May 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM - GENERAL MEETING OF THE BOARD

Description:  Hennepin County Wellness by Design Award letter is attached as information.

Description:  Minnesota Association of Government Communicators (MAGC) awarded Intermediated District 287 three awards at the 2010 Northern Lights Awards banque.

Description:  Christopher Ringe is a soon to be graduate of our Phase Program at Edgewood Education Center.  Christopher and his parents, Judi Marie and Mitch Ringe will talk about the services that they have received from District 287 and their home district of Osseo over the past 21 years starting when Chris first came home from the hospital.  Chris will also explain what his plans are after graduation.

Description:  Two recent letters are attached as information.

Description:  Anne Marie Bailey, Diane Gerads-Schmidt, and Barb Skelly will provide an overview on augmentative communication team, which has developed an informal assessment, Essential Communication Skills Inventory, which is used with students who are multiply disabled and non-verbal.  This assessment provides a tool for member district staff to do initial and ongoing assessment of communication skills with a population of students who are difficult to assess using traditional measures.  The test provides the basis for the augmentative communication specialist to work with the IEP team to develop a communication system for the students.

The assessment was presented at the state Charting the C's conference this spring.  The assessment is going to be available for sale. 

Description:  Janet Johnson will provide an overview of the monthly finance report.  (Documents not ready at time of BoardBook upload.  Documents will be loaded on Tuesday, May 25, 2010.)

Description:  Janet Johnson will present a resolution allowing the District to reimburse itself from North Education Center (NEC) project financing for early expenses related to the NEC project.

Description:  Committee Chair Peyton Robb will provide a brief overview of the May 18, 2010 meeting. 

Description:  Committee Chair Robb will provide a Facility Committee recommendation on the purchase agreement for land on the Hosterman site to build NEC.

Description:  There will be three subsets of the main action. Each subset requires a roll call vote of the Board.  (Documents not ready at time of BoardBook upload.  Individual resolutions with staff names will be loaded on Tuesday, May 25, 2010.)