Board Briefs—December 11, 2007 In This Issue... Public Comments Board Member Reports Highlights from Superintendent's Report Audit Report Criteria for Sale of Flood Property Communication Plan       Accreditation-Additional Staff Mill Levy Certification Operations, Maintenance, Transportation Salary Schedule, 2007-2008 School Year Consensus

Public Comments
Ms. Jill Wilson addressed the Board expressing her sadness and concern about the low CSAP scores in the district and the need for accountability.

Board Member Reports
The Board Members attended the CASB Convention and reported that the workshops were excellent; they gained a significant amount of good information. Each member shared some of the information they received in the workshops they attended.

Highlights from Superintendent's Report
Dr. McCabe said the CASB Convention was great this year. The 21st century skills information was good which directs the teaching of high order thinking skills. Dr. McCabe reminded the Board that many employees will be on vacation over the holidays most being away Christmas week.

Audit Report
This item was pulled from the agenda and will be presented January 15, 2008.

Criteria for Sale of Flood Property  
Ms. Peg LaPlante introduced Mr. Bob Simpson, who the district hired as a consultant to help with the sale of the Flood property; he went over the timeline for selling the Flood property. Mr. Simpson emphasized that he wanted the property to be developed based on the desires of the Board and offers will be presented that fit the Board's criteria. Board members expressed that the property should enhance Englewood. A meeting, is planned for January, to provide neighbors of Flood an opportunity to express their ideas. A committee will select the top five offers with the Board making their decision in May 2008.

Communication Plan    
Ms. Shelley Thompson presented the communication plan including a scope of work that she will do in conjunction with Ordinary Magic, a strategic marketing company. By looking at surrounding districts, interviewing Englewood key staff and volunteers they will compare the gathered information to the goal, which is to create a positive communication environment in which to raise resources of all types. Recommendations will be made to align what the district is currently doing and what could best be done to provide more effective communication. The object of improved communication is to support the mission of the schools, to develop the full potential of all students as contributing members of a rapidly changing world through academically excellent educational programs. This work is being done pro bono.

Accreditation-Additional Staff
The Board approved additional staff, for CFAHS and Bishop, who will work with students who are not performing at expected achievement levels. The district did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress and has submitted a District Improvement Plan to the department of education. CFAHS and Bishop received "Low" ratings on their School Accountability Reports. CFAHS will hire a teacher to work with students in the computer lab tutoring students not achieving at the 9th grade level. This teacher will also provide formative assessment data to teachers for the purposes of monitoring academic achievement. Bishop has requested two additional para-educators to provide additional interventions along with a part-time intervention specialist to free up the school's literacy specialist to provide full-time instructional coaching to the classroom teachers. Bishop also requested a substitute for the ELL teacher during the administration of state required CELA assessments.

Mill Levy Certification
The Board approved the mill levy certification. Ms LaPlante explained that information received from the Colorado Department of Education and the Arapahoe County Assessor's Office has guided the district in determining the 2008 mill levies for the property tax year 2007. The assessed evaluation in the county went up over 60 million so individual property taxes will be lower due to the increased distribution of the tax burden. The General Fund Mill Levy is certified at 29.580 mills to raise $12,464,451 and the Bond Redemption Fund Mill Levy is certified at 7.631 mills to raise $3,215,559. The total mill levy is 37.211 to raise $15,680,010 in property tax revenues.

Operations, Maintenance, and Transportation Salary Schedule, 2007-2008
The Board approved the re-classification of OMT facility managers and the alignment of the OMT salary schedule.To better align the job classification and rates of compensation for the facility managers at the middle school, the Englewood Middle School facility manager will be classified as exempt classified personnel. The salary scale was adjusted to compensate for removing over-time pay.

Consensus Items
The Board approved the following consensus items:
a. Personnel Recommendations & Addendum
b. Appointment of District Counsel
c. Appointment of District Medical Advisor
d. CASE Lease Agreement
e. Copier Lease Agreement
f. Organization Chart

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