May 9, 2016 at 6:15 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  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.

Description:  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.

Description:  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.

Description:  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.

Description:  Currently there are four standing committees:  Operations, Policy, Personnel, and Finance.  

Description:  An appointment of a CESA 3 delegate shall be determined.

Description:  An appointment of a WASB delegate shall be determined.

Description:  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.

Description:  A one-to-one environment at the middle school is necessary to deploy blended learning strategies to include the use of online tutorials in Apex.  The District recommends the purchase of 40 Chromebooks in addition to the approved 60 Chromebooks to fill existing carts and provide for a one-to-one environment in grades 6-8.  Chromebooks would remain at school.  Chromebooks costs $250 each and management licenses cost $30 each.  Total additional investment is $11,200.

Description:  http://www.intruderdefenseservices.com/

Board follow-up to live presentation held April 14 at 3:45.

Description:  The District worked with Livermore Technologies to write an RFP to bring dark fiber from Hwy 151 into the District/High School/Middle School Building.  Bringing dark fiber will find up to 10GB of bandwidth into the building with no cost to transport internet service.  

The low bid is Holtger, a vendor that meets all required specifications and has worked in the district previously.  The low bid extended cost is $85,631.  After federal erate remibursements, the actual cost to the district will be approximate $51,000. A three-year contract with MPSDs current provider, Charter, costs the district $800 for 200 MG per month.  At an annual rate of $9,600 to Charter to transport fiber the project would pay for itself in just over five years.

The District recommends accepting Holtger as the selected vendor to install fiber into the High School/Middle School Building from Hwy 151.

Description:  The math team has undergone a two-year selection and adoption process to renew resources in the courses of Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II.  The team reviewed multiple resources, met with vendors, conducted site reviews and ultimately selected Big Ideas Math from Houghton Mifflin.  The cost of the instructional materials for a set of $60 is $6,057/course.  

The resources update a set of the almost decade-old materials and will update current resources to reflect Wisconsin Standards and the infusion of technology in the classroom.

The District recommends approval of the adoption of Big Ideas instructional materials.

Description:  Chapter 4 identifies ten common instances in which boards abandon their strategic role and, in so doing, interfere with the smooth, aligned operation of the district. This makes the initiatives the board wants to achieve harder to accomplish—even when the board thinks it is helping make things happen. Review the ten signals in the chapter summary on pages 78–80. Four of those signals—1, 2, 9, and 10—are a result of voting/decision-making by a board; three—4, 5, and 7—are a result of research/policy influences; and
three—3, 6, and 8—are culture-based. Then review the core values of a high-performing system outlined in Table 4–1: Core Values and Beliefs (page 74). 

Question 1:  Assess your board’s performance over the last three years. Which trouble signals
did you successfully avoid? To which signals has your board fallen victim?
Which will be the most difficult for your board to address, and why? 

Question 2:  Think back to any differences over the last three years between your board and
the superintendent, the administration, and/or the teachers’ organization. What
signals can you attach to them? Give specific examples. Discuss how the
conflict could have been avoided. 

Question 3:   How does the culture of your school system stack up against the core values of a
high-performing system described on page 74? What are your strengths? How
do you know? What are your opportunities for improvement? How do you
know? How does the collective impact of these core values affect productivity
and satisfaction in your school district? 

Question 4:  Is the relationship between the board, the superintendent, and union leadership
productive and professional? How do you know? How do you communicate?
How do you collaborate? How are differences resolved? How do you celebrate
success together? How do you share opportunities for improvement together? 

Description:  Convene to Closed Session Wisconsin State Statute 19.85 (1) (c)  Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.

Description:  Discussion and action of performance, evaluation, and related compensation of the Superintendent