Superintendent
Superintendent Dr. Bruce Law provided the Board with the draft strategic plan so that the Board can give feedback on it before the final Strategic Planning Team meeting April 18. The final plan will come back to the Board on May 7.
Per the Board’s request, Dr. Law provided a report that describes the District’s efforts to prevent student harassment. The item will come back as a discussion item at the April 23 meeting.
Academics
Assistant Superintendent of Academics Pam Bylsma provided an update on academically at-risk students that follows up on the baseline student data that were presented to the Board in September, and examined the impact of targeted student interventions provided during the first semester by specialized teams of leaders, teachers, counselors, social workers and psychologists.
Administration showed corrected versions of data slides originally presented at the February 6 and February 12 community engagement sessions as well as additional slides that provide clarification and explanation of the corrections. The corrected slides can be found on the District website
here
. On Tuesday, April 10, all the attendees who registered for the community engagement sessions were sent the updated slides accompanied by an explanation.
Business
The Board considered adopting a resolution as it did In January to authorize the transfer of monies from the Working Cash Fund to the Transportation Fund. Section 20-5 of the
School Code
authorizes the loan of Working Cash Fund monies by transfer in whole or in part to other funds of the District in anticipation of taxes levied for any and all purposes, and such taxes when collected shall be applied to the reimbursement of the Working Cash Fund. The item will come back for a vote on April 23.
