June 13, 2002

The Board of Trustees of the Crane Independent School District met on the 13^th day of June 2002 in regular session with the following members present:

Sid Frymire, President Manuel Cadena, Sr.

Ray North, Vice-President Jerry Smith

Mary Jo Heard, Assistant Secretary Tommy Bishop

Administrators present were:

Ryder Warren, Superintendent Ken Eudy, Business Manager

Steven Saldivar, HS Principal Danny Dillard, Elem. Principal

Alan Swinford,Director of Physical Services Jimmy Heath,Technology Director

Others present were:

Nancy Crider, CRM Services

1. Mr. Frymire, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

2. Sid Frymire led the invocation.

3. Visitors were recognized.

4. No public comment.

5. Superintendent Warren reported and President Frymire certified that all board members have met and exceeded the state required amount of board training.

6. President Frymire ordered the board to adjourn into executive session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code chapter 551.072 in order to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property and 551.074 in order to discuss personnel issues. Time: 7:01 p.m.

President Frymire ordered the executive session closed and the regular session be resumed at 7:21 p.m. He also stated that no items of business were conducted in the executive session.

7. Bishop moved, seconded by Cadena to accept Superintendent Warren’s recommendation to offer Deborah Peacock a probationary teacher contract for 2002-2003 school year. Adopted unanimously.

Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to accept Superintendent Warren’s recommendation to offer Rory Peacock an at-will position as Computer Technician. Adopted unanimously.

8. Frymire moved, seconded by North to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Adopted unanimously.

9. North moved, seconded by Heard to accept TASB’s proposal for Property/Casualty insurance ($1,000 deductible per occurrence) for the time period July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003 at a total price of: $60,013.00. Adopted unanimously.

10. North moved, seconded by Cadena to approve the specifications for 2002-2003 leased personnel services as presented with the following addition: All leased personnel used by the school must have a satisfactory criminal history check prior to performing any duties. Adopted unanimously.

11. No action was taken on a playground equipment proposal submitted by Playworld Systems. Bishop moved, seconded by Heard to approve the expenditure of no more than $70,000 in order to obtain new elementary playground equipment. Adopted unanimously.

12. North moved, seconded by Heard to approve the 2002-2003 salary schedule as presented with possible revision to Substitute Teacher pay rates after further research. For: 5 Against: Tommy Bishop

13. Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to change the July Regular Board Meeting time to Tuesday July 16, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. Adopted unanimously.

14. Business Manager Eudy presented a request from TEA via our auditors to include more information about how we are spending funds on at-risk students in our campus plans. Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to approve amendments to our 2001-2002 campus plans as presented. Adopted unanimously.

15. Cadena moved, seconded by Smith to appoint CISD Tax Assessor Peggy Dickson to calculate the 2002 effective and rollback property tax rate. Adopted unanimously.

16a. Monthly bills were discussed.

16b. Director of Physical Services Swinford reported that the administration renovation is on schedule.

16c. Superintendent Warren presented pictures drawn by a local artist and discussed the possibility of adopting an official Crane ISD logo.

16d. Superintendent Warren and Business Manager Eudy presented sample budget requests and discussed the budget process with the board.

17. Smith moved, seconded by Cadena to adjourn the meeting. Adopted unanimously.

Time: 8:23 p.m.