BCSD Board meeting 12-17-18

Here's a link to the video of the board meeting from last night:

https://youtu.be/x6hT_KD4sRM

BEA Notes 10-22-18 BCSD Board Meeting

School Board Minutes 10/22/18




Call to Order- Welcome


Bross started


Pledge of Allegiance


Adoption of Agenda -


Robberts - Hatteberg


Public comments


Melissa Carlson - Employee, teacher, mom of a three kids. Research does not support the resizing plan on reconfiguring middle school and elementary - 5-6 config is a failure, middle school benefit kids 11-14 year, brains are growing quickly and need to be in the best environment - list behaviors and changes that these students face. The middle school years are pivotal for kids since it is a great predictor of their future. We are your last defense and your plan will tear us apart. We are setting up kids for failure with the new plan. It will not be successful, we need adolescence in our minds as we teach. Research shows that the best support for middle school is to keep the current system. We need not reshuffle them. Students should come first over money. Middle school gives fresh start and is configured in a way that best support them. The two grade levels does not help this. With the break up then students will feel more disconnected and after two years there will be a new change. Adolescence spends more time on electronics and when we shuffle them we reduce the time we can develop relationships. Superintendents come and go and we will stay. Please be a voice for these kids. If this goes through and we will consider sending our kids somewhere else. This came up years ago and the public said no.


Annika McVey - Passed out a survey - I decided to do a survey. The district did not do a survey to support the proposal. Why are kids leaving the district? Have not seen this asked. 28% of 70 some parents said they would homeschool if Burlington was the only option. Discipline is the biggest issue - 60% said this was the biggest issue. Kids are kicked out, sent to office and not dealt with - and is then sent back to the classroom to still be a distraction. Not every child is going to be perfect, but I want them to succeed. We don’t have detentions. We need to be able to put discipline back in the schools. We need to find the root of the problem and not put a bandaid on the problem that keeps oozing and needs to be replaced. We all can fix it, it starts with parents, and then is the schools and the district needs to support it.


Consent Agenda - Minutes, Bills, Human Resources Report,Travel and Gifts


Brueck - large numbers - second with Robberts - passed


District Positive Accomplishments -BHS Student Football


Shay - Thank you Coen and School board by letting us come and speak - Taven Harris is in the paper a lot, but it is a team effort - Players came up and listed name, position and grade. -8 of them. Shay - two coaches here too. Taven accomplished so much - Taven shattered 1897 yards rushing - 2nd in the state by 13 yards this year. Tony Baker in 1962 held the record to 56 years - Taven passed his record in the seventh game - 289 rushing attempts - Taven has a GPA 3.6+ and 39th in his class. Listed some more stats, number 1 all time leader in Burlington history. It has been an honor to coach him in the past four years. Taven - I went into every game not just to make my family proud, but I wanted to carry the community and make them proud. Bross - you all worked hard and made them proud. Robberts - The younger kids know your names and look to you all a lot. Kids would mention how Mr. Newman went out there and made a tackle. Taven and these guys you set the tone. Thank you.


Student Representative Report - Kaely Lawler


(kinda quiet) Already heard a lot about the game. The girls swim team won in Fairfield. Saturday - Josh’s eyes, and Sunnybrook. Friday Course Trunk or Treat. Nov. something - some kind of presentation in Cedar Rapids.


Superintendent's Report


Positive - Tomorrow - Red Ribbon week. Great collaborative work with the right sizing. Talking with transportation with buses. Talked with Keane and Butler about something. Got positive feedback about Steffensmeier and then and some about how he is not the most dynamic speaker. Poverty training was good - Cory and Jeremy got trained with the something sequence to manage items in district. Talked about a communication course with Mr. Keane as a possibility. On the radio and only got one call. Greater Burlington Partnership - some kind of pipeline . 10th street house Nov. 12th hearing - sell the house. This was a failure and I claim responsibility. Talked with Courtney and someone else to selling property and subdividing Mr. Taylor and Mr. Johnson meeting with CASA? List with principles. Attended parent teacher conferences and parents sure wanted to talk about math. Attended Thursday NCP meeting about bus drivers. Talked with parents. Delivered outstanding artwork to the bus barn - tell the busdriver thank you - appreciation week. Jet Bus - artwork was pretty cool. And shared policy about obsolete equipment and how to get rid of them and please review them and update.


Items for Discussion


Update of Certified Enrollment Numbers (Information Only)


Greg - schools are funded by the number of student enrolled - lost 122.8 students - include open enrolled $827,000 loss down 155 students , but dual enrolled adds 32.2. Elementary down 100 student, middle school up 2 and high school is down 57. We are down in preschool as well but that does not affect our overall budget like K-12. Robberts - there are 90 students moved out of our district. Bross - some of that is that the kids were not not born smaller. Hatteberg - The projectsions? Greg - it was originally 70 ish then 90 student by we are up to 155 lost - more than expected.


Title I Application (Information Only)


Greg - Tag team to with CASA? funds - all the programs are federally funded. What paper we gave you was just an overview and have and summary. Taylor and Johnson will give you more information. Taylor - there is flexibility with the funds - Title I all elementary and can use that money to support the day - summer school programs were supported by - 17.2 staff members from this, supports afterschool programs, parent and family support, supplies, softwares, transportation - summer school, services to Notre Dame, 9th largest allocation in the state, we have a good pool of money to support students and staff. Johnson - Title 2 supports instruction - Class size reduction 2.5 elementary teachers, helps to maintain teacher student ratio. Title 4 - well rounded ed program and a needs program, school culture and safety issues - tier 1 PBIS programs and implement these programs and electronic programs to reduce kids falling in the cracks, and technology - flexible learning spaces in the elementary. Title 5 - areas of reading and mathematics - secondary level and have software online and support teachers in the middles and high school. There is an equitable share that goes to support Notre Dame. Brueck - can we use them in counseling support - Bross - Homeless support - Johnson - Gerst is helping to support this. Helps us to give transportation for homeless students, staff time support to help. Bross - does this money cover it or put a dent in it? Taylor - The biggest fund here is used for transportation, and now we can talk with admin to better support these students and find them or get students referrals. Johnson - this is a student by student basis - Taylor, most homeless are doubled up in homes and we try to get them to go to their school of origin because studies support leaving them there.


Board Policies 400’s (First Reading)


Coen - Tabor could not be here. Hatteberg - Robberts - Hatteberg - there are a few typos or words I don’t know. = pg 3 of 19 - emergency - no exigency is a word, 9 of 19 takinge to taking no - it is crossed out it is good.


Board Communications


Hatteberg - A little more information on the bus hub is going to work. I would like to have more information - Coen - It is in the BLDD. Bross - there was an email, with an overview. Hatteberg - Handbook committee at the high school? I wonder if there is an update on it - Coen - I can’t comment on that now, but Cory went to Iowa City and here in December there will be a 2 week time period where he can meet with students and staff. We need to know who is on the committee and Cory will get it on. Hatteberg - I am just trying to get this figured out so we are not doing it last minute. Brueck - I have talked with Keane and he has people on his list. Once more thing, I asked the question - Staff is unsettled - How are we going to work out where the students go - I hope we follow the hand book, Seniority? The more details, the more information the better. Coen, I can't tell you until we decide. I can act and plan when you decide. There would be no reason to deviate from the handbook. Hatteberg - grade alike is going to make people are upset. The sooner the better. Positive - BHS waiting for an appointment and I want to thank the staff for the positive welcoming environment.


Vickstrom - I like to complement the football team on their effort. They worked hard even though they knew they were going to get hammered. The gave good effort. Thank you for all to bring us logical information. Hopefully people come and give us suggestions and tell us why. I didn’t have to deal with the same age group as teachers do now - and I need the logical information from you all.


Brueck - We do actually survey people in the public. Congratulate the orchestra - Sam made it to all state.


Kendall - Gone


Courtney - Gone


Bross - Reviewed the dates and times for the meeting at BHS on Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday (at Ed Stone). We have an Alumni - Brian Metzer - got an award and is a professor - another fine example of our alumni - Vickstrom - we have a nationally recognized student with welding. I want to thank the football team and sharing tonight. We need all the input we can get from the public.


Robberts - Football team - congratulations. I would like to ask the Hawkeye to print the specific dates and times of the meetings. Thank you for you coming and sharing your views - and we cannot give response, but I encourage you to contact your board members (talking towards Melissa). This week are PT at grade school. Wednesday - are we sending our a staff survey? Bross - not until staff can hear the presentation - Robberts - Suggestion is to get the survey or feedback from staff sooner rather than later. Please contact board members.


Adjournment - pass 8:08 - closed

BEA notes from 10-8-18 BCSD Board Meeting

I. Call to Order – Welcome 7:00 p.m.

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Adoption of Agenda- moved by Robberts, 2nded by Hatteberg- passed unanimously

IV. Public Comments

The Board encourages citizens to attend its meetings. Citizens have this opportunity

to comment on issues and concerns (Policy 210.9 & 213)- None.




V. Consent Agenda

2. Minutes, Bills, Human Resources Report, and Gifts- Moved for approval by Courtney, 2nded by Robberts. Gifts are amazing. Bross- Hetta Gilbert gift- over $10. They have given 304k since 1990.

Passed unanimously with Brueck abstain.




VI. District Positive Accomplishments- Grimes-“The Grayhound Way”- Joe Rector and Chrissie Stevens (sorry if I’m spelling wrong)

PTO- perfect attendance emphasized, being on time. Gave out 5 bicycles at end of year for perfect attendance.

