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Roll CallCharles Bobbitt, Director John Gudvangen, Treasurer Tami Hasling, President Sandra Mann, Director Bob Null, Director
Tom Strand, Vice-PresidentJanet Tanner, Secretary
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Present at Roll Call were President Tami Hasling, Vice-President Tom Strand, Secretary Janet Tanner, and Directors Charlie Bobbitt, Bob Null and Sandra Mann. Treasurer John Gudvangen arrived after roll call. 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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Director Strand moved that the Board of Education adopts the agenda, as amended by removing action item C.2. Contract Awards, as there were no contract awards; add a personnel addendum to action item C.4. Personnel Recommendations and move Personnel Recommendations and addendum to Consent Items, and add legal advice to Executive Session topics. Director Tanner seconded the motion.
Discussion followed. Director Bobbitt commented that he would not vote to move the Personnel Recommendations to consent or meet on superintendent contract negotiations (add legal advice to the executive sessions topics). Director Strand explained the motion. Directors Null and Mann also commented that they would not support adding legal advice to the executive session topics. Lengthy discussion and research of the agenda policy followed. Mr. Steve Gaines, District counsel, was present and was asked to weigh in. Mr. Gaines said that what was being proposed was a change to the agenda and as such would require a majority vote to make the change and a two-thirds majority to go into executive session. Discussion continued.
President Hasling called for the vote on adopting the agenda. The Board of Education adopted the agenda, as amended, 4/3. Directors Bobbitt, Mann and Null voted no.
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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) negotiations [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(e)] [particular matter: ]5) X personnel [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f)] [particular matter: Superintendent's Compensation];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.-6:30 p.m. The Board of Education will reconvene into regular session at approximately 6:30 p.m.
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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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Director Strand moved to convene into executive session to discuss personnel [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f)] [particular matter: Superintendent's Compensation] and legal advice [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(b)] [particular matter: with respect to the letter the board received from Dr. Bishop]. Director Tanner seconded the motion. Discussion followed.
President Hasling confirmed that the board needed a two-thirds majority vote to convene into executive session.
The motion to convene into executive session failed, 4/3. Director Bobbitt, Mann and Null voted no.
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Tom Strand |
Jan Tanner |
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After a short period of time Director Strand made a new motion and moved to convene into executive session to discuss only the original topic, personnel, specifically the Superintendent's Compensation. Director Tanner seconded the motion, which passed, 5/1. Director Mann voted no. Director Bobbitt was absent from the dais.
The Board of Education convened into executive session to discuss personnel [per C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f)] [particular matter: Superintendent's Compensation].
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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 recognized Wasson's teacher cadet group, who were in the audience, and asked them to lead those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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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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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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"In the summer, the district issued an RFP for a consultant to do a study on school utilization. The consultant was hired, they did their study, and last Wednesday night they made their presentation to the board in the form of a work session. In last Wednesday night's presentation, the consultant gave several examples of concepts or options that the district has related to school utilization. The consultant did not make a recommendation as to which options the district should implement. Now, at this point, and I think this is what we're trying to lay on the table at this time, at this point it's in the hands of administration to come forward with a recommendation. So, tonight what we're going to do, later on in the board meeting, we're going to do two things. First, Shirley Stevens will review the options presented by the consultant; we'll not have school names, just concepts presented by the consultant last week. Then Mike Poore will make a presentation -it's a recommendation from the administration of how to proceed to develop a draft recommendation which will be presented to the staff, will be presented to the public at numerous meetings before a final recommendation will even go to the board. What we're trying to say is that there have been no decisions made at this time. We're really looking at this meeting to decide how we're going to go forward; we'll do that later on tonight."
President Hasling commented that since there were no non-action items she would allow forty minutes for citizens' comments at the beginning of the meeting, under general topics.
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Lyman Kaiser |
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Lyman Kaiser, topic: Project Now Task Force. Mr. Kaiser spoke about Project Now. He encouraged board members to get involved and reminded all of the upcoming event/dinner on Tuesday, November 18 where all the sub-groups would come together. Mr. Kaiser commented that it will be a very interesting, dynamic set up that's about to occur.
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Rusty Moomey, Judy Hawkins, and Clay Gomez, topic: Principals' position on the Utilization Study. Mr. Moomey, Ms. Hawkins and Dr. Gomez spoke about the possible reutilization of Emerson-Edison Middle School and offered observations regarding the potential reutilization of Emerson-Edison Middle School. A detailed letter was submitted to board members.
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David Peterson, parent of a Buena Vista student in the Montessori program, topic: School Utilization. Mr. Peterson spoke in support of the progress made at Buena Vista in the Montessori program.
