April 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM - Regular

Description:  Consent agenda items are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed as a consent agenda item and addressed.

Description:  Available for review in the superintendent's office - treasurer has received the report.

Description:  Minutes from the March 12, 2012 regular meeting and the March 26, 2012 study session.

Description:  1)  $1,000 from the Prior Lake Optimist Club for the SMART Response System Training Program at Hidden Oaks Middle School
2)  Standing desks from Commercial Furniture Services for the special education department at Hidden Oaks Middle School
3)  $100.00 from Michael & Marianne Hagen to Grainwood Elementary School
4)  Donations from the Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign as follows:
Grainwood Elementary:  $300.00 from Jennifer Everson, $300.00 from Jill Dahl
Prior Lake High School:  $230.76 from Loretta Sperle, $115.38 from Brionne Sillman, $92.28 from Marlys Gesme and $150.00 from Diane Haedt
5)  $75.15 from the California Closets Back To School Promotion for Prior Lake High School
6)  $100.00 from Lori Frank for the student scholarship program at Hidden Oaks Middle School
7)  $990.00 from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux for the expansion of the Second Step Curriculum at Hidden Oaks Middle School
8)  $100.00 from Sophia Nimsger for 4th grade (SAGE) at WestWood Elementary.
9)  $105.00 from Lita Kennedy for the art program at Hidden Oaks Middle School.
10) Books valued at $75.00 from Laura Casanova for the student classroom libraries at Grainwood Elementary.

Description:  1) Julie Christensen - Speech Language Pathologist - GD (effective August 27, 2012)
2) Shara Davis - Student Support Para (Special Ed-ECSE) - EW (effective April 19, 2012)
3) Katelynn Fast - 9th Grade Girls Soccer Coach - HS (effective immediately)
3) Kelly Govern - Kids' Company - GW (effective immediately)
4) Rachel Hammarberg - Student Support Para (Special Ed-Lifeskills) - TO
5) Jeff Hoeg - 9th Grade Volleyball Coach - HS (effective 2012-13 school year)
6) Alyssa Johnson - Kids' Company Assistant - FH (effective immediately)
7) Tammy Juran - Student Support Para (Special Ed) - RR (effective April 5, 2012)
8) Tino Nunez - B Squad Boys Soccer - HS (effective immediately)
9) Mark Wade Senn - Adapted Softball Team Coach - HS (effective March 12, 2012)
10) Mark Wade Senn - Student Support Para (Special Ed-Lifeskills) - HS (effective immediately)

Description:  A fifteen minute time period is set aside to receive citizen input through this open forum segment on the board agenda.

Description:  The board is requested to approve the following district retirements:
1) Kurtis Boegeman - Custodian - HS (4 years of service)
2) Mary Beth (Betsy) Laurent - Speech, Lanugage Pathologist - WW (35 years of service)
3) Nancy Olson - Kids' Company Secretary - KC (6 years of service)

Description:  The board is requested to take action on the candidates for employment as presented.

Description:  The board is requested to approve the following leaves of absence:
1) David Brown - Dean of Students - Bridges (military leave - March 30-June 8, 2012)
2) Jane Connelly-Smith - Custodian - HS (medical leave - June 1-September 1, 2012)
3) Patricia Gorman - Noon Supervisor - JP (medical leave - April 23-June 4, 2012)
4) Dan Friedrick - Custodian - HS (medical leave - June 1-July 29, 2012)
5) Darcy Hempel - 1st Grade Teacher - FH (maternity leave - August 27-December 21, 2012)
6) Maren Meade-Anderson- School Social Worker - HS (maternity leave - September 4-November 26, 2012)
7) Heidi Murray - 3rd Grade Teacher - GD (job share - 2012-13 school year)
8) Jessica Robison - 3rd Grade Teacher - GD (job share - 2012-13 school year)
9) Deborah Rubash - Speech Language Pathology - EW (.5 leave - 2012-13 school year)
10) Andrea Zack - 4th Grade Teacher - GW (maternity  leave - September 26-December 21, 2012)

Description:  The board is requested to approve the following new and revised job descriptions:
1)  Curriculum Coordinator (C-52)
2)  Special Education Teacher - Academic Evaluation (C-17)

Description:  Roll call vote is requested.

