January 26, 2012 at 7:00 PM - School Board Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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2. Roll Call
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3. Pledge of Allegiance
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4. Approve Agenda
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5. Approve Consent Agenda
(All items listed under the consent agenda are considered to be routine by the Board of Education and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these unless a Board member or citizen so requests in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered individually.) |
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5.1. Approve the minutes of the December 15, 2011 regular board meeting and January 5, 2012 special board meeting
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5.2. Approve payroll for January 20, 2012 and February 3, 2012
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5.3. Approve Accounts Payable for January 2012
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5.4. Approve Personnel Report
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6. Report of the Superintendent
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6.1. Review mid-year 2011-2012 student enrollment
Description:
Each year, the Meridian School District monitors mid-year enrollment. The chart shows the district's enrollment at the beginning of the second semester.
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6.2. Update on Boardbook training
Description:
Dr. Morelan will give the status of the Boardbook training.
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6.3. Update on Senate Bill 7
Description:
Dr. Morelan will report on the meeting he attended on Friday, January 6, 2012.
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6.4. ROE compliance visit
Description:
ROE Compliance Visit is scheduled for February 23rd and 24th.
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6.5. Update on Veolia
Description:
Dr. Morelan will give an update on the Supreme Court Case.
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6.6. 2011 Levy Confirmation
Description:
Dr. Morelan will report on the Levy change.
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6.7. January 31, 2012 Sensing Session
Description:
The January 31, 2012 Sensing Session is scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Meridian Junior High School. Mr. Pierce, Mr. Larson and Mr. Glendenning volunteered to attend this meeting.
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6.8. Third grade letters to Marines
Description:
Third graders at MC wrote letters to Marines.
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7. Student Advisory Report
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8. Notices and Communications
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9. Community Input
(This is the time when visitors may request to address the Board of Education on any item relating to the role and function of the Board of Education. When the Board President so directs, persons should stand, give their name and address and begin their statements. Persons are asked to refrain from making any personal comments regarding any individual. The Board President reserves the right to limit presentations to five minutes.) |
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10. Unfinished Business
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10.1. Discuss/approve IObservation
Description:
Cheryl Metcalf presented information at the last board meeting and requests board approval.
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10.2. Discuss Board Strategic Plan/Priority List
Description:
This is brought back from the 12/15/11 meeting. The Board President and Mr. Steenken were to develop and send out with a return due back by 1/10/12.
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10.3. Discuss Board Agenda Formats
Description:
At a previous meeting, there was discussion about the possibility of moving the Community Input agenda item to a different spot on the board agenda. Alternative agendas were presented from Page 9 of the Coming to Order book.
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10.4. Review/approve Wage Increase for Health Services Staff
Description:
At the December 15, 211 board meeting, Mrs. Glendenning presented information and requests Board approval for a wage increase for the health services staff from 14.50/15.00 to $17.50/18.00 per hour. (The "opt out " of insurance portion of the recommendation will be evaluated by the ESP Committee.)
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10.5. Approve SVHS Course Description Updates for 2012-2013
Description:
At the December 15, 2011 board meeting, Mr. Mandzen presented SVHS Course Description Updates for 2012-2013. Request Board approval.
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10.6. Transportation Handbook
Description:
The Transportation Handbook has been an agenda item off and on since the Transportation Report at the July 21st meeting. Additional information, review by bus drivers and review by legal counsel were requested.
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10.7. Update on Administrator Compensation/ESP Salary Schedule
Description:
Mr. Gaudreau is working on getting some meetings scheduled.
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11. New Business
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11.1. Highland School Improvement Plan
Description:
Mr. Coulahan will provide an overview of the activities/initiatives to improve student achievement at Highland School.
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11.2. IBPSC
Description:
Dr. Morelan will review the IBPSC meeting which was held on Thursday, January 19th.
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11.3. Present/review/discuss the Seniority List for 2011-2012 (Certified Staff only)
Description:
Per the collective bargaining agreement, the certified staff seniority list must be published by the School Board by February 1st of each year. Each teacher has 30 calendar days to file written objections to his/her ranking.
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12. Board Comments
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13. Adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District, semi-annual review of closed session minutes, and other stated exceptions to the Open Meetings Act
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14. Reconvene in open session
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15. Board action from executive session
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16. Adjourn
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