A regular board meeting will be held tomorrow, Tuesday April 13th, at 7pm in the board room at 7200 Spring-Cypress Road.

Interesting items this month include a proposed change of meeting dates to the second Monday of the month, approval of construction documents for the $105 million summer phase of the Klein High renovation, and approval of free breakfasts for all students in the Klein Forest High School feeder pattern.

A summary of the Klein High construction proposal can be found HERE.

The full agenda packet, with supporting documentation for agenda items, can be found HERE.

It’s hard to have missed the fact that on Friday, the Texas State Board of Education voted 10-5 in favor of a series of amendments to social studies curriculum standards that look set to affect education not just in Klein ISD, but across the country, thanks to the way that publishers distribute Texas-edition textbooks nationwide.

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At the Klein ISD Board meeting of March 9th, during a presentation regarding the 2010-2011 district budget, the prospect of a tax election in the near future was looking less like speculation and more like necessity.

Tax increases over the next four years are a certainty following the 2008 bond, but what now looks likely is that in addition to these increases, Klein ISD will call an election in the 2011-2012 school year to approve collection of the remaining two “super pennies”. If approved, the 2-cent (per $100 appraised value) tax increase will be matched penny for penny by the government, effectively doubling district revenues from those two cents.

Full story, with more figures, after the jump.

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Tonight’s board meeting saw the Klein ISD Board of Trustees vote on the future intermediate zoning plans following the opening of the new Ulrich Intermediate school.

The Board voted 5-2 in favor of the plan recommended by the Superintendent, which was Preferred Plan Draft Three. Details and a map of this plan are available at the Klein ISD website. (link)

We have a forum topic open for discussion on this subject here.

The agenda for tomorrow’s Klein ISD Board of Trustees meeting, which will include the decision on intermediate zoning following the construction of Ulrich Intermediate, is available for viewing on Klein ISD’s website.

The link is: http://www.boardbook.org/apps/bbv2/public/detail_wrapper.cfm?MeetingKey=MjAwNDQyMjA%3D

The public portion of the meeting commences at 7pm, and there will be an opportunity for community members to voice their opinions.

The Klein ISD Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, February 9th for this month’s regular board meeting. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 7pm, in the board room at the Klein ISD Administration Building, 7200 Spring-Cypress Road.

This meeting will feature the decision on rezoning of the district’s intermediate schools following completion of the new Ulrich Intermediate; three drafts of the preferred zoning plan have been made public on the Klein ISD website, and Dr. Cain will present the administration’s recommended action plan to the board. Klein ISD is still accepting public comment, and can be contacted at zoning@kleinisd.net .

Klein board meetings allow for up to twenty minutes of public comment with individual speakers limited to five minutes; persons wishing to speak can register with the board secretary prior to the start of the meeting.

The Klein ISD board of trustees has voted to implement Scenario C for the future of the 2008 Bond construction projects.

Option C consists of first renovating Klein High School in its current location at Louetta and Stuebner-Airline, with work beginning in 2011 and finishing in 2014. Two elementaries are to be built for 2011, and one intermediate will be completed in 2016, with a pre-kindergarten center to open no earlier than 2012. The construction of High School 5 and a pre-kindergarten facility will be delayed until a later date.

The final vote was 5-1 in favor, with Mr. David Clark not present, and Mr. Rick Mann against. Mr. Mann presented a case for implementing a revised Scenario G plan, which would have more closely followed the plan as laid out in the original bond.

How will this affect you? Discuss the decision in our Forum thread!

UPDATE: Link to Klein ISD website announcement.

Link to Klein ISD’s agenda for the board meeting, to be held tonight at 7200 Spring-Cypress Road. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 7pm.

The item of probably the most interest to community members will be number 8, Bond Projects. The vote on this item will determine the course of action to be taken with construction of the remaining intermediate and elementary schools, and the plans for Klein High School.

Dr. Cain has already made his recommendation to the board.

Other significant items to be discussed at this meeting are the annual funds audit, budget review, amendment of the Superintendent’s contract, and modification of board policies.

The board held a bond workshop on December 15th at the Klein High Auditorium, where they were presented with summaries of all options currently on the table, as well as several more detailed plans for the renovation of the Klein High campus.

A 20-minute public inquiry opportunity was provided, and several community members spoke during that time.

The remainder of the meeting involved the presentation of data to the board, and resolution of questions from board members regarding the bond revision options.

Persons requiring a transcript of the meeting should contact the Klein ISD Public Information Officer, Ms. Linda Burdge.

There is a discussion open in the Klein Forums for this meeting – please visit and give us your take on the events at the workshop.