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| BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes for Community Partnerships March 3, 2008 |
Doyle Administration Building 545 West Dayton Street, Auditorium Madison, Wisconsin |
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Community Partnerships Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Maya Cole at 5:04 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Board Members: Maya Cole and Johnny Winston, Jr.
Citizen Member: Carl Silverman
MEMBERS ABSENT: Board Member: Lucy Mathiak, Citizen Member: Amy Hilgendorf
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Arlene Silveira
STUDENT LIAISON PRESENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Sue Abplanalp, Lisa Black, Joe Quick, Art Rainwater, Marcia Standiford, Ann Wilson-Recording Secretary
1. Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Carl Silverman and seconded by Johnny Winston, Jr. to approve the minutes of the Community Partnerships Committee meeting dated February 11, 2008. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
2. Public Appearances
There were no public appearances.
3. Announcements
There were no announcements.
4. Funding for Athletics
John Olson provided a report of his fund raising activities for the district. When he began, there was an urgent need, because of gang recruiting, for activities for children between the afternoon hours of 3-5 p.m. He began an endowment fund with the Madison Community Foundation that provides $46,000 per year to support middle school extracurriculars. There is now an urgent need to expand to the high schools as well and to provide transportation. He is working this time with the Foundation for Madison Public Schools to raise another endowment. His work so far has been through speaking engagements; he plans to start a writing campaign later in the year. His outreach will continue to include MMSD staff. Mr. Olson plans to work on this project for four years.
DISCUSSION:
· Naming rights -there is past precedent; would be a Board of Education decision to offer it.
· What is administration's recommendation as most important to offset - transportation, scholarships to participate? (Administration could make a recommendation. Anything offset is advantageous; some aspects may be more "fundable.") John Olson noted the endowment is planned to offset the budget, but there will be individual accounts for the high schools. The target is girls and boys sports.
· District public relations staff members are available to help.
· District needs to continue and create more partnerships.
Ms. Cole indicated she would ask Mr. Olson to report back to the committee after his efforts in the fourth quarter of the year. She will also ask the Elvehjem playground committee to join in a discussion of fund raising best practices. She may request an end-of-the-year full presentation to the Board of Education or highlight individuals and their partnership models. She also indicated she would be happy to ask the Administration at some point to provide information about meeting needs for athletics and the naming precedent.
5. MMSD Parent Involvement Policy
Maya Cole noted that the committee is currently looking at policies and at the last meeting reviewed the policies from several other school districts.
Lisa Black reported she talked with the Oshkosh School District and gathered more information. Their parent involvement policy was developed by a committee that took much of the content from No Child Left Behind requirements for Title I. As part of those requirements, each site must have a site council (which resembles the MMSD SIP committee). Oshkosh has not developed any ways to measure parent involvement, trusting each school will do its part to build and encourage it.
Ms. Black also noted there would be further committee discussion of the Climate Survey, either at a workshop or on a committee agenda, whenever appropriate.
Ms. Cole indicated she would continue to review policies and work toward establishing a measurement for parent involvement because it will provide a better handle on the two-way communication between school and parent, and because there is a large body of evidence that student achievement increases when there is good parent involvement. She will schedule a workshop to continue to review the Oshkosh policy, review the parent component of the Climate Survey, work with Kurt Kiefer to develop a small set of measures, all with the goal that parents feel welcome and students achieve. For other meetings this spring, she plans to look at SIP plans for a few schools and follow-up with John Olson and others about streams of revenue.
6. Other Business
There was no other business.
7. Adjournment
It was moved by Carl Silverman and seconded by Johnny Winston, Jr. to adjourn the meeting at 5:40 p.m. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
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