Description:  The following employment agreement is recommended for approval:
* 2011-14 Food Services Local 284 Employment Agreement
Board action is requested.

Description:  The following additional staffing is being recommended for the 2012-13 school year:
* 1.0 Licensed School Nurse (LSN)
The funding for this position will come out of money generated from Third Party Billing.
Board action is requested.

Description:  Additional 4.4 FTE staffing at Prior Lake High School will be proposed.
Board action is requested.

Description:  The E-STEM draft recommendations were presented to the board at their study session in March, 2012.  The Curriculum Advisory Committee and the E-STEM Committee have finalized the recommendations that will be presented to the board for a first reading.  Board action will be requested at the May 7, 2012 regular board meeting.

Description:  Board action is requested.

Description:  This is an annual report.  No board action is requested.

Description:  Committee findings and recommendations were presented at the board study session in March 2012.  The committee will present their final recommendations to the board for a first reading.  Board approval will be requested at the May 7, 2012 board meeting.  The proposed recommendations woudl be implemented beginning with the Class of 2013.

Description:  A proposal will be presented to the board to self-fund the dental plan, effective July 1, 2012.  Board action is requested.

Description:  This is a report only.  No action is requested.

Description:  Board approval is requested.

Description:  The Facilities Committee has reviewed the plan.  Board action is requested.

Description:  The 2013-14 school calendar has been edited and reviewed by the calendar sub-committee and Meet & Confer.  The committees are requesting board approval.

Description:  The Meet & Confer Committee has recommended that some of the improvements from the 2013-14 be implemented starting with the 2012-13 school calendar.  The adjustments will be highlighted as follows:
* Early Releases with the exception of September 26th will occur on End of Quarter days.
* Parent Conferences (Gr. 6-12) will change as follows:  Oct. 15 to Dec. 13 and Feb. 28 to Apr. 30
* Elementary Conferences (Gr. K-5) will change from March 5 to March 7
Board action is requested to approve the revised 2012-13 school calendar.

Description:  The board will discuss the process to be used for the evaluation of the superintendent according to Board Policy 304.

Description:  The board is requested to review.  Board action will take place May 2012.

Description:  The board is asked to report only if a recent meeting was held.
* Student Council  (Sticha)
Standing School Board Committees
Facilities Committee (Anderson, Sorensen, Wolf)
Certified and Administrative Personnel Committee (Shimek, Pratt, Sorensen)
Educational Support Staff Personnel Committee (Wolf, Anderson)
Transportation Committee (Ruelle, Murray)
Finance Committee (Pratt, Murray, Ruelle)
Policy Committee (Ruelle, Shimek)
District Wide Committees
Meet & Confer (Pratt, Shimek, Sorensen)
Superintendent’s Advisory Committee (Wolf)
District Curriculum Advisory Committee (Anderson, Murray, Wolf)
District Staff Development Committee (Murray)
Community Education Services Advisory Council (Ruelle)
Early Childhood Family Education Council (Ruelle)
Special Education Advisory Council (Wolf)
Laker Pride/Correspondence Committee (Sorensen)
Chemical Health Committee (Shimek)
Continuous Improvement (Shimek)
External Committee and Agency Meetings
SEE (Sorensen, Ruelle)
Metro ECSU (Murray)
MRVSEC (Anderson)
MSHSL (Shimek)
SCALE (Shimek)
MNSCU (Anderson)
Carver-Scott Coop (Anderson)

Description:  * April 28, 2012 - Prom - Grand March - HS - 4:30 pm
* May 2, 2012 -  Early Release - All Schools
* May 7, 2012 - Regular School Board Meeting - DSC - 7:00 p.m.