SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA

September 21, 2010

6:30 P.M.

District Boardroom

  1. Call Meeting to order. ______P.M.
  1. Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance
  1. Approve meeting agenda
  1. Opportunity for visitors to address the board. Visitors may not discuss or share any private or personal data at a school board meeting. Any student, program or personnel concerns must first be brought to the appropriate building administrator to be resolved.
  1. Consent items.
  1. Approve board minutes of regular meeting on August 16th.
  2. Financial claims – Bills payable
  3. Revenue and Expenditure Guidelines
  4. Investment Log
  5. Accept donations from Target – HS $656.57, Elem $624.99
  6. Approve transportation contracts for a special education student
  7. Personnel-
  • The following hires are not new positions but will replace retirements, resignations, changed positions or fill in for maternity leave:
  1. Hire Cara Kline –Para (opening created due to a resignation)
  2. Hire Rebecca Castillo as Preschool Para (Long Term Sub for Kimberly Hernandez until November)
  3. Hire Rachel Haugrud – ESL Para-(opening created due to a resignation)
  4. Hire Amy Korf – High School Reading Teacher-(opening created due to resignation and shift of personnel)
  5. Carole Skalsky Title 1 teacher-(opening created due to shift of personnel)
  6. Hire Kristy Haugrud – Special Ed Para -(opening created due to shift of personnel)
  7. Kyle Haugrud—Special Ed Para-(opening created due to shift of personnel)
  • The following positions will be paid for by new grants, Title carry over dollars and/or new federal jobs money
  1. Denise Evenson – High School Phy. Ed. Teacher-3 hrs/day-(new Fed. Jobs money)
  2. Sherri Larson—4th grade class size reduction teacher (paid for by Title and federal jobs money)
  3. Ann Guler as Title I Para
  • Approve these two new hires due to special education students that require a Para (just a reminder that students go through a rigorous testing to qualify for Special Ed and only a very few qualify for a Para)
  • Hire Bonnie Haugrud – Special Ed Para
  • Hire Susan McKracken – Special Ed Para
  • Accept the following resignations
  • Mark Brickzin as Special Ed Para
  • AbdullahiHashi as Para
  • Stephanie McFarland –Kindergarten Teacher
  • Maggie Reese—Title III Para
  • Approve athletic position filled if/when enough students sign up to create two teams
  1. Hire Steve Schwantz – JH Football Coach-
  1. Approve annual contracts with LCSC for:
  2. Secondary Vocational Services
  3. Technology & Network Coord. Services
  4. Technology Integration Specialist Services
  5. School Readiness Teachers 990 hours
  6. ECFE Child Educator
  7. ECFE Parent Educator
  8. ECFE Coordination
  9. Home Visitor paid by United Way
  10. Caring Connections services paid by OTFC
  11. Approve 4 day school week calendar
  1. Business items.
  1. Certify Proposed Levy
  2. Approve Annual report on Curriculum, Instruction and Student Achievement
  3. Approve Memorandum of Understanding for Principals Contract as a result of reduction in administration
  4. Approve memorandum of Understanding with PREA for the Alternative Learning Program
  5. Approve Membership with Lakes & Prairie Adult Basic Education Consortium for the 2010-1012 program years
  6. Approve Student Handbooks
  7. Approve Transportation Memorandum of Understanding with OTWCAC-Head Start and Christianson Bus Service, Inc.
  8. Approve updated Transportation Bid Specs-changes made due to 4 day school week
  1. Administrative Reports
  1. Elementary Principal
  2. High School Principal/AD
  3. Program Director 21st Century Grant
  4. Superintendent
  1. Informal Discussion
  1. Upcoming meetings
  1. Work Session – October 5th, 6:30 p.m., meet with legislators
  2. Next regular meeting – October 19th, 6:30 p.m.
  3. MREA fall work shop November 3-5, 2010Arrowwood Conference Center
  1. Adjourn.