7 grayhound tickets per day for kids doing the right thing. Classroom and building drawings. PBIS wall of fame. Kids pics put up on wall to be recognized. Wall of Blue handprints- students and staff traced hands- respecting each other and being friends to each other. Miss Burlington comes to Grimes and talks about the Grayhound Way. Kids come and give back to the Grimes Program. Be Hard Working- PBIS- kids recognized for doing quality work- displaying all over the building. Monthly classroom attendance challenge- they are competing with each other for fewer absences and tardies- earn an award for a whole classroom.

Courtney- anti bullying working? Rector- yes, absolutely. Every claim is addressed. It’s made a big difference. Older kids pass it to younger kids. Student representative- its such a nice school- it’s grown since she’s been there.

Bross- your PTO is a power house. Rector- great that board members attend the PTO meetings.




VII. Student Representative Report

Lawlor- soph- Friday Taven Harris broke yardage record. 2-5 football record. Fresh and JV team 3-3. Dreamcatchers just completed 20th wish with hospice- spa day for family of hospice member. Blood drive coming up, and canned food drive. HOPE club for students that feel alone- get to meet people- mental health counselor involved with that, Lori Bray (sp, if so I’m sorry)




VIII. Superintendent’s Report- Coen- Oct 1 count day- down 154 students- 6 classrooms 25 students- haven’t signed a lot of open enrollment forms. SE IOWA regional development report- most homes being built out in the country on a couple acres. Good things going on at Ed Stone. Cassie Gerst and Coen in talks with someone about locating office in admin building for some early childhood worker. Little bit of action with LMC and BEA- scheduling issues- if 8% of kids schedules didn’t work- then 92% did. It’s like a game of Jenga.

Classroom management- ISEA Academy- work through different PD courses from schools- Cory checking on that. Muscatine- calling us asking us what we’re doing and how we’re doing it. They’re looking at us for how we are getting students more credits. Trimesters working. Freshman initiatives. Bump in grad rate.

Michelle Randall from scc- 97 students taking college classes. Reduce student debt for alumni. Won’t feel full force of trimesters for 2 more years.

Supt meeting- ESSA.

School attorney- we don’t have to post our meeting with public- time to deliberate with board is not at public meetings. Board members can’t deliberate amongst themselves- they have to listen to the public and not share how they feel. Courtney- if the public asks you something, do we not answer? Coen- the public is supposed to share how they feel, not have the public see how the board feels. Coen- that’s shaky legal ground.

Hatteberg- You can speak to them privately.

Coen- Board members must speak with constituents- representatives have to talk to their people, but don’t do it while there are 5 of them together.

Robberts- we aren’t running these meetings- BLDD is running them. Coen wrapping up.

Bross- please explain that to us.

Coen- conferences at hs. HS is jovial. Friday night’s football game- what a heartbreaker. Oktoberfest- spoke to people about community- very positive- young people saying they helped set it up- took pride in the event. Map of James Madison area for reference.




IX. Items for Discussion

3. Red Ribbon Proclamation- student Red Ribbon proclamation. Don’t do drugs. Red Ribbon week sometime- he didn’t say a date. Oct 23-31. Moved by hatteberg and 2nded by Brueck. Passed unanimously.




4. Naviance Agreement- Cory Johnson- all students have to adopt a 5 year plan- BCSD has used for 2 or 3 years. Valuable use of time and resources. 2 year contract- reduces costs slightly. Dont want to lock in too long in case requirements change. Recommended approval.

Moved by Robberts, 2nd by Hatteberg.

Bross- savings over 1 year? Around 2000.

Vickstrom- how successful? Johnson- want to include more classroom lessons and materials- counselors will use. Teachers will use more during houndtime. Asks student rep. 5 year plan talk. HS is excited to enact the curriculum.

Johnson- gives an interest inventory at 8th grade- points them toward career paths- helps them plan out what electives they will want to take.

Brueck- what fund does it come out of- Reynolds- before and after school funds- some reimursement from Perkins regional funds- around 3k a year reimbursed.

Bross asks student reps- she says they don’t really focus on it at all- teachers don’t really acknowledge it at all. Bross- it could use some more pushing.

Student says it’s not really forced on them. They don’t know what it’s for. Courtney- if we’re not using it we shouldn’t do it. Johnson- it’s for Hound Time. Ruehs isn’t here to talk about it. Johnson- will use more efficiently in Hound time this year. Will be used more effectively this year- will be more beneficial as it goes on. Coen- it’s people legislating what we have to do- we’re being legislated to tell 14 year olds what they want to do. This is a pathway you can develop a plan. Cognitive mental map on how to get somewhere. It can’t be about teaching the kid what they want to be when they’re 14.

Courtney- 16k a year and kids don’t know what it is.

Robberts- her son used it in 8th grade. She seemed to like it. She thinks it’s a helpful program. Good tool to start. Hopes HS begins to use it more.

Bross- that’s the point. Junior Achievement in 8th grade. Self Knowledge. Helps them plan ahead. Fact that we’re legislated to do it and it’s a good program- key area is 8th and 10th- that’s Bross’s assessment. (based on his observations)

Student rep has changed her mind. HS hasn’t used it really.

Coen- may help at hs because trimesters can save 2 years of college debt. Coen will find out for Courtney how many kids are using it. Hatteberg- do teachers have enough PD on it? Johnson- no, probably not on Naviance. All 8th graders use it. Finding most efficient way for students to revise plans in hs. Ruehs and counselors have a plan to improve it.




Passed unanimously.




5. SBRC Allowable Growth Request-LEP- annual application for additional spending authority. Tries to get spending authority for students we are serving ELL. various languages. Moved by Courtney, 2nded by Brueck. Passed unanimously.




6. BLDD Community Engagement Planning Process- Bross abstaining- passed Robberts- BLDD- thanks for giving opportunity to present.

Facilities planning approach- 2 phases- group worked to understand range of options- cost benefit analysis- 3 scenarios

Qualitative analysis- what does the community prefer for the future




Obtaining feedback- process determines the value of the feedback- good process- broader segment of community- encourages participation

Want to hear past the noise

Town hall- requires public speaking- creates platform for persuasive speeches- misrepresent the will of the community




Staff Input first!

Wed 10/24

Options Forum

Open House format-

3 stations- plus a welcome station

Station 1- introductions and orientations

Station 2- looking at optinos

Station 3- what do i feel is important

Multiple dates and times- 10/24, 10/27, 10/29

Run analysis

Incorporate results into plan

Welcome station- big area- (used Charles City for example)

Get a refreshment- hang up coat- grab a handout that explains choices- they can record their own thoughts




Station 1- presenter- school board member, administrator, or planner

Goal of the evening

Planning is about looking at the issues- making smart decisions

Preserve the district’s highest priorities

Students opportunity for the future

Instructions for rest of meeting- send them to station 2

Robberts- is this a consistent time schedule for this station? BLDD- yes- 10-12 min frequency

Will try to start early so people aren’t waiting




Station 2- competing scenarios- BLDD or Greg would be presenting

Background- inspection of building conditions and brainstorming

Enrollment projections and ability to oprerate

4 pk-4 5-6 7-8 9-12

more grade alike i think (((2 pk1, 2- 2-4, 1- 5-6, 1- 7-8, 9-12))

4 pk-4 2 (5-8), 9-12




Station 2- simply trying to answer questions




Station 3- interviewers should be board members and administrators, could be SIAC

3 ways to gather feedback

Survey

Electronically using computers

What would you recommend we do- channel inner reporter- just listen

Paper and pencil copies of the survey

Participant names to be recorded

Thank the participants for their time




Analysis- identify long term priorities- creating 21st century learning environments- focus folks on long term- want to analyze surveys for community preferences




?s

Robberts- what options do we have for staff feedback- are we sending them a survey? Staff is a big part of the decision-

BLDD- we haven’t nailed that down- we might want to send them the presentation of station 1 and 2- use online survey- can be there in person- to answer questions

They haven’t put together final format

Brueck- couldn’t they do the same thing public does?

Robberts- wants to give staff more time since they might not be able to make that meeting

Wants staff to have a Large voice in what they feel will work or wont work

BLDD- pays to have a staff only meeting- if community feels staff wasn’t involved- hurts them

Specific buildings will be represented

Coen- we won’t have to spend this million dollars- we can talk about raises and insurance

Staff benefits from being financially secure

BLDD- talk is more secure

As you move from 5-4 how does that happen? That’s going to be the number 1 question

Financial discussion- helps us retain the best and brightest staff and best environment for students




Robberts- staff could really see benefits of grade alike buildings

BLDD- he likes that idea

Hatteberg- will there be mapping for 5-8 at middle schools- to show which school students will attend

BLDD- staff will really want to know that

Vickstrom- once we select an option- could we be painting ourselves into a corner

BLDD- we want to get community feedback- arms you with a compelling reason to make a decision

Vickstrom- do we have flexibility once we’ve made a decision

BLDD- you may not agree- it doesn’t take the decision out of it’s hand

Coen- board in the future may undo this




Robberts- is there a general consensus on Monday morning or Tuesday morning meeting

No preference- 29th better for Courtney

BLDD has no preference

BLDD wants the most number of people that can attend to be able to survey folks

Robberts can’t attend Oct 24

Hatteberg leaving 25-Nov 11- she can do the staff one

Brueck can do them all

Vickstrom might be hunting

Bross gone the 27th

Darven available for majority of them (he’s absent tonight)

Should have at least 4-5 board members at each

9-11 am on the 29th

Will work together on location

Is there a movement?

