| February 23, 2010 | |
| EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS Regular Meeting 4:30 p.m. | |
1. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
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| 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES | |
| 3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Personnel Report (ATTACHMENT); b. Voucher Lists (ATTACHMENT); c. Proposed Revised Policy 1712—Conflicts of Interest (ATTACHMENT); d. Proposed Revised Policy 7000—Financial Management (ATTACHMENT); e. Proposed Tuition Increase for All-Day Kindergarten (ATTACHMENT). | |
| 4. RECOGNITION OF RETIREES | |
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
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6. SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS
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7. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION and/or BOARD DISCUSSION
a. Career & Technical Education Information will be presented about the role of Career and Technical Education (CTE) in the District’s Strategic Plan, CTE program and course offerings, and future program changes (ATTACHMENT). District staff provide a review of CTE program offerings and enrollment on an annual basis. | |
| b. Communications Systems Update
Administrative staff will provide an update about the District’s communications systems (ATTACHMENT). | |
| c. Proposed Revised Policy 1450—Minutes (first reading)
The attached proposed revised Policy 1450—Minutes, is provided for first reading for the Board of Directors, with adoption to be recommended at a future Board meeting (ATTACHMENT). The proposed revision pertains to retaining audiotapes of Board meetings. Advice from the Office of State Archives indicates that audiotapes of Board meetings should be retained for six years, or one year if transcribed, regardless of the existence of approved official minutes of the meeting. | |
| d. Proposed Expansion of Norton/Grand Historic Overlay Zone
The Administration recommends the Board approve the request to the City of Everett to remove the Sequoia High School and Norton Avenue playfield properties from the proposed Norton/Grand Historic Overlay Zone expansion (ATTACHMENT). The City of Everett is proposing to modify their zoning code by expanding the Norton/Grand Historic Overlay Zone in the vicinity of Sequoia High School. This proposal, if approved, would impose new regulatory requirements for all new construction and modifications to existing buildings in the expansion area, including the District’s Sequoia High School and Norton Avenue playfield properties, and approximately 23 existing homes in the adjacent neighborhood. | |
| 8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Resolution 983: James Monroe Elementary School New Construction in Lieu of Modernization of a Portion of View Ridge Elementary School The Administration recommends the Board of Directors adopt Resolution 983: James Monroe Elementary School New Construction in Lieu of Modernization of a Portion of View Ridge Elementary School (ATTACHMENT). To be eligible for state match funding for 10,124 square feet of space that will no longer be utilized for instructional purposes at View Ridge Elementary School after the school’s modernization, and to be able to fund new instructional space at James Monroe Elementary School that would otherwise be ineligible for state match funding, the Washington Administrative Code (WAC 392-347-042) requires that the existing facility or space being replaced will not be used for instructional purposes after the new construction is completed. It also requires that the facility or space being replaced will be ineligible for any future financial assistance. |
| 9. BOARD COMMENTS
10. WORK/STUDY SESSION 11. EXECUTIVE/CLOSED SESSION |