February 25, 2013 at 7:15 PM - Regular Meeting

I. ROLL CALL and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 

II. PRESENTATIONS

II.A. QUALITY-IN-ACTION:

II.A.1. Dawn Rehn will welcome and introduce Kymn Paulson who will highlight the preschool book bag donations from the Friends of the Library committee at Inver Glen Library.
 

II.A.2. Primary Years Coordinator Nancy Gerber and Lincoln Center Fifth Grade Teacher Drew Johnson will share an outstanding fifth inquiry unit on environments in the area of Sharing the Planet.  This was an observation-based inquiry study using unique Science House resource, the Elwha River Model.  Students explored sediment erosion, transport, and deposition as well as the many complex environmental, engineering, and social issues.
 

III. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA AND MINUTES

III.A. Board of Education Meeting Agenda, February 25, 2013

III.B. Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes, February 11, 2013

III.C. Regular Meeting Minutes, February 11, 2013
 

IV. CONSENT ITEMS

IV.A. Financial Claims:  Bills Payable (D. Blackburn)
 

IV.B. Staffing:  Appointments, Resignations, Transfers, Retirements, Abolishments, and Leaves

IV.B.1. Certified

IV.B.2. Classified
 

IV.C. Field Trips

IV.C.1. Preliminary Approval for the 2014 IB History Trip to Spain, France, and Italy.  Trip will be done over Spring Break 2014.

V. BUSINESS ITEMS

V.A. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to approve scheduling a Closed Session following the regular business meetings on March 11 and 25, 2013, for a negotiations update per the Open Meeting Law (Minn. Stat. § 13D).
  

VI. REPORTS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

VI.A. Superintendent's Report
Dr. Dave Webb, Superintendent of South St. Paul Public Schools, will share pertinent items with the Board and community.
 

VI.B. Board Members' Reports/Committee Updates
Board members will report on recent educational activities/events in which they have participated as well as other informational items.

VII. SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA

VII.A. Closed Session per the Open Meeting Law (Minn. Stat. § 13D)

VII.A.1. Negotiations
 

VII.B. Other Business Deemed Necessary by the Board of Education
 

VIII. ADJOURNMENT