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| BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes for Special Meeting - Open Session May 3, 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 5:04 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Carol Carstensen, Bill Clingan, Bill Keys, Juan José López (5:07 p.m.), Ruth Robarts, Shwaw Vang, Johnny Winston, Jr.
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Jane Belmore, Mary Gulbrandsen, Roger Price, Art Rainwater, Donna Williams, Barbara Lehman-Recording Secretary
1. Announcements
There were no announcements.
2. 2004-05 Amended Proposed Budget
Roger Price distributed a summary of the completed analyses in response to Board member inquiries dated 5/3/04 (a copy is attached to the original of these minutes). He expected to have the remaining analyses completed in the next two days.
Chair was turned over to Carol Carstensen who explained that this was an informal session to talk about the budget. Written proposals from the Board members were due by the end of business on Wednesday. She reiterated that any restores would need corresponding cuts.
Juan José López arrived at 5:07 p.m.
Questions from the Board to Staff: Figures for fee/ticket increases and estimated revenues. Dollar amount of impact of referendum on State Aid ($1.9M). Confirmed that there is no administrative proposal to contract out trades and maintenance workers—two vacancies are being held. There is a need for flexibility in responding to work orders—turnaround will be slower. Wage freeze proposal would affect 148 employees, including MSCR. Some MSCR administrators are under Fund 80 and not on the tax levy. Additional analyses will be provided before the amendments are to be turned in. No voting is expected on the amendments on the 17th but will be after the public hearing. The use of the Lapham pool and transportation issues was described. Educational Services will be reviewing those IEPs involving the pool at Lapham. Strings issue was generated by a request for an analysis of the cost of the program. E-mails are coming in relative to Reading Recovery at Lapham. Lapham will not qualify for Title 1 next year. The budget timeline was reviewed and the goals for the next workshop. Budget situations were described for which five votes are required. Deadlines were set for noon on Wednesday and Friday at 3 p.m.
Discussion relative to individual Board member's proposals: Thinking about Minority Services Coordinators and two TAG positions funded by increasing text and materials fee to $25 and using some of the contingency fund. Concerned about cuts in special education.
There was some discussion about the Request for Proposal for bussing vendors. It was clarified that all the parties were involved in discussions but comments could not be made at this point. The bus situation may not be resolved by the time Board amendments are due. The $600,000 figure was floated as an estimate from one of the bus companies as a savings over three years. RFPs were not responded to completely; not a fair comparison. The diversity training issue involves bus companies training their staff and is different from a construction job.
Other proposals will involve maintenance workers and trades positions and some additional custodial positions. Other issue is people of color would be the first to be laid off. Also concerned about Minority Services Coordinators. Priority is to maintain quality of the buildings—trades and maintenance workers and the Minority Services Coordinators. Increasing gate receipts to put back 9th grade no-cut and keep the fee at $60 for freshman. Keeping Athletic Directors at every high school .6 in the classroom and .4 AD. Administration has been working with MTI and the ADs on a proposal that is near completion. ADs used to have classes. Have to be surplused out and transferred. They are not willing to do a Memorandum of Understanding. Interested in restoring $31,644 for extra-curricular programs through fund raising and marketing of season passes for athletics and a pass for fine arts. Long term request to have heads of various Booster Clubs meet to start talking abut how they can make recommendations to be more efficient. Interested in the same things that others are putting out but funding those out of the general budget from non-staff positions. The district's relationship with the Foundation for Madison's Public Schools was described from the perspective of competition for fund raising. Current estimate of actual layoffs is low due to much attrition but too early to tell. Confirmed that the Board can hold administrative positions open. Revisiting the policy relative to school enrollment and number of administrators--decision would need to be made soon as it would affect schools at every level. There was some discussion about the Fine Arts Coordinator position and how it is funded. Suggestion that Board should work on a long-term plan for looking at administrative openings and reductions. Point was made that the revenue cap, coupled with the QEO, creates the budget gap. Action on the part of prior Boards would not have made a difference.
FOLLOW UP: Provide funding sources of all administrative contracts for all interpretations and proposed options. Provide a breakdown of new instruments purchased by grade level and include rental income. Provide more information on the Title 1 issue at Lapham and clarify the issues around the reading program there (try to provide a copy of the Isthmus article). Provide copies of the Reading Recovery analysis. Schedule an executive session meeting for May 10 before the Workshop to discuss the bus vendor proposals. Provide a list of the current administrative vacancies.
3. Other Business
There was no other business.
4. Adjournment
It was moved by Ruth Robarts and seconded by Juan José López to adjourn the meeting at 7:02 p.m. Motion unanimously carried.
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