001right you guys ready all right welcome everyone I would like to call to order on the Board of Education meeting next on the agenda we have the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you is there a motion to approve the agenda so move second all in favor State I I motion carries roll call finds us all present with the exception of K and Sarah they both are excused um next is there a motion to approve the regular Board of Education meeting minutes of January 28th 2025 close session meeting minutes on January 28 2025 so move I can any discussion all in favor say I I motion
002carries um next we have diplomas early graduation U Madame vice president the curriculum and and instruction committee recommends that High School diplomas early graduation be awarded to Destiny Brion and Adriana Saxon sou High class of 2025 is there a second second second any discussion all in favor say I motion congratulations to those um early graduates it's always good to get out a little earlier um next we have the student representatives from North High School we have I hope I don't um mess this up qu quu thank you and ji quite clear over here did you guys Pap first okay um hello my name is quer crunchy from North High School I am a senior or 12th grade um my plans after high school is to go to Vanderbilt University um to go into environmental engineering
003um my siblings are y crunchy and quy Frenchie where my parents are Charles and Nana AMA where they both worked at Pera but my mom is now a nurse coach doing um being self-employed and doing her own business and then um my senior year so far has been going really good things are going really fast and it's crazy how time is flying but I'm enjoying my time in my high school career and like one of my favorite experiences so far is how we just had our last pep rally and and it went really well especially with like the cheering and all the excitement so I'm excited to share um what North High had uh going on for this time period so so far from like uh the early December our North High band choir and
004Orchestra had an uh put on all holiday concerts uh something that Mrs Bergman did it was invite 8th grade um musicians to play North play with the north musicians to help with the eth grade transition kind of guiding that gap between them so they're prepared once they go to high school um going further our north south basketball games uh our first games was on December 21st and then our second round was February 8th we won both of these and then we had a big pep rally on the 7th to celebrate and the seniors won the competitions and we began filling our school white with lift up so everyone was really excited for that then going into February uh members of a Red Raider robotics team went to the state capital to advocate for more teams
005um for more grant money uh for robotics people AC cross the state and it was a great experience and they spoke with the state senate Senator leming Hue and the representatives Lindy Bri and Joi hand then going back to to January we also celebrated Mar luer King Day where bco or black community organization members went to the meet Public Library to celebrate with activities that engag the youth to learn more about marur Luther King and to just take take things home to memorize that day uh it also got on the Milwaukee news station where they covered the event with a nice story and then um for some few events that happen at North High We wrapped up our first semester in mid January and are currently Midway through our third quarter and then at the
006end of the week North is hosting uh a parent teacher conferences uh school was cancelled on like Tuesday 21st January 21st due to poor weather and we hope uh we don't have another canceled day since no one really wants another virtual day well knowed and then on Wednesday February 5th we hosted the eighth grade open house which was very successful with over 200 students represented uh with a family member present so really good turnout um so some of our local uh State and N National recognition from our school we had a lot of good um clubs get a lot of recognition this year our fear the gear club which is first like Tech Challenge team with like smaller robots uh they qualified for a state which a state meet that's going to happen in March
007our cheer squad qualified for stay in the large School nonble Division our Science Olympia team also qualified uh for state by taking third place out of 40 team Regional our dance team brought home the gold in the division one hipop competition and then also Griffin Pond Mason Pond Pascal Krishner Aiden terz and Ryan Lang qualified for the state swim meet in various events a sophomore took third in the 200 free and second in the 500 free last week and then Desy duster qualified to State girls wrestling me and then other winter sports are heading into Regional competitions this week as D are there any questions questions I really appreciate the way that you situated your introduction within the confins of your family thank you anyone else thank you very much for your presentation thank you
008okay well hello everyone good evening um as you know my name is Jan MOA um since I last met with you some updates about me is that I have officially committed to W Madison for political science but that's all I have about me um the first thing I would like to talk about is our new Teen Court program that we had just started um we our first two trials on Thursday and we've been preparing extensively for this initiative which focuses on restorative practices within our school Community the goal is to improve both our school and the community while also encouraging students to reflect on how their actions impact others instead of relying on punitive measures team Corp also uses restorative justice to help students repair the harm that they may have caused for example if
009a student who vandalizes a locker or bathroom they might typically face a citation or suspension which doesn't quite address the harm or promote self-reflection instead they would be referred to team Court which I am personally a part of where the student jury listens to the case deliberates and decides on a fitting restorative response this could include community service educational classes support groups or writing impact letters to those affected Additionally the student is required to serve as a jury member in future trials the goal is to reduce refunding and Foster a strong School community and it is important to not that this program is only available to firsttime offenders aside from that we had a scholarship workshop on one of our days off in January I believe it was January 17th and we had our eighth
010grade orientation on February 3rd it's really important to engage students and fature students within our school Community our sou High theater program had the Hamlet through mageddon which was their spring play it was both an educational and comedy show and they bid F Ro to some of theor who performed and assisted on the stage tro for their very last show this past weekend we had our forensics home tournament in which our forensics team placed second out of 30 teams they've been having a very successful season and will continue on if through March and April until um hopefully some of them make it to Nationals in May um we have our BSU or Club Carter our Black History Month celebration which will be held this weekend on March first at the South High Auditorium and some
