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LISD Grant No. 2007-T03STATE OF TEXAS § COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COUNTY OF DALLAS § GRANT AGREEMENT This Educational Development Grant Agreement ( "Agreement ") is made by and between the city of Coppell, Texas ( "CITY "), Coppell Education Development Corporation ( "CEDC ") and the Lewisville Independent School District (the "LISD "), acting by and through their respective authorized officers. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the CITY is authorized by TEX. Loc. Gov'T CODE § 379A to provide educational development grants to publicly funded institutions through the CEDC for the promotion of literacy, foreign language and career technology for a skilled workforce; and WHEREAS, the CITY seeks to support programs for promoting literacy, foreign language and career technology for a skilled workforce; and WHEREAS, the LISD has submitted a grant application No. 2007 -T03 to provide funding for technology at Lewisville High School (the PROJECT); and WHEREAS, the LISD has developed the PROJECT in order to purchase technology for Lewisville High School in the amount of Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and no cents ($9,917.00); and WHEREAS, LISD is in need of funding for the technology and the assistance of the CEDC; and WHEREAS, the CITY has determined that making an education development grant to the LISD in accordance with this Agreement will further the objectives of the CITY, will benefit the CITY and the CITY's inhabitants and will promote literacy in the CITY; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. Subject to availability of funds collected from the 379A sales tax, the CITY agrees to provide the LISD an education development grant (the "GRANT ") in an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and no cents ($9,917.00). 2. LISD agrees to utilize the GRANT to fund technology for Lewisville High School within the LISD. COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GRANT Page 1 3. CITY agrees to provide the GRANT of Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and no cents ($9,917.00) funds payable in February 2007. Funds to be expended in accordance with the budget categories set forth in the GRANT application. 4. No later than May 15, 2007 the LISD shall submit the receipts for purchases for this GRANT to the CEDC. The detailed expenditures shall include, but not be limited to, copies of invoices. 5. In the event the LISD breaches any of the terms of this AGREEMENT or fails to use the GRANT for the purposes set forth herein, then the LISD, after expiration of the notice and cure period described herein, shall be in default of this AGREEMENT. As liquidated damages in the event of such default, the LISD shall, within thirty (30) days after demand, repay to the CITY, the GRANT with interest at the rate of eight percent (8 %) per annum from the date of receipt of the GRANT until paid. The parties acknowledge that actual damages in the event of default would be speculative and difficult to determine. Upon breach by LISD of any obligations under this AGREEMENT, the CITY shall notify the LISD in writing, who shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice in which to cure such default. If LISD fails to cure the default within the time provided herein, or, as such time period may be extended, then the CITY at its sole option, shall have the right to terminate this AGREEMENT without further notice to the LISD. 6. The terms and conditions of this AGREEMENT are binding upon the successors and assigns of all parties hereto. This AGREEMENT may not be assigned without the express written consent of CITY and CEDC. 7. It is understood and agreed between the parties that LISD, in the use of the GRANT and in satisfying the conditions of this AGREEMENT, is acting independently, and that the CITY and/or the CEDC assumes no responsibilities or liabilities to third parties in connection with these actions. LISD agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the CITY and the CEDC from all such claims, suits, and causes of action, liabilities and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, of any nature whatsoever arising out of the LISD'S performance of the conditions under this AGREEMENT. 8. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed received when sent by United States mail, postage pre -paid, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the party at the address set forth opposite the signature of the party. 9. This AGREEMENT shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas; and venue for any action concerning this AGREEMENT shall be in the State District Court of Dallas County, Texas. 10. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this AGREEMENT shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not effect the other provisions, and the AGREEMENT shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never been contained in it. COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GRANT Page 2 EXECUTED this day of EXECUTED this 30 day of B • • COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GRANT Page 3 Bv. CI' " OF COP ' L _ . � XAS By: ATTEST: B • ATTEST: By: 1/] Y EXECUTED this I.5 day of A , 2007. , 2007. ITT, CITY MANAGER Parkway Boulevard .0. Box 9478 Coppell, Texas 75019 , 2007. TONIO A TEMUS, PRESIDENT 255 Parkway Boulevard P.O. Box 9478 Coppell, Texas 75019 JERR ' OY, SUPERINTE P NT isvil - dependent Schoo • . trict 00 Ti • ercreek Road ewisville, Texas 75067 COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DALLAS STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DALLAS ATTEST: By: e eeetee,I° �� �' � •• N Public, Stat of T co My Commission Expires: •. t of TE ° 0: ° ° `'� *� 9 �0 i o,o CITY OF COPPELL This instrument was acknowledged before me on the ip" day of 2007, by Jim Witt, City Manager of the City of Coppell, Texas, a Texas m said municipality. COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION This instrument was acknowledged before me on the a day of 2007, by Antonio Altemus, President of Coppell Education Development Corp . • tion, on b;Z( . if of said corporation. ®e®' eeoeee,,,,� ��° k\NE b �'�i , RY p er . "oLL ° °• My Commission expires: ■ co OF T �c" P : 9Pires ® °BSe�eooeee COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GRANT Page 4 Notary Public, State of Texas ,+ ality, on b -,te STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DENTON LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT This instrument was acknowledged before me on the /5 day of 2007, by Dr. Jerry Roy, Superintendent of Lewisville Independent School District, on behalf o said district. . ... 