December 14, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

I. Opening of Meeting

I.A. Call to Order

I.B. Roll Call

I.C. Mission:  Nurturing Each Child, Educating All Students, Building World Citizens

I.D. Approval of Agenda

I.E. Approval of Minutes

I.E.1. November 23, 2015 regular meeting

I.E.2. December 2, 2015 special meeting

I.E.3. December 7, 2015 - worksession

II. Student Representative Report 

III. Superintendent's Report 

IV. Presentation

IV.A. Student Survey - ELHS Statistics Class 

IV.B. Committee for Educational Programming 

V. Parent Council Reports 

VI. Consent Agenda 
Motion:  The Board of Education approve the consent agenda to include the following items:

VI.A. hiring of Morgane Stewart, 1.0 FTE Pinecrest Elementary School Teacher at the MA Step 2 level effective January 4, 2016.

VII. Public Comment:    This is the opportunity to address the Board.  Speakers are to confine their remarks to five minutes.  If a speaker requires more than five minutes, after all other persons who have requested to speak during this part of the meeting have spoken, that speaker will be allowed additional time.  The Superintendent or other district staff may comment to clear up or avoid significant misunderstandings. 

VIII. Action Items

VIII.A. Educational Programming at Red Cedar and Donley
Motion:  The Board of Education approve the recommendation of the Committee for Educational Programming for initiating innovative educational programming at Red Cedar and Donley Elementary Schools.

VIII.B. Construction Bids - Central Office and Maintenance Bldg.
Motion:  The Board of Education award the bid for the Administrative Area Renovation and Maintenance Building Project to Moore Trosper in the amount of $648,450.00. 

VIII.C. Policy 4300 - Student Transportation Management - Revision
Motion:  The Board of Education approve Policy 44300 - Student Transportation Management as revised by the Policy Committee to become effective beginning with the 2016-17 school year. 

VIII.D. Policy 1010 - District Legal Status - Revision
Motion:  The Board of Education approve Policy 1010 - District Legal Status, as revised by the Policy Committee.

VIII.E. Policy 1015 - District Mission Statement - Revision
Motion:  The Board of Education approve Policy 1015 - District Mission Statement as corrected by the Policy Committee.

VIII.F. Policy 1180 - Board Advisory Committee - Revision
Motion:  The Board of Education approve Policy 1180 - Board Advisory Committee as revised by the Policy Committee.

IX. Board Discussion 

IX.A. Committee of the Whole - Possible worksession on January 4, 2016

IX.B. Meeting Norms 

IX.B.1. Time Parameters for meeting and each agenda item

IX.B.2. Save questions until presentation is complete

IX.C. East Lansing Forward - Collection Boxes

X. Committee Reports 

X.A. Intergovernmental Relations

X.B. Personnel Committee

X.C. Policy Committee

X.D. Ingham School Officers Association (ISOA)

XI. Recognition 

XI.A. Edgewood Village Scholars Seniors - Austin Brown accepted to MSU and LCC, Malcym Carroll accepted to Clark University, Mohammed Mohammed Salih accepted to MSU and Purdue University

XI.B. New ELHS Club - Students for females in STEM 

XI.C. Intercultural Dialogues Open House at ELHS

XII. Announcements 

XIII. Adjournment