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| BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes for Special Meeting - Open Session April 26, 2004 |
Doyle Administration Building 545 West Dayton Street, Room 103 Madison, Wisconsin |
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Special Meeting of the Board of Education-Workshop was called to order by President Bill Keys at 9 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Carol Carstensen, Bill Clingan, Bill Keys, Juan José López, Ruth Robarts, Johnny Winston, Jr.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Shwaw Vang
STAFF PRESENT: Jane Belmore, Valencia Douglas, Mary Gulbrandsen, Karen Kucharz, Roger Price, Art Rainwater, Jake Staudt, Donna Williams, Barbara Lehman-Recording Secretary
1. Announcements
There were no announcements.
2. 2004-05 Amended Proposed Budget
(Packets included a recommendation for the driver education program (4/22/04); a log of Board budget requests; and the administrative responses to Board budget questions. Copies are attached to the original of these minutes.)
Ms. Carstensen announced that she had asked for the strategic plan brochure to be part of the last packet (a copy is attached to the original of these minutes). She suggested a summer workshop to discuss the plan. She also noted the three Board priorities which also provide guidelines to the administration for constructing the budget. Copies of the standards were also provided to the Board by grade and by curriculum, including the processes in place for looking at performance in the core areas. She gave a brief history of how the current standards were developed and how the imposition of the revenue caps affected the review of the standards. The Superintendent noted that the elementary report card is a guide to the standards and soon the middle school reports would be also.
Roger Price reviewed the budget document. All the accounts could not be matched. The department budgets would be updated. Final edits were being made this week and would become part of the complete document published in May. He asked that any crosswalk questions be e-mailed to him. He continued to review the document and the process.
Discussion: Developed from Scenario 1 list. There were some cuts in the elementary education department in FTEs due to some decline in enrollment. Middle schools are experiencing more of a decline in enrollment. Inflationary increase used for transportation and could produce a savings depending on who is awarded the bid. Health insurance is purely projection. Final adjustments made in October when enrollment and state aid are known. There were some questions about specific line items and where certain things would be found. Principals asked staff where the cuts should be made; not a top-down approach.
Ms. Carstensen explained more about the process in the upcoming weeks and that the Board members should get requests and proposals for add-ons and cuts to the administration as soon as possible. All information would be shared.
3. Other Business
There was no other business.
4. Adjournment
It was moved by Carol Carstensen and seconded by Johnny Winston, Jr. to adjourn the meeting at 10:01 p.m. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
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