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Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCAA Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday January 15, 2019 at 6:00 PM CST

Location

Kathleen E. Connors Theater, Texas School of the Arts, 6025 Village Parkway, Edgecliff Village, TX 76134
Texas Center for Arts + Academics is the charter holder of Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) and Texas School of the Arts (TeSA).

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Penny Clay
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Melissa Goodroe 1 m
II. Finance 6:01 PM
  A. Presentation of FY2018 Audit Vote Ted Neeb, CPA 45 m
   
  • Ted Neeb from Freemon, Shapard, & Story will present the audit for the Board's approval. Once approved, the audit will be submitted to TEA.
  
III. Public Comments 6:46 PM
  A. Public Comments FYI Melissa Goodroe 15 m
   

Thirty minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting, members of the public may sign up for the opportunity to address the board. The total time for public comments for this meeting is 15 minutes, with each speaker limited to no more than 3 minutes.

  
IV. Consent Agenda 7:01 PM
  A. Consent Agenda Vote Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
  • Approve November 27, 2018 meeting minutes.
  • Approve November 2018 financials for TCAA, TeSA, and FWAFA
  
  B. Minutes from November 27, 2018 Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
     
V. Parent Representative Reports 7:03 PM
  A. TeSA PTO FYI Ty Guy 5 m
   
  • Update
  
  B. FWAFA PTSO FYI Allyson Grand 5 m
   
  • Update
  
  C. TBC Parent Club FYI Kim McAdams-Baker
   
  • Update
  
VI. Academic 7:13 PM
  A. FWAFA Policy for Valedictorian/Salutatorian Honors Vote Clint Riley 5 m
   
  • Review policy language from Student Handbook to determine whether or not to change requirements for eligibility.
  
VII. Leadership & Administration 7:18 PM
  A. Chief Academic Officer Report Discuss Joe Morrow 5 m
   
  • No report from CAO
  • Update from TeSA Principal, Joe Morrow regarding student drop off / pick up and traffic
  
  B. CEO Report FYI Clint Riley 7 m
   
  • TCU Strategic Communications partnership
  • Leadership Training with TCU's Idea Factory
  
VIII. Development 7:30 PM
  A. Resource Development FYI Leslie Scott 5 m
   
  • Committee Updates
  • The Arts Gala 2019: Masquerade 
    • Attendance
    • Table Sales
    • Sponsorship Connections
  
IX. Strategic Plan Committee Reports 7:35 PM
  A. Impact Team: Academies FYI Michael Wellbaum 5 m
   
  • Committee Update
  
  B. Impact Team: Conservatories and Community FYI Barry King 5 m
   
  • Committee Update
  
X. Closing Items 7:45 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting to Closed Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
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The subjects to be discussed or considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed above. Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on this Notice.

If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Notice, the Board should determine that a closed meeting of the Board should be held or is required in relation to any item regarding the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) or Texas School of the Arts (TeSA)* included in this notice, then such closed meeting is authorized by Texas Government Code Section 551.001, et. seq., including for any of the following reasons:

Section 551.071 - For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law.
Section 551.072 - For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
Section 551.073 - For the purpose of negotiating contracts for prospective gifts or donations.
Section 551.074 - For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee.
Section 551.076 - To consider the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of securitypersonnel and devices.
Section 551.082 - For the purpose of deliberating in a case involving discipline of a public school child or children, or in a case in which a complaint or charge is brought against an employee of the school by another employee and the complaint or charge directly results in a need for a hearing.
Section 551.0821 - For the purpose of deliberating in a matter regarding a public school student if personally identifiable information about the student will necessarily be revealed by the deliberation.
Section 551.084 - For the purpose of excluding a witness or witnesses from a hearing during
examination of another witness.

Should any final action, final decision or final vote be required in the opinion of the Board with regard to any matter considered in such closed meeting, then such final action, final decision or final vote shall be at either:
A. the open meeting covered by this notice upon the reconvening of this public meeting, or
B. at a subsequent public meeting of the Board upon notice thereof, as the Board shall determine.

*While FWAFA and TeSA are public charter schools and, therefore, subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Texas Boys Choir and Texas Dance Conservatory are not subject to the Open Meetings Act. Therefore, the Board may choose to discuss Texas Boys Choir and Texas Dance Conservatory agenda items in an open or closed meeting as the Board deems most appropriate.