MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
January 11, 2006 6:30 P.M. Educational
The Board of Education of the
Ms. Marianne Clancy, Board Secretary, established a
quorum and the following Members were present: Mrs. Janet Smith, Mr. Uvaldo
Herrera, Mrs. Cheryl Jackson, Mr. Keith Davis and Mr. John Dirks, Board
President. Mr. John Hanson and Mrs.
Millicent Roth were absent.
Present from the administrative staff were Mrs.
Sally Tucker, Mr. David Wood, Mr. Barry Reilly and Dr. Robert Nielsen.
Ms. Linda Aschenbrener, Public Relations Facilitator, was also in attendance.
Present from the news media were Ms. Sharon Wolfe, The Pantagraph, and Mr. Erik Stock, WJBC Radio Station.
Mr. Dirks presented the Minutes for approval. It was moved by Mr. Herrera, seconded by Mrs. Smith, that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education held on December 14, 2005 and the Minutes of the Closed Meeting of the Board of Education held on December 14, 2005 be approved. Upon a roll call vote Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Roth, Mr. Herrera and Mr. Dirks voted Aye. Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Davis abstained as they were not present at the December 14, 2005 meeting. Motion carried.
Dr. Mary Kay Scharf, Irving School Principal,
introduced students and volunteers who are associated with Terrific Tuesdays at
The goal of Terrific
Tuesdays is relationship building. Mentors work with the same student for a
period of 2-3 years. Some relationships continue after students move on to
junior high school. This group was established 5 years ago, in spring 2001.
In the past 5 years, approximately 65 adult mentors have worked with students
at
Dr. Scharf stated how important the group is to her school and thanked everyone for their time and work in volunteering.
Mr. Dirks thanked the group for coming to the Board Meeting
and for their hard work in volunteering for the program.
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Mr. Dirks asked the group to come forward and
receive personal appreciation from the Board.
Mrs. Roth entered the meeting at 6:39 p.m.
Mr. Dirks welcomed Mr. Jim Patton as the new
Bloomington Education Association President.
Mrs. Smith stated that there will be a meeting on
the Judge John M. Scott Educational Foundation Trust February 9, 2006.
Mr. Dirks stated that he, Mr. Herrera and Dr.
Nielsen met with the representative from McKinsie Consulting Group who is
helping District 87 and Unit 5 with the Achievement Gap Taskforce work. McKinsie is helping design some surveys that
will go out to students, teachers, administrators and parents to try to get a
handle on views and feelings about the achievement gap. Responses are coming in from the invitations
that were sent out to community members and business leaders to be part of the
taskforce. Mr. Dirks stated that
progress is being made and we are pleased with what we are seeing.
Mr. Colin Manahan, Director of Facilities
Management, reported on the 2006 Facility Improvement Plan. Construction projects for the 2006-07 school
year includes the following:
Sheridan School - Replace the heating and cooling equipment in
rooms 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 109, 110, and the cafeteria; New
ceilings, lights, painting and marker board skins (where needed) for rooms 101,
102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 109, and 110; Add air conditioning to the kitchen;
Building heating and cooling system will be complete (100%)
Stevenson School - Repair, replace, and/or paint the northeast,
northwest, center west, boiler room, kitchen, southwest, outside storage, gym,
and front exterior doors; Add landscaping to the main entrance area;
New marker board skins in
rooms 131, 134, 129, 128, 127, 126, 122, 124, 121, 120, 118, 117, 116, 104,
103, and 102 (building 100% complete); New ceilings and painting (reuse
lights) in rooms 120, 121, 122, 124, and north faculty restroom
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Bloomington High School (BHS) - Building air conditioning
(100%)-Kitchen, art rooms, AVC classrooms; Rebuild the south main entrance;
Repair and paint gym canopies; Reseal & paint north & east exterior
windows and columns; Add electrical panel board in the kitchen; Replace
electrical panel boards in building; Replace the south gym stairs; Replace
the main office carpet and the old academic first floor hall floor tile;
Convert the woods lab to a health and fitness center
Estimated
total expenditures for 2006-07 construction projects are $6,010,000.
Mr. Manahan stated the 2006 Facility Improvement
Plan will be brought back to the January 25, 2006 Board Meeting for Board
consideration.
Mr.
Manahan updated the Board on the Bloomington Junior High School (BJHS)
addition:
Majority of all exterior block walls are complete
Majority of all interior
block walls will be complete by the end of January
Majority of all roofing will be complete by the
end of January
Brick should be delivered
by the end of January and/or beginning of February
Majority of all concrete
floors will be poured and complete by the end
of January
Expecting occupancy for the 2006-07 school year
Mr. Manahan also reported on BJHS 2006-07
Construction Projects which include:
Replace the carpet in the main office and the stage
area
Paint the 8th grade classrooms
Completion of academic,
physical education, and arts for life building addition and renovations
Mrs. Vickie Slagell, Stevenson School Principal, Mr. Jim
Cooper, Sheridan School Principal and Mrs. Cindy Helmers, BHS Principal
presented the 2006 Summer School/Extended School Year proposal. In summary:
Housed at
Summer
School for grades 6 8
Monday,
June 5 through Friday, June 30 (20 days of attendance)
Student
hours: 8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
These
programs will be held at BJHS
Elementary Program
Summer
School for grades K 5
Monday,
July 24 through Friday, August 18 (20 days of attendance)
Student
hours: 8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
The
July/August program will be held at
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The
High School program will be at BHS.
