September 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM - Regular

Description:  Consent agenda items are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed as a consent agenda item and addressed.

Description:  Available for review in the superintendent's office - treasurer has received the report.

Description:  * August 12, 2013 - Work Session
* August 12, 2013 - Regular Board Meeting
* August 26, 2013 - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  1. Colleen Flamm - Food Services - HO (effective June 6, 2013)
2. Michelle Jackson - Student Support Para (Special Ed) - RR (effective November 8, 2013)
3. Nurul Arif Khan - Lunchroom Supervisor - TO (effective June 6, 2013)
4. Diane Lamont - Student Support Para (Floater) - Dist. (effective June 6, 2013)
5. Susan Schultz - Student Support Para - RR (effective June 6, 2013)
6. Dana Sullivan - Art Teacher (.05 FTE) - FH (effective immediately)
7. Elizabeth Titus - Student Services Secretary - HS (effective September 20, 2013

Description:  Each item of the resolution does not need to be read aloud, however, board approval of the resolution as a whole by roll call vote is requested.

Description:  With help from NASA, PLSAS teachers pull off zero-gravity experiment.  
Teachers are:  Becky Stark, Laura Kuechenmeister, Brent Stufft, Terri Thomas, Ben Ficklin 

Description:  A fifteen minute time period is set aside to receive citizen input through this open forum segment on the board agenda.

Description:  The board is requested to take action on the candidates for employment as presented.

Description:  The board is requested to approve the following leaves of absence as presented:
1. Charlene Lacy - Custodian - HO/TO (medical leave - August 9-September 12, 2013) 2. Erin Nielsen - Social Studies Teacher - HS (maternity/family leave - Dec. 27, 2013-March 2, 2013) 3. Kate Tinguely - Media Specialist - JP ( .28 FTE leave for the 2013-14 school year)

Description:  The board will be updated on the construction projects throughout the district.

Description:  An overview of the 2013 MCA results, district comparisons and our next steps with IQue our new Data Warehouse, will be presented.  No board action is requested.

Description:  A staff development roster will be presented for 2013-14.  Board action to approve the roster is requested.

Description:  This is a report only.  No board action is requested.

Description:  The following resolution will be introduced and board approval is requested via roll call vote:
RESOLUTION RELATING TO COLUMBUS DAY, OCTOBER 14, 2013

Description:  The board will proclaim September 17, 2013 as Constitution Day and September 16-20, 2013 as Constitution Week in PLSAS.

Description:  The following resolution will be introduced and board approval is requested via roll call vote:
RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT

Description:  The board, during the August 19 board retreat, worked on a 2013-2015 School Board Governance Plan.  From this plan, a draft of the school board goals will be brought forward for review and adoption.

Description:  Second and final reading of the following policies:
Policy 502:  Search of Student Lockers, Desks, Personal Possessions, and Student's Person
Policy  506.2: Removal of Students with IEP's from School Grounds·     
Policy 521:  Student Disability Nondiscrimination
(can be approved individually or as a group)

Description:  * Director of Business Affairs Cink will report on the audit and levy certification.

Description:  Committee Listings:
* Student Council  (Babcock)
Internal School Board Committees:
* Certified and Administrative Personnel Committee (Shimek, Sorensen Ruelle)
* Educational Support Staff Personnel Committee (Wolf, White)
* Policy Committee (Ruelle, Shimek)
Ad-Hoc Committee Representation:
* Facilities Committee (Wolf, White)
* Transportation Committee (White)
* Finance Committee (Ruelle, Sorensen, White)
* Technology Committee (Murray, Rittenour)
District Wide Committee Representation:
* Meet & Confer (Shimek, Sorensen, Ruelle)
* Superintendent's Advisory Committee (Wolf)
* District Curriculum Advisory Committee (Murray, Wolf, Rittenour)
* Community Education Services Advisory Council (Rittenour)
* Early Childhood Family Education Advisory Council (Shimek)
* Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) (Rittenour)
External Committees and Agency Representatives
* Schools for Equity in Education (Ruelle)
* SW Metro Educational Cooperative (Wolf)
* MSHSL (Shimek)
* SCALE (Shimek, Sorensen)

Description:  * Fall Community Fest - September 16, 2013 - HS - 6:00 to 8:30 pm
* Homecoming Coronation - September 16, 2013 - HS - 7:00 pm
* Constitution Day - September 17, 2013
* Homecoming Festivities - September 18-21, 2013
* Joint board meeting with the Laker Educational Foundation - Sept. 18, 2013 - DSC - 6:30 pm
* Board Study Session - September 23, 2013 - DSC - 6:00 pm

Description:  The meeting will be closed in accordance with the Open Meeting Law (Minn. Stat. 13D.03) for the purpose of discussing negotiation strategy.