Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 - Agenda

8:45 Coffee & Networking 9:00 Welcome Julie Twiss, parent and alumna

9:05 Education Governance Panel Senator Kevin Priola, Colorado District 25 Representative Shannon Bird, Colorado District 35 Kathy Plomer, President, Adams 12 Five Star Schools Board of Education Chris Gdowski, Superintendent, Adams 12 Five Star Schools

10:30 Break

10:40 Holiday Treats by ProStart Kristi Weaver, Director of Career and Technical Education & Post-Secondary Readiness

10:45 Student Presentations

10:55 How to get involved at the state level Maura Devine, Adams 12 Community Action Network (CAN)

11:10 Mountain Range High School Jazz Choir Heather Schenck, Choir Director

11:30 Closing

Stick around from 11:30-12:15ish to provide valuable parent feedback on the district’s upcoming marketing efforts.

Knowing Your Leaders State Elected Officials within Adams 12 Five Star School Boundaries*

US SENATE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Senator Michael Bennet (D) 2nd District – Representative Joe Neguse (D) Senator Cory Gardner (R) 6th District – Representative Jason Crow (D) 7th District – Representative Ed Perlmutter (D)

STATE SENATE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

District 21 – Senator Dominick Moreno (D) District 30 – Representative Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D) District 23 – Senator Vicki Marble (R) District 31 – Representative Yadira Carveo (D) District 24 – Senator Faith Winter (D) District 32 – Representative Adrienne Benavidez (D) District 25 – Senator Kevin Priola (R) District 33 – Representative Matt Gray (D) District 34 – Representative Kyle Mullica (D)

District 35 – Representative Shannon Bird (D)

District 56 – Representative Rod Bockenfeld (R)

*See map for district boundaries.

STATE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Sen. Nancy Todd, Chair Sen. Tammy Story, Vice-Chair Sen. Jeff Bridges Sen. Owen Hill Sen. Paul Lundeen

STATE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Rep. Barbara McLachlan, Chair Rep. Julie McCluskie Rep. Bri Buentello, Vice-Chair Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet Rep. Janet P. Buckner Rep. James D. Wilson Rep. James Coleman Rep. Mark Baisley Rep. Lisa Cutter Rep. Tim Geitner Rep. Tony Exum, Sr. Rep. Colin Larson Rep. Perry Buck 2018 COLORADO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Valentina (Val) Flores (D) – 1st Congressional District, Denver

Angelika Schroeder (D) – 2nd Congressional District, Boulder

Joyce Rankin (R) – 3rd Congressional District, Carbondale

Debora Scheffel (R) – 4th Congressional District, Larkspur

Steve Durham (R) – 5th Congressional District, Colorado Springs

Rebecca McClellan (D) – 6th Congressional District, Centennial

Jane Goff (D) – 7th Congressional District, Arvada

Katy Anthes – Commissioner of Education

The Colorado State Board of Education is the governing board of the Colorado Department of Education. Within its jurisdiction, the State Board:

1. Provides educational leadership for the state;

2. Appoints the Commissioner of Education and the Director of State Board Relations;

3. Employs personnel of the Department of Education;

4. Approves the Department of Education budget;

5. Makes rules, regulations, and policies that govern the Colorado Department of Education, public education including pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, adult education, and public libraries;

6. Accredits public school districts;

7. Facilitates the provision of library services to the citizens of Colorado through the State Library;

8. Distributes federal and state funds;

9. Regulates educator licensing;

10. Supervises adult basic education and public libraries;

11. Appoints advisory committees;

12. Grants waivers of Colorado education law and regulations;

13. Exercises judicial authority with regard to appeals by charter schools; and

14. Submits recommendations for educational improvements to the General Assembly and Governor

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Board of Education Members and Overview

ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION ROLE

The Board will govern lawfully with an emphasis on an outward vision rather than an internal preoccupation. As public elected officials, the Board of Education governs the school district through the careful establishment of broad written policies. The Board of Education hires the Superintendent who carries out these policies and runs the day-to-day operations of the district.