BHS
will offer the following on a tuition basis (minimum of 20 students):
Drivers
Education Classroom and BTW
(June/July)
PE
(June 5-June 30)
Transitional
Algebra (June 5-June 30)
Composition/Literature
Rescue (June 5-June 30)
IVHS
Technology Labs (June 19 through July 14)
Logistics
Student
enrollment will be based upon receipt of the $200 tuition payment for regular
education classes.
Registration
deadline to determine classes: Friday,
April 28, 2006.
Tuition
will be non-refundable unless the class is cancelled due to lack of
enrollment.
Scholarships
will be available for K-5 students only.
Extended School Year Special
Education
Tuition
Free
Instructional
Programs for:
Learning
Disabilities
Behavior
Disorders
Mentally
Impaired
Developmentally
Disabled
BJHS Program
We
will offer classes at the following grades based upon enrollment:
One-sixth
grade class.
One-seventh
grade class.
One-eighth
grade class.
Minimum
enrollment will be 20 students per class or the class may not be offered.
K-5 Summer School
Tuition
will be $200 per student.
We
will offer a summer program for each grade level from kindergarten through
fifth grade based upon enrollment.
Minimum
enrollment will be 15 students per class or the class may not be offered.
Scholarships
250
full scholarships will be available to K-5 students on a first come first
served basis who:
qualify
for free/reduced lunch
scored
a 1-2-3 stanine on Math or
scored
below 40 on PALS (kindergarten)
Contributions
may be made to:
Summer School Fund
300 East
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Summer School & Extended
School Year Costs
30
Certified Staff @ $125 per day x 20 days $ 75,000
Transportation $
14,000
14
Program Assts. @$40 per day x 20 days $ 11,200
2
Administrators $
8,400
Preparation
time-4 hours per teacher $ 3,265
Supplies $
2,000
Postage $
1,000
Clerical $ 550
Total
$ 115,415
Revenues
Summer
School is a supplemental program dependent on available funds each year.
In
the past, Summer School has been funded with local funds, Reading Improvement
and
Reading
Improvement $ 3,000
IDEA $ 3,000
Judge
Scott Trust $ 50,000
Tuition $ 10,000
District
87 Funds $ 49,415
Total $ 115,415
Timeline:
1/11/06
Presentation
made to Board of Education
1/25/06
Board
action on recommendations
4/28/06
Last
day to register for summer school (except BJHS and BHS)
Mr.
Reilly presented the draft for the 2006-07 Academic Calendar. In summary:
August 24 will be the first partial day of
school for students K-9; all students return for a full day on August 25;
institute days will be August 21-23 and October 20; end of the first quarter
will be October 27; parent/teacher conferences will be November 3 and January
19; winter break will be December 25 through January 5, students will return on
January 8; end of the second quarter will be January 18; School Improvement
Days will be February 9 and April 27; Spring Break will be March 25-30; end of
the third quarter will be March 23; and
the last day of school is June 1, with emergency days the first full week in
June. The proposed calendar has been
designed to coincide with Unit 5 as closely as possible. Should the two Districts want to share
speakers for various occasions we will have that opportunity.
Mr.
Reilly stated the calendar will be brought back to the January 25, 2006 Board
Meeting for Board consideration.
Mrs. Tucker
and three members of the 2005-2006 Science Focus Group sub-committee for grades
6-8, Mr. Mike Jones, Ms. Michelle Nauman, and Mrs.
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Debbie Armendariz, presented the Science Materials
Recommendation for Grades 6-8 to be implemented in the Fall of 2006. In summary:
Why new science materials are needed:
▪
Current materials
adopted before the Illinois Learning Standards were approved by the ISBE.
▪
New materials are more closely aligned with the
Illinois Learning Standards.
What process has been used
in making tonights science materials recommendation:
1) A Science Focus Group
was organized this year.
▪
All science teachers were encouraged to apply.
▪
ELL student needs were represented by Debbie
Armendariz to assure that well-developed Spanish materials were available and
that useful suggestions were made for ESL instruction.
▪
Representation came from all grade levels at BJ and
from Grade 4 and 5 for vertical articulation purposes.
2)
A Science Text Review Checklist was developed for use by all members of the
Science Focus Group by Josh Oberts, Michelle Nauman, and Debbie Armendariz.
