Rescue Union School District
Educating for the Future, Together
Board Of Trustees Meeting Highlights - March 13, 2018
We continue our efforts to communicate effectively and in a timely fashion with our families and staffs. We know not every parent, teacher, or staff member can attend our Board meetings, so we will provide a brief update after each Board meeting, sharing highlights and actions taken by the Board. As always, please let us know how to better serve and communicate with you! We want to be partners with you in the educational journey of the children entrusted to us.
DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS:
- Principal Michele Miller reported on the professional development for teachers at Jackson School this year in design learning and design thinking. One vein of that is Genius Hour Projects. Another element of design learning is to present students with a problem and then have them plan from an empathetic standpoint, how others might use an area that they are working on or an item they may be designing. Principal Miller presented a campus problem to the Leadership Team and they provided a report to the Board on the project.
- Carmen Glaister 5th grade teacher explained the Genius Hour Project and 3 of her students presented projects that included “Donate Your old shoes” , a webpage dedicated to “Save the Tasmanian Devils” (who are actually endangered) and participation as a volunteer in the “Feed My Starving Children”, a food packaging kitchen to help feed children in Nicaragua. The projects were extremely well done and very touching. They also made the front page of the MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT! We are proud of how they are learning at a young age to serve others and give back!
- Leadership students presented their solution to the problem that Principal Miller had shared with them that entailed beautification and adding a pop up cover for the outside reading nook.
- Difference Makers: Jackson School presented the Difference Maker award to Kathy Kelleher, Teacher, Daniel Moyer, Lead Custodian and to Ben R., student for reading 5,769,361 words! He is an incredible inspiration to all the students at Jackson School!
UPDATES:
- Superintendent Olson reported it has been another busy month with the end of the second trimester, report cards and many events across the District. We are now gearing up for SBAC testing, Open House events, and programs. This Friday, is the International Festival from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. hosted by Pleasant Grove School. It will feature multicultural performances, activities for kids, 5 food trucks and an evening of celebrating diversity and culture. We are thankful to Amy Bohren for taking the lead on this and all the people who help put this together.
This past month, and particularly in light of the Florida tragedy, the District has been meeting with the Sheriff’s Department, Office of Emergency Services and CHP for input on our site and district emergency plans. Also the Superintendent, Phil Jones, MO Coordinator, and Larry Garcia, Information Technology Manager attended a training put on by OES and our administrators will go through this training as well. Walk throughs are scheduled at each site and the Sheriff’s Department and the Fire Department will be participating, using their eyes as a lens to review our protocols and procedures. In addition, tomorrow we have a few of our sites participating in age appropriate activities to promote friendship and kindness. We are proud of our students for taking initiative to be part of the solution to ensure that every student feels connected to school, that they have friends and that they feel welcome. Be kind, be a friend and support others!
The Superintendent also reported that Dave Scroggins, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Larry Garcia, Information Technology Manager, and Principals, Hope Migliaccio and Bruce Peters are all attending the Community Forum on School Safety this evening, hosted by the EDUHSD.
- Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, Sean Martin presented a brief facilities update. The furniture options for the new Marina Village two-story classroom are being finalized. Staff members who will be using the classrooms met with vendors to discuss options. Currently one of the main access points for the campus is closed off in order for construction to continue and student safety is being closely monitored. The Interior work is progressing, the windows are in and the building is completely sealed on the outside.
The water intrusion in the multipurpose room at Marina has been assessed. We had an engineer review the damage, the building is structurally sound and fortunately the repairs will not be as significant as we originally determined. It is still a large project and the required repairs will be completed over the summer.
Site walks for the Jackson roof replacements occurred last week with contractors, and bid openings will be next week. This project will also be completed over the summer.
ACTION ITEMS:
- The Board approved the Interdistrict Transfer appeal for student 18/19-01 to the Buckeye School District for the 2018-2019 school year.
- The Board tabled Item 5 – Naming of the Marina Village Field. This item will be brought back to the April 10 regular Board meeting and will be amended to include the naming of the new Marina Village building.
- The Board approved School Safety Resolution #18-05
- The Board voted to cast their vote for Misty diVittorio, for Delegate Assembly
- The Board approved the Second Interim Budget Report.
- The Board approved the surplus of the listed instructional materials.
- The Board approved Resolution #18-06 – Reduction of Hours/Elimination of Positions, Certificated Personnel
- The Board approved Resolution #18-07 – Reduction of Hours/Elimination of Positions, Classified Personnel
- The Board approved:
- February 13, 2018 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
- February 27, 2018, Study Session Minutes
- District Expenditure Warrants and Purchase Orders
- Personnel Actions
- Safe School Plans
- Individual Service Agreement for Nonpublic Agency – Guiding Hands, Inc.
- Audit Services
- Agreement Regarding Allocation of School Mitigation Fees
- Out-of-State Travel
- Consolidated Application
NEXT MEETING: Regular Board Meeting, April 10, 2018. The Study Session scheduled for March 20, 2018 has been cancelled.
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