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News and information for staff members and the Madison community
Vol. I No. 1 - November 18, 2005
Summary of October 31, 2005 Board of Education Meetings
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Carol Carstensen, President, Board of Education
The Board met on October 31 (we felt the community was safer if Board members
were not out trick-or-treating; they can be so scary!!). Here's a brief summary
of what occurred.
- The Human Resources Committee met to discuss the 20005-06 evaluation
of the Superintendent. Juan Lopez, chair, provided a list of possible goals for
discussion. The Committee also looked at the total evaluation process and,
based on the comments of some Board members, decided that further discussion was
necessary before adopting a final list of goals.
- The evaluation, as laid out in the Superintendent's contract has 3 parts:
1) a set of goals agreed to by the Superintendent and the Board (to the extent
possible the goals are to be measurable); 2) an evaluation of the
Superintendent's performance in 5 areas: planning, organizing, leading,
supervising, and job knowledge; and 3) a survey of those reporting directly to
the Superintendent and a random selection of other administrators.
- The Board's meeting (termed a Special Session) dealt with two issues:
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- Expungement Policy currently, students who
have been expelled, but who had no prior, or further, discipline issues and who
maintained a good academic and attendance record may petition the Board near
the end of the junior year to expunge (= remove) the record of the expulsion.
The Board was concerned whether about the fairness of this policy and to what
extent it penalized students who may have made mistakes in their middle school
years but really improved in high school. The Board asked for data on how many
students are currently eligible but don't apply for expungement and how many
are not eligible based solely on having had discipline issues prior to the
expulsion.
- Equity Policy Task Force the Board approved creating a task
force composed of 3 adults and one student from each of the 4 high school
attendance areas to look at the broad issue of equity within the district and
recommend an equity policy to the Board. The task force will: look at the
district's current policy; consider the process for allocating resources; review
equity policies from other districts; listen to community members and Board
members before making recommendations.
- Community members are encouraged to volunteer for this task force, in
addition Board members may recommend individuals. I will be sending out more
information about this shortly but do let me know if you, or someone you know,
would like to serve.
Board of Education Meeting Summaries
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