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Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCAA Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday November 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM CST

Location

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Video/Audio Conferencing Notice: Pursuant to Governor Abbott’s Temporary Suspension of Open Meetings Laws issued on March 16, 2020, the November 17, 2020 TCAA Board Meeting will be conducted via video conference on the Zoom Video Conference platform, which will be audible to the Board and public and allow for two-way communication. The Board Chair, presiding officer, or trustees will not be physically present at one location, but a quorum will be required for the meeting on the video conference or phone.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Penny Clay 1 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Melissa Goodroe 1 m
II. Public Comments 6:02 PM
  A. Public Comments FYI Melissa Goodroe 15 m
   
Due to the use of telephonic or videoconference meetings in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and in accordance with those suspended rules, to submit Public Comments or Agenda Item questions go to:
  • Any Public Comments or Agenda Item questions should be submitted prior to 1:00 PM on the day of a Board Meeting.
  • If you are present during the zoom meeting, you may present your comments or questions personally or ask the Board Liaison to read them into the record.
  • When you enter the meeting, your audio and video will be muted automatically.
  • When I call your name, the Board Liaison will unmute your audio and video. Please check on your side to make sure you are unmuted for audio and video as well at that time.
  • You will have 3 minutes and your audio and video will be muted at the end of three minutes.
  • If the Board Liaison is reading comments into the record, she will stop reading at the 3 minute mark.
  • No presentation shall exceed three minutes.
  
III. Consent Agenda 6:17 PM
  A. Approve Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
    Approve minutes for TCAA Board Meeting on September 22, 2020  
  B. Finance Statements Vote Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
  • September 2020
  • October 2020
  
IV. Closed Session 6:19 PM
 
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.
 
  A. Convene to Closed Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 30 m
V. Open Session 6:49 PM
  A. Reconvene to Open Session FYI Melissa Goodroe 3 m
VI. Financials 6:52 PM
  A. First Financial Management Reports FYI Janelle Grau 5 m
   
  • TeSA First Financial Management Report
  • FWAFA First Financial Management Report
  
VII. Parent Organization Updates 6:57 PM
  A. TeSA PTO FYI Luke Byford 5 m
   
  • PTO 2020-2021 School Year Calendar
  
VIII. Governance 7:02 PM
  A. Board Member Candidate Vote Melissa Goodroe 5 m
IX. Academic 7:07 PM
  A. Board Resolution Approving Superintendent Vote Melissa Goodroe 5 m
  B. Updates FYI Paul Gravley 10 m
   
  • TeSA and FWAFA
    • Open Houses
    • Attendance Rates
    • Enrollment Numbers
    • Performances
  • 2021-2022 School Year
    • Audition Workshops
    • Auditions
  • COVID-19
  
X. TCA+A 7:22 PM
  A. Updates FYI Paul Gravley 10 m
   
  • April 9, 2020 - Online Gala Event
  • Donor Development
  • Foundation Giving
  • Conservatories
    • Texas Music Conservatory
    • Recruitment 
  
XI. Closing Items 7:32 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Melissa Goodroe 1 m
   
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
   
On or before November 14, 2020, by 6:00pm., this notice was posted online.

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