Board of Trustees

Slocum Independent School District

September 20, 2007

Notice of Regular Meeting

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Slocum Independent School District will be held on September 20, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the Slocum Independent School District at 5765 E. State Hwy 294, Elkhart, Texas.

Subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken, are listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order as shown on this meeting notice.

1.       Open Meeting

a.       Establish Quorum

1)       Members Present

2)       Members Absent

b.       School Officials Present

c.       Pledge

d.       Prayer

2.       Recognition of Students and/or Employees

3.       Public Comments/Audience Participation

4.       Approval of the Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)

5.       Area Reports and Recommendations

a.       Business Manager

1)       Budget

2)       Budget Amendments

3)       Accounts Payable

4)       Tax Collection

5)       Student Activity Fund

b.       Principal

1)       Calendar

2)       Enrollment and Attendance

3)       Student Accomplishments

4)       Grandparent’s Day

5)       Open House

c.       Superintendent

1)       Parent Notifications

2)       Casualty Repair and Catastrophe Management

3)       Delinquent Tax Collection

4)       Communication System

5)       Travel Regulations and Expense Reimbursement

6)       Teacher Incentive Pay Plan

6.       Architectural Services Presentation

7.       Athletic Field Lighting Presentation

8.       Playground Design Proposal

9.       Public Hearing, Concerning Order Changing Election Date and Terms of Office of Trustees

10.    Consider Adopting Order Changing Election Date and Terms of Office of Trustees

11.    Teacher Appraisal Schedule

12.    Anderson County Special Education Cooperative Shared Services Arrangement

13.    Anderson County Special Education Cooperative Shared Services Arrangement Agreement for Real Estate Purposes

14.    Surplus Property

15.    Personnel (Closed Session Gov’t Code 551.074)

a.       Resignation(s)

b.       Employ Substitute Personnel

c.       Personnel Report

                    15. Adjourn

If during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, and 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 Acts 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 at

3:00 p.m., September 17, 2007.

For the Board of Trustees