Board of Trustees

• Quarterly reports (ongoing)
• Communications Committee
       Survey parents, students, community members (Fall 2007)
• Implement Web-based reporting of student grades/progress reports
       (fully operational Fall of 2008)
• Customer Service focus (ongoing)
       Mystery shoppers, Ruby Payne training, etc.
• Personalized Initiatives (ongoing)
       *  Dropout Prevention
       *  Pre-K
       *  Gifted Program
       *  Career Center (needs focus and measurable outcomes)  report in October
       *  Vocational Education
       *  Alternative Education (extended year)
• Dyslexia focus: take training and awareness to upper grade levels
       (timeline?)  (ongoing in grades 4-5-6 and grades 7-8)
• Minority Teacher Recruiting
       Work Session with Blue Ribbon Committee, other community groups,
       to share initiatives and get feedback on additional  strategies
       (Schedule in October, 2007)
• Elementary Facilities Plan
       Pinpoint school structure/facility utilization
       15:1 ratio 2nd and 3rd grades
  

Improve Evaluation Process

• Board self-evaluation 
       NSBA instrument
       Effective goal setting
• Superintendent and Staff
       Specific goals/governance(ongoing)
       360 degree evaluation
       (Fall 2007 for superintendent; Winter 2008
       for staff)

• Agenda items (clarification?) timeline?
• Public accessibility
       Common Ground (two sessions Fall and Spring)
       Neighborhood association liaison/School building liaison
       (visit at least twice yearly)
• New member orientation (March 2008)
       Mentor Board member (March 2008)
       Short list of subject matter (March 2008)
• Paperless meetings
       Proxima presentation/Website information (Fall 2007)