| Time: | 7:00 - 9:00 pm | |
| Location: | Ed Center Auditorium | |
| Present: | Sherri Morgan, Svea Gold, Junko Toll, Kaye Robinette, Janet Calvert, Trevor Steele, Marilyn Theilke, David Meredith, Keli Osborn, Caroline Passerotti, Bette Shoemaker, Wally Bryant, Anand Keathley. | |
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| Notetaker: | Wally Bryant | |