Board Briefs—September 4, 2007 In This Issue... Appointment of Student Representatives Public Comments Board Member Reports Highlights from Superintendent's Report Handball Association Agreement   Attendance Policies Board Goals for 2007-2008 Consensus

Student Representatives
The student representative to the Board from Colorado's Finest Alternative High School, Ms. Samantha Schaffer was welcomed to her first Board meeting and invited to take her place at the Board table. Ms. Shannon Eldridge is continuing as student representative from Englewood High School.

Public Comments
There were no public comments

Board Member Reports
Ms. Hunt attended the Colorado Trust Bully-Provention conference and learned a great deal. She will also be attending a CASB meeting to discuss the resolutions the Board approved for submission at their last meeting.

Highlights from Superintendent's Report
Dr. McCabe announced that the ballot draw, to determine the order the Board of Education candidates would appear on the election ballot, would be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 5. The candidates were invited but not required to attend. Dr. McCabe asked Ms. Peg LaPlante to provide an update on the neighborhood legislative meetings. Dr. McCabe mentioned that the Candidate Forums, when community members can come and meet the School Board Candidates will be October 9th at Maddox Elementary and October 15th at Bishop Elementary, both will start at 7:00 p.m. The ballots are mailed on October 12 so the goal was to have the candidate forums close to that date. The headcount for the schools currently are down six at the elementary level, the middle school is up nine and the high schools are up 43 so this is approximately 46 students more than was budgeted for. The FTE count is 41 and that is what the actual budget is based on and is a bit different due to the way kindergarten students are counted. These figures are based on what was used to determine the budget but not necessarily an increase in actual students.

Handball Association Agreement
Ms. Peg LaPlante presented the agreement with the Colorado Handball Association. The important point is that the handball association put money into the courts and they will have use of the courts, outside of school hours. The school district maintains control of the courts and this agreement provides no certainty that the courts will always be there. If in the future the school required the space for other use the courts would be eliminated.

Five Attendance Policies*  
The Board approved for 1st Reading the five submitted attendance policies. The policies refer to kindergarten entrance age, compulsory attendance ages, continuing enrollment of students who become nonresidents of the school district, homeless students and open enrollment. There was a brief discussion about why the Board has selected September 15th as the new cut-off date for the 2008-09 school year. This is a slight change from the current September 1st date and intended to keep Englewood Schools in line with neighboring districts.

Board Goals 2007-2008*    
The Board approved the Board goals for the 2007-2008 school year. The first goal is Commitment to Student Achievement the second goal is District Focus and Systems Alignment and the third is Planning for the Efficient Use of Resources. This document was essentially the same as presented for the Boards consideration at the last meeting. This final goals document outline was improved for clarity. These three goals should drive the work of the district for several years.

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

Note: items marked with * are available as handouts on the School Board Meetings page.    

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