Staff orientation? (hatteberg)

Mapping and Cleo analysis of 3rd scenario

Robberts- when? BLDD- Friday before 24th- is that enough time? 19th?- the board meeting on the 22nd.




Board gets info 19th- 22nd board meeting- staff meeting 24th at 4-6

Public

27th at noon

29th at 9 am

Robberts- is there a motion? Hatteberg and Vickstrom

Passed unanimously with Bross abstaining




7. 400 Partial Series of Board Policies 2nd Reading- Tabor absent- moved by Hatteberg- 2nded by ?- passed unanimously




X. Board Communications

The members will have the opportunity to share items and events.-

Hatteberg- don’t have much. Thank Hetta Gilbert Group.

Courtney- nothing- soph volleyball game won

Vickstrom- encourage people to come to the meetings for the public

Brueck- nothing

Robberts- thank North Hill PTO for allowing her to come to meeting- they’re very organized- they have a lot going on.

Thank LEOs for helping with Oktoberfest. All their help.

Congratulations to Mr. Harris for breaking school record.

Bross- thanks student rep. Eagle Scout project painted map at North Hill- 246 hours planning and preparing that painting. Encourages people to come to the meetings and give them feedback- want people to feel heard.



XI. Adjournment

BEA Notes from 9-24-18 BCSD Board Meeting

School Board Minutes 9/11/17




Call to Order- Welcome


Brueck and Bross are on phone conference - Kendell is running the meeting


Pledge of Allegiance


Adoption of Agenda -


Hatteberg motioned, Robberts second - pass


Public comments


No comments


Consent Agenda - Minutes, Bills, Human Resources Report,Travel and Gifts


Robberts $212,531.88 un 573,025 bank 54,000 and gifts 2000 - Brueck second - pass, Bross abstain


District Positive Accomplishments -School Pantry & Back Pack Program


Cory Johnson speaking for Brian Johnson - positive, program has grown. We needed a sponsor that was not religiously affiliated so got the school pantry to volunteer. Will have Brian Johnson present at another time. Kendell - Who is the contact? Johnson - Contact Brian Johnson since he covers the food programs at school.


Student Representative Report


No one


Superintendent's/Curriculum Director’s Report


Coen - absent


Johnson - highlights - Homecoming went well, activities and munchkins in the parade (some inside jokes or something at the parade).. Mr. Coen met with people at SCC and BHS admin to continue Steps to Success. Half of the freshman will go on campus on Oct. 5 and the other half will go a day in February. Have a goal to send more students on SCC campus for credits and hope that trimesters will help with that. Tomorrow is future Iowa ready event. He is going with Robberts and Mr. Keane. It is a business and industry event and looking forward to that. Comments and questions about the right sizing. Please feel free to contact the board if you have questions. We are looking and gathering information with student count for October. PZAZZ event in October. Thank you all for helping with the help with my transition to the district - admin, teacher leaders, teachers, and so many others. Other reminder for the board - Agenda for Iowa's school board conference in February, please sign up for the sessions you want to attend. Greg - We will have transportation for you. Kendell - Thank you Mr. Johnson for transitioning as well.


Items for Discussion


Des Moines County Conference Appointment


Greg - School board has a representative to help with the budget. Vickstrom - What do they do? Greg- They meet once or twice to review the budget for the assessor. Bross - It was a learning curve, but if anyone else wants it, I can easily step back. - Vickstrom -sounds interesting - Hatteberg - motions for Vickstrom, Bross second - pass


Educational Services with SCC for Joint Enrollment Courses


Greg - We have had several meetings with SCC for dual enrollment. Consists of programs to help both. This is a continuation for classes offered at SCC and BHS. Cost is similar to yein the past. This year it is $261 for 3 credit. (he said something was reduced from 75 to 27 dollars this year per credit?) This is only an agreement only for one year. Courtney - Cost is about $100,000? Greg - With books and class. - Courtney - Are we supplemented? Greg - We get supplements from the state. He said something like if we spend $150,000 we get $100,000 from state. Kendell - Books are purchased, but why are they not using chromebooks (I am assuming in reference to online textbooks)? Greg - They add up. Brueck - What are the classes at BHS? - Greg - health occupations related, building trades, engineering, some social studies, stats, english and more. Kendell - Coen likes supporting students, and having several students get credits before they graduate is awesome. Greg - Medical and engineering are the highest credit earning. Courtney - Other districts? Johnson - It does happen, but what makes us special is that kids don’t have to go to the campus, we can teach the credits at a lower cost, students have good relationship with teacher since they may have had them before. Robberts move to pass, Bross second - all pass.


2018-19 Meeting Date


School board election will be in November next year. Revised dates in May and November - passed - Robberts - can we have Janet send days to our calendar?


400 Partial Series of Board Policies - 2nd Reading


Bross - Brueck - pass


400 Partial Series of Board Policies - 1st Readings


Tabor - will squeeze in the rest of the other series in the next two meetings. Questions - Vickstrom - Activities director got struck out? Where did it go? Tabor - Admin will take the responsibilities and that info got moved to handbook. Vickstrom - Supervisor of transportation the same? Tabor - correct. Passed


PTO/Booster Meeting Discussion


Kendell - We want to send board members to the different meetings. There is a list for all members to try to sign up and make it to the meetings. Courtney - I had a hard time making them to them last year. Kendell, we need make sure we don’t show up to the same and have too many there. (They went around and chose the ones they want). Bross, we need to make sure that who goes to Corse will go because they have questions about the right sizing. Hatteberg will go to Corse and Bross will go to Grimes. Each one has a building (I didn’t get what they choose). Bross will help with Booster Club, Kendell will be there. Brueck - I think we should have more at Course - Bross - no more than three. All agreed. Bross - Thank you all for stepping up and going. It means something.


Board Communications


Vickstrom - Comments - Rumor about the property about the east of Ed Stone and if that is with the right sighting. Quality of sound at the board meeting is still not good. Wished he was at the last meeting, but really concerned with the right sizing. How much input will we get for the right-sizing from staff, community? Kendell - There will be one morning, evening and weekend forum and one for teachers. Bross no dates yet, but BLDD will be there to help and we should get stuff from them. Greg - The outline is the same as you said. Got something from them this afternoon and sent back to make corrections. He will have it at next meeting. Vickstrom - How well will this be communicated to everybody? Greg - everything we can, facebook, paper website. Vickstrom - Wish I could have been there. Courtney - Maybe extend it to more than 3 so we make sure everyone is heard.


Brueck - Kudos to all that participated and helped in homecoming.


Hatteberg - Been to a couple of sporting events and it is exciting to see how the students use their energy, talents, at the game. Good academics too.


Kendall - Please send us emails with questions and comments. Maybe Greg can come up with a frequently asked questions so people can see the answers right away and don’t have to repeat. People seem to understand why we are making these tough decisions. Coen is on vacation. He is human and deserves to enjoy his vacation.


Robberts - Congrats to BHS golf team with a couple place in the top 10. Looking forward to a great school year.


Courtney - Nothing much. He want to wrap this up and go home. Today is his birthday. (got happy birthdays and jokes)


Bross - Echo Brueck - great homecoming week. Friday morning was great. I would encourage board members, staff, and community to contact the board or Greg, Janet, Pat to ask questions. Bross has forwarded questions to get answers. We want to address them all. Agree with Courtney to make sure people are heard. Hopefully we can make a decision by Dec 17th meeting. Thank you Kendell for leading the meeting today.


Adjournment - pass 7:40 pm

BEA notes from 9-10-18 BCSD Board Meeting

BCSD School Board Meeting September 10, 2018




5:30 Work Session Facilities

Absent: Dean Vickstrom, Heather Brueck

Present: Tom Courtney, Marliss Robberts, Deb Hatteberg, Darvin Kendell, Brian Bross

Powerpoint: Burlington Community School District Brainstorm Meeting Preliminary Results

Presented by Iowa Construction Advocate Team (ICAT)

Called to order at 5:38 by Robberts.

They started by recapping meeting of August 13, . Reviewed approach, present analysis, etc.

Feedback from the meeting was to take out Regional Academy, identify space needs to relocate all JMEC,programs. How can we do what we do best?

The ICAT Approach: Programs first, buildings second. Plan for instruction and learning first and then determine how to use the buildings to maximize this.

Initial Assumptions: enrollment requires right sizing. Which school makes the most sense to be retired? Identify the answer, use it to build subsequent scenarios.

Sell JMEC and relocate programs. Keep central office, upgrade and move tech to central office

Scenarios

Currently there are two approaches and I didn’t get this down. I believe this information is on the last board meeting infor.




Then the District had a presentation led by Cory Johnson but before he could start talking, Coen spoke. Coen then talked about how trimesters has given students more credits and better graduation rate. The District needs options that make the changes a positive thing for teachers and students. Aligning grade level and having students having the same teachers for a number of years is a good thing. Looping? Elementary teachers have to do a variety of professional development programs because of core classes. Make specialists of elementary teachers is what Coen’s suggested.

Coen the said something about 246, 135 - Flexible groupings? Not sure what this is.

Cory briefed the cabinet this morning about a framework of instruction about teams in the middle school year. Coen said it is like looping. Create relationship strands??? Made an analogy with team teaching. Kids have same teachers multiple years. Kids who are problems have problems with multiple people.

Cory presented the team aspect. Coen said that teacher leadership was briefed on this. All this is researched based.

Cory - Referenced research in education about best practice. Collective teacher advocacy, teaming is good, integrated curriculum is good, effective interventions is good, collaboration time is good, enrichment is good, need to build student self efficacy etc. How do we plan for this and use the buildings to accomplish this?

