March 12, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. RECOGNITIONS

II.1. State Wrestling

II.2. State Gymnastics

II.3. State Mock Trial

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

IV. COMMUNICATIONS

IV.1. Board Communications Received

IV.2. Citizen Communications

IV.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.

V. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DISCUSSION

V.1. Elementary School Planning Committee

V.1.a. Co-Chairs of the Committee - Maggie Tucker and Leah McDonald will update the board with a summary of the last ESPC meeting and Members Gundlach and Steffes will update the board on the operations committee meeting and request a Design Workshop to guide the committee's work.

V.1.b. Enrollment Report
A report offers a summary of the Enrollment Projections Analysis completed for the Mineral
Point School District by the Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Projections from 2018/19 to 2027/28 are provided for the district as a whole, and individually for each
grade and grade grouping. The projections process uses a combination of historical enrollment data,
birth trends, and projections, housing starts data, and population trends to create reasonable
assumptions about future growth scenarios and the likely impact on the school district.

V.2. Budget Development Timeline
The District offers the board an opportunity to review and discuss the budget development timeline and revised budget assumptions in the preparation of the preliminary budget. 

V.2.a. Revised Budget Assumptions

V.2.b. Studer Education

V.3. Strategic Plan
The strategic plan has foci surrounding board and community relations and communications.  Action plans recently crafted at the professional development session last Friday will be shared with the board along with a request for the board to consider community listening sessions.

V.3.a. Listening Sessions

V.3.b. Action Plans

V.4. Review of Curriculum and Instruction per Policy 334

VI. ITEMS FOR ACTION

VI.1. MS/HS Re-Roof 
Kraemer Brothers received bid proposals for the MS/HS re-roofing project and following conducted a summary review of the plans.  Kraemer Brothers in conjunction with FEH design is prepared to make a final recommendation to the board for approval.

VI.1.a. Timeline

VI.1.b. Bid Summary Sheet and Approval of Roofing Contractor

VI.2. Approval of Reduction in Force
The elementary principal in conjunction with the superintendent recommends a reduction in force for the elementary school to the school board. A reduction in force means reducing a position (full non-renewal); it does not necessarily mean a reduction in staffing levels. The recommendation is based on the smallest enrollment of K-12 grade levels entering kindergarten next year coupled with a report summary on enrollment trends, conducted by the Applied Population Lab, suggesting steady to slightly declining 4K-12 enrollment in the Mineral Point School District in the near term.  In the implementation of staff reductions, an individual employee shall be selected for layoff in accordance with the steps defined in the Employee Handbook.The District recommends a single reduction in force (one full-time non-renewal) from the elementary school grades Pre-K through 5.

VI.3. School Calendar
The district shares survey results that includes feedback surrounding three calendar optoins proposed at last month's regular meeting.  The District recommends adopting Option C for the  18-19 and 19-20 school years.  

VI.4. Second Reading Board Policy 457 School Wellness

VI.5. Approval of Board Policy 200 Series

VI.6. Second Reading Board Policy Rules 343.44, 343.44, 343.46

VII. BUSINESS SERVICES

VII.1. Approval of Expenses in Excess of $5,000

VII.1.a. FEH On-Site Design Workshop Charrette - Two Day (March 20 &21)

VII.2. Credit Card Statement of Activity

VII.3. Approval of Bills Payable

VIII. EMPLOYEE SERVICES

VIII.1. Vacancy Updates

IX. CONVENE IN POSSIBLE CLOSED SESSION

X. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION

XI. NEXT MEETING DATES

XII. ADJOURN

XIII. OTHER ENCLOSURES