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Board of Trustees
Jerry Christian, President
Nita Patrick, Vice President
Valerie Jones, Secretary
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Ronda Huffstetler |
A.D. Jenkins |
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Nancy L. Jones |
Randy Stipes |
March 9, 2009 |
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Palisi Honored as Teacher of the Month
Jennifer Palisi, fifth grade gifted
& talented (GT) teacher at Britain Elementary School, was honored as
Teacher of the Month for March. Palisi graduated from Scotlandville
Magnet High School in Scotlandville, Louisiana, and attended Louisiana
State University.
She earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in Elementary Education, and began her career with Dallas ISD as
a kindergarten through fourth grade Jump Start teacher assistant. Palisi
joined IISD at Britain in 1998 as fourth grade teacher and after
teaching third and fifth grades, became fifth grade GT teacher in 2002.
Palisi has 11 years total full-time teaching experience, all of which
was earned in Irving ISD.
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Board of
Trustees Secretary Valerie Jones honors IISD Teacher of the Month
Jennifer Palisi, fifth grade gifted & talented teacher at Britain
Elementary School. |
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Vega Recognized as Employee of the Month
Guadalupe Vega, food service
technician at Barton Elementary School, was recognized as Employee of
the Month for March. Vega joined Irving ISD as food service substitute
in 1999.
She was promoted to food service
assistant one month later, and became food service technician in 2002.
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Board of
Trustees member A.D. Jenkins recognizes IISD Employee of the Month
Guadalupe Vega, food service technician at Barton Elementary School. |
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Irving.Net Receives Grant Award
Irving.Net and Irving ISD were
awarded a Bronze Level Certificate from Texas Association for Literacy &
Adult Education (TALAE) during the organization’s annual conference
February 11.
In order to receive the certificate,
Irving.Net and IISD met more than 65 percent of necessary performance
measures while serving more than 300 IISD parents in the areas of
English literacy and El Civics. The program is offered in partnership
with five IISD schools: Irving High School, Nimitz High School, Austin
Middle School, Lively Elementary School, and Townsell Elementary School.
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Delia Watley
(right), Irving.Net program director, recognizes Board of Trustees
President Jerry Christian for the support given by the Board for the
adult education program. |
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In Other Business, Trustees:
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Approved minutes of
noon work session and regular board meeting on Tuesday, February 17,
2009. |
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Approved Financial
Statement for January 2009. |
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Approved Resolution &
Order #08-09-15 authorizing March amendment to the 2008-2009 Budget
increasing revenue to $279,058,273 and increasing appropriations to
$282,967,856. |
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Approved Resolution &
Order #08-09-16 accepting supplements to Irving ISD tax rolls. |
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Approved Resolution
#08-09-103 authorizing final payment application and closeout
documentation for Security Systems Initiative Project. |
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Approved Resolution
#08-09-104 accepting Competitive Sealed Proposal #09-17 for the
purchase of school food service items from LaBatt Food Service for
food items and Ekon-O-Pac for packaging items to be paid for from
food service department funds. |
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Approved Resolution
#08-09-105 authorizing purchase of 600 mono-laser printers from Dell
at a total cost of $153,600. |
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Approved Resolution
#08-09-106 pertaining to the election and resignation of personnel
as recommended by the superintendent. |
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Approved Resolution
#08-09-107 accepting gifts and donations to the district for
February 3-28, 2009, totaling $3,657. |
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Received a resolution
from the Texas Senate, initiated by State Senator Chris Harris and
State Senator Florence Shapiro, recognizing the 100th
Anniversary of the Irving ISD. |
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Received written
reports from the Division of Teaching and Learning detailing
approved overnight student travel, from Division of Support Services
regarding monthly maintenance work orders, and from Division of
Finance detailing total tax collections and investment earnings. |
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Received announcements
from the administration including information about the Irving ISD
Job Fair on April 18 and information about filing for IISD Board of
Trustees election in 2009. |
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Continued discussion of
2009-2010 school year calendar development. |
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Received update on
District Awards for Teacher Excellence incentive plan. |
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Discussed Trustees
attendance at the National School Board Association conference. |
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