Marshall school trustees will consider approving several donations when they meet at 5 p.m. today in the Marshall Independent School District board room.

Donations for Carver Elementary's Reading is Fundamental program have been received, including $290 from the Marshall Public Library, $50 from Patterson Chrysler Dodge Jeep, $50 from Dr. Luis Balbuena Jr., $25 from Nehls Chevrolet, $25 from Matthewson Drug, $10 from Joe Buck's Place and $10 from Applebees.

The David Crockett Elementary School PTA has also given $1,200 for accelerated reader store prizes for students and $300 for copier supplies for their campus.

Brookshires Grocery and Crossroads Baptist Church recently donated backpacks and school supplies to students at South Marshall Elementary.

The Noon Optimist Club has also offered a building valued at $1,400 to store supplies for the backpack program for students.

At the meeting, trustees will also consider:

Sending a waiver request to the Texas Education Agency for a missed instructional day on Oct. 9 due to storm damage at Robert E. Lee Elementary.

A resolution for review of the MISD investment policy and strategies and designating one or more employees of the district as investment officer(s).

Financial reports.

Approval of time clocks for MISD employees.

Designating a portion of the available fund balance in General Funds for future plans related to construction in the amount of $200,000. These plans include repairing and resurfacing the parking lot at Marshall High School and repairing the drainage system under the visitor's bleachers at Maverick Stadium.

Purchasing 56 DC166 document cameras for master audio visuals, not to exceed $32,000.

Purchases from Computerland Network Technologies of East Texas, including: 69 E6500 Dell laptops with docking stations and two E6500 Dell laptops without docking stations, not to exceed $140,000; five 2100 Dell mini-laptops, not to exceed $4,500; three color laser printers, not to exceed $3,000; 321 Dell 360 optiplex desktop computers, not to exceed $275,000; 63 laserjet printers with care pack and a three year warranty, not to exceed $17,500; 15 infocus projectors with a one year warranty, not to exceed $17,000; 128 smartboard interactive white boards with freight, not to exceed $150,000; and 18 3M interactive monitors, not to exceed $12,000.

The funding sources will include No Child Left Behind (NCLB) American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds, Age Discrimination in Employment Act-B Formula-ARRA-LEA funds—ARRA-Title II, and D-DISC grant funds.

A Brushworks Painting Company bid to paint the outside of the Carver Elementary School building.

Approval of a budget amendment. MHS received donations totaling $41,000 during August and September of 2008 to provide a variety of resources and incentives to encourage and enhance student academic achievement.

These funds were previously accepted by the board, deposited into the district account and amended into the 2008-2009 budget. However, all of the funds were not spent last year and do not automatically roll forward. It is necessary to appropriate the remaining funds in the current year budget before they can be expended or move them to the student activity fund on the campus, which does not require annual budgeting.

The district has recommended moving these funds out of Fund 186, which consolidates with the district's General Fund 199, into the high school's activity fund held at the campus.

Also, the district received insurance recovery totaling $34,496.13 during November 2008 due to damage caused by Hurricane Ike. These funds also were previously accepted by the board, deposited into the district's account and amended into the 2008-2009 year budget. However, all of the funds were not spent last year and do not automatically roll forward. Therefore, the district has to appropriate the remaining funds along with additional funds from the fund balance to cover the amount of the district's policy deductible in the current year budget.

This will allow the district to expend funds for the remaining repairs. Officials expect to expend $50,000 to make the remaining repairs and need to add funds to the appropriate accounts. Officials also have to recognize some of the recent donations received and add funds to the appropriations accounts. However, for some of the donations, a budget amendment is not requested.

Trustees will also hear several reports and presentations.

Marshall High School's 2010 National Merit Scholar Commended students — Johnathan Tijerina and Chelsea Pricer — and the 2009-2010 Duke Schools students — Michaela Bedall-Johnson, Alexis Brewster, Cristian Cruz, De'Onte Harris, Sydney Hatton, William Hill, John McCrary, Caleb Oden, Alexandria Reynolds, Mary Roden, Emily Sallee, Gricelda Sanchez, Summer Tolbert, Anna Westmoreland, Michael White and Megan Whitener — will recognized during the meeting.