A Public Hearing and Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Denver City Independent School District were held Thursday, February 20, 2020, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Board Room of the Denver City Independent School District, 501 Mustang Ave. Denver City, TX. The Public Hearing was to present an overview of the Texas Academic Performance Report and allow for discussion.
Board President Brad Woosley called the Public Hearing to order at 6:00 PM and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag. He also gave the invocation.
Taunya Campbell, Curriculum Director, gave a brief presentation of the Texas Academic Performance Report.
At 6:18 PM, Board President Brad Woosley adjourned the Public Hearing and called the Regular Meeting to order.
A motion was made by Cody Williams and seconded by Jess Roberts to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 21, 2020. The motion carried unanimously.
The following information items were presented for perusal of the Board: Financial Report, Investments, Un-reconciled Cash Position Report, Recapture Report, Enrollment Report, Excalibur Report, Utilities Report, and Staff Development Report.
Motion was made by Cody Williams and seconded by Edgar Salazar to approve the Texas Academic Performance Report as presented by the Administration. The motion carried unanimously.
Curriculum Director, Taunya Campbell, the presented the report on Result Driven Accountability. Motion was made by Russell Dial and seconded by Cody Williams to accept the RDA. The motion carried unanimously.
Director of Operations, Kellie Adams, provided the Board with information on two different bids for the Gravitt Junior High roof. On a motion made by David Mitchell and a second by Russell Dial, with Cody Williams voting against the motion, the board accepted the Hamilton bid.
Motion was made by Edgar Salazar and seconded by Jess Roberts to accept the resignations of Tammy Bailey- DCHS, Lorene Saenz- Dodson, and Mike Louis- Gravitt JH, as well as new hire Mandi Davis- Dodson, and reassignment Haylee Alarcon- Dodson. The motion carried unanimously.
At 6:40 PM, motion was made by Jess Roberts and seconded by Danny Escalante to adjourn and enter into closed session to discuss the Administrator’s Contracts. The motion carried unanimously.
At 7:52 PM, motion was made by Cody Williams and seconded by Jess Roberts to reconvene in open session. The motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Danny Escalante and seconded by Russell Dial to extend the contract by one year for a two year-twelve month contract to Kellie Adams, Rick Martinez, Billy Moore, Taunya Campbell, Elizabeth Calk, Lori Alexander and James (Chief) Bridgforth; to extend the contract by one year for a two year-eleven month contract to Beau Rains, Kristi Ivy, Zach Duncan, and Michelle Horton; to extend the contract by one year for a one year-ten month contract to Cathy Guetersloh; and to extend the contract by one year for a one year-twelve month non-certified contract to LaChrisa Rains and Randy Butler. The motion carried unanimously.
Superintendent Davis reported on the following:
Next regular meeting will be Tuesday, March 24th at 6:15 PM
Review professional faculty contracts at the next meeting
There being no further business, motion was made by Cody Williams and seconded by Edgar Salazar to adjourn the meeting at 7:54 PM. The motion carried unanimously
Board members present included Brad Woosley, David Mitchell, Jess Roberts, Danny Escalante, Cody Williams, Russell Dial and Edgar Salazar. School Personnel Present were Gary Davis, Lauren Wheeler, LaChrisa Rains, Taunya Campbell, and Kellie Adams.
