001The opinions expressed in this program are not those of CESA 7 or Time Warner Cable. What's your tomorrow? Ask Katie to read the mission statement. Gladly. We educate all students to be college, career, and community ready, inspired to succeed in our diverse world. Thank you, Katie. Next is our open forum. This is a chance for members of the community to speak before the board. Is there anyone who would like to speak before the board tonight? Seeing none we'll move to roll call sandy We have we're joined at the table all seven board members are present also Joining us at the tables to my left. Dr. Michelle Lang and filled our superintendent Jamie Heller, our board executive assistant, and two InterCity Student Council members, Luly Martinez-Cruz and Kennedy Corpus. Luly, both of them are from East.
002Luly is our president of InterCity Student Council. We have no, oh, I have minutes. Entertain a motion to approve the following minutes. Regular board meeting, November 16th, 2015. Special board meetings, closed sessions, November 16th and December 7th, 2015. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right. Then we have no communications to be placed on file this month. The next move to monitoring reports, which will be facilitated by Mike Bledka. Thank you, Brenda. Our learning report this month is assessment updates. And Mark will be joining us and making a presentation. That will be Stephen Miller, who is our director of assessment. Mark, do you want to start us off with a little bit of a background and then turn it over to Stephen? Yeah, perfect. Thank you. So good evening, members of the Board of Education
003and our general public for tuning in this evening. We appreciate the opportunity. Our intent this evening is to provide an overview around assessment in the state of Wisconsin, and we'll provide you an update relative to some changes, some modifications, and then... really looking at some of the new aspects of assessment and what's coming down our pipe for our educators, our principals, in dealing with that change management process in their buildings. At the conclusion of that, we certainly would open it up to questions and answers that you might have. We would offer that today is really about an overview. It's big picture. probably will bring about some conversations or some topics that we may want to dive into in a little bit more specific manner and we certainly are flexible and can respond to those topics
004over the next several months and then at the conclusion also we'll talk about what's in store for future learning topics as well at this time so as mr. block I mentioned we're excited and Looking forward to Stephen Miller, Director of Assessment, providing us the overview around assessment in the state of Wisconsin. So I'll turn it over to him at this point. Thanks, Mark. So without further ado, I guess I'd just like to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to be involved with assessment on behalf of our district. It has been a very exciting year and continues to be interesting and ever-changing with the landscape shifting frequently. We have been waiting to get the results from last year's Badger exam as well as the ACT and Dynamic Learning Maps assessment and DPI has finally
005given us a date of January 13th. Initially we were told that that information would be available to the public through the WISEdash public portal. We received new information late last week that it will be available in PDF format, but we will be sure to get that to the board as soon as we have it so that we can look at our state and district results. Up until that point, we can't share anything publicly, but as of January 13th, that information will become publicly available so that we'll know the results of how our students did compared to the rest of the state of Wisconsin on the Badger Exam Dynamic Learning Maps and the ACT suite of assessments. Just from a context standpoint, if you remember, Badger Exam was new to us this last year. And as
006Stephen will talk about, we'll have a new exam again this year. So we'll talk about Wisconsin Forward at another point in time as well. Can we ask questions as well? First slide. Sure. The things that will be released to the public here, you have several things listed. Badger Exam, Dynamic Learning Maps, ACT Expire, Writing, WorkKeys. is this is done by all public schools in the state will also be required of all private parochial schools I believe that the parochial schools, and I want to look further into this, but past practice with the WKCE was that those students involved with the voucher programs in the Milwaukee area had to share their data. I don't know if it would extend beyond those schools, because obviously that landscape has shifted more recently as well with students taking vouchers.
007I'd appreciate knowing that at a later date. Thank you. We can look into that. In the context of the public releases that this information has been embargoed so it's been it's been kept in terms of a public release and was told to us that we would get that as early as what was the initial? Initial release was September and then it was pushed to October. and then end of November and now it's January 13th. But we are hopeful that we will have that information to share with you. That narrows the amount of time that our teachers can make use of that. I mean, if you get it in fall, teachers have pretty much the whole school year. But the more you push that back. the less useful the exam is, correct? That is correct. And
008one of the things we had hoped to see with the advent of doing more online assessment was the availability of that to our staff and to our community so that they could do something with that information. That hasn't been the case this year, but we're hopeful that in the future going forward we'll be able to do it. that as DPI gets more practice with this, the turnaround time will get quicker. Andrew, you have a question? Is there going to be a release of actual usable data, either WISE or either for the public WISE to get crosstabs or for the... or for school districts to be able to get that deeper level data for their own analysis? There is actually available now some dashboards with the ACT and Badger exam data that are accessible for school
009staff. But again, that information has been embargoed on the public side. We can't share that with our community. Parents have had access to their individual results. Our school leaders have had access to some school level data to do some things with. But as far as a release in public, Wise Dash, we don't have a timeline for that yet. So it makes it difficult for us to compare how we're doing in comparison to other schools. We can't see that. We can see higher level data for our own district only. Correct. Anybody else? Okay. There will be no public release of the PALS information and we'll talk a little bit about PALS later because that's pertinent. And there were and will not be school or district report cards this year. They were officially put on holiday for
010one year. At this time DPI has said they will come up with other ways to report out accountability, but we haven't seen those yet. So first some of the good news some things that won't change this year We are continuing to do pals in pre-k through second grade and doing administrations of that in fall winter and spring for our students. The ACT suite will continue this year with spring administrations. Last year we did have a fall administration in the ninth grade that was moved to only a spring administration this year. So our ninth and 10th graders will be taking the ACT Aspire assessment. Our 11th graders will take the ACT Plus Writing and the ACT WorkKeys assessment just like our 11th graders did last year. Dynamic Learning Maps will continue and actually be expanded a
011little bit this year. but the dynamic learning maps again is for those students with intellectual disabilities. We used to refer to those students as students with cognitive disabilities. It's a small percentage of our population. Steven, can I go to PALS for a minute here? The state budget gave school districts the option of opting out of PALS and selecting a similar assessment. I mean, I'm sure staff has looked at it. Do we still think that this is the best early assessment for us? Or is there something else out there that perhaps would be a better early assessment? I would say at this point, it's too early to answer that question, but it would be a great question for a follow-up meeting because we're having those conversations. Obviously, we want to make the best decision for the
012students in this district. Balancing the need to get information about where students are at and giving us enough assessment to triangulate where students are at without over assessing our kids. So we really do need to take a comprehensive look and we're doing that. We're working with teaching and learning and with our other school administrators to try to determine that right now. A little bit too early to answer that question. This was supposed to be. fully funded by the state? Does it cover all of our costs? Well, it should. I actually do have some information about that in a slide coming up. Oh, okay. I can wait then. But mr. Black I'm sorry the question you ask is we're right in the middle of that analysis Okay, we want we want a comprehensive assessment system. We
013also recognize too that we want to be able to Mitigate the degree of change assessment in the state of Wisconsin. There's been a lot changing and you know to throw something away We may not have all that we need doesn't make the most sense also So we want we want multiple assessments that ultimately give our instructors the data to be able to make decisions to meet the needs of our students. So it's perfect timing. We'll be able to come back with an update shortly. Brenda? Just a question. I'm putting the Achieve Brown County hat on. Has there been any communication within the Brown County schools to have the same assessment so as Achieve Brown County does their work, they have something that's consistent across districts? I can share with you that we just recently received
014a request, I believe, to get to that topic with the Chief Brown County. So I do believe that there's a lot of reasons why we would want to do that. And I think as we learn more about the resource and what's going to be available to compensate for that, I think that will help us be able to make that decision as well. I think that's one of the pieces that, you know, Steve and I have been continuing to talk about. What's the cost for a larger district as compared to smaller districts? And that is all part of it. Well, and again, you never operate out in a vacuum. So there's always other things that are influencing the decision on how to assess. So as I stated, we want to do what's in the best interest
015of the students in Green Bay. That being said there's you know, obviously some other things pushing and pulling against that As we look at that our students and their fit in the larger community of Brown County. So it's a great question So speaking of changes last year, obviously we had the Badger exam For ELA and math and grades three through eight that will be replaced this year by the forward exam Districts may have a menu of assessments to choose from in the future That is dependent on a waiver request that Wisconsin still hasn't heard back from. And for those of you that, I'm sure most of you have been following the news, the reauthorization of ESEA has given states the ability to make more choices. So things are still a little bit in flux with
016that. What I can say definitively is that we will be having an exam called the Forward Exam this spring. It will be an online assessment. I'll talk a little bit more about that. We'll get into some more details shortly. Okay. Access for ELLs was a pencil and paper test that we gave to our English language learners in the district. That was replaced this year by Access for ELLs 2.0. It is an online assessment. We began the assessment last week, and it runs through February 8th. I do have a little bit more detail coming up later in the presentation as well. And with regard to PALS, DPI has come up with a set of criteria and will allow districts to select a screener for pre-K through second grade. And obviously the district budget could be impacted
017and I'll talk a little bit about that in an upcoming slide. The WKCE will be retired officially this year. There will be no more Wisconsin Concepts and Knowledge Exam. Laurie? I think the mouse got somehow. Okay. Yep. Perfect. We should be good now. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So we used to assess students in grades 4, 8, and 10 in science and social studies. This year for science, students will be assessed using the forward exam in grades 4 and 8. And in science at grade 10, we actually will be using the ACT science score from grade 11 for accountability purposes in science. Social studies 4, 8, and 10 will be replaced by the forward exam as well. The Wisconsin alternative assessment for students with disabilities will be replaced in the areas of science and
018social studies by the dynamic learning maps assessment. So this was that one year transition where they last year we still had a mix part of the WKC and now we're transitioning from WKC. Thank you. So a little bit about the Wisconsin Forward Exam. It was, the contract was awarded to Data Recognition Corporation. They actually have their headquarters in Minnesota. So they're a Midwest company. They will be providing math and ELA in grades three through eight, as well as social studies four, eight, and 10, and science four and eight. Item selection actually took place last week. The important thing to note about item selection for this year's assessment is that educators from Wisconsin were involved in the process, but they weren't actually developing the items. They're going to select items that align to Wisconsin standards. So
019it's not quite the same process. that we had with the Badger exam, where those were items that were developed specifically for that assessment. This will be a process where items are selected from a pool based on their alignment to Wisconsin standards. The forward exam is being offered, or being adopted by other states as well. We're just going to Wisconsin forward exam, correct? Actually, no, the Wisconsin Forward Exam is Wisconsin specific. Some states are sticking with their Smarter Balanced Exam. Other students are sticking with their Park Exam. Some students, like Wisconsin, are going back to the drawing board and developing their own exams. Okay, so would you explain a little bit about the pool of items? I'm not sure I understand that and how they're selected. And then once they're selected, do all school districts use
020the same? Yep, that's a great sure. That's a great question. So what happens during the item selection process is a team of educators in a specific area So English language arts, they'll pull in teachers from multiple grade levels might not be third fourth fifth sixth seventh and eighth But you know representative sample so you might have a third grade teacher a fifth grade teacher sixth and a seventh grade teacher for instance that are Experts in the area of English and language arts for their grade levels. They'll look at items next to the Wisconsin standards and they will try to select items that will assess Wisconsin standards. So rather than starting with the standard, which is a common practice and then developing test items to assess that standard, this process will be a little different where
021they're going to take items that exist within that vendor's assessment item pool. DRC is actually a large testing company that has a lot of different items. So an item that they have might already be aligned to the Common Core State Standards. And so as people are looking to select items for an assessment, they might say, I want to pull from items that are already aligned to the Common Core grade three. And so then they'll see this list of items, and they'll be able to look more deeply into those items. Okay, Brenda? That was my question. So the Wisconsin state standards, is it the Common Core state standards that they're looking at? Wisconsin adopted the Common Core state standards. So right now in ELA and math, those are our state standards. But the state budget did
022give school districts the opportunity to opt out. of the common core if they wished. And I know several have. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Districts can adopt their own standards. And some districts have chosen to go with something other than the common core, absolutely. State has planned to have a practice test available in February of 2016. Originally they were shooting for January, now they've pushed that back to February. The initial release of the assessment will be March 28th and the window for that assessment is supposed to close on May 20th. So here's where I'd like to insert my editorial, if I may. You know, our staff has been pretty flexible and responsive to the change in assessments over the last several years. And this is another unfortunate circumstance where our folks are going to be testing in
023spring. The test is not yet developed, completed, and likely to have a practice test before the mid-February with students testing in March. So, again, we're... trying to message out to our staff to anticipate to prepare we feel really confident about our convert our alignment to the standards in what we've done from a curriculum standpoint. But we know that our teachers in particular want our students to do well. And parents want our students to do well. And it's just an undue level of anxiety, unfortunately, as we lead up to that. So that's certainly something that we'll have to continue to work with them with. But unfortunate circumstance, in my opinion. Okay, I have a longer term. Question that I don't expect it to be answered tonight. I think Chris has asked us in the past The
024tremendous amount of time our students spend in assessments And including now you're the practices and then the assessment At some time can you provide the board? By maybe elementary and secondary level the number of hours that our students spend in assessments I know that this is a nationwide conversation, and I think it's a good conversation conversation that's needed because We all want to be able to assess our students and know how we can help them but sometimes it seems that State and federal governments and now the feds are Switching it back on the state, but they're just seeing to you. Let's have another assessment So that's a concern. Ed? Are you speaking specifically of mandated assessments? I think we'd like to know both. I think you could probably split them into mandated assessments and then
025I suppose some teacher-directed assessments vary by teacher. Pretty difficult. So I guess I would say, yeah, you're right there. I guess I would say mandated assessments, not the classroom-type assessments that teachers do regularly. Sure, yep. Absolutely. Okay, thank you. Chris? You're right, I just happened to have that question. Yes. Well, there are two things in there with mandated. Mandated by the state, feds, or by the district. You know, whether or not it's done it, I think it should be acknowledged. Two, in terms of time, I would hope it'd be broken up by grade level, the different tests, and... I'm hoping with this new arrangement, perhaps you'll come back at a later time, whether this new format or the testing will be done is better than what we had before. I'm hoping when we get these
026times involved that there will be a net of minus in terms of time, less time being spent on testing. Whatever it is, I would like to know. Sure. Celestine? So hopefully not throwing a monkey wrench into this. A while ago, one of my sons said to me, I said this to Mark Smith and actually to Mike, I'm tired of taking tests that don't benefit me. So, you know, the ACT benefits the student immediately. You okay, Sandy? The AP, every AP that a student takes benefits that student. Any IB tests that the student takes benefits that student. And so I'm wondering in your call for how many hours students spend, are you talking about the tests that, like the forward exam, and I'm still wrapping my head around all of this, or are you talking about
027AP, ACT, SAT as well? I guess I would leave that to staff how you can break that out. I think we can break that out. I think breaking it out by grade level will be beneficial in saying how much time is spent at each grade level. And we can provide that to you. Which brings to light the purpose of assessment. And I think that's really the conversation. Is it to provide feedback for a student? Is it formative in nature and it's moving towards something that they understand? Is it also an opportunity where, and I know students don't always like this, but does it provide the feedback to the teacher to be able to make the next move around how they meet the needs of the students? And certainly... balancing act. interesting discussions now particularly related
028to assessment at a state level is that there can be multiple measures of assessments and different tools you know in an ideal world a state assessment would inform instruction and demonstrate student growth which is important if we're going to improve it's it's a tool around continuous improvement but Unfortunately, we've not had that benefit. It hasn't been a tool that has been successful in providing us anything but a score and a report card. And I think that, and I'm looking at the young adults sitting across the table from me who have been privy to that kind of opportunity. I'd be curious to know what your thoughts are on the state tests. I'm just curious as I watch them. Because it's impacting you and how students take them in terms of seriousness. I mean, overall, just like
029you said, one of your sons commented, like, what's the point of them? It's just nice to know that there is a point of the test. Just like sitting here just hearing though like what you guys are saying of every test and looking into why we shouldn't be why we switch over to Another test and why we do that. It's just nice to know that it's actually beneficial to us So a little bit more detail about the PALS assessment DPI has come up with three criteria that any early literacy screener We adopted would have to have has to assess reading readiness phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge reimbursement to districts will occur from a pool of dollars formerly used to purchase PALS. I was able to find out what the per student cost to the state
030for PALS was and that was about nine dollars per student. In talking with PALS representatives, we could purchase PALS at the same level for about $7.25. I don't know how they were able to work those numbers, but from a financial standpoint, we should be able to get reimbursement from the state for the full amount of PALS if that's the road we were to continue down next year. After that, when the budget gets reauthorized, who knows what will happen with the money. And so that's one of the things that's kind of out there for me. The other piece to this is we would have to make the initial purchase of PALS. All districts would submit for reimbursement, and then DPI would reimburse out of that pool. When would that money actually come back to the district?
031I don't know because honestly I'm not familiar with that kind of a process and I don't know how long it would take DPI to turn around those reimbursements. Just from a context standpoint, we're still in process of that examination so certainly no decision's been made. I think there's variables that we're looking to ensure that those are consistently applied and more analysis will tell us that. Yes, I do. Okay, so PALS update early literacy screening. So tell me, we are going to get, I'm confused now. We are still using PALS or we're going to find another PALS? So this year, there was no change to PALS in Act 55, which was the state budget reauthorization. But what Act 55 did put in place was that districts could choose a different early literacy screener beginning with the
0322016-2017 school year and that they would get reimbursed from the state for the cost of that assessment. But again, the caveat is there's this limited pot of money and every district would submit for reimbursement based on whatever tool they decide to use. I mean, a newer assessment could cost more than $7.25. It could. It could. So again, you know, we're still in the process of looking at this and trying to make the best decision for our little ones. And when is PALS given? It's given three times a year fall winter and spring And then the last update as I mentioned access for ELLs Which was a paper-based assessment was replaced by access for yellows 2.0, which is an online assessment Data Recognition Corporation, the same company that got the contract for the Forward Exam, is
033providing the Access for ELLs 2.0 assessment. It is administered to all of our English language learners in levels one through five. And just as a note, staff were required to complete two hours of training to become test administrators. All of our staff. were able to get through that training. And I can tell you that as of today, one of the nice things about online testing is you can monitor the progress pretty well. Our students in the district had completed almost 4,000 tests and we're about 40% done with the online testing in just a little over a week. So our staff is doing a fantastic job administering the tests, getting our kids in, and working through the occasional technical issues that we've run into. And that's it unless you have additional questions or anything else I
034do super quickly just so I make sure I understand going back to the the timing of everything Okay, so we've got the forward exam for math ELA social studies and science in fourth grade and eighth grade, right? Yep. And then we have just math and ELA in just only third grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, and seventh grade. Yes. And then the social studies. Is 10th grade what we're going to use the A.C.T. science from the 11th grade for the 10th grade. Yes because the way the federal law worked was that you had to assess once in science and social studies in high school. Oh I didn't specify a grade they had selected 10th grade in the past but since that flexibility existed and DPI felt comfortable with the A.C.T. science test. OK. They're going with
035that 11th grade. Not the history portion of it? Well, there isn't a specific history portion on the ACT test. There is a social science question usually on the reading test. Oh, okay. But it doesn't really align to the social studies standards for the students. Okay, so we're going to get 10th graders to come in for one social studies test. Or because it's an online assessment look at an alternative way to administer it like in their social studies class Okay, you know rather than try to do that delay start right we've done in the past with WKCE What we have discovered at least last year We were able to in the spring by slightly modifying the high school schedule get the testing done in the Course the content classrooms. Yes, so students would take their ACT
036aspire math test in their math class The way I envision it and again, we don't have anything firm yet But we would administer that forward exam for our 10th graders in their social studies class Okay, and so there but the high school students are still going to be taking this fire in ninth and tenth grade, correct? And the fall one is eliminated, all right? And then the ACT in March, and then the work keys also in March. Yes. And so I'm just thinking for the 10th graders, if you're taking an AP class, the late date is kind of a conflict with your AP. I can't remember when AP is, though. Mostly. So yeah, you're referring to the whole window. So one of the things that, again, what we did last year is we were able
037to schedule three days with modified schedules and get most of the testing done in three days. Okay. Other than students who were absent. And we, because of, you know, that AP concern, believe last year we went with a window where we got all the testing done before May. I have a... Question or maybe I thought that the staff has looked at it. There is a bill being Promoted or adopted or authored by representative Jerry Jeremy Thiesfeld who is chair of the Assembly Education Committee That would allow parents to opt out of any state assessment except the civics test Has staff talked about any about how we would if if that bill passes how we would handle that? Well, I think we continually talk about assessment, and it gets back to the earlier question from our
038perspective, my perspective, I should say, which is how can we really in good conscience use the assessments on behalf of students? And although they may be a lagging indicator, there's value in those assessments for course. decisions for us to review, you know, the implementation of curriculum perhaps. So I think we would continue to look at how do we really message to our folks the value in assessment. I think there's a fine line. We certainly wouldn't discourage a parent if they chose to opt their son or daughter out of that. I think that's a choice. I think it would also be something that we would have to have a continued conversation at the district level around what's the messaging if that bill was to be passed. We haven't talked about it from a great level of
039detail at this point. Anything else from anybody? Steven thank you and Mark do you want to talk about what we're doing next month? Yeah, so we have several options and Steven and I talked a little bit beforehand so when Mike and Celestine and I talk about you know the topics to consider remember we go through school monitoring reports and that phase has come and concluded and now we're gearing back up for that next round which Is likely to occur during the summer months if you remember we started those last summer around June July So in the interim we've been looking at topics of interest that relate to certainly schools and the successes that they have and the challenges that they are presented as well, so We've talked about additional clarity around specific assessments. We know
040that with the data being released in January, Steven and I talked, we could provide a high level overview of district data results and possibly even include things like AP. We talked about that as well and how our students do on advanced placement exams. And we have some exciting highlights to share with that. If there were additional... needed moments of clarity around assessment in the state of Wisconsin you know we wanted to talk about the forward exam for example we know that more information is going to be coming up about that if you remember last year when the badger exam was was before us we talked a little bit more specifics around what would that exam look like so we talked about the district the results, additional clarity around assessments. We also had some other topics
041of interest. I know that we talked about engagement and some of the efforts that the district is putting forward around parental engagement. In particular, I think that that was a topic of discussion as well. So we're pretty flexible. We know that January 13th is the time period of release on the results. So we believe that January 18th would be too soon to turn that around, but we could. possibly do that. Otherwise, we're looking at February for a data presentation. I think the other piece that is important is the To talk about it is the depth of data that we would present on I think that that's a topic that might need to be teased out over an extended period of time around what data do does the Board of Education like to see or what
042data comes at what particular format is that a work session is that a Board presentation like that is it in a board retreat? All of those are the details that Certainly would help provide direction Does that capture it? Yeah. Ed? Just going back to the assessment, I just want to make a comment for the board, too, to know that Mr. Miller has been extremely valuable in data. I mean, he's been doing it for years, and I can't count the number of times that I or others have called him and gotten questions, and the answers are there, and I just want to let you know I appreciate it very, very much. Thanks. Appreciate that. So if you have insights and you just want to feed them back to me, I think that would be helpful. And
043then we're poised and positioned to provide the board whatever we need. And there's additional clarification around assessment that we talked about. We can do that next month. We also have another intriguing opportunity to talk to Diane. I know this has been a board. Request in the past and we're moving on the data warehouse and there's some updates that we can provide and actually might be a timely Presentation for next month because we have to have a place where all the data is stored and it's usable For our stakeholders so we could certainly provide that update as well at next month's presentation it seems like that might be the most logical next step. I think we were talking about the data warehouse when I got on the board 10 and a half years ago. So it's
044really nice. So it sounds like next month is the right month. May end, I'm sure, before that. And before that, there's history, yes. It's going to happen. I thought we were going to have a... Talk about it in retreat a little bit about how we want to see the data. So that we have an opportunity for everyone to weigh in in a way that's not true. Lots of emails and phone calls and whatnot. Because it's been a while since we've seen it. So I'm really happy that we're going to take the opportunity to take a look. Data warehouse notwithstanding. But that warehouse must be so... filled up with all kinds of wonderful things. I just can't wait to see it. We'll just find out, won't we? We just will. So is that our topic for
045next month? I think it makes sense to do the data warehouse, and then at a retreat we can tease out what we want to see. Yeah, absolutely. been a long journey, but it has been done. Well, but it would have cost the district significant, significant. amounts of money and resource had we gone out alone. And I have to give Diane Dersh and her team credit for leveraging it through a CISA so that others in the state. No, I think, I agree. I think it's taken a long time to get the ducks in a row. The Green Bay Public Schools took the lead on this and I really think that the state of Wisconsin overall will benefit and she worked closely with the state on it and others to bring others into the conversation. Yeah, we've
046got partners with Kettle Moraine. and a couple others? Many, and more on board. I think our nearest neighbor is Depeer. Depeer is now. Depeer just signed up this year, so it will create an opportunity for us to share data with each other too. And as we look at a cheap round counter, we see this as a very, very important tool for us to move the dial for kids. It's exciting stuff. All right, thanks Steven. Mark, thank you so much. That concludes our report. Great, thank you Mike. Next is superintendent's update. Turn it over to Dr. Langfield. Thank you. I'd like to start with the calendar and it's hard to believe but we are almost to December 24th, which is winter recess through January 3rd. So we're moving forward. It doesn't look like winter out there.
047like the rainy season, but hopefully people will get a little drier before those days show up. Then we enter the new year, 2016, January 4th, our classes resume, and then we have our first board meeting work session, January 11th, right here in the board room, beginning at 5.30 for teaching and learning work session, followed by the organizational support work session immediately thereafter. And that's January 11th. On the 12th, we have a closed session. and that'll be the opportunity for the board to provide me with feedback that will improve my performance, so that's my evaluation. Then January 18th is our regular board meeting right here at 5.30, and then we're already moving forward, and I'm sure Mr. Black will talk a little bit more about this, the Wisconsin Association of School Boards Convention coming up on
048January 20th through the 22nd. So that's a busy, busy calendar coming up. We're very very excited to move forward. There's been a lot going on so I'm gonna if Without any questions on the calendar. I'd like to move to the next item just a few things. I'd like to share you know, this is the season where There's a lot of exciting concerts and wonderful things going on in celebration as we prepare for for the big holiday But we have students from all of our schools, all of our high schools out representing the district well. And I would call it the community readiness involvement and engagement from volunteering Preble High School students, and I don't know if Luli is going to be sharing a little bit of that, but students from Preble, for example, will be
049volunteering at the Polar Express at Christmas caroling at nursing homes. The East Lane crew is out decorating Christmas cookies that'll be delivered to St. Vincent's Children's Ward. The East Chamber Orchestra is performing for the Green Bay Area Retired Men's Association, Associated Bank Headquarters, and Heritage Hill. East High School is out and staff there are actually ringing bells for Salvation Army as well. Southwest Key Club is doing a tremendous amount of volunteer activities from the Polar Express as well, Holiday Gala at the YWCA, Botanical Gardens, Heritage Hill, Hazelwood, and so on, and making blankets for kids. And I know our middle schools are involved as well. Green Bay West is volunteering at Shellco Hall for Toys for Tots. So you really think. about the season of not only receiving but giving and I'm very proud of
050our students and these are just a few of the many I know we've been contacted recently NBC 26 is covering some of the students engagement as well But the success story I wanted to share with you is a student we miss and know well. Lokeen Cheng is going to be home, a former student graduate of Preble High School. He'll be home from college on December 22nd. And unfortunately, we don't have a board meeting aligned to give Lokeen a very important award that he received from the state of Wisconsin and State Superintendent Tony Evers. And I wanted to share that because I We don't want to lose sight of that. Lo Keen Ching, as you remember, was our student council president who sat at the table with us for last year and he is now off
051to college, but he was identified as the recipient for the performance on advanced placement exams. and he is the state AP scholar for the top male in the state of Wisconsin. A graduate of Preble High School this last year, the College Board Advanced Placement Program recognizes top male and female students in 50 states and the District of Columbia each year for their performance on AP exams. Students are chosen for the award for having scores of three or higher on the greatest number of AP exams. and then the highest average score on all AP exams they've taken. This is the 25th year of the scholarship and this year the recipient, the male recipient was Lo King Ching, a graduate of Preble High School right here in Green Bay. So I'll be awarding him this opportunity. You're
052certainly welcome to join me at the Preble office on. Okay, Katie's gonna be there on December 22nd, and I think it's at nine o'clock in the morning. And I'm sure there'll be a press release, Laurie, is that, gonna invite the media? It's just an opportunity that he was off, and I know he didn't choose to go to MIT, that was, where did he end up? Oh, he did end up at MIT. He was choosing between Princeton and MIT. Princeton and MIT. I thought I couldn't remember which way it went. He had some really good opportunity choices. He had options. He had options. So anyway, very pleased to share that with you this evening as well. The other thing I wanted to do, and I know Mr. Bleck is going to speak a little bit more
053about that, I wanted to publicly thank our school communities who joined us in hosting our... urban task force. We had an opportunity under the direction of, or led by Representative Rodriguez, who was here and... our local legislators, Representative Genrick and Representative Mako joined us. It was a day where we began our visit in the morning with a whole team of task force members. We started at the Leonardo Da Vinci School for the Gifted and the students were on point as were the staff and Principal Van Dyke and had tours of the building around what we would consider modern learning spaces and talked quite a bit about that. and how that school is serving students who had identified a specific need. We then got on a bus, compliments I believe of Lamer's, my, I believe. Oh,
054was it First Student? Well, shout out to Lymers. They were both our bus companies. It was First Student. I missed that step. It was a nice bus, too. It was very, very kind of them to donate the bus for the opportunity. Went over to West High School where legislators had a chance to meet with Principal Mark Flayton, and then students and staff were on hand to... bring them into the conversation around Bay Link manufacturing and also the International Baccalaureate students were there as well to talk about those two important programs that are really helping elevate students in terms of college career pathways. And then we got back on the bus. compliments a first student. And went over to Preble High School where legislators had an opportunity to meet with a panel of students before moving
055into the opportunity in the bistro, fine dining, under the direction of teacher Lori Spence and some extraordinary culinary arts students. Yet another. pathway for high school students in our schools at Preble High School. And then also if I believe, yes, the Hello Dolly cast was also performing as well. It was a lovely, lovely opportunity. And then we returned to the media center that had been transformed to actually have the presentation and the public hearing. That concludes my report, but I wanted to thank principal Natasha role as well and all of the staff and students It was a very very very proud day, and I know that some some teachers who had an opportunity to step in during the during the public hearing had texted out and tweeted out a few things, so very positive. It
056was a moment of pride for all of us to be able to showcase some of the extraordinary work. Our focus was around innovative practices and I think we did a nice job of telling that story. So that concludes my report. All right, thank you. Chris, did you want to? May I amplify something? Sure. You alluded to it, Superintendent, that at Preble, prior to lunch, there were, help me out, three or four students. Four students. Four students, and all of them came here from other countries? Yes. And they told their story, and why I'm bringing this up is... We have many youngsters in our district from other countries and these are just an example of many out there doing very well in our public schools and they're going to stay here and they're going to be
057fantastic citizens for this country and I'm very proud of them and what we do as a school for them. Chris, how many flags from how many countries hanging in the hall at Preble? Thirty-two. Thirty-five? Yeah, there's a in the hall at Preble. There's a flag from every country represented by students or staff very impressive as you walk into the cafeteria We have no legal update next is intercity student council report Thank you. Good evening. First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who joined us on Thursday for our second quarterly ICSC meeting. We got informed from the board and many others about the topics that we had brought up, and that was really... informative so once again thank you for that like superintendent Langenfeld had mentioned it is the season of receiving and giving so
058there was a lot of highlights that she had mentioned that I had also read but there's so much going on overall in every single school in the district right now like always so I'm gonna start off first with West High School The musical for West is getting started. They are going to get that started. And wrestling is doing very well. That represents three high schools. So that's doing really well. And they're 5-2. So that's good. And moving on with East, at East we have a food can drive. So we're going to have that. I think we're going to collect those by the end of this week. And next week we are doing teacher tea, which is we have appreciated all the teachers and all the great things they do. So that will be next week.
059We are working for Silent Night already. Student Council made our posters on Friday, and we made a lot of posters for Silent Night. That's going to be January 9th, so that's very exciting. Also for East, sports are going overall very well. And last month, at the end of the month, we had Turkey Day, where you bid on your... on students, and the funds go towards the senior class. Also, today we have the senior picture in the office of the class of 2016, so that's very exciting. Moving on with Southwest, the musical is going to do Greece this year, so that's very exciting as well. And basketball is doing well as well, and bowling has started there. They have Sting Cancer, and it's starting a new campaign. Also, moving on to Preble, a motivational speaker came
060in as well. They came in to Preble and East earlier this month, so that was nice. The Blood Drive got 68 pints, and the musical was very good for them. And also I'd like to mention that for East High School, like for the season and everything, they sing on Fox 11 on Friday morning, I believe. So the chambers, and so that was nice. And yeah, that's all I have for the schools. So a lot of things going on. That concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you, Lily. Oh, just kidding. I missed the Academy of Learning. Of course, we have, they had, I didn't say them, did I? They had their senior capstone, so I just wanted to talk about that. And in November, they had their writing, their month of November finish off. So I
061wanted to present. And now she means it. No, I mean it. Yes. Next, we will have our legislative liaison. Thanks, Brenda. First item, I want the task force on urban education and Michelle did the thank yous to everyone. It was a very inspiring day and I was pleased to be part of outstanding messages, not only from our staff, but some of our community partners. I called Representative Eric Gendrick last week just to kind of get a feel for him on how things are going. And I had personally thanked every one of the task force members before I left the library. I thought it was important for us to thank them for spending the day in Green Bay. Eric said that he's heard a lot of positive comments from task force members about what we're doing
062in Green Bay. Their timeline, they were supposed to visit Eau Claire this month. That's been put off, and they... I'm sure they're still going to go to Eau Claire, but then they're going to the Milwaukee Public Schools in January. And then tentatively they're going to have a report released sometime in February. Now the legislature is only planning probably on being in session through February. Eric thinks this will be similar to what happened with the Rural Schools Task Force last year. that recommendations will be developed to be inserted into the 2017-19 budget. So it will be a process throughout the year, and I'm sure they might have some follow-up hearings, but anything that comes out of the task force, you won't see anything until at least the following year. I want to talk about some state
063education legislation. The first thing is that I had mentioned last month is the mandatory crime reporting bill. There is a hearing Thursday before the Assembly Education Committee. We got that notice late last week. Some of us met this morning to talk about how we respond to that. Melissa is going to join us. Melissa and Lori have been spending time today drafting a response. But I want to talk to you just, I want to hit the highlights of the bill. It's Assembly Bill 517. Beginning in a 2017-18 school year, public high schools and participating private high schools. Who get vouchers shall collect and maintain statistics of incidents of all of the following that are reported to the principal, school security, or local law enforcement, and that occur on property owned or leased by the school district
064in which the public high school is located by the operator of the charter school or by the governing body of the participating private high school, that occur on transportation provided by the school or school district, or that occur at an event sanctioned by the school or school district. The following category shall... We have to maintain records, and then these will be sent to DPI. Homicide, murder, or manslaughter, sexual assault, burglary, robbery, or theft, aggravated assault, arson, use of possession of alcohol, a controlled substance as defined in statute, or a controlled substance analog as defined in state statute. possession of a firearm in violation of state statute, a violation of a municipal ordinance relating to disorderly conduct. So those are the different categories. And I think Melissa and Lori took the comments and the concerns at
065our meeting this morning and have been putting those together in a response, which they're still drafting, but I think Melissa is going to kind of hit the highlights for the board. Thanks, Mike. Our first and primary concern is that the language as written as Mike just read it to you is overly broad. What we would be required to report would be things that occur on our premises, whether they're committed during the school day by our students or by our staff. So let me give you a few examples. As you know, the state law was recently revised to require us to allow private school students and home-based school students to participate in our extracurricular activities and sports. If we had a home school student participating in, for example, our show choir after school hours and... lit
066a fire in a garbage can in one of our bathrooms, that student would have committed arson and would be charged, that statistic would be reported in the report that we're required to submit to the DPI. We have a number of after school programs and we encourage the community to use our facilities. We want our facilities to be able to be used in many different ways by our community. So for example, park and rec program have a number of recreational programs in our buildings after school hours. Let's just take the men's basketball recreation Wednesday night league If it if two men got into an altercation during the course of one of the games got heated and they were cited for disorderly conduct That's on our school premises and would be required to be reported in those
067statistics There is no there is no Ciphering out of who commits the offense whether they're students whether the community members whether they're adults the law as written does not differentiate that information. So it creates a perverse incentive for us and we don't want to not have the community use our facilities, but that's a reality of how this bill is written. Adults driving near the high school are engaged in a road rage incident, pull into one of our parking lots, get into an altercation in one of our parking lots, are cited for disorderly conduct. That occurs on our school premises and would be included in these statistics. Many of our high schools are connected with city parks and example East High School shares a parking lot with Joanne's Park that parking lot is own is considered
068property of East High School things happen in Park parking lots at night and People may be cited for things that occur in those parking lots at night. Those numbers would be included in our statistics The law also as written does not talk about incidents where there is found to be a violation of the law. It talks about anything that's reported to a principal, reported to a security officer, or reported to law enforcement. So as many of us are parents, students can be forgetful because they have so many things going on. Student believes she brought her cell phone to school, reports to the principal that someone stole her cell phone. It's discovered that... She forgot it because it was at home charging before she left to go to school that day. Under the laws written, it
069was reported to school as a theft and it would be included in those statistics. There's no balancing of whether it's a founded incident or crime. It also creates a perverse incentive for us to want our students to openly report things because any of those incidents that are reported, whether they're founded or not, will not be included in those statistics. So our numbers could be artificially inflated because we have great relationships with our students and open lines of communication and they are reporting things that may not. happen or that we could stop prior to them coming to fruition, but once they've been reported, they're now included in those statistics. Go ahead. Is harassment included in there? It is not. It currently is not one of the items listed, but there is a companion bill that's a
070little different in the Senate, and that bill addresses bullying and harassment, I believe. That's my question. I believe. One of the concerns that we talked about today and we were fortunate to have Lieutenant Bresser present for our discussion who is the supervisor of our community resource officers is while the bills drafter indicated that the districts and the law enforcement have access to the information so it's not an onerous requirement in reality it will be an onerous requirement because this information can be recorded in a number of places it could be in our infinite campus system Under student behavior, it could be recorded simply as a report from the police department which is not followed up with a municipal ticket or an arrest, or it could be recorded as an arrest or a municipal ticket. And
071none of those systems talk to one another. We'll have to make sure that when we're reporting this to the state, we don't have duplicative numbers if it's recorded in Infinite Campus and through law enforcement. So it's gonna take a considerable amount of time either creating a system to record this this data or to make sure that when we do pull it from all of those different sources that it is not reporting the same incident more than once and that all the incidents reported meet the statutory definitions. And this is an unfunded mandate. There is no funding from the state to compensate for any of the work that's gonna be required on behalf of law enforcement as well as the school district in meeting the requirements of this law. Andrew, you had a question? I'll just
072say it in case others want to be more neutral on this, but it's true. This is simply an attempt to manufacture a statistic to make the large school districts in the state look bad. You could have a school district, their school district's one one-hundredth of our size. that could have a far worse per capita problems and Report them according to this and have three things on their record and we have far less per capita It doesn't matter and I just I just wonder where it's where or ever are these attacks on School districts going to going to stop yes this this bill Andrew that one of the main drivers behind this bill is Jim Bender in school choice, Wisconsin So that's where this bill is coming, and it's you know especially especially troubling is that?
073We have to report the unfounded incidents. We have to you know no no other It's just beyond the pale And I will say this, I think schools like ours that have school resource officers and we value them and we value the relationships they develop with students and they're there for a reason. But I think schools with school resource officers will probably have more reports than schools that don't have school resource officers. Say in a smaller high school or private high school, they don't have a resource officer. The associate principal may look into some of those things and they'll say, well, we're not, that isn't reporting. They don't need to report that. So what we think is a positive may end up harming us under this bill the way it's written. Celestine. I have a question
074about. So this is high schools, right? Only high schools. Only high schools. Okay, so I have two questions. The first question is, we still have minors at the high school, and so are they asking for... No names. I appreciate that. But are they asking for some things that would be in a minor student record? That is a concern of mine. I think this undermines the underpinnings of the confidentiality around student records because what it's going to require is someone to go in and examine those records and... you are entitled to review a record if you have a legitimate educational interest in the record. And I'm not quite sure what the legitimate educational interest is in, other than we're required by statute to compile these statistics, but someone will need to review these incidents to ensure
075that they are consistent with the statutory language and what needs to be reported to the state. But for that requirement, I'm not certain that any of those confidential behavioral records would need to be reviewed. Michelle? Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I'm sorry. Then we don't have this situation here in Green Bay, but I know I've gone by one place where the sixth and the twelfth grade are together in one building. Oh, sure. And, I mean, even John Dewey is... Seven through, eight through 12, okay. So, but what about those places, like I said, it doesn't affect us here in Green Bay, but what about those places where there are sixth through 12th graders? The law defines public high school as a public school including a charter school that operates high school grades. Nine through 12. Well,
076that would be a 6 through 12 grade. That would be a 6 through 12. Secondary? Now we're really talking about some minors. Okay. All right. Michelle? You know, as I reviewed the law, I think one of the arguments I would expect to hear is that parents need this information to be informed. And I kept thinking about and reflecting if I ever get that request. You know, superintendent of schools, parents ask me a lot of things. And I'm very grateful that they do. But I don't recall ever getting any request that says, tell me how many incidents you have in your schools. And so I'd be curious if others have ever received that. Because I think that... Sometimes I look at we're creating legislation in response not to need but rather to an ideology Perhaps that
077you know, mr. Becker pointed out so I look at that and say now we have more burden on taxpayer dollars to support a mandate That would not garner any results that would be helpful to students And to be perfectly honest, the transparency around what's going on in schools, we can avail what we can. I mean, I think that the piece that always is interesting around something is it has as much to do with how things are reported and recorded. And even that, the fidelity around that. So, I mean, different municipalities can do different things. having been and served as a principal in two different schools in another state, one would not collect any data around intervention unless it led to arrests. Then one municipality collected everything. So it really leads to some inaccurate information out
078there. But more importantly for me, I believe strongly that the way the schools are set up with school resource officers, we are protecting the well-being and safety of kids. And yes, we do have kids that report things that aren't accurate, but I would rather have them call attention to something that they see looks problematic to them that may result in nothing. Than to have them not report at all. I think we can all look in hindsight at major major disaster situations where people knew things and did not report them and so I think this shakes the safety and well-being of our schools rather than Protecting them. I think it creates potentially a bigger greater problem and public high schools are transparent We're subject the open means open records laws private high schools do not have
079to be transparent in their dealings. And another thing, these statistics would be put on the high school report card. If I could. Yeah, go ahead. You know, I've thought about this a fair amount. I would also like to see next to it the safety and security plans for each. Because, you know, I think that... That should be on the report card well, I'm more access to them and we have we have two high schools You know we have visitors from out of town, and I take them by especially my son's high school West High School you know visitors from out of town are like wow what a great high school wow there's like a pool behind I mean obviously it's not West High School but why not you know the pool in the stadium and
080East High School to with Joanne's across the way I mean these are really nice places they are and in the summertime Oh, something's happened at the pool. But that's the city's property. One of the members of the task force, not from Green Bay, said to somebody, are all your schools this clean? Why, what a wonderful facility this is. Yeah, all of our schools are that clean. It's almost as if when the Americans for Prosperity group was here a couple years ago, they showed some slides of, I don't know, something from Blackboard Jungle, kind of inferring that this is what the high schools are like. Green Bay so there they like to foster that this is what public high schools look like And you know, that's not the you know, all four of our high schools
081have really excellent facilities I'm concerned about the two that are right near city parks and are on major thoroughfares including Southwest on Packer land I mean this makes absolutely no sense the law does not limit the statistics to the school year, so those things that do happen in the summer months will be included in those statistics. Chris, you have a question? A couple things, if I may. To the superintendent's point about rather being safe than sorry and somebody reporting something, San Bernardino is an example where at least one, if not two... things occurred where something should have been reported and wasn't, might have prevented that. And Mr. Dorff, you may agree with me, one of our bigger safety measures in high schools are kids reporting things. We try to make it very open and easy
082for them, not being identified to report to administration or a liaison officer, teacher, whomever they're comfortable with. That's one of the reasons why our schools are safe, because something happens, it's reported, we can go investigate it, maybe something there, maybe not. Another thing I might add, when you're looking at this law, and maybe it's in there or not in there, many times our liaison officers work with students in schools over what happened outside of school on a weekend. Quite a bit of time, actually. And sometimes that results in citations. And I don't know how that gets reported with this law. Also, periodically, something a gangster had done outside in the community was rather grievous. That's not the word I wanted, but in any event. Thank you. And an officer might come in and pick up
083that student. Both those situations had nothing to do with what happened on school property, but the officers come there and talk with students because. That's what the kids are usually doing today. As written that would not be reportable But what would be reportable and this would open another avenue of being to collect data Students go on field trips all the time sometimes our students don't make the best choices when they're out of town on field trips and may get cited for potentially underage drinking or some other Poor decisions on the rare occasion that would need to be reported because it would be a school sanctioned event so if they were on a like a There was just a wrestling tournament trip a couple weeks ago and there was some foolishness with stuff There was not
084any foolishness in like Troy East Troy that would get reported back to That would be in our report. The home school, even though it took place in a different county? Correct. Because it was a school-sanctioned event. Because it was a school-sanctioned event. Or it might be both schools have to report it. I was going to say. Probably. Because if it doesn't require that the individual be a student at that school, if it took place at East Troy High School and their administration, well, and those things do happen. I get a call from a principal in another school district. You'll get a call from a principal in another school. So it's been reported there, and then it's reported back to the home school. It sounds like both schools would have to report it. That's correct, and
085then just the nightmare of actually talking to anybody in You know another municipality and their own rules about how they Wow, I'm sorry Brenda and there's a reporting for transportation so we transport all the Many of the parochial kids. Yes, we do if it's one of a Private school student does that go under us because we're providing transportation or does the private school have to report that because it's one of their students I think both because this does apply to private schools, but it talks about that occur on transportation provided by the school or school district and we're providing that transportation. But if they're not a voucher participating private school, then it probably is only reportable to us, right? Participating private high school means a private school participating in parental choice that operates a high
086school grade. So it would only be the voucher schools. But that would cover Notre Dame Academy. I mean, that's our one high school. Do we transport any W Lutheran? Well, they don't have vouchers, I think. We do transport any W Lutheran. Yeah, but I wondered if their kids are taking any vouchers. Did we, I think we kind of interrupted your train of thought. No, that was the majority. Do you want to talk a little about what we're doing with the letter that you and Lori are working on? We drafted a letter and we're working with the various stakeholders. Lieutenant Bresser indicated that. The police department is willing to sign on to a letter that will be submitted to the Assembly Education Committee and will be copied to our local legislators as well as the Senate
087Education Committee and the Senate Education Reform Committee. So we'll be finalizing that and we'll get you a copy of the finalized document that we sent. And Dan Rossmiller, who's our chief lobbyist for WSB, indicated that... Our letter would be much more effective if our school liaison officers participate in the letter and share our concerns. And I think at least one other school district is also doing that so that it's not just the school superintendent and board members, it's our local police department who is also concerned about this bill. Any other questions about that bill? Thank you, Melissa. Thank you. You know, one day I'd like to sit here. and I'd like to hear about something from the state. And I'm like, boy, I would love to be able to say, wow, I am so excited
088that they are doing that for us and for all the children in the state of Wisconsin. I would really love to be sitting here one day and that would happen. Well, I think Mike's rest of his report is not filled with that kind of information, but I'll turn it back over to Mike. Carry on, Mike. All right. Thank you. Thanks, Melissa. Maybe someday before I leave this board I'll be able to do that. Hopefully that will happen at least once. There's a couple other actually a couple other bills. I think that the Education Committee is taking up and we've talked about of course, I'll be brief the the referendum bill that will require school districts to hold a referendum at general election either in April or November. And then if the referendum fails, you have
089to wait two years to go back to the public again. There are some changes being proposed. I think they're going to address, which the bill didn't address, like off years, like 2017, where there is no November election. Right. So you only would have April that year. I think they're going to somehow address that. And it looks like they're going to reduce the time waiting from two years to one year. Still a bad bill, but it's not quite as bad as before The and there also may be a hearing on that Transgender bathroom bill and we've talked about before but there will be there is a substitute amendment coming in which I haven't seen yet So that may change There was a hearing last week on a bill that would make school volunteers mandatory reporters And
090you know what I mean. So if you would volunteer 40 hours a year, which isn't much, it's probably an hour a week, you would be a mandatory reporter just as regular staff are, and then that would make them criminally responsible if they didn't report. WSB testified last week expressing grave concerns about that. First of all, it would be another unfunded mandate. The amount of training that you would have to do for your volunteers to become mandatory reporters, and I think the adverse effect this would have on people wanting to volunteer in our schools. Why would you want to subject yourself to that sort of responsibility if you want to go and read with your daughter's third grade class once a week? Fortunately, and I followed up with Dan Rossmiller the other day, he said he
091thought this bill was being dropped. He said, I think they understood. And it's interesting, this bill was resurrected from a bill a couple of years ago, and actually that bill arose out of the Jerry Sandusky Penn State incident, where there was a volunteer football coach who witnessed... sexual assault in a shower room and rather than reporting it to the police I think he reported it to the football coach and then it didn't go anywhere so that's where this bill initially came from didn't go anywhere it's being resurrected but I think it's gonna die unfortunately I think you know you talk to teachers and principals, they love having volunteers in our schools doing one-on-one reading with kids, and if all of a sudden we have to tell our volunteers you're a mandatory reporter, and by the
092way, if you don't report it, you could end up being criminally liable. So I think that bill is going away. I just want to briefly mention the WSB resolutions. Michelle has assigned those to staff. We will discuss those at our meeting in January There are two of the resolutions are ones that we've that we've introduced Chris is our is our deli and we can talk in January about those and about Staff will be recommending positions on that and I think specifically we want to talk about the two resolutions that are ours Certainly going to want to get up and speak on those so those go to the delegate assembly at the WSB convention in January finally Congress approved the replacement no child left behind Bill it's called every student succeeds act it goes into effect
0932017-18 WHB is preparing a document for school board members highlighting all of the changes. Basically what it does is that it greatly diminishes the federal role in public education and transfers most of the responsibilities for assessments and other things to the states. Now that's good in states where you get good leadership from your legislature and your governor regarding education I'm not sure what's going to happen in Wisconsin. There is one Positive and actually the bill passed the Senate 85 to 12 passed In the house every member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation including both our senators voted in favor of it There is one thing I just wanted to point out that initially was in the House bill that would allow on Title I funding would, if a student went from a public school to another
094public school or to a private school, the Title I funding would follow that student. The final version keeps the Title I funding in the school. So, I mean, that was a real positive. I think, Michelle, did you want to? Yeah, I think we've been meeting and looking at it. I think, what do they say, the devil's in the details. And so, we have a lot of questions right now in terms of the impact and actually who is the... governing body for the state around the authority around its implementation who will set the rules who will establish that so a lot of questions um there there are some pieces in there we're looking forward to learning more about um school finance you know some some financial streams that maybe we haven't been afforded in the past
095around magnet schools in particular i think we're very interested while we haven't officially been sanctioned by Magnet Schools of America. You start to look at the work that the board started even before I joined the district around international baccalaureate and which can very well be a magnet school. bringing kids into different schools for different opportunities and the Institute at East for the Fine Arts. So I think there's opportunity there. I am with the team. We like to be hopeful that the intent is to return some local control and really engage in innovative practices as opposed to reform. I think that it's an opportunity if the state of Wisconsin really chooses to seize it, to transform our work as opposed to reform or even go backwards. So we'll see where it goes. We're cautiously optimistic right
096now and that's, I think, a good place to start. And I know that we've been contacted by Senator Tammy Baldwin's office to have a conversation. I think that people are pretty happy with the fact that people could line up on both sides of the aisle and get something done. And so we're hopeful that that momentum continues at a state level for the betterment of the children in the state of Wisconsin. And Senator Baldwin is on the Senate Education Committee, so pretty involved in this legislation. We'll see where it goes next. Chris. The bill that's replacing No Child Left Behind was also bipartisan, if you remember. Right. And at the time, it was a nice step forward. It did make us more data conscious that we ever had been in a school district. That's a plus.
097It, in my opinion, just outlived its usefulness. It's time to move on to trying something else. Anytime you set something up like that, like No Child Left Behind, two examples jump out for me. In Houston, Texas, the books were cooked. as well as Atlanta to make everything look a lot better than what it was because those test scores were made public, et cetera, et cetera. So, you know, it's things like that you always have to be careful of when you start enacting things and how data is used. So in any event, I think all of us are, as Superintendent Langenfeld said, are pleased to see the change. Yeah, and WSB has been blogging out different things, but they are putting a document together that will be sent to all school boards. know fairly soon which
098I think would be helpful for everyone to assess the impact. I want to go back to the one on mandatory reporters. And even though it's probably a moot point because it sounds like the bill is not going anywhere, I wouldn't want anyone to get the impression that we don't talk to our volunteers about doing that, that we don't engage them about if you see something that looks untoward to talk to the teacher, talk to the principal, school social worker. At Howe School, we had a real involved volunteer program from one of the churches. our pupil services, people provided in service to them. They understood they were not mandated reporters, but we did develop those relationships. And I believe that's the type of thing that goes on with every school regardless of whether you have one
099volunteer or a cadre of 100, that you develop those relationships so that they feel comfortable coming forward. Yeah, if a student says something to a reading buddy, you know that obviously volunteers should go to the teacher or the principal or a social worker or somebody in that I think that's being done now Yeah, it is and we're very intentional about it. It's very important for safety Anything else all right that concludes my report We wanted to announce. All right, we'll move on to system reports. First is teaching and learning, and that will be facilitated by Ed Dorff. Thank you. We have several items, several action items. First, I would like to make a motion that the transcribed credit for IT support hardware intro course as presented be approved. Second. Questions? Okay, Sandy? Aye. Warren? Aye.
100Dorff? Aye. Jeffries? Aye. Becker? Aye. Blanca? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Carried 7-0. Next, I'd like to move that the 2016-17 Green Bay Area Public School District Calendar as presented be approved. Second. Sandy? Blacko? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Becker? Aye. Maloney? Aye. Jeffries? Aye. Warren? Aye. Thorpe? Aye. Move that the Curriculum Development and Instructional Improvement Policy, Policy 330 as presented be approved. Second. Sandy? Becker? Aye. Jeffries? Aye. Maloney? Aye. Dorff? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Warren? Aye. Blackha? Aye. Carried 7-0. Move that the programs for students with disabilities policy, policy 342.1 as presented be approved. Second. Sandy? Warren? Aye. Becker? Aye. Blackha? Aye. Jeffries? Aye. Maloney? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Dorff? Aye. Carried 7-0. Move that the alternative education program... Programs and Curriculum Modifications Policy 342.6 as presented be approved. Second. And I just want to point out that all of
101these were discussed at length at last week's meeting. Sandy? Wagner? Aye. Maloney? Aye. Warren? Aye. Dorff? Aye. Jeffrey? Aye. Lecca? Aye. Becker? Aye. Carried 7-0. Move that the Graduation Requirements Policy 345.6 as presented be approved. Second. moved that the assessment program policy, policy 346 as presented be approved. Second. Sandy? Aye. Maloney? Aye. Warren? Aye. Blackha? Aye. Dorff? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Becker? Aye. Carried 7-0. Move that the full-time public school open enrollment policy for 24 and rule 424 rule are rather be approved And finally, that the assignment of students to schools policy 433 and interdict transfer procedures rule 433R as presented be approved. Second. Sandy? Maloney? Aye. Warren? Aye. Dorff? Aye. Jeffries? Aye. Becker? Aye. Leckha? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Carried 7-0. And that concludes teaching and learning report. All right, thank you. Next we'll go to
102organizational support, and that will be facilitated by Andrew Becker. All right, we have two items in the report. For first, I move that the Southwest High School Auditorium be named the Marsh Family Auditorium as presented be approved. Second. Any comment? I know we're all very grateful for all the gifts that we received, but I just want to in particular acknowledge this one because I've known and worked with a former board member, current employee, and her husband. Former teacher for many years. That's Gina and Tom March March. I'm gonna thank them personally All right All right All right Carried seven zero. Sorry I move that the employee supervision and evaluation policy as presented be approved second We do have I'll read that motion. Special Board Meeting Quorum Session has been scheduled for Monday, December 14th, immediately
103following the adjournment of the regular board meeting. Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.851C, considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. and pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.851F, considering financial, medical, social, or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems, or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where paragraph B applies, which if discussed in public would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data or involved in such problems or investigations to wit personnel matters. Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.851F, Statute 19.8.5.1E, deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business whenever competitive or
104bargaining reasons require a closed session, more specifically to wit potential contracts. Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.8.5.1E, deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session, more specifically to wit negotiation of collective bargaining agreements. Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19. 17.851C, considering employment promotion compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility to wet employee compensation. And pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.5.1G, conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved to what potential litigation matters. Meeting will begin in open session
105to consider the appropriate motion for a closed session so provided by law. So moved. Second. Sandy? Aye. Aye. Aye. Warren? Aye. Lillian? Aye. Jeffries? Aye. Wagner? Aye. Carried 7-0. We'll convene across the hall.