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Michelle Vandepas, parent of a Buena Vista Montessori student, topic: School Utilization. Ms. Vandepas commented that her family made Buena Vista their school of choice, and that means they drive into District 11 from 30 minutes away to attend Buena Vista. She said don't close Buena Vista.
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Jim Bartelson |
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Jim Bartelson, co-chair of the Russell Middle School BAAC and Russell parent, topic: School Re-utilization. Mr. Bartelson asked the board to consider making Russell a true magnet school for the arts and sciences. He said whatever decision is made, please let it be win-win for the district and Russell Middle School.
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Rose Collie |
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Rose Collie, parent of Russell Middle School students, topic: School Re-utilization. Ms. Collie thanked the board for their time and dedication to District 11. Ms. Collie mentioned that Russell Middle School is a Colorado Trailblazer School to Watch. She asked that the district keep their high performing school viable and healthy. She also asked for the board to consider making Russell a magnet school.
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Karl Spiecker |
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Karl Spiecker, resides in the District 12 boundary, Buena Vista Montessori parent, topic: School Utilization Study. Mr. Spiecker spoke in favor of keeping Buena Vista open and of the value of the Montessori program. He said all schools are not created equal and their family chose to enroll their children into District 11; they choiced in. He said the Montessori program in Buena Vista is not replicated anywhere else in the city. It is truly unique. He requested that the board take the time to study the full impact of any decisions they might make so they could make good decisions for all.
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Kristen Downs, parent of Buena Vista Montessori students, topic: School Utilization and a Montessori Education. Mrs. Downs spoke in favor of keeping Buena Vista open and the value of the Montessori program. She commented that Buena Vista is specifically suited to the Montessori method of education and stated why.
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Lyman Kaiser |
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Lyman Kaiser, topic: School Utilization Study-General Comments. Mr. Kaiser asked the board/district, "What is our purpose?" He said the first priority should be that the students who are impacted receive improved educational opportunity. He asked for timely and comprehensive planning on any transitions and commented further on specific points to consider.
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Sarah Hope, Buena Vista Montessori and North Middle School parent and D11 sub, topic: School Utilization. Mrs. Hope spoke in favor of keeping Buena Vista open and said it is the only public Montessori school offered in the community. She spoke on her experience as a parent with the Montessori program, and also brought comments from students and teachers at Buena Vista.
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Willie Schubert, Russell Middle School parent, topic: School Utilization Plan and the Effect on Russell Middle School. Mr. Schubert spoke about the school utilization plan, the Emerson-Edison Charter School issue and the possible effects on Russell Middle School.
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Natalie Nelson, topic: School Utilization. Ms. Nelson said she came from a long established family where members attended Buena Vista; "It's about heritage." Ms. Nelson said she and her husband specifically chose to live one block from the school, so their four children could attend the school; she spoke further in support of keeping Buena Vista open and the value of the Montessori program.
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President Hasling told the audience that the board appreciated their attendance tonight. The board received many e-mails, which board members read. She assured the audience that the board was listening, and advised that there would be other opportunities, including a public hearing, to speak. No decisions have been made. The administration and board were still in the stage of researching every possibility. She stated that the board is doing due diligence as a board to do the right thing for District 11 and the kids in this district.
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| B.1 - | Adoption of Consent Items - 2 minutes | Item Action:
Approved | | | 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. DAAC Memberships
- B.3. Board Meeting Minutes
- B.4. Revised Board Policies: JB & LBD
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| | Approve | Approval of Consent Items | Tom Strand | Bob Null | Passed | Director Strand moved that the Board of Education adopt all consent items as designated in the agenda. Consent items:
- B.2. DAAC Memberships
- B.3. Board Meeting Minutes
- B.4. Revised Board Policies: JB & LBD
Director Null seconded the motion, which passed, 6/1. Director Bobbitt voted no. | |
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| B.2 - | DAAC Membership | Item Action:
None | | | Each year the DAAC committee brings forward recommendations to the Board of Education to approve membership for our DAAC members, DAAC accreditation members and DAAC budget members. The recommendations include members from our parent, business, and school communities.
We are asking your approval of membership.
Ref. Pages: 8-12 | | | | Recommendation DAAC Accreditation Subcommittee Charge and Membership
It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the member names of the District Accountability Advisory Committee (DAAC) Accreditation Subcommittee for the 2008-2009 school year as submitted by the DAAC Executive Committee.
DAAC Budget Committee Charge and Membership
It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the member names of the District Accountability Advisory Committee Budget Committee as submitted by the DAAC Executive Committee.
