Regular Board Meeting - October 17, 2005

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2

and

BILLINGS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

 

Monday, October 17, 2005 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Lincoln Education Center Board Room 415 North 30th Street

 

AGENDA

 

VISITORS WISHING TO RECORD THIS MEETING ELECTRONICALLY MAY DO SO PROVIDING THE RECORDING DOES NOT DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING.

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A - WELCOME AND ORIENTATION TO THE MEETING 1

Pledge to Flag

Roll Call

 

B – COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC 10-15 minutes – 2

 

C - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING 10 minutes - 3

 

D – NEWS OF THE DISTRICT 10 minutes – 11

 

E – RECOGNITION AND GIFTS AND DONATIONS 10-15 minutes – 12

Recognition

Orchard Elementary School – Removal from Improvement Process

Gifts and Donations

Arrowhead – PTA

Broadwater – Deaconess Billings Clinic

Highland – School Computer Program, OPI

Meadowlark – Cindy Hanchett

Miles Avenue – Nicole Leahy

Newman – Costco Wholesale

- Wal-Mart

- Target

- Kristi Dickinson

- 4-H Club, Charlotte Nelson

Ponderosa – 24th Street Garden Center

- American Title & Escrow

- City Kids 4-H Club

- Food Services of America

- Interstate Diesel

- Action Electric

- Hoy Enterprises

- Big Splash

- Brockel’s Chocolates

- KOA

- Albertson’s

- Wal-Mart

- Towe, Ball, Enright, Mackey and Sommerfield

Will James – Rick Stordahl

West High – Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Elementary Schools – City of Billings, Public Works Department

Speech Department – St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation

 

F – APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5 minutes – 14

 

G – MEETING CONDUCT AND ORDER OF MEETING – TRUSTEE REQUEST 15

 

H - BILLS PAID – SEPTEMBER 2005 5 minutes - 19

 

I – FINANCIAL REPORTS – SEPTEMBER 2005 (UNAUDITED) 5 minutes - 20

 

J – CITY-COUNTY PLANNING REPORT 10-15 minutes - 41

 

K – MQEC UPDATE 15 minutes – 42

 

L – EDUCATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION PERTAINING

TO SCHOOL FUNDING 43

 

M – PRESENTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL SCENARIOS 30 minutes – 51

 

BREAK

 

N – MONTHLY LEGAL REPORT 10 minutes - 60

 

O – PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY 1700, UNIFORM

COMPLAINT PROCEDURE – FIRST READING 15 minutes – 61

 

P - SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT 10 minutes - 75

 

Q – CHANGE ORDER REQUEST—PONDEROSA BOND PROJECT (2005) 10 min. – 76

 

R – DAYLIS STADIUM PROJECT UPDATE 10 minutes – 84

 

S – BOARD/COLT BUDGET RETREAT 15 minutes – 85

 

T – PERSONNEL REPORT 5-10 minutes – 87

 

U - CONSENT AGENDA 5 minutes - 92

U-1 Minutes of the Board Meetings 93

Regular Board Meeting, September 19, 2005

Special Board Meeting, July 6, 2005

Special Board Meeting, July 25, 2005 (5:30 p.m.)

Special Board Meeting, September 26, 2005

Quorum Meeting, October 6, 2005

Special Board Meeting, October 10, 2005

U-2 Acceptance of Minutes of Committee Meetings 94

Business, September 12, 2005

Business, October 4, 2005

Education, September 12, 2005

School/Community, September 12, 2005

U-3 Additional FTE for Emergency Response

Management Grant Coordinator 95

U-4 Request for Change of Stipend—H.S. Swim Coach 100

U-5 MT Schools E-Learning Consortium Participation Request 101

U-6 Addition of Ponderosa 6th Grade ECA Account 120

U-7 Addition of Culinary Arts ECA Account

At the Career Center 121

U-8 Addition of D.B. Sturtevant Memorial Scholarship

- Trust Account at West High 122

U-9 Special Education Advisory Council 2005-08 Information 123

U-10 Skyview Water Side Economizer 137

U-11 Resolution – Intent to Dispose of District

Personal Property 139

U-12 Military Leave 141

 

V – COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD 10 minutes - 142

 

W – CALENDAR/AGENDA PLANNING 143

 

ADJOURNMENT (OR CONTINUATION OF MEETING TO NEXT EVENING) – 9:30 P.M.

 

 

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