The Snyder ISD board will consider its Innovative Partnership contract with Responsive Education Solutions at its meeting Thursday.
The public can access the meeting through the Zoom Meeting website at https://zoom.us/824204800 and entering the Meeting ID 824 204 800.
According to the meeting’s agenda, the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the process of developing the contract. The original due date for the contract between Snyder ISD and Responsive Ed, March 31, has been extended to the end of April due to the virus.
Responsive Ed and Snyder ISD entered into the innovative partnership agreement earlier this year to stave off a Texas Education Association (TEA) takeover of the school district and to develop an instructional plan to bring the junior high school grades on the test to passing.
School board members will hear campus academic updates on the district’s Lonestar Governance program and on progress on improving student achievement under the program.
The board will also get an update on the district’s response to the COVID-19 virus.
The school board will handle several items simultaneously at the beginning of the meeting as part of a consent agenda, used to handle routine or non-controversial items with a single vote.
Board members will vote on approving two-year contracts for Matthew Nelson, Valerie Morris, Erica Hayes and Jesus Gomez; one-year contract extensions for campus-level administrators Janell Martin, David Tate, Travis Gregory, Rebecca Mebane, John Rush, Joshua Parker, Stephen Parker, Jerry Russell, Thad Myers, Canita Rhodes, Katy Cade and Courtney Boyd.
The school board is also scheduled to vote on one-year extensions for district-level administrators Assistant Superintendent of Learning and Innovation Dr. Rachael McClain, Chief Financial Officer Morgan Preston, Director of Administrative Services Clay Cade, Director of Technology Jeff McGinnis, Director of Athletics Wes Wood and Director of Special Programs and Assessment Kathy Scott.
Trustees are also scheduled to vote on a probationary contract for the 2020-2021 school year to Michael Widenor of Bandera as a teacher/coach.
The board will also vote whether to approve a request to the TEA for reimbursement of the ad valorem tax credit provided to Scurry County Wind LP by the school district; canceling the 2020 school board election as all board members up for re-election were unopposed; approving the purchase of three 72-passenger activity buses at a cost not to exceed $355,000, two 14-passenger activity buses at a cost not to exceed $135,000, two ag pickup trucks, one at a cost not to exceed $38,000 and one at a cost not to exceed $11,000 with the trade-in of the current 2018 ag pickup; and a contract for support on the district’s E-rate CacheBox internet server at a cost of $3,995 (the district should be eligible for an 80 percent reimbursement for the server), internet access through Suddenlink for $451 and E-rate hardware at a cost to the district of $33,717.
The board will also vote on the 2020-2021 school calendar and a resolution regarding employee compensation during future periods of school closure.
A time will be provided at the beginning of the meeting for public comments on non-agenda items.
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