Minutes for Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting
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Minutes for Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting To Be Held in the District Board Room 1055 Griffiths Lane Ashwaubenon WI 54304 (Phone: 920.492.2900) Wednesday, February 12, 2020 6:30 pm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A. Call to order: President VanLaanen called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. B. Roll call: Board Members Present: VanLaanen, Vyskocil, Garrigan, Trondson Board Members Excused: VanDeKreeke School Choice Advisory Representative: Mike Mader Others Present: Kurt Weyers, Keith Lucius, Jill Kieslich, Tammy Nicholson, Andy Bake, Doug Pieschek, Maria Arena, Pete Marto, Nick Senger, Marc Jimos, Nathan Ortiz, Tasha Cook and Val Hodgson C. Declaration of quorum: Quorum present D. Pledge of allegiance: The pledge was recited E. Adoption of Agenda: Moved by Vyskocil, seconded by Garrigan to adopt the agenda as presented. Aye 4, Nay 0. Motion carried 4:0 F. Citizens and/or delegations: 1. Public Forum – no issues presented 2. Bright Lights/Student Presentation - AHS Foods Lab Renovation Process Tasha Cook and Val Hodgson shared with the board the new high school culinary arts lab. 2012 Creation of a culinary arts pathway 2014-15 ProStart training and new equipment were purchased through a Carl Perkins grant 2016-17 Began to use the ProStart curriculum 2018 Old kitchen was demoed 2019 First time students and staff could work in the new kitchen with the new curriculum. The district is able to office Culinary I, II and III. Each of these classes are 9 weeks long. Student are able to work in the new industrial kitchen where they are taught proper safety and sanitary procedures. The new lab allows for a much easier flow of the curriculum. Senger recognized Cook and Hodgson for the work they put into this curriculum and lab. They have moved it from a home economics program to a culinary program in an industrial kitchen setting. Lucius thanked them for their patience as they work through the steps with Tom Schmitt and Lucius. He stated their attention to detail and drive to keep the project moving resulted in this culinary lab. Kieslich spoke about certification students can obtain following Culinary III if they take and pass the Serve Safe Food Manager test. This certification is recognized nationally. Preparing student for this test is a huge undertaking by Cook and Hodgson. G. Consent Agenda: Moved by Trondson, seconded by Vyskocil to approve the Consent Agenda 1-7 as presented. Aye 4, Nay 0. Motion carried 4:0 1. Minutes of the regular meeting held on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 2. Minutes of the executive meeting held on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 3. Minutes of the executive meeting held on Monday, February 3, 2020 1 4. Staffing: hirings, resignations, retirements, leave of absences 5. The schedule of checks written 01/01/20 to 02/03/20 6. There were 25 co-curriculars approved 7. Budget Financial Reports for December H. Superintendent’s Report Staff/Student Recognition Toolslam 2020: Tonight is the 5th annual Tundra EdTech Toolslam. At the Toolslam, each presenter only gets 5 minutes to share their educational technology tool, after their 5-minute slam, the process is repeated a total of 10 times...equaling an hour of awesome fast-paced learning. The Neville Public Museum graciously donates their space and Camera Corner donates food and drink for the event. Since all of the presenters are volunteers and the space is donated...the entire event is FREE! This year we have 140 teachers attending from 20 different districts...21 from Ashwaubenon. Great work by our very own Jamie Averbeck and Beth Lemke at the Neville Museum for coordinating and hosting the event. National Merit Finalist: Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that Ashwaubenon High School seniors Emma Fischer, Samuel Stanko and Christian Van Iten have been named NMSC Finalists. They are part of a select group of 7,500 students nationwide that were chosen from a group of 16,000 semifinalists. Approximately 1.5 million juniors in more than 21,000 high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Emma, Samuel and Christian were selected finalists based on their academic record, participation in school and community activities and demonstrated leadership abilities. A huge congratulations to all of them. Taste of Ashwaubenon: Just a reminder that this year’s Taste of Ashwaubenon will occur on Wednesday, March 11th at Stadium View. Jaguar Excellence Awards: 132 Jaguar Excellence awards were handed out to staff for the month of January. This is the fifth straight month with over 100 handed out. This brings our total to 672 already this school year. Golden Apple Nominations: 78 Ashwaubenon