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CORE KNOWLEDGE CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING COUNCIL April 9, 2001; 6:30 p.m. The regular meeting of the Core Knowledge Charter School Governing Council was held on April 9, 2001 at Badger Ridge/Core Knowledge LMC. Notice requirements were met and a quorum was present. Governing Council members in attendance: Greg Anderson, Eric Bayler, Leslie Gilbert, Nye Pelton, Amy Willson, Bill Lemberg, Chris Uelmen and Marykay Zimbrick. President Marykay Zimbrick called the meeting to order and the mission statement was read. Audience ParticipationPat Krantz mentioned a letter that was read during the audience portion of the last Board of Education Meeting. The letter did not have accurate information about room usage. A concern is that the information is not factual and the community will not have the correct information. Greg Anderson will ask Dr. Mowen and John Berge about the correct information, but reported that no decisions have been made at this time. AnnouncementsNational Charter School Week is April 30-May 4 with a kick-off on April 30 at King James Community Center. An ice cream social will take place. The week continues with a WCSA conference on Thursday and Friday in Oshkosh. Applications for PASS and Governing Council were due to Pat Rohrer on April 5. The overtime and activity fund policies will be presented in May. The Executive Summary of the contract will be ready for distribution once Dr. Mowen presents his input. Hiring Committee will present a candidate for the 7th grade position. The closing of applications for the part time curriculum coordinator and first grade position is April 20. Frank Martinelli is interested in being a consultant for board training and planning. Construction at the school’s entrance began today. Greg Anderson reported that he received a call from U.S. Education about charter schools and an expected phone interview the week of April 10-13. Bill Lemberg asked about the activity fund and Marykay clarified that it reflects the CKCS activity fund. Consent AgendaTwo lines in the 3/12/01 minutes were revised. Bill Lemberg moved to approve the revised minutes. Seconded by Leslie Gilbert. Approved. Budget ReportIngrid Beamsley distributed a summary of the operation
budget. Chris Uelmen mentioned that
she also has a summary of the curriculum material budget.
There will be enough in the budget to purchase middle school math and
science textbooks. Eric Bayler also asked about the ordering of science lab
materials. A possibility is to
contact the new science teacher and Diane Bowman for assistance in ordering new
materials. Greg Anderson will
follow up with Lynn Schweber and Ms. Tabrizi about ordering new science
materials for 2001-02. Liaison
Reports
Badger Ridge Site Council – Pat Krantz reported that tutorial will be separate between
Badger Ridge and CKCS middle school. The
8th grade health class will not be offered for a semester, but remain
as a quarter class. It is necessary
to have 12 students enrolled to fill an encore class.
More encore classes may be offered, if boundary changes are made to
reflect student enrollment at Badger Ridge and Savanna Oaks.
It was mentioned that a Core Knowledge middle school teacher will be on a
cart, but that is not accurate information as of now. Badger Ridge Representative – Bill Lemberg gave Marykay Badger Ridge goals for 2001-2002. DWEF – Marykay reported that a change to the Plan of Operations and Annual Reports is that all schools will file an annual report in 2001-2002. The format will stay the same for 2000-2001, but each school will include an executive summary at the beginning of their reports. Ingrid Beamsley will do the text portion of the annual report. The due date for the completed Annual Report is August 1, 2001. Parent Round Table – No
Report.
Teacher Representative – No Report by Jessica Monk. Chris Uelmen asked about the playground during construction. Greg reported that the construction company would erect a fence from the far fence to the ball diamond Director’s ReportA. Discipline Policy – Leslie Gilbert and Lee Ann Dillis worked on a draft of a K-5 policy, but a final policy still needs to be completed. The 6-8 policy is different and more complete, but still in draft format. The two policies will be incorporated into the family handbook for 2001-2002. The policy will be finalized by the start of school. Greg will bring it to SIT and ask for representation on a discipline committee. A complete policy will be drafted and given to Governing Council in June. This policy needs to be approved by the Governing Council before it is published for CKCS families. Governing Council is looking for one document to be placed in the family handbook for K-8. It would include a comprehensive discipline policy that would be representative of the CKCS K-5 with BRMS components concerning grades 6-8. B. CKCS Kindergarten registration is April 25 from 4:30 – 6:30. A letter will go out to parents soon. Summer School is July 9 – August 3, Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. – noon. Class lists are generated and the bus company has been contacted for transportation. A letter will go out next week to parents regarding voluntary summer school for 7th and 8th grade. Eric Bayler asked about a pamphlet of summer programs that was sent out to parents and why was CKCS not included. Greg will report back at the next meeting. August 27 is K-5 first day orientation. C. Greg passed out revised job duties of office staff for the remainder of the year. Ingrid will revise job descriptions accordingly. The next meeting to discuss job descriptions is April 23. Amy Willson, Patty Kermicle, Peg Giesfeldt, Ingrid Beamsley, Lee Ann Dillis, Chris Uelmen and Greg Anderson will attend this meeting. This committee will bring final recommendations to the Governing Council for approval in May. The Governing Council has asked for a breakdown of all office staff positions, including those shared with Badger Ridge so that the Governing