April 9, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. RECOGNITIONS

II.1. State Delta Kappa Gamma

II.2. State FFA Speaking

II.3. State Herb Kohl Winners

II.4. State Spelling Bee

II.5. Departing Board Members

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.

V.1.b. FEH representatives will share a community survey with the board for feedback before sending out to stakeholders.

V.2. FAST Program
The Mineral Point School District in collaboration with Mineral Point Elementary School and its parents completed the Families & Schools Together program during October through December. FAST at the Elementary School level is an award-winning, eight-week model program that targets the whole family and participation is strictly voluntary. 

V.3. 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. 

VI. ITEMS FOR ACTION

VI.1. Review of Curriculum and Instruction per Policy 334

VII. BUSINESS SERVICES

VII.1. Review of Purchasing Card Statement of Activity

VII.2. Approval of Bills Payable

VII.3. Approval of Purchases in Excess of $5,000.

VII.4. Approval of Budget Amendments

VIII. EMPLOYEE SERVICES

VIII.1. Approval of New Hires

VIII.2. Approval of Voluntary Retirement

VIII.2.a. The district recommends approval of the voluntary early retirement of Lifka Bennett from a 1.0 FTE Grade 5 Elementary Teacher position as of June 30th, 2018.

IX. CONVENE IN POSSIBLE CLOSED SESSION

X. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION

XI. NEXT MEETING DATES

XII. ADJOURN

XIII. OTHER ENCLOSURES