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CEDC-BM 2001-12-05COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECEMBER 5, 2001 MINUTES The Coppell Education Development Corporation met at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at Coppell Town Center, 1st Floor Conference Room, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019. In attendance: Jerry Coker, President Peggy Quinn, Vice President Betty Carter, Secretary Quay Bratton, Board Member Ann Golding, Board Member Tiffany Pittman, Board Member Absent David Hermanski, Board Member Also present: Jim Witt, City Manager Buddy Echols, CISD Superintendent Vonita White, Assist. CISD Superintendent Mark Hyatt, Asst. Superintendent C-FBISD Holly Barber, Riverchase Principal Jerry Roy, Lewisville 1SD Superintendent Kathy Bowling, Recording Secretary Item 1. Call to Order. President Jerry Coker called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. and introduced the visitors. President Coker said he would be reviewing the time flame for grant applicants with 1SD representatives. Betty Carter, who worked on the criteria for grant applications, said there would be four submission dates. This would allow time during the school year for the schools to resubmit grants if necessary. Item 2. Discussion with Coppell 1SD Superintendent Buddy Echols. Coppell Superintendent Buddy Echols distributed a proposal for the use of the sales tax revenue (copy attached). He stated that the ballot language was very specific, and the list he submitted provided for some of the things that might be appropriate. While the money could be spent in other ways, Mr. Echols said the items on his list would be easier to track. He stated that the sales tax money would be used to pay teachers already in place, and that would free up money that the school district could spend on items not permitted by the ballot language. After some discussion about the goal of the committee vs. the school's expectations, President Coker placed a time frame for grants on the board. They were: January 30, 2002 -- March 6, 2002 February 28, 2002 -- April 6, 2002 March 24, 2002 -- May 5, 2002 June 30, 2002 -- August 4, 2002 October 30, 2002 -- December 4, 2002 Minutes December 5, 2001 Page Two Mr. Echols said the CISD budget is adopted in August, and hiring takes place in the spring. Therefore, he would need information regarding approval of grants in February, March and April. Mr. Echols asked that this committee get some information to the school board by early January 2002 regarding specifics on grant requirements. Item 3. Discussion with Carrollton-Farmers Branch 1SD Assistant Superintendent Mark Hyatt. Carrollton-Farmers Branch Assistant Superintendent Mark Hyatt explained that since the tax money could only be used within the Coppell community, this committee will be dealing directly with Riverchase Principal Holly Barber. Riverchase will create a campus team which would include teachers and parents. Mark Hyatt explained that since the school was so new, the library would benefit from expansion, and they could also use additional computers. They would prefer not to have to create a whole new program for the grants. Once the amount of money is known, they will develop a specific grant application. Item 4. Discussion with Lewisville 1SD Superintendent Jerry Roy. Dr. Jerry Roy said Lewisville was thrilled to be asked to participate. Currently, Dr. Roy explained, there are 23 students living in Coppell who attend four different Lewisville schools and the vocational center. Dr. Roy said they will be building a new elementary school south of Vista Ridge in about a year, and perhaps they could then do what Riverchase is doing and have the program at only one school. Dr. Roy suggested he might let the four schools each submit grant applications to his office for approval. Item 5. Approval of Minutes: November 7, 2001. Tiffany Pittman made a motion to accept the minutes as written, and Ann Golding seconded. Item 6. Report from Subcommittee on Grant Application. Betty Canner, Tiffany Pittman and Peggy Quinn had already met to devise rules for grant applications. Jerry Coker requested that the committee review the draft application, and come to the first meeting in January prepared to discuss revisions. Betty Canner will email an updated draft of the grant application to members. It was decided to hold the next meeting on January 2. President Coker requested two agenda items: Review and approval of the grant application and process; and a Report from Finance Director Jennifer Armstrong on sales tax estimates. Minutes December 5, 2001 Page Three The committee discussed ways to make sure citizens had the opportunity to voice an opinion about grant applications. Jim Witt suggested that the school boards place grant applications on their monthly agenda, and produce evidence to this committee that a public hearing was advertised and held regarding the grant. Adjournment A motion to adjourn was made by Tiffany Pittman and seconded by Quay Bratton. The motion passed, and the meeting was adjourned at 9 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Katherine Bowling Recording Secretary Proposed/Possible Uses of Sales Tax Revenue Listed below are Programs in Coppell Independent School District and associated expenditures that would seem to closely align with the ballot language used in the August 2001 Sales Tax Election. LITERACY 1 ~t grade literacy teachers K-3 summer school teachers Pre K teacher~ ENGLISH as a SECOND LANGUAGE ESL teachers Newcomer Class teachers Summer ESL teachers LANGUAGES Foreign Language teachers TECHNOLOGY Campus Technology Specialists CMS integration teachers Tech Lab teachers Technology Application teachers Note: The expenditures shown are representative examples of possible expenditures in accordance with the intended use of the sales tax revenue. Other ty~es of ex'penditures (Supplies, materials, equipment etc.) for use in appropriate programs listed could certainly be acceptable. However, personnel costs are easily understood and tracked, and thus make good choices for expenditure of funds such as these sales tax funds now available.