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Presenter

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1.

Adoption of Agenda

R. Akers

Adopted by Consensus

2.

Adoption of Minutes:

August 27, 2007

R. Akers

Adopted by Consensus

3.

Public Participation*

No public participation. Several guest were present for observation.

4.

Committee Updates

R. Akers

Mr. Gibson updated the SBDM on the incentive committee.  He advised that the group is putting a list together of possible options.  Looking at a possible Alumni Association.  The committee will update the SBDM again on October 29.

Ms. Snyder updated the SBDM regarding the technology status and presented a handout.  The school is hoping for additional equipment and they are working on obtaining 11 laptops for teachers.  The teachers would be able to check these out of the library for classroom use. 

There is a concern about the projectors being used.  The bulbs in the projectors are very expensive and it would be nice to have a few on hand in case a bulb burns out and a teacher needs the projector.  It might be possible to contact Sylvania to see if they supply these bulbs.  The technology committee will hold a special meeting on October 10 to review and grant request.  Jimmy Adams will use the KETS allocation money for the installation of smart classrooms.  A smart classroom will include a mounted projector, surround sound system and a pen tablet.  Ms. Romine will serve as committee chair and Darlene Snyder as secretary.

5.

NCLB Review

R. Akers

Mr. Akers presented a handout and discussed the NCLB report.  The report contained scores from last years reading and math sections of the CATS test.  According to the report, our school met 10 out of 10 target goals for 100%.  Mr. Akers advised, however; that parts of the graphs are somewhat misleading because you have to have 60+ students in some areas to measure the success rate and there were areas where we did not have that number of students. 

6.

Calendar Update

R. Akers

The school district calendar for the 2008-2009 school year will be presented to the board on September 26^th.   Some members of the board have expressed an interest to start school after Labor Day with the hope of finishing the year after Memorial Day.

7.

Budget Update

R. Akers

We have not been given a monetary number from the state.  We would like to hear something soon so that we can see where we will be for this school year.  We have asked for new clocks and we are awaiting a response.  The district’s priorities are to possibly add a curriculum coordinator and the funding of a 1 million dollar fiber optic line for the school system.

8.

Other Business

R. Akers

None presented

9.

Personnel

R. Akers

N/A

10.

Adjourn

By consensus