make motions, vote to approve or disapprove, vote to table, adopt, reject, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter and may vote to convene in closed or executive session when appropriate.  (Closed session will be called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter, 551.001 et seq.)  Any action will be taken in open session.

 

Name of Person posting this Notice: _______________________

                                                                  Joe D. Moore

                                                                  Superintendent of Schools

 

This notice is posted the 17th of April 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.

 

Staff Members and Parents
FLASH ALERT at Bells ISD

Bells ISD is implementing a new system for emergency communications using electronic media (computers and cell phones) as the communication tools.  The vendor we have selected for this process is FlashNews.net through Region 10 ESC.

This system allows the District to communicate its emergencies, like weather closures, to its staff, employees and other interested subscribers DIRECTLY to their home computers and personal cell phones.  In that way the staff and parents receive the emergency information at the same time that the news media does.  Therefore, you will not have to sit in front of your home television set waiting to see if Bells ISD is closing.  A closure message will come directly to your home devices within five minutes of being sent out.  It also allows for announcement of non-closure emergency or information like electricity outages.

Bells ISD would like for as many staff members and parents as possible to sign up to receive emergency information by this system.  This is sign-up is voluntary; however, for the system to work adequately and get the information to as many persons as possible, we need as many staff members and households as possible to sign up for this process.  So...everyone who can (those with home computers and/or cell phones) is encouraged to register.

All cell phone numbers and home computer e-mail addresses are maintained at an off-site server. Bells ISD will not know who has signed up---only how many have signed up.  Your home computer and cell phone are protected and will not be available to any online or text messaging marketers.  This is part of the agreement with the vendor. 

To register, please follow these directions in detail:

1.  Sign on to www.flashalert.net.
2.  Click on the Dallas Button on the map.
3.  Click on Grayson & Collin Co Schools.
4.  Click on Bells ISD.
5a.  Staff Members Only:  At the prompt enter your Bells ISD e-mail address.  (The reason is that you will likely manage your account from your work desk rather than home.)
5b.  Parents and Households Only:  At the prompt enter your home e-mail address.
6.  At the prompt, reenter your Bells ISD e-mail address (staff) or your home e-mail address (parents).
7.  Under Add an Organization Select:  Dallas/Ft. Worth/North Central Texas
8.  Under Select choose:  Grayson & Collin Co Schools.
9.  Under Organization select:  Bells ISD.
10.  Click on the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON.  NOTE:  THIS IS IMPORTANT!  IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, YOUR REGISTRATION WILL NOT WORK.
11.  Add up to FOUR additional addresses to receive emergency information, i.e., home computer e-mail address, cell phone address (follow directions posted), spouse office computer e-mail, etc.  NOTE:  In signing up your cell phone for text messaging, there are SEVEN providers listed (Cingular/AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel, Qwest, and Alltel).   Be sure and enter your CELL PHONE NUMBER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE @STEM OR IT WON'T WORK.  Also, if you want to register a cell phone and do not have one of these providers, please let us know by return e-mail and we will pursue registration.
12.  Click on the RED LINE to send a test message.  One should appear within five minutes on your computers and your cell phone.
13.  Log out (last line on the left navigation bar.)
14.  You're done and ready to receive emergency messages at home from Bells ISD.  They will appear as "info@flashalert.net."

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

Bells ISD will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 21st to discuss the 2006-2007 Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) Report.  The meeting will begin at 6:30pm in the elementary library.

 

 

Notice of Regular Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

January 21, 2008

6:30 PM

Elementary Library

 

PUBLIC MEETING

(AEIS) Academic Excellence Indicator System

 

I.          Procedural

A.     Pledge of Allegiance

B.     Invocation

C.     Call to order and establish a quorum

D.     Communications: Public Comments

 

SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH

 

                  TEXAS READING INITIATIVE (Rebeckah Pritchard)

 

II.                Action Items

A.     Discussion/Action on approval of regular board meeting of December 17, 2007.

B.     Discussion/Action on calling trustee election/appoint election judge for May 10th, 2008.

C.     Discussion/Action on a committee for AD search.

D.     Discussion/Action on Superintendent’s Contract.

 

     III.       Reports (Superintendent’s and Principals’ reports could contain

Information of a late-breaking nature that is unavailable at the time of posting this agenda)

     A.     Administrators’ Report

                                                                                     a.      Rebeckah Pritchard/Elementary School

1.  Christmas Angels

2.  Sixth Grade UIL Meet

3.  Enrollment

4.  Percentages

5.  Calendar of Event

 

                                                                                    b.      Don Keene/Junior High School

1.  Enrollment

2.  Christmas Money Drive

3.  Holiday Canned Food Drive

4.  UIL

5.  Calendar of Events

           

