Sulphur Springs ISD Administrators To Present Return To In-Person Instruction, Compensation Plans

Adult Meal Price Increase, Meet The Teacher Schedule, Handbooks, Architectural Firm On SSISD Aug. 9 Agenda

The Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees appears to have a full agenda Monday evening, with a number of routine items such as presentation of the student and employee handbooks, update on Meet the Teacher activities scheduled throughout the district, and approval of the latest policy updates as recommended by Texas Association of School Boards, Code of Conduct, meal payment and charge policy on the agenda.

Also to be presented at the 6 p.m. meeting on Aug. 9, will be a plan to return to in-person instruction and continuity of services, the annual CTE program evaluation, a shared services agreement for the Greenville ISD program for deaf services as well as a presentations of and by an architectural firm.

The agenda for the Aug. 9 meeting is as follows:

AGENDA
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
SULPHUR SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 6:00 PM

1. CALL TO ORDER: Invocation & Pledges to the flags
2. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
   • Announcement by the President whether a quorum is present, that the meeting had been duly called and that the notice of the meeting had been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
   • B. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting/budget work session of the Board of Trustees on Monday, July 12, 2021 beginning at 6:00 p.m. held in the Board Room of the Administration Building.
3. PUBLIC FORUM:
   • Public participation is limited to the designated open forum of a meeting per board policy BED(LOCAL).
4. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS/INFORMATION ITEMS
   • Presentation by architectural firm.
   • CTE Program Evaluation Report for 2020-2021. (Exhibit IV-B) [Jenny Arledge]
   • Information re: Food Service Purchasing for the 2021-2022 school year. (Exhibit IV-C) [Veronica Arnold]
   • Information re: increase to faculty and adult visitor meal prices. (Exhibit IV-D) [Veronica Arnold]
   • Present list of “Meet the Teacher” activities. (Exhibit IV-E) [Kristin Monk]
   • Update on ESSA (Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV) applications. (Exhibit IV-F) [Josh Williams for Jason Evans]
   • Present 2021-2022 Elementary and Secondary student handbooks for review. (Exhibit IV-G) [Josh Williams]
   • Present 2021-2022 SSISD Employee Handbook for review. (Exhibit IV-H [Josh Williams]
   • Present SSISD Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan. (Exhibit IV-I) [Josh Williams]
   • Presentation by architectural firm.
5. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:
   • These items are considered to be routine by the board and will be enacted under one motion, unless a member of the board requests that an item be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
   • Consider approval of Tax Credits and Supplements for July 2021. (Exhibit V-A)
   • Consider approval of Delinquent Tax Collections for July 2021. (Exhibit V-B)
   • Consider approval of Financial Statements and Bills Payable for July 2021. (Exhibit V-C)
6. ACTION ITEMS
   • A. Discuss and consider approval of the Greenville ISD Regional Day School Program for the Deaf Shared Services Arrangement. (Exhibit VI-A) [Susan Johnston]
   • B. Discuss and consider approval of SSISD Child Nutrition Meal Payments & Charge Policy for 2021-2022 school year. (Exhibit VI-B) [Veronica Arnold]
   • C. Discuss and consider approval of Property/Casualty Insurance for 2021-2022 (Exhibit VI-C) [Sherry McGraw]
   • D. Review, discuss and consider approval of SSISD compensation plan. (Exhibit VI-D) [Josh Williams]
   • E. Discuss and consider approval of teacher appraisers and appraisal calendar for the 2021-2022 school year. (Exhibit VI-E) [Josh Williams]
   • F. Discuss and consider approval of Local Policy Manual Update FO(LOCAL). (Exhibit VI-F) [Josh Williams]
   • G. Discuss and consider approval of the SSISD Student Code of Conduct for the 2021-2022 school year. (Exhibit VI-G) [Josh Williams]
   • H. Discuss and consider review of legal policies and approval of additions and revisions of local policies as recommended by Texas Association of School Boards Policy Services and according to the instruction sheet for TASB Localized Policy Manual Update 117. (See attached local policy list) [Josh Williams]
7. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
   • Executive Session will be held for the purpose of consideration of matters for which closed or executive sessions are authorized by Title 5, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, Section (.072), (.074).
     • Discuss and consider personnel to be employed, personnel to be reassigned, acknowledge and accept resignations of personnel, other personnel matters.
     • Discuss purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.
8. RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ACTION RELATIVE TO ITEMS COVERED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
9. IX. ADJOURNMENT