TSD Governing Board Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Governing Board of the Texas School for the Deaf shall be held on August 26, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. and continuing on August 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 coronavirus, this meeting will be conducted via videoconference. At least a quorum of the board will be participating by videoconference in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.125 or 551.127 of the Texas Government Code that have not been suspended by order of the governor. 

Members of the public may access this meeting as follows: Governing Board Zoom Meeting https://esc13.zoom.us/j/87069090949

An electronic copy of the agenda packet is available online here: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2109

Governing Board Meeting Materials Public comments related to this meeting will be handled via sign up. If you wish to address the Board in Open Meeting please complete the following link: Public Participation Sign Up: https://www.tsd.state.tx.us/apps/form/public_participation

The link will close at 9am on Friday August 27, 2021. You will not be able to sign up after that time. Once you have signed up, you will receive a link to join the meeting. Please log in by 10am on August 27, 2021, and wait to be recognized by the Board. 

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, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E or Texas Government Code section 418.183(f). 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. 

The open portions of this meeting will be recorded and made available to the public upon request. The subjects to be discussed or considered, or upon which any formal action may be taken, are as follows (items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this meeting notice): 

AGENDA 

1. Call to Order Announce the Presence of a Quorum 

2. Call Roll of Board Members (Beth Polo) 

Note: The Board will enter into Executive Session to conduct the Superintendent’s Summative Evaluation for 2020 - 2021 . 

3. Superintendent Summative Evaluation for 2020-2021 (Shawn Saladin) 

4. Establish Superintendent Salary for FY2022 (Shawn Saladin) 

5. Superintendent Performance Goals for 2021-2022 (Shawn Saladin) 

Note: The Board meeting will likely recess after the last item above and resume Friday morning to take up items listed below. 

6. Call to Order Announce the Presence of a Quorum (Shawn Saladin) 

7. Call Roll of Board Members (Beth Polo) 

8. Pledge of Allegiance (Video with Football and Volleyball Students) 

9. Public Participation: Provide opportunity for public comment on non-agenda items and introduction of visitors 

10. Recognitions (Claire Bugen & Shawn Saladin) 

11. Consent Agenda Items: All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Governing Board and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed by a board member from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. 

a. Board Meeting Minutes of April 30th 2021 (Shawn Saladin)

b. Gifts and Donations (Justin Wedel)

c. Operations Report (Beth Polo)

d. FY21 Operating Budget (Justin Wedel)

e. 2021-22 Term and Probationary Contracts (Julie Dodd)

12. Superintendent’s Report (Claire Bugen) 

a. Summer Programs

b. 21-22 School Theme/Opening of School

c. Superintendent Travel

d. Homecoming

e. Enrollment Snapshot

f. Beth Polo

g. Everything COVID

h. New Student Family Orientation and Registration

i. Racial Equity Task Force

13. Update on impact of COVID-19 Delta Variant and Current Disease Status (Claire Bugen) 

14. Annual Report of Student Performance (Stella Egbert & Donna Altuna) 

15. Proposed Quality Indicators of Student Performance 2021 – 2022 (Stella Egbert &Donna Altuna) 

16. District Improvement Plan 21-22 (Claire Bugen and SGT Chairs) 

17. Accreditation Update (Claire Bugen) 

18. PPfT Appraisers List and Calendar (Stella Egbert) 

19. Operating Budget FY22 (Justin Wedel) 

20. SAO Internal Audit Contracting Authority for FY22 (Justin Wedel) 

21. Legislative Update (Claire Bugen, Justin Wedel, Gabriel Cardenas) 

22. SHAC Membership Approval (Elizabeth Sterling) 

23. Student Code of Conduct 2021-2022 (Stella Egbert & Wilmonda McDevitt) 

24. Personnel Item (Holly Wardell & Julie Dodd) 

a. Termination of Contract Personnel

25. Approval of Superintendent Performance Goals 2021 – 2022 (Shawn Saladin) 

26. Board Meeting Calendar for 2021-2022 (Shawn Saladin) 

27. Board Interim Officer Elections (Shawn Saladin) 

28. Board Policies (Sha Cowan) 

29. Adjourn