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Texas Center for Arts + Academics

TCA+A Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday March 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM CDT

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   Leslie Scott 1 m
  B. Record Attendance and Guests   Penny Clay 1 m
II. Public Comments 6:02 PM
  A. Public Comments FYI Leslie Scott 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. Recognition 6:17 PM
  A. TeSA Recognition FYI Betsy Compton 5 m
  B. FWAFA Recognition and Performance FYI Jennifer Jackson 5 m
IV. Consent Agenda 6:27 PM
  A. Approve February 25, 2025 Meeting Minutes Approve Minutes Leslie Scott 1 m
     
  B. Finance Statements Vote Leslie Scott 1 m
   
  • January 2025
  
V. Closed Session 6:29 PM
  A. Convene to Closed Session FYI Leslie Scott 30 m
  B. Reconvene to Open Session FYI Leslie Scott 1 m
  C. Action Item(s) Vote Leslie Scott 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on action(s)
  
VI. Finance 7:05 PM
  A. TeSA 2024-2025 Budget Amendments Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on amendments
  
  B. FWAFA 2024-2025 Budget Amendments Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on amendments
  
  C. TCA+A 2024-2025 Budget Amendments Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on amendments
  
  D. Board Resolution Closing PPP Accounts with Frost Bank Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on resolution
  
VII. Academics 7:25 PM
  A. TeSA EMAT Allotment and TEKS Certification Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on 2025-2026 instructional material orders
  
  B. FWAFA EMAT Allotment and TEKS Certification Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on 2025-2026 instructional material orders
  
  C. 2025-2026 Academic Calendar Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on calendar
  
  D. TeSA February 19, 2025 Low Attendance Waiver Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on waiver
  
  E. FWAFA February 19, 2025 Low Attendance Waiver Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on waiver
  
  F. TeSA Teacher Incentive Allotment Expansion Application Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on expansion application
  
VIII. Governance 7:55 PM
  A. Policy Amendments Vote Anika Perkins 5 m
   
  • Consider and vote on amendments
  
IX. CEO Report 8:00 PM
  A. Updates FYI Anika Perkins 10 m
   
  • FWAFA 2025 Charter Renewal Application
  • 2025-2026 Enrollment 
  • 2025 Annual Campaign
  • SGT - The Great Smokies Tour (Arkadelphia, Memphis, Nashville, Pigeon Forge, & Atlanta)
  • Spring Performances
  
X. Closing Items 8:10 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Leslie Scott 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, Theatre, 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, Theatre, and Music Conservatoies' agenda items in an open or closed meeting as the Board deems most appropriate. 

  
  B. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OR GIVING OF NOTICE FYI Leslie Scott 1 m
   

On or before March 22, 2025, 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: Leslie Scott Chairman, Board of Directors, Texas Center for Arts + Academics