Annual Meeting

Superintendent’s Report – Craig Gerlach

· The Literacy and Social Studies Task Force is reviewing course alignment with college/career readiness.

· The Gift and Talented Advisory Committee began reviewing district policy.

· The Ad Hoc Committee to Study Grade Configuration for Grades 4K-8 researched district wide facility needs and the School Board approved the committee’s recommendations.

· We have experienced a tremendous increase in the number of children who have applied to enroll which is a good problem to have.

· Our district received a PEP (Physical Education for Progress) Grant for over $460,000 to purchase state of the art fitness equipment for our schools.

· The Board recently created six goals centered on student achievement, continuous school improvement, educational environment and communication.

· Financially, we face many challenges as Wisconsin public schools are experiencing a decrease in per pupil revenue for the first time since the revenue limits were imposed since 1993. With an anticipated budget deficit of more than $604,000, difficult decisions lie ahead for the district.

School Board President’s Report – Susan Fox

· Summarized some of the work done by the advisory standing committees over the previous year and thanked Board members and community representatives for their service.

· Noted the Board’s decision to work without standing committees for 2009-10 in order to avoid redundancy and more efficiently utilize staff resources.

· Teachers are working to align curriculum with the benchmarks measured on tests.

· Noted her posting of summaries of Board meetings on the website as a way to inform community members of Board business in a timely way.

· Copies of the Annual Meeting booklet will be available in the District Office.