Dickinson Independent School District public meetings in 2023
17 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board will hold a regular action meeting on December 5, 2023, at 7:00 PM. The board will consider several personnel actions regarding junior high classroom teacher Robin Holk, including possible contract abandonment, termination of probationary contract, and mid-contract suspension without pay. The agenda also includes recognitions, a demographics update, acceptance of education foundation grants, a policy update, and consent agenda items.
- Consider possible abandonment of contract by junior high classroom teacher
- Consider termination of probationary contract of junior high classroom teacher at end of term
- Consider mid-contract suspension without pay and termination for cause of junior high classroom teacher
- Acceptance of DISD Education Foundation Teaching Grants
- Board Policy Update 122 covering cybersecurity, facility safety, employment practices, and other policies
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Regular Action Meeting/First Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Public Hearing
The Dickinson Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) rating, hear the annual delinquent tax collection report, and consider approving a school bus purchase. The board will also act on personnel items from closed session and a consent agenda including budget amendments, donations, and an out-of-state trip.
- FIRST public hearing on financial rating
- Annual delinquent tax collection report
- School bus purchase
- Approval of resignations, retirements, new hires
- Consent agenda: budget amendments, donations, out-of-state travel
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links for the BoardBook platform.
Workshop/Teambuilding Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board is holding a workshop/teambuilding meeting. The agenda includes roll call, public comment on agenda items, and a required board team building training session. Attachments include campus plans for all schools, but no decisions or votes are listed.
- Required Board Team Building Training
- Campus plans for Bay Colony, Calder Road, Hughes Road, Kenneth E. Little, Louis G. Lobit, San Leon, and Silbernagel elementary schools
- Campus plans for Barber, Dunbar, and Elva C. Lobit middle schools
- Campus plans for Dickinson Junior High, Eugene Kranz Junior High, McAdams Junior High, and Dickinson High School
- Public comment on agenda items
The provided document contains no record of actions, discussions, or decisions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board will hold a regular action meeting on October 12, 2023, at 6:30 PM. The board will consider approving personnel actions, including an assistant principal appointment at Kranz Junior High School, and amendments to school liaison officer and administration compensation. They will also review reports on school safety, tax collections, and quarterly investments, and take action on several routine items.
- Consider appointment of Assistant Principal at Kranz Junior High School
- Amendments to School Liaison Officer Base Compensation, Administration Base Compensation, and Additional Deputies
- Quarterly Investment Report and Investment Strategy for 2023-2024 Fiscal Year
- Bilingual Education Exceptions/ESL Waivers Application
- Nominations for the Galveston Central Appraisal District (GCAD) Board of Directors
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson Independent School District Board of Trustees will hold a regular action meeting on September 12, 2023, at 6:30 PM. The board will consider approving the 2023-2024 District and Campus Improvement Plans, a memorandum of understanding with the Powerful Futures Initiative, and a consent agenda that includes budget amendments, minutes, new hires, agreements, donations, and contracted services. The meeting also includes a closed executive session for personnel matters and several written reports on topics like tax collections and summer programs.
- Approval of 2023-2024 District and Campus Improvement Plans (16 attachments)
- MOU with Powerful Futures Initiative (PFI)
- Consent agenda: budget amendments, minutes, new hires, agreements with Family Service Center and Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County, donations, contracted services proposals 23-08-1160 and 23-08-1161
- Closed executive session for resignations, retirements, new hires (Section 551.074)
- Tax report for July 2023 and year-to-date
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
Special Called Meeting/Public Hearing for the Adoption of the 2023-2024 Budget and 2023 Tax Rate
The provided minutes contain no record of actions, votes, or decisions. The document consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notices.
Special Called Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees is holding a special called meeting to consider appointing a trustee to fill a vacancy in Single Member District #3, following a resignation. The agenda also includes public comment on agenda items, an open forum for non-agenda items, and adjournment.
- Appointment of trustee to fill vacancy in Single Member District #3
- Public comment on agenda items
- Open forum for non-agenda items
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notices.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees will hold a regular action meeting on August 1, 2023, to consider the 2023-2024 operating budget and set a budget hearing date. The board will also act on personnel matters, including accepting a trustee resignation and approving new hires, and will discuss a safety audit report. Several action items are on the agenda, including stadium rules, the student code of conduct, and multiple memoranda of understanding.
