BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT 9-R

 

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

 

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

                                                                                                                                               

Regular Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

Central Office Board Room

                 

                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Page #’s

  2 minutes     1.         Call to order, establish quorum

(Four members constitute a quorum.)

 

  2 minutes     2.         Approve agenda                                                                                          01 - 03

(The agenda is tentative until approved by the board.)

 

10 minutes     3.         Student presentation:  Durango High School                                            - 04

(Student presentations are a means of actively monitoring

student learning.)

 

20 minutes     4.         Ends monitoring:  Community Service                                                       - 05

Carol Harris, Judy Michalski                                                                                       

(Ends monitoring reports are used to evaluate the district’s

 most important work – improving student achievement.)

 

60 minutes     5.         Math curriculum project

                                    Carol Harris, Judy Michalski, math teachers                                                - 06

 

30 minutes     6.         Public participation and correspondence                                                   - 07  

(This time is set aside for comments and questions from the public. 

There is a limit of 3 minutes per person and 30 minutes total.)

 

            7.         Reports

(The board receives reports on matters of specific interest.)

  5 minutes                 a.         Superintendent – Mary Barter                                                       08 - 09

  5 minutes                 b.         Student Council – Kelly Graves                                                         - 10

15 minutes                 c.         Construction project close-out – Diane Doney, 3D/I                      - 11

10 minutes                 d.         School visits:  Ft. Lewis Mesa, Animas Valley –                                          - 12

Board members            

 

                        8.         Discussion

                        (The board discusses matters that may/will come before it for

                        action at a future meeting.)

 

 

 

 

 

                        9.         Discussion/Action

                        (This category includes items that may not have been previously

                        discussed, but are scheduled for action because of time constraints

                        or other reasons.)

10 minutes                 a.         Monitoring report:  GP-9 Board Member Code of                     13 - 14

Ethics – Joel Jones

10 minutes                 b.         Monitoring report:  GP-10 Process for Addressing                    15 - 17

            Board Member Violations – Cindi Brevik

10 minutes                 c.         Monitoring report:  BSR-2 Accountability of the                        18 - 20

Superintendent – Cindi Brevik

 

            10.       Action

(The board acts on matters that typically have been discussed at a

 prior meeting.)

10 minutes                 a.         Annual board calendar – Mary Barter                                               - 21

  2 minutes                 b.         Proposed Revision of Foundation Skills Ends Policies –              - 22

Mary Barter

10 minutes                 c.         Ends monitoring:  Extra-Curricular Activities K-12 –                     - 23

Judy Michalski        

  2 minutes                 d.         Proposed revision to EL-3 Treatment of Students,                    24 - 30

                                                Parents, and Community – Carol Harris, Judy Michalski

  2 minutes                 e.         Proposed revision to EL-17 Student Conduct and                     31 - 36

            Discipline - Carol Harris, Judy Michalski

 

  5 minutes     11.       Consent agenda (action)

(The board acts on routine matters that typically require no

discussion and/or require board action by statute.)

a.                  Adoption of new mathematics textbooks – Carol Harris,              - 37

            Judy Michalski

b.                  Monitoring report: EL-8 Financial Administration–                  38 - 41

Diane Doney

c.                   Monitoring report: EL-19 Consultation with Legal                    42 - 43

                                                Counsel - Mary Barter

                                    d.         Financial report – Diane Doney                                                     44 - 55

                        e.         Human resources – Susan Terrill-Flint                                        56 - 60

f.                    Regular board meeting minutes, February 8, 2005 –                 61 - 67

            Kristy Rodri

g.                  Special board meeting minutes, March 8, 2005 –                        68 - 69

                                    Kristy Rodri

h.                  Regular board meeting minutes, March 8, 2005 –                      70 - 77

Kristy Rodri

 

 

 

 

 

  30 minutes   12.       Executive Session

                                    a.         Negotiations                                                                                          - 78

 

   2 minutes    13.       Coming Events

a.                  School visit, Riverview

                        b.         Board annual retreat:  April 26

c.         Regular board meeting: May 10

§          Student presentation: Excel

§          Proposed revision of graduation requirements

§          Review of Monitoring Assessment Schedule

§          Finance Advisory Committee report

d.                 School visit:  Needham

e.                  9-R Retirement Celebration – May 17

                       

  2 minutes     14.       Adjourn

 

 

  5 minutes                 Board Debriefing

                                    (The board discusses the effectiveness of the meeting process.)