School Board Minutes By Stephanie Zimmer School Board
School Board Minutes By: Stephanie Zimmer
School Board Meeting attended on April 7 rh, 2011 Winona School District Winona City Hall
Agenda The list for the Agenda was: Student Achievement Safe and Welcoming Learning Environment 2011 -12 school calendar options, Nordic ski proposal, Central reuse task force, school board retreat update, hiring and transfer process, HS AHU replacement bids, 2011 -2012 budget update Local/ State/ Federal Mandates and Policies STEM Choice program, updates, class size and range. Efficient and Effective Operations Reports, good news, AYP presentation, Smartboard update, and WMS Schedule Update. Policies 1 st reading and action Announcements
Attendance At The Meeting The members of the School Board that were in attendance Ben Baratto- Clerk/ Treasurer Jay Kohner- At Large Steve Schild- 1 st district Mohamed Elhindi- 2 nd district Michelle Langowski- 3 rd district Gregory Fellman- Chair Gary Shurson- Vice Chair Dr. Scott Hannon. Superintendent
Others In Attendance There were 10 members of the community that attended the meeting. This did include 4 middle school staff.
Concerns Technology The school was just getting technology which was vastly different than other schools that have had the technology of Smartboards and i. Pads for years. Also concern with not being able to adequately teaching if something goes wrong with the technology.
Main Issues Discussed Technology AYP They are behind other schools and not all of their smartboards have been installed. How the schools need to change to meet AYP And the Title I assistance is it working? Changing the schedule for next year Moving from a 7 period to a 6 period day at the middle school
Budget Will change next year for the middle school Change in the number of staff in the school. Decrease in the budget due to the cost of Smartboards Expensive cost of providing Smartboards in every classroom
Personnel Matters The Middle School is changing the number of periods from 7 -6 Meaning layoffs will occur because they will not need as many teachers
Insight Gained I learned from attending a school board meeting That it is a place for problems occurring in any of the schools to be addressed The community is able to come and speak their concerns That in Winona they make a point to make sure that everyone understand AYP
- Slides: 10