CALL TO ORDER: At 6:02 p.m. President Ball called the meeting to order. PLEDGE OF Those in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

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1 Opening of Meeting CALL TO ORDER: At 6:02 p.m. President Ball called the meeting to order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: Those in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Directors Ball, Dubs, Horner, Lively, Smock and Westfall were present. CALENDAR REVIEW: November 7 6:00 pm Tentative Workshop Ayres ES November 21 6:00 pm Business Meeting Salary Schedules December 8 11 varies CASB Convention Colo. Springs Public Comment Facility Plan Update: Citizens Comments: Deb County presented the Facility Plan Update. The Board of Education requested the plan after the 2005 Mill Levy was approved as a way to track mill levy expenditures. The plan includes other expenditures as well. During the presentation Deb outlined the process of several projects including the delays in the Caliche Water Project caused by state requirements and procedures. Paul Lambrecht, a parent of students at Caliche HS, expressed that Caliche parents feel as though they are not as respected as other members of the district and would appreciate more and better communication regarding the water project. He said that the finance presentation did answer many of his questions, and asked that it be shared with Caliche parents. BJ Ball, the Caliche District Director, will expand his efforts to communicate more effectively. The Caliche school websites do have project information on them and will be updated more frequently. 1

2 Summer School Results: Ron Marostica presented summer school impact data based on spring 2016 and fall 2016 test scores of students who attended summer school. The overall impact of summer school on our students was very positive. Summer school is three weeks of very focused study, very different from regular classrooms. Placement determination is entirely developmental, not based on grade or age. 97 out of 130 K 3 students showed measurable growth. Funding came from an Early Literacy Grant and Title One funds. Adoption of Agenda AGENDA: Director Horner moved to approve the agenda as amended to add one finance and two personnel items. Directo r Lively se conded the motion. Action Items DIRECTOR DISTRICT 1 APPOINTMENT: Director Horner moved to appoint Bruce Frederiksen to fill the unexpired term for the District 1 Director Position of the RE 1 Valley School Board. He will be sworn in at the November 21, 2016 Business Meeting. The Board took a break from 7:18 7:23 pm Directo r Lively se conded the motion. Dubs No Smock No Consent Agenda MINUTES: Minutes for the September 19, 2016 business meeting were approved as written. DISTRICT BILLS: District bills for the month of September in the amount of $1, were approved. 2

3 FINANCIAL REPORTS: The July and August Financial Reports were approved as presented. PERSONNEL: Employee Lists The Employee Lists for licensed staff, classified staff, licensed substitutes, classified substitutes and coaches were approved as presented Extra Duty List The Extra Duty List was approved as presented. ACTIVITY TRIPS: The trip request of Kent Chrisman for 1 chaperone and 4 golf players for the state golf tournament September 25 27, 2016 in Denver, CO; and the trip request of Holly Kelley, for 1 chaperone and 9 culinary students to attend a Culinary Nutrition event September 28, 2016 in Ft. Collins/Greeley, CO; were ratified. The trip request of Todd Thomas, for 1 chaperone and 4 FFA students to attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis IN, October 17 22,and the trip requests of Holly Kelley for 1 chaperone and 7 14 FCCLA students to attend the FCCLA District Conference October 19, 2016; in Holyoke CO; and to attend the FCCLA National Cluster, November 4 6, 2016 in Denver, CO; were approved. Director Smock moved to approve the consent agenda as presented. Director Lively seconded the motion. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK PROCLAMATION : Director Dubs moved to adopt the American Education Week Proclamation as presented. Director Horner seconded the motion. 3

4 BOE CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT: Director Lively moved to revise the Board Calendar due to national holidays in January and February of 2017, moving the January 16 meeting to January 17 and the February 20 meeting to February 21. Director Smock seconded the motion. SCHOOL AND STATE ACCREDITATION: Based on student assessment data provided by the state of Colorado and presented by Dr. DeLay: Director Smock moved to approve the accreditation of all RE 1 Valley Schools to the highest achievable level: Performance. Director Dubs seconded the motion. Discussion Items EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE: Dr. DeLay has received our claims through September. Based on those results she believes our rates will increase. Director Ball feels that even if we pass the Mill Levy this is going to be an issue. Dr. DeLay, Director Ball and Director Dubs will work together to explore options. JANUARY BOARD RETREAT AT CALICHE: The Board agreed to hold a Board Retreat at Caliche on January 14, 2016 from 9:00 am 3:00 pm. The retreat will include presentations from Caliche students. Board Members will provide food. Correspondence/ General Information No correspondence or general information was shared. 4

5 Reports SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT: Dr. DeLay attended the CASB Delegate Assembly and an Equity Conference in Ft. Collins. The Equity conference provide good information about climate and culture. The information aligns with our efforts to make sure students know there is an adult who cares. George Welch, one of the presenters, shared a pamphlet with great information to help students be good digital citizens. It can be personalized for RE 1 and shared with parents. The information aligns nicely with Social Emotional Learning, our climate and culture and safety efforts. She also met with the Safety Committee and discussed our recent clown threat. There was discussion about the use of our district wide calling system to share information about the threat. The logistics of preparing a message, having it translated and recorded are more complicated than it would appear. She also met with DAAC, both Bruce Frederiksen and Chris Connor have joined that committee. They will now meet quarterly instead of monthly. There will be a special meeting after the election. BOARD DIRECTORS REPORTS: Director Westfall attended the LCCOC meeting and shared some general information about the Mill Levy Override. The group had good questions and there seemed to be a lot of support for RE 1 Valley Schools. She shared information about her work with the Committee of Practitioners who are helping to make the State and Federal systems align through the Every Student Succeeds Act. With the MTSS Committee she participated in a discussion regarding an ALP design that would be a District Wide System. Director Ball represented RE 1 at the CASB Delegate Assembly. The Resolution voting results aligned fairly well with the Board s October 3 conversation. There was an additional resolution regarding Special Education and marijuana money. The Federal Government is supposed to provide 40% of the funding but is only actually providing 15%. 100% of the marijuana money is not being channeled to BEST. CASB is trying to get that money given to education. There was also a great deal of discussion regarding equitable versus adequate, money going from larger districts to smaller ones and capstones: using ACT SAT PSAT and ASVAB. 5

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