School Board Meeting - Thursday, November 8, 2007

The Mount Baker school board held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, November 8 at the District Office.

The following is a summary of the meeting. 

The Board Approved –

                                                   i.      Personnel Actions – Attachment “A”

                                                 ii.      Surplus Personal Property – Resolution #07/08:7

                                                iii.      Cancellation of Warrants – None

                                               iv.      Purchases over $7,500.00 – None

                                                 v.      Overnight Trips –

1.       Girls Wrestling – December 14 @ Cashmere

                                               vi.      Interdistrict Cooperative Agreements with Bellingham School District

1.       Health Care Services

2.       Video Game Programming

                                              vii.      Follett Corporation Donation - $500.00

                                            viii.      Approval of Accounts Payable for November 07 and Payroll for October 07

                                               ix.      Interdistrict Cooperative Agreement with Meridian School District

1.       Construction Careers Academy Program

                                                 x.      Agreement with ESD 189

1.       Career & Technical Education Strategic Planning

                                               xi.      Provision 2 for Breakfast @ Kendall Elementary

The Board Heard Information About and Discussed –

                                                   i.      Good of the Order – Attachment “B”

                                                 ii.      Business Manager Plan of Work

                                                iii.      Levy Task Force

                                               iv.      Lake Whatcom Watershed

                                                 v.      Senator’s Brandland and Representative Linville’s visit

                                               vi.      ELT (Educational Leadership Team) Workshop

                                              vii.       

                                            viii.      Board Members attended and/or took part in –

                                               ix.      Sports Events

                                                 x.      Mt Baker Scholarship Foundation

                                               xi.      Mt Baker Academy

                                              xii.      ESD Continuous Improvement Conference

                                            xiii.      Whatcom County School Board Leadership Development Group

                                            xiv.      WSSDA (Wash. State School Director’s Association) Student Achievement Task Force

                                             xv.      Board of Natural Resources Meeting

                                            xvi.      WSSDA Trustlands Task Force

                                          xvii.      WSSDA Leadership Training for 2008 Scholarship

                                         xviii.      Levy Task Force

Meeting(s) Schedule – All meetings begin at 7 pm in the District Office unless otherwise noted

b.       Work sessions & Special Meetings –

                                                               i.      WSSDA (Washington State School Directors) Conference – 11/15 – 11/17 @ Seattle

                                                             ii.      Thursday, November 29 – Workshop with ELT – 5 pm – 9:30 pm

c.       Regular Meetings –

                                                               i.      Thursday, December 13

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYMENT

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYMENT

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

RESIGNATIONS

SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYMENT

Attachment “A”
 

Good of the Order

November 8, 2007

In a letter from OSPI Mathematics Assessment Team:

“On behalf of the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), we want to recognize the contributions to mathematics education made by one of your district staff members, Megan Dickson.

Megan, a High School math teacher, was selected to serve on a committee for summer 2007 pilot range finding mathematic items for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL).  At the sessions, educators from around Washington determined how WASL mathematic items should be scored.  Educators involved must spend time preparing to be away from both professional and personal commitments.

Due to this experience, Megan has gained first-hand knowledge about how to write rubrics, score mathematics assessment items aligned with the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs), and improve the quality of items.  Megan has also gained a richer understanding of item specifications.  We hope you will facilitate opportunities for Megan to share this information with other educators and parents in your district.”

In a letter from Jay Manning, Director, State of Washington Department of Ecology:

“Thank you for applying for the 2007 Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Practices.  Your application was a strong contender among 31 applications.   Although the judges did not select your application for this year’s award, I am pleased to let you know that your application place you among the 17 finalists considered in the last round of judging.  You demonstrated that the Mt Baker School District is making a strong effort to prevent pollution and conduct business in a sustainable way.  It is with pleasure that I enclose a certificate in recognition of your efforts.

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