School superintendent could be ousted within a week over spending scandal
Confronted with new findings of top-level mismanagement, Seattle School Board members moved quickly Friday to quell the damage over misuse of public money and strongly suggested Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson may be fired.
By Steve Miletich and Linda Shaw
Seattle Times staff reporters
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Confronted with new findings of top-level mismanagement, Seattle School Board members moved quickly Friday to quell the damage over misuse of public money and strongly suggested Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson may be fired.
The findings, by Seattle attorney Patricia Eakes, stated Goodloe-Johnson should have known about losses of up to $1.8 million, mostly for contracts that had questionable, if any, public benefit.
Goodloe-Johnson told Eakes during her inquiry the district's troubled small-business program was "too far down" in her organization for her to keep track of how it operated.
Eakes' findings, released Friday, "certainly undermine my confidence in the effectiveness of the management," School Board President Steve Sundquist said.
"All options are on the table," he said in a meeting with The Seattle Times editorial board, capping a tumultuous week for the district.
Citing the need to restore public trust, Sundquist and School Board member Michael DeBell expressed outrage over what DeBell called "cronyist" dealings in the small-business program, which was run by Silas Potter Jr., 59, who investigators have been unable to locate since he resigned in June.
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House Floats Plan to Keep Government Running, Scrap K-12 Programs
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/02/again_good_and_bad_news.html
By Alyson Klein on February 27, 2011 3:00 PM
Again, good and bad news for fans of education spending.
The good news: The House Appropriations Committee has introduced a bill to keep the government afloat for the next two weeks. If the measure is approved by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Barack Obama, it would temporarily avert a shutdown, and give lawmakers a chance to continue negotiations on a bill to finance the government for the rest of fiscal year 2011, which ends on Sept. 30.
If you recall, the GOP-controlled House has already approved another bill that would fund the government until Sept. 30, but slice more than $61 billion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2011, including more than $5 billion from the U.S. Department of Education. Leaders in the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, haven't been too thrilled with the cuts.
Under the latest House proposal, just about every program would be funded at fiscal year 2010 levels until March 18, with some notable exceptions, totaling about $4 billion.
The bad news: Some of those notable exceptions include education programs. The plan would scrap at least four of them and make other K-12 cuts.
Programs targeted for elimination include those that President Barack Obama sought to scrap under his budget proposal, and some that the administration had wanted to consolidate into broader funding streams.
Here's the confusing part: A press release put out late Friday by the House Appropriations Committee said that all the programs slated for elimination in the proposal were also put on the chopping block by Obama in his most recent budget request, which is actually for fiscal year 2012, beginning on Oct. 1. (I know, not easy keeping all the years straight.)
Anyway, depending on how you look at it, the GOP press release doesn't quite tell the whole story. It's true that Obama had wanted to essentially get rid of these smaller programs that the administration doesn't view as effective. But he wanted most of the money they're now receiving to stay in the Education Department and just become part of a bigger program, with a similar purpose.
The department was calling this "consolidation," and it wasn't clear whether Congress was going to go along with it or not. But if these programs really are eliminated, it means less money overall for the administration's plans.
For instance, the administration had proposed a $383 million new, broad funding stream, aimed at improving reading and writing, called "Effective Teaching and Learning: Literacy." The program would be made up of six smaller programs financed at a total of $413 million right now.
But the GOP measure proposes totally getting rid of two of those programs: Striving Readers, funded at $250 million, a comprehensive literacy program, and Even Start, a family literacy program funded at $66 million.
If the money for those programs goes away, that could mean less for the administration's bigger literacy program (if it is created) and less for the department overall.
Similarly, the GOP proposal would scrap the $88 million Smaller Learning Communities program, which both the GOP and the Obama administration say hasn't been found to be very helpful in boosting student achievement.
The Obama administration had wanted the smaller learning community money to become part of a new pot of funds called "Expanding Educational Outcomes." It wanted $372 million for that program, which would have been comprised of four smaller programs financed at a total of $409 million right now.
The money would basically have been used to support charter schools, magnet schools, and public school choice. Again, losing the $88 million the Smaller Learning Community program was getting means there would be less money for those activities overall, should Congress decide to take the administration up on its consolidation proposal.
Also on the target list is the Leveraging Educational Assistance Parternships or LEAP, program, financed at $64 million. This was basically to encourage states to establish need-based scholarships, and the administration found it had already accomplished that goal. So, as far as the Obama administration goes, it would seem like this is a pretty non-controversial target.
The measure would also make other reductions, including a $229 million cut to the department's fund for Innovation and Improvement. It seems to me that at least a big chunk of that would likely be from the Fund for the Improvement of Education, which is basically a slush fund for earmarks and was financed at $125 million in fiscal year 2010.
The temporary measure would also cut special education by $22 million, Rehabilitation Services by $5 million, and Safe Schools and Citizenship Education by $32 million.
The bill could be on the floor of the House as early as Tuesday. And apparently, Senate Democrats are also trying to find ways to compromise on a measure that would keep the government running while lawmakers hash out their very different visions for spending, including on education.
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/02/again_good_and_bad_news.html
By Alyson Klein on February 27, 2011 3:00 PM
Again, good and bad news for fans of education spending.
The good news: The House Appropriations Committee has introduced a bill to keep the government afloat for the next two weeks. If the measure is approved by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Barack Obama, it would temporarily avert a shutdown, and give lawmakers a chance to continue negotiations on a bill to finance the government for the rest of fiscal year 2011, which ends on Sept. 30.