Examples of different configurations of structuring 5-6 so that there are fewer teachers in the day for students? Promote block teaching with two contents area in the same block.

Having 7-8 promotes collaboration. Each level have teams. Teachers teach both grades. Example social studies teacher teaches the same students 7 and 8th grade. You teach them as 7th graders and then again as 8th graders. Team has common collaboration time. This model has to be flexible because 6th grade is a bubble class and subsequent classes will be smaller. Must grow and shrink with class sizes.

Coen - have had some students come back to us. He said it is because we don’t have all the kids leaving during lunch anymore at the high school Courtney - enrolled back in? Coen - about 5 have come back. They are coming back for more classes. We are different than all other schools around us. Middle school advanced math wasn’t advanced when Coen started, it was the same as regular math and the advanced class was behind the average class. This model will help teachers be content area experts. Coen said that the teacher displeasure factor is removed because they don’t have to sit through some stuff (PD?) that they aren’t interested and can focus on the area they are passionate about.




Planning Context (IACC)

Issues ahead: Referenced the school funding disparity issue in Davenport (superintendent put his license on the line). Article pointed out that most districts will decrease in size. Des Moines Register: 80% of Iowa Schools lost enrollment since 2001 and 9 percent of districts now educate half of all Iowa children.

They went over BSD projected enrollment and new money. We are losing money. That creates the planning context.

Assumptions Used for Retiring a Facility presented by IACC

Operation and maintenance cost

Energy Costs

Building renewal

Staff costs assumed to stay the same

Grade alike slightly less need for staff.

Numbers shown are for grade alike buildings.

Sunnyside and Blackhawk are not going to be closed.

Retire Corse because it has the highest cost.

Did life cycle cost over square feet. Corse has highest cost.

Bross questioned data.

Kestkerke - Blackhawk and Sunnyside built for 4 section buildings and rest 3 sections.

Courtney - Corse is oldest .

Robberts - Every assumption has some sort of grade alike? She wanted a third option.

Pre k-4 at each school 5 moved to middle school.




Sell JMEC relocate programs to other places. Upgrades to high school for accommodating this. Cafeteria is reduced by 20%. Three classrooms will be added in this area for a school to work program that was not identified in the presentation.

Bross - Why would IT head and secretary be at CO and not at the high school? Coen said it would work.

Kendell - expenses of moving included? IACC - Not included because it is a part of both scenarios.





Robberts - Will we be able to sell JMEC? Coen - We can’t just keep it open for municipal band and food bank. Courtney - What is the cost of tearing JMEC down? Coen - Talk to legislature so that districts can use 1 cent sales tax to tear down buildings. Courtney suggested we tear it down and sell building sites. He asked if it has asbestos Kesterke - lots of asbestos. Coen - we own 8-10 acres behind it. We could sell those as building sites.




Scenarios

Gave cost analysis of selling JMEC and closing Corse. Then had a slide about transportation consideration. A fraction of the radius of the served area would not be served. Students in Corse area would be bussed. HS could be a hub for transportation. Might be a reasonable approach to solving this. IACC didn’t spend time on this since it isn’t their area of expertise.

Scenario 1: Prek -4 at North Hill, Blackhawk, Sunnyside, and Grimes. Aldo would have ⅚ and Ed Stone 7-9. BHS would have 9-12

Scenario 2: North Hill, Grimes would have Pre K-1. Sunnyside and Blackhawk would have 2-4. Aldo would have 5-6 and Ed Stone 7-8. BHS 9-12.

Presented average annual operating cost and savings associated with the two scenarios. I couldn’t read the slide. The two save about the same amount. Option 2 slightly lower because they will need from 2-6 fewer teachers.

Then there was something said about 5-8 both middle schools pre k-4 for all elementary schools. Robberts asked for number on this possibility.

IACC said they could get the numbers for next time.

Both proposals are better than what we have now per IACC.

Phase 2 considerations: In about five years we may need to close another building.

Next Steps

IACC suggested an Options Forum format for getting community input. This may be done more than one night and more than one location. They will present three options and status quo for community. This is an open house form that has three stations that people progress through.

Introduction - This station explain the background of this stuff.

Concepts - This station presents the different options.

Feedback - This is where community members are asked a series of questions either by a person, electronically, or on paper and pencil. It focuses on what people want in a productive way according to IACC and lessens those who might cause “discord”.

Bross - Similar to IDOT process? IACC - not familiar with it.

Bross - People need to be heard or feel that they have been heard. Coen - This may be an opportunity to judge the indifference in the community.

Robberts then asked when we would do this

Bross - Suggest how many? IACC - 3 usually at different times.

Robberts - wants option 3. Anyone else want something? Robberts wants a non grade alike option. Hatteberg - How does 5-8 work in our buildings? Kendell wanted to know the same thing.

Coen said pd easier with grade alike buildings. Kendell - adding 5th grade creates a challenge?

Coen - tried to explain

Cory explained licensing of elementary vs licensing of secondary and how it impacts what grades can be in buildings. Grade alike buildings increases more opportunity for collaboration. Flexible group for students because more sections. Less staff.

Bross - need to explain what its better to community.

Cory - parent complaint - Students in multiple buildings. We have three levels now and going to four isn’t that big a deal. We have nostalgia for neighborhood schools. Coen - we have less than 2 kids per household. This really isn’t a problem.

Robberts - next steps?

IACC will provide the 3rd option that Robberts requested. The community engagement phase should be brief. May happen as soon as October. Decision made be end of December.

Staff lost will be attrition or moving out of district.

Coen - don’t anticipate firing people at this time as long as people retire or leave.




6:30 Expulsion Hearing




Regular Board Meeting

I. Call to Order – Welcome 7:45 p.m.

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Adoption of Agenda - motion Kendell, second Bross. Passed.

IV. Public Comments - No one.

V. Items for Discussion

3. Minutes - Reynolds presented them, Courtney moved, Hatteberg second, passed.

4. Financial Reports (June & July) - Reynolds presented this to close out fiscal year. General fund balance did increase. A portion of that is set aside for categorical funds. Categoricals did come down a little bit because we used PD funds. Management fund went up. Activity fund went down because of some non recurring expenditures. The trust fund went down. Nutrition fund went down. Overall, a good year. Courtney moved, Bross second. Approved.

5. Annual Settlement of Books - Reynolds presented. The books have to be closed for the last year. Bank statements etc were given to the board to show how it all reconciles. Hatteberg moved, Courtney second, approve.

VI Adjournment - This is the reorganizational meeting, this meeting has to be adjourned.

VII. Call to Order

(Board secretary, as president pro tem, will preside) Reynolds called to order.

VIII. Election of President - Robberts asked to say a few words. She was honored to be president for the last five years and then complemented the board members on serving. The one thing she was most proud of was getting Coen as superintendent. She gets texts and phone calls all the time and that he works all the time. She thanked Coen for his dedication. She then nominated Bryan Bross for board president. Kendell seconded. Hatteberg moved that nominations cease. Courtney seconded. Approved. Then they did a roll call vote. All voted yes. Bross is the president.

IX. Election of Vice-President - Courtney nominated Hatteberg. Robberts nominated Kendell. Nominations ceased. Bross - couldn’t choose. Hatteberg declined the nomination. Bross then voted for Kendell. All voted for Kendell.

X. Administer Oath of Office to Officers - Bross and Kendell were sworn in by Reynolds and board members changed seats.

XI. Consent Agenda - Bross took over at this point. Kendell moved, Robberts seconded, approved.

6. Bills, Human Resources Report, and Gifts

XII. District Positive Accomplishments- Homecoming Activities - Kennedy Gravel, Ally Bivens spoke. Started with powder puff and ruff and tuff yesterday. Today was country vs/ country club. Jr./Sr were country club. So/Fresh - country. Tomorrow is somewhere over the rainbow. Wednesday is vine/meme day which adults may not understand. Kennedy explained what vines and memes are. Thursday is jinx day and Friday is grayhound pride day. WQAD is coming Friday 5:00 A.M. for a pep assembly. There will be free breakfast pizza and Starbucks gift cards for the first 30 people there. They then talked about the Thursday night’s events including the parade, carnival, king coronation, pep rally, bonfire. The game is Friday and Saturday is the dance. The dance is in the cafeteria at BHS.

XIII. Student Representative Report - none

XIV. Superintendent’s Report - Sent an email to board president/vp about the guy at North HIll who is doing security. Attended GPAEA superintendent meeting. Something about million dollars and something else about two million dollars. Not sure what he meant. WB is going to abide by wish that an open enroll student can’t be on our swim team. Referenced homecoming stuff. Kids bank has 4.5% for any employees. Bank will talk to students about school debt and with the building trades students about equity in homes (F&M Bank). He talked to Derrick Murphy about everyone is a writing teacher and this taking time from band. He talked to students about being involved. He met with some other people about the school becoming a talent pipeline. Met with Sarah Butler Shoop about problems with her assignment at Grimes. He attached a document about some scores of something, ADA act information, and hard copy of something. Something about avoiding legal issues when disciplining students. A score? A letter was sent to high school association athletic association by someone but he did not elaborate on what it said. He presented to other districts the possibility of providing some of our high school programs to other districts. He talked about some more stuff about discipline stuff - unclear.