                                          c.   Will Steger/High School

                                                1.  Final Exams

                                                2.  Ag Students

                                                3.  Student Council

                                                4.  Christmas Money Drive

                                                5.  Beta Club

                                                6.  Semester

                                                7.  Enrollment/Percentages

                                               

                                          d.   Danny Williams/Athletic Director

1.  Athletic Events

 

B.        Review and Discussion of  Financial Information

                                                                                    1.      Financial Reports (attachments)

                                                                                    2.      Balance Sheet

                                                                                    3.      Budget/Revenue Report

                                                                                    4.      Check Register

                                                                                    5.      Quarterly Investment Report

C.         Superintendent’s Report

                                                                                    1.      TexPool account summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    2.      Utility summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    3.      Transportation report (attachment)

                                                                                    4.      Miscellaneous

A.  Grayson Central Appraisal District Board of Directors

B.  Mowing Contract

C.  Construction Manager at Risk

D.  LED Sign for High School

    IV.          Executive Session

The Board shall convene in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Gov’t Code, Article 551.074 Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, Subchapter D and E to discuss the following:

 

V.                 Action after Executive Session

 

VI.              Adjournment

 

NOTE:      During any properly scheduled open meeting the board may discuss, make motions, vote to approve or disapprove, vote to table, adopt, reject, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter and may vote to convene in closed or executive session when appropriate.  (Closed session will be called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter, 551.001 et seq.)  Any action will be taken in open session.

 

Name of Person posting this Notice: _______________________

                                                                  Joe D. Moore

                                                                  Superintendent of Schools

 

This notice is posted the 16th of January 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.

 

Notice of Regular Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

December 17, 2007

7:00 PM

Administration Building

 

I.          Procedural

A.     Pledge of Allegiance

B.     Invocation

C.     Call to order and establish a quorum

D.     Communications: Public Comments

 

II.                Action Items

A.     Discussion/Action on approval of regular board meeting of November 19, 2007.

B.     Discussion/Action on approval of special board meeting of November 20, 2007.

C.     Discussion/Action on approval of special board meeting of December 3, 2007.

D.     Discussion/Action on approval of budget amendment #2.

E.      Discussion/Action on booster club and PTO donations.

F.      Discussion/Action on district textbook adoption committee.

G.     Discussion/Action on highly qualified teachers.

H.     Discussion/Action on required training for board members.

I.        Discussion/Action to ratify contract with Ralph Perkins.             Harper Perkins Architects, Inc.

J.       Discussion/Action on audit for the year end 2007.

 

     III.       Reports (Superintendent’s and Principals’ reports could contain

Information of a late-breaking nature that is unavailable at the time of posting this agenda)

     A.     Administrators’ Report

                                                                                     a.      Rebeckah Pritchard/Elementary School

1.  Texas Monthly

2.  Walking Track

3.  UIL Meet

4.  Enrollment

5.  Percentages

6.  Calendar of Events

                                                                                    b.      Don Keene/Junior High School

1.  Enrollment

2.  Thanksgiving food drive

3.  PJH Christmas money drive

4.  Junior Beta Club

5.  SPED students

6.  SSI mandate           

                                          c.   Will Steger/High School

                                                1.  Beta Club

                                                2.  Christmas Band

                                                3.  Christmas drive

                                                4.  Mentor groups

                                                5.  Announcements/web site

                                                6. Enrollment

                                          d.   Danny Williams/Athletic Director

                                               1.  Athletic Events

 

B.        Review and Discussion of  Financial Information

                                                                                    1.      Financial Reports (attachments)

                                                                                    2.      Balance Sheet

                                                                                    3.      Budget/Revenue Report

                                                                                    4.      Check Register

C.         Superintendent’s Report

                                                                                    1.      TexPool account summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    2.      Utility summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    3.      Transportation report (attachment)

                                                                                    4.      Miscellaneous

a. Superintendent’s Evaluation Tool

b. Salary Consideration

c. Athletic Director Update

 

    IV.          Executive Session

The Board shall convene in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Gov’t Code, Article 551.074 Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, Subchapter D and E to discuss the following:

 

V.                 Action after Executive Session

 

VI.              Adjournment

 

NOTE:      During any properly scheduled open meeting the board may discuss, make motions, vote to approve or disapprove, vote to table, adopt, reject, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter and may vote to convene in closed or executive session when appropriate.  (Closed session will be called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter, 551.001 et seq.)  Any action will be taken in open session.

 

Name of Person posting this Notice: _______________________

                                                                  Joe D. Moore

                                                                  Superintendent of Schools

 

This notice is posted the 12th of December 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.

 

Notice of Special Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

December 3, 2007

6:00 PM

Administration Building

 

I.          Procedural

            A.  Pledge of Allegiance

            B.  Invocation

            C.  Call to order and establish a quorum

             D.  Communications:  Public Comments

 

II.        Action Items

A.  Discussion/Action on construction delivery method.

 

III.       Adjournment

 

NOTE:    During any properly scheduled open meeting the board may discuss, make motions, vote to approve or disapprove, vote to table, adopt, reject, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter and may vote to convene in closed or executive session when appropriate.  (Closed session will be called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter, 551.001 et seq.)  Any action will be taken in open session.

