The Board had an informative discussion with a number of parent group
representatives on Monday, Oct. 17. One suggestion was to provide regular
communication about Board discussions and actions. I will attempt to provide a
weekly or biweekly brief update of what happened at Board meetings and what is
scheduled in the near future.
First some communication information:
- Use: comments@madison.k12.wi.us to reach all Board
members, as well as the Superintendent and other top administrator (or reply to
me at the email in the from line).
- www.mmsd.org the district's web site has
a wealth of information; you can sign up to receive regular notification of the
Board's meetings.
- On the web site, clicking on Long Range
Planning will get you to the page with all the information on the East and
West/Memorial task forces agenda's, minutes and all material given to task
force members.
Other meetings on
10/17:
Legislative Committee:
- had a presentation by Tom Beebe of the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent
Schools (WAES). A statewide organization that is lobbying for reform of the
current system of state funding for public schools. The Legislative Committee
voted to recommend that the Board and district join WAES. This will come before
the Board at our Nov. 8 meeting. You can learn more about WAES at: www.excellentschools.org
Finance and Operations Committee:
- heard presentations from several community
organizations who provide after school and Saturday programs for school age
students: Urban League, Centro Hispano, African American Ethnic Academy and
Bootstrap. All of these programs are funded through the Community Service levy
(Fund 80) which is no longer under the revenue cap.
- discussed the entire array of fees that
students and families are charged (e.g. textbooks, instruments, athletics,
4th & 5th
grade strings, etc.). There will be a future discussion on possible increases.
Board of Education Meeting Summaries
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