School Board
Meeting
“October
Is Head Start Awareness Month”
A G E N D A
A. CALL TO ORDER--PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
C. ADOPTION
OF AGENDA
D. BOARD
MEMBER/SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
E. CITIZEN INPUT (Fifteen (15)
minutes will be provided for citizens to address the Board prior to the regular business meeting. It is requested that citizens keep their
comments to approximately three (3) minutes.)
F. CONSENT AGENDA
RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the
Consent Agenda as described in items 1-21
1.
Employment of Personnel—Attachment A (Longstreth)
2. Change Order(s)—Attachment B (Gable)
3. Bid(s) and Requisition(s)—Attachment
C (Hackett)
4.
Purchased Products/Services between
$12,500 and $24,999—Attachment D (Hackett)
5.
District Consultant
Services—Attachment E (Hackett)
6.
Student Case(s) (Wittmer)
Board approval is requested on
the student case(s) as recommended.
Paul Stresing and Associates,
8.
2007-2008 Classroom for Kids
Program (Gable)
District Certification, Project Allocation List, and Encumbrance Authorization as required for participation in the 2007-08 Classroom for Kids Program.
Interviews
were conducted on
10.
Interlocal Agreement with
the Boys and Girls Club of Alachua County (Caudle)
A contract has been prepared
with the Boys and Girls Club of Alachua County for $54,951 to provide mentoring
and tutoring to at-risk students who attend after-school programs at Boys and
Girls Clubs to enhance their academic knowledge and skills. Fund for this program is provided by the Boys
and Girls Club Mentoring grant.
11.
DJJ Safe Schools and Students Grant (Caudle)
A proposal has been prepared for
a
12.
Agreement with the University
of Florida for Audiology Services (Black)
An agreement has been prepared
with the
13.
Multi-District Cooperative
Agreement for Levy County Deaf/Hard of Hearing Programs (Black)
This agreement
provides for program for Deaf/Hard of Hearing for
14.
Tech Prep
Articulation Agreement with Santa Fe Community College (Edwards)
This agreement is for
the Drafting programs at Buchholz and
15.
Tech
Prep Articulation Agreement with Lake City Community College (Edwards)
This agreement is for
the
16.
Agreement with Daytona
Beach Community College (Edwards)
This agreement
provides for Child Care Training courses at
17.
A greement
for workforce services between FloridaWorks and the district board of trustees
of the School Board of Alachua County. (Edwards)
The
School Board and FloridaWorks are working together to present trade career
options to students. FloridaWorks will
fund a position under the
18.
Head Start Contract with Santa
Fe Community College (Crowell)
A contract has been prepared to provide Child Development training for the Head Start program. The contract covers an application fee, tuition, textbooks, and educational supplies. Contract not to exceed $40,000.
19.
Contract with the
Florida Department of Health/Alachua County Health Department (Crowell)
A contract has been prepared with the Florida Department of Health/Alachua County health Department to provide health related services to the 2007-08 Head Start/School Readiness employees and children. These services include compiling medical and developmental history data, the assessments of immunization status, physical examinations and follow-up services for medical, severe psychological and special needs programs. A payment for services not to exceed $186.33 per screening will be provided for each student.
20.
Biannual
Report to the Legislature (Wittmer)
21.
Inventory
Droppage Report
A list of equipment for droppage from property records is submitted due to fair wear and tear, vandalism, theft, trade-ins, sales, etc. The equipment is reported by property number, school, and classification summary.
G. ACTION ITEMS
RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the amendments to the Special Policies and Procedures for Exceptional Students Document as presented.
2.
District
Facilities Five-Year Work Program (Gable)
This program has been prepared as required for submission to the Department of Education. The Program represents a five-year schedule of major repair, renovation and capital outlay projects together with projections of available revenue. The District must submit this program annually and may revise the program at any time to reflect new project priorities and available revenue.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the program for submission to the Department of Education.
3. Approval of Contract for Employee Group Life
Insurance for the 2008 Benefit Year (Hotary)
Bids for Employee Group Life
Insurance for the 2008 Benefit Year are to be received on
H. CITIZEN INPUT (This provides citizens the
opportunity to address the Board following the regular business meeting. It is requested that citizens keep their
comments to approximately three (3) minutes.)
J. ADJOURNMENT
Upcoming
Meetings:
Wellness
Committee,
Informal School Board Meeting,
Persons with disabilities who require assistance to participate in the meeting are requested to notify the Office of the Superintendent at