August 12, 2020 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting
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I. Call to Order
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II. Approval of Minutes
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II.A. Regular Meeting of July 1, 2020
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III. Visitors
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III.A. Report from Student Representatives
Rationale:
These reports will begin again in the fall.
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III.B. Public Comment
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IV. Administrative Reports
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IV.A. Superintendent's Report
Rationale:
1. Please note the personnel report as you will find several new hires reflected in it. I will also discuss additional new hires that may be necessary due to the pandemic.
2. While there is no enrollment report this month, we continue to see a significant increase in the interest level of families looking at our schools. 3. We are holding our annual Convocation during our professional development days in August. Michelle will review the details tonight during her Educational Presentation. You are all invited to virtually attend the convocation ceremony on 8/24. More details will be shared as we get closer to 8/24. We are also making plans for our annual new staff orientation for two days in mid-August. 5. I will update the Board on the before/after care program planning. 6. I will review our progress to date on our reopening plans. |
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IV.B. Business Manager's Report
Rationale:
Mrs. McCalla is on vacation so I will provide a year to date budget status report as well as a contingency fund report. I will also update the Board on unanticipated expenditures due to the pandemic as well as potential sources of reimbursement through FEMA and the CARES Act. |
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V. Educational Presentation
Speaker(s):
Michelle Dean
Rationale:
Mrs. Dean will provide an overview of our PD planning for August as well as an update on our diversity training and education.
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VI. Chairman & Board Report
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VII. New Business
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VII.A. Reopening Plan Statement
Speaker(s):
Ian Neviaser
Rationale:
Although there is no requirement for Board approval of our reopening plan, Diane and I feel it is important that the Board take a position of support for both our current plan and any future adaptations of said plan. I am recommending the following statement: The Region #18 Board of Education fully supports the current reopening plan as well as any future changes that our administration deems necessary to support a safe and productive educational environment for students during this pandemic. This requires Board action. |
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VII.B. AP Course Approval
Speaker(s):
Michelle Dean
Rationale:
Michelle will review the need to add an additional AP Art course that will not require any new staff or materials but will allow our students to benefit from the allowance of submitting more flexible portfolios. This requires Board action. |
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VII.C. Tuition Student Request
Speaker(s):
Ian Neviaser
Rationale:
I am recommending the approval of a tuition student in the PK program. This will bring us to 10 tuition students. This requires Board action. We have recently (August 11) had a request from another family who have two children (2nd grader and PreK) who would like to send their children here on a tuition basis. |
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VII.D. Policy 5132 Dress and Grooming
Speaker(s):
Ian Neviaser
Rationale:
I am recommending the addition of face covering language to our dress code policy. I have attached my recommended changes as well as a full new policy (which I do not recommend adopting) for your review. Due to the timing of this need, I suggest we waive a second reading and adopt this change tonight. This requires Board action. |
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VII.E. Additional PreK Section and Teacher
Speaker(s):
Ian Neviaser
Rationale:
As noted in my email to you, our class sizes in PK4 dictate the addition of a new teacher. This requires Board action per policy 4113.4 which is attached.
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VII.F. Microsoft Annual Licensing Agreement
Speaker(s):
Ron Turner
Rationale:
The RESC Alliance has completed bidding the Microsoft annual licensing agreement for the 2020-2021 school year. SHI International is the RESC Alliance recommended lowest bidder, and the pricing is within our budgeted value.
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VII.G. District Goals for 2020-2021
Speaker(s):
Ian Neviaser
Rationale:
I have attached the goals from the 2019-2020 school year to help begin the discussion on the 2020-2021 goals. Areas of focus for the coming year include: -education during a pandemic, which could cover numerous areas from safety and security to remote learning plans -diversity education and programming -sustainability as a result of our carbon reduction commitment. The idea is to use these concepts to provide the administration an idea of what goal areas you would like us to focus on. From your feedback, the administration will develop a draft set of goals for our next meeting. This does not require Board action at this point but does require Board input. |
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VIII. Old Business
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VIII.A. Closing of LOLHS Project
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VIII.B. Report of Committees: Facilities, Finance, Communications, Policy, LEARN, LOL Prevention Coalition, Sustainability
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IX. Correspondence
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X. Executive Session
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XI. Adjournment
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