AN ABBREVIATED BOARD ACTION REPORT, PREPARED BY RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE'S OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
WEDNESDAY A.M., NOV. 28, 2001 - Richland One's school board, meeting last night at Burton-Pack Elementary, voted to offer for sale two off-line facilities, Sarah Nance
Elementary School and Crane Creek Elementary School.
In other action, the board adopted 16 position statements covering accountability, charter schools, funding for school facilities, funding for school nurses, governance, Medicaid reimbursement, preK-14/higher education alliances, preservation of local tax base, school bus funding, teacher quality and special education funding, which constitute the board's 2002 legislative platform.
A report on the 2001 United Way campaign was presented as information. Donations exceeded $94,000, and employee participation increased from 63 percent to 73 percent. Thirty-five sites had 85% or more employee participation.
A report on the Comprehensive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) for 2001 was presented as information. Test results show that 82.6% of first graders tested as ready for first grade.
Also received as information was a report on district performance on the Perkins standards for career and technology education. The district exceeded the state average and the state standards in all six areas of performance.
Reports from the Summer School Task Force and the Challenger Center Task Force were received as information.
Approval was given to transferring $1, 990,000 from construction projects at Satchel Ford, Forest Heights and Brennen that are in the close-out phase to the Reserved From Closed Projects.
Approval was granted to the extension of the contract for non-refrigerated equipment maintenance services to
Whaley Food Service.
The FY02-03 budget preparation calendar was presented as information. Public hearings for citizens' input are scheduled Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at E.E. Taylor Elementary, Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at S. Kilbourne Elementary and Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at Burnside Elementary.
Also received as information was the FY02-03 budget strategy which is as follows: focus on schools; employee incentives; certified salaries; and, as a planning tool, each school and department is to submit an explanation of the operational impact of a 5% reduction of location component and personnel budget and how such a reduction would be implemented.
Informational reports on summer school and the Challenger Learning Center also were received by the board.
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