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Roll Call
Charles Bobbitt, Director
John Gudvangen, Treasurer
Tami Hasling, President
Sandra Mann, Director
Bob Null, Director
Tom Strand, Vice-President
Janet Tanner, Secretary
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Present at Roll Call were President Tami Hasling, Vice-President Tom Strand, Secretary Janet Tanner, Treasurer John Gudvangen and Directors Charlie Bobbitt, Bob Null and Sandra Mann. Also present: Superintendent Dr. Terry Bishop, Deputy Superintendent of Personnel Support Services Dr. Mary Thurman, Chief Financial Officer/Deputy Superintendent Mr. Glenn Gustafson, Deputy Superintendent of Educational Support Services Mr. Michael Poore, Human Resources Division Head Mr. David Schenkel, Communications and Community Relations Director Ms. Elaine Naleski, and Secretary to the Board of Education Julie Rene Stevens.
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Adoption of the Agenda - |
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The agenda presented to the Board in the Board’s packet will be considered for approval at this time. A Board Director or the Superintendent may request to, add, delete or table an item, i.e., an emergency school closure approval action that is in accordance with Policies. Board Directors shall make a separate motion for each item they seek to have added, deleted, or tabled. Reordering items on the agenda requires approval of a single motion with a majority vote of the quorum present.
A Board Director’s request that a non-emergency item be added to the agenda, as action shall require for approval a two-thirds majority of the entire Board. The Director making the request shall provide a copy of the motion and materials to all Board Directors. A Board Director’s request that a non-emergency item be added to the agenda, as non-action shall require for approval a majority of the quorum present. The Director making the request shall provide a copy of the motion and materials to all Board Directors.
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Recommendation That the Board of Education adopts the agenda, as presented (and/or amended). |
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Tom Strand |
Jan Tanner |
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Director Strand moved to adopt the agenda with the following modifications, remove action item C3-Budget Transfers, Appropriations and FTE Approvals, as there were no budget transfers, appropriations or FTE approvals, move action item C4-Personnel Recommendations to consent items and add Legal Advise pertaining to the Doug Bruce Complaint to Executive Session topics. Director Tanner seconded the motion, which passed, 7/0.
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Executive Session - |
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The Board of Education may, under state statutes, go into Executive Session to discuss matters pertaining to:
1) property transactions [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(a)] [particular matter:]; 2) legal advice [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(b)] [particular matter: ]; 3) security arrangements or investigations [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(d)] [particular matter:]; 4) X negotiations [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(e)] [particular matter: Superintendent Search Issues]; 5) X personnel [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f)] [particular matter: Superintendent's Incentive Pay];6) individual student(s) [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(h)] [particular matter: ]; 7) documents that may not be disclosed under the Colorado Open Records Act [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(g)] [particular matter ]; and 8) matters required to be kept confidential by state or federal law [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(c)][specific legal citation:].
Executive Session from approximately 5:30 p.m.-7:00p.m. The Board of Education will reconvene into regular session at approximately 7:00 p.m.
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Item Action:
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Recommendation To convene into Executive Session. The Board of Education may, under state statutes, go into Executive Session to discuss matters pertaining to property transactions, legal advice, security arrangements or investigations, negotiations, personnel, individual students, documents that may not be disclosed under the Colorado Open Records Act and matters required to be kept confidential by law. |
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Charles Bobbitt |
Tom Strand |
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Director Bobbitt moved to convene into executive session. Director Strand seconded the motion, which passed, 7/0.
The Board of Education convened into Executive Session to discuss negotiations [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(e)] [particular matter: Superintendent Search Issues]; personnel [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f)] [particular matter: Superintendent's Incentive Pay]; and legal advice [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(b)] [particular matter: Doug Bruce Complaint].
