Study Commissioned on Ad Hoc Recommendation

Set the date for next year’s Annual Meeting for Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Monona Grove High School.

Discussed President Susan Fox’s newly created website update. The Board would like to have a disclaimer on these updates which indicate that they are not official approved reports of the full board and are not intended to take place of the official minutes. In addition, if there are any opinions within the reports, they are opinions of the President, not the full Board of Education.

Reviewed draft implementation plan of the district goals relative to improvement of student performance.

Budget Deficit – Superintendent Craig Gerlach asked the Board about priorities when making budget cuts. The Board indicated that all things are up for discussion at this point.

Board Policy #114 – Harassment – School Board Members, Volunteers, and Other Community Members of the MGSD. Discussion was tabled for the second time and will be discussed at a later date.

Patti McGinnis has been hired to study whether it is possible to provide 4K-8 education in each community. This was one of the six recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee to Study 4K-8 Grade Configuration. She will present the results of her research in December or January.

The Board conducted a variety of other board business, which can be found in the minutes on the district website.

District Goals

Work session and discussion of District Goals

Main themes:

• Student Achievement
• Continuous Student Improvement – Strategic Planning
• Budget - Facilities
• 4K-8 Grade Configuration
• Curriculum / Instruction – Alignment with Standards
• Personnel
• Performance Management
• Educational Environment / Culture / Climate
• Communication

Amended Board Policy #151 – School Board Policy Adoption, Revision and Deletion. New policies may be adopted with a majority vote, but revisions or deletions require approval by at least two thirds of the members present.

Amended Board Policy #751 – Student Transportation Services. Allows for the district to recover costs for transportation of students to daycare facilities under some circumstances.

Discussed Superintendent Evaluation.

The Board conducted a variety of other board business, which can be found in the minutes on the district website.