April 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM - Superintendent's Weekly Update to the Board of Education
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1. Equity Provision in House Bill that Gives Districts Below $300 per pupil Referendum New Revenue Money
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Please find below an important and hopeful message from the Executive Director of Schools for Equity in Education (SEE) Brad Lundell.
Group: As the superintendents in SEE who work for districts with less than $300 per pupil in referendum revenue, there is good news in the House Education Finance bill. Article I, Section 14, of the bill revises a portion of the equity formula to provide districts with less than $300 per pupil in referendum revenue the difference between their current per pupil amount and $300 per pupil. In other words, if you have no referendum revenue, you will get $300 per pupil in new money. If you have $126 per pupil, you would receive $174 per pupil in new revenue (and so forth). This provision would take effect for the next school year (providing it passes). Because the levy has already been set for the next school year, the first year would be all aid and in subsequent years, the revenue would be aid and levy with the ratio determined by the first tier referendum equalizing factor. Call with any questions or comments. It’s my guess that the Senate will also be doing something for low referendum districts and I will let you know what that is as soon as it becomes known. You can then compare the provisions and provide me with guidance on which approach you prefer. At the very least, this is good news for all of you! Brad Lundell |
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2. Tentative Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Mid-State ITV College Courses
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I thought the Board may be interested in knowing the ITV college courses taken by students at Royalton and other Mid-State school districts. The two attachments show the breakdowns by districts, courses, and number of students from each school in each course.
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3. Applicants for HR/Payroll/Supt. Assistant Position
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We have received 74 applicants after 1 week of advertising for the HR/Payroll/Supt. Assistant position. 61 applications have been finalized and submitted by the candidates. The other 13 applications are "in progress" status.
Mary and I have been individually reviewing the online applications and rating each one. Score 1 is strongly recommended. Score 2 is recommended. Score 3 is not recommended. To date are the following ratings: 7 applicants with a 1 rating by either or both Mary and me 22 applicants with a 2 rating by either or both Mary and me 32 applicants with a 3 rating by either or both Mary and me Two applicants received a number 1 rating by both Mary and me. They both have experiences in school districts that match our advertised job description. We scheduled interviews with both of them next Wednesday evening. We will continue to review and assign scores to all future applications. |
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4. Make-Up Snow Days
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We now have 3 snow days for the year. It is still my recommendation students make-up one of the days on Friday, May 31. The other two days can be made-up by teachers only.
The principals and I could really use 2 additional teacher in-service days for training on RAMP-UP to Readiness, STAR Reading & Math, or the latest need iObservation. The two days can be scheduled on June 4 & 5 or August 21 & 22. The August dates would require an agreement with REM. |
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5. Presentation of Math Curriculum
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Schedule of first math curriculum presentation.
Elementary Media Center Monday, May 6 3:30 – 4:30 K-5 Math Expressions 4:30 – 5:30 HMD Burger Courses 1, 2, 3 & HMD Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 |
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6. Approval of Weekly Bills
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There are no weekly bills requiring your approval.
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