7:00 pm - Wilder School District #133

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WILDER SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 133MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING HELDJune 28, 2010BOARD MEMBERS PRESENTPatricia Clagg, ChairpersonJim HowellSonny Sarceda, Vice-ChairRaul RochaCALL TO ORDERChairperson Patricia Clagg called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.Superintendent Dan Arriola, Acting Clerk Keith Lee and Administrative Asst. SusanLincoln were present throughout the meeting.PUBLIC FORUMMayor John Bechtel spoke in favor of the Board Member being recalled in the July 20election. He Indicated that he appreciates his work and dedication and supports him instaying on the Board as a Trustee.Wayne Foster showed the Board the sample of the plaque for the dedication of the newelementary school being dedicated by the Masonic Lodge of Silver City #13. The Boardasked if an open book could be shown on the plaque. He will look into this. If not, theBoard recommends that he have it done as presented.BUDGET HEARING 2010-2011Mr. Arriola spoke to the Board regarding the new budget. He went through the lineitems, showing where cuts have had to be made due to lower revenues for the comingyear.Acting Clerk Keith Lee spoke to the Board about the changes in the Bond levy accounts.Mr. Arriola then discussed in detail, the specifics in the cuts the District is receiving. Heshowed the basic formula the State uses to determine funding. He stressed thatwhatever cuts are being made this year, he fully expects the following year to be evenleaner.NEW BUSINESSJim Howell moved to approve the 2010-2011 Budget as presented. Sonny Sarceda2
seconded and the motion carried.Mr. Arriola recommended to the Board that Keith Lee be hired as an IndependentContractor to act as the Business Manager/Treasurer. This would be a part timeposition of up to 20 hours per week.Mr. Arriola also recommended to the Board that Susan Lincoln be hired as the BoardClerk/Business Support/Clerical.Jim Howell moved to approve the personnel report as presented. Sonny Sarcedaseconded and the motion carried.WORKSHOPThe workshop scheduled was to be presented by Sally Anderson. She was called awayon an emergency. Mr. Arriola led a discussion about the Mission and Vision Statementand Core Values and Strategic Goals for the District.Jeff Dillon gave the Board information on new standards for grading report cards. Thissystem, known as Standards Based Report Cards, will allow the teachers and parentsmore insight into how a student is progressing. Instead of an A, B or C grade. Thesegrades will be broken down into more detail. This will allow the adults to react morequickly to the subjects and student may be struggling with. Tom Farley spent sometime explaining how this grading system works. Mr. Dillon will bring more informationon this system to the Board for further review.The Board requested an analysis be done on the grades from each class. The Boardwould like to see the statistics on the grades given at the end of the 2009-2010 schoolyear.Jim Howell moved that the Principals compile the students most recent grades andpresent this to the Board. Raul Rocha seconded and the motion carried.Mr. Arriola spoke to the Board about the Wilder Accountability Assessment Plan. Hehad Elementary Principal explain how this applies to his students. Middle/High SchoolPrincipal then discussed how this applies to the Middle/High School Students.ADJOURNMENTChairperson Patricia Clagg adjourned the meeting at 9:23 p.m.Respectfully,Susan LincolnBoard Clerk3
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