DAAC Committee Membership
It is recommended that the Board of Education approve new member names of the District Accountability Advisory Committee (DAAC) as submitted by the DAAC Executive Committee. The names submitted are those of school representatives who serve on the DAAC.
| | | | DAAC Accreditation Sub- Committee Membership
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The Board of Education approved the member names of the District Accountability Advisory Committee Budget Committee as submitted by the DAAC Executive Committee.
The Board of Education approved new member names of the District Accountability Advisory Committee (DAAC) as submitted by the DAAC Executive Committee. The names submitted are those of school representatives who serve on the DAAC.
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| B.3 - | 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 24, October 8, and October 22, 2008, regular board meetings. All minutes are available on the district website after approval by the Board of Education.
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| | | | | | | The Board of Education approved the minutes of the September 24, October 8, and October 22, 2008, regular board meetings. All minutes are available on the district website after approval by the Board of Education.
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| B.4 - | Revised Board Policies JB, Equal Educational Opportunities and LBD, Relations with Charter Schools | Item Action:
None | | | The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (C.R.S. 22-32-109) was revised and signed into law effective August, 2007. The statute had already prohibited discrimination against individuals based on disability, race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry and has now been revised to include sexual orientation and religion. Policy JB requires the addition of the term "ancestry" and the revision of language that includes removing the term "handicap" and replacing it with "disability or need for special education services". Policy LBD requires the addition of the term "sexual orientation" as well as the replacement of the term "gender" with the term "sex".
Ref. Pages: 13-18 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approve the revisions to policies JB and LBD.
| | | | Executive Summary - Revisions to Board Policies JB, Equal Educational Opportunities and LBD, Relations with Charter Schools
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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: 21-29 | | | | Recommendation That the Board of Education approves the November 12, 2008, Personnel Recommendations, as submitted by the Administration.
| | | | Personnel Recommendations dated November 12, 2008
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| | | | | | | The Board of Education approved the November 12, 2008, Personnel Recommendations and addendum, 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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None | | | 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. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| C.3 - | Budget Transfers, Appropriations and FTE Approvals - 15 minutes | Item Action:
Approved | | | 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. Presenters: Dr. Cutter/Ms. Nawana Britenriker
Ref. Pages: 19-20 | | | | Recommendation FTE Authorization for Home School
That the Board of Education approves the addition of .60 FTE for the Home School Program with a budget transfer of $25,000 from the temporary teacher salary account to regular teacher salaries account and $2,000 from temporary teacher salary account to the employee benefits account. | | | | FTE Authorization - .60 Increase for Home School Memorandum
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| | Approve | FTE Authorization for Home School | Charles Bobbitt | Tom Strand | Passed | Dr. Bishop introduced the topic and turned over the presentation to Dr. Cutter, executive director of achievement and accountability. Dr. Cutter introduced Nawana Britenriker and presented the FTE request.
Director Bobbitt moved that the Board of Education approves the addition of .60 FTE for the Home School Program with a budget transfer of $25,000 from the temporary teacher salary account to regular teacher salaries account and $2,000 from temporary teacher salary account to the employee benefits account. Director Strand seconded the motion.
Discussion, questions and answers followed. Home school liaison Nawana Britenriker answered several questions about the home school program.
The Board of Education approved the addition of .60 FTE for the Home School Program with a budget transfer of $25,000 from the temporary teacher salary account to regular teacher salaries account and $2,000 from temporary teacher salary account to the employee benefits account, 7/0. | |
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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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| E.1 - | Superintendent/Administrative Reports -45 minutes | 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.Summer School Report - Pat Ring (15 minutes)
Time line of Current and Upcoming Projects - Dr. Bishop (15 minutes)
Restorative Justice - Dr. Bishop (15 minutes) | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | | Board Forecast
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| | | Board Forecast Calendar
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| | | Major Projects Gant Chart
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| | Summer School Report | | | | | Ms. Pat Ring presented a summer school report to the board.
| | | Time Line of Current and Upcoming Projects | | | | Dr. Bishop spoke to the topic, presented an updated version of the Critical Decisions Paper, also known as, "Board Forecast," and answered questions from the board. He was supported by the leadership team of Mr. Poore, Mr. Gustafson, Dr. Thurman, Ms. Naleski and Mr. Schenkel. Director Tanner asked Mr. Poore to list the Task Force committees, which he did: - Graduation requirements committee
- Policy committee
- Pathways committee
- Transitions committee
- Communication and Culture
Discussion continued. The board discussed and agreed to scheduled a work session to address critical projects on December 3. | | | Restorative Justice | | | | John Keane, executive director, achievement and accountability, reviewed the Restorative Justice and Teen Court programs and explained programs currently being used in the district.