011special recognition for our school is that South High School under the direction of Mr formo has been elected by the United Way of Shan County Spirit Awards this is specifically South High faculty and it recognized South High as in the category of teen volunteer group or teen volunteer Award nominees and so South High is one of the six and this is specific to our service day that we had in the fall so some other um amazing things have that have happened for recognition is that we have our two students one is the current senior and the other is alumni um Sophia leing and yena Vera who have been nominated as the volunteer of the Year Awards through the United Way and we also just received notice that our Junior Mitchell y was recognized for the
012Elk student of the month for this month of January our Act date will be on March 11th our students to preparing for this day through advisory by learning test taking strategies and working through sample questions for ACT day itself we do a little special thing where the Juniors have an opportunity to have a hot and Maid served by faculty breakfast our spring swing will be on April 12th at the three sheeps Brewery and I advise you to come watch our jazz band and enjoy a night out I will be back in April but I encourage you guys to save the date for our feeds and Foles on April 26th which on the same day as our body class and renewable Red Wings Club that host their annual plant sale and then a little before few
013days before that will be the South High scholarship night on April 23rd from 6:00 to 9: as you guys know we have our 25 minute advisories 3 days a week and here are some things that we've been working on we've been receiving presentations on youth appren ships our underclassman spent some time on course selections for next year and our seniors explored more opportunities for scholarships and fast all of our grades did career lessons through Zell and we over the course of February for Black History Month our club Carter has created Cahoots recognizing significant pieces of black history in addition to these events activities on a weekly basis our DM students continues to give us reminders on expectations on living in the Redwing way January focused specifically on commitment and aspects of commitment whereas February Focus
014more on leadership since it was February um we always like to do a little something to lift up the spirits of our school community in which especially during Valentine's Day we had our annual student council coordination sales our Club cter hosted a Valentine's Day bake sale our self- singers always do their singing Valentine's which are really fun to see in the classroom and we also had our interact Club do Valentine Valentine's Day cards and and send them off to Senior Center another quick thing that I would like to touch upon is one of our students Vian Yang when the district Spotlight and so her um what she's been doing within the past year has been recognized on the um newsletter for the K12 newsletter our advisory of arch Madness just begun and which it is
015by it goes by attendance and so each grade level wins will win and compete against each other and the ones who win will win meals and the final four will go against each other later on throughout the month a little things to touch upon with our South High Athletics is that our student senior Elena Lloyd became the second female in South history to score 100 1,000 plus points in basketball our dance team in which I am also a part of went to State for the third year in a row our swim team u relay had made it to State as well as Jesus Guadalupe which is our one of our divers he qualified for the state dive comp competition and was the F frcc conference champion and set slh holds the pool record at Bayport
016our gymnastic sectionals is this weekend and they are heading to man walk on Saturday and we had some boys and girls who made it to sectionals for wrestling thank you thank you quick question when did you say the plan sale is oh it is on April 26 J I have a few things to say first of all congratulations on um committing to W Madison you're going to do great things I know it um thank you for letting us know about team Corp I think the use of restorative practices are going to be incredibly helpful and I'm glad that that's a route that South is taking um I also wanted to say thank you um to the interact Club um they made times for seniors in senior centers and my dad was one of the recipients
017and I will tell you it brightened his day so the work that you all are doing whether it's make you know making a card or just being a part you know being a part of the student body in some way you make a difference and I really appreciate it so thank you thank you thank you anyone else all right thank you for your presentation thanks so much you we great job both of you next we have um Community input is there anyone here for Community input yeah my name is Mike oh wait wait wait I have to do um yeah just give me one second but is there here you can come up and sign the board he's good sign man you're ahead of the game give me one second all right so the community
018input guidelines I'm welcome to this meeting of the shary School District Board of Education we are pleased that you are interested in an educational issue we are interested in your in your comments concerns about the school district uh there will be a part of this meeting for Community input um individuals who work or who work excuse me who live or work within the shary school district May address the board others may be excuse me Others May address the board at the discretion of the board president in order for this meeting to flow smoothly we would appreciate that the following guidelines be followed by anyone wishing to address the Board of Education this evening U please limit comments or suggestions to three minutes or less uh because we have we do have a full agenda to
019follow comments and suggestions on the school board are welcome personal criticism of members of the board of Educational Employees of the school district is out of order if you are resident within the shary school district or work within the shary community and like to be recognized please raise your hand and after being recognized please stand and clearly State and spill your name and address for the record also for the record please sign your name and address on the clipboard after you have spoken the board normally receives CR excuse me the board normally receives citizens input and does not respond or debate if there is a need for an answer or a response to a concern or issue the superintendent or one of the administrative staff members will get back with you within the next week
