I will present information concerning enrollment and the overall flow of our first week back in session.  We have had a very good week with all aspects of our first week going very well – transportation, food service, enrollment, etc.

Last school year, we contracted with Springsted to work on updating our job descriptions across the district.  Along with the job descriptions, Springsted also has worked on a wage point system to match to our job descriptions to be used when MN Pay Equity reports are submitted and calculated to determine compliance.  I would like the school board to review the job descriptions and point system, provide any input that you may have, and ultimately approve both items at our 9/24 board meeting.  I have attached an electronic copy of all job descriptions and a copy of the point scale used for our district for your review.  If you have any questions, please contact me at any time.

I would like to propose a schedule for reporting benchmark progress on our various stated goals in our vision cards for the district.  I am working on a draft of this schedule and will have it for you at the meeting on Monday night.

At our next school board meeting, administration will be asking the school board to approve our proposed levy for the 2013 tax year which will fund our 2013-14 school year operations.  We are still waiting for the initial information on our levy numbers from the MDE and will present that information if available at our work session on the 10th.  We do not anticipate any significant changes in our 2013 levy.

Along with six policies - 102, 214, 401, 402, 406 and 410 – to be reviewed against current revisions provided by MSBA, I have included a copy of a proposed BYOD policy for the district.  If eventually approved, the BYOD document would be included as a part of our Internet Acceptable Use Policy.  The six policies that are being reviewed have at most minor changes.  I have attached copies of the current MSBA Version and our current version for comparative purposes.

Wednesday, Sept. 12 – MSBA Area Meeting at St. Peter                                    
Monday, Sept 24 –   5:30 Finance Committee Mtg.
                                 6:00 Regular Board Mtg.