XV. Items for Discussion

7. 2018-19 Meeting Dates - They were in the packet provided. There were questions about the dates in May and June. May 13th is Senior Awards night. Robberts suggested the meeting be moved to May 14 (Tuesday). May 28th is the Tuesday after Memorial Day. June has only one meeting and they chose June 24th. Kendell requested we move some of the meetings out into the schools for one or two meetings. Motion to adopt meeting schedule Robberts, Courtney second. Approved. Janet will distribute updated schedule.

8. Board Committee Assignments - Bross asked if anyone wanted to change committees Courtney and Robberts good where they are at. Approved to stay the same.

9. Firework Agreement - Reynolds presented the J&M Display contract. Hatteberg motions, Robberts second. Approved.

10. Board Appointed School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC) - The membership was presented and Cory said that Nicole Wingate was left off and he added her to the list. He explained a little about it. Kendell moved, Hatteberg second. Kendell asked how do we find people for this committee? Cory - He tried to keep the same people as last year and then invited admin team to see if they wanted to join or leave and recruited another parent. He tried to keep the same group. Hatteberg thought it was a great meeting and good discussion. She appreciated all the data presented at the first meeting. Approved.

11. SIAC Goals - CSIP requires goal in early literacy. Cory gave the board a draft of the CSIP and the draft goals. He said there were two but didn’t say what they were. Robberts moved, Hatteberg second. Robberts - They don’t have to have goals above 5th grade? Cory said aren’t required to do this according to the Dept. of Ed. Robberts - Are they still looking at the data? Cory - Yes. Approved.

12. 400 Series of Board Policies 1st Reading - Jeremy Tabor presented this. He didn’t say what they were. Hatteberg moved to accept first reading, Robbert seconded. Several board members gave Jeremy comments about these policies back in July. Approved.

13. Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund Grant Information Only - Cory and Cassie Gerst presented. Gerst submitted the application. We got a grant of about $30,000. This will be used in flexible learning spaces at elementary and expand computer coding opportunities at the high school. There will be a committee developed to figure out how to implant the plan.

14. Depository Resolution - Reynolds asked board to approve the places we put our money. Courtney moved, Robberts second. Courtney asked why we move money out of Burlington? Reynolds said we are following code to get the best return on our investments. He tries to distribute funds as much as possible locally. If the nonlocal is the best, why not put all the money in that nonlocal one (Courtney)? Courtney asked how much better with a Des Moines bank? Reynolds said it could be as much as 1 point. But the local institutions are working more with us. Courtney asked about coop that we invest with. Courtney asked why we are out of state. Reynolds responded that we use the local branch of the out of state facility. Approved.

XVI. Board Communications - Robberts - She thanked for the opportunity to be board president and congratulated the new president/vp and wished all a save/happy homecoming. Hatteberg thanked Robberts for leadership, congratulated new ones, but said no female. Kendell thanked Robberts for her leadership and the respect he has for her. He enjoys the enhanced media coverage of the District. He thanked Greater Burlington Partnership for teacher event. Many BCSD teachers attended. He thanked them for electing him. Bross thanked Robberts. He’s learned a lot from her. He is thankful Kendell is his vp. He proud of staff, teacher, administrators that work hard. He recommended a book to all - The Deepest Way. This explains the “A score” thing referenced earlier.




XVII. Adjournment 8:37

Facilities Realignment/ "Right Size" Draft Document

BCSD Facilities Realignment Document shared with BEA leadership 8-24-18. As Mr. Coen notes, it is a draft at this point.

BEA notes from 8-27-18 BCSD Board Meeting

School Board Meeting August 27, 2018




Call to Order - Welcome


Bross starts (Robberts gone, Vickstrom over the phone in Canada)


Pledge of Allegiance


Adoption of Agenda


Hatteberg - motion, Brueck - second


Public Comments


Craig Nises (sp?) from Boy Scouts - introduced himself and troop - 4 scouts and 4 leaders


Consent Agenda


Courtney - lots of money mentioned - Hatteberg second - no discussion


District Positive Accomplishments - Dale Kurth Award


Mr. Keane - Greatest honor in Speech Tournament is to be a judge in the national competition - recognized Dale Kurth said good things about him and the program. Asked Dale to speak. Dale - Thanks, it has been a long journey. Started at BHS in 1997, and started coaching. Have had several state champions and national recognitions. The forensics league has traveled a lot. It is highly competitive and leads up to the nationals in the summer. Took Katie and Alexander Frevert to the national competition. It was great to see their growth in their years in speech and debate. Top honor is to sit in the front row and judge the best speakers in the nation. Got to see JJ Kapur, a top speaker from Valley High School in WDSM. Being a judge is an honor that took 20 years to get. This year is a rebuilding year, but has been rewarding. Great to see how the students have gone after their time here. We have many rewards over the years. Questions? Courtney - Stats on how these students succeed beyond high school? Dale - 66% greater chance to go into the college of choice. This opportunity builds networking ability to help in future jobs and colleges. One can be recognized in other locations around the USA. The competition process allows a school to network with other schools and become a national circuit to see what the competition is nationally. Would love to put the banners around the room of all the colleges that his students have gone to. Experience at the national level is unforgettable. Board - thank you for all your years. Coen - Kurth has those 25 year moments where a student can come back to a reunion and say thank you, you have made a difference. It is awesome to get one of those experiences.


Superintendent’s Report


Coen - Powerful week. Monday last week I was up since 4:30 in the morning - triple checking everything. Jaden Tabor, Jeremy’s daughter, set up the PowerPoint presentation. She did a great job. Steffensmeier set the stage for the year. Valor message was received and the importance valor quotient is being used in our community. Went to a multitude of trainings. If teachers have to do it, I should be there to. ALICE, coaching, CPR, etc. . Cory Johnson has not been here long, but is making a huge impact. I have been wrestling with what to do about the size of the district, what to do about the buildings. Restless sleeps, but has to focus on what is the best thing for the students and parents. Looking for the right sizing for the district. Mr. Keane struggled to get trimesters through and look at the last board meeting and Ruehs showed improvement. Trying to find possible solutions, such as possible looping at grade levels, 1-6 periods (not sure what he was suggesting) teach kids at their instructional level (like tracking regular/honors maybe?). We are not looking at this as a brick, but as a child and teacher. Spent time with attendees after Memorial Auditorium to get feedback. County attorney sent check for $5,000. Greater partnership meeting. There are lots of issues going on right now in the schools. Calling parents back to help find solutions. Admin is doing a good job doing what is best for students. Met with Monica and Cory. Stop Monica and thank her because she does a good job. Something about being at Blackhawk with professional development and set what is going on in PD this year. Sept. 8, 10am -1pm South Hill, 9th/10th St. Block party will be a good time. Thanked building and transportation because they have done a great job this summer, our buildings look amazing. Bracewell looks good, but still more work to do. Probably dress next year for games. Went to community health needs meeting at the hospital instead of walking around the first day. Wanted to be there so they could hear the schools voice. Dunk Tank at Hyvee was fun and brought a squirt gun to get the kids back. Did an outline from the last BLDD and had a smaller list of the right sizing (I think to 4 options, shared with the school board). Shared and article from the DSM Register (printed a copy for the board) He highlighted certain areas. It talked about larger challengers for learning. If schools are losing numbers and keep the same programs, the schools are going to struggle. Issue is declining enrollment. It is not just us. It’s happening elsewhere. One out of six districts have lost 1/3rd of the population. 80% of Iowa districts have lost enrollment since 2001. Humor - Coen said 1981 not 2001. 50% of the children in Iowa schools are in 9 districts. More districts need more financial solutions to their problems (1% guarantee). He wanted them to see the article to see that the district is not alone and other boards are in similar situations. Nothing to do with Burlington. It’s a good place, with less babies. Courtney - During 1994-96, there was the newer and fewer push. He got a lot grief for dropping to 5 buildings instead of growing and now we would have likely closed two schools. Coen - shared some story that pointed out a town used to have 27 houses with 8 kids each, and now only two houses remain. The farms are now owned by a farmer from Colorado with two people to help.


Items for Discussion


Edgenuity Agreement


Cory - Welcomed Boy Scouts- Edgenuity is an online learning. Over three years, 1400’s have been earned making it about $60 a credit. So it is a good investment. Hatteberg motioned, Brueck second for discussion. Brueck - Are there any other programs? Keane - Plato is and example we used to do. Hatteberg - How does it differ? Keane - has pictures, extra reading help, translations for spanish speakers. Don’t want to move since we have people who are good at the management component to it. Coen - Mr. Keane, can you explain face to face classes at BILA. Keane - Face to face is when a teacher directs classes. It can be blended with teacher and Edgenuity, some are just project based learning with the teacher and no Edgenuity. BILA has smaller classes, not completely self paced because it has to get done during the trimester. Courtney - Asynchronous? Keane - Means you don’t have to be on it with other people. Have to test to under supervision, however. Try to align Edgenuity classes to core like Social Studies and Math. Mrs. Sanning is working with management to align classes for science. Use with kids who are excluded from school during the day and get help in the evenings. Can be at own time and pace. Can see when students are working, and how long they are working. He referred to a girl student who was behind and worked hard to get caught up and was able to get back into the regular class setting after she was caught up. Coen - students can do some of this to free up your schedule to take the classes they want like choir and art. Approved by board to renew for 3 years.


