Trustees recognized Diego Castaneda, fifth grader at Brown Elementary School, as the 2009 IISD Christmas Card Design Winner. Castaneda and Teresa Mihaylov, his art teacher at Brown, were presented framed copies of the card Castaneda created as part of his art class.

Approved Minutes of noon work session and regular board meeting on November 16, 2009, and special called meeting on December 1, 2009.

Approved financial statement for October 2009.

Approved Resolution & Order #09-10-09 authorizing December amendment to the 2009-2010 budget, increasing total revenue to $278,808,479 and increasing appropriations to $292,847,459.

Approved Resolution & Order #09-10-10 accepting supplements to Irving ISD tax rolls

Approved Resolution #09-10-45 authorizing purchase of Heinemann Primary Comprehension Toolkit through an agreement with Education Service Center Region 8 at a total cost of $96,051.

Approved Resolution #09-10-46 authorizing design development phase for Middle School #8, a net zero concept facility that will produce as much energy as it consumes, at a preliminary cost estimate of $24,650,000.

Approved the submission of early dismissal waiver for high school seniors who are exempt from March spring TAKS administration to attend school after tests are administered.

Approved Resolution #09-10-47 authorizing an agreement between Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters U.S.A. and Irving ISD for the provision of curriculum and learning packets to help parents of preschool children learn to serve as educators to their children.

Approved Resolution #09-10-55 to correct and revise Resolution #09-10-26 accepting the offer for audio/visual equipment from Visionality Designs That Compute for the IISD boardroom.

Approved Resolution #09-10-48 authorizing purchase of document cameras from ACP Direct at a per-unit cost of $499 and a total cost not to exceed $174,650.

Approved Resolution & Order #09-10-11 amending multi-year construction budget and 2009-2010 capital projects budget to establish final bond allocation amounts for Lamar Middle School and Travis Middle School construction projects.

Approved Resolution #09-10-49 accepting guaranteed maximum price of $5,845,506 for Travis Middle School bond construction project.

Approved Resolution #09-10-50 accepting guaranteed maximum price of $6,469,833 for Lamar Middle School bond construction project.

Approved Resolution #09-10-51 accepting first reading and filing authorization of TASB Update 86 and other local policies EHAA, FDB and FEB, but excluding DGBA (Exhibit), EIA (Local), EIF (Local) and EIF (Exhibit).

Approved Resolution #09-10-52 accepting first reading and emergency adoption of revised local board policies DFAA, DFBA, DFBB, DH, FB, FFH, and FO as related to the IISD student discipline plan.

Approved & Adopted the 2010-2011 school calendar including 177 days of instruction and 187 total contracted work days, planning for staff development, two inclement weather days, a start date no earlier than August 23, 2010, and graduation dates of June 3 and 4, 2011.

Approved Resolution #09-10-53 pertaining to the election and resignation of personnel as recommended by the interim superintendent of schools.

Approved Resolution #09-10-54 accepting gifts and donations to the district for the month of November totaling $43,236.

Received a report from the Playground Committee that reflected the needs of playground equipment for early childhood and elementary schools.

Discussed continuation of participation in University of Texas at Arlington’s Field-Based Urban Collaborative for Educational Leadership Program.

Received nomination information regarding Golden Apple awards.

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