School District teachers were nominated for the 2020 Golden Apple Award. Late last month the Teachers of Distinction were announced. We are very proud to announce that four Ashwaubenon School District teachers were recognized. They are Carrie Corcoran - First grade teacher at Valley View, Lori Bachman - School Counselor at Parkview, Nicky VanLaanen - Social Studies teacher at the high school, and Greg Roberts - Business Education teacher at the high school. Winners of the coveted Golden Apples will be announced soon. The 27th annual Golden Apple Awards ceremony scheduled for April 15th. Cormier Principal: The district received 51 application for the Cormier principal posting. Eight candidates will be interviewed over two nights. Two interview teams are made up of 8 teaches, 2 parents and 4 administrators. Information Session: The fourth and final referendum informational session will be held on March 9th. Weyers asked people to please vote on April 7th. I. Discussion/Presentation Items: 1. School Goals – Elementary: Jill Kieslich and elementary building principals provided an update on the district and building goals. District 2019-2020 Goals Student Achievement – At least 55% of all students will need or exceed grade-level benchmarks in Reading and Math (based on Forward, ACT, ACT Aspire, and Star Assessments). The district started the year at 45% in reading and increased it to 50% on the January Star assessment. At the start of the year, Math was at 45% and it increased to 47% on the January Star assessment. The district and teachers are working with math coaches and seeing good gains as a result. 2 Weyers stated the assessments given once a year are difficult to judge overall performance. It is through the assessments given out 3 times a year and daily data from unit assessments that give us a better picture and the ability to make adjustments immediately. Communication – Increase the percentage of parents who report they are receiving timely and consistent communication around academic progress (39%), learning (21%) and behavior (28%) to 50% as measured on the district created survey. The survey sent out last spring will be repeated this year. Student Engagement – Increase student engagement so that at least 75% of all students feel connected at school as measured by the YRBS. The goal is to have students fell welcome and connected to at least one adult in the building. This survey is given every two years to students in grade 6-12. The survey is taken one year with results coming the following year. The survey was given in 2019 and is scheduled to be given in 2021. The board inquired if the survey could be given more often. Nicholson states that the district is in the two year cycle with the state and Brown County schools. She stated we can look into giving the survey more often. It takes 1 hours for students to take the survey and time for teaches to set it up and administer it. District parent Heather Schuyler stated that individual races are reported out in the assessments and surveys. She asked where mixed race students fall in this data. There is category for students with more than one race. Cormier 2019-2020 Goals Literacy – Arena stated that based on the assessment taken so far, Cormier is on track to meet these goals by the end of the 2019-20 school year. o 85% of the 5K students read at level D or higher using F&P Benchmark assessments by the end of the 19-20 school year. The winter assessments show 46% of 5K students read at level D. o 95% of the 5K students read 25 or more sight words using the District sight word assessment by the end of the 19-20 school year. The fall assessment show 8% of students can read 25 or more. o 80% of all 4K students will be proficient using the PALS-PreK assessment and the 4K rhyming rubric by the end of the 19-20 school year. The fall assessment show 19% of student are proficient Math o 75% of the 5K students will add and subtract with numbers up to 5 as measured using the 5K local math assessment by the end of the 19-20 school year. Arena stated that there is no data to report on this goal. o 80% of the students are able to subitize to 4 by the end of the 2019-20 school year. The winter assessment shows 57% of students are proficient. o Will improve the identification of numbers 0-30 so that 95% of students are proficient as measured by the 5K number identification test at the end of the 19-20 school year. The fall assessment shows 18.79% of students are proficient. Student Engagement – Using first semester data, classroom referrals will decrease by 10%. Arena stated that there have been 11 majors from 5 students. Many supports have been put in place to help these students. Communication/Culture – To increase communication and outreach with parents/families around teaching and learning, all families will be connected to SeeSaw by January 2020.