Board of Education members discussed how the board could proceed in establishing a Restorative Justice Program for the district.
President Hasling asked for head nods to move forward and have administration bring a recommendation back for board approval. Directors Bobbitt, Gudvangen, Null, Strand, Tanner gave head nods to task administration with bringing a recommendation back to the board. Director Gudvangen commented that if this fits the research model (on the Positive Behavioral Support -PBS-side) then make it so. Dr. Bishop was directed to bring a proposal with pros and cons, pluses/minuses to the board.
| | | 9:20 p.m.-15 minute break | | | | | |
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| E.2 - | Reutilization Proposal - 45 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | In the May 7, 2008 board meeting, the board voted on and passed the following motion: Director Gudvangen moved that the Board of Education directs the District 11 Administration to prepare a comprehensive school closure and reutilization proposal for final action by November 12, 2008.
| | | | Approval Sheet
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| | | PowerPoint Presentation School Utilization
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| | | PowerPoint Presentation 4 Phase Plan
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| | School Utilization Study | | | | Executive Director of Achievement and Accountability Ms. Shirley Stevens presented a PowerPoint summary of the School Utilization Study and decision-making time line/procedure and answered questions.
Discussion followed.
Director Mann asked if selling property was addressed. Ms. Stevens responded that the report did not talk about that aspect. Director Mann commented that would be something she would like to see a study on. She clarified that successful programs would not be discontinued, but would be moved or relocated if the school housing them was closed, i.e. the Montessori program at Buena Vista. Ms. Stevens agreed and said that the district would want to replicate any successful program in the district; giving that benefit to more of our students.
Discussion, questions and answers followed.
| | | Space/Building Utilization Follow Up Plan | | | | Deputy Superintendent of Educational Support Services Mr. Michael Poore presented and reviewed a PowerPoint on the Phase IV plan on space and building utilization.
Discussion, questions and answers followed.
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| E.3 - | Acceptance of the Vision/Mission and Message Platform in Concept - 30 minutes | Item Action:
None | | | Discussion on the Branding Campaign | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | Postponed to the next meeting | | | | | Board members agreed to postpone the presentation and discussion, and to roll this item forward as a non-action item to the November 19 agenda.
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| E.4 - | Other Discussion Items | Item Action:
None | | | Board members will have the opportunity for open discussion. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | | | | | Director Gudvangen reminded everyone of the Springs Chautauqua at Palmer High School on November 13, 2008.
Director Strand mentioned the LifeSkills Charter School recognition, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Director Tanner advised that Mitchell and CIVA were both presenting plays and agreed with Director Null that D-11 was a large district with lots going on.
President Hasling said there would be a policy subcommittee meeting on November 14, 2008.
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| E.5 - | Board Subcommittee Reports | Item Action:
None | | | Board members will have the opportunity to report on their respective subcommittees. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| | | Tanner Report
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| | | | | | Director Tanner submitted a written report. | |
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| F.1 - | New Agenda Items from Board Discussion | Item Action:
None | | | Board members have the opportunity to bring forward items for a future agenda. | | | | Approval Sheet
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| F.2 - | Certify Election Results | Item Action:
None | | | November 19, 2008
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| F.3 - | 403 (b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan Document | Item Action:
None | | | Date of presentation: Non-action November 19, 2008
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| F.4 - | FY 07-08 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) | Item Action:
None | | | Info only report to the board on November 19, 2008
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| F.5 - | Board Approval of School Improvement Plans (SIPs) | Item Action:
None | | | Non-action December 10, 2008
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| F.6 - | Restructuring Emerson-Edison | Item Action:
None | | | Public Hearing on the restructuring of Emerson-Edison and non-action item on December 10, action on December 17, 2008.
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| F.7 - | 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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| F.8 - | Development of 2009 Legislative Agenda | Item Action:
None | | | Work Session Fall of 2008
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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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| F.10 - | Choice Permit Policy Discussion - TBD | Item Action:
None | | | The Board of Education will discuss the choice permit policy at a future meeting
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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.
Ref. Pages: 30-33 | | | | October 11 task list
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| | | Approval Sheet
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| | | Updated task list for January 16
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| | | Updated April 16 task list
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| | | August 9 updated task list
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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: - November 12, 2008, regular meeting
- November 19, 2008, regular meeting
- December 10, 2008, regular meeting
- December 17, 2008, regular meeting
Ref. Pages: 34-41 | | | | Calendar
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| | Adjourn | | | | The Board of Education adjourned at 11:00 p.m.
Julie Rene Stevens, Secretary to the Board of Education
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