9.41% o • v+f1 r My Commission expiits: `�q� �� , � c ' :: �� I' i 3i ►20``��` 11 /1 3 12_010 COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT GRANT Page 5 Notary Publi St OcGda-t, ate tate of Texas Coppell Education Development Corporation Grant Application Project Title: CEDC Grant - Lewisville High School Principal Applicant: C l ndy Baute r Title of Principal Applicant: Assistant P r i n c i p a l ISD Represented in Application: L e w i s v i l l e ISD Project Period (Start & Finish of Entire Project): 2006-2007 Schoo 1 Yea r Total Amount Requested: $ 9,917 Printed Names & Titles of Grant Author(s) & Approvers, Signatures & Dates: Cjndy Ranter, assistant Principal Principal Applicant Title (Required) Team Member Title (Optional) Team Member Title (Optional) Royce Cooper Principal of School Involved Title (Optional) Jerry W. Roy District Superintendent Title (Required) Fred 0 g Placke * * School Board President President (Required) ** Signifies approval by the School Board of Trustees As Revised: 6/28/2006 Signature Signature Date Date l/'t — ©kn Date Signature Date 1 I: Abstract of Project/Activity Lewisville High School (LHS) is located at the juncture of FM 1171 (Main Street) and Valley Parkway in Lewisville. Current enrollment is 2650 students, of which nearly 40% come from economically disadvantaged households. This means that, for a large number of our students, access to technology comes primarily through the school setting. With an increased demand for the use of technology in mathematics and science - related careers, facility in use of technology is an essential skill for our students to be competitive in the workplace of the future. In fact, one of our campus improvement plan goals at LHS is for student learning to "be enhanced through the increased use of technology in instruction in the classroom." Thus, the purpose of this grant proposal is to request funding to purchase additional technology for integration into student instruction. More specifically, we are requesting 5 InterWrite school pads to allow dynamic, interactive participation of students in real time; 3 digital document cameras to improve visual display of text and other materials to students; and 8 digital projectors to allow visual display of student and teacher interactions via the school pads and digital document cameras. The school pads and cameras are only functional when ongoing visual display is available to the entire class. Total cost of requested funding is $9,917. This request falls within the Coppell Education Development Corporation guideline for promoting career technology for a skilled workforce. At the same time, technology purchased with grant funding will allow us to supplement secondary literacy activities in a variety of contexts, from English/Language arts to Art and Webmastering/Multimedia classes. All students will potentially benefit from use of the proposed technology. H. Description of Proposal and Nature of Request A great deal of research has supported a link between the use of instructional technology and student motivation (e.g., Tomlinson, 1999), especially students from diverse backgrounds. Students report that they enjoy hands -on, interactive instructional approaches that technology may help to support. In addition, McClure (2006) reported that use of interactive technology (in this case, wireless calculators linked with a teacher's PC and digital projectors) in math classes resulted in substantial increases in students' passing rates on standardized math tests. Finally, the US Department of Labor (2005) reported projections that the demand for jobs in "professional, scientific, and technical services will grow by 28.4 percent and add 1.9 million new jobs by 2014. Employment in computer systems design and related services will grow by 39.5 percent and add almost one -fourth of all new jobs in professional, scientific, and technical services" ( http : / /stat.bls.gov /oco /oco2003.htm , retrieved 10/10/06). One of the challenges in core academic departments is using technology in meaningful ways. For example, math departments may put calculators in students' hands for use in math drills, but meaningfully incorporating the use of computers and instructional technology into instruction is a different matter. The innovation of making technology interactive and dynamic, however, adds an attention - grabbing and motivating dimension to instruction. Technology such as that offered by InterWrite school pads allows a teacher to do more than simply stand and lecture to students. A teacher may move freely about the classroom while delivering instruction, students may respond and see their efforts instantly displayed visually for all to see, the teacher can then adjust instruction, ask another student to respond additively, and so on. At the end, the entire interaction may be saved to the teacher's PC and printed out for all the students to take with them. At LHS, our instructional staff has access to technology, but students often do not have access to the same equipment as teachers. This is affected by various factors, including the need to prioritize resource allocation due to limited funding. For example, only three total math and science courses presently have InterWrite pads available for use. Students in the classes must rotate use of the technology, making their interaction with the technology quite brief. This severely limits our ability integrate technology into every day instruction. We have informally observed increased student interest and teacher efficiency when we integrate technology meaningfully