EVERETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EVERETT, WASHINGTON Regular Meeting | ||
| The Board of Directors of Everett Public Schools, Snohomish County, Washington, held a regular Board meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, beginning at 4:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Educational Service Center, 4730 Colby Avenue, Everett, Washington. Those in attendance were: Carol Andrews, Kristie Dutton, Jessica Olson, Ed Petersen and Jeff Russell.
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| ADOPTION OF AGENDA
President Petersen called for any revisions to the agenda. There were none. Carol Andrews moved to adopt the revised agenda. Kristie Dutton seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. | ADOPTION OF AGENDA
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| CONSENT AGENDA
Prior to action on the Consent Agenda, Board member Olson asked that Items 2a—Approval of Minutes, and 2c—Voucher Lists, be moved to the Action Items section for discussion. With that, Kristie Dutton moved to approve the revised Consent Agenda, absent Items 2a—Approval of Minutes, and 2c—Voucher Lists. Jeff Russell seconded the motion. b. Personnel Report (E:177/10); d. Resolution 990: Authorization to Establish an Interlocal Agreement with Puget Sound Educational Service District No. 121 Washington Learning Source (Res.23/10) e. College in the High School Interagency Agreement with Lake Washington Technical College (E:178/10); f. Declaration of Surplus Property (E:179/10); g. Financial Reports as of March 31, 2010 (E:180/10). The motion carried unanimously. | CONSENT AGENDA | |
RECOGNITION OF RETIREES
Three retirees were welcomed: Pam Larson, Elaine Reitan and Theresa (Terry) Wright. | RECOGNITION OF RETIREES
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| PUBLIC COMMENT
Following a review of the public comment guidelines, President Petersen called on the one individual who asked to make public comment. Audience Comments Regarding Items Not on the Agenda: 1) John G. Crawford—Citizen—Spoke on behalf of the Eastmont Nature Park group. Presented President Petersen a signed petition in support of the creation of a park on the approximately ten acres of open space at Jefferson Elementary (E:181/10). Audience Comments Regarding Items on the Agenda: None. | PUBLIC COMMENT
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| SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS
Eric Bush was introduced as the new assistant principal at Everett High School. Dave Peters was introduced as the new assistant principal at Cascade High School. Nila Fritz was introduced as the new assistant principal at Jackson High School. The arts program at Denney Juvenile Justice Center was described and a book written by its residents distributed (E:182/10). Mike Gunn reported on the recently-held community engagement session #2. It was held at the Cascade High School library a couple of weeks ago. A student engagement session will be held May 18 at 5:30 p.m. A study session will be held May 25 concerning changing high school graduation requirements. Dr. Cohn described a Comcast Cares day held recently on a Saturday in the District. Dr. Cohn reported that the Inspector General of the Army Steve Whitcomb recently visited the District. | SUPT’S COMMENTS
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| ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
ASB budgets are developed by students and their advisors for preliminary review by the Board (E:183/10). Student representatives from each high school attended the meeting for the presentation of their budgets. Formal ASB budget adoption will occur when final District budgets for all funds are submitted for preliminary Board review on June 22 and Board action on July 6. The Board and Superintendent Cohn thanked each group for their presentations. President Petersen called for a five-minute recess at 6:15 p.m. President Petersen re-convened the meeting at 6:20 p.m. |
PRELIMINARY 2010-2011 ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY (ASB) FUND BUDGETS | |
| The administration presented information about high school readiness, informing the Board of Directors of current efforts and progress in this arena (E:184/10). Those speaking included Jim McNally, Molly Ringo, Janet Gillingham and Kelly Shepherd
| H.S. READINESS: ENSURING EACH STUDENT LEARNS TO HIGH STANDARDS
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| The proposed school board meetings schedule for the 2010-2011 school year was presented at this time to the Board of Directors for first reading, with second reading and adoption to be recommended at a future meeting (E:185/10).
| PROPOSED SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS SCHEDULE FOR 2010-2011 (1st reading)
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| The administration provided information about a possible supplemental levy for educational programs and operations. The 2010 supplemental operating budget for the State of Washington was signed by Governor Gregoire on May 4, 2010. The Governor also signed a bill which increases by four percent the amount local school districts can levy their community. Effective immediately, this bill allows local school districts to ask voters for additional resources through 2017 to offset the dramatic reduction in state funding as well as the anticipated loss of federal ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) funding scheduled to end following the 2011-2012 school year. At the November 3, 2009 regular meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board adopted Resolution 972: Replacement Levy for Educational Programs and Operations.
