1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Arlene Silveira at 6 p.m.

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1 MINUTES Board of Education REGULAR Meeting Monday, August 25, 2014 MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT: Mary Burke, Michael Flores, James Howard, Ed Hughes, Dean Loumos, TJ Mertz, Arlene Silveira None Brianna Hanson Marggie Banker, Mike Barry, Jen Cheatham, Leia Esser, Alex Fralin, June Glennon, Jessica Hankey, Nancy Hanks, Mike Hertting, Dan Keyser, Dylan Pauly, Sally Schultz, Kelly Ruppel, Andrew Statz, Rachel Strauch-Nelson, Barbara Lehman Recording Secretary Board action in italics (all materials provided via hyperlinks) 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Arlene Silveira at 6 p.m. 2. Approval of Minutes It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by Ed Hughes to approve the minutes from the Regular meeting dated July 28, Student Representative Brianna Hanson s advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried. 3. Public Appearances There were three public appearances; one in support of continuing the partnership with Centro Hispano, United Way of Dane County to support the Elementary Schools of Hope AmeriCorps Program; and one spoke on the topic of implicit bias (printed information was distributed to the Board and is linked here). 4. Board President's Announcements and Reports News from around the District was read into the record by President Silveira. 5. Superintendent's Announcements and Reports Start of School and Attendance Report provided as information. Follow up requested: Raw data around chronic absenteeism. 6. Consent Agenda 6.1: It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by TJ Mertz to adopt and approve all of the motions set forth in Section 6 of the electronic agenda and in Section VI.A through and including Section VI.D of the printed agenda prepared for the August 25, 2014 Regular Meeting Minutes Page 1 August 25, 2014

2 Regular School Board meeting exactly as said motions are written. By voting affirmatively on this motion, a Board Member expresses his or her affirmative vote on each of the motions consolidated hereby, subject to any express separations that have been made by any member of the School Board. TJ Mertz requested separation of Mary Burke requested separation of 6.11 Ed Hughes requested separation of Requests for Diplomas 6.3 Requests to Continue Enrollment After Age Interim Bills July 15, 2014-August 11, Curricular Learning Materials 6.6 Wee Start Playground Repair & Enhancement at Marquette Elementary School 6.7 Dane County Parent Council InSPIRE Services Agreement 6.8 Purple Language Services 6.9 Approval of RFP # Juice, Juice Drinks, Water & Sports Drinks 6.10 Restorative Practices - YWCA Agreement Renewal 6.11 Thoreau "We Can Do It" Grant - UWEX 6.12 Red Caboose Day Care Center Services Agreement 6.13 Contract with Dane County Human Services PASS AmeriCorps Members 6.14 Urban League of Greater Madison (ULGM) Services Agreement 6.15 Approval of Boys and Girls Club Lease 6.16 August 2014 Human Resources Transactions Report Items : The motion to approve all consent items 6.2 to 6.16, with the exception of 6.10, 6.11, and 6.13 carried unanimously. Student Advisory vote was aye. Item 6.13: It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by Ed Hughes to approve item Student Advisor Ways to engage y vote was aye. Motion carried 6-1 with TJ Mertz voting no. Item 6.11: It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by TJ Mertz to approve item Student advisory vote was aye. Motion carried with Mary Burke abstaining. Item 6.10: It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by TJ Mertz to approve item Student advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried. Follow up--item 6.10: o Provide information on the grant that was awarded to an elementary school around restorative practices. 7. Other Items of Business Proposed to be considered under this Consent Agenda None for this meeting Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 August 25, 2014

3 8. Any Individual Items Identified under Section 6 of the Electronic Agenda and within Section VI.A., VI.B., VI.C., or VI.D. of the printed agenda that were Separated from the Motion Consolidating the Consent Agenda Items None for this meeting 9. Report and Action on Items that Proceeded through the Instruction Work Group held on August 11, 2014 Report: 9.1 High School Coursework Review Chairperson TJ Mertz gave an oral report: Productive and intense discussion Discussion will continue on this topic throughout the school year Full report is expected just prior to the September 27 Board Retreat re: Personalized Pathways Access and opportunity issues for advanced learners and also in the arts and Career and Technical Education will be addressed throughout the school year Information: 9.2 Date and Possible Agenda Items for Next Work Group Meeting Next meeting is September 8, 2014 to discuss the revised Advanced Learner plan and an update on compliance submission to DPI on past issues. 10. Report and Action on Items that Proceeded through the Operations Work Group held on August 18, 2014 Action: 10.1 High-Intensity Partnership Approval: Elementary Schools of Hope AmeriCorps Program Chairperson Ed Hughes comments: Presentation was informative Proposed partnership required Board approval which follows Comment topic taking down barriers that interfere with families getting involved in their students education It was moved by Ed Hughes and seconded by TJ Mertz that the Board of Education approve the high-intensity partnership Elementary Schools of Hope AmeriCorps Program to be carried out by Centro Hispano, United Way of Dane County, and MMSD at a cost of $61,000 with funding for in-kind expenses covered by Strategic Partnerships & Innovation Department operating budget. Student advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried. Report: 10.2 Facilities Planning Chairperson Ed Hughes reported: Planning schedule was provided September meeting will take up concrete ideas about facilities needs and how they might be addressed through a referendum in April, as well as ways to gauge the community interest and support for a program (i.e., surveys, focus groups, world-café style meetings, etc.) Regular Meeting Minutes Page 3 August 25, 2014

4 Information: 10.3 Date and Possible Agenda Items for Next Work Group Meeting Next meeting is September 15, 2014 to continue the facilities discussion and preview the annual short-term borrowing proposal. 11. Other Reports to the Board Information, Report: 11.1 City of Madison Education Committee Dean Loumos gave an oral report: MOST is humming along community group participation is at a high level; good morale around the project; data analysis is ongoing; ideas for creating a locator service database; emphasis on family and youth engagement United Way new partnership with American Family Insurance engaging families with particular interventions to help get them out of poverty stabilize them in education and employment Information, Report: 11.2 Student Senate Brianna Hanson gave an oral report: Working on Student Senate Web site as an aid to get more students involved and gauge their opinions Meeting with Board representatives this week to get underway for the school year 12. Other Business Action: 12.1 Hearing Officer Appointments for It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by Ed Hughes to approve the following resolution: Whereas, Madison School Board Policy 4045 and Wis. Stats. Section (1)(e) provide that the Madison School Board (hereinafter the Board ) may adopt a resolution in which the Board may authorize the use of an independent hearing officer appointed by the Board to determine pupil expulsion from school, and whereas, such resolution is only effective during the school year it is adopted, and whereas, the Board desires to adopt such resolution and use independent hearing officers to determine pupil expulsion from school for the school year; THEREFORE:... Be it resolved that the Board hereby authorizes the use of independent hearing officers for the school year to determine a pupil s expulsion from school; and be it further resolved that the following independent hearing examiners shall be appointed to the pool of examiners:... Hamdy Ezalarab Alicia Connolly-Lohr Suzanne Olajos Helen Marks Dicks David Friedman Student Advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried. Regular Meeting Minutes Page 4 August 25, 2014

5 Information: 12.2 Old and New Business There was no old or new business. 13. Adjournment It was moved by TJ Mertz and seconded by Arlene Silveira to adjourn the meeting at 7 p.m. Student advisory vote was aye. Motion unanimously carried. bl Regular Meeting Minutes Page 5 August 25, 2014