into classroom instruction, but we do not presently have the resources to expand this limited success. For example, an informal student survey conducted in an Algebra I class using interactive school pads during October 2006 indicated that students felt if they did not understand an instruction or task they could use the board without getting out of their seat, thus, avoiding the embarrassment of walking up to the teacher in front of the whole class. Students also indicated that they may email their notes to themselves for later use. Finally, teachers reported they can use the pads from anywhere in the classroom, rather than having to stand in front of the board and potentially blocking at least some students' view. Given our campus improvement plan goal to enhance student learning through the increased use of technology in classroom instruction, we reason that it is essential to substantially upgrade and expand availability of instructional technology for classroom use at LHS. We reason that adding InterWrite school pads and digital projectors will allow us to better meet this goal. In addition, the purchase of digital document cameras will allow us to place any writing or document, such as a page from a textbook or a science slide, on the camera to display instantly to all students at once. Time previously spent preparing, for example, overhead transparencies may hereafter be used for preparing interactive, engaging instruction. Displaying text via digital document cameras may be reasonably expected to improve students' comprehension, as well, in comparison to overhead transparencies written out long -hand. Thus, our specific technology needs include the following: • 5 InterWrite school pads to allow dynamic, interactive participation of students in real time; • 3 digital document cameras to improve visual display of text and other materials to students; and • 8 digital projectors to allow visual display of student and teacher interactions via the school pads and digital document cameras. The school pads and cameras are only functional when ongoing visual display is available to the entire class. Our long -term goal is to have use of InterWrite school pads and digital document cameras available for incorporation into all classroom instruction for all students at LHS. We reason that funding for the above proposed instructional technology falls within the Coppell Education Development Corporation's initiative to promote career technology for a skilled workforce. Our Technology department at LISD has a renowned, long -term plan for improving and increasing the use of instructional technology, and we have made great strides toward our goals, however, resources are limited. Without the additional funding available through the Coppell Education Development Corporation we anticipate that our progress toward the goal will be substantially delayed, with the net effect of denying present students access to instructional technology needed to prepare them to compete in the workplace of the future. Grant funding will allow us to meet the following objectives: • Increase the number of students utilizing interactive instructional technology (InterWrite school pads and/or digital document cameras) in at least one core academic class per year by 50% by May 2007; and • Increase the number of students reporting increased interest and motivation in classes in which instructional technology is available, by 50% by May 2007 The instructional technology for which we have requested grant funding is anticipated to be compatible with technology currently in use on our campus, and has been reviewed and recommended by our campus technology facilitator. It is possible that software upgrades may be necessary at some point, however, we anticipate department budgets will accommodate those needs. Training in use of the additional instructional technology will be provided by three campus staff already trained in its use. Item Specifications Quantity Cost (Each) Extended Price Funding Requested Wireless school pads GTCO CalComp InterWrite SchooPads 5 $460 (includes shipping) $2,300 $2,300 Digital document Cameras Elmo TT -02U from Cytek Media Systems 3 $659 $1977 $1977 Digital projectors Epson 8 $705 $5640 $5640 Total Funding Requested $9,917 III. Detailed Budget The project manager will be Cindy Bauter, assistant principal. The project manager will follow accepted accounting procedures for expenditures and record keeping. Project activities will be closely coordinated with the district's special revenue accountant. The grant writer will be available for consultation on an as- needed basis. IV. Project Measurements and Evaluation We anticipate that 100% of our 2,650 students at LHS will eventually have access to the technology described in this proposal over the course of their high school careers. Given that instructional technology is a durable investment, we reason that it is logical to assume all our students will be given the opportunity to access the technology over time. For a total funding request of $10,096.95/2650 students, the cost - per - student will be $3.81. A more conservative, itemized (1 year) estimate follows: • At present, we have three InterWrite school pads in use; @ 25 students per class, X 6 classes taught annually, X 3 teachers = 250 students. Extending use of the technology by purchasing 5 additional school pads and projectors yields an additional 750 students served annually. A total cost of $5,825 for the school pads /750 students = $7.77 per student. • With the addition of 3 digital document cameras and projectors at a total cost of $4,092, we anticipate serving 250 students. $4,092/250 students = $16.37 per student served. Measures used to evaluate our objectives include: number of students exposed to the new instructional technology; teacher observations; informal teacher and student surveys; and grades. References McClure, A. (2006) Enhanced Math. District Administration, 42(9), p76 -76. Tomlinson, C.A. (1999). The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (n.d.). Occupational outlook handbook. Retrieved 10/20/06, from http : / /stat.bls.gov /oco /oco2003.htm .