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The Board of Education invites the public in attendance to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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President Hasling led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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District 11 Transportation Employee Wins State and National Awards
Ryan Texer, District 11 certified bus mechanic, was selected as the #1 School Bus Inspector in the state of Colorado in the Colorado Department of Education / Colorado State Pupil Transportation Association Technician Skills Competition. Ryan then represented Colorado at the National Association for Pupil Transportation School Bus Technician Skills Competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sept. 11 and was named third-place winner of the 2008 America’s Best School Bus Inspector Award (he was the youngest competitor). Ryan has been with the District 11 Transportation Department for four years and is a certified bus mechanic with Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification as a Master Automobile Technician. As a youth, Ryan attended Bates Elementary School, Mann Middle School and Palmer High School for his freshman year.
Presenters: Mr. Glenn Gustafson/Mr. Bill Bair
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Ryan Texer |
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Ryan Texer, District 11 certified bus mechanic, was selected as the #1 School Bus Inspector in the state of Colorado in the Colorado Department of Education / Colorado State Pupil Transportation Association Technician Skills Competition. Ryan then represented Colorado at the National Association for Pupil Transportation School Bus Technician Skills Competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sept. 11 and was named third-place winner of the 2008 America’s Best School Bus Inspector Award (he was the youngest competitor). Ryan has been with the District 11 Transportation Department for four years and is a certified bus mechanic with Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification as a Master Automobile Technician. As a youth, Ryan attended Bates Elementary School, Mann Middle School and Palmer High School for his freshman year.
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A Board Director, by a motion, or the Superintendent (via a recommendation for a motion), may cause the modification of the previously approved agenda only for the following reason:
Required action following discussion in Executive Session.
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Recommendation That the Board of Education adopts the agenda modifications. |
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The Board as a representative body of the District wishes to provide an avenue for any citizen to express his/her interest and concerns for the schools. Accordingly, the public is cordially invited to attend Board meetings. Meetings of the Board are conducted for the purposes of carrying on the business of the Board and are closed to the public only during executive sessions. There are three 20-minute time periods designated for Citizens’ Comments:
1.) During the Preliminaries section of the agenda, as the last item before the start of the Consent Items for the purpose of addressing other concerns that are not Action or Non-Action items on the agenda, 2.) At the beginning of Action for the purpose of addressing action items only, and 3.) At the beginning of Non-Action for the purpose of addressing Non-Action items only. Except when otherwise specified by the Board President, comments by individual citizens in a given time period shall be limited to three minutes with a 30-second warning on the time limit. In order that the Board may fairly and adequately discharge its overall responsibilities, citizens who wish to make requests, representations or proposals to the Board are requested to direct these to the Superintendent, who will deal with them according to the regulations approved by the Board. Ref: Policy BEDH/BEDH-R.
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Deborah Roark |
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Deborah Roark, Russell parent and BAAC/DAAC member, topic: Support for Russell Middle School programs when Emerson-Edison transition decision is made. Mrs. Roark said that Russell had approximately 200 students that could enroll at Emerson if the school was restructured to a D11 middle school. Mrs. Roark was concerned about what might happen to Russell if they lost 200 plus students and programs.
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Tisha Hartman |
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Tisha Hartman, Sabin parent, topic: Complaint. Mrs. Hartman voiced her complaint of teacher misconduct towards her child; claimed that other teachers became involved as well.
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John D. Orsborn |
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John D. Orsborn, topic: Parent letter regarding Russell Middle School programs and Emerson-Edison decision. Read a letter from parents David and Stacy Hall, who could not attend tonight's meeting.
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Chip Ecks |
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Chip Ecks, topic: SCAUS. Mr. Ecks said that a meeting had been set up for October 16 for Lulac, SCAUS, Executive DAAC, and Dr. Bishop. Mr. Ecks said that several other meetings were supposed to occur and one important one was the meeting with the consultant group on the protocol issue. He said it was one of their big recommendations and they would like to see that set up as soon as possible. Also asked for a meeting with Boatz-Knudsen, to go over their branding report, but that had not happened yet-they were waiting. Finally, he reminded the board that the people who worked on the SCAUS Committee felt they were belittled, talked down to and not treated well. Neither board representative was present at their meeting on Monday.
