December 13, 2012 at 6:30 PM - GENERAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
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1. CALL TO ORDER (Action)
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2. APPROVAL OF GENERAL MEETING AGENDA (Action)
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3. OPEN FORUM (Information)
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4. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA (Action)
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4.1. General Board Meeting Minutes from November 8, 2012
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4.2. Amended General Board Meeting Minutes from October 25, 2012
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4.3. Routine Human Resource Activities for December 13, 2012
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4.4. Hennepin County - West Education Center Lease Memo - November 20, 2012
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4.5. North Education Center (NEC) Change Order Memo - November 20, 2012
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5. SHARE THE SUCCESS & RECOGNITIONS
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5.1. Employee Recognition - The November "Above & Beyond" Employee (Anne Runck) will be announced to the Board.
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5.2. Karen Bendtsen Named "The ARC Minnesota Teacher of the Year"
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5.3. TIES Exceptional Teachers Award Winners, Scott Swanson and Jason Backes
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6. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT - (30 minutes) (Information)
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6.1. What the Board Members Should Know About Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/MacArthur Grant
Description:
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6.2. What the Board Members Should Know About District Technology
Description:
Chad Maxa, Director of Information and Technology will share some highlights from the Information Technology Department and its work throughout the district.
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6.3. Member District Usage Reports
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6.4. Launch of the New Member District Portals
Description:
Members of the Strategy One Steering Team, Chad Maxa, Kim Helgeson, Sandy Gaulke, Gloria Wilder, and Jane Holmberg, will demonstrate features of the new member district portals, including the Expense Estimator that will be used as districts predict costs for next year.
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6.5. Minnesota Department of Education Press Release "Minnesota Students Shine in International Assessments"
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6.6. Big Brothers Big Sisters Board of Directors
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7. INSTRUCTIONAL REPORT - None
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8. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES REPORT - (30 minutes)
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8.1. Financial Report
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8.1.1. Approval of Routine Monthly Finance Report (Action)
Description:
Mae Hawkins will provide an overview of the monthly finance report and the Board will be asked to approve it.
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8.1.2. FY12 Unaudited Fund Balance (Action)
Description:
Mae Hawkins, Director of Finance, will provide the Unaudited Fund Balance for FY12 and the Board will be asked to accept it.
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8.1.3. Sequestration (Information)
Description:
Mae Hawkins, Director of Finance, will provide information related to the federal Build America Bonds used to fund NEC and purchase Edgewood and the potential impact to the District in the event of sequestration.
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8.2. Facilities Report (Information)
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8.2.1. North Education Center (NEC) Facilities Committee Report (Information)
Description:
Tom Shultz, Director of Facilities will provide a brief overview of the November 20, 2012 meeting.
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8.2.2. North Education Center (NEC) Change Order Memo (Action)
Description:
Tom Shultz, Director of Facilities, will present what may be the final change order for NEC in the amount of $15,925.00 for additional top soil, and the Board will be asked to approve it.
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8.3. Human Resources Report - None
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9. BOARD BUSINESS - (30 minutes) (Information)
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9.1. Policy Review & Revision - None
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9.2. Board Reports
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9.2.1. Chair Report
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9.2.1.1. Discontinue Current Superintendent Contract Effective June 30, 2013 (Action)
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9.2.1.2. Approval of New Superintendent Contract Effective July 2, 2013 - June 30, 2016 (Action)
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9.2.1.3. Officer Election Process (Action)
Description:
Chair Bremer will recommend for approval to the Board the new nominating committee. Nominating committee members are Carol Bomben, Carter Peterson, and Sherry Tyrrell.
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9.2.1.4. January 24, 2013 Organizational Meeting Agenda (Sample)
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9.2.1.5. Review of "Get on the Bus" Event
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9.2.2. AMSD Report (Ann Bremer)
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9.2.2.1. December 2012 AMSD Connections Newsletter
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9.2.3. 2012 MSBA Leadership Conference, January 17-18, 2013
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9.2.4. NSBA 73rd Annual Conference, April 13-15, 2013
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9.3. District News (Information)
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9.3.1. School Board Planning Calendar
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9.3.2. December 13, 2012 Calendar
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9.3.3. North Education Center (NEC) Winter Music Program
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9.4. Once Around the Table
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10. ADJOURNMENT
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