Programs and Facilities Committee Meeting
May 13, 2008

Tidehaven ISD
District Program and Facilities Advisory
Planning Committee Meeting
May 13, 2008 

Summary of Meeting 

Mr. Jones began the open forum at 7:00 p.m.  There were 16 members present.  Following the welcome and a very brief review of the previous meetings, Mr. Jones began the meeting, concentrating on the results of the survey mailed to each committee member in April. 

Committee members were each mailed a list of building/renovation options, developed by the input from the April meeting.  Mr. Jones presented a survey result sheet showing how each option ranked by vote.  Each Committee member was asked to rank the choices from 1-8, with one being their first choice and 8 being their last choice.  The option with the most support was E.) Build a new 9^th grade-12^th grade campus and renovate the current High School campus into a new Junior High campus and then build one (combined) PK-5^th grade campus.  The option receiving the second most votes was B.) Build a new 6^th grade-12^th grade campus and one (combined) PK-5^th grade campus.  Option A.) Build a new PK-12^th campus, was third. 

Several concerns arose from the open discussion, including the concern over where a new campus(es) would be located.  Another concern involved the need of a 6^th grade-12^th grade campus to keep some separation between the lower and higher grades.  These two concerns would need further attention once a decision was made by the board as to what option the District might pursue.  One member asked about the effect a higher appraised value of property currently owned by a person over the age of 65 would be.  Mr. Jones contacted Vince Maloney of the Appraisal District and was informed that any person over the age of 65 has a “frozen” dollar amount of property taxes that are due each year, regardless of appraised values, the “frozen” dollar amount will never change, thus there will be no effect on the property taxes of any person over the age of 65.  The discussion of whether to pursue building one elementary campus or two, separate, elementary campuses generated much discussion.  

After this open discussion of the survey and the concerns committee members had, the committee decided to narrow the choices to two, to be presented to the Tidehaven ISD Board of Trustees at their regular June 16^th Board meeting.  The committee chose option E., as mentioned above, as the first choice and option F.) Build a new 9^th grade-12^th grade campus, renovate the current High School campus into a new Junior High campus and then build 2 (separate) PK-5^th grade campuses. 

Mr. Scott Cheek, Mr. Robert Dannels and Mr. Ralph Petersen will represent the committee at the June 16^th Board meeting.  Included in their presentation will be information on the past activities and studies of the committee, the present status of the committee and the future needs of the committee, such as attending and presenting information to parent/teacher organizations and holding open forum discussions with other members of the community. 

The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.  No future meeting(s) were planned.