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Jeanine Fark, SCAUS member, topic: SCAUS. She spoke on behalf of the SCAUS committee and asked for one of two things, "Give this committee a new charge and ask us if you want us to follow through on the recommendations that we gave you in November, 'cause you haven't done anything yet. And two, if you feel this committee has done their work and is no longer needed then follow through on your protocol. Ask and disband this committee and thank each and every citizen that spent hours of time researching it and thank them personally and disband the committee. We would like the thank the D11 administration, Mike Poore, Dr. Bishop and Dr. Mary Thurman and others, including Sue...for giving us their time, their input and research that helped us to come to our conclusions. I know the results may not have been what some of the board may have been looking for; however, we feel that closing schools without a protocol is not the correct answer. If you close schools without a protocol you are moving one problem to another building without solving the problem of closing the achievement gap. And closing schools does not educate any of our children; it only moves one problem from one building to another."
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Evelyn Cortez-Ford |
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Evelyn Cortez-Ford, topic: SCAUS. Dr. Cortez-Ford cited work done on their number one recommendation: to close the achievement gap. She asked the board to make a decision if this group will continue and in what way, and she would like that do be done at the next meeting if possible.
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Patricia Klugesherz |
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Patricia Klugesherz, Sabin parent, topic: teacher at Sabin Middle School. Mrs. Klugesherz cited problems with a teacher, who was a recent addition to the teaching staff at Sabin Middle School, and who was making inappropriate statements/threats to students.
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Lacey Cushman, 7th grade student at Russell Middle School, topic: Russell Middle School. Lacey spoke about how much she liked attending Russell Middle School and how much she has learned so far. She is on the A-B honor roll. Lacey lives in the Carmel area and rides a bus to get to Russell every day. She gave several examples of what she learns every day.
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| B.1 - | Adoption of Consent Items - 2 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | Consent items are placed in the consent portion of the agenda. If board members have any questions concerning these items, they should be directed to the Superintendent or designee prior to the board meeting. If discussion is required on any one of the items, it may be removed from the consent agenda. Those items indicated as being consent items will be adopted by one single motion unless a member of the board requests an item be removed from the consent agenda. | | | | Recommendation To adopt all consent items as designated in the agenda. Consent items: - B.2. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes
- B.3. Designation of Official Posting Location
- B.4. District Accreditation Contract
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| | | Jan Tanner | Tom Strand | Passed | | Director Tanner moved to adopt all consent items as designated in the agenda. Consent items: B.2. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes B.3. Designation of Official Posting Location B.4. District Accreditation Contract and B.5. Personnel Recommendations. Director Strand seconded the motion, which passed, 7/0.
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| B.2 - | Approval of Board Meeting Minutes | Item Action:
None | | | Ref. Pages: Under Separate Cover | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approves the minutes of the September 10, 2008, regular board meeting. All minutes are available on the district website after approval by the Board of Education.
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| B.3 - | Designation of Official Posting Location for Board of Education Meetings & Notices | Item Action:
None | | | Colorado law and the Board of Education bylaws require that the Board designate a public place or places for posting notices of Board meetings each year at the Board’s first regular meeting during the calendar year.
The Board of Education Office will be re-located to the Galileo School during the renovation of the main administration building; therefore, board meeting notices, agendas and other official notices will need to be posted at this temporary location.
| | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education designates the bulletin board immediately inside the main entrance to the Galileo School at 1600 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 as the official location for posting notices of the remaining Board meetings for 2008, effective October 9, 2008, and until further notice, as submitted by the Administration.
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| | | | | | | The Board of Education designated the bulletin board immediately inside the main entrance to the Galileo School at 1600 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 as the official location for posting notices of the remaining Board meetings for 2008, effective October 9, 2008, and until further notice, as submitted by the Administration.