Board Policy 605.10 2nd Reading


Courtney motioned - Hatteberg second - Therapy dogs - Courtney - How many do we have? Tabor - One at Edward Stone but expect to see more at buildings. Approved


Steff 7 Report of Open Enrollment - Information Only Gary Steffensmeier


Steff 7 Solutions - I am here to help you succeed, and need to find out where we are at. Did an open enrollment analysis. His background is focused here. Population is going down, enrollment is decreasing because people are going out of district. Numbers are only accounting for public schools, not the private sector. Trend of open enrollment out has been increasing in 10 years. Let's do something, but need to figure out the problem. 676 students mean $4.67 million lost each year and that number is going up. Need to improve iowa report card. Academic performance is a factor for leaving. The process of collecting data was a survey parents who moved students, survey to staff, and looked at existing data. Who are your customers and what is our product? Community is the customer, and students are the product. Staff are talking negatively about district in community. Need to be careful about how staff is talking in the public. Talk to the staff about that. Need to git the right message to people in the public. There are a lot of positive things to share. Staff felt that the school is dangerous and has control issues. If people are wanting to send students elsewhere because of what is perceived or real, then it is not good. Biggest concerns brought up are safety, class size, instruction, reputation. Impression affects people's choices. Reputation that the schools are not as good as they should be based on perception, not necessarily reality. Interviews are not anonymous so true honesty might not be there. Safety is the biggest issue. Schools are too big. Bross - Can’t change that. Steff - you are right. Perception on safety is not based on the number of fights because there is a small percentage of fights. Some parents don’t want to send kids to district to be negatively influenced by kids in school. Class size is another issue and teachers are not happy with discipline. Positive media cover is needed. We need to control the message. Like Cory said, if we are not positive and don’t share our story, someone else will. Promote what BCSD is good at. Recognize honor roll. Summer school, 18 credits, AP Course, lots of opportunities, National competitions. Action plan for this. 1. Communicate to faculty about positive talk. 700 voices to speak positively about students. 2. Work with admin about addressing behavior. 3. Promote positive events. 4. Work with staff/secretaries to create welcoming environment, since secretaries are the first face people usually see. 5. Work with teachers for a better learning environments. This means to give resources to teachers. Questions? Bross - Do you think not having a local television station helps or hurts us? Steff - Depends if they support you or not. Newspaper is impactful and a big resource. Get things in there that represent the good things. Those conversations should be of value. Bross - Perception, what is the reality of this compared to what is really happening? Steff - I have been in several schools and there is no difference from yours to another. There are issues, but there a lot of great things. I would consider the issue is more perception and not reality. Perceptions are very important. Burlington is the biggest in the area and has a lot going for it. Things need to be embraced. But losing $4.6 million is not benefiting anybody. Need to put a focus on it and move forward, but we need to stop the bleeding. People should know that we have a nationally recognized speech and debate. Brueck - So are you saying we need a media specialist? Steff - Getting positive achievements out there wouldn’t hurt. Great things should be put on social media. Courtney - The information, where did you get it? Steff - Anything written was anonymous. I did make phone calls, the feeling was similar. Anonymous is more negative and more honest in that moment of time. Phone interviews are tougher to get honesty because people hold back negative commentive. He pushes at it and may get a response, but surveys are easier to get that honesty. Courtney - So the research is not valid? Steff - It is accurate and valid. I can publish it. Accuracy is what you are looking for. Brueck - As for teachers, were you getting a lot of the same comments? - Steff - It was universal feeling (behavior). Mr. Coen is trying to slow down the open enrollment numbers from increasing. You are making some strides. Need to keep getting the positive message out. Bross - What can we do? Steff - Not only are you an important member of the district, you are the leaders. What you say and do is more important than you realize. Your can set the tone. The message is what we are making happen. There are some things you can’t control, like living by another district. The key is not letting the next 10 kids leave the district. Don’t try to get the ones who left back because they are gone. Keep the ones who are here. Our customers need to want the product.


Board Communications


Courtney - talked a lot, nothing to share. Dean - Bad weather so he read - How’s Schools Work by Arne Duncun, the Secretary of Education during Obama. Hatteberg - Best of luck to everyone at the beginning of the school year and many have worked hard to get this year started. Brueck - nothing. Bross - Sitting through the drive through and saw Coen dunked too many times to count and people really enjoyed that. Joking about it. Got purple paw in driveway, attended Ottumwa game and it was a good game and the players played hard. I want to echo that it takes a lot of passion and patience to work with kids.


Adjournment


Courtney - motion to adjourn

Notes from 8-13-18 BCSD Board meeting

Work Session on Facilities- 5 pm

My notes on this are going to be hard to understand, because they went really fast and we don’t have the info they have (the board and the planners)

Coen- hands off to Estes construction- assessment was sent out to board members. Going through a lot of info.

Paul Newhart- ICAT team. Program since 2009. 51st district assessment.

ID Needs- determine which buildings

James Madison, High School, IA

On site began 6-13

3-D building imaging

Kesterke helped identify needs and issues.

3D imaging within an inch accurate.

Enrollment projections-

Construction costs and ranges

Design and cm fees

Fixtures furniture and equipment

Contingency

-not included

land/property acquisition

Financing

Escalation inflation

Range of costs

Square footage reduction




James Madison- needs a new secure entry vestibule




BHS

Needs new tennis courts- 557-775 k




4.27 mil- 5.9 in improvements to Madison possible




BHS- 14.7-24.9 mil

Required- Asbestos containing materials- 328k

ADA compliance- 738k

Building Code Compliance Modifications- 163k




IA Building- 839-1.2 mil




HS needs most of the work

Urgent work- 1-5 years completion




Time to retire a school- none of them are at that.

Funding sources in the book




QLEO analysis- outcome from brainstorming session- a lot of information- facility capacities versus enrollment

Number of choices district has at elem

More capacity than students

Ran buildings at same capacity

Repurposing elem facility- changing grade levels at ms

What if did not grade a like

Pk-6, 7-9, 10-12




Should we close JMEC?

Should we sell admin building?

More 21st century/Iowa Big




Approach

Capacity and enrollment- how many facilities will be needed in 5 years




What does success look like

Lots of technical jargon- using math to decide how many kids can fit in what area




Average elem school uses a classroom 90%

85 for MS

80 for HS




Enrollment has declined across the country

Open enrollment in and out

These are based on projections for the year 2223

Pk-4 would need 3 buildings

Pk5 would need 3 or 4

Pk6 would need 4

6-8- only need one building

5-8- would need 2 buildings




Early Childhood center- admin building combined with it would equal square footage of corse

Cost benefit analysis- corse is best choice, north hill 2nd best, blackhawk would be the worst




Next set- what if we distributed students evenly across all the buildings- #sections required- awkward sized classes that require adding sections

77 sections- save money over long term- allows you to reduce sections




Grade alike and other re-makes would- more effectively use the MS’s- we have more buildings than we are expected to need




Could re-configure a space to host an academy like Iowa BIG to hopefully retain students/keep them from open enrolling out




Scenario pk-6 7-9 10-12- includes HS with regional academy

Retires admin building and aldo




Scenario PK-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-12- North Hill as EArly Childhood and admin building, retires corse and admin building




Scenario- PK-4, 5-8, 9-12-




Started throwing scenarios out- no discussion about them yet





Regional academy= higher performance. Planning to reverse open enrollment

These scenarios are all based on guesswork, in my opinion- anything involving a regional academy assumes that we would create both an early childhood center and a regional academy




Needs to be vetted with admin for example the bakery hasn’t been considered




All projections require only 4 elem buildings

How important is it to the community to keep a Preschool in the building where they will continue?




Effect of enhanced programming could be felt district wide- closing too many buildings may be a problem- might need room for growth




Next steps- identify which scenarios warrant further exploration- refine assumptions with admin

Come back with fewer scenarios

Timeline- comeback in sept- pick top 3 or 4- community involvement in October- roll out in January




Hatteberg- did any of the scenarios not include a regional center? Yes, some of them did.




Kendell- requests simpler scenario explanations




In all scenarios a building was retired- no scenario kept the admin building in it

Coen- regional academy idea is already in progress- not a good idea to compete with SCC

Courtney- we can’t get rid of admin building- we can get rid of the admin building

The cell phone tower may create a zoning issue when they try to sell the admin blg

The cell tower earns 1500 a month

Coen- Kesterke recommends selling the building- 10k a year on building for utilities

Brueck- regional academy? Coen- it doesn’t make sense to do it for us- it would make us competitors to SCC. we already partner with SCC in a regional way.

Iowa Big will be considered.

Board sending thoughts by Aug 23.

Hatteberg- concerned about adding something- wants to make sure what we do, we do well

Adding another element to that concerns her

Work session ended at 6:05pm




Call to Order – Welcome 7:05 p.m.

