Program and Facilities Planning Organizational Meeting
Held on March 29, 2007

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Tidehaven ISD
District Program and Facilities Advisory
Planning Committee Meeting
March 29, 2007 

Summary of Meeting 

The open forum was held in the Tidehaven High School cafeteria.  There were 29 members present.  Mr. Jones began the meeting at 7:00 p.m. with a power point presentation.  Some of the highlights of the presentation were: 

1. Purpose of the meeting-to review the district’s programs and facilities and offer recommendations to the board of trustees.
2. Vision of the committee-importance of the decisions that will be reached in the future.
3. Access to information-all information from each meeting will be available on the Tidehaven website.
4. Taxpayers-ultimately, final decisions will be made by the taxpayers, with a bond election, if needed.
5. Timeline-this will be a slow process and can be expected to move along cautiously so that adequate time is given for input from all sources.
6. Open Forum-these meeting will be conducted in an open forum format.  Anyone may attend if he/she uses his/her representative to communicate with the committee.
7. Ground rules-were discussed for the meetings.
8. Consensus-definition of what consensus is and is not.

Other points discussed during the meeting include: 

1. Introduction of each representative by himself/herself.  Members were asked if the committee needed to be represented by any others.
2. Importance of communication-written, phone calls, personal visits, etc.
3. New graduation requirements-the new 4 x 4 rule that might impact the committee decisions. Range of options available-the minimum would be consideration of more classrooms at the high school, along with a new science lab; 8 new classrooms at the junior high campus to replace the 6 oldest classrooms; and a complete electrical replacement at both elementary campuses.  The maximum range could be the possible construction of a new PK-12 campus.
4. Kathy Boyett and Debra Taska volunteered to be the scribes for the committee and Doris Streams volunteered to be the secretary for the purpose of keeping notes of each meeting.
5. Ms. Doris Streams suggested that some recent graduates or current high school students might be interested in serving on the committee, in order to provide the perspective of a student.  Committee members were encouraged to bring any nominations back to the next open forum.

After a quick review of the evening, it was decided to meet again on April 19^th 2007 at 6:45 p.m. in the Tidehaven High School cafeteria.   At the next open forum there will be a review of the first meeting, a session to brainstorm the strengths and areas of concerns the committee may have, and a review of budget information. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Doris Streams
Committee Secretary