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| B.4 - | District Accreditation Contract | Item Action:
None | | | The state of Colorado Department of Education has established a new process for accrediting Districts. The appended document must be submitted to CDE by October 15. Most of the document is scripted. There are only a few blanks that Districts must fill in. Since the process is new, the Board the information is presented to the Board so that they may be informed about the requirements. The Board is asked to vote to approve the submission of the new District Accreditation Contract to the state. The form requires the Board President’s and Superintendent’s signatures
Ref. Pages: 8-9 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approves the submission of the new District Accreditation Contract to the state.
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| B.5 - | Personnel Recommendations-2 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | The Division of Human Resources provides for consideration a list of Personnel Recommendations. The Board may remove an individual personnel recommendation for separate consideration by amending the original motion to approve the recommendation list.
Presenters: Dr. Thurman/Mr. Schenkel
Ref. Pages: 13-17
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| | | | | | | The Board of Education approved the October 8, 2008, Personnel Recommendations, as submitted by the Administration.
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| C.1 - | Citizens' Comments | Item Action:
None | | | The Board as a representative body of the District wishes to provide an avenue for any citizen to express his/her interest and concerns for the schools. Accordingly, the public is cordially invited to attend Board meetings. Meetings of the Board are conducted for the purposes of carrying on the business of the Board and are closed to the public only during executive sessions. There are three 20-minute time periods designated for Citizens’ Comments:
1.) During the Preliminaries section of the agenda, as the last item before the start of the Consent Items for the purpose of addressing other concerns that are not Action or Non-Action items on the agenda, 2.) At the beginning of Action for the purpose of addressing action items only, and 3.) At the beginning of Non-Action for the purpose of addressing Non-Action items only. Except when otherwise specified by the Board President, comments by individual citizens in a given time period shall be limited to three minutes with a 30-second warning on the time limit. In order that the Board may fairly and adequately discharge its overall responsibilities, citizens who wish to make requests, representations or proposals to the Board are requested to direct these to the Superintendent, who will deal with them according to the regulations approved by the Board. Ref: Policy BEDH/BEDH-R. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| C.2 - | Contract Awards - 10 minutes | Item Action:
Approved | | | The purpose of this agenda item is to have a standing agenda item in place on a continual weekly basis. This agenda item will be used for capital investment and other contracts. Timing of contract actions is such that it will require continual expeditious board approval of contracts. Some weeks will not have any contracts, while many other weeks will have lists of proposed contracts for board approval. Each week a reference will be submitted listing any proposed contract actions with appropriate information. Solicitation documents and information about each procurement action are available for examination and review in the Business Office. Administration Building Renovations
Presenters: Mr. Gustafson/Ms. Kris Odom
Ref. Pages: 10-12 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approves the award of a construction contract to JE Dunn Rocky Mountain, Inc., in the amount of $1,584,356 to renovate the District's Administration Building. | | | | Transmittal Letter
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| | Approve | Administration Building Renovations | Tom Strand | Bob Null | Passed | | Dr. Bishop introduced the topic and turned over the presentation to Kris Odom. Contracting Specialist Kris Odom presented the administration building renovations, bid process and contract award. Director Strand moved that the Board of Education approves the award of a construction contract to JE Dunn Rocky Mountain, Inc., in the amount of $1,584,356 to renovate the District's Administration Building. Director Null seconded the motion. Discussion, questions and answers followed. The Board of Education approved the award of a construction contract to renovate the District's Administration Building to JE Dunn Rocky Mountain, Inc., in the amount of $1,584,356, 7/0.
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None | | | Board Policy DBJ-Budget Transfers requires the board to approve budget transfers for any fund when: (1) the aggregate amount to be transferred to support any line item, single issue or purpose exceeds $100,000; or (2) the accumulation of budget transfer needs is expected to significantly impact the annual budget; or (3) transfers from one major function category to another major function category exceed $20,000 or (4) strategic plan resource allocations need to be re prioritized. Board approval is also required for general fund contingency transfers over $50,000, or in the event the contingency reserve will be reduced by more than 25% for the fiscal year. Board policy DBJ also states that all capital reserve fund project budget appropriations shall be approved by the board; therefore, any transfer of unspent, or unencumbered monies to other projects, shall be approved by the board. CRS-32-109 (1) (f) (l) states the Board of Education has the specific duty to employ all personnel...and to fix and order paid their compensations. Since the budgetary impact of adding a new position must first be considered prior to the hiring process, Board approval is required when there is a proposed change to the authorized staffing level.
