Minutes Of the Responsive Education Solutions Board Meeting Date: January 23, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. Location: RES Corporate Office 4800 Lakeway Drive, Suite 100 Lewisville, Texas 75057 The Board of Directors of Responsive Education Solutions met on January 23, 2009. The Board president, Lupe Gonzalez, called the meeting to order at 11:12am. He announced that a quorum was present, the meeting had been duly called, and notice of the meeting was posted as required by law. Board members present: President: Lupe Gonzalez, Vice-President: Marvin Reynolds, Secretary: Dan Maddalena, Ben Klingenstein and Earl Little Others present: Chuck Cook, J.B. Morgan, Robert Davison, Dan Clower, Alan Wimberley and Nathan Morris Lupe Gonzalez, reported that Judge Willard French, a member of the Board, was not able to make it due to illness. The board went into closed session at 11:13 am. The board reconvened into open session at 1:45 pm. Marvin Reynolds moved to approve all consent items except 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9. The motion was seconded by Dan Maddalena. The vote was 5-0 in favor. 1. Approved the Payment of Bills from 11/01/2008 - 1/15/2009 2. Approved the Minutes from the Board Meeting on August 8, 2008 3. Approved the Minutes from the Board Meeting on November 13-14, 2008 8. Approved the Lease Renewal for Pharr and the Addendum for the Corporate Office 10. Approved the Independent Contractor Agreements with the following vendors: Monica Shimmin Dawn Pruitt Patricia Brown Alicia Lopez Rosalinda Gonzalez Mona White TES Energy Services, LP. Denman Building Products, LTD. CK Construction, Inc. RES MINUTES OF JANUARY 23,2000 111, Approved an Amendment to Fiscal Policies After further discussion Dan Maddalena moved to approve Consent Items 4-7. The motion was seconded by Ben Klingenstein. The vote was 5-0 in favor. 4. Approved the Monthly Expenditures and Revenue Report for 2007- 2008 5. Approved the 2007-2008 Budget Amendment 6. Approved the Monthly Expenditures and Revenue Report for 2008- 2009 7. Approved the 2008-2009 Budget Amendment Earl Little moved to approve Consent Item 9. The motion was seconded by Marvin Reynolds. The vote was 5-0 in favor. 9. Approved the District Improvement Plan for Responsive Education Solutions. Marvin Reynolds moved to approve the Combined Annual Financial and Compliance Report (Audit). The motion was seconded by Ben Klingenstein The vote was 5-0 in favor. Ben Klingenstein moved to approve the RES 2008-2009 School Staff Incentive Plan as presented by Chuck Cook. The motion was seconded by Marvin Reynolds. The vote was 5-0 in favor. The item considering the approval of a Contract Revision with 1Q Academies was pulled due to the contract not being available. Earl Little moved to approve 1) The hiring of the law firm of Feldman, Rogers, Morris,, and Grover, L.L.P. to represent the interests of RES as part of a charter school coalition, 2) The Resolution to oppose the implementation by the TEA of its Performance Based Monitoring Program and 3) The Resolution approving the revision of the 180-Day Rule that would limit the ADA recoverable by charter schools to 180 days per school year. The motion was seconded by Marvin Reynolds. The vote was 5-0 in favor. Dan Maddalena moved to approve the sale of the property in Trinity, TX. The motion was seconded by Ear Little. The vote was 5-0 in favor RES MINUTES OF JANUIARY 25,2009 2Marvin Reynolds moved to approve the Change of Address Amendment moving campus 221801-022 from El Paso to McKinney. The motion was seconded by Ben Klingenstein The vote was 5-0 in favor. ‘The meeting was adjourned at 2:59 pm. Lupe Gonzalez, President Date Dan Maddalena, Secretary Date RES MINUTES OF JANUARY 23, 209 3