The Littlefield Independent School District’s Board of Trustees met in regular session Tuesday evening in the Jerry Blakely Administration Building.
The meeting was called to order by Board President Lance Broadhust and nobody spoke during public forum. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read.
Campus administrators and Athletic Director Jimmy Thomas gave their administrator reports on student enrollment, student progress, and student attendance, as well as planned special events and student performance in extracurricular activities.
Superintendent Mike Read presented the School FIRST rating and a motion to approve the 2020-2021 School FIRST report as presented was made by Adrian Solis and seconded by Pat Demel.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and take action to adopt the Board Policy CCGB (LOCAL) concerning economic development applications and agreements for appraised value on qualified property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code.
The motion was made by Hervey Valdez and seconded by Solis to adopt the District Policy (LOCAL) as presented, related to the Texas Economic Development Act, Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code, and Authorize the Superintendent to take all action necessary to incorporate this policy into the District’s policy manual. The motion carried.
Consider and take possible action to accept for consideration an Application for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Chapter 313, assess an Application Fee, assess an Application fee and authorize the superintendent to review the application for completeness and submit such Application to the Comptroller. This item was tabled until the October 19 th meeting.
The motion was made by Solis and seconded by Johnny Castillo to approve the revisions to DNA, DNB, and FFA Local Policies as presented by Supt. Read. The motion carried.
The Board went over the Campus Improvement Plan and District Improvement Plan for the 21-22 school year and the motion was made by Gary Birkelbach and seconded by Valdez to approve the Campus Improvement Plan and District Improvement Plan as presented. The motion carried.
There was no action necessary for the Trust Property Disposition and the motion was made by Birkelbach and seconded by Demel to recognize 4-H as an official extracurricular activity and Extension Agents as adjunct faculty members for the 2021-2022 School Year as recommended by Supt. Read. The motion carried.
Supt. Read went over the Facilities Maintenance Priorities Plan and the motion to approve the facilities maintenance priority plan was made by Solis and seconded by Castillo. The motion carried.
The motion to approve the Financial and Investment Report as presented by Supt. Read was made by Solis and seconded by Valdez. The motion carried.
Item 14 on the agenda was Personnel Matters.
The motion was made by Valdez and seconded by Birkelbach to approve the hiring of at-will staff member Monica Duran (Secretary to the High School Counselor) as recommended by Mrs. Hays and approved by Supt. Read. The motion carried.
Supt. Read presented board training opportunities to the school board and the meeting was adjourned at 8:09 p.m.