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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
October 2, 2018
PRESENT: President Laura Wheat, Trustees: Alesa Belvedere, Carol Langdon, and Rick
Rennhack. Michael Barrett arrived at 5:18 p.m. Others: Incoming Trustee -
Greg Goble
ABSENT:
OTHERS PRESENT: Superintendent Tom Brymer, Assistant to the Superintendent
Amanda DeGan, Board Secretary Kelly Edwards, Dr. Mechelle
Bryson, PYP Assistant Principal Beckie Paquin, College Counselor
Carl Tippen, Director of Communications Ginger Awtry, and
Director of Human Resources and Administrative Services Todd
Wood.
Work Session
1. CALL TO ORDER
President Wheat called the work session to order at 5:08 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
President Wheat led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
President Wheat welcomed incoming Trustee Greg Goble.
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3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION BY WESTLAKE ACADEMY STUDENT BELLA
WHITE REGARDING AN ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT
WESTLAKE ACADEMY.
Miss Bella White provided a presentation and overview of an additional option for the flow
of traffic.
Discussion ensued regarding staff's opinions, variations of Traffic Engineer's studies, DP
students with siblings, drop-off traffic flow, and staggering release times.
4. RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS.
Mr. Tippen provided the testing and finalist statistics.
Mr. Tippen then introduced the following:
National Merit Semi-Finalists: Trevor Adkins and Samuel Jung
National Merit Commended Scholars: Nicholas Bellinger, Sahejbir Bhatia, Sophia Carino,
Connor Kraska, Anishka Peter, and Alisha Somani
National Hispanic Scholar: Nick Robinson
S. REPORTS
a. Report regarding the school year theme and focus for 2018-2019.
b. Report regarding the House of Shine and college readiness support.
c. Report regarding Faculty Turnover, student/teacher ratios for the 2017-2018 school
year, including comparisons with surrounding districts and IB charter schools for the
2017-2018 school year.
Discussion ensued regarding the House of Shine and Faculty Turnover reports.
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Presentation and discussion regarding the 2018-2019 School Census (Enrollment
Numbers).
Dr. Bryson and Mrs. Bumgarner provided an overview of the Census.
Discussion ensued regarding attrition, student percentages of primary and secondary
boundaries, sibling wait list, an additional report by neighborhood, grandparent
percentages, percentage of employees entering their student in the lottery, and the
target number retaining Juniors into their Senior year.
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7. BOARD RECAP / STAFF DIRECTION
- Providing an additional report by neighborhood, grandparent percentages, and
percentage of employees entering their student in the lottery.
- Including Miss White in additional conversations with the Traffic Engineer regarding
the dismissal traffic flow.
8. ADJOURNMENT
President Wheat adjourned the work session at 6:35 p.m.
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON NOVEMBER 5, 2018.
ATTEST:
L ura Wheat, President
Kelly Edwa ds, Board Secretary
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