May 11, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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I. RECOGNITIONS
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I.1. 2015 Top Scholars
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I.2. Skills USA state qualifiers
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I.3. Solo/Ensemble state qualifiers
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I.4. Forensics state qualifiers
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I.5. FBLA state qualifiers
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I.6. FFA Speaking state qualifiers
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I.7. FFA Career Development qualifiers
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Mike Robinson
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I.8. American Legion Special Award
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I.9. D5 Athletic Director of the Year
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I.10. Odyssey of the Mind
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I.11. Delta Kappa Gamma
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II. CALL TO ORDER
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III. ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
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III.1. Election of Officers
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Nominations will be accepted and officers elected in the following order: President, Vice President, Clerk, and Treasurer. Each officer shall serve a term of one (1) year. Balloting for any of the four (4) above mentioned officers shall continue until a clear majority is received.
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III.2. Appointment of Secretary
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The Board will appoint a secretary each year. The secretary is an employee of the district and will not be a member of the Board.
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III.3. Establishment of Board Meeting Dates and Times
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The Board will establish both the meeting dates and times for future regularly scheduled board meetings. Currently the board meets the second Monday of the month at 7:00 pm.
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III.4. Determination of Board Member Salaries
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Board Policy 164 states each Board member will be paid for each regular, adjourned, and special meeting of the Board he/she attends and for the committee meetings he/she attends. The per-meeting amount shall be determined by the board annually. Last year the board voted to award a $50 monthly meeting stipend. The previous three years before that the Board did not take pay for meetings. Prior to that, the salary was $35 for Board Meetings and $25 for committee meetings.
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III.5. Appointment of Standing Committees
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Currently there are four standing committees: Operations, Policy, Personnel, and Finance.
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III.6. Appointment of CESA 3 Delegate
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An appointment of a CESA 3 delegate shall be determined.
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III.7. Appointment of a WASB Delegate.
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An appointment of a WASB delegate shall be determined.
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IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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V. COMMUNICATIONS
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V.1. Board Communications Received
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V.2. Citizen Communications
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If interested in addressing the School Board during the Communications portion of the meeting, please stand and state your name when the Board President requests communications from the citizens.
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V.2.a. President's Comments to the Audience
On behalf of fellow Board members, at this time I would like to invite any member of the audience to stand with comments about items of interest or concern that do or do not appear on the agenda this evening. Please begin by stating your name and address. It would be appreciated if you would limit your comments to three minutes so that we can keep the meeting moving in a timely fashion and allow others an opportunity to speak. We ask that you remember that Wisconsin law prohibits us from discussing specific employees or their job performance. Thank you for your support of our school district. |
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VI. CONSENT AGENDA
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A member of the board may request any item to be removed from the consent agenda and defer it for a specific action and more discussion. No vote of the board will be required to remove an item from the consent agenda. A single trustee's request shall cause it to be relocated as a action item eligible for discussion.
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VI.1. Administrative/Business Services
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VI.1.a. Approval of Bills Payable
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VI.1.b. Approval of Budget Amendments
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VI.2. Personnel Services
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VI.2.a. Approval of Staff Resignations
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VI.2.a.1. Dianna Rogers requests resignation from her 1.0 FTE Spanish Teacher position effective June 30, 2015.
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VI.2.a.2. Dan Rhode requests resignation from his 1.0 Special Education Teacher position effective June 30, 2015.
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VI.2.b. Approval of Staff Assignments
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VI.2.b.1. Dan Graber to a .5 FTE custodial position effective May 11, 2015. Dan's salary is based on Step 1 of the custodial salary schedule.
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VI.2.b.2. Melissa Callaway to a .5 FTE custodial position effective May 11, 2015. Melissa's salary is based on Step 1 of the custodial salary schedule.
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VI.2.b.3. Tom Behrens to a 1.0 FTE grade 6-12 Special Education Teacher effective July 1, 2015. Tom's salary is based on Bachelors Lane Effectiveness Level 11.
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VI.2.b.4. Bethany Payne to a 1.0 grade 6-8 Special Education Teacher effective July 1, 2015. Bethany's salary is based on Bachelor's Lane Effectiveness Level 1.
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VII. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
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VII.1. Budget Plan Approval
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Presentation and approval of a budget plan, once adopted, will begin implementation actions.
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VII.2. Credit Reimbursement Policy
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Commencing with the 2015-2016 school year certified staff receive $150/credit reimbursement for credits toward a degree in the field in which he/she is teaching or alternative field with prior approval of the District Administrator.
The board will deliberate whether to have a longevity clause whereby a teacher must remain in the district for 'x' years following the credit attainment and subsequent reimbursement. |
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VII.3. Strategic Plan
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The 2015 Board of Education should determine if a review of the strategic plan to include vision, mission, beliefs, goals, and action plans is desired and if so select dates and times for the review. A decision should be made of whether attendees from the past and/or new participants and facilitators should be included.
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VII.4. Badger Exam ACT/ASPIRE Report Out
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VII.5. Board Conflict of Interest Policy
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VIII. ITEMS FOR ACTION
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VIII.1. Approval of Property Insurance
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The District's current property insurance carrier, the Local Government Property Insurance Fund, will cease to exist in the coming years and reflects significant increases in the short-term as a result of the current state budget as approved by the joint finance committee. The District bid out property insurance and recommends approval of EMC as the property insurance carrier. EMC is currently the carrier of all liability insurance for the district.
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VIII.2. Selection and Adoption of Instructional Materials - HS Social Studies
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The high school social studies department, in conjunction with administration, has reviewed curriculum and recommends approval of geography and psychology textbooks from Glenco/McGraw Hill. The geography text, Geography: The Human and Physical World, and psychology text, Understanding Psychology has costs of $4,800 and $2,786 respectively.
Glenco/McGraw Hill catalog (https://www.mheonline.com/assets/pdf/catalogs/Social_Studies_Price_List.pdf ) Pages 42 and 53 |
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VIII.3. Approve Open Enrollments
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The board must approve open enrollments in and out of the district. Ten students have applied to open enroll in and five to open enroll out. One open enrollment in must be denied as the board previously voted to close open enrollment for grade 6 in the 15-16 school year.
Upcoming Deadlines June 5 – deadline for NONRESIDENT to notify parents of approval/denial. Notice must be in writing and include the reason for denial. June 5 – NONRESIDENT must notify parents of school assignment June 12 – deadline for RESIDENT to notify parents if application is denied (notification of approval is optional). Notice must be in writing and include the reason for denial. June 26 – deadline for parents to notify NONRESIDENT of intent to attend. If notice is not provided, NONRESIDENT may determine that pupil will not attend.
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VIII.4. Approval of Summer School Contracts
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IX. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Presenter:
Luke Francois
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Leadership Now Conference
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X. CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION
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X.1. Evaluation and Compensation of Communications Director
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X.2. Indirect compensation of Middle School Principal Vickie Dahl.
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XI. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
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XII. NEXT MEETING DATES & ADJOURNMENT
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XII.1. Regular Board Meeting, June 8, 2015. MPSD Board Room 7:00 pm.
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XIII. ADJOURN
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XIV. OTHER ENCLOSURES
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