June 19, 2015 at 4:00 PM - Superintendent's Weekly Update to the Board of Education
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1. District Goals for 2014-15
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Please find attached the district goals for last school year (2014-15). I thought you may like to begin reviewing them in advance to the special meeting in July. |
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2. Supplies Budget for PLTW and GTE
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Gifted, Talented, and Enrichment - $10,517 - This INCLUDES: Student Conferences, Student Programs, CogAT Test, PLTW Launch (attached), Materials/Supplies/Curriculum. PLTW Program Costs: Gateway participation fee $750 Pathway Participation fee $3,000 PLTW Courses Supplies: Principles of Engineering - $6,000 (Thielges/Science) Gateways - $6,000 (Bratsch/Industrial Tech) Into to Engineering and Design - $1,000 – (Bratsch/Industrial Tech) Digital Electronics - $1,000 – (Thielges/Science) Bio-Med - $6,000 (detail attached) PLTW Courses Capital Outlay: Engineering - $5,000 Bio-Med - $8,400 (detail attached) |
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3. Minnesota's Student Enrollment Changes by School District
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Here is the data on student enrollment growth in Minnesota. You'll find us at number 26. |
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4. History of General Education Increases
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The attached document gives a history on the general education increases for the past 25 years. It illustrates the ups and downs of state funding to school districts. |
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5. Ground Breaking Ceremony
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I emailed the following message below to members at ARY and Winkelman. Please help us get ready for the ground breaking ceremony on Saturday, August 1st at 9:30 AM. I need to work on a 20-30 minute agenda with various speakers. Winkelman will be providing shovels and hard hats. We need a project sign and some renderings from ARY. You’ll want to have ARY and Winkelman on the project sign that can remain outside for several months. The playground company will have 3D renderings available for us too. We’re open to anyone’s thoughts and ideas to make this special for our community. Some thoughts are cake and juice provided by the school district. Also, little ones in hard hats with shovels, preferably those who will be our first students in the new preschool and kindergarten classrooms. |
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6. Approval of Weekly Building Project Quotes and Proposals
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I attached two proposals that came across my desk this week. They are both deferred maintenance items being completed by us the school district. Henagin Masonry & Concrete will be repairing our elementary sidewalks for $5,200 We had $8,000 budgeted. Rasinski Total Door Service will replace the window spandrels at the elementary for $19,750. We’re going with the more expensive replacement of smoked glass windows instead of plywood. They’ll look similar to the smoked glass on the south side of the elementary school. The budget was $27,625. We’ll use the approximately $11,000 in savings to help offset some of the costs for the new Gifted, Talented, and Enrichment (GTE) office/small group classroom. Rasinski wrote on their cover fax letter “Sorry this took so long. It has been nuts.” We all agree construction is picking up and busy for most everyone. I’m glad to see local area pricing is favorable to the school district. |
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7. Approval of Weekly Bills
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Please see attached the weekly bills for your approval. |