April 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM - DOUGLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

Rationale:  "Approve 10 high school students for early graduation at the end of first semester (graduating in less than eight semesters), pending successful completion of all required classes and credits."

Rationale:  A 6-12 Committee conducted a Thought Exchange and researched the benefits of a 10-point grading scale.  A 10-point grading scale will develop consistency with other high schools/ universities, create continuity for families moving to the area, and allow for scholarship/ college admissions transitions.  

Rationale:  To partner with NMSI to increase programming and professional development for Advanced Placement (AP) Courses and STEAM

Rationale:  Given our extensive discussion on this topic in February, I recommend forgiveness of the inclement weather days on March 31, April 4, and April 5, 2023.  With the forgiveness of the additional three days, we are still in excess of the state minimums.  Stakeholder input highlighted the lack of effectiveness of adding days to the end of the calendar.  

Rationale:  We had 72 staff members attend the classified listening sessions last month.  We also had a few staff members share written responses.  All of those responses have been included in the summary.  We will continue to look at the results of the sessions and begin working on actionable steps to address items we believe can be addressed.  For now, a couple of items that seemed to surface:
1.  The need for well planned professional development for all classified staff members. Specifically, there was support from all sessions to provide training as it relates to student discipline/management.  This was shared by members of almost every job classification.  
2.  The importance of both district wide and building/program specific communication to help support optimal performance.
3.  There were a few specific items that we can easily address (Transportation meal stipend money for trips over 10 hours, phone extension not working, speaker in library not working . . . )
4.  Staff overall were appreciative of the opportunity to have an opportunity to voice their thoughts at the listening sessions.  

Rationale:  Annual Agreements required for participation in the ASBPT Health Fund.

Rationale:  Malone Engineering has reviewed the bids as presented and recommends accepting the low bid submitted by Climate Control.  

Rationale:  Malone Engineering has reviewed the bids as presented and recommends accepting the low bid submitted by Climate Control.  

Rationale:  The attached policies within section G of the Douglas District School Board Policies Manual are due for revision, renewal, addition or deletion.  These policies represent a large portion of Section G, Personnel.  Given the large number of policies in this section, we have added this as an informational item and will have the first reading at the second meeting in April.