August 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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I. CALL TO ORDER
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II. RECOGNITION - 4th grader, Finwe Wiedenhoeft, has been invited to the White House to meet Michelle Obama as a result of submitted a winning healthy recipe. Please see the link below.
http://www.recipechallenge.epicurious.com/ |
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III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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IV. COMMUNICATIONS
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IV.1. Correspondence/Board Communication
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IV.2. Citizen Comments
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If interested in addressing the School Board during the Communications portion of the meeting, please stand and state your name when the Board President requests communications from the citizens.
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V. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
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VI. CONSENT AGENDA
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VI.1. Administrative/Business Services
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VI.1.a. Approval of Bills Payable
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VI.2. Employee Services
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VI.2.a. Approval of Staff Appointments
The administration recommends the following staff appointments for approval for the 2012-2013 school year: |
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VI.2.a.1. Therese Dalton to a 1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher at MPHS/MPMS for the 12-13 school year. Therese's contract is based on lane MA 30, Effectiveness Level 3, Step 6 of the compensation plan.
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VII. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
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VII.1. Technology Update
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VII.2. Enrollment Update
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Luke Francois
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VII.3. Exit Surveys
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VII.4. Virtual School Update
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VIII. ITEMS FOR ACTION
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VIII.1. Authorization to Cease Transportation Operations
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Authorization of the district to cease operations for providing bus drivers and related transportation and terminate said employees thereby allowing for services to be transferred to the district's existing transportation vendor, First Student. The recommendation to cease operations for bus drivers is based on efficiency of operations, transferring liability, and reducing costs to the district. This recommendation is not based on performance or conduct of the bus driver employees. A representative from First Student stated that all District employees not employed by the District would be offered positions and retained by First Student.
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VIII.2. Support Staff TSA Contribution
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Currently the Board will pay each support staff a sum equal to 11.75% of their previous year's gross regular time wages to be placed into a tax sheltered annuity program specified by the employee. The amount for 11-12 for TSA's was 101,293.78
The question was raised whether support staff should pay a portion of their contribution toward the TSA benefit. At the last board meeting this item was asked to be placed on the next agenda with the request for information regarding what comparable districts do.
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VIII.3. Handbook Approvals
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VIII.3.a. High School
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VIII.3.b. Middle School
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VIII.3.c. Elementary
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VIII.3.d. Employee
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VIII.4. Approval of a Preliminary Budget
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A preliminary budget is presented for board approval. The budget as presented represents a live document that will be continuously updated in the areas of open enrollment, state aid estimates, and third Friday counts until the levy is certified in October. This document will carry the District until the final budget is approved.
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VIII.5. Approval of Gift
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The GridIron Booster Club has gifted $3,566 for the purchase of sideline headsets.
The District recommends approval of this gift.
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IX. CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER S.S. 10.85 (1)(c,e)
Description:
The District will convene in closed session for the purposes of discussing the music position candidates, evaluations of said candidates, and related compensation.
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X. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION
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XI. NEXT MEETING DATES & ADJOURNMENT
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September 10, Regular Board Meeting, Board Room MPHS |
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XI.1. Wednesday, August 15 Noon Board Room. Operations Committee
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XI.2. Monday, August 20 6pm Board Room. Special Meeting
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XI.3. Monday, September 10 7pm Board Room. Regular Meeting
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XII. OTHER ENLOCSURES
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