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, October 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 September 12, 2011 regular board meeting held on September 12, 2011.

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

3. Maintenance Report.

B. New Business

1. Public Meeting to Discuss the Gordon ISD 2009-2010 Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Rating.

2. Discuss/Approve Gordon ISD 2009-2010 FIRST Rating.

3. Discuss/Approve Changes to STAAR/EOC Testing Policies.

4. Discuss/Approve Budget Amendment #1 for 2011-2012 Budget.

5. Discuss/Approve Appointments to the Gordon I.S.D. Concussion Oversight Team.

6. Discuss/Approve Long-Term Substitute Pay Scale.

7. Discuss/Approve Color for Structural Spray on Track.

8. Hear Presentation by Greg Page of Environmental Lighting Systems.

9. Distribute Update 91 Vantage Points.

10. Discuss/Approve Putting Our Board Policy Online.

11. Hear Presentation on Attendance and Growth.

12. Discuss/Approve Transfer Students.

VI. Superintendent’s Report- financial report, softball, schedule team of 8 training.

VII. Future Business

A. Approval of the date and time for the November 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 October 14, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.