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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall be held on June 3, 2009, beginning at 9:30am in the Superintendent’s Conference Room of the Administration Building, 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas.

If, during the course of the meeting, any discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in closed session, the Board shall convene in such closed session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Sec. 551.001, et seq.  Before any such session is convened, the presiding officer shall publicly identify the section or sections of the Code authorizing the closed session.  All final votes, actions, or decisions shall be taken in open session.

The subjects to be discussed or considered, or upon which any formal action may be taken, are as follows (items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this meeting notice):

BOARD AGENDA

June 3, 2009 Meeting

1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of Audience
3. Public Comments/Open Forum
4. Award of Certificates of Appreciation for TSBVI Retirees (Debbie Louder)
5. Award of Certificate of Appreciation to Student Drama Performers (Debbie Louder)
6. Consideration of Approval of Minutes of April 2 and 3, 2009 Board Meetings
7. Report from the Finance and Audit Committee
1. Review of budget reports
2. Consideration of approval of Investment Report
3. Approval of receipt of gifts and donations of over $500
4. Approval of request for expenditure of gifts and donations
8. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in its capacity as Trustee for the Bert Broday, Jr. Trust for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired v. American National Bank in its corporate capacity and as Trustee for the Margaret H. Broday Trust
9. Consideration of Approval of Appraisers for the Teacher Appraisal Process
10. Consideration of Approval of 2009-2010 Annual Improvement Plan
11. Consideration of Approval of Campus Housing Agreement
12. Consideration of Approval of Dates for 2009-2010 Board Meetings and Discussion of Summer 2009 Board Meeting
13. Consideration of Board Committees
14. Consideration of Superintendent’s Formative Appraisal
15. Discussion of Accessibility Issues at TSBVI
16. Discussion on the Personnel Prep Program
17. Report from Diversity Work Group
18. Status Report on Action Plans in the 2008-2009 Annual Improvement Plan
19. Report on School Safety and Security Audit
20. Reports from Instructional Program Directors
1. Comprehensive Programs Principal
   1. Report on science fair projects
   2. Graduation activities
   3. Report on student ski trip
2. Special Programs Principal Lauren Newton
   1. Report on Short-term Program attendance
21. Report from the Superintendent
1. Update on campus construction
2. Legislative update
3. Campus activities
22. Review of Consultants’ Contracts Approved at the Administrative Level – Contracts Greater than $600 and Equal To or Less than $10,000
23. Discussion of Future Board Meeting Topics
24. Announcements
25. Adjournment