020thank you um given the length of your agenda decided that I U will not speak tonight so I can hold my comments sorry for you to it's okay thank you though I appreciate that is there anyone else who would like to do commun me input all right we will move forward next we have the superintendent report Dr car thank you following uh our student reps is never fun so they did an amazing job um and uh as you heard from them uh some of the same things are going to going to be in my update so our community newsletter went out we want to thank Ryan Glazer and our printing department for uh getting that out at a uh affordable rate uh we do such a good job with our our printing services and with
021our printing press and then Nicole and u Lisa do such a nice job of putting that together and I hope you had a chance to review it because we have so much to be proud of in this District um and highlighted some really neat things that are happening in our schools and uh some Great accomplishments of our staff and students so we get really good feedback um from that newsletter and it's always fun to send out twice a year um as you also heard North High dance team won their third division one hip-hop title um in Four Seasons so I'm pretty sure we can call that a dynasty um and they're doing amazing things and we just wanted to to call them out and celebrate that achievement tonight uh I want to thank Rachel and
022her team for putting together a safety procedures and reunification training so this room was packed with administrators and then um the City administrator was here police were here fire were here um United Way from a path perspective was here to all talk about how we would respond to a Act of school violence or uh a serious um concern within our building that required to response Community wise so it was a really good opportunity for us to just talk and walk through that a little bit and then to talk about how we would reunify students with parents in a organized and orderly manner um obviously we've seen that play out in the state and across the nation and it's something that unfortunately we need to be be prepared for but also uh applies to things like
023gas leaks and electrical lges and things like that as well so it was just a good a good day a good practice um and we feel we feel well prepared for that um what else do we have Thursday is the wasby school law conference at the osof resort um so if you plan on attending that with us we'll see you there and um always a good good presentation and um good breakout sessions from wasby um Wisconsin policy Forum as you remember they created that data dashboard for us they updated that for us this year and uh invited us to sit in on their kind of their annual planning call as to what they're going to continue to do research on um related to education and I think they'll be hitting on some topics that'll be
024really interesting to the board so I would continue to encourage you to focus um and pay attention to their Publications um Eric is Eric spielman's at his daughter's playoff game tonight but his son won the spelling be so Kelly and I had the opportunity to judge um Cole won I had hoped to tease Eric about him being a better speller than he is but he's not even here to hear it but congratulations to Cole um and then last but not least it's a public school week so we want to thank all our staff um for all that they do do for our kids and um they're incredible they show up every single day with the best attitude of making sure that they educate any single child that walks through our doors um and that's an
025amazing feat and they do so with a with a positive attitude and with a whatever it takes philosophy that we greatly appreciate their dedication their work ethic is is certainly commendable and on top of that we want to thank you as a board for your support as well means a great deal to us uh your oversight and accountability helps us do better for kids so thank you and happy Public Schools week thank you Dr con all right next we have the agenda the 2024 2025 professional development plan um Rachel Kelly and Jim we got you oh yeah it's working good good evening everyone so we back in September we shared with you all what our professional development plan was for this school year the 2425 school year at that time we shared um a little
026bit around the timeline our goals and our Focus areas for different groups we also share that we would come back at this midpoint here in February to let you know how things are going so that's what we're doing this evening I'm going have with me Kelly Bloom and Jim rzan you all know who they are two of our Sni coordinators and they've been pivotal in number one planning the professional development making sure that all the legistics are in place um ensuring that we have speakers if we're bringing them in for different points so I really appreciate all the work that they've done and then um obviously circling back to staff and making sure that we are um using the professional development that we're receiving so what I'm going to do is just recap a couple
027of the slides that we shared back in September so the first one was around our goals for professional development so we shared at that time ultimately what we want to do is we want to nurture our staff growth that's what professional development is all about and we wanted to elevate coherent instruction across our district um we also said that as part of that we wanted to ensure that we were supporting and fostering a climate of reflective practice building our Knowledge and Skills and then working collaboratively to inquire about um ways that we can move our instruction forward we also said we wanted to focus on implementing research based professional learning so what you'll hear a little bit is around some of those re research based uh practices that we really focus on through the professional
028development the science of reading and professional learning communities being um two of the main strategies that we focus on through our professional development this year and then the other main goal was around engaging our students so implementing those High leverage instructional practices that support our student growth and increased achievement um with our students we also said that we wanted to enhance our school systems and team team structures um a really big team structure in our district is that POC so thus the focus around professional development and um professional learning comms so with that the key areas um for elementary and if you recall back in September we kind of shared those color coded slides that are actually in your packet and what we will be doing over the course of the year so that's that
029timeline so for elementary ultimately the focus is on early literacy through structured instruction and intervention again for the middle school and high school it's really about those professional learning communities so a reminder around what professional learning learning communities are that would be um at that Elementary level a grade level of teachers coming together and planning together they are um looking at their instruction they're looking at what do we want our students to know and be able to do they're looking at when students know it and when they don't know it and then how they're going to adjust their instruction and then at the high school level is more content specific so that's all we mean when we say um professional learning communities and then for our administrators it was really around coaching and training and