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| C.4 - | Resolution 2009-3, ESP Week - 5 minutes | Item Action:
Approved | | | The Board of Education will read a resolution in support of Amendment 59. Ref. Pages:19-22 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approves the week of October 20-24, 2008, as Educational Support Professionals Week, as submitted by the Administration.
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| | Approve | | Jan Tanner | Tom Strand | Passed | Director Bobbitt read the resolution, and moved that the Board of Education adopt the resolution in support of Educational Support Professionals Week, October 20-24, 2008. Director Strand seconded the motion.
Dr. Thurman thanked the Board for recognizing District 11's Educational Support Professionals.
All of the Board members thanked the ESP employees for all the great work they do. The motion, that the Board of Education approves the week of October 20-24, 2008 as Educational Support Professionals Week, passed, 7/0.
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| C.5 - | Resolution 2009-4, Amendment 59 | Item Action:
Approved | | | The Board of Education will read a resolution in support of Amendment 59. Ref. Pages:19-22 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education adopts the resolution in support of Amendment 59 (SAFE-Savings Account for Education).
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| | Approve | | Jan Tanner | Tom Strand | Passed | Director Tanner read the resolution and moved that the Board of Education adopt the resolution in support of Amendment 59. Director Strand seconded the motion. Director Tanner stated that many board members attended the CASB meeting at which time they received a clear presentation as to what this means. Many people worked hard to pass Amendment 23, and over the years the constraints are becoming narrower. This would be the last good opportunity to fix some parts that are wrong with our constitution regarding conflicting amendments, because if Referendum O passes it will become more difficult to make changes to the constitution fixes such as this will be even more difficult in the future. This would allow revenues to be used for education and would free up a large part of the general fund, which cannot go to other needed items in our state.
Director Strand stated he attended a meeting at which the speaker of our House of Representatives gave a presentation about this amendment. Director Strand said that, to him, the key is no new taxes for any of us will result from this. The education system in the state of Colorado has no "rainy day account" in case we fall on harder times with more expenses, which appears to be happening. Director Strand stated that he is very supportive of this amendment.
Director Null stated that he, too, listened to House Speaker Romanoff. He is the author of this amendment, and this is a worthwhile amendment. It is not a Referendum C trick where money that would have gone to education goes to something else; this takes a two-thirds vote of the legislature and the Governor's signature. It can't be spent on anything but education.
Director Mann, Director Gudvangen, and Director Bobbitt agreed that this is a worthwhile amendment.
The motion, that the Board of Education adopts the resolution in support of Amendment 59, passed, 7/0.
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| D.1 - | Citizens' Comments | Item Action:
None | | | The Board as a representative body of the District wishes to provide an avenue for any citizen to express his/her interest and concerns for the schools. Accordingly, the public is cordially invited to attend Board meetings. Meetings of the Board are conducted for the purposes of carrying on the business of the Board and are closed to the public only during executive sessions. There are three 20-minute time periods designated for Citizens’ Comments:
1.) During the Preliminaries section of the agenda, as the last item before the start of the Consent Items for the purpose of addressing other concerns that are not Action or Non-Action items on the agenda, 2.) At the beginning of Action for the purpose of addressing action items only, and 3.) At the beginning of Non-Action for the purpose of addressing Non-Action items only. Except when otherwise specified by the Board President, comments by individual citizens in a given time period shall be limited to three minutes with a 30-second warning on the time limit. In order that the Board may fairly and adequately discharge its overall responsibilities, citizens who wish to make requests, representations or proposals to the Board are requested to direct these to the Superintendent, who will deal with them according to the regulations approved by the Board. Ref: Policy BEDH/BEDH-R.
