Notes from Board of Education Work Session, 11/28/11

The Board of Education Work Session on Monday, November 28 will be re-broadcast on Comcast Channel 96, Verizon FIOS Channel 12 and is available via webstream at http://www.ccboe.com/ . To view the full agenda and the various reports, please visit BoardDocs.

The below notes are my personal notes and are not intended to be all-inclusive or official minutes for the Board of Education meetings and are provided as a request from my supporters and the general public in a personal effort to be more transparent. Although I have diligently tried to make these notes as unbiased and accurate as possible, I am only human and do make mistakes.

Call to order – 6 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance
Public Forum

• None

Work session discussions
Student transfers committee update

• Abell - review of new Superintendent's Rules #5126.
• Schwartz - reviewed in detail
• Various principals gave input
• (Sorry got involved in conversation and didn't record everything...nothing with major heartburn)
• Will return in December as a Report Item and in January as an Action Item

Goals

• Benchmark #1 - to be reworded
• Benchmark #2 - recommendation to come from staff
• Benchmark #3 - deleted
• Benchmark #4 - deleted
• Benchmark #5 - to be reworded
• Benchmark #6 - deleted
• Benchmark #7 - deleted
• Benchmark #8 - deleted
• Benchmark #9 - to be reworded
• Benchmark #10 - reworded to increase the # of courses offered w/distance learning
• Pedersen - Bullying issues; Abell recommended including it with Benchmark #5 above pertaining to Safe Schools
• Pedersen - local control; conferring with state and federal leaders - possible communication type goal
• Pedersen - academic rigor
• Pedersen - recruiting minority teachers - deleted
• Pedersen - wants goal to include ESOL curriculum - will be report item
• Wade - IB program - cost prohibitive -
• Wade - educational exchange program - possible communication type benchmark
• Wade - joint military ball - deleted as a benchmark; annual event
• Lukas - parent involvement, tutoring available at centralized locations; Abell pointed out tutoring is available at libraries; maybe under communication goal for publicizing
• Lukas - SAT issue already addressed in previous Benchmarks
• Lukas - involvement of local civic organizations - communications
• Bowie - internal board communication; retreats; possible Board administration
• Bowie - proactive in community involvement; possible board communication goal
• Abell - previous goals and benchmarks reviewed - done
• Abell - Board subcommittees - board administration goal
• Wise - Board subcommittee for Benchmarks and Goals; Lukas, Bowie, Abell. Recommendations due at the work session at the end of February

Wise advised that MABE's fee for the Superintendent Search is $24,000

Adjournment