Discussion ensued. President Petersen announced that special Board meetings would be held on May 20 and May 24 for supplemental levy discussion and possible action. | SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS
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| ACTION ITEMS
The recommendation was that the Board of Directors adopt Resolution 993: Race to the Top Partnership Agreement and authorize the Superintendent to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the Everett School District No. 2 and the Everett Education Association/United Teachers of Everett that accompanies the RttT partnership agreement (Res.24/10). At a special meeting of the Board on April 22, 2010, Alan Burke, deputy superintendent of OSPI, presented information about the RttT program. Previously, the Board received written information about the RttT program. Adoption of tonight’s resolution will authorize the District to enter in the RttT partnership agreement for the purpose of making the District eligible to apply for RttT funds should the state’s grant application be approved and will provide a substantial amount of funding for District priorities. Subsequently the Superintendent and Board President met with the Everett Education Association/United Teachers of Everett President and agreed to the addition of a companion Memorandum of Agreement which accompanies the state's RttT agreement form. Discussion ensued. Kristie Dutton moved to adopt the aforementioned Resolution 993: Race to the Top Partnership Agreement, and authorize the Superintendent to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the Everett School District No. 2 and the Everett Education Association/United Teachers of Everett that accompanies the RttT partnership agreement. Jeff Russell seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. |
RESOLUTION 993: RACE TO THE TOP PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT | |
| The recommendation was that the Board adopt the proposed addendum to the Board- Superintendent operating protocol regarding responding to Board and director requests (E:186/10). At a work session of the Board held on May 5, 2010, discussion occurred about Board requests, Board member requests and the process by which these will be addressed. At the conclusion of the session, the attached document was developed for proposed addition to the Board-Superintendent operating protocol.
Following discussion, Kristie Dutton moved to adopt the aforementioned addendum to the Board-superintendent operating protocol regarding responding to Board and director requests. Jeff Russell seconded the motion and the motion passed with four votes in favor and one against. | PROPOSED ADDENDUM TO BOARD-SUPERINTENDENT OPERATING PROTOCOL
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| The recommendation was that the Board of Directors approve the 2009-2010 final certificated salary schedule (E:187/10). Lynn Evans commented.
Discussion ensued. Kristie Dutton moved to approve the aforementioned 2009-2010 final certificated salary schedule. Carol Andrews seconded the motion and the motion passed, with Board member Russell abstaining because his spouse is a teacher in the District. | 2009-2010 FINAL CERTIFICATED SALARY SCHEDULES
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| The recommendation was that the Board of Directors approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 20, 2010 and of the special meetings of April 22 and 27, 2010 (E:188/10). Kristie Dutton moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 20, 2010. Carol Andrews seconded the motion. Board member Olson said there is no record of who abstained on these minutes. Superintendent Cohn said the minutes of April 20, 2010 will be corrected to show who abstained and why, if a reason is provided. With that, Kristie Dutton moved to approve the minutes of April 20, 2010, as corrected, to reflect Board member Olson’s abstentions. Jeff Russell seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously.
Kristie Dutton moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting of April 22, 2010. Jeff Russell seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. Jeff Russell moved to approve the minutes of the special meeting of April 27, 2010. Carol Andrews seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. | APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES (cont’d.) | |
| The recommendation was that the Board of Directors approve the Voucher Lists (E:189/10). Kristie Dutton moved to approve the voucher lists as presented. Jeff Russell seconded the motion. Board member Olson said she had wanted to make a motion to include the category of spending or budget code on the voucher lists. Board member Dutton noted a significant improvement was made in the format and that the department code data is available in the Business Office for those wishing to view it. President Petersen indicated Director Olson’s concern was noted. The motion carried, with Board member Olson abstaining.
Board member Olson moved that the vouchers be amended to include a department code so we know where the expense is being charged. There was no second to the motion. President Petersen declared the motion died for lack of a second. | VOUCHER LISTS | |
| BOARD COMMENTS
Following Board comments, President Petersen called for a rest break at 8:10 p.m. so the group could move to Conference Room C3 down the hall from the Board Room to hear the next two presentations. President Petersen re-convened the meeting at 8:35 p.m. and immediately went into a work/study session regarding the WASL/EES Survey CEE Data Review followed by a SOSRs review debrief. | BOARD
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| WORK/STUDY SESSION
Greg Lobdell, of the Center for Educational Effectiveness, presented information concerning the Center’s WASL/EES data review (E:190/10). |
WASL/EES SURVEY CEE DATA REVIEW | |
| The administration provided the Board of Directors with an update and review of the state-of-the-schools reviews (SOSRs) (E:191/10). The review included the focus of the formal SOSR, the intent of the alternate school-based SOSR and support needs identified through the process. Board member perspectives were sought.
| STATE-OF-THE-SCHOOLS REVIEW DEBRIEF
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| EXECUTIVE/CLOSED SESSION
None. |
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| With no further discussion, President Petersen adjourned the regular meeting at 10:20 p.m.
_____________________________ ________________________________ Gary Cohn, Secretary Ed Petersen, President |