BUDGET PARTICIPATION:
Be sure to participate in the $100 budget exercise the week of January 23rd. The actual schedule is at the end.

Jan 4th Meetings (because of various holidays, the January schedule is aberrational, see below for):

5 p.m. Special Board Meeting the Board discussed different ways the district uses and can use to communicate with the public: website, email, backpack mail, Cable Channel 10, columns in the newspaper, presentations to groups, etc. We talked about the possibility of launching a district “weblog” but that would require staff to run and we don’t currently have the capability of doing it. The Board did agree that, to the extent possible, we will televise Board committee and special meetings. Lastly, the Board discussed with the administration our desire to get information several days before a decision is needed and that there be a full presentation of the arguments on all sides of an issue.

7:15 p.m. Regular Board Meeting the Board approved the membership of the Equity Task Force as follows (and the elementary attendance area of their residence):

East	La Follette
David Cohen, Gompers	Christa Bruhn, Schenk
Wendy Sauve, Emerson	Paul Kusuda, Glendale
Lisa/Luis Cuevas, Lakeview (child at Lowell)	Tamaria/Glenn Parks, Glendale
Student: Danielle McGonigle	Student: Julia Haslanger
Memorial	West
Toya Robinson, Falk	Rafael Gomez, Thoreau
Matt Silvern, Orchard Ridge	Thomas Mertz, Franklin/Randall
Jackie Woodruff, Falk	Beth Swedeen, Midvale/Lincoln
Student: Ashley Brown	Student: Zina Knox

JANUARY 17TH (Tuesday) Meeting

5 p.m. Finance and Operations (Johnny Winston, Jr., chair) review of the annual audit report of the district’s finances; and discussion of cell phone towers.

6 p.m. Special Board Meeting in McDaniels (televised) proposed policy regarding animals in the classroom.

$100 BUDGET:
Every MMSD resident is invited to participate, but each is limited to participating one time. Length of the sessions will be approximately an hour and a half.

Tuesday, January 24
Cherokee Middle School	6:00 p.m.	4301 Cherokee Dr.	LMC
Sennett Middle School	6:00 p.m.	502 Pflaum Rd.	Cafeteria
Hamilton Middle School	7:00 p.m.	4801 Waukesha St.	Cafeteria
Sherman Middle School	7:00 p.m.	1610 Ruskin St.	Cafeteria

Wednesday, January 25
Jefferson Middle School	6:00 p.m.	101 S. Gammon Rd.	Cafeteria
O'Keeffe Middle School	6:00 p.m.	510 S. Thornton Ave.	Cafeteria
Spring Harbor Middle School	7:00 p.m.	1110 Spring Harbor Dr.	Gym
Whitehorse/Schenk Schools	7:00 p.m.	218 Schenk St.	Cafeteria

Thursday, January 26
Wright Middle School	6:00 p.m.	1717 Fish Hatchery Rd.	LMC
Toki Middle School	6:30 p.m.	5606 Russett Rd.	Cafeteria
Black Hawk/Gompers Schools	7:00 p.m.	1402 Wyoming Way	Cafeteria