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| D.2 - | Revised Policy JIH Student Interrogations - 30 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | Amend language regarding law enforcement requests to question a student so that the policy indicates that the district will make an effort to notify the student’s parent/guardian but cannot guarantee parent/guardian presence. Currently, the policy indicates that the District will not permit law enforcement to question a student unless a parent is present which could potentially inhibit a law enforcement investigation. Presenters: Mr. Poore/Mr. Gustafson/Mr. Bernhard/Mr. GuruleRef. Pages: 23-27 | | | | Recommendation Review and approve revisions to policy JIH-Student Interrogations, Searches and Arrests.
| | | | Executive Summary - Revised Policy JIH
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| | | | | | Dr. Bishop introduced the topic and turned over the presentation to Mike Poore who spoke, and then turned the presentation over to Security Director Jose Gurule.
Mr. Gurule went over the revisions to the policy and the background to these changes. He introduced Lt. Bob Driscoll of the Colorado Springs Police Department to speak to the changes from a law enforcement perspective.
Lt. Driscoll spoke regarding the changes.
Mr. Gurule then commented on the Student Statements or Admissions portion of the proposed policy revisions.
Discussion, questions and answers followed.
President Hasling commented that she ran the revisions by legal counsel (Deb Menkins) today, and she approved the revisions; we are in compliance with everything.
Lt. Driscoll suggested that, on a case by case basis, CSPD and District personnel communicate and review the matter of parent/guardian notification.
Director Strand brought up the use of the term interrogation, and asked if it should be kept in the title. Mr. Poore replied that CASB, as well as other groups, suggested keeping the word interrogation, but also add the word interview or questioning to the title. Director Strand also asked if the student(s) will be read their Miranda Rights before the interrogation begins. Mr. Gurule responded that was correct, and stated that if the student is under the age of 18, their parent must be present when the student is being read his rights.
Director Mann observed that this policy change was brought about because of a change in state statute; it is not driven by any particular incident.
Director Gudvangen said he was in agreement with Director Tanner regarding the use of the verb will. It precludes other action then, and needs to be considered on a case by case basis. He then asked for some clarification regarding the sentence: "When law enforcement authorities are involved in the search, the search will be conducted under criminal law standards rather than under the provisions of this policy." This says that when law enforcement is involved, the policy doesn't apply because law enforcement policy prevails over any policy that we have. Director Gudvangen questioned the purpose the paragraphs below that sentence served since everything in the section below that sentence deals with the involvement of law enforcement. Mr. Poore responded that we are trying to make sure that we are prepared for every potential situation. Discussion on this issue continued.
Director Bobbitt had concerns about the principal's designee portion of the policy, and in general about when a principal was out of the building, who the designee would be. Mr. Gurule stated that it could be an assistant principal, or whoever is in charge when the principal is out. Director Bobbitt then asked if in an elementary school where there is only one principal and the principal were out, would an ESP be the designee? Mr. Keane explained that when dealing with a discipline issue, every school has an official designee, and that person must be a certified person, a licensed teacher. Mr. Keane and Mr. Poore assured Director Bobbitt that an ESP would not be a designee, and that support would be coming from other areas when CSPD is involved.
President Hasling asked board members if they are okay with moving this to action at the next board meeting. Director Bobbitt said that he is okay to move to action. Director Gudvangen said it is okay to move to action with clarification. Director Mann, Director Null and Director Strand agreed that it is okay. Director Tanner agreed that it will be okay to move to action with some modifications. She is concerned about the statement that says school officials will not contact the parent/guardian, which could come back on us as there may be some circumstances under which we may contact a parent upon the request of CSPD. Discussion continued. Director Gudvangen requested that an interpretation of this be brought back. Director Null gave his interpretation and said he was fine with the statement.