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Adoption of Agenda- moved by Kendell, 2nd by Courtney

IV. Public Comments

The Board encourages citizens to attend its meetings. Citizens have this opportunity

to comment on issues and concerns (Policy 210.9 & 213)- none

V. Consent Agenda

3. Minutes, Bills, Human Resources Report, and Gifts- moved approval by Vickstrom, 2nded by Hatteberg- question by Vickstrom- changes by staff- will there be more before we open? Coen- yes- medical situations caused people to not fill contracts- diligently trying to fill all the positions- passed with Bross abstaining

VI. District Positive Accomplishments- Freshman Initiative- Reuhs- chair in the middle- will come back to it

Reuhs- asst principal- new team freshman initiative- focused on 9th graders- support and curriculum- empty chair- data outcomes- Powerpoint will be shared with staff and board- Kendell going to talk about Personal reflection

Johnson- boot camp- 50 students

Mosbach- transitions class

Reuhs- data from summer school

Empty chair- envision a student who has impacted you- Reuhs thinks of a student from Dubuque

How they started school year with whole staff- focused PD sessions- kept coming back to empty chair

Read a thing about it- what is in that student’s best interest- we are working for specific learners in specific places- learning communities where everyone is on the same page- common goal- what kind of school they want to have- always focused on welfare of children- little chair- this year all the board members are getting pictures of an empty chair- help them remember why we are in the work we are in

Reuhs- lot of resources expended in 9th grade- lots of research shows 9th grade is critical- 2 years ago- 9th graders earned 10.9 credits- this year they earned 14.1

Total F’s- 440- this year- 407- 28% more classes offered

Core F’s- 227 2 years ago- 190

Students with a Core F- 95- last year 76

Met every day-

Video- Reimagining Freshman Year

Freshman Academy model- looked at Ottumwa and Muscatine- ours is a hybrid

Attempted a lot of things- efficacy diminished toward end of year

Tried to do too much-

Lack of communication outside of team

“We are not a freshman academy”

New name- Freshman Success Team

Clear two part process- stduent and parent relationships- 9th grade houndrooms- transition to high school course- after school course- after school students- google voice texting and calling- contact logs- academic plans-

Improving Instruction- incorporating exit outcomes- higher order thinking strategies

Frequent communication with staff- through email

Links to minutes will be provided in emails

UBD cohorts and meeting times overlap

First 2 weeks

Remaining year simplified

Exit Outcomes introduced and reinforced each week

2 houses-

What can you do to help? Ask questions, offer suggestions, use our common language

Attend our meetings




Mrs. Kendell- last year focus was on creating a safety net- spent a lot of time on parent contacts- building relationships- foundational piece- didn’t waver throughout the year- could address student concerns at daily team meetings

Mr. Johnson- Freshman boot camp- team building with national guard- breakout sessions- meetings with teachers in breakout sessions- brain chemistry- effective study habits- meant to equip students with what they need

Mrs. Mosbach- transitions class- wasn’t excited to teach it at first- amazing class- use 7 habits for highly effective teens- 1 tri class- kids would come back and show their learning- inviting board members to come in and visit their classroom

Think it made a difference in the 9th graders

Reuhs- whole school- summer school- unique here- conservation very popular- PE and science- water quality- kayaking- bike riding- trips taken in history class- wanting to help kids get credits back- had some 8th graders come to get a headstart- class offerings designed as at-risk- getting kids to “buy back in”

#s- 171 sign up- 128 active students- 151 credits- and counting- half of the credits they received last year

Student Achievement Center- 178 credits earned

Lots of teachers offered credit recovery- students who just barely flunked-

Other districts are starting to pay attention to what we are doing- asking about summer school and trimesters

Robberts- shout out to freshman boot camp- her student loved it- he’s excited to go to BHS- it’s wonderful- he’s not nervous at all to go

Courtney- great course offering list- wonderful

Bross- brings joy to his heart- trial and error- it’s awesome- such a transition from ms to hs- this is really helping them

Courtney- do other districts offer this?

Reuhs- some of the parts make us unique- Understanding Social Systems- Freshman transitions

Freshman Math topics- math you need to be an adult- how to use a spreadsheet- all 9th graders took it

Courtney- summer school length? 4 weeks

Reuhs- take care of pictures

Robberts- thank you to staff

VII. Superintendent’s Report-

Coen- SAI conference- firming- walked away knowing BCSD does a lot of good things- getting after it- last 3 years of work have led up to this- nice to be approached-

Attended summer reading program- thanks to parents who continued to read- library staff- room was full kids excited

Hyvee- will have principals in a dunk tank-

LMC meeting- positive- Cory Johnson review norms- talked about communication- discipline- fairly new- best LMC meeting he’s been to

P and G discussing locker rooms- banners

Art show- awesome art- Onesto

3 days in des moines- learned a lot- exchanged ideas- affirmation- we’re moving in the right direction

If a student is behind at end of freshman year, they are exponentially less likely to finish high school. Impact of freshman stuff is going to pay off for years to come- he’s asking them to not forget this night because freshman stuff is so valuable- can’t thank them enough- thank you for caring so much for the students you have in your classrooms

Kendell- p word- were people talking about politics at SAI

IPERS briefing- people nervous

School funding- didn’t come up at all. 95% about instructional practices and 5% about ipers




VIII. Items for Discussion

4. Outreach & Grant Coordinator Job Description Revision- Tabor- job description is an extension on current description- Ms. Gerst’s position- moved for approval by Hatteberg and Bross

Kendell- Gerst is so important- key position

Coen- cassie is invaluable- Brueck- two meetings with her

Vickstrom- how much help does she get- Coen- she’s at admin building now- she’s a self starter- asks for help when she needs it- she has a personality and energy level that a lot of people wish they had- she’s not isolated- Keane helps her out when she needs it- Johnson- management structure- she has resources- Coen she’s good at delegating- passed unanimously




5. Elementary Power Standards and Standards Based Grading- Johnson, Vanerstrom, White, and Myers- packet outlining what power standards are and what we do with them- curriculum is different now than it used to be- living document

Grade levels- iowa core standards- some are highlighted- those are the priorities

Way of focusing instruction- expectations for students- students at each school get the same level of education-

Myers- each school and grade level was represented- met monthly and sometimes more- talked about how they were scored and chosen-

Vanerstrom- real score- then had to align standards to see where they were assessed at the elem level-

Myers- in years past, had a large amount of items we were just touching on- now we are giving students a deeper knowledge

Johnson- AEA job he had- this is common practice- it’s hard work- curriculum work is not done- it’s ongoing




Bross- this is massive- how many hours went into this- hundreds- at least 20 hours this summer- regular meetings during the year-

White- something teachers have been waiting for

Bross- obstacles?

Johnson- giving teachers time and focus to concentrate on them- making sure each grade level team has a common understanding to define priority areas

Hatteberg- what should teachers accomplish this year?-

Johnson- teachers time to work around them- develop common assessments- soft implementation year- it’s overwhelming

Bross- is this easier for a new teacher or seasoned teacher? Myers- new, they don’t have to relearn

Robberts- thanks for all your time and effort and putting it in board packet




6. Morningside College Agreement for Internship, Field Experience or Practicum Courses-

Johnson- regular standing agreement- no cost to district- recommended approval- moved by Brueck, 2nded by Hatteberg- Vickstrom- long distance to get here

Johnson- grad level work- teachers doing grad work and field experience- sometimes student teaching- regional cohort

Passed unanimously

7. Resource Officers Agreement with City of Burlington- Coen and Reynolds- continuation of agreement- school protection plan- Resource officers key component- Vickstrom moved, Bross 2nd- passed unanimously

8. Board Policy 605.10 1st Reading- Tabor and Brueck and Butler- Therapy dogs policy- Brueck had the idea- she has a puppy- Butler- great way for kids with emotional disorders

Brueck- dog is still in training- has to have more training- already has been incredibly rewarding- she works her magic. Students suggested we get a therapy dog. One of the students was really struggling- it worked to break through to the student

Grimes- the dog is a reward- Check in Check out- they get to have their time with the dog- socialization- augmenting the counseling program- want to be proactive and have a policy- she’s a Goldendoodle-

Kendell- so happy- exceptional- Sparty and Strabala- great program- so fantastic- dog lives with Brueck- dog has to pass good citizen test- does she go to diff buildings- dog goes with her

Brueck- does this add insurance? Reynolds- becoming more prevalent- AKC will also have an insurance policy on her-

Courtney moved, kendell 2nd- passed first reading unanimously




9. Steff7 Report on Open Enrollment- tabled to next meeting- Steffensmeier didn’t attend the meeting, and no reason was given why.




Board Communications

Courtney- none

Hatteberg- thanks to presenters- success will continue- Vidya Mullangi and Sam Schulte recital in July- mature and far beyond their years.

Vickstrom- made a pass through on freshman boot camp - nice to see kids smiling. Well worth the effort.

Brueck- good luck to all students and teachers on start of school year

Kendell- nice meeting- lots of good stuff- hope people chat online. Staff is getting ready to go. Fall Musical- Hello Dolly in October

Bross- Pleased to hear about freshman initiative- power standards- excellent addition with therapy dogs- high school student council- thinking about underclassmen

Robberts- have a lot going on- fall fest at gym- 5pm- back to school aug 20th

Johnson- iowa future ready summit- sept 25th 9 to 3

Kurth got a reward for being speech and debate judge- national- superbowl of speech.

Podium- Dave Zoeller made it.

Impressed with freshmen boot camp. Smiling kid every day. Shout out to carl brueck for holding door open and smiling- thank you to him and all the teachers.




Went to closed session at 816

BEA notes from 7-16-18 BCSD Board Meeting

July 16, 2018 BCSD Board of Directors Meeting

5:30 Work session facility study - I couldn’t attend this so I have no notes on this.

6:30 Expulsion hearing- closed

6:45 Expulsion hearing - closed - cancelled.

I. Call to Order – Welcome 7:00 p.m. by Robberts.

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Adoption of Agenda - Vickstrom moved, Hatteberg seconded.  Robberts asked to put two items together ( didn’t catch which one).

IV. Public Comments - none

V. Consent Agenda

4. Minutes, Bills, Financial Reports, Human Resources Report, and Gifts

Motioned to accept Hatteberg, Courtney second - Bross abstained.

VI. District Positive Accomplishments- Middle School Summer School-Camp Journey Update

Angie Butler and Michael Carper presented info on 45 - 60 kids in middle school summer camp.  This is the second year of this relationships oriented summer school where they worked on social skills and executive functioning skills and academic “things”.  They had special speakers including olympic athletes and Trevor Ragan. Carper then showed a video of the summer camp. The camp lasts for eight days. Carper said the staff was great and this year was smoother than last year.  Robberts complemented and thanked them for doing it.