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS

Kathy Plomer Laura Mitchell Jamey Lockley Brian Batz Lori B. Goldstein

President Vice President Secretary Director Director Director District No. 3 Director District No. 5 Director District No. 2 Director District No. 4 Director District No. 1

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS

The Adams 12 Board of Education has five directors that are elected at large to four-year staggered terms. The district has a director district plan of representation which requires school board members reside in a specific geographic area. The district’s Boundary Locator provides information regarding director districts for specific addresses. A director district map and written description of director district boundaries are available on the board webpage.

WEBSITE www.adams12.org/board

MEETING SCHEDULE

The Board of Education meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month, except in July, August and January. Agendas for regular meetings are posted prior to each board meeting at district schools, the Educational Support Center and on the district website.

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are at 7:00 p.m. in the Aspen Conference Room at the Adams 12 Five Star Schools Educational Support Center, 1500 E 128th Ave, Thornton, CO 80241.

2020 Schedule

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 7:00pm Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 7:00pm Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 7:00pm Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 7:00pm Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 7:00pm Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 7:00pm Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 7:00pm

Please contact Frances Mullins in the Board Office at 720-972-4007 or [email protected] for further information.

ROLE OF SUPERINTENDENT

While the school board governs the district through policies, the superintendent has authority over the district’s operations. The superintendent leads the educational work of the district and is responsible for keeping the board informed about district activities and needs. The superintendent manages the day-to- day affairs of the district, in line with the board’s policies and legal requirements.

BOARD POLICY

GOVERNANCE PROCESS 4.1 GOVERNING STYLE Adopted: September 19, 2000 Revised: February 16, 2011

The Board will govern lawfully with an emphasis on (a) outward vision rather than an internal preoccupation, (b) encouragement of diversity in viewpoints, (c) strategic leadership more than administrative detail, (d) clear distinction of Board and Superintendent roles, (e) collective rather than individual decisions, (f) future rather than past or present, and (g) proactivity rather than reactivity.

Accordingly:

1. The Board will cultivate a sense of group responsibility. The Board, not the staff, will be responsible for excellence in governing. The Board will be the initiator of policy, not merely a reactor to staff initiatives. The Board will not use the expertise of individual members to substitute for the judgment of the Board, although the expertise of individual members may be used to enhance the understanding of the Board as a body.

2. The Board will direct, control and inspire the organization through the careful establishment of broad written policies reflecting its interpretation of values and perspectives of the ownership. The Board's major policy focus will be on the intended long term impacts outside the staff organization, not on the administrative or programmatic means of attaining those effects.

3. The Board will enforce upon itself whatever discipline is needed to govern with excellence. Discipline will apply to matters such as timely and consistent attendance at regular meetings, special meetings and work study sessions and attendance throughout the duration of the meeting /session, preparation for meetings, policymaking principles, respect of roles, attention to task and proper decorum during meetings, and ensuring the continuance of governance capability. Although the Board can change its governance process policies at any time, it will observe them scrupulously while in force.

4. Continual Board development will include orientation of new or potential Board members in the Board's governance process and periodic Board discussion of process improvement.

5. The Board will allow no officer, individual or committee of the Board to hinder or be an excuse for not fulfilling its commitments.

6. The Board will monitor and discuss the Board's process and performance at each meeting. Monitoring will include comparison of Board activity and discipline to policies in the Governance Process and Board Relationships categories.

BOARD POLICY

GOVERNANCE PROCESS 4.2 BOARD JOB DESCRIPTION Adopted: September 19, 2000 Revised: September 7, 2011

Specific job outputs of the Board, as an informed agent of the ownership, are those that ensure appropriate organizational performance.

Accordingly, the Board has direct responsibility to:

1. Create the link between the ownership and the operational organization.

2. Create written governing policies which address the broadest levels of all organizational decisions and situations.

A. Ends: Organizational products, impacts, benefits, outcomes, recipients, and their relative worth or priority (what good for which recipients at what cost).

B. Operating Limitations: Constraints on executive authority which establish the prudence and ethics boundaries within which all executive activity and decisions must take place.

C. Board-Superintendent Relationship: How power is delegated and its proper use monitored; the Superintendent role, authority and accountability.

D. Governance Process: Specification of how the Board conceives, carries out and monitors its own task.

3. Assure successful Superintendent performance through effective hiring, monitoring, and Board adherence to its own policies, and establish his or her compensation.