- Accept resignation of Trustee Samford
- Consider 2023-2024 operating budget and set budget hearing date
- Approve appointment of Assistant Principal at McAdams Junior High School
- Adopt Board Policy Update 121 covering multiple local policies
- Approve consent agenda including budget amendments, new hires, and sale of tax resale property
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notifications.
Site Visit
The Dickinson Independent School District board is holding a site visit to Dickinson Junior High School. The agenda includes roll call, the site visit itself, and adjournment. No decisions or proposals are listed; this appears to be an informational tour.
- Site visit to Dickinson Junior High School
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Workshop Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board will hold a workshop action meeting with a closed executive session to discuss the superintendent's evaluation and contract, followed by possible action on those items in open session. The agenda also includes public comment and open forum periods.
- Closed executive session under Section 551.074 for superintendent's evaluation and contract
- Consider action on superintendent evaluation and contract
- Public comment on agenda items
- Open forum for non-agenda items
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Regular Action Meeting
The provided document contains no record of board actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees will canvass the May 6, 2023 bond election results and consider orders authorizing the issuance of unlimited tax schoolhouse and refunding bonds, as well as converting the rate on variable rate Series 2013 bonds. The board will also act on personnel items from closed session, including the appointment of a Barber Middle School principal, and consider middle and junior high school boundary adjustments. Several recognitions for student achievements are scheduled, along with routine consent agenda items and written reports.
- Canvass order for May 6, 2023 bond election
- Order authorizing issuance of Unlimited Tax Schoolhouse and Refunding Bonds
- Conversion order for new 2-year rate on Variable Rate Series 2013 Bonds
- Consider appointment of Barber Middle School Principal
- Middle School and Junior High Boundary Adjustments
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Special Called Meeting
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notices.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees will hold a regular action meeting with recognitions, a bond presentation, public comment, and a closed executive session. Action items include approving resignations, retirements, new hires, administrative contract recommendations, and the appointment of a Director of Leadership Development and Professional Learning. The board will also consider terminating a probationary contract teacher at Silbernagel Elementary School, as well as purchases of computers and instruments for Dickinson Junior High, policy updates, and consent agenda items.
- Consider termination of probationary contract teacher at Silbernagel Elementary School
- Consider appointment of Director of Leadership Development and Professional Learning
- Consider approval of administrative contract recommendations for 2023-2024
- DJH Computers and DJH Instruments purchases
- Consent agenda includes budget amendments, out-of-state travel, and MOU with Shielding Hearts
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board will hold a regular action meeting with several personnel appointments, including a new Executive Director of Technology, Dunbar Middle School Principal, and Dickinson High School Associate Principal, following a closed executive session. The board will also consider approving a safety audit report, a resolution for the TASB Superintendent of the Year, and a policy update. Action items include engaging an auditor, certifying unopposed candidates, and approving a consent agenda with budget amendments and donations.
- Consider appointment of Executive Director of Technology
- Consider appointment of Dunbar Middle School Principal
- Consider appointment of Dickinson High School Associate Principal
- Safety Audit Report (Intruder Detection Audit)
- Standards Based Grading for Grade 1 in 2023-2024
The provided document contains no records of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notices.
Regular Action Meeting
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
Regular Action Meeting
The Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees will hold a regular action meeting on January 10, 2023, at 6:30 PM. Key items include a vote on final junior high attendance zone boundary lines, a facility task force recommendation, approval of the 2021-2022 fiscal year audit, and a public hearing on the Texas Academic Performance Report. The board will also consider a chiller HVAC loan program, a Galveston County election services contract, and various routine action items.
- Demographer final boundary lines for junior high attendance zones (vote)
- Facility Task Force Recommendation
- 2021-2022 Fiscal Year Audit by Mays & Associates PLLC
- Cool Chiller HVAC Loan Program (State Energy Conservation Office loan agreement)
- Approval of Galveston County Contract for Election Services (Spring 2023)
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.