030helping to implement the professional development that we carried out so I won't go back through those colorcoded slides you have them in your packet those are slides that we covered back in September if you want them as a reference and with that I'm going to toss it over to Jim and he's going to talk about how we said we would measure success back in September and how we've been able to do that so far thank you yeah we so in looking at our our plan for Professor we knew that it was a new uh structure a new system going from the early release Wednesdays to a full professional development day so we talked about these five areas of really looking at how are we going to know if it was successful so one do we
031complete the training that we said we would and are the practices that are part of the training being implemented um we were asking teams to develop and Implement action plans based on the professional development that they were receiving so they had some choice in in what they were implementing and based on where their teams and their own instruction was at um being able to Monitor and know where what common practices were being implemented whether by Collaborative Learning teams or in our instruction um looking at having some of our structures and systems and practices really calibrated and being able to look at what what our if it's a high leverage instructional practice how do we know that it is how do we monitor it and how do we help support um teachers to get there and
032then also looking at we really wanted to get some feedback from the teams and use some of that feedback to drive what we're what we're doing so we'll share a little bit of of our growth and our progress in that um through February sorry so um the completion of the training and implementing the practices you can you can see Rachel touched on them a little bit but in elementary our world's really been focused on that act 20 training so our teachers have completed uh online training modules which are around the science of reading and different areas um that that support their instruction through the science of reading but I think the big piece that we've also we've also added was having someone come in Consultants come in and really share how do we Implement those
033practices how do we Implement that theory and um even some of the feedback we had from January was we want more Hands-On so we're we're even take we're taking that feedback and moving so we're taking the the video learning and having Consultants come in to apply it in the Elementry in middle school and high school we've had um speakers coming in uh we had a speaker Troy gaval who's from uh Lincolnshire which is a nationally recognized um high school he's come in to present to all of our teachers in September talking about uh developing common assessments and looking at where you are as a professional Learning Community from there our teachers developed that implementation or that action plan and worked in October November December we didn't have any meetings and then in January worked together
034in teams and progressed and in February had choices on U two three different speakers which I think maybe will touch on later um three different speakers who came in around some of those same areas um so again they were they were really aligning their practices and applying some of that learning and then the the Third Leg of of what we've been doing around um implementing that as helping provide not only our principles but our Sni coordinators and Sni team really trying to come together on uh making sure that one some of those practices for professional Learning Community are being implemented so Troy was here with our Middle and High School principles providing coaching sessions on um what what they do in their buildings and helping support our teams and how we can bring that back
035to to their buildings and then our elementary principles are working through um some of their mandated professional development that's through act 20 and we are doing things around learning walks where we're looking at these high leverage practices and and principles are looking at what should we see when it's being instructed and when we walk through our buildings how can we know if it's happening so we're we're in the middle of of implementing those learning walk processes okay thank you so how are we measuring success um obviously with the development and implementation of those instructional action plans by those Collaborative Learning teams is is just one part of this process um teams self assess and created plans um to improve their instructional practices and collaboration um and to keep that work moving we um included our
036principales in that process um the coordinators and and the admin team are reviewing those plans monthly with the staff in in their meetings um at on those PD days to keep again that that process moving forward um obviously consistency is ensured through those common practices um Guided by a look for document that we are utilizing our our staff knows what the criteria is and are able to evaluate where they're at um with their implementation with their processes um we brought in the Consultants like we said to model best practices um teams are using their professional learning communities uh reflection form to help calibrate where they are to help reflect on that um and and their systems and their instructional method sorry multiple multitasking um also measured by calibrating team structures systems and instructional practices through
037ongoing feedback and assessment um we are utilizing learning walks at the elementary level um uh with the principes and the coaches to help know what to look for in the classroom know what those structures are and and and those instructional practices are um at the middle level we're um have our our Middle and High School principles are participating in coaching sessions with um the these uh what am I trying to say these leaders um that are coming in both that came in in November and January to help support those principles um in what they they should be looking for and how they can support their teachers um again we're we're doing some follow-ups as far as how we um give feedback to those teams and and we also have the presenters that we've brought in
038throughout the year giving us feedback through the tools that they utilize as far as what what they're hearing from our staff as well and we're able to Circle back on that and we thought we just end with kind of where are we going next um throughout the remainder of the year um we're going to continue to build that instructional leadership and capacity through working with principles and coaches continuing especially at the elementary level with the learning walks um and then continuing with some of that additional professional development and and then seeing how we're implementing ver professional learning communities um our elementaries are going to continue our work with the early literacy work that focus on Phonics um some of the readout strategies that our our Consultants will come back in March and April and share