Council can objectively evaluate the funding of these positions. Greg is to provide this information ASAP after meeting with Berge (regarding shared services) and the committee listed above. Peggy will assist Greg with collecting and compiling this information. The health room is a concern since the CKCS secretary is being pulled constantly into the health room. The cost to hire an additional health room assistant is $9.96 an hour. If the assistant works less than 20 hours, they receive FICA and the cost is approximately $7,650. If the assistant works above 20 hours, retirement is included at approximately $755 more. The cost will not be paid from student service fund. The assistant would cover K-5, as well as 6-8. Badger Ridge currently has an assistant. The goal is to have it resolved after next meeting on 4/23. The Governing Council will need to vote to create and fund this position.D. A proposal is to have CKCS K-5 start at 8:30 a.m. A concern is to negotiate a lunch time and classroom space with Badger Ridge Middle School that is fair to both sites. CKCS is concerned about the impact on the instructional time for the elementary students, as well as the financial impact of a later lunch period. Daycare is also a concern for parents. Five students are needed to have a YMCA at CKCS. Incoming kindergarten parents did not receive any information on the possible change in start time. They received no notification of the informational sessions. Chris Uelmen mentioned that Direct Instruction in the morning is fundamental to Core Knowledge Charter School’s instructional time and its program. Eric Bayler asked about losing 10 minutes in the school day for transportation. Marykay reported that the 10 minutes is needed to have the buses shuttle K-5 students to the loading dock after school. E. Greg reported that the current information provided by construction is that the north entrance will now be the onefor 2-3 weeks and the south entrance will be closed. Both entrances will be closed after 2-3 weeks and a new gravel entrance will be made at Llanos Street. F. Greg reported that the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee would not reimburse CKCS for surveys teachers completed as previously reported. G. Greg distributed space use concerns that were brainstormed by CKCS staff. No negotiations have currently been discussed for space usage at BRMS. H. Greg spoke to John Berge and he will have a more representative role at the 8th grade graduation befitting his position as Director. I. A draft memo to Dr. Mowen will be made regarding facilities. Greg will show this draft memo to Marykay by April 13. J. Greg will look into the overtime payment of Jean Schoeffler for her additional time needed to move art materials last fall to CKCS and the rationale of the extra hours that he discussed with Jean. Greg will check his notes and contact Marykay for a Governing Council e-vote to approve payment of the hours. No payment can be made until this overtime is approved. K. Greg will meet with John Berge on Wednesday about shared services and report back to Marykay as soon as possible about the status of these negotiations. It was reiterated that the Governing Council must approve all budgetary issues, including shared services use. L. Greg is meeting with Dr. Mowen on Thursday, 4/12/01 to draft a Management Plan. A draft will be presented to Governing Council in May. M. School Improvement Team – SIT is attempting to move into the future, but is currently stuck on present issues. The committee is having trouble looking into 3-5 years down the road. The next meeting is the first Wednesday in May. The goal is long range planning for facility, staff development and middle school development. An update will be presented at Governing Council in May. Marykay questioned the overlap with the purposes of the Governing Council, and asked Greg to report back on exactly what the purpose of the SIT is. It was the Governing Council’s understanding that the SIT committee was to deal with issues raised in the parent survey last year as well as other current issues presented to Greg by the staff. N. The 50% Middle School Curriculum Coordinator has been posted and applications are due April 20. Ingrid will look at applicants from last year. Leslie Gilbert motioned to approve the Middle School Curriculum Coordinator’s job description drafted 3/1/201. Seconded by Greg Anderson. Approved. Bill Lemberg abstained. O. FTE for P.E. / Secretary – Greg reported that the P.E. position (Jason Maag) is at 50% at CKCS. The CKCS Secretary position is currently at 75% at CKCS with 25% allocated for BRMS student services. Greg is to report back to the Governing Council why this is no longer a shared service, and what the implications of this are. Old BusinessAmy Willson passed out a summary of the budget for 2001/2002. Enrollment is the concern for next year’s budget. Amy used figures from January according to Rule 360. Marykay asked for a written policy on calculations for every year. Eric mentioned the use of grants for the operating budget. New BusinessCKCS has made an offer to a 7th grade science teacher. Laila Tabrizi is a graduate of University of Wisconsin Madison with a BS in Bacteriology. She has five years teaching experience. She is originally from Oregon, Wisconsin. She has accepted the position. Greg Anderson moved to formalize the offer to Laila Tabrizi as the CKCS 7th grade middle school science teacher. Seconded by Eric Bayler. Approved. Bill Lemberg abstained. Eric Bayler mentioned that starting early helped obtain a large pool of qualified candidates. Eric Bayler motioned to have a CKCS representative (with Greg as first priority) to attend the WCSA conference on May 4. Seconded by Amy Willson. Approved. Bill Lemberg abstained. Greg will inform Marykay next week, if he can attend. The next CKCS Governing Council meeting will be on Monday, May 14, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. at BR/CKCS LMC.
Meeting adjourned. Ingrid Beamsley Program Support Manager Sitemap |