VII. Superintendent’s Report

Last week’s cabinet meeting was referenced.  Evaluations are out for Mrs. Butler, Mr. Yeoman and Mr. Keane.  Coen turned in his own evaluation for the board. He did a radio interview for KBUR.  Janet received a call from a concerned citizen about his phrasing “locked, cocked, and loaded”.  He apologized for that language. James Madison may be used as a food distribution point for community food pantry.  Brian Johnson is looking into this. Coen is working on the 2018-19 welcome back and reeorganizing with Mr. Cory Johnson.  He met with teacher leadership and others recently. He met with someone about solar panels but theymay not be financially feasible for district.  Jeremy, Greg, and he attended Mr. Kendell’s father’s visitation. In his draft evaluation given to the board, he made a comment about valor in education and great things he sees in staff.  That’s in response to Dr. Steffensmeier survey of staff, parents, community. Diane Todd met with Hatteberg and him about attendance problems. Mr. Richards is going to try and pilot a program to stop chronic absenteeism  elementary students. Attendance letter is online. ISBA legislative priorities will be discussed later.

VIII. Items for Discussion

6. Iowa State University Cooperative Student/Practicum Agreement

Cory Johnson presented this.  District has had this in place before and it just needs to be approved. Courntery, Bross - passed.

7. District-Wide Assessments 2018-19 School Year Information Only

Cory Johnson - information only item.  He gave them an extensive paper explanation on testing and the one page sheet that was published in the board meeting packet.  He explained what the different test are and what they are used for in the district.

Bross asked if he felt we are overtesting.  C. Johnson said he tried to pare it down. Bross asked if this was going to be stable and consistent. Johnson - Yes.  He stated which ones are state mandated and that two of the tests on the lists may be taken away in the future. Vickstrom asked which test  is most predictive of student success. Johnson said he couldn’t comment on the new test state test (ICAP) and is not familiar with the district writing assessment.  FAST is relatively predictive of progress but he more or less endorsed all the tests on the list. Coen agreed with that but said to keep in mind that every test is a snapshot of a child that day.  Vickstrom doesn’t want to test the kids to death. C. Johnson said the test is only as good as how we use it. We need to use the data not just give the test.

8. Shoquoquon Choir 28 E Agreement with Notre Dame

Reynolds said it is a continuation of an agreement that we’ve had for the last 8 years.  Courtney, Hatteberg, passed.

9. Milk Vendor for 2018-19

Brian Johnson presented this.  We have to follow the state procurement rules for purchase and we only have two choices.  A and E was the lowest bid. Hatteberg, second by someone, passed.

10. Single Vendors for 18-19

Brian Johnson presented this.  Vendor for non commodity food. Every three years it is bid out and Kohl’s had the best bid.  They were the only company that bid. Courtney, Bross, passed.

11. IASB Legislative Priorities

They had a list of them in the board packet.  Robberts said there were a number of responses from the board members and they needed to choose four to recommend to IASB.  Bross tallied all the results. Courtney didn’t rank any.

Greg explained whether we were well funded for at risk or sped.  We break even on sped and have lost funding in the at risk. Bross asked about unfunded mandates.  Robberts asked about what Courtney thought. He said the board had spent more time on it than the legislature did.  Courtney said we need to stop giving insane amounts of money to big business and put it back in education. Coen said there is a process to write and submit this to IASB.  Robberts said for him to go ahead and do it. Coen for every dollar that comes to a school district one dollar is gone before it hits the school. He agreed with Courtney. Vickstrom - What do we have to lose in doing this?  Coen then gave an example of Courtney helping out when he was in the legislature with Smart Balance funding. Robberts then said they will send four. Chosen were school funding formula, supplemental aid, mental health at that point

Courtney suggested to do mental health and then write up our own saying to fund us instead of funding business.

Vickstrom, Bross motioned to do this.  Courtney and Coen will draft something.  Coen has to submit it to IASB through a series of hoops.  Then they decided to draft it and try to get other school to join.  We can get press on this. Passed.

12. Athletic Training and Sports Enhancement Services

Coach Shay presented the only proposal which was from Universal Therapy Group.  Courtney, Hatteberg. Courtney asked why there was only one bid. Shay said last year GRMC bid but declined to do so this time. Passed

13. Handbook/Attendance Discussion 5. High School Handbook 2018-19 (combined items)

Keanne presented.  He had met with board members.  Robberts opened discussion.

Courtney asked if Kendell should be here since he had significant issues with it.  Robberts said that Keane and Kendell had emailed back and forth about it. Kendell and Robberts discussed that Kendell had looked at other districts and had good ideas.  He recognized that they need staff, students, and administration vetting instead of just the board doing this. Summer is not the best time for this. It was discussed that perhaps next year need to move this up in December and January so this input could happen.   Robberts said we aren’t the same as other districts. She has been on the board for seven years and they haven’t done anything. Staff and students need notice and time to respond. It’s too late to make big changes now. Courtney - we need to pass this and work on for next year?  Robberts - yes Bross - we need to have a work session. Parking concerns, student appearance concerns, etc. Closed campus, id cards, attendance enforced. Keane met with Hatteberg about attendance concerns. Robberts - not at BHS everyday, and silly for her to tell teachers what works at BHS without the input from staff. Vickstrom said we need to have consistency and need to enforce it.  He sees what happens with cell phones because he is at the high school. Keane said he can say the same thing about chromebooks. Some of the changes have been made because the staff is not willing to enforce rules. The backpacks and hats are not causing a problem. It will mean disciplining staff. Coen said teachers have rights to conduct their classroom (not sure what he was saying). Keane if a teacher doesn’t want a backpack or hat they can ask students not to do it.  Teachers need to model the expectations. Keane said that the hat issue seemed to be a big deal but Carper wore a hat tonight and no one had a problem with that. In a science classroom, he didn’t allow food or gum but he allowed it in his shop classes. He wants to support the teachers and their expectations. He will have problem writing up teachers. Courtney won’t some teachers welcome the board making a decision on this? Wouldn’t it take the pressure off the teachers if they could just say the board said they had to?

Keane - No.  It is the same with parking. He painted staff parking spots and he will pull the kids that park there.  Courtney - tow the car? Keane didn’t really answer this. He said when he started at BHS, he got complaints about students parking so he went out to the parking lots and wrote down the license plate of cars without stickers and they were all staff members.  There are things that you don’t want to do as a leader. It’s not fear of consequence but building quality relationships with people. Then some staff don’t model it and kids see that. He wants the students to challenge the status quo and ask why the rule is the way it.  

Hatteberg referenced page 41 in the handbook about absences.  Four days for trimester but 16 days per year doesn’t add up. It talks about unexcused absences and not truancy.  Board policy says that admin meets with students at 6 unexcused absences. Board policy and handbook don’t agree. Hatteberg said we have made great improvement but we need to focus in on the groups in the halls. She liked the program that Mr. Richards will be piloting (not a lot of detail given on that program).  We need to make sure what is said in the handbook is actually something we can do. Robberts agreed that they are important concerns but do we change language now or what? Hatteberg - No, but at the beginning of the year the administration needs to go over the rules with students and staff and get the same verbiage. Vickstrom  something need to be done that minimizes disruption to educational process. How do we minimize it? Robberts tried to summarize and said we need to go over a proposed handbook with Mr. Keane, staff, and students. Keane asked for a cross section of students. Keane said he has a problem with this but he will do it (?). Bross said we want to use a carrot and not a stick but we need a process.  Vickstrom said there is a fine line between supporting and enabling. Keane got testy at this point. Robberts brought it back to the process of getting a handbook. This time she added administrators into the process and restated the due date of December/January. She wants to have a work session for the board because they aren’t all on the same page. Coen has tasked Cory Johnson with organizing a linear document to make sure these are done on a timely basis in the school year.  Robberts said she is very supportive of Keane and he was given something that has been the same at the high school. We need to update in general. Keane agreed with Mr. Coen that there needs to be a process. It has been the exact same as it has been except the hats and he put that back in that students can’t wear them after the last board meeting. Courtney was uncomfortable about ruling on this without Brueck and Kendell are there. Kendell does want staff input in this according to Robberts but we need to get a handbook for next year.  Bross asked about the hat thing (I’m not sure if they are in or out). They decided to approve last year’s handbook with date and name changes. Hatteberg we all agree on we want you to do your job to the best of your ability. We want to offer the best situation that we can. Robberts asked for a motion. Hatteberg said that the motion

needed a taskforce established for the new handbook.  The taskforce would be composed of students, staff, and administration.  Keanes asked if this is limited to the high school handbook? Vickstrom seconded.  Robberts didn’t really answer directly but said that the principals watching this would probably decided it was a good thing to do.  Passed.

IX. Board Communications

Hatteberg - I want to echo my thanks to Mr. Keane for taking extra time to me with me.  Yearly total of gifts over $100,00

Vickstrom - nothing

Courtney - nothing

Bross - Experienced online registration and worked well.  Continue to be pleased with the summer learning opportunities.  Thanks to Cory Johnson for great detailed information on the testing.

Robberts - Asked Coen about evaluation in August that there will need to be a work session.  When is welcome back? Coen - August 20 at Memorial Auditorium, 8 A.M.

Encouraged people to register online.  Thanked Mr. Keane for his contributions.

Adjourn: Vick, Hatteberg - 8:26