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 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 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 20, 2009 and the November workshop meeting held on November 3, 2009.

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

3. Maintenance Report.

B. New Business

1. Discuss/Approve one-time contract adjustment for all contracted employees.

2. Discuss/Approve Paying Curtis Scott for Half of Fence Repair.

3. Discuss/Approve the Appointment of Five Members to the School Health Advisory Council.

4. Distribute Board Policy Update 86 “Vantage Points”.

5. Discuss/Approve Submittal of Application for Waiver of Low Attendance Days.

6. Discuss/Approve Submittal of Application for Waiver of Future Low Attendance Days as Needed.

7. Discuss/Approve Purchase of Zero-Turn Lawn Mower.

8. Discuss/Approve Purchase of New School Vehicle.

9. Discuss/Approve Budget Amendment # 2.

10. Discuss/Approve Long-Range Financial Plan.

11. Discuss/Approve Transfer Students.

VI. Superintendent’s Report- 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 13, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.