Board Briefs—May 16, 2006 In This Issue... Board Member Reports Highlights from Superintendent's Report High School Athletic Fees Review of Budget Reduction Process   Preliminary Budget for Fiscal year 2006-2007 Communications

***BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGE—The June 20 Regular Board Meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, June 19.***

Board Member Reports
- Mrs. Scaggiari attended a recent Library Board meeting. They are starting their Strategic Planning process. They are working in conjunction with the schools to offer summer reading programs at the elementary and teen levels.
- Ms. Miller attended a recent Athletic Advisory Committee meeting and reported on recent EHS events.
- Ms. Miller attended a recent Parks and Recreation meeting. They will spend the next meeting reviewing the recently completed Parks Master Plan. Pirates Cove will hold a pre-season open house on May 25.
- Ms. Hunt attended a recent Health and Wellness Committee meeting. The new Health and Wellness Policy will be presented to the Board in July.

Highlights from Superintendent's Report
CDE Audit—Dr. McCabe explained to the Board that the CDE audits student counts every three years, For 20 years, they reported that our District did everything correctly, but are now changing the way the counts are done, retroactive to 2003-04. Because of the changes and the fact that we have one school on a trimester schedule, there may be problems with how they interpret recent counts. At this time, Dr. McCabe does not know how this may affect the District, but wanted to make the Board aware of the issue.
Exit Interviews—Exit interviews have been received from all but two schools. The District has lost 139 kids since October, with 96 of the moves due to families moving.

High School Athletic Fees  
On behalf of Mr. Brent Getchel, EHS Athletic Director, Ms. Peg LaPlante presented a proposal to implement athletic fees at EHS. Englewood is the only district in the metro area that does not have athletic fees and costs for supporting athletic programs continue to rise. The proposal calls for fees to go into effect for the 2007-08 school year. Ms. Thompson said she would like to go to a corporation and ask for this money as an alternative to implementing the fees. She already has an idea, but needs some time to pursue. The Board agreed to have Ms. Thompson pursue corporate support.

Review of Budget Reduction Process   
Ms. LaPlante reviewed the annual budget process with the Board. The Board discussed what seems to work well and not so well with the current process. Board members agreed that the administration does a good job explaining to the Board the budget process and any ramifications of proposed budget cuts. The area of concern is engaging the community in the process and in providing accurate, timely communications. A suggestion was made to create a communications plan well ahead of time next year.

Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007   
Ms. Peg LaPlante reviewed the 2006-2007 Preliminary Budget with the Board. Copies of the budget documents are available at the administration building. A Public Hearing on the proposed budget will be held at the June 6 Board meeting.

Consensus Items
The Board approved the following consensus items:
a. Personnel Recommendations & Addendum

Communications
Ms. Miller read a letter from the Delta County School District School Board to Mr. William Moloney, Commissioner, Colorado Department of Education. The letter spoke of their concerns around the length and duration of CSAP testing and asked for the support of all local school boards. The Board approved supporting their position and will write a letter to Mr. Moloney showing their support.

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