039I'm looking at fluency um in March I'm going to be able to share a little bit of where we are with act 20 but some of the assessments that we're doing are going to really align with what our professional development is and with what our presenters are presenting um we're going to continue to build that Collaborative Learning team so our middle and high school teams will continue to work in that model and and Implement some of the things they learned in February um there were a few real direct things around assessment and identifying their essential standards that that teachers are implementing and then the biggest piece is really looking at continuing to get that that feedback and Reflection from staff so that we can plan forward for next year and look at how can we
040really use those days to not only uh grow but also help support with what teachers need kind of all that we have have any questions um just a overview of how was this um been received by the staff and the administration is there Buy in is there some push back is I think if I I I start off by saying I think um initially because we changed the format of how we deliver professional development to full days I think we got feedback that said feels like there's a lot going on in one day um because everything was on a schedule and and and packed through that I think once we were able to um settle into now we have a plan of action and what we what we want to do with our with our
041time um and we've been able to shift kind of how we allocate some time um I would say in that sense it feels more comfortable because now we understand what this looks like so just speaking as far as structure of moving to a full day of professional development um the feedback was this is a lot and um now now like I said we've been able to kind of frame it differently working with our principles to understand you know what what they're doing with their staff and that kind of thing um what about just in general I would add a piece from the elementary perspective knowing that our professional development at least the four hours of the eight hours is mandated um I I think obviously there's probably going to be differing opinions but the feedback
042I've had from some of our coaches and principles is it feels like everything's coming together with what we're learning in the videos with what we're getting from outside Consultants with what we're being asked to do in the classroom so I think while it's because it's mandated it's may be challenging um I think those pieces are coming together so we're seeing where where all kind of meets so I think that's something that's positive um but it is uh I think some of the feedback has been it's great to be able to sit as a team and go through these videos and discuss but in some cases it can be can be a lot so being our principles are aware of that and cognizant that we have to be able to balance some of the video days
043with with you know maybe less on the building side so I would agree that coherence piece is definitely there so the feedback is mixed um as is expected to some extent um I I feel like Jim just highlighted that piece around collaboration I'm just looking at some of the themes that we pulled out of that initial feedback from staff so one of the things that was that teachers valued the time to be able to collaborate with colleagues across grade levels share resources discuss different strategies another one was really around um Troy Goble being engaging was another them that we heard and then the other one was just an opportunity to reflect on stud and learning and instructional practices so and that's something that we will continue to Monitor and obviously take that feedback to help
044us plan forward for next year as well thank you so Dr H and mam president thank you this was an excellent presentation tonight um a lot of information um for our staff you're right and probably maybe part of the review would you think that um um possibly more time for professional development might be something we would look at to provide our staff because of um the goals as they're presented because you're right there is a lot I think it's really a a great inate for our staff and then the other question I had um are we going to continue this for next year because this looks like it's a whole year right and then maybe continue this again for next year some format similar to this the focus areas for sugar right like these are
045um big rocks for us as a district and things that we would want to continue forward may not be the exact same content clearly but the themes around professional learning communities and that collaboration reflection on instruction and how do we work together to move instruction forward that will definitely be um an element and then just thinking about that focus on Ela how do we continue to implement the learning from this year so for sure this is not a one and done it really is a focus forward I think of it from an elementary lens because that's been a lot of the work I've been focused on it's just that it's going to evolve because we'll have we'll have extra pieces we'll have an A year of assessment we'll have be looking at some curriculum so
046it'll evolve around continue to implement these same pieces but even just growing from that and really leveraging that collaborative approach since we have that professional development changed this first year uh the other question I had was do you think um this might be a possibility of having additional time for our staff for professional development or do you think this was a great format that you used this year I think we're at a place well let me say this right I think um Educators um us would always advocate for that professional learning right like we really Embrace that mindset and and continued learning I think it's a balance about how much we give teachers um at a given time because they need that opportunity to reflect on that have those discussions back at their schools and
047implement it so at this point I would say that it's just right but it's definitely something that we should continue to and I think there we continue with opportunities outside of these days it's just not as easy you know conferences a math conference or a reading conference or some of our teams from middle school went to visit Troy Gobles High School and they have regular visits so I think we can extend from some of those things um it's just a matter of this is universal that same thing everybody gets so we can guarantee that for everyone okay thank you thank you um so I think comment on a question I'm looking at the development and implementation of instructional action plans by the teams um I really appreciate the self assessment um I think that um
