January 12, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Organizational Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Roll Call: __Burke __Hennen __Malz __Pauly __Pedersen __Vogel __Vollbrecht
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4. Consideration of Agenda
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5. Public Comments
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Other than Agenda items (Limit 30 minutes, 5 minutes per speaker). During the public comment part of each regular board meeting, up to 30 minutes of time will be allowed for district constituents to address the board. Each person may have up to 5 minutes of time to speak. This is a time of "listening" by the school board. The board is here to listen only and will not take action or discuss topics brought forward during the open forum. It may, at is discretion, ask questions for clarification of issues. The board may, if it deems appropriate, bring said issues forward at a subsequent meeting. NO PERSONAL ATTACKS WILL BE ALLOWED. The open forum is the only opportunity for members of the audience to speak out during the meeting. Please attached form and follow the guidelines for presenting your topic.
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6. Organizational Meeting - Officers & Committees
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A Description of the 2015 Committees, Organizational Structure, and the 2015 Board Meeting Calendar is attached.
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6.1. Organization of the Board
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6.2. Board Committee Assignments 2015
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6.3. Board Calendar 2015
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7. Consensus Items
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7.1. Minutes
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7.2. Expense Reports Approval
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Approval of Finance Reports submitted on the 12/22/14 Workshop agenda.
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7.3. Donations
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A resolution must be passed by 2/3 of the board in order to properly accept the donations listed in the attachments. Resolution is also attached. No roll call vote is needed since the resolutions have been placed in the consent agenda.
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7.4. Policies
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7.4.1. 513 Student Promotion, Retention and Program Design - 2nd Reading
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No changes from 1st Reading
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7.4.2. 513.1 Student Grade Advancement and/or Subject Specific Acceleration Grades 3-8 - 2nd Reading
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No changes from 1st Reading
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7.4.3. 515 Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records - 2nd Reading
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No changes from 1st Reading
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7.4.4. 540 Student Clubs - 2nd Reading
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No changes from 1st Reading
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7.4.5. 610 Field Trips - 2nd Reading
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Note: Changes from 1st reading:
1) Page 7: Portion of paragraph mistakenly not deleted for 1st reading 2) Page 7: 7 (b): reference to E, #2 corrected to II to match our policy Added to Overall Guidelines on Pages 6-8: 1 A ) Special and specific release of liability waivers are required and must be drafted by the District’s legal counsel for ALL out-of-country field trips with the only exception being trips to Canada. 1 B ) For out-of-country field trips, with the exception of travel to Canada, the trip organizer will work with the superintendent and the District’s chosen Travel Company to insure that the District is added to the travel company’s liability insurance as an “additional insured party.” In the event that the travel company does not allow this practice, the District will purchase specific liability travel insurance with all costs associated with this expense to be borne by the participants of the trip. 5) Risk-based activities will not be allowed without parental or guardian release of liability waiver and acknowledgement of risk. 7) F Any additional and necessary liability insurance costs associated with out-of-country field trips, with the exception of trips to Canada, will be borne by the participants as referenced in the “Overall Guidelines To Be Considered Applicable To Field Trips Sponsored or Sanctioned by Independent School District 717” Section 1b. |
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7.4.6. 620 Credit for Learning - 2nd Reading
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No changes from 1st Reading
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7.5. New Hire - Elementary School Custodian - Robert Fimon
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7.6. New Hire - LTS Science Teacher - Nikki Elliott
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7.7. Medical Leave Request - Jessica Zablocki
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7.8. Maternity Leave Request - Kayla Dalbey
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7.9. Resignation Letter - Tom Voigt
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7.10. Resignation Letter - Shawna Popp
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7.11. Resignation Letter - Bernardine Salsman
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8. Action Items
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8.1. High School Student Registration Guide
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8.2. Spanish Trip Destination Approval
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8.3. Withdrawal of Bid from Bid Package # 3
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator America's bid was withdrawn due to errors.
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8.4. Bid Package # 3 Approval
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9. Board and Administrative Reports
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9.1. Superintendent's Report
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Building Construction Update - We will be scheduling a construction site tour for our Workshop meeting on January 26th. We will meet on site in the old Media Center at 6:30 PM. I will share a document outlining some additional classroom locations which will allow construction crews access to the eastern part of the new "spine." In addition, we will be answering questions about bid package three in anticipation of approving contracts under action items.
2015-2016 School Year Budgeting - We are working to load updates into our PMA Financial Budget program (January). This work, along with the student registration process (January - February), and information from the revenue projection workshop (February) will establish the main components of our proposed budget. Calendar Committee Update - 2015-2016 School Year Calendar SW Metro Educational Cooperative - Possible application for Intermediate status (see handout). January 24th Retreat Agenda/Outline Administrative and Board Retreat - January 24thTopics include: * Team Building Exercises * Strategic Plan Check-In Reports *Updates to strategic plan booklet with a comparative of where we were in the spring of 2014 vs. where we are now in the winter of 2015 *Updates to 3 year plan *Updates to timelines - when surveys will be procured, etc. *2015-2016 District Initiatives *Building Project Update *DLR and Wenck |
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9.2. HS Principal's Report
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9.3. MS Principal's Report
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9.4. ES Principal's Report
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9.5. Director of Teaching and Learning Report
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9.6. Activities Director / Assistant Principal Report
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9.7. Special Services Director's Report
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9.8. Community Education Director's Report
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9.9. Nutritional Services Director
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9.10. Communications and Marketing Report
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9.11. School Board Member Reports / Committee Reports
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10. Board and Superintendent Comments and Information Items
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MSBA Leadership Conference - Dinner at 5:30 PM on Thursday night. Be prepared to share information learned from the day's sessions.
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11. Adjourn
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