1. MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

9.01 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter into a Contract with Various Vendors for Special Education Services and Instructional Support Programs (Not to Exceed $ 3,000,000 Over Three Years/General/Special Revenue Funds) (Consent Item 8.03, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Bernadette Nutall)

9.02 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate, and Enter into an Agreement with Morneau Shepell Limited to Provide Benefits and Leave Administration Services (Not to Exceed $2,064,560 Annually Over Five Years with a Five Year Aggregate Not to Exceed $10,322,800 / General Operating) Including an Increase in allocated FTES to Human Capital Management Benefits by 3.0 FTES (Consent Item 8.10, Pulled by the Administration)

9.03 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize the District to Negotiate and Enter Into Contracts with Recommended Vendors for the Purchase of Smart Snack Food Products for Career Education and Workforce Partnerships - DECA Stores and Culinary Arts Programs on an as Needed Basis Over Three (3) Years Including Renewal Options (Not to Exceed a Total Of $600,000 General Operating \ Special Revenue Funds) (Consent Item 8.12, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Bernadette Nutall)

9.04 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Monthly Financial Reports and the Monthly Tax Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2017 (Consent Item 8.11, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Bernadette Nutall)

9.05 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the 2017-2018 Tax Levy of $1,353,804,329 (Consent Item 8.13, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Bernadette Nutall)

9.06 Consider and Take Possible Action to Ratify the Amount of Bills, Claims and Accounts for October 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017 (Consent Item 8,14, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Bernadette Nutall)

9.07 Consider and Take Possible Action to Authorize, Negotiate and Enter Into a Contract with Southwest Networks, Inc. for the Purchase of E-Rate Eligible Network Fiber and Cabling Including Installation and Related Services for Districtwide Use (Not to Exceed $13,200,000 Over Four Years / General Operating / Bond Funds) (Consent Item 8.18, Pulled by Trustees Joyce Foreman and Bernadette Nutall)

9.08 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Dallas Independent School District Resolution on Racial, Socio-Economic, and Educational Equity (No Financial Impact) (Consent Item 8.25, Pulled by the Administration)

9.09 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Recommended Proposal For Opening of a Two-Way Dual Language Tag Vanguard/Academy For Grades 4-8 For the 2018-2019 School Year Located At 9610 Bruton Rd, Dallas, TX, 75217 (Consent Item 8.26, Pulled by the Administration)

9.10 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Renaming of Stonewall Jackson Elementary School as Mockingbird Elementary School (Consent Item 8.27, Pulled by the Administration)

9.11 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Renaming of William L. Cabell Elementary School as Chapel Hill Preparatory: A Personalized Learning School (Consent Item 8.28, Pulled by the Administration)

9.12 Consider and Take Possible Action to Approve the Renaming of Robert E Lee Elementary School as Geneva Heights Elementary School (Consent Item 8.29, Pulled by the Administration)

9.13 Consider and Take Possible Action to Nominate Michael Hinojosa to the Local Workforce Development Board Nomination Slate (Consent Item 8.30, Pulled by Trustee Dan Micciche)

Items 9.14 & 15