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Wednesday, August 30Regular School Board Meeting. Agenda
Highlights:
- this is the first regular School Board meeting for the school year 2017-2018
- Action item - Approval of solar projects for several schools. The district would received a $500,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce for a $2M+ job. I was against this item when it was introduced for a couple of reasons.
One, there are schools that have facilities/maintenance needs and it seems wrong for this project to jump ahead of them. Two, the district is using funds from BEX II and BEX III for the majority of funding needed. I don't even have to check but that isn't what voters were told the money would be used for when said they said yes to those two levies.
It bears repeating that when we vote on levies - you are voting for a bucket of dollars. Sure, a list comes attached but clearly we see the district is hoarding cash (BEX II? That was voted on in 2001 and they still have dollars?) AND spending it on what they believe is its best uses. I don't agree on this one. But kudos to Hazel Wolf K-8 PTSA who is kicking in $50K.
- Action item - Acceptance of the League of Education Voters dollars - $2M - for the continuing support for South Shore PreK-8. This is the non-emergency item that is being as an Intro/Action item. It's disappointing that the Board continues to allow this to happen but it certainly shows the power of outside entities to drive that action.
- Intro item - CSIPs. This is the annual joke that staff puts forth to the Board and the Board murmurs how all the CSIPs are kinda vague and is this plan really happening and then they vote yes on it. Charlie has always been right on the language used - full of edu-jargon but not a lot of action, no parent could read it and believe it.
The claim is that it's a living document that is regularly updated throughout the year and that BLTs monitor this.
Wait, what? Not all schools have BLTs. Not all BLTs have parent members. Updated throughout the year? Well, I'll have to pick 10 schools and track their CSIPs this year and see how that plays out.
Hilariously, the BAR says that Executive Directors help make sure CSIPs are carried out.
The whole thing is an exercise in silliness and, once again, it would be good if the Board put its foot down and demanded better.
Thursday, August 31st
There are two ribbon-cuttings for renovated schools - Meany Middle School and Olympic Hills Elementary - that may see a quorum of School Board Directors in attendance. Oly Hills' event is from noon to 1 pm and Meany Middle School's event is from 4-5 pm.
Also on Thursday, the waitlists will be dissolved.
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