Mr. Poore reviewed the 3 suggested changes, and noted that the board would like the committee to review the use of the word interrogations in the title. This policy will move to action with the stated changes and/or clarifications.
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| D.3 - | Accreditation Status of Schools - 30 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | The District is required to review performance of its schools and provide an accreditation status for each school. This process is started with the DAAC Accreditation sub-committee. The committee has met and reviewed performance data associated with schools. Those recommendations are reviewed and presented by the Board by the administration. The attached document shows the accreditation status recommendations. The Board needs to review and approve the recommendations. The process of review of information will be summarized by the Administration.Presenter: Dr. Demi-Smith
Ref. Pages: 28-30 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approve the accreditation status for the District's schools as submitted by the administration.
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| | | | | | Dr. Bishop introduced the topic and turned over the presentation to Dr. Demi-Smith and Dr. Plute.
Dr. Demi-Smith and Dr. Plute presented the accreditation of schools done by the district. The DAAC has tried to use the same or similar process as what the state is using with districts in its review for accreditation of schools. All schools are recommended to be accredited; however, the DAAC is recommending that some schools have certain criteria associated with the accredited status. Questions and answers followed. It was explained that NCLB and accreditation are two different processes; AYP and accreditation are not the same.
This item will go to consent items on October 22, 2008.
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| E. | REPORTS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS |
| E.1 - | Superintendent/Administrative Reports | Item Action:
None | | | This agenda item is reserved for presentations, status reports, and announcements to the Board by the Superintendent and the Administration that have not been provided as information only in the Board packets. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, annual and standing reports not requiring Board action are to be provided in hard copy for information only in the Board Director packets. The superintendent has the opportunity to report on a range of topics during this time.Lunch to Launch - 10 minutes (Mr. Poore/Ms. Giddens) | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | Lunch to Launch | | | | Mr. Poore spoke regarding Lunch to Launch and asked board members Janet Tanner and Bob Null to comment, as they have been involved in the planning of the event, which they did.
Gwen Giddens presented an update on Lunch to Launch. The business community is invited to attend Lunch to Launch on October 14, 2008, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. District 11 and the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation will host the event, for which there is no charge. To secure a seat, registrations should be made in advance as soon as possible. To register online, please visit www.coloradosprings.org, click on "Investors & Events" and then click on "EDC Events."
District 11 is seeking stronger partnerships with community leaders so that the Colorado Springs community can have the kind of graduates it needs: graduates who are team players, who know how to problem solve and who are ready for the 21st century. District 11 staff will share information, get feedback from the community and invite community leaders to join in helping to prepare 21st century graduates. Community leaders will have an opportunity to follow up with mentorships, business partnerships, or joining the task force with committee work on graduation requirements, policy, transitions, pathways to differentiated diplomas (and concurrent enrollment) and communication/culture.
| | | Administration Building Move | | | | | Dr. Bishop announced that this was the last Board of Education meeting at 1115 North El Paso until spring of 2009. Personnel from the main administration building at 1115 North El Paso will be housed at the Galileo School of Math and Science, the Bijou Building and the Volunteer Services and Community Education offices. The designated location for the Board of Education meetings will be the Tesla Educational Opportunity Center at 2560 International Circle, beginning with the next board meeting on October 22, 2008.
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| E.2 - | Other Discussion Items | Item Action:
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| | | | | | Director Strand asked if there was a future date for the restorative justice item. President Hasling commented that the administration was putting together a position paper on what the district currently does and how we could incorporate restorative justice. The item will be placed on an agenda in November.
Director Null apologized for missing the School Configuration and Use Study meeting. His new committee assignment is Safe and Drug Free Schools. He commented on the good work the group is doing and would like to bring a report to the board in the future. This was added as a future agenda item.
Director Mann announced that a future reutilization meeting is scheduled.
Director Gudvangen reminded the public of the new Coronado auditorium built with bond money approved by voters in November 2004. There was a great performance at the grand opening.