3)
October 28, 2005 the Grade 6-8 Science Focus Group Sub- Committee met with 4
vendors in a day long meeting. The
vendors were:
Glencoe
Prentice Hall
McDougal-Littell
Holt
4)
At the end of the October 28 Meeting, a decision was made to submit the Holt
and Prentice-Hall Programs to all Grade 6-8 science teachers for review.
5)
A half-day was given to the Grade 7 and 8 teachers to thoroughly review the
materials.
6) November 30 BJ
Science Faculty Meeting to discuss the Science Adoption
7)
Science teachers completed the Science Text Review Checklist online, Nov.
30-December
8)
Checklist results were tabulated, printed, and reviewed by the sub-committee on
December 12.
Why is the sub-committee
recommending Prentice-Hall Science?
▪
After a thorough review of the 2 publishers
materials, the committee recommends the adoption of Prentice-Hall.
▪
Rationale for recommendation.
-Content engages students in science learning.
-Science inquiry includes The
Nature of Science and Technology (a separate instructional book) as an
introduction to science at BJ.
-Quality of visual aids,
including interactive art, available online and in CD form (e.g., earthquake,
frequency and distance, circuits, parallel/series.)
-Online text, including interactive art and audio text.
Interdisciplinary activities in writing, math,
reading, careers, issues in science.
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Support is superior to other programs in math
instruction as it applies to science.
Special education, ESL, bilingual support that
includes guided reading materials and alternate assessment.
Appropriate readability including real world
connections to build on prior knowledge, e.g. comparing a current to a conveyor
belt, a circuit to a race track, and a description of a trip through the cell.
Labs integral to everyday teaching that are
open-ended and allow students to form their own hypothesis.
In order to prepare our
students for ISAT and to meet the intent of the Illinois Learning Standards,
changes need to be made in the vertical articulation of the curriculum.
The BJHS science
curriculum will be modified to more accurately reflect state standards for
learning at each level.
Science Content
Transition, Grades 6-8:
|
Grade Level |
2005-2006 |
2006-2007 |
2007-2008 |
2008-2009 |
|
Grade 6 |
Physical
Living/nonliving Resources Processing skills |
Earth (ISAT) Shared with Gr. 8 |
Earth Shared with Gr. 8 |
Earth |
|
Grade 7 |
Life Physical-Chemistry, Introduction to Matter |
Life Physical-Chemistry, Introduction to Matter |
Life |
Life |
|
Grade 8 |
Earth Physical-Chemistry,
Balancing Equations |
Earth Shared with Gr. 6 |
Earth Shared with Gr. 6 |
Physical |
Publisher will provide:
All teacher materials at no charge which include:
Teacher Access Pack to the internet, allowing
students to use e-book online.
E instruction at no charge.
District 87 costs:
Purchase 450 books per grade level at a cost of
$122,184.00 ($16.97 per book, 16 books over 3 years.)
Spanish Edition ($21.97 per book for 40 students)
$4,833.40.
Cost for Books from the District $61,918.13
Laboratory and Other Equipment (amount will vary
depending on K-5 needs) $20,000-$25,000.
Total Cost for Grade 6-8 Science Adoption $81,918.12
- $86,918.12
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Professional Development
April 14 ½ day workshop
Implementing Prentice-Hall
(Each teacher will participate in one implementation
workshop.)
April 3 days with substitutes Implementing
Prentice-Hall
Tentative A Day at the Close of the School Year
and A Day at the Start of the School Year Teachers will be given a choice of
attending AM or PM Workshop Implementing Prentice-Hall Science
Spring/Fall, 2006 A Variety of content workshops in
science will be offered.
Tentative Fall Institute Time to Address
Questions/Concerns or Focus on a Topic, such as Assessment,
The company will provide in-service at no charge for
the life of the adoption.
The materials will be on public display in the Community Room
for the next 30 days.
Mrs.
Tucker stated that this proposal will be brought back at the February 22 Board
Meeting for Board consideration.
It was
moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Roth, that the Consent Agenda (Personnel
Report, Bills, Payroll, Treasurers Report, Financial Summary, 2006 Audit
Engagement, 2006 Actuary Engagement, O & M and Life Safety Occupancy
Permits, O & M and Life Safety Building Permit, Health/Life Safety
Statement of Completion and SSCIP Liability Insurance Contract Extension) be
approved. Upon a roll call vote, all Members present, voted Aye. Motion carried. (See with Original
Minutes, Attachment 1-11-06/1)
Dr. Nielsen, Mr. Reilly and
Mrs. Smith wished Mrs. Delia Hicks, Administrative Assistant to the Assistant
Superintendent of Human Resources, best wishes on her retirement effective
January 20, 2006.
It was moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Roth that the
Board go into Closed Session for the purpose of the placement of individual
students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual
students. Upon a roll call vote, all
Members present voted Aye. Motion
carried.
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Dirks adjourned the meeting.
APPPROVED: ATTEST:
___________________________ ___________________________
President Secretary