January 31, 2014 at 4:00 PM - Superintendent's Weekly Update to the Board of Education
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1. REM Negotiations (Confidential)
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Please find attached confidential information regarding REM negotiations. |
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2. Employee Discipline (Confidential)
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Please find attached confidential information about an employee discipline issue. |
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3. Update on Building Facilities
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This week the principals and I walked around the MS-HS building with John and Gary (Kraus-Anderson) and Paul Youngquest (architect with Architects, Rego, & Youngquist). It is more and more apparent the services of an architect is now needed. I met with Pete Filippi, Larry Filippi and Earl Fuechtmann yesterday morning. They are partners with Contegrity Group, inc. in Little Falls. We visited about their construction management services. I'd like a representative group of us to interview them about possibly replacing K-A. A few people who come to mind are Tom Ollman (parent, on facilities planning committee member and project manager at Shingobee Builders in St. Cloud), Paul Youngquist architect, administrators and board memebrs. |
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4. School Board Members: Responses to Interview Questions
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Please find attached your requested information from Roger Worner. |
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5. Facilities Review Presentation by K-A and Worner Associates
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Please find attached the PowerPoint presentation K-A and Worner Associates used during the special board meeting on January 13, 2013. |
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6. Springsted's Facility Study Proposal
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Please find attached Springsted's facility study proposal back in August 2013. The proposed professional fee for Phase 2 of this study is detailed below. These are inclusive of travel time, meetings and mileage. Contracting for any of the Phase 2 services is at the discretion of the District. * Preparation of Review and Comment documentation required by the Minnesota Department of Education - $2,500 * Design, administration and interpretation of scientific, random-sample feasibility survey and voter file - $10,840 based on 200 random calls and a maximum of 32 questions. The fee on the survey will be reduced by $600 if Springsted Incorporated is selected as the District’s financial advisor before final billing on the project. * Consultation on planning and administration of a bond referendum in support of a figure facility project – no cost for financial advisory clients (not available if not a financial advisory client). |
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7. MS-HS Principal's Weekly Staff Newsletter
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Mr. Swenson writes a weekly announcement letter for his teachers and staff each week. On January 10th he shared positive information about our RAMP-Up program here in Royalton. The U of M met with Joel and another principal from Becker. "It turns out that they have been very impressed with our Ramp-up Program and consider us one of the leading schools in the state. They were very impressed by how our teachers present the program to students and how we have implemented the program with fidelity. They have invited me to help work with coordinators in the 2014-15 schools as they plan to build their Ramp-up programs," Joel Swenson. |
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8. Update from Elementary Principal to Employees
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Please find attached positive news Dr. Gurbada shared with his elementary staff. |
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9. Invoice for STAR Assessments
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Please find attached an invoice to Renaissance Learning for the purchase of STAR Reading and Math Assessments for 3 years . The assessments in grades 7-12 will be administered throughout the year by our teachers. Our MS/HS hasn't had it's own local assessments to support students in progress monitoring. We've instead waited until the end-of-year summative assessments (MCA, ACT). These new assessments have been on the teachers request list for a couple of years now. It is also what we spent 2 days of staff development on back in June. |
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10. Weekly Bills
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Please find attached the weekly bills for your approval. |