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| BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes for Special Meeting - Open Session July 17, 2006 |
Doyle Administration Building 545 West Dayton Street, McDaniels Auditorium Madison, Wisconsin |
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Special Meeting of the Board of Education was called to order by President Johnny Winston, Jr. at 5:35 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Carol Carstensen, Lucy Mathiak, Arlene Silveira, Shwaw Vang (arrived 5:40 p.m.), Johnny Winston, Jr.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Lawrie Kobza, Ruth Robarts
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
PRESENT: Joe Carlsmith
STAFF PRESENT: Sue Abplanalp, Freddi Adelson, Jane Belmore, Mary Gulbrandsen, Frank Kelly, Pam Nash, Roger Price, Joe Quick, Art Rainwater, Lisa Wachtel, Barbara Lehman-Recording Secretary
1. Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Carol Carstensen and seconded by Arlene Silveira to approve the minutes of the Special meetings dated March 6, May 30, May 31, and June 22, 2006 as distributed. Student Representative advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
2. Public Appearances
There were no public appearances.
3. Announcements
There were no announcements.
4. Wellness Policy
(Packets included the presentation, the Writing and Review Committee timeline, a background memorandum from the Writing and Review Committee (7/6/06), the proposed Wellness policy and appendices. Copies are attached to the original of these minutes.)
Jane Belmore, chair of the Writing and Review Committee, noted that the policy is required by the state and was merged from the food policy. The law is coming into effect this fall. She introduced the committee members and reviewed the materials in the packets.
Shwaw Vang arrived at this time.
Presentation highlights: Why Wellness?, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, steps to the Wellness policy, five components of the law, nutrition and physical education, regular physical activity, foods and beverages that meet national nutrition guidelines, participation in federal meals programs, monitoring and measuring implementation, additional directives, procedures, physical activity goals, nutrition guidelines, foods available through the MMSD Food Services program, other school-based events, the local Wellness Policy resources.
Discussion: Good foundational policy. Making food more desirable to move students toward eating only in the cafeteria. Tightness of elementary lunch schedules. High schools having to compensate in other ways in order not to lose money; specifically school stores. Involving marketing and organization classes to find what can sell. Other districts' success in finding ways to keep their revenue streams; step-by-step guidelines included in the notebook. No other funding will be made available to the schools. Learning opportunity for high school students. Anticipated ongoing change for the school stores. Overcoming this issue and not being able to sell food when other food is being served. Food policy is to be phased in. Openness to looking at when things can be sold. Federal law vs. USDA and DPI regarding when food can be sold. Up to now stores have been able to be open during those times. Students walking to outside stores to buy what they want. Schools modeling nutrition and how they are to help the students make the choices they make. Curriculum component. Many students feel this will make their school life worse.
It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by Lucy Mathiak to approve the MadisonMetropolitanSchool DistrictLocalSchoolWellness Policy. Student Representative advisory vote was nay. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
5. Schedule and Process for Superintendent's Evaluation
(Packets contained the Superintendent's Goals Report (6/29/06). A copy is attached to the original of these minutes.)
Superintendent Rainwater gave a brief review of the items contained in his report that was provided in the board packet at the end of June. The report covered the four goals that the board asked him to work on this school year: evaluation methods for the Board of Education strategic priorities; how the district proposes to improve progress on the math goal, including ways to measure annual progress at specific elementary and middle school grades as well as 9th and 10th grades; a proposal for an administrative intern professional development program; and Madison Metropolitan School District partnerships 2005-06. He will provide this information twice per year. School-level partnerships will be included.
Discussion: It was suggested that the board have another opportunity to go over the report in more depth when all members will be present. The board will be meeting on August 7 to begin the Superintendent's evaluation. Policy was changed last year to make the evaluation the board's responsibility rather than the Human Resource Committee. Mr. Winton hoped to complete the process in August. He may bring a draft evaluation tool for the board to review. Performance evaluation is separate from the goals.
6. Waiver to Reduce the Number of School Days through the 2009-2010 School Year
(Packets included a background memorandum (7/6/06) and the DPI waiver procedure. Copies are attached to the original of these minutes.)
District is required to have 180 days of instruction per year. Administration is proposing to have the first day for 9th and 6th grades be only them at their school. DPI is supportive but they have to approve a waiver after the board approves it. It is good for four years. Does not affect elementary schools.
Discussion: Some schools have piloted something like this. Some upper classmen will participate. Students will meet with teachers and support staff and see where their classes are, etc. Makes the practice consistent across the district. Two most difficult transitions.
It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by Shwaw Vang to approve the waiver to reduce the number of school days through the 2006-2010 school years. Student Representative advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
7. Other Business
There was no other business.
8. Adjournment
It was moved by Shwaw Vang and seconded by Carol Carstensen to adjourn the meeting at 7:05 p.m. Student Representative advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
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