Director Bobbitt announced that on September 27, at the Wasson Homecoming celebration, he was awarded the Gib Funk Award for his efforts in behalf of Wasson High School.
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| E.3 - | Board Subcommittee Reports | Item Action:
None | | | Board members will have the opportunity to report on their respective subcommittees. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | | | | | Director Tanner distributed her report and mentioned the School Finance Committee. She encouraged board members to attend the next meeting. She also praised the Citizen Guide to the Budget published by the District 11 Finance Office.
Director Null asked the administration to look at TABOR reserves. Also, he read an article regarding algebra and wondered if seventh-grade and eighth-grade students were struggling with the subject.
Director Mann reported a newspaper article on how school districts are being affected by the stock market. She and Director Null asked for a Friday note on the matter.
Director Hasling distributed calendars for the superintendent search timeline and commented on possible conflicts with the school utilization committee public meetings. Dr. Bishop suggested changing dates. Director Hasling will meet with the secretary to the Board of Education to look at new dates for the timeline.
Director Hasling volunteered to help the Lunch to Launch follow-up task force and the Emerson-Edison restructuring study. She will be seeking board input.
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| F.1 - | New Agenda Items from Board Discussion | Item Action:
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| F.2 - | Restorative Justice | Item Action:
None | | | During the September 24 meeting Director Strand asked how the board could proceed in establishing a Restorative Justice Program for the district. The board members gave head nods to put this on a future agenda.
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| | | | | | | Board of Education members agreed to discuss how the board could proceed in establishing a Restorative Justice Program for the district. | |
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| F.3 - | Challenger Learning Center | Item Action:
None | | | Contingency fund transfer for Challenger Learning Center: October 22, 2008, regular board meeting.
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| | | | | | | At the October 22, 2008, board meeting, the Board of Education will discuss approving a contingency fund transfer for the Challenger Learning Center to support funding a teacher to run the center’s program. Historically, D-11 and D-20 have partnered to support the Challenger Learning Center. | |
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| F.4 - | FY 07-08 TABOR Reserves | Item Action:
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| F.5 - | Acceptance of the Vision/Mission and Message Platform in Concept | Item Action:
None | | | The Board of Education postponed making a decision on this item until after the November 4, 2008, election. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | | | | | | The board postponed making a decision on this item until after the November 4, 2008, election. | |
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| F.6 - | Development of 2009 Legislative Agenda | Item Action:
None | | | Work Session Fall of 2008
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| F.7 - | 403 (b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan Document - TBD | Item Action:
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| F.8 - | Choice Permit Policy Discussion - TBD | Item Action:
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| F.9 - | Magnet School Concepts - TBD | Item Action:
None | | | Magnet School Concepts will be presented sometime after the November elections. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| G. | ADMINISTRATION’S TASK LIST REVIEW AND UPDATE |
| G.1 - | Task List Review 2 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | The Administration Task List consists of requests from Board directors for information/analysis within specified time lines and will be reviewed and updated during this time. These requests should primarily be tasking for information/analysis and should not be for the scheduling of future agenda items. A recommendation should be included with the task for the purpose indicating as whether or not it needs to be included on the Calendar. Items may be added to the task list with the agreement of four Board Directors as indicated by head nods.
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| H. | CALENDAR REVIEW AND UPDATE |
| H.1 - | Calendar Review 2 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | The Board's Calendar will be reviewed and updated during this time. Items may be added to the Calendar with the agreement of four Board Directors as indicated by head nods. To look at district events and to access the District Calendar go to our home page at www.d11.org. On the left hand side of the screen, click on Calendars, then D11 Calendars. In the center of that page, in the drop down box, select District Calendar.
Upcoming meetings/events: - October 8, 2008, regular board meeting
- October 22, 2008, regular board meeting
- October 28, 2008, special board meeting and/or work session (Work with Ray and Associates, Superintendent Search Firm)
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| | adjourn | | | | The Board of Education adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
Julie Rene Stevens, Secretary to the Board of Education
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