048gives so much agency to the Professionals in the classroom so I really appreciate that Focus that there is a self assessment and then you have to create action plant for implementation and I'm wondering if that like follows immediately like is it like hey tomorrow we know that this is what we're doing or is this we're planning for next year I'm curious about how to measure implementation as it as you see it yeah I think um one of the biggest things is we have a School especially for um for our secondary schools um where they were looking at um evaluating where they were in comparison to benchmarks for these different levels of how plc's function and so the work does begin immediately in a lot of ways because they're identifying we first need to know what
049our essential standards are what our focuses are um then they're identifying what assessment tools are we going to use to to know if our kids are there or not right right and and so um there are others groups that felt like we're there we've already done that but now it's a matter of yes but we have some students that aren't achieving what are we going to do for them what is our plan to support them um and and yes and we have kids that are meeting that Mark and could really use some acceleration and supports and so every single content area at every single level is at a different spot with that work and so that's that's the action plan that's what they're doing right now um and what we're hopeful for is that movement
050with the support of our administrators to keep those conversations going when they have time together um I mean yeah I would just add that that the input in our monthly principal meetings has been vital to be able to get that you know because in between our September and January meetings our teams were working and involved in the work and that's where principles are able to say here's the progress we're making as a building and we can come back then and and talk about what supports to our content area teams need so I think it definitely is immediate and it is into next year as we continue to grow as a a team and I think the other thing I'd add is just like we asked them to reflect at the start of this process we
051will do the same again at the end where are you now and now what and what you know what what's next thank you I just had a question about the Common Assessment you mentioned that I think it was was the Middle School level that was working on a common assessment level um was that within the building within grades or is that across grades across the district I would say well I can speak to my ear is like from from an Ela standpoint they've they've all kind of chosen essential standards um and they're really based on forward so I think of like middle school they're based on forward and we have some we have some commonalities around what what proficiency looks like like um some of the ways they assess maybe they they do it a
052little bit more formatively could be different in each classroom um but coming together that that common criteria so when a Ela team comes together they're going to agree on what proficiency looks like with that student or with that group of students so that they can really Drive their instruction so it's it's probably more building based right now we would like to grow that maybe from an Ela standpoint across e8th grade and have it be vertically aligned but that's part of our gr okay that makes sense from the PLC perspective there you know just the formula of what what it takes to abide by the best practices of the professional Learning Community like learning that is a whole thing in and of itself and shifting those team pieces I'm just curious about similar to what Dr
053hin mentioned you know is there is there interest in or is there Curiosity about changing any other schedules and structures within the building to allow for more co-planning to co-s serve time um across content areas I think we're cognizant of that I think our building administrators um are are aware of that some of them build in additional time before or after school not always ideal right with everybody's busy schedules some of them are finding some common planning time throughout the school day um so there are opportunities um for that to happen I would say that yes of course everybody would say more time more time to do the work work um is is very valuable and so um I can't say that we've looked at structures and and and reconsidered anything necessarily um at this
054point but certainly it is of value I would say the advantage of having those common standards and skills that we're focusing on has allowed us even in those months where we're working as plc's in our buildings to bring in our special at our ML and our interventionist to kind of have that full team I know some of our middle school teams with document that we talked about with uh profession essential learnings reflection form they brought in their whole group to be able to look at well here are the standards here where students are at so they're able to to start making progress towards that whole Co plan post serve model I just saw here that uh the ACT 20 trainings will we in through of this um how is the district feeling or how is
055this group feeling about the the preparation or how are we where we want to be in terms of um meeting what's expected through e or is it even clear what's expected through yeah I think it's becoming clearer every day then it sorry um yeah I think one thing I will say our principles and especially our teachers and interventions have been amazing as far as they've adjusted to especially some of the assessment components that um kind kind of new and we're we're kind of fluid even in December um I think we we had laid the groundwork as a district prior to a lot of this when we did some we did a literacy audit and we're starting to make movements towards some of these changes and shifts um but again I would say we're we're moving
056forward we've got through like that and we'll talk more about that in March but we got through the winter assessment window which was a lot of pieces that were new and I think again our buildings just did amazing job pulling off this new approach to assessment even though we had used some of the components it was really a a full can on Deck approach so um I would say um we just had a meeting last week where we sat down and did some reflection and after action review on how it went and what we can improve and I think we had some good ways to look forward to spring so um I think it's becoming a little clear it's it's been a heavy lift though from our teachers and our interventionists and coaches and principles
057so and and I would just add thank you Jim that we are on track for those key components like the training and professional development for our staff this assessment that we're required to do and when we come back in March we're going to provide an update around act 20 and kind of hit some of those elements in more detail like these were the requirements this is where we are but I would say generally we are definitely on track for meeting the p is under thank you and just briefly I would say say um having been around when um the shorter school day was implemented whenever that was um this really seems like a uh sea change in terms of unified organizational goals and processes and ways of measuring so I'm uh I can see why
