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 Thursday, August 18, 2011 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 July 28, 2011 budget workshop and regular board meeting held on July 28, 2011.

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

3. Maintenance Report.

B. New Business

1. Public Meeting to Discuss 2011-2012 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate.

2. Discuss/Approve Gordon Salary Schedule for 2011-2012 and Beyond.

3. Discuss/Approve 2011-2012 Budget.

4. Discuss/Approve Ordinance to Set 2011-2012 Tax Rate.

5. Discuss/Approve Option 3 Contract.

6. Discuss/Approve 2010-2011 TAKS Results.

7. Discuss/Approve Contracting with Erath County Appraisal District to Collect School Taxes for Properties Located in Erath County.

8. Discuss/Approve Appointing the UIL Medical Advisory Committee as the Concussion Oversight Team.

9. Discuss/Approve Revisions to Board Policies EIA(LOCAL), EIAB(LOCAL), EIC(LOCAL) and EHBB(LOCAL).

10. Discuss/Approve Budget Amendment #4 for the 2010-2011 School Year.

11. Discuss/Approve Transfer Students.

12. Discuss/Approve TASB Risk Management Fund as Unemployment Compensation Program Provider.

VI. Superintendent’s Report- financial report, softball.

VII. Future Business

A. Approval of the date and time for the September 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 August 15, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.