A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the El Paso Independent School District will be held November 5, 2020, beginning at 3:30 p.m.  Pursuant to the Governor Abbott’s Temporary Suspension of Open Meetings Laws issued on March 16, 2020, this meeting will be conducted via videoconference, which will be audible to the Board and public and allow for two-way communication for the Board and District administration.  The Board President, presiding officer or trustees will not be physically present at one location but a quorum will be required for the meeting on the videoconference.  The public may access this meeting by accessing the following: https://episd-org.zoom.us/j/82820369435?pwd=OS9xZGZGU1dIYlV5MFhLY3J1T3Uydz09 (Passcode: 727392) or by calling the following toll-free number 1-855-378-8822, (Space ID: 489-654-878).  An electronic copy of the agenda packet may be viewed at the following link: https://www.episd.org/Page/4360.  An audio recording of the meeting will be available on the District’s website subsequent to the meeting.

 
The Board will be allowing public comment / citizen participation to be made in an alternative format.  If you wish to address the Board of Trustees on either an item on the agenda or a non-agenda topic, you must sign up online by clicking on the following link: https://www.episd.org/Page/242 or by calling 915-230-2576 no later than one hour prior to the meeting (by 2:30 p.m.).  In your email or voicemail, please state your name, provide a call back number, and state the agenda item for which you would like to provide comment.  When the Board reaches the Public Comment/Citizen Participation item on the agenda, a staff member will enable the videoconference or connect the telephone call for those individuals who previously signed up to speak.  The content of your comments cannot exceed 3 minutes. To the extent practicable, all other public comment rules will be followed.  

 
The subjects to be discussed or considered, or upon which any formal action may be taken are listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on this agenda.

If, during the course of the meeting covered by this agenda, the Board should determine that a closed session of the Board should be held or is required in relation to any item included on this agenda, then such closed session as authorized by Section 551.001 et seq of the Texas Government Code (the Open Meetings Act) will be held by the Board at that date and hour in this agenda or as soon after the commencement of the meeting covered by this agenda as the Board may conveniently meet in such closed session concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes permitted by Sections 551.071 – 551.084, inclusive, of the Open Meetings Act.  Pursuant to the Governor Abbott’s Temporary Suspension of Open Meetings Laws issued on March 16, 2020, any closed session conducted during this meeting will be conducted via videoconference, which will be accessible only to the Board and District administrators allowed to be present in closed session.