Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCAA Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday June 25, 2019 at 6:00 PM CDT

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. Closed Session 6:01 PM
  A. Closed Session Discuss Melissa Goodroe 60 m
   
  • Pursuant to Texas Government Code 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, and Section 551.071 to consult with school’s attorney, in person or by phone, on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the school under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code; and Section 551.072 to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.
 
III. Open Session 7:01 PM
  A. Open Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
  • Open Session for Adjournment
 
IV. Public Comments 7:02 PM
 
Board Only - Closed Meetings
 
  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.
 
V. Consent Agenda 7:17 PM
  A. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
    Approve minutes for Special Session of the Board on February 26, 2019  
  B. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
    Approve minutes for TCAA Board Meeting on March 26, 2019  
  C. Financial Reports Vote Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
  • March 2019
  • April 2019
  • May 2019
 
VI. Parent Representative Reports 7:20 PM
  A. TeSA PTo FYI Ty Guy 3 m
   
  • Update
 
  B. FWAFA PTSO FYI Allyson Grand 3 m
   
  • End of the year update
 
  C. TBC Parent Club FYI Kim McAdams-Baker 3 m
   
  • Updates
 
VII. Financials 7:29 PM
 
Governance
 
  A. Budget FYI Clint Riley 7 m
   

Update Board on status and timing of 2019-2020 Budget process

 
  B. Audit Engagement Vote Melissa Goodroe 3 m
VIII. Academics 7:39 PM
 
Executive
 
  A. 2019-2020 Student Handbooks Vote Natalie Texada 5 m
   
  • Approve FWAFA and TeSA Student Handbooks
 
IX. Development 7:44 PM
 
Resource Development
 
  A. Annual Fund 2019 FYI Leslie Scott 5 m
   
  • Update
 
X. Impact Team: Conservatories & Community 7:49 PM
  A. Updates FYI Barry King 5 m
   
  • Advisory Council
  • Summer Camps
 
XI. Governance 7:54 PM
  A. Board Development Discuss Daniel Bates 10 m
   
  • Board Recruitment
  • Officers for 2019-2020 FY
 
XII. Closing Items 8:04 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting 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, Texas Boys Choir, Texas Dance Conservatory, and Texas Art Conservatory are not subject to the Open Meetings Act. Therefore, the Board may choose to discuss Texas Boys Choir, Texas Dance Conservatory, and Texas Art Conservatory agenda items in an open or closed meeting as the Board deems most appropriate.