August 5, 2020 at 6:00 PM - Independent School District 507 Special School Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. ROLL CALL
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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4. DESIGNATE LEARNING MODEL TO BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR
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The Minnesota Safe Learning plan was announced by Governor Walz last Thursday. The plan requires school districts to establish a Safe Learning Advisory Council to determine a safe learning model to begin the upcoming school year. Membership must consist of school board members, bargaining units, staff, students and families. The NPS committee is: Dr. Malone, Todd Toulouse (admin/parent), Scot Osborne and Adam Erickson (board members/parents) Lisa Fischer (NEA rep), Isabella Havemeier (student). The committee met August 4th.
The "Safe Learning Advisory Council" used the MDH Data For K-12 Schools (attached) to:
The Superintendent recommends that the school board adopt the Hybrid Learning For All Students option to begin the school year, as recommended by the Safe Learning Advisory Council.
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5. PURCHASE OF CHROMEBOOKS
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Chromebooks will be needed for every student if we implement the hybrid learning model at any time during the school year. Our language arts curriculum (Wonders) is web-based only. The curriculum includes reading, phonics, handwriting, spelling, vocabulary, and grammar. The K-2 teachers were surveyed and unanimously agreed that it would not be possible to deliver the language arts curriculum without students having access to the web-based Wonders curriculum. The teachers recommended that each student have a Chromebook.
When we conducted distance learning last spring, all students were at home. Chromebooks were allocated per family, so students within the same household could share the same device. As a result, fewer Chromebooks were needed and every student had access to a device. Under the hybrid learning scenario, students are divided into two groups (A & B). The two groups of students attend school on different days. All students within a household will be assigned to the same group. However, when the students from a given household are in school, they will each need their own device. The Chromebooks can be purchased by reallocating existing budgets and utilizing available grants. The expenditure will not decrease our general fund balance.
The Superintendent recommends approving the purchase of 140 Chromebooks in the amount of approximately $38,764. |
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6. ADJOURNMENT
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