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| BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes for Special Meeting - Open Session April 9, 2007 |
Doyle Administration Building 545 West Dayton Street, Auditorium Madison, Wisconsin |
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Special Meeting of the Board of Education was called to order by President Johnny Winston, Jr. at 6:10 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Carol Carstensen, Lucy Mathiak, Ruth Robarts, Arlene Silveira, Shwaw Vang, Johnny Winston, Jr., Members-elect Maya Cole and Beth Moss
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT: Jacinth Sohi
MEMBERS ABSENT: Lawrie Kobza
STAFF PRESENT: Mary Gulbrandsen, Steve Hartley, Kurt Kiefer, Pam Nash, Roger Price, Art Rainwater, Marcia Standiford, Ken Syke, Lisa Wachtel, Ann Wilson-Recording Secretary
1. Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Ruth Robarts and seconded by Arlene Silveira to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting dated March 26, 2007as distributed. Student representative advisory vote - aye. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
2. Public Appearances
There were no public appearances.
3. Announcements
There were no announcements.
4. Madison Metropolitan School District Virtual Campus
(Materials distributed in advance: Board of Education Update: Madison Virtual Campus PowerPoint presentation dated 3/26/07 - attached to the original of these minutes.)
Lisa Wachtel and Steve Hartley continued the presentation about the Madison Virtual Campus which began at an earlier workshop (March 26). This portion focused on professional learning and then moved to the budget.
DISCUSSION:
· Clarification of the roles of contact and support staff.
· Learning to function as on-line users - for staff and students.
· Prevalence - popularity of on-line learning.
· Changes occurring within Teaching and Learning - departments working together, learning, weekly meetings.
· Need to assure ADA accessibility for all users.
· Availability of equipment that will allow access to learning.
· Course (student) availability across the district.
· Application process for students.
· Costs of staffing - difficult to ascertain costs of different models.
· Responsibilities of the on-line teacher and appropriate job category.
· Exploring Fund 80 as it applies to library functions.
· Marketing to potential students; source of revenue.
· Providing classes for bilingual students; grants.
· Opportunities for parents to use computers in schools for on-line learning.
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION/FOLLOW-UP:
· Costs for implementation of various types of models.
· FTEs used by Appleton to implement their courses.
· Identification of expected savings (e.g., substitute costs)
5. Other Business
There was no other business.
6. Adjournment
It was moved by Ruth Robarts and seconded by Arlene Silveira to adjourn the meeting at 7:04 p.m. Student representative advisory vote - aye. Motion unanimously carried by those present.
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