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Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCA+A Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday November 16, 2021 at 6:00 PM CST

Location

Kathleen E. Connors Theater 
Texas School of the Arts (TeSA)
6025 Village Parkway
Edgecliff Village, TX 76134
In-person Meeting Return: Governor Abbott’s March 2020 order temporarily suspending certain provisions of the Open Meetings Act due to the COVID-19 pandemic disaster expired August 31, 2021. Consequently, TCA+A Board Meetings will return to in-person meetings at Texas School of the Arts.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Call the Meeting to Order   Melissa Goodroe 1 m
  B. Record Attendance and Guests   Penny Clay 1 m
II. Public Comments 6:02 PM
  A. Public Comments FYI Melissa Goodroe 15 m
   
To sign up for Public Comments go to: https://forms.gle/uVX8uo3JumPgv9K79
  • Public Comments should be submitted prior to 1:00 PM on the day of a Board Meeting.
  • You must be present during the meeting to have your comment heard.
  • You will have 3 minutes to present.
  • No presentation shall exceed three minutes.
  
III. Consent Agenda 6:17 PM
  A. Approve September 21, 2021 Minutes Approve Minutes Melissa Goodroe 1 m
     
  B. September 2021 Finance Statements Vote Melissa Goodroe 1 m
IV. Financials 6:19 PM
  A. FIRST Financial Management Reports FYI Janelle Grau 10 m
   
  • Review of TeSA FIRST Financial Management Report
  • Review of FWAFA FIRST Financial Management Report
  
  B. FWAFA Roof Repair Vote Paul Gravley 5 m
   
  • Authorization to engage insurance for roof repair on a section of the FWAFA building using Texas Direct Roofing and Construction
  
V. Academics 6:34 PM
  A. Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Scores FYI Anika Perkins 10 m
   
  • Overall review of how MAP scores will be utilized and reported
  
  B. FWAFA's Dyslexia Handbook Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Review of and vote on FWAFA's Dyslexia Handbook
  
  C. TeSA's Campus/District Improvement Plan Vote Anika Perkins 10 m
   
  • Review of and vote on TeSA's Campus/District Improvement Plan
  
  D. FWAFA's Campus/District Improvement Plan Vote Anika Perkins 10 m
   
  • Review of and vote on FWAFA's Campus/District Improvement Plan
  
VI. CEO Report 7:09 PM
  A. TCA+A Background Check Policy and Procedure Vote Paul Gravley 5 m
   
  • Review of and vote on Background Check Policy and Procedure
  
  B. Updates FYI Paul Gravley 10 m
   
  • Christmas Performances Invitation
  • (re)Fresh Program
  • Audition Season
  
VII. Governance 7:24 PM
  A. Elections and Transition of Board Officers Vote Melissa Goodroe 5 m
   
  • Consider and take possible action regarding the nomination of Leslie Scott for the Office of Board Secretary
  
VIII. Closed Session
 
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.
  
IX. Return to Open Session
X. Action Items
 
  • Consider and take possible action on any items discussed in closed session
  
XI. Closing Items 7:29 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 security personnel 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 and Texas Dance, Art, and Music Conservatories are not subject to the Open Meetings Act. Therefore, the Board may choose to discuss Texas Boys Choir and Texas Dance, Art, and Music Conservatory agenda items in an open or closed meeting as the Board deems most appropriate. 
  
  B. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OR GIVING OF NOTICE FYI Melissa Goodroe
   
On or before November 13, 2021, 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