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Board Notes
A Summary of
the May 21, 2009, Tyler ISD Board of Trustees Meeting
Board
Recognizes Staff and Programs
Congratulations to
Randy Fleet, a coach at Moore MST Middle School,
for being recognized as the Middle School Basketball
Coach of the Year through the Texas Association of
Basketball Coaches. Fleet is among only 14 coaches from
the state of Texas selected for this honor.
Congratulations to
Holly Chilek,
a teacher at Bonner Elementary School,
for being selected to attend an esteemed academy in New
Jersey. Holly is among 200 teachers selected from around
the country to participate in the 2009 Mickelson
ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in Jersey City, New Jersey,
in July. Chilek was nominated by two of her former
students. The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is
a one-week all-expense paid intensive professional
development program for third through fifth grade
teachers. The Academy offers a five-day program designed
to provide teachers with the knowledge and skills
necessary to motivate students to pursue careers in
science and math.
Congratulations to
John Tyler High School
for becoming the first high school in East Texas to
donate more than 200 units of blood during one blood
drive. John Tyler High School’s Health Occupations
Students of America (HOSA) organization and Student
Congress organized the blood drive. Nita Maxwell,
HOSA teacher, and Kenya Symonette, Student
Congress sponsor, both worked with the students to
make the blood drive a success.
In all, John Tyler High School collected 238 units of
blood for the Carter Blood Care.
Congratulations to
John Tyler High School
for receiving Project Lead the Way™ Certification for
Quality of their Pre-Engineering Program. Project Lead
the Way™ has certified that John Tyler’s Pre-Engineering
and Engineering Technology Program has met the
stringent, national standards of quality set by Project
Lead the Way™. John Tyler has joined an elite group of
nationally recognized high schools that provides a
cutting edge pre-engineering curriculum for their
students. Thank you to John Tyler teacher Jim Bybee
for overseeing this program.
Board
Authorizes and Accepts Donations
The Board of
Trustees authorized and approved the acceptance of the
following donations totaling $ 11,500 from football moms
for Robert E. Lee High School.
Board
Approves Malicious Call Tracing Software Upgrade
The Board of
Trustees approved the purchase of an upgraded call
tracing system supplied by AT&T (VeraSMART CDR) at a
cost of $34,510.35. Funding for the project will come
from designated fund balance.
This
upgraded call tracing system will provide centralized
tracing and reporting at all district facilities.
Board
Approves Replacement Scoreboard at Trinity Mother
Frances Rose Stadium
The Board of
Trustees approved entering a contract with Olen
Williams, Inc. in the amount of $657,801. Olen Williams,
Inc. is the only vendor that submitted a proposal. This
amount includes performance bond, electrical upgrades,
remodeling and a $20,000 contingency. Funding will come
from Fund Balance with total reimbursement through
advertising revenues.
The current
Rose Stadium scoreboard has been in service since 1984.
Having exceeded its life cycle, replacement parts are
obsolete as TISD continues to maintain the scoreboard’s
operation. An agreement with Titus Sports Marketing will
allow us to repay TISD through advertising and revenue
accounts. The new scoreboard will be paid in full within
the next ten (10) years at no cost to taxpayers.
Board
Approves Exterior Elevations and Floor Plans for Griffin
Elementary School
The Board of
Trustees approved initial design, elevations and styles
for Griffin Elementary School. Initially, the new
Griffin Elementary School was to be a prototype of an
existing campus. With the new site location for the new
Griffin Elementary School to be on the same property as
Dogan Middle School, the necessity of new plans and
elevations were mandated. Kent Harris and Mike Craig,
with Eubanks Harris Roberts Craig Architects, presented
the proposed new design they have prepared with TISD
Administration representatives. The architects and the
District have prepared and coordinated documents of the
exterior elevations and floor plans of the new Griffin
Elementary School. Room counts, functions and
adjacencies have been discussed.
Facilities
Department Provides Update on School Construction
Projects
Construction
Project Manager, Monte Robinette, provided the Board of
Trustees an update on the progress of the school
construction projects.
Orr
Elementary School
Forms for
foundation wall area had its first pour in one building
section; in another building section completed
foundation walls are ready for backfill
Clarkston
Elementary School
Entire wing
A of the building is poured and part of wing B is poured
as well.
Expect first
steel delivery to be in the next couple of weeks.
The curved
courtyard wall has been poured.
Woods
Elementary School
The exterior
walls in area C have been poured.
Deep
footings are being installed and foundation walls are
continuing.
Jones/Boshears
School
The
groundbreaking took place May 7.
The first
concrete pour and footings are taking place.
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