 

Name of Person posting this Notice: _______________________________

                                                              Joe D. Moore

                                                              Superintendent of Schools

 

This notice is posted the 28th of November 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.

 

Notice of Special Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

November 20, 2007

6:00 PM

Administration Building

 

 

I.          Procedural

            A.  Pledge of Allegiance

            B.  Invocation

            C.  Call to order and establish a quorum

            D.  Communications:  Public Comments

 

II.        Action Items

A.  Discussion/Action upon engaging an architect firm to provide professional services.

B.  Discussion/Action on entering into contract with L & M Exploration for oil/gas lease.

 

III.       Adjournment

 

 

NOTE:    During any properly scheduled open meeting the board may discuss, make motions, vote to approve or disapprove, vote to table, adopt, reject, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter and may vote to convene in closed or executive session when appropriate.  (Closed session will be called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter, 551.001 et seq.)  Any action will be taken in open session.

 

 

Name of Person posting this Notice: _______________________________

                                                              Joe D. Moore

                                                              Superintendent of Schools

 

 

This notice is posted the 15th of November 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.

 

 

 

Notice of Regular Board Meeting

Bells Independent School District

November 19, 2007

6:00 PM

Administration Building

 

PUBLIC HEARING     HB 621

 

I.          Procedural

A.     Pledge of Allegiance

B.     Invocation

C.     Call to order and establish a quorum

D.     Communications: Public Comments

 

II.                Action Items

A.     Discussion/Action approval on minutes of regular board meeting October 15th 2007

B.     Discussion/Action on Grayson Central Appraisal District Board of Directors Election.

C.     Discussion/Action on HB 621-Taxation of Goods in Transit

D.     Discussion/Action on 2007 Tax Roll Values

E.      Discussion/Action on  acute shortage areas

F.      Discussion/Action upon engaging an architect firm to provide professional services.

 

     III.       Reports (Superintendent’s and Principals’ reports could contain

Information of a late-breaking nature that is unavailable at the time of posting this agenda)

     A.     Administrators’ Report

                                                                                     a.      Rebeckah Pritchard/Elementary School

1.  Calendar of Events

2.  Enrollment/Percentages

3.  Veterans’ Program

4.  Fall Festival

5.  Food Baskets

                                                                                    b.      Don Keene/Junior High School

1.  Enrollment/Percentages

2.  Middle School Conference

3.  Holocaust

4.  Schedules

5.  BISD safety audit

6.  JH sports

                                                                                     c.      Will Steger/High School

1.  SAT/ACT/Princeton Review

2.  “Beowulf”

3.  Band Christmas Concert

4.  UIL Academic Meet

5.  One Act Play

6.  FFA Results

7.  Veterans’ Day Program

8.  Enrollment/Percentages

                                                                                    d.      Danny Williams/Athletic Director

1.  Athletic Events

B.        Review and Discussion of  Financial Information

                                                                                    1.      Financial Reports (attachments)

                                                                                    2.      Balance Sheet

                                                                                    3.      Budget/Revenue Report

                                                                                    4.      Check Register

C.         Superintendent’s Report

                                                                                    1.      TexPool account summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    2.      Utility summaries (attachment)

                                                                                    3.      Transportation report (attachment)

                                                                                    4.      Miscellaneous

 

    IV.          Executive Session

The Board shall convene in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Gov’t Code, Article 551.074 Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, Subchapter D and E to discuss the following:

 

V.                 Action after Executive Session

 

VI.              Adjournment

 

NOTE:      During any properly scheduled open meeting the board may discuss, make motions, vote to approve or disapprove, vote to table, adopt, reject, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter and may vote to convene in closed or executive session when appropriate.  (Closed session will be called in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter, 551.001 et seq.)  Any action will be taken in open session.

 

Name of Person posting this Notice: _______________________

                                                                  Joe D. Moore

                                                                  Superintendent of Schools

 

This notice is posted the 15th of November 4:00 pm local time in prominent public view on the bulletin board for public notices in the district’s central administration office located at 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd., Bells, Texas, which is the principle office of the school district.

 

 

NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires each local education agency to publicly report progress of the LEA and its campuses toward meeting the highly qualified (HQ) teacher requirements.  The 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Highly Qualified Teacher data for Bells ISD and each of its campuses is given below.

Highly Qualified Teacher Reports

2006-2007

Percentage of Regular Ed Classes Taught by HQ Teachers

Percentage of Special Education Classes taught by Highly Qualified Teachers

 

Percentage of Classes Taught by HQ Teachers in

high poverty schools

Percentage of Teachers Receiving