058your staff is uh from time to time might be a little overwhelmed but it's really I think a I think we we did well uh in terms of taking this approach and it's been implemented with the with really good skill and hopefully good results ultimately sounds like the track is there so thank you thank you and I want to give credit again to Jim and Kelly all the administrators the teachers for um diving in deep on the work we just appreciate everyone working together as this is the first year of us rolling out this plan thank you thank you thank you all all right we have the adoption of the second reading of Bo excuse me revise board policy a board of education policy um I can't see that word pus headlight Rachel Yep this
059is our second reading so um we had the previous reading I'll just note that this doesn't reflect the change of practice at all we were really bringing the language forward so it more accurately describes what we do um what we've already been doing here in the district so aligning policy language with our existing practice um I shared with you all before that this this came as a result of Lori Hamilton our district nurse bringing this forward doing the research and hoping with the the language so you all have in your board packet what we're adding and what we're removing um we just recommend that we move forward with the second reading of the policy thank you is there a motion to approve is there a second second any discussion all in favor say I I
060motion carries next we have the wa request of bylaw 01 31.1 on bylaws and policies Rachel and Dr Conrad so we're asking obviously we usually go through multiple readings we're asking to uh wave that tonight for the next two policies uh single rating and we'll move forward we want to do that to ensure that we're immediately within uh regulations um is there a motion to approve the administration request waving by laws 01311 for word of Education policy 2264 non-discrimination on the basis of sex and education programs or activities and policy 2266 nondiscrimination on the basis of sex and education programs or activities uh by laww 0131 Section 1 requires the adoption Amendment or repeal of a bylaw or policy shall have been proposed at previous board meetings and approved or rejected at a subsequent board
061meeting is there a second second any discussion all in favor say I I motion carries thank you um next we have introduction adoption to be deleted excuse me to delete the Board of Education policy 2264 nondiscrimination on the basis of sex and education program or activities Rachel yep um if I will recommend if the board is willing to take item d and e together and basically what we're recommending is that we res send policy number 2264 and adopt policy number 2266 um and we have been consultation with our legal councel regarding this we're recommending that we make this change so that we are in line with the current regulations for title n thank you is there a motion to approve so moov is there a second second any discussion um I will vote Yes on
062this with great grief and disappointment and discouragement um you know if we remember what our mission is is that we're going to have productive that we are preparing productive students to be productive citizens in a competitive world I would just say that is all of our students no matter what their interests are what their orientation is it is for all our students our policy should reflect that I understand why we are making this change um you know we say the Pledge of Allegiance at every meeting um I believe our students say the Pledge of Allegiance every day um and those last lines which is with liberty and justice for all and justice for all is not being done here tonight I understand why we need to do it but we just need to acknowledge or
063I need to acknowledge for myself that this is not justice for all and that at some point in the future this may change again but uh I I just felt that needs to be said Thank you maryn any other discussion just really appreciate the very careful language that was used to ensure that all of our students remain considered in sex education and a lot of other um a lot of other really important criteria that relates to this not just sexual harassment not just you there's so much in here and the the way that the district has continued to historically serve all students the way that we're doing that now is creative and important thank anyone else did I get a roll call on that already okay you Mo to discussion first all in favor St
064I I motion carries thank you um next we have a tele tabulation of bids for North High School Roofing um Mr Balmer welcome back thank you uh good evening I'm here to present the bids we received four bids for the North High School grou section n um and the administration is recommended that we um enter into contract with Langer Roofing and Sheet Metal uh for $163,100 this is for the auditorium roof at North High School is there a motion to approve the administration's recommendation that it be authorized to enter into contract with Langer Roofing and Sheet Metal incorporation of Milwaukee in the amount of $163,100 for roof replacement of section number nine at North High School second any discussion all in favor say I I motion carries thank you sir all right next we have
065the report of the Committees curriculum and instruction Madam vice president all right number one is the diplomas that we already got to approve for our early graduate um number two the committee recommends approval for North High School's Deca team to attend the state conference is there a motion to approve is there a second second all in favor stay I motion Carri um number two the achievement Gap reduction goal update you can read about that in your packet a presentation from Miss Le Desma um number four World Language um you had a chance to read through some of the rational that um the committee recommends that we accept the administration's recommendation to phase out the offering of German language courses at Urban middle school and North High School unless a qualified candidate can be found to
066maintain the program is there a second all in favor stay motion carries next we have human um resources committee Dr H thank you um I would like to put together number one appointments and number two and the committee recommends approval of number one and number two acces is there a second seconds any questions all in favor stay I All She carries um number four is Just for information uh I would like to put together number five and number six which is uh recommend the committee recommends approval of the revised Board of educ ation policy 31 3215 and um the revised board education policy 425 is there a second any discussion all in favor say I I motion carries thank you Dr thank you next we have facilities Recreation theater committee Peter you have a number
