October 8, 2012 at 5:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  Notice of the meeting was given in advance by publishing in the Dakota County Star. All proceedings hereafter shown took place while convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Rationale:  Using MAP Data to measure individual academic progress for each student.

Rationale:  This is to help alleviate  first semester only  student numbers in Algebra.

Rationale:  While reviewing policy section 100: district organization I noticed that policy 106: policy dissemination did not align with policy 306.01: policy dissemination.  I’ve updated policy 106 to read similar to policy 306 in the administration section.

Rationale:  The following is from a legal update from the Harding and Shultz Law Firm concerning evaluation of probationary employees.  All probationary employees must be evaluated during the first semester of the 2011-12 school year.  You also must schedule a post conference for each probationary teacher’s evaluation prior to the beginning of second semester so that there is no confusion about whether the evaluation truly occurred during first semester.  See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-828(2).  The evaluation statute applies to probationary teachers and probationary administrators, such as principals and athletic directors.  The failure to evaluate probationary certificated employees in the manner required by statute can result in a loss of the school district's ability to nonrenew a poorly-performing employee. 

Rationale:  The revised policy incorporates the recently approved Rule 10 requirements.

Rationale:  This new policy is based on the guidelines created by the Nebraska Secretary of State’s office on record management.

Rationale:  The board may go into executive session for the protection of public interest.