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BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKSHOP & REGULAR MEETINGS
February 7,2011
PRESENT: President Laura Wheat and Trustees, Clif Cox, Carol Langdon, and Rick
Rennhack.
ABSENT: John Miller and Tim Brittan
OTHERS PRESENT:
Workshop Session
1. CALL TO ORDER
Superintendent, Tom Brymer, School Attorney, Janet Bubert,
Board Secretary Kelly Edwards, Secondary Principal Rod Harding,
Primary Principal Jamie Schmitz, Middle Years Coordinator Tracy
Odom, Administrative Services Coordinator Ben Nibarger, Finance
Director Debbie Piper, and Assistant to the Superintendent Ginger
Awtry.
President Wheat called the workshop mee t ing to order at 5:05 p .m.
2. REVIEW OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FROM FEBRUARY 7, 2011, TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
Discussion ensued regarding the calendar discussion not recorded in the January 10,
2011, minutes, the use of the current calendar available online and the possibility of
includ ing additional annual events on the calendar and the contract to retain Jody
Richardson for State legislative support services.
3. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Discussion of Council Relat ions Policy as it Relates to Amendment to Assist in Town
Council/Board Meeting Structure and Effectiveness.
Superintendent Brymer provided an overview of the recommendations amending the
Council/Board relations policy.
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Discussion ensued how to determine if an item should be a discussion or report item
and items that may be considered an administrative item and when those items may
be considered a Future Agenda Item.
b. Discussion of Strategic Plan Guiding Board Meetings
Superintendent Brymer provided an overview regarding the process of moving
forward to align the strategic plan using a balanced scorecard .
c. Discussion of Next State Bienium Budget on Westlake Academy FY 11-12 and
FY 12-13 .
Superintendent Brymer provided an overview of possible future Academy possible
future revenue and expenditure scenarios to manage any reductions should the State
cut funding for the next school year.
d. Discussion of board of trustee governance as illustrated in Dr. Brian Carpenter's
Charter School Board University: An introduction to effective charter school
govemance/ Chapters 14-15.
The Board reviewed and discussed the questions in Chapters 14 and 15 as they relate
to the acaderny. The Board then discussed in detail the questions on page 101 as
they relate to how well academy students are performing and the different ways to
measure the success of our students.
4. REPORTS
a. Sir Ken Robinson Creativity and Innovation in Education Presentation at Westlake
Acaderny.
b. Summary of Part 2 of Main Conclusions to MYP Self-study.
Trustee Cox asked Principal Harding to further explain the MYP Self-study report.
Principal Harding and MYP Coordinator Odom provided an overview of the report and
the collaboration of the Board Members, students, faculty and parents.
5. BOARD RECAP I STAFF DIRECTION
Continue moving forward with the Strategic Plan and ba lanced score card alignment and
the Council/Board Relations policy.
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6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board, President Wheat adjourned the
workshop at 7:31 p.m.
Regular Session
1. CALL TO ORDER
President Wheat called the Regular meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. with Trustee Brittan
absent.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
President Wheat led the pledge of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
3. CITIZENS' PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
No one addressed the Board.
4 . CONSENT AGENDA
a. Consider approval of the minutes for the meeting held on January 10, 2010.
b. Consider approval of Resolution 11-03, Retaining Jody Richardson of Allen,
Boone, Humphries, Robinson, LLP, Attorneys at Law for Certain State Legislative
Support Services.
MOTION: Trustee Rennhack made a motion to approve the consent agenda with
revisions as discussed. Trustee Langdon seconded the motion. The
motion carried by a vote of 3-0.
5. BOARD CALENDAR
Sir Ken Rob inson
March 2, 2011, WA Gymnasium, 6:00 -8:00 p.m.
Board of Trustee Meeting
March 7, 2011
6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
None
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7. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board, President Wheat asked for a motion
to adjourn.
MOTION: Trustee Rennhack made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Cox
seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 3-0 .
President Wheat adjourned the meeting at 7:34 p.m.
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON MARCH 10, 2011.
Laura Wheat, Board President
ATTEST:
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