067of tabulation bids for uh work on various locations the first is Early Learning Center exterior sting replacement recommend approval of that b is there a second second any discussion all in favor say I I motion carries number two is a tabulation of bids for Jackson Elementary School parking lot replacement action I recommend acceptance second discussion all in favor say I I motion carries number three to approvation of Elementary School Roofing replacement which is part of the roof I recomend acceptance second any discussion all favor say I I motion carries and number four is tabulation of fa Jackson Elementary School Roofing not the same roof and a different uh contractor so that's why been separate hand that way I recom the committee recommends acceptance is there a second second any discussion all in favor say I
068I motion carries number five was dealt with a few seconds ago which was the North High School Roofing um update uh information for the supervisor position uh what is the status are we still got a gap there for replacing the position for the supervisor oh yeah we have the supervisor position filled and we took applications for the coordinator who stepped into the supervisor positions through yesterday so we have six candidates we'll probably interview three or four within the next week or so okay very good thank you um there was also information on the Special Olympics basketball which has been kind of a sweet spot for the district for a number of years I would like to uh put together item eight and nine the sh Theater Company financial report and Community direct Department financial report
069accepting both of those reports second any discussion all in favor say to I I motion carries and facility permit report is in your information packet and it is for information only that includes thank you Peter all right and budget committee back to you Dr H thank you um I would like to put together number one and number two which uh for the committee recommends approval of the fund 41 capital projects and number two statement of cash flow is there a second second any discussion all in favor State i i i motion carried I would also like to put together number three and number four uh Rec the committee recommends approval of revenues and expenditures in the budget revisions which is all listed in our packet for Action is there a second second any discussion all
070in favor State I I motion carries uh number five were um that has already been completed in committee so there's no action needed on that one um six and seven is already tabled and then I would like to look at number eight which is the introduction first reading a revised board policy um 6325 and now the committee would recommend approval of this is there a second second any discussion I favor to say I I I motion carries and number nine which is the introduction um Revis policy uh 8431 the committee would recommend approval of this revision second any discussion all in favor say I I motion carries and the last item um is always the best for me which is the gifts and again um a big thank you to all of our donations um
071and uh the committee would recommend approval of accepting all of our gifts is there a second second discussion all in favor say I I motion carries thank you Dr thank you um Committee of the whole vice president yes one through four are listed for procedural purposes um number five I'm not sure if we need to take action on that wasn't that we do not okay um and the rest is procedural thank you mam president or vice president I'm promoting you next we have um the special board committees and assignments speth thank you speth is gearing up for a spring forour M uh the first thing is that spring grants for teachers and staff are due on Monday May 2nd teachers can apply for can use these grants and um apply for supplies that they need
072for their classrooms um in other news 60 65 students completed the workshop about this year scholarship application process at South High um in January it was such a successful event that next year we'll combine North and South um another thing to note on the scholarship front is that speth board members were assigned to committees to read and review applications um and then the day of giving um at both north and south high schools um was a success last year and speth will once again be sponsoring ing it at both schools um they will be sponsoring um donations for North which their day of giving is next month um they talked about fundraising um opportunities um mural wall tiles and acity Fieldhouse seat plaques which is something that they've been working on over the years are
073going to be revived and donations to those fundraisers will go towards the scholarship fund and uh one last thing is that um the speth board is growing and they are continuing to search for new board members thank you thank you Leah um next we have human growth and development citizens advisory committee Dr yeah the committee met on uh Monday February 10th those minutes are in the packet for your review and for public review and uh they continue to work forward on their curriculum and we're just appreciative of those Community uh members for giving their time and expertise thank you Dr Conrad um next is Communications for your information also for your information is the future meeting dates for March um next I see the motion to adjourn to close session for Wisconsin State St we
074got to talk about future meeting days real quick oh my apologies got it so March 25th we typically do not hold a meeting because of spring break so we need theard to approve that once again second any any discussion and then do we do the full board meeting earlier in the month on the 11th yeah well I'll be here so if you guys want to join me that's all in favor stay I I motion carries thank you Dr conad for that um update my apologies we're good now I seek aot to adjourn to close session for Wisconsin State Statute section 1985 Section 1 CE um to consider employment promotion compensation and performance evaluation data of any Public Employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility to deliberate strategize to address specific issues
075pertaining to Collective bargain for teachers regarding and delibera on negotiating the purchase of public properties investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a con session specifically discuss terms or potential offer to sell School District property parking lot and potential lease of property for parking spaces so move second sorry no it's okay I just I didn't want to rush you guys so aoll start with Alie Che thank you have a good night everyone I know right got sick never get sick but it was so funny and was really I was completely down an entire day by I got up and then I was like I don't feel right so I was in until 4:00 that night you get to be there yeah you sound you sounded sick
076the last our last meeting like that coming oh Jenny come on they always um well they're officially they officially start the Monday before we do that fourth Tuesday board meeting okay don't know in April still here I still have it so the second Tuesday neb here unless you call sick or something I don't know um April fools April fools is that Tuesday is it really yeah it is a great way to go out no no I take that best ail my last one then the eight yeah got it thank you I early