The Board of Education of the Bloomington Public Schools, School District 87, McLean County, Illinois, met in Regular Session

MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

June 14, 2006 6:30 P.M. Educational Services Center

The Board of Education of the Bloomington Public Schools, School District 87, McLean County, Illinois, met in Regular Session.

Ms. Marianne Clancy, Board Secretary, established a quorum and the following Members were present: Mrs. Cheryl Jackson, Mr. Keith Davis, Mrs. Millicent Roth, Mr. Joseph Butcher and Mrs. Janet Smith, Board Vice-President. Mr. Uvaldo Herrera, Board President and Mr. John Dirks were absent.

Present from the administrative staff were Mr. David Wood, Mr. Barry Reilly, Mrs. Sally Tucker and Dr. Robert Nielsen.

Ms. Linda Aschenbrener, Public Relations Facilitator, was also in attendance.

Present from the news media was Ms. Sharon Wolfe, The Pantagraph.

A public hearing for the Amended 2005-06 Regional Vocational System (RVS) Budget was held.

Mrs. Smith stated, "In accordance with Section 17-1 of the School Code, the Board of Education will now hold a public hearing on 2005-2006 amended budget for the Regional Vocational System.

The RVS prepared an amended budget in tentative form for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 which this Board reviewed at its May 10, 2006, meeting.

The tentative amended budget has been on file for public inspection at the Educational Services Center for District 87 for over thirty days and public notice of the availability of the budget was published in The Pantagraph on May 12, 2006. The tentative amended budget is on display in the rear of the room.

During the public hearing, Mr. Tom Frazier, Director of the RVS, will summarize the amended budget and the Board and members of the public will be given an opportunity to discuss the amended budget.

When all discussion has concluded, the public hearing will be adjourned.

At this time, Mr. Frazier will present a summary of the amended budget.”

Mr. Frazier stated that on May 10, 2006 he presented a summary of the McLean-Dewitt Regional Vocational System Amended Budget. He stated that no changes have been made since that presentation. Amendments were made due to increases in revenues through the Perkins Grant and the State Career Technology Education Improvement (CTEI) Grant. He stated that expenses matched the intensions of the increases of the grants.

Mrs. Smith asked “Is there any discussion from the Board?”

Mr. Davis asked if Mr. Frazier could see any changes in attendance trends over the next few years?

Mr. Frazier stated that the State increase in graduation requirements will take electives away and that could affect the number of students that are able to take Career Tech Ed (CTE) programs.

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There was no further discussion from the Board.

Mrs. Smith asked “Is there any discussion from the public?”

There was no discussion from the public.

Mrs. Smith stated, “the Public Hearing is now concluded."

Mrs. Smith presented the Minutes for approval. It was moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by Mr. Davis, that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education held on May 24, 2006 and the Minutes of the Closed Meeting of the Board of Education held on May 24, 2006 be approved. Upon a roll call vote, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Smith voted “Aye”. Mrs. Roth and Mr. Butcher “Abstained” as they were not in attendance at those meetings. Motion carried.

Mrs. Sally Tucker, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, presented the Terra Nova Results for the District for Grades 1 and 2 for Fall 2005 and Spring 2006.

In summary:

The data reported is for:

• Those students who were with us for the entire school year.

• Those students who participated in fall and spring testing.

For Grade 1, % of Students by Race AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Reading:

	All Students	White	Hispanic	African-American	Asian
Fall 2005	77	84	59	64	81
Spring 2006	83	88	55	75	92

For the above chart:

• Increase across the board with the exception of the Hispanic students

• Only one student made the difference in the Hispanic results (low “n”)

• Throughout the data there is an upward trend from fall of Grade I through spring of Grade 2.

For Grade 1, % of Students by Income AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Reading:

	All Students	Non-Low Income	Low Income
Fall 2005	77	84	69
Spring 2006	83	89	75

For the above chart:

• Substantial progress was made in the disaggregated subgroups for income also.

• The data is disaggregated in this way to match the subgroups that are used for Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT)/No Child Left Behind (NCLB)/Average Yearly Progress (AYP).

For Grade 2, % of Students by Race AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Reading:

	All Students	White	Hispanic	African-American	Asian
Fall 2005	88	90	88	84	93
Spring 2006	89	92	75	85	87

For chart above:

• Can see the upward trend from Grade 1

• For each subgroup the scores are substantially higher for grade 2

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For Grade 2, % of Students by Income AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Reading:

	All Students	Non-Low Income	Low Income
Fall 2005	88	91	85
Spring 2006	89	94	84

For chart above:

• The upward trend continues in the disaggregated income subgroup.

For Grade 1, % of Students by Race AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Language Arts:

	All Students	White	Hispanic	African-American	Asian
Fall 2005	82	89	55	69	100
Spring 2006	86	92	59	77	100

For chart above:

• Gains in all racial subgroups

For Grade 1, % of Students by Income AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Language Arts:

	All Students	Non-Low Income	Low Income
Fall 2005	82	89	73
Spring 2006	86	89	82

For chart above:

• Gains in low income subgroups

• Non low-income remained at the same high level which means that the expected achievement, showing a year’s growth occurred.

For Grade 2, % of Students by Race AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Language Arts:

	All Students	White	Hispanic	African-American	Asian
Fall 2005	85	88	81	75	100
Spring 2006	87	89	81	82	100

For chart above:

• All groups made gains

For Grade 2, % of Students by Income AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Language Arts:

	All Students	Non-Low Income	Low Income
Fall 2005	85	90	78
Spring 2006	87	93	79

For chart above:

• Gains were made by all

For Grade 1, % of Students by Race AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Math:

	All Students	White	Hispanic	African-American	Asian
Fall 2005	74	83	41	61	73
Spring 2006	81	89	55	65	88

For chart above:

• Gains in all racial subgroups

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For Grade 1, % of Students by Income AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Math:

	All Students	Non-Low Income	Low Income
Fall 2005	74	83	63
Spring 2006	81	87	73

For chart above:

• Gains in all income subgroups

For Grade 2, % of Students by Race AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Math:

	All Students	White	Hispanic	African-American	Asian
Fall 2005	84	89	81	72	93
Spring 2006	90	93	81	83	100

For chart above:

• Gains in all racial subgroups

For Grade 2, % of Students by Income AT or ABOVE the 4^th Stanine in Math:

All Students

Non-Low Income