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School Board Meeting Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 6 p.m. Kirby-Smith Center Boardroom

A G E N D A

A. CALL TO ORDER--PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

1. February 20, 2008, Wellness Committee

2. July 29, 2008, School Board Meeting

C. ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Delete Consent Agenda Item F. 10., Credit Retrieval Contract with Educational Options, Inc.

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 1-13.

1. Employment of Personnel—Attachment A (Longstreth)

2. Bid(s) and Requisition(s)—Attachment B (Hackett)

3. Purchased Products/Services between $12,500 and $24,999—Attachment C (Hackett)

4. District Consultant(s)—Attachment D (Hackett)

5. Student Case(s) (Wittmer)

Board approval is requested on the student case(s) as recommended.

6. Transportation Bus Use Agreement (Harrison)

This is a bus use agreement with the University of Florida, acting for and on behalf of the Society of Women Engineers, for the fifth annual eSWAMP day program on September 7, 2008.

7. Alachua County Comprehensive Staff Development Plan 2008-09 (Shewey)

Florida Statute 1011.67 and Board Policy 3243 require the School Board to annually approve the Alachua County Public Schools Comprehensive Staff Development Plan that provides an overview of the professional development process within the District.

8. Donations (Birkett)

Lawton Chiles Elementary School PTA Albert Bacharach Scott and Anne Banks Thomas Berens Himangshu and Mahuya Bose JP and JE Calixte David and Margaret Carr Yi and Zherng Qingli Chu Frank and Taraneh Darabi Debra Dauphin-Jones Christopher and Roberta Forsmark Kaydie Fun Lang-Vistelle Patrick and Sherry Gauvin Gary and Karen Gillette Robert and Susan Hatch Indira and Kaushik Hazarwala David and Kathleen Hintenlang Joel and Sherry Houston George and Cristina Hoyt Mohammad and Ayesha Kaleem Richard and Gwyneth Lamont Susan Lawrence Agness Leslie Michael and Charlotte Loomis Brian Burke- Pod and Phyllis Luvalle Alexander and Irina Madorsky J and Vakharia A Mahajan Robert and Maureen Marsh, MD Joseph and Maria Martin Kathleen Pagan Gustav Paulay and Bernadette Holthuis

MD Qamar Sergio Quintana and Dari Smith Harvey Rohlwing John and Birgit Sabin Sanjiv and Paivi Samant Beverly Sanders Alon Sharabi and Renata Wajsman Sean and Layla Sullivan John and Anna Toth Wade and Cynthia Townsend Lisa Tumarkin Xinping Wang and Xinai Hu James Whitehead and Jean Cook John and Frances Wingard Daniel and Janet Wolf Huisheng Xie and Yanru Zhao Xuguang Yang Yang Sung-Hwa and Saun-Joo Yoon Pat Killian Roger and Dagni Christian Gwendolyn Chrzanowski Jim Craig Larry and Cheryl Dailey Lawrence Keen Mark and Alison Law Oscar and Graciela Maduri Richard and Cynthia Magrini Arthur and Deborah Middleton Charles and Angela Miney Thomas and Sylvia Olmstead Petra Research Inc.

Bala Rathinasabapathhi, MD Frank So and Molly Tang Kathy Reaves Duane and Julia Thompson John Aris and Cristina Palacio Susan Bogert/Pharm and Toxicol Inc. Chris and Illia Cowles Howard Epstein Cheryl Kays Carolyn Kerr Margarita Labarta David and Julie Ludlow Oscar and Graciela Maduri Jonathan and Ellen Martin Kenneth Marx and Linda Hayward William and Wanda Mayberry Jeffrey and Fatima Needell Nasrin Rezaei Glenn and Laurie Rousseau Saroj and Shailendra Shukla Hippodrome State Theatre Sanders Pool Service Ference Insurance Agency William and Sarita Taylor American Family Day Corp. Valerie Tallman Tamara Deutsch Progress Energy Hawthorne Area Chamber of Commerce Orva Kaufman

9. 2007-08 Annual Equity Update (Longstreth)

Pursuant to the requirement of the Florida Educational Equity Act, the School Board must submit Educational Equity Act Plan Updates and Monitoring Work Plans to address any under-representation in programs, services, courses, and activities specified by the Commission of Education.

10. Credit Retrieval Contract with Educational Options, Inc. (Wise)

This agreement is for the purchase of a subscription to Stars Suite^TM online curriculum, technical support, and teacher training in a credit retrieval program (CROP) for the 2008-09 school year. Program includes $162,000 for credit retrieval access for 600 students at $270/each, and $10,000 for 10 site licenses at $1,000/each (7 high schools, DJJ, PACE, and GWI). Actual cost to the District will be $42,000 after $130,000 reimbursement by the North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC).

11. Adults with Disabilities Grant (Caudle)

A proposal has been prepared for submission to the Florida Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for continuation funding of the District’s Adults with Disabilities grant. A total of $43,029 is requested to provide educational services for adults who have a medical verification of disability.

12. Contract with NEFEC for ISRD (Caudle)

The purpose of the institute is to assist thirty-four member school districts by conducting work sessions to address key state and federal initiatives impacting students with disabilities. The institute also provides training for school-based administrators; conducts work sessions for ESE administrators in order to address legal issues, reading, programming, and implementation of services for students with disabilities; and provides statewide and regional training in the area of parent involvement, compliance, and data analysis.

13. Agreement with the City of Gainesville/Gainesville Police Department (GPD) for the School Resource Officer Program (Caudle)

A contract has been prepared for submission to the City of Gainesville through its Policy Department for the continuation of the School Resource Officer Program. This is an agreement whereby GPD will provide seven (7) School Resource Officers to local schools and centers for the 2008-09 school year. A total of up to $188,725.20 will be paid by the School Board of Alachua County to GPD for these seven School Resource Officers to provide public safety and prevention and intervention education programs at these schools.

G. ACTION ITEMS

1. Bid Award for Project SBAC B0702—J. J. Finley Elementary School and Kirby-Smith Administration Building Window Replacement (Gable)

Bids for the construction of this project were received on July 22, 2008.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board accept the low base bid of $1,036,000 and additive alternate one in the amount of $50,000 and award a contract for construction totaling $1,086,000 to Sunryse Construction Services, Inc., Stuart, Florida. Completion of this project shall be within three hundred thirty-five (335) consecutive calendar days from the date indicated in the “Notice to Proceed.”

2. Renewal of Property & Casualty Insurance Program for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year (Sumner)

RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the Property and Casualty Insurance Program with the Florida School Boards Insurance Trust (FSBIT) for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year at a cost of $4,216,898.

3. Amendments to Board Policies and Adoption of New Policy 8141, Mandatory Reporting of Misconduct—First Reading (Boyd)

The policy changes reflect new ethics legislation [SB 1712; Ch 2008-108, L.O.F.] requiring school boards to adopt policies regarding misconduct by employees that affects the health, safety or welfare of students.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the amendments to Board policies and adoption of new Policy 8141, Mandatory Reporting of Misconduct, as presented, for advertising.

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.)

I. BOARD MEMBER/SUPERINTENDENT REQUESTS

J. ADJOURNMENT

Persons with disabilities who require assistance to participate in the meeting are requested to notify the Office of the Superintendent at (352) 955-7527 (Voice) or (800) 955-8771(TDD) at least 48 hours in advance, so their needs can be accommodated.