February 23, 2015 at 7:15 PM - Regular Meeting

I. ROLL CALL and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
   

II. QUALITY IN ACTION

II.A. Connie Garling-Squire, Director of Equity and Integration, will highlight some things that support the District's diverse community of learners through the East Metro Integration District (EMID) partnership: Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE), "Lovin' the Skin I'm in" after school program, and cultural liaison support.
  

III. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA AND MINUTES

III.A. Board of Education Meeting Agenda, February 23, 2015

III.B. Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes, February 9, 2015

III.C. Regular Board Meeting Minutes, February 9, 2015

III.D. Special Board Meeting Minutes, February 11, 2015
  

IV. CONSENT ITEMS

IV.A. Financial Claims:  Bills Payable (A. Bushberger)
  

IV.B. Staffing:  Appointments, Resignations, Transfers, Retirements, Abolishments, and Leaves (C. Miller)
    

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 9 and 23, 2015, for a negotiations update per the Open Meeting Law (Minn. Stat. § 13D).
   

V.B. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to schedule a 2015 Tri-District Joint School Board meeting on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at 6:00 PM, at Central Square Community Center.
  

V.C. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to approve the Resolution approving employment of the Board Clerk as a substitute in a classified position in the school district.
  

V.D. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to approve a Math Team field trip to Plymouth, Minnesota on March 13-14, 2015.
  

VI. POLICY

VI.A. Review, the following policies are under review until March 23, 2015.

VI.A.1. Field Trips Policy #610

VI.A.2. Early Entrance Policy #617

VI.A.3. Basic Standards Testing, Accommodations, Modifications, and Exemptions, for IEP, Section 504 Accommodations, and LEP Students Policy #615

VI.A.4. Use of School Resource Officers, Peace Officers and Crisis Teams to Remove Students with IEPs from School Grounds Policy #532
  

VII. REPORTS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

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

VII.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
   

VIII. SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA

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

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

IX. ADJOURNMENT