6/8/2010 School Board Notes

All materials presented are available online at http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/index/schoolboard/agendas/june_8_2010/ Check the download packet for the org chart, the Title 1 applications, the audit info, and Ms. Early's presentation. Check the additional handouts for more info, including the previous version of the org chart.

The next meeting of the School Board is 6/22 at 6:30 PM in the Annex Building Conference Room. Many items from this meeting were deferred to that one. The KPMG Audit and revised gifted program are also on the agenda. The agenda has been posted here: http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/index/schoolboard/agendas/

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Mr. Mattox and Mr. Meng were absent for this meeting.

Teachers of the year from each school were honored. The county-wide Teacher of the year was announced: Ms. Heather Wilckens from RES.

Action Items:

VRS Contribution

The board needed to decide whether to pick up the 5% employee share of VRS contributions this year. The BoS decided to continue covering this for county employees. The SB voted to approve this.

GES odor

Estimated costs are $3500 to Mosely Architects and $1000 for a smoke test to determine cause of the odor. Dr. Underwood recommended that board approve that once funds can be identified, she may sign the contract. She indicated that she won’t be able to identify funding until after July 1 anyway . The board approved this request.

Eperitus (energy audit)

Costs for the next phase of the audit are $3500 for the deeper dive into the GMS/GHS spike in usage (1^st priority) and $3500 for the Technology audit (2^nd priority). Dr. Underwood recommended that board approve that once funds can be identified, she may sign the contract. Mr. Haskell asked to take it to the workshop on June 22 (since 2 board members absent) for the vote.

School Health Advisory Report

Presented by Heather Early. Ms. Early spoke about the programs launched through their program, including the Farm to School Program (bringing locally grown farm products to the tables at school) and the Walking Program. The Walking Program was launched at GES this year and will launch at BES and RES next year. Ms. Early talked about childhood obesity and the goals and action items within our schools and community.

Title 1 A

Dr. Underwood presented the Title 1A application. This program is aimed at disadvantaged students. The bulk of the funding goes toward 2 BES reading specialists & 1 GMS reading specialist, materials and supplies, staff development, set-aside for homeless students. The application will be brought to workshop on 6/22 for approval. The position of Parent Involvement Specialist is focused on title 1 reading. They will decrease this position next year, so the responsibility falls on others.

Vision, Mission, Goals

Over the next 3 meetings, the SB will evaluate how far we’ve come or need to go for existing priorities, see if there are additional priorities to be established.

Organizational Chart

Based on the re-org, a draft org chart was presented to the SB. Ms. Erard had asked to get it voted on, but must be approved by July 1. Mr. Haskell asked to defer to June 22. Miller asked that she contact each of the board members for feedback before 6/22.

Title 1 Part D

Unspent neglected & delinquent funds from last year will be combined with next year’s fund to fund a student services specialist and student at Goochland prep. Will bring 6/22 for approval.

Gifted Transition – Connie Foreman is working with several teachers on curriculum and structure. They are also incorporating new gifted regulations. The plan will be presented at the 6/22 board meeting, and there is a tentative meeting with parents on 7/1.

Discipline/Security measures

The Superintendant and School Board cannot comment on specific cases. Parents should refer to student code of conduct and process that is followed on discipline. When events occur, they follow crisis and security plan, and after every event, they review actions and possible improvement. They continue to work with law enforcement, will review all plans like they do every year. If you have questions, Dr Underwood is happy to answer but cannot discuss individual students at any time. The code of conduct goes home with every student at the start of the school year & crisis plan is on the website under School Board. Crisis plan details are held close to the vest to ensure can’t be anticipated if targeted.