4. Influence federal, state and local legislation.

5. Decide matters not specifically delegated to the Superintendent, including with limitation: (a) tax rates; (b) borrowing; (c) asset acquisition in excess of $250,000 or disposition in excess of $100,000.

6. Confer honorary diplomas.

7. Commit District support to, or commit District resources, monetary or in kind, to join or support litigation initiated between third parties.

8. Establish graduation requirements.

9. Establish magnet and options schools in the District.

10. Transfer, spend, or reallocate the business services’ plant contingency fund for purposes other than maintaining the plant.

Board of Education Core Beliefs & Commitments October 21, 2015

These beliefs and commitments reflect what the Board heard in its engagement process with parents in the community during the 2014-15 school year. These statements reflect the beliefs, values and wishes expressed in conversation when asked, “What was the most important thing their child could learn as a result of an Adams 12 education?” We as a Board will use these beliefs and commitments to guide our work in the District.

 We endeavor to create a safe, caring and engaging learning environment for all students.

 We view our students as unique individuals and strive to meet the individual learning, social and emotional needs of each in our diverse student body.

 We view technology as a critical tool for student learning. We commit to technology access and skill building in its use and application for all students.

 Academic growth for all students is a central goal of our education programs.

 We believe that literacy is a foundational skill for exploration and knowledge in all content areas.

 We believe in teaching the whole child. In addition to foundational skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies we believe problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, self-control, respect, integrity and innovation are skills and traits that are essential and part of the educational experience in Adams 12.

 We believe that students who are honest, tenacious, adaptable, ethical, intellectually curious, logical, loving, responsible, dependable, competent, courageous, independent and who persevere will be better prepared to thrive in their future endeavors.

 Adams 12 will provide opportunities to engage in multiple and different paths of education to prepare them for a college, military service, specific trades, or a career in the general workforce. .  We will foster a learning environment that encourages creativity, innovation, and intellectual risk-taking for both teachers and students.

 We strive to graduate students who examine and reflect upon issues in their local communities and the world at large, and who will become engaged citizens in their communities, our state and our nation.

Our Methods

 We will engage parents and community in the education of students.

 We will create and operate an environment of honesty and transparency in all matters of the district.

 We will align our work with research and best practices to accomplish the best education for students.

 We will use our resources wisely with the goal of creating a healthy learning environment and the greatest learning opportunities for our students.

 We will strive for excellence in everything we do to provide each student with the best education possible.

Core Beliefs & Commitments Page 2

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HOW DOES A BILLBECOME A LAW?

1 EVERY LAW STARTS WITH AN IDEA 2 THE BILL IS INTRODUCED That idea can come from anyone, A bill can start in either house of Congress even you! Contact your elected when it’s introduced by its primary sponsor, officials to share your idea. If they a Senator or a Representative. In the want to try to make it a law, they House of Representatives, bills are placed will write a bill. in a wooden box called "the hopper.”

THE BILL GOES TO COMMITTEE 3 the Representatives or Senators meet in a small group to research, talk about, and make changes to the bill. They vote to accept or reject the bill and its changes before sending it to: Here, the bill is assigned a legislative number before the House or Senate floor for debate or the Speaker of the House to a subcommittee for further research. sends it to a committee. 4 CONGRESS DEBATES AND VOTES Members of the House or Senate can now debate the bill and propose changes or amendments before voting. If the majority vote DID YOU KNOW? for and pass the bill, it moves to the other house to go through a The House uses an electronic similar process of committees, debate, and voting. Both houses have voting system while the Senate to agree on the same version of the final bill before it goes to the typically votes by voice, saying President. “yay” or “nay.”

HOUSE SENATE MAJORITY MAJORITY THETHE BILLBILL ISIS 5 PRESIDENTIAL ACTION APPROVE and PASS LAWLAW When the bill reaches the President, he or she can: The President signs and approves the bill. The bill is law.

The President can also: Veto Choose no action Pocket veto The President rejects the bill and The President can decide to do If Congress adjourns (goes out of returns it to Congress with the reasons nothing. If Congress is in session, session) within the 10 day period for the veto. Congress can override the after 10 days of no answer from the after giving the President the bill, veto with 2/3 vote of those present in President, the bill then automatically the President can choose not to both the House and the Senate and becomes law. sign it and the bill will not become the bill will become law. law.

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