If you recall, the GOP-controlled House has already approved another bill that would fund the government until Sept. 30, but slice more than $61 billion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2011, including more than $5 billion from the U.S. Department of Education. Leaders in the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, haven't been too thrilled with the cuts.
Under the latest House proposal, just about every program would be funded at fiscal year 2010 levels until March 18, with some notable exceptions, totaling about $4 billion.
The bad news: Some of those notable exceptions include education programs. The plan would scrap at least four of them and make other K-12 cuts.
Programs targeted for elimination include those that President Barack Obama sought to scrap under his budget proposal, and some that the administration had wanted to consolidate into broader funding streams.
Here's the confusing part: A press release put out late Friday by the House Appropriations Committee said that all the programs slated for elimination in the proposal were also put on the chopping block by Obama in his most recent budget request, which is actually for fiscal year 2012, beginning on Oct. 1. (I know, not easy keeping all the years straight.)
Anyway, depending on how you look at it, the GOP press release doesn't quite tell the whole story. It's true that Obama had wanted to essentially get rid of these smaller programs that the administration doesn't view as effective. But he wanted most of the money they're now receiving to stay in the Education Department and just become part of a bigger program, with a similar purpose.
The department was calling this "consolidation," and it wasn't clear whether Congress was going to go along with it or not. But if these programs really are eliminated, it means less money overall for the administration's plans.
For instance, the administration had proposed a $383 million new, broad funding stream, aimed at improving reading and writing, called "Effective Teaching and Learning: Literacy." The program would be made up of six smaller programs financed at a total of $413 million right now.
But the GOP measure proposes totally getting rid of two of those programs: Striving Readers, funded at $250 million, a comprehensive literacy program, and Even Start, a family literacy program funded at $66 million.
If the money for those programs goes away, that could mean less for the administration's bigger literacy program (if it is created) and less for the department overall.
Similarly, the GOP proposal would scrap the $88 million Smaller Learning Communities program, which both the GOP and the Obama administration say hasn't been found to be very helpful in boosting student achievement.
The Obama administration had wanted the smaller learning community money to become part of a new pot of funds called "Expanding Educational Outcomes." It wanted $372 million for that program, which would have been comprised of four smaller programs financed at a total of $409 million right now.
The money would basically have been used to support charter schools, magnet schools, and public school choice. Again, losing the $88 million the Smaller Learning Community program was getting means there would be less money for those activities overall, should Congress decide to take the administration up on its consolidation proposal.
Also on the target list is the Leveraging Educational Assistance Parternships or LEAP, program, financed at $64 million. This was basically to encourage states to establish need-based scholarships, and the administration found it had already accomplished that goal. So, as far as the Obama administration goes, it would seem like this is a pretty non-controversial target.
The measure would also make other reductions, including a $229 million cut to the department's fund for Innovation and Improvement. It seems to me that at least a big chunk of that would likely be from the Fund for the Improvement of Education, which is basically a slush fund for earmarks and was financed at $125 million in fiscal year 2010.
The temporary measure would also cut special education by $22 million, Rehabilitation Services by $5 million, and Safe Schools and Citizenship Education by $32 million.
The bill could be on the floor of the House as early as Tuesday. And apparently, Senate Democrats are also trying to find ways to compromise on a measure that would keep the government running while lawmakers hash out their very different visions for spending, including on education.
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Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill to Take Away Union Rights. Can this bill be stopped in the Wisonsin Senate?
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill to Take Away Union Rights. Can this bill be stopped in the Wisonsin Senate?
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I Stand With the Teachers of Wisconsin
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2011/02/i_stand_with_the_teachers_of_w.html
By Diane Ravitch on February 22, 2011 9:39 AM
Dear Deborah,
As I write, thousands of teachers are staging a protest in the state capitol in Wisconsin. Others stand with them, including the Green Bay Packers, other public-sector workers, and even public-sector workers who are not affected by the proposed legislation, namely, firefighters and police. The teachers and other public-sector employees are speaking out against Gov. Scott Walker's effort to destroy their collective-bargaining rights. Gov. Walker demanded that the teachers pay more for their health benefits and their pension benefits, and they have agreed to do so. But that's not all he wants. He wants to destroy the union.
I wrote an article about this contretemps for CNN.com, not realizing that the teachers had already conceded the governor's demands on money issues. The confrontation now is solely about whether public employees have the right to bargain collectively and to have a collective voice. Monday's New York Times made clear, both in a column by Paul Krugman and in its news coverage, that the union is fighting for its survival, not benefits.
It's time to ask: Why should teachers have unions? I am not a member of a union, and I have never belonged to a union, but here is what I see. From the individual teacher's point of view, it is valuable to have an organization to turn to when you feel you have been treated unfairly, one that will supply you with assistance, even a lawyer, one that advocates for improvement in your standard of living. From society's point of view, it is valuable to have unions to fight for funding for public education and for smaller class sizes and for adequate compensation for teachers. I recently visited Arizona, a right-to-work state, and parents there complained to me about classes of 30 for children in 1st and 2nd grades, and even larger numbers for older students; they complained that the starting salary for teachers was only $26,000 and that it is hard to find strong college graduates to enter teaching when wages are so low.
I have often heard union critics complain that contracts are too long, too detailed, too prescriptive. I have noticed that unions don't write their own contracts. There are always two sides that negotiate a contract and sign it. If an administration is so weak that it signs a contract that is bad for kids, bad for the district's finances, or bad for education, then shame on them.
The fight in Wisconsin now is whether public-sector unions should have any power to bargain at all. The fight is not restricted to Wisconsin; it is taking place in many other states, including New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Illinois. The battle has already been lost in other states.
I have been wondering if advocates of corporate school reform, such as Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and Michelle Rhee will come to the aid of the teachers in Wisconsin. I have been wondering if President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who were quick to applaud the firing of teachers in Central Falls, R.I., will now step forward to support the teachers in Wisconsin. I have been wondering if Secretary Duncan, who only a few days earlier had led a much-publicized national conversation in Denver about the importance of collaboration between unions and management, will weigh in to support the teachers. I am ever hopeful, but will take care not to hold my breath.
If there is no organized force to advocate for public education in the state capitols of this nation, our children and our schools will suffer. That's the bottom line. And that's why I stand with the teachers of Wisconsin. I know you do, too.
Diane
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2011/02/i_stand_with_the_teachers_of_w.html
By Diane Ravitch on February 22, 2011 9:39 AM
Dear Deborah,
As I write, thousands of teachers are staging a protest in the state capitol in Wisconsin. Others stand with them, including the Green Bay Packers, other public-sector workers, and even public-sector workers who are not affected by the proposed legislation, namely, firefighters and police. The teachers and other public-sector employees are speaking out against Gov. Scott Walker's effort to destroy their collective-bargaining rights. Gov. Walker demanded that the teachers pay more for their health benefits and their pension benefits, and they have agreed to do so. But that's not all he wants. He wants to destroy the union.
I wrote an article about this contretemps for CNN.com, not realizing that the teachers had already conceded the governor's demands on money issues. The confrontation now is solely about whether public employees have the right to bargain collectively and to have a collective voice. Monday's New York Times made clear, both in a column by Paul Krugman and in its news coverage, that the union is fighting for its survival, not benefits.
It's time to ask: Why should teachers have unions? I am not a member of a union, and I have never belonged to a union, but here is what I see. From the individual teacher's point of view, it is valuable to have an organization to turn to when you feel you have been treated unfairly, one that will supply you with assistance, even a lawyer, one that advocates for improvement in your standard of living. From society's point of view, it is valuable to have unions to fight for funding for public education and for smaller class sizes and for adequate compensation for teachers. I recently visited Arizona, a right-to-work state, and parents there complained to me about classes of 30 for children in 1st and 2nd grades, and even larger numbers for older students; they complained that the starting salary for teachers was only $26,000 and that it is hard to find strong college graduates to enter teaching when wages are so low.
I have often heard union critics complain that contracts are too long, too detailed, too prescriptive. I have noticed that unions don't write their own contracts. There are always two sides that negotiate a contract and sign it. If an administration is so weak that it signs a contract that is bad for kids, bad for the district's finances, or bad for education, then shame on them.
The fight in Wisconsin now is whether public-sector unions should have any power to bargain at all. The fight is not restricted to Wisconsin; it is taking place in many other states, including New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Illinois. The battle has already been lost in other states.
I have been wondering if advocates of corporate school reform, such as Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and Michelle Rhee will come to the aid of the teachers in Wisconsin. I have been wondering if President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who were quick to applaud the firing of teachers in Central Falls, R.I., will now step forward to support the teachers in Wisconsin. I have been wondering if Secretary Duncan, who only a few days earlier had led a much-publicized national conversation in Denver about the importance of collaboration between unions and management, will weigh in to support the teachers. I am ever hopeful, but will take care not to hold my breath.
If there is no organized force to advocate for public education in the state capitols of this nation, our children and our schools will suffer. That's the bottom line. And that's why I stand with the teachers of Wisconsin. I know you do, too.
Diane
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Teachers make too much money!
By Sarasota Values Education
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!
The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)
WHAT A DEAL!!!!
By Sarasota Values Education
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!
The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)
WHAT A DEAL!!!!
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Balanced reporting - Minutes 1-5 tout the successes, minutes 6-10 takes a looks at the failures of this type of ed-deformation!
http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/learning-matters/index.html
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Stimulus Reforms May 'Hit a Wall', CEP Report Says
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By Michele McNeil on February 17, 2011 7:44 AM
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Two years ago today, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and life as we know it changed forever.
Okay, so maybe the result hasn't been that dramatic...
But some $100 billion later, the effect of stimulus-era education reforms—from an emphasis on teacher merit pay to turning around low-performing schools—hangs in the balance.
In fact, a new report by the Center on Education Policy sounds a loud warning bell: "The ambitious agenda of education reform attached to ARRA may hit a wall in 2012."
The reason? Overall state funding for K-12 education in a large majority of states is expected to decline or remain flat, the report concludes.
What's more, nearly half of the states report that their departments of education will see their operating budgets cut by at least 5 percent. And these are the people that are supposed to implement the reforms.
CEP reached these conclusions through a 50-state (plus District of Columbia) survey of state departments of education, done in October and November 2010. (All but eight states responded.) Responses are confidential to "encourage frank answers," the report says.
States report making the most progress in improving their data systems and in adopting common academic standards. But states were marching down this path before the stimulus' arrival, though the additional money no doubt sped things up a bit.
States are struggling most with revamping teacher evaluations and turning around persistently low-performing schools—both are issues that involve very messy, political, and slow-moving work.
For a bit of good news, the report found the ARRA has helped focus states' efforts around a common education reform agenda, which includes linking student achievement to teacher evaluations, and aligning data systems for K-12 and higher education.
Interestingly, the Race to the Top competition seems to be having a lingering effect even on those states that did not win. The report says that 16 of the 32 surveyed states that lost out still plan to use their Race to the Top applicantions as their education reform blueprint. Twelve of the 32 say they're thinking about it, according to the report.
The remaining four either didn't respond to the question or didn't apply for Race to the Top.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/
By Michele McNeil on February 17, 2011 7:44 AM
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Two years ago today, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and life as we know it changed forever.
Okay, so maybe the result hasn't been that dramatic...
But some $100 billion later, the effect of stimulus-era education reforms—from an emphasis on teacher merit pay to turning around low-performing schools—hangs in the balance.
In fact, a new report by the Center on Education Policy sounds a loud warning bell: "The ambitious agenda of education reform attached to ARRA may hit a wall in 2012."
The reason? Overall state funding for K-12 education in a large majority of states is expected to decline or remain flat, the report concludes.
What's more, nearly half of the states report that their departments of education will see their operating budgets cut by at least 5 percent. And these are the people that are supposed to implement the reforms.
CEP reached these conclusions through a 50-state (plus District of Columbia) survey of state departments of education, done in October and November 2010. (All but eight states responded.) Responses are confidential to "encourage frank answers," the report says.
States report making the most progress in improving their data systems and in adopting common academic standards. But states were marching down this path before the stimulus' arrival, though the additional money no doubt sped things up a bit.
States are struggling most with revamping teacher evaluations and turning around persistently low-performing schools—both are issues that involve very messy, political, and slow-moving work.
For a bit of good news, the report found the ARRA has helped focus states' efforts around a common education reform agenda, which includes linking student achievement to teacher evaluations, and aligning data systems for K-12 and higher education.
Interestingly, the Race to the Top competition seems to be having a lingering effect even on those states that did not win. The report says that 16 of the 32 surveyed states that lost out still plan to use their Race to the Top applicantions as their education reform blueprint. Twelve of the 32 say they're thinking about it, according to the report.
The remaining four either didn't respond to the question or didn't apply for Race to the Top.
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Early last year, the Wake County school board, with the support of a newly elected bloc of Republican-backed members, did away with a school assignment policy that tried to promote socioeconomic diversity among all the schools in the 143,000-student system.
Since that time, the struggle has been how to create a new policy that will maintain stability but also avoid creating schools with that are predominantly poor. Both sides have been able to wield statistics as weapons as they argue their points, but a group of articles that ran recently in the Raleigh News & Observer show that results of the diversity policy have been mixed. ...
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http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2011/02/mixed_results_on_wake_countys_b.html
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http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/13/986365/5-big-questions-on-wake-schools.html
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Calif. Chinese Program Prompts School Board Recall
Four members of a suburban school board are being targeted in a recall effort over their support for a middle-school language program funded by the Chinese government, one of the members said Friday.
Hacienda La Puente Unified School Board President Jay Chen said he and the three other members of the five-member panel were being served with notices of intent to circulate recall petitions, each signed by 12 residents of Hacienda Heights in east Los Angeles County.
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Calif. Chinese Program Prompts School Board Recall
Four members of a suburban school board are being targeted in a recall effort over their support for a middle-school language program funded by the Chinese government, one of the members said Friday.
Hacienda La Puente Unified School Board President Jay Chen said he and the three other members of the five-member panel were being served with notices of intent to circulate recall petitions, each signed by 12 residents of Hacienda Heights in east Los Angeles County.
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House GOP Looks to Slash Education Spending
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By Alyson Klein on February 12, 2011 2:05 PM
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House Republican leaders put out a bill last night that would slice and dice education funding far below current levels and far below what President Barack Obama wanted in his never-enacted fiscal year 2011 budget request. (List of cuts is here.)
The measure, which would continue federal funding for rest of the fiscal year, takes aim at some programs that were previously considered untouchable, including special education spending and Pell Grants to help low-and-moderate income students pay for college. Overall it would cut $4.9 billion from the U.S. Department of Education's fiscal year 2010 budget of $63.7 billion.
"This absolutely would be the largest cuts ever in history for education programs," said Joel Packer, a principal with the Raben Group in Washington, who works with the Committee for Education Funding, a coalition that advocates for increasing education spending.
The bill would cover fiscal year 2011, which technically started back on Oct. 1. Most of the federal government, including the Education Department, has been funded at fiscal year 2010 levels through a series of stop-gap measures, the latest of which expires on March 4.
It's tough to imagine the administration swallowing these cuts. And it's unlikely they'll get through the Senate, which is still controlled by Democrats.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee said in a statement:
The GOP approach "would knock the legs out from under our nascent economic recovery, kill jobs, and do virtually nothing to address the long-term fiscal crisis facing our country. Try as they might to convince the American people otherwise, it is simply not possible to balance the budget by targeting 15 percent of federal spending—no matter how deep the cuts are."
But Republicans say the cuts are needed to get the nation's fiscal house in order. Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said in a statement:
Lawmakers "have weeded out excessive, unnecessary, and wasteful spending, making tough choices to prioritize programs based on their effectiveness and benefit to the American people. My committee has taken a thoughtful look at each and every one of the programs we intend to cut, and have made determinations based on this careful analysis."
Packer said he expects that the two chambers will have a tough time even agreeing on another stop-gap measure. That could spell a government shutdown, he said.
Under the GOP proposal, Title I would be cut by $693.5 million. It's not clear if that means just Title I grants to districts, which got $14.5 million in fiscal year 2010, or if the cut would also effect Title I School Improvement Program, which got $545 million in fiscal 2010.
Special education, which is typically a Republican priority, would be cut by $557 million, below its $11.5 billion funding in fiscal 2010.
Head Start was targeted for the one of the biggest reductions: a $1 billion cut below fiscal 2010.
And Pell grants would be cut as well, resulting in an $845 cut to the maximum per-student grant of $5,550.
GOP lawmakers also didn't find any new money for the administration's top priority, the Race to the Top 2.0. The administration had asked for $1.35 billion to continue the competitive grant program begun under the economic-stimulus package, and last calendar year, Congress had been poised to provide some of that money. Plus, there would be no money for another round of the Investing in Innovation grant program. The administration had originally asked for $500 million to continue i3, another stimulus-funded initiative.
The Obama administration in its fiscal 2011 budget had proposed consolidating smaller programs into broader funding streams. For instance, smaller literacy programs would have been combined into a big competitive fund aimed at improving reading and writing.
But, under the House bill, those programs would be scrapped entirely, including:
• Even Start Family Literacy program: $66.5 million
• Mathematics and Science partnerships: $180 million
• Striving Readers program: $250 million
• The Obama administration's $50 million high school graduation initiative, which is a fairly new program
• Literacy Through School Libraries: $19 million
• Education Technology State Grants: $100 million
• Foriegn Language Assistance: $26.9 million
• The National Writing Project: $25.6 million
• Ready-to-Learn Television: $27.3 million
• Civic Education: $35 million
• Elementary and Secondary School Counseling: $55 million
• Smaller Learning Communities: $88 million
• Tech Prep State Grants: $102 million
• Teacher Quality Partnerships: $43 million
Even some prized education reform programs with deep political connections would be slashed:
• New Leaders for New Schools would be cut by $5 million.
• Teach for America would lose its $18 million appropriation.
• The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards would lose its its $10.6 appropriation.
Also on the chopping block:
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers would get cut by $100 million. And two college access would be cut: TRIO by almost $25 million, GEARUP by $19.8 million.
So who would come through unscathed? The Teacher Incentive Fund, which helps districts create pay-for-performance programs, and got $400 million in fiscal year 2010. Charter schools, which got $256 million in fiscal 2010. And Teacher Quality State Grants, which got $2.95 million in fiscal 2010.
The bill is expected to go to the floor of the House next week. Packer said some GOP lawmakers could introduce amendments making even further cuts.
Confused? This Republican budget proposal is for fiscal year 2011, which actually started way back on Oct. 1, 2010. President Barack Obama will release a budget proposal Monday that will cover fiscal year 2012, which starts on Oct. 1, 2011.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/02/house_gop_slashes_education_sp.html?qs=Budget+Cuts
By Alyson Klein on February 12, 2011 2:05 PM
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House Republican leaders put out a bill last night that would slice and dice education funding far below current levels and far below what President Barack Obama wanted in his never-enacted fiscal year 2011 budget request. (List of cuts is here.)
The measure, which would continue federal funding for rest of the fiscal year, takes aim at some programs that were previously considered untouchable, including special education spending and Pell Grants to help low-and-moderate income students pay for college. Overall it would cut $4.9 billion from the U.S. Department of Education's fiscal year 2010 budget of $63.7 billion.
"This absolutely would be the largest cuts ever in history for education programs," said Joel Packer, a principal with the Raben Group in Washington, who works with the Committee for Education Funding, a coalition that advocates for increasing education spending.
The bill would cover fiscal year 2011, which technically started back on Oct. 1. Most of the federal government, including the Education Department, has been funded at fiscal year 2010 levels through a series of stop-gap measures, the latest of which expires on March 4.
It's tough to imagine the administration swallowing these cuts. And it's unlikely they'll get through the Senate, which is still controlled by Democrats.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee said in a statement:
The GOP approach "would knock the legs out from under our nascent economic recovery, kill jobs, and do virtually nothing to address the long-term fiscal crisis facing our country. Try as they might to convince the American people otherwise, it is simply not possible to balance the budget by targeting 15 percent of federal spending—no matter how deep the cuts are."
But Republicans say the cuts are needed to get the nation's fiscal house in order. Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said in a statement:
Lawmakers "have weeded out excessive, unnecessary, and wasteful spending, making tough choices to prioritize programs based on their effectiveness and benefit to the American people. My committee has taken a thoughtful look at each and every one of the programs we intend to cut, and have made determinations based on this careful analysis."
Packer said he expects that the two chambers will have a tough time even agreeing on another stop-gap measure. That could spell a government shutdown, he said.
Under the GOP proposal, Title I would be cut by $693.5 million. It's not clear if that means just Title I grants to districts, which got $14.5 million in fiscal year 2010, or if the cut would also effect Title I School Improvement Program, which got $545 million in fiscal 2010.
Special education, which is typically a Republican priority, would be cut by $557 million, below its $11.5 billion funding in fiscal 2010.
Head Start was targeted for the one of the biggest reductions: a $1 billion cut below fiscal 2010.
And Pell grants would be cut as well, resulting in an $845 cut to the maximum per-student grant of $5,550.
GOP lawmakers also didn't find any new money for the administration's top priority, the Race to the Top 2.0. The administration had asked for $1.35 billion to continue the competitive grant program begun under the economic-stimulus package, and last calendar year, Congress had been poised to provide some of that money. Plus, there would be no money for another round of the Investing in Innovation grant program. The administration had originally asked for $500 million to continue i3, another stimulus-funded initiative.
The Obama administration in its fiscal 2011 budget had proposed consolidating smaller programs into broader funding streams. For instance, smaller literacy programs would have been combined into a big competitive fund aimed at improving reading and writing.
But, under the House bill, those programs would be scrapped entirely, including:
• Even Start Family Literacy program: $66.5 million
• Mathematics and Science partnerships: $180 million
• Striving Readers program: $250 million
• The Obama administration's $50 million high school graduation initiative, which is a fairly new program
• Literacy Through School Libraries: $19 million
• Education Technology State Grants: $100 million
• Foriegn Language Assistance: $26.9 million
• The National Writing Project: $25.6 million
• Ready-to-Learn Television: $27.3 million
• Civic Education: $35 million
• Elementary and Secondary School Counseling: $55 million
• Smaller Learning Communities: $88 million
• Tech Prep State Grants: $102 million
• Teacher Quality Partnerships: $43 million
Even some prized education reform programs with deep political connections would be slashed:
• New Leaders for New Schools would be cut by $5 million.
• Teach for America would lose its $18 million appropriation.
• The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards would lose its its $10.6 appropriation.
Also on the chopping block:
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers would get cut by $100 million. And two college access would be cut: TRIO by almost $25 million, GEARUP by $19.8 million.
So who would come through unscathed? The Teacher Incentive Fund, which helps districts create pay-for-performance programs, and got $400 million in fiscal year 2010. Charter schools, which got $256 million in fiscal 2010. And Teacher Quality State Grants, which got $2.95 million in fiscal 2010.
The bill is expected to go to the floor of the House next week. Packer said some GOP lawmakers could introduce amendments making even further cuts.
Confused? This Republican budget proposal is for fiscal year 2011, which actually started way back on Oct. 1, 2010. President Barack Obama will release a budget proposal Monday that will cover fiscal year 2012, which starts on Oct. 1, 2011.
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Dear Christina,
I'd like to share some personal thoughts with you:
After several months of equipment setbacks, the Christina Board of Education digitally recorded its first Monthly Business Meeting last night. The recording, an unofficial record and specifically not the official minutes of meeting, is scheduled to become available to the Christna community via the Christina website on Friday (barring any issues that may rise during the upload.) Going forward, the board will continue to approve the official written minutes of the meetings as required by state law. Officially approved minutes are available via the district website. UPDATE: Digital Recording is online HERE, http://www.christina.k12.de.us/BOE/AgendasMinutes.htm
In keeping with its updated policy, the board will digitally record all future regularly scheduled monthly business meetings. Workshops, which are run in a more interactive format, will not be recorded unless the board designates its desire to record specific meetings.
The recordings are a courtesy that the Christina Board has chosen to extend to our constituents in our effort to increase transparency in public policy. Should there be an equipment failure during a recorded meeting, the meeting will progress as planned as the importance of board business supercedes the reliability of equipment.
I think most in Christina are excited to be leading the way in the digital age - opening doors of communication and accessibility. I wish to express personal gratitude to Delaware's House of Representatives and those elected officials who have introduced a bill to compel the State Board of Education to follow the path paved by Christina and Red Clay by recording their meetings and making those files accessible to all Delawareans. I urge all of Delaware's legislators to affirm this bill and move it quickly through the Legislature. It's the right thing and the right time. If we are to move education forward in Delaware, we must do so in the light of day.
Thank You to Christina's administration for supporting this policy change and making this project reality!
Elizabeth
I'd like to share some personal thoughts with you:
After several months of equipment setbacks, the Christina Board of Education digitally recorded its first Monthly Business Meeting last night. The recording, an unofficial record and specifically not the official minutes of meeting, is scheduled to become available to the Christna community via the Christina website on Friday (barring any issues that may rise during the upload.) Going forward, the board will continue to approve the official written minutes of the meetings as required by state law. Officially approved minutes are available via the district website. UPDATE: Digital Recording is online HERE, http://www.christina.k12.de.us/BOE/AgendasMinutes.htm
In keeping with its updated policy, the board will digitally record all future regularly scheduled monthly business meetings. Workshops, which are run in a more interactive format, will not be recorded unless the board designates its desire to record specific meetings.
The recordings are a courtesy that the Christina Board has chosen to extend to our constituents in our effort to increase transparency in public policy. Should there be an equipment failure during a recorded meeting, the meeting will progress as planned as the importance of board business supercedes the reliability of equipment.
I think most in Christina are excited to be leading the way in the digital age - opening doors of communication and accessibility. I wish to express personal gratitude to Delaware's House of Representatives and those elected officials who have introduced a bill to compel the State Board of Education to follow the path paved by Christina and Red Clay by recording their meetings and making those files accessible to all Delawareans. I urge all of Delaware's legislators to affirm this bill and move it quickly through the Legislature. It's the right thing and the right time. If we are to move education forward in Delaware, we must do so in the light of day.
Thank You to Christina's administration for supporting this policy change and making this project reality!
Elizabeth
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Local School Board Members Play Hardball With Duncan
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/02/for_education_secretary_arne_d.html
By Michele McNeil on February 7, 2011 4:04 PM
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For U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, local school board members can be a really tough crowd.
Last year, the National School Boards Association members gave Duncan grief after he he tangled with them over his support of mayoral control.
Not dissuaded, Duncan came back today to address the same crowd, whose members have come to grips with the new federal education reality. And many of them don't really like it. (They didn't really like their reality under former EdSec Margaret Spellings either.)
In his speech, Duncan had nothing really new to say, choosing instead to reiterate past accomplishments (think Race to the Top and school turnarounds) and talk about what's next on his agenda (think reauthorization, reauthorization, reauthorization). He did use his bully pulpit to take another swipe at the Atlanta school district's troubled board, using it as an example of where "leadership is actually hurting children," and declaring that the board is in a "real sense of denial."
The most interesting part of today's event came during the Q-and-A, when we got a real sense of just how fed up many school board members are with federal policies, and with the existing accountability system under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Among the questions: Why do you continue to focus on incentive pay for teachers when research shows it doesn't work? How is it fair to judge a school district full of students who don't speak English well on an English-only test, for purposes of determining which schools qualify for School Improvement Grants? And—in reference to the Obama administration's focus on competitive grants—Why should children compete for their education?
Another key question on the minds of board members: If ESEA is not reauthorized this year, as Duncan wants, will he grant waivers for school districts from some of NCLB's sanctions?
"My whole mentality is to get the thing passed," the secretary said, declaring he'd only worry about the waivers issue if he's forced to.
In a follow-up question, another school board member called him out for failing to answer the original question as to whether he'd support more waivers for districts. And as any good politician would do, he dodged again. Instead, he reiterated his urgency to get ESEA reauthorized this fall. "If we don't do it now," he said. "I don't think it will get passed next year."
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/02/for_education_secretary_arne_d.html
By Michele McNeil on February 7, 2011 4:04 PM
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For U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, local school board members can be a really tough crowd.
Last year, the National School Boards Association members gave Duncan grief after he he tangled with them over his support of mayoral control.
Not dissuaded, Duncan came back today to address the same crowd, whose members have come to grips with the new federal education reality. And many of them don't really like it. (They didn't really like their reality under former EdSec Margaret Spellings either.)
In his speech, Duncan had nothing really new to say, choosing instead to reiterate past accomplishments (think Race to the Top and school turnarounds) and talk about what's next on his agenda (think reauthorization, reauthorization, reauthorization). He did use his bully pulpit to take another swipe at the Atlanta school district's troubled board, using it as an example of where "leadership is actually hurting children," and declaring that the board is in a "real sense of denial."
The most interesting part of today's event came during the Q-and-A, when we got a real sense of just how fed up many school board members are with federal policies, and with the existing accountability system under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Among the questions: Why do you continue to focus on incentive pay for teachers when research shows it doesn't work? How is it fair to judge a school district full of students who don't speak English well on an English-only test, for purposes of determining which schools qualify for School Improvement Grants? And—in reference to the Obama administration's focus on competitive grants—Why should children compete for their education?
Another key question on the minds of board members: If ESEA is not reauthorized this year, as Duncan wants, will he grant waivers for school districts from some of NCLB's sanctions?
"My whole mentality is to get the thing passed," the secretary said, declaring he'd only worry about the waivers issue if he's forced to.
In a follow-up question, another school board member called him out for failing to answer the original question as to whether he'd support more waivers for districts. And as any good politician would do, he dodged again. Instead, he reiterated his urgency to get ESEA reauthorized this fall. "If we don't do it now," he said. "I don't think it will get passed next year."
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Published Online: February 4, 2011
Study Finds Social-Skills Teaching Boosts Academics
By Sarah D. Sparks
From role-playing games for students to parent seminars, teaching social and emotional learning requires a lot of moving parts, but when all the pieces come together such instruction can rival the effectiveness of purely academic interventions to boost student achievement, according to the largest analysis of such programs to date.
In the report published today in the peer-reviewed journal Child Development, researchers led by Joseph A. Durlak, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Chicago, found that students who took part in social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs improved in grades and standardized-test scores by 11 percentile points compared with nonparticipating students. That difference, the authors say, was significant—equivalent to moving a student in the middle of the class academically to the top 40 percent of students during the course of the intervention. Such improvement fell within the range of effectiveness for recent analyses of interventions focused on academics.
Here's the rest of the story: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/02/04/20sel.h30.html?tkn=WQNFELArcqZMg0R5kEANZ%2By%2BUZUtqEboYqjH&cmp=clp-edweek
Here's the study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564.x/abstract
Study Finds Social-Skills Teaching Boosts Academics
By Sarah D. Sparks
From role-playing games for students to parent seminars, teaching social and emotional learning requires a lot of moving parts, but when all the pieces come together such instruction can rival the effectiveness of purely academic interventions to boost student achievement, according to the largest analysis of such programs to date.
In the report published today in the peer-reviewed journal Child Development, researchers led by Joseph A. Durlak, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Chicago, found that students who took part in social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs improved in grades and standardized-test scores by 11 percentile points compared with nonparticipating students. That difference, the authors say, was significant—equivalent to moving a student in the middle of the class academically to the top 40 percent of students during the course of the intervention. Such improvement fell within the range of effectiveness for recent analyses of interventions focused on academics.
Here's the rest of the story: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/02/04/20sel.h30.html?tkn=WQNFELArcqZMg0R5kEANZ%2By%2BUZUtqEboYqjH&cmp=clp-edweek
Here's the study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564.x/abstract
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The Christina Board of Education will meet in Executive Session on Tuesday, February 8,
2011, at 6:00 at Sterck Delaware School for the Deaf, 620 East Chestnut Hill Drive, Newark, DE,
to discuss Personnel Matters. The Board will meet in Regular Session at 7:30 PM. Area
residents are encouraged to attend. The agenda will include the following:
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF OR CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO THIS EVENING’S AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. January 4, 2011 – Executive Session
B. January 4, 2011 – Board Workshop
BOARD OF EDUCATION HONOR ROLL
A. Kirk Middle School Student Leaders – “If You Only Knew Kirk” Program
B. Ashleigh Hale, Newark High School – Finalist, Wendy’s High School Heisman Award
C. Taylor Reynolds, Newark High School – 2010 All-State Football, First Team Quarterback
D. Angel Gardener, Christiana High School – 2011 Disney’s Dreamers Academy Participant
E. McVey, Leasure, and Wilson Elementary Schools – 2010-2011 State Title I Distinguished Schools
F. Monthly Salute to Excellence – Delaware School for the Deaf and Statewide Programs
PUBLIC COMMENTS
CITIZENS BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT
UPDATE ON RACE TO THE TOP & PARTNERSHIP ZONE BY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
A. Strategic Plan Update – Administrative Services
ACTION ITEMS
A. Student Re-Admission Recommendation(s)
B. Student Expulsion Recommendation(s)
C. Recommendation to Negotiate for Consulting Services for Implementation of School Transformation (CSD #2011-01)
D. Financial Position Report
E. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Personnel Recommendations
2. Monthly Financial Reports – January 2011
3. Choice Recommendation 2010-2011
4. Choice Recommendation 2011-2012
5. Choice Authority 2011-2012
6. Change Orders
(a) Change Order #4 District-Wide Pothole Blacktop Repairs & Concrete Work – (FY2011)
DSD SCHOOL
(b) Change Order #3 Electrical
(c) Change Order #1 Studs & Drywall
(d) Change Order #2 Studs & Drywall
(e) Change Order #1 Metal Panels & Siding
(f) Change Order #1 Caulking & Sealant
(g) Change Order #1 Resinous Flooring
(h) Change Order #5 Carpentry & General Trades
(i) Change Order #1 Ceramic Tile
(j) Change Order #3 Concrete
(k) Change Order #1 Steel
DSD RESIDENCE HALL
(l) Change Order #1 General Construction
(m) Change Order #2 Fire Protection
7. Resolutions on Upcoming Meetings:
(a) Resolution On Executive Session Meeting, March 8, 2011, 6:00 PM, Pulaski Elementary School
(b) Resolution On Regular Session Meeting, March 8, 2011, 7:30 PM, Pulaski Elementary School
(c) Resolution On Executive Session Meeting, March 22, 2011, 6:00 PM, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
(d) Resolution On Board Workshop, March 22, 2011, 6:30 PM, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
F. Items Pulled From Consent Agenda
ITEMS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD
A. Information Requests
BOARD MEMBERS’ COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Other District/Community Meetings, Site Visits, Training Seminars, Conferences Attended
ADJOURNMENT
Date of Posting: February 1, 2011
Time of Posting: 4:07 PM
The Christina Board of Education will meet in Executive Session on Tuesday, February 8,
2011, at 6:00 at Sterck Delaware School for the Deaf, 620 East Chestnut Hill Drive, Newark, DE,
to discuss Personnel Matters. The Board will meet in Regular Session at 7:30 PM. Area
residents are encouraged to attend. The agenda will include the following:
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
APPROVAL OF OR CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO THIS EVENING’S AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. January 4, 2011 – Executive Session
B. January 4, 2011 – Board Workshop
BOARD OF EDUCATION HONOR ROLL
A. Kirk Middle School Student Leaders – “If You Only Knew Kirk” Program
B. Ashleigh Hale, Newark High School – Finalist, Wendy’s High School Heisman Award
C. Taylor Reynolds, Newark High School – 2010 All-State Football, First Team Quarterback
D. Angel Gardener, Christiana High School – 2011 Disney’s Dreamers Academy Participant
E. McVey, Leasure, and Wilson Elementary Schools – 2010-2011 State Title I Distinguished Schools
F. Monthly Salute to Excellence – Delaware School for the Deaf and Statewide Programs
PUBLIC COMMENTS
CITIZENS BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT
UPDATE ON RACE TO THE TOP & PARTNERSHIP ZONE BY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
A. Strategic Plan Update – Administrative Services
ACTION ITEMS
A. Student Re-Admission Recommendation(s)
B. Student Expulsion Recommendation(s)
C. Recommendation to Negotiate for Consulting Services for Implementation of School Transformation (CSD #2011-01)
D. Financial Position Report
E. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Personnel Recommendations
2. Monthly Financial Reports – January 2011
3. Choice Recommendation 2010-2011
4. Choice Recommendation 2011-2012
5. Choice Authority 2011-2012
6. Change Orders
(a) Change Order #4 District-Wide Pothole Blacktop Repairs & Concrete Work – (FY2011)
DSD SCHOOL
(b) Change Order #3 Electrical
(c) Change Order #1 Studs & Drywall
(d) Change Order #2 Studs & Drywall
(e) Change Order #1 Metal Panels & Siding
(f) Change Order #1 Caulking & Sealant
(g) Change Order #1 Resinous Flooring
(h) Change Order #5 Carpentry & General Trades
(i) Change Order #1 Ceramic Tile
(j) Change Order #3 Concrete
(k) Change Order #1 Steel
DSD RESIDENCE HALL
(l) Change Order #1 General Construction
(m) Change Order #2 Fire Protection
7. Resolutions on Upcoming Meetings:
(a) Resolution On Executive Session Meeting, March 8, 2011, 6:00 PM, Pulaski Elementary School
(b) Resolution On Regular Session Meeting, March 8, 2011, 7:30 PM, Pulaski Elementary School
(c) Resolution On Executive Session Meeting, March 22, 2011, 6:00 PM, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
(d) Resolution On Board Workshop, March 22, 2011, 6:30 PM, Gauger-Cobbs Middle School
F. Items Pulled From Consent Agenda
ITEMS SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD
A. Information Requests
BOARD MEMBERS’ COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Other District/Community Meetings, Site Visits, Training Seminars, Conferences Attended
ADJOURNMENT
Date of Posting: February 1, 2011
Time of Posting: 4:07 PM
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