Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCAA Annual Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday August 27, 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
II. Public Comments 6:00 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.

 
III. Closed Session 6:15 PM
  A. Closed Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 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.
 
IV. Open Session 6:16 PM
  A. Open Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
  • Reconvene to Open Session
 
V. Consent Agenda 6:17 PM
  A. Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
    Approve minutes for TCAA Board Meeting on June 25, 2019  
  B. Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
    Approve minutes for Special Session of the Board on July 15, 2019  
  C. Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
    Approve minutes for Special Session - 2020 Budget Review/Approval on August 13, 2019  
  D. Finance Reports Vote Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
  • June 2019 Finance Reports
  • July 2019 Finance Reports
 
VI. Financials 6:21 PM
 
Governance
 
  A. TeSA Year End Budget Amendments Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
   
   
 
  B. FWAFA YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENTS Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
  C. TCAA YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENTS Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
  D. Renewal of PCB Line of Credit Vote Janelle Grau 5 m
   
  • Renewal of PCB Line of Credit
 
  E. Board Resolution Vote Melissa Goodroe 5 m
   
  • Approving Financial and Transition Authority
 
VII. Parent Club Updates 6:46 PM
 
TEAM: Shared Vision of Excellence
 
  A. TeSA PTO FYI Dan Elliott 5 m
  B. FWAFA PTSO FYI Ashley Clingenpeel 5 m
  C. TBC Parent Club FYI Daniel Faught 5 m
VIII. Resource Development 7:01 PM
  A. Resource Development FYI Leslie Scott 5 m
   
  • Committee update
 
IX. Team Impact: Conservatories and Community 7:06 PM
  A. Conservatories and Community FYI Mary A. Zimmerman 5 m
   
  • Update from August 13, 2019 committee meeting
 
X. Team Impact: Academies 7:11 PM
  A. Accountability Reports FYI Natalie Texada 10 m
   
  • Texas School of the Arts
  • Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts - Elementary
  • Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts - Secondary
 
  B. TCAA Parent Survey FYI Natalie Texada 5 m
   
  • TCAA Parent Survey June 2019
 
XI. Governance 7:26 PM
  A. Election of Officers Vote Leslie Scott 10 m
XII. Closing Items 7:36 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Melissa Goodroe 2 m
   
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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 included in this notice, then such closed meeting as authorized by Government Code:

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, sale, 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 of 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 security personnel and devices.

Section 551.082 - For the purpose of considering discipline of a public school child or children.

Section 551.083 - For the purpose of considering the standards, guidelines, terms or conditions the Board will follow, or instruct its representatives to follow, in consultation with representatives of employee groups in connection with consultation agreements provided for by Section 13.901 of the Texas Education Code.

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:

1. the open meeting covered by this notice upon the reconvening of this public meeting, or
2. at a subsequent public meeting of the Board upon notice thereof, as the Board shall determine.
 
  B. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OR GIVING OF NOTICE FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   

On or before August 24, 2019, by 6:00 pm., this notice was posted online and at a place convenient to the public at the main entry to Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, 3901 S. Hulen St., Fort Worth, TX 76109, and at the main entry to Texas School of the Arts, 6025 Village Parkway, Edgecliff Village, TX 76134, and is readily accessible to the general public at all times for 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting.

Submitted by: Melissa Goodroe, Chairman, Board of Directors, Texas Center for Arts + Academics