BOARD OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL DISTRICT 9-R

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Regular Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

Central Office Board Room

Page #’s

1. Call to order, establish quorum

(Four members constitute a quorum.)

2. Approve agenda

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

3. Student presentation: Needham Elementary - 03

(Student presentations are a means of actively monitoring student learning.)

4. Ends monitoring: Reading and Writing 6-12 - 04

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

important work – improving student achievement.)

5. Public participation and correspondence - 05

(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.)

6. Reports

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

a. Superintendent – Mary Barter - 06

b. Linkage/board development – Mark Seiter, Deborah Uroda - 07

c. Student Council – Kelly Graves - 08

d. Legislative – Roy Horvath - 09

e. BOCS – Chris Paulson - 10

7. Discussion

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

a future meeting.)

a. Possible revision of policy monitoring response process – 11 - 14

Mary Barter

8. Action

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

prior meeting.)

a. Response to allegations of policy violations – Cindi Brevik, 15 - 19

Mark Seiter

b. Ends monitoring: Reading and Writing K-5 – Carol Harris - 20

c. Adoption of final budget – Diane Doney 21 - 35

9. Consent agenda (action)

(The board acts on routine matters that typically require no discussion

and/or require board action by statute.)

a. 2004-05 DAAC membership – Mary Barter 36 - 38

b. Modification of 2004-05 high school calendar – Mary Barter - 39

c. Monitoring report: GP-4 Board Member’s Code of Conduct – 40 - 42

Cindi Brevik, Chris Paulson

d. Monitoring report: EL-7 Budgeting – Diane Doney 43 - 46

e. Monitoring report: EL-18 Student Attendance – Sandra Francik 47 - 48

f. Resolution authorizing use of a portion of beginning fund balance 49 - 50

as authorized by Colorado statutes - Diane Doney

g. Human Resources – Susan Terrill-Flint 51 - 62

10. Executive session - 63

(The board discusses matters that are confidential under state statute.)

a. Personnel matters

b. Real estate matters

11. Coming events

a. School visits

§ Miller Middle School, October 19

§ Excel Charter School, October 28

b. Board work session, October 26

§ Linkage with building principals and assistants

§ Minority Student Achievement linkage

c. Regular board meeting, November 9

§ Student presentation: Animas Valley

§ Ends Monitoring: Math K-12

§ Monitoring report: GP-5 President’s Role

§ Monitoring report: EL-9 Asset Protection

§ Audit report

12. Adjourn

Board Debriefing

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