Call this meeting of the Conroe Independent School District Board of Trustees to order. 2. Let the record show that a quorum members is present. 3. This meeting has been duly called and notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. 4. The time is now six o'clock. 5. If you will please join me in standing, Mr. Moore is going to lead us in the invocation. 6. If you're so inclined, would you please bow with me? 7. God, you truly are the god of all people in all places at all times. 8. We pause now as we set about the business of this district to invoke your blessing on our conversations and our decisions that we are to make tonight. 9. God, this week perhaps above all else, we give you thanks for those brave men and women who have stepped forward in the call to service of this country. 10. Those who have been willing to stand in harm's way for us, that we might live in a land of democracy and celebrate the types of freedoms that we enjoy each and every day. 11. Even the freedom to disagree. 12. God, as we move into this Thanksgiving holiday season, we give you thanks for all the blessings you have poured out upon us and all those that are yet to come. 13. For we know that all that we have comes from you. 14. As our families travel this time of year, we pray for your blessing of safety to be upon them. 15. Your hand of mercy to take them to their destination, to provide them with a time of rest and refreshment, and to return them safely to the schools that love them. 16. We give you thanks for all those whom you have called to be...