March 13, 2017 at 6:30 PM - Regular

Description:  Demuth, Habben, Hesse, Humbert, Schurman, and Wesenberg. 

Student Members:  Lisa Volkers, Taylor Dingmann, and Nick Warne.

Description:  The Board Chair will lead the board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Description:  Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

Description:  The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting.

Description:  This agenda item allows for comment and updates from the student representatives.  The more formal report opportunity remains the second meeting of the month, but opportunity to share information is also afforded at this meeting.

Description:  Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action.  Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.

Description:  The minutes from the special and regular meetings of February 27, 2017  are included in the exhibits. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meeting.

Description:  Matthew Zurbriggen, Instructional Coach, has submitted a letter of resignation effective at the end of the 2016-2017 school year.  As is noted in his letter, he has been offered an administrative position in another school district for the 2017-18 school year and will begin service in July.  Recommend acceptance of the resignation with appreciation for service.

Laura Eley, EL Teacher, has submitted a letter of resignation from her position effective at the end of the 2016-2017 school year.  Laura started with the district in 2015.  Recommend acceptance of the resignation with appreciation for service.

Description:  Shelly Muth, Principal of the Richmond and John Clark Elementary Schools, has submitted a letter of resignation for retirement purposes.  Shelly has been an administrator in the district for 24 years and has served students for 40 years.  Recommend acceptance of the resignation with appreciation for her many years of service.

Description:  Items listed as action items generally involve school board discussion prior to taking action.  The agenda items that follow are recommended for specific school board action.

Description:  The ROCORI School District has been receiving ADSIS funding for the last couple school years.  The funding is part of the state allocation related to special education.  The intent of the funding is to support intervention opportunities within school districts with the idea that the activities will help prevent special education placement of students.  

A team of academic leaders has been working to develop and refine the ROCORI ADSIS grant application.  Jen Sabol has recently helped to coordinate the final steps of the grant development process.  The team has worked with Beth Bertram in effort to maximize the use of ADSIS resources to support programs within the district.  

The primary focus of the ROCORI ADSIS application in the past, and with current submission, is to support intervention efforts at the Middle School level of the district.  Because the district has Title services across the elementary schools, the logical location for intervention and support services through ADSIS was to extend efforts into the Middle School.  The current application continues the services that have been instituted in the past.

The application must adhere to requirements and expectations from the Department of Education as well as state special education guidelines.  The structure and opportunities within the grant are limited to the defined activities supported at the Department of Education.  All efforts must be focused on interventions to assist students that would, ultimately, assist in prevention of special education placement.

Desired Outcome:  School Board member understanding of the grant application.  School Board support of the grant application by approving the application.

Recommend approval of the ADSIS grant application.  School Board approval commits the ROCORI District to the structure and processes for the next fiscal year.

Description:  Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action.  This is also the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item is required.  Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific action.

Description:  The Policy Committee has met to review some of the policies referred to Committee.  The committee revised policies before the last School Board meeting and were submitted for first reading at that time.  The committee is recommending that these policies return at the next meeting under the consent agenda for a third and final reading.  

Desired Outcome:  Review of the policies for clarification and revision before formal action to adopt as ROCORI District policies.  No formal action is required at this meeting as this constitutes the second reading of the policies, but any suggested revisions should be offered before the policy is fully adopted.

Recommendation:  Review policy with return at next meeting for third and final reading.

Description:  Members of the Administrative Team are expected to submit reports based on a schedule distributed among the team.  The reports are written and offered for board information.  The reports during the first meeting of the month are expected from the Academic team including principals and curriculum leaders.

Description:  The administrators responsible for the academic program of the district are afforded the opportunity to report to the school board at the first meeting of the month.  Reports received from the principals and academic leaders are included in the exhibits.  

Desired Outcomes:  School Board members are offered information about the academic and educational programs at each school site.  School Board members gain insight and understanding of the programs and initiatives in the buildings.  Emphasis during the month of March is on the district elementary buildings.

No formal action is recommended or required on the reports as they are submitted for informational purposes.

Description:  A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.