Monday, August 11, 2014

Aug 11 2014 P&D Committee Meeting/Special Board Meeting

Public Hearing on Environmental Review for Senior High School

  • No comments sent to Leo via email or mail.
  • Department of Commerce requires the school district to get public comment.
  • Not many environmental issues with Senior...Asbestos abatement is major one.
  • Propose is for getting a grant for mechanical upgrade project.
Summary of Strategic Planning Meeting
  • Minutes was passed out to all board members.
  • Last planning process was around 15 years ago.
  • Board will set the goals.
  • Under values...students will have to commit to doing their part.
  • This will involve about 90 focus groups.
  • Calendar for focus groups will be on the website.
  • What is expected of board members? Terry wants board members to attend 4-6 focus groups to get a feel of what the public thinks. Board is the end process...approving mission statement, goals, etc. Terry will create a document describing roles of board members.
  • What does updates look like? Terry: will be looked at yearly. Another full-scale plan should be done in 5-6 years. The accountability process will be done yearly. 
  • How will this plan survive board and administrative turnover? Terry is committed to report out progress on the plan at least yearly.
Redistricting Guiding Principles:
  • Should social economic diversity be maximized rather than investigated? Cropper: All criteria is looked at equally. Have no problem with changing investigate to maximized. Diversity can be measured (free and reduced lunch). 
  • Motion to change: maximize social economic diversity of schools with any redistricting change, whenever possible. 
Broadwater and McKinley Schools update:
  • Tours Tuesday Aug 12 430 pm broadwater and 600 pm mckinley
  • Broadwater - hole is dug. Major bid pack coming in Tuesday.
  • McKinely - Last bid package will be bid next week. Focus on getting historic school ready by August 20. Basement demolished. New windows are being installed. Brickwork will finish this week. 
  • 20 people coming in to move stuff back in from containers this weekend.
East Billings Middle School:
  • Site grading work came in at 2 million and will put project over budget, but west end school will compensate by being under budget.
  • Budget presented to replace ball fields. Looking at putting in a concession stand and storage space for equipment. 
  • The will need to put a motion on the next board meeting to approve the addition of a concession stand.
Now onto the special board meeting....Quality Schools Grant:
  • Motion to approve environment review...Passed.
Will James Softball Field Improvement:
  • Parking lot...want to delay until next summer because of all the things involved.
  • Motion: Award Will James Middle School Softball Fields Improvements 2013 Bond Project -Schedule 1 only- for the amount of $365,183.64 to CMG Construction, Inc. ...Passed
Redistricting Guiding Principles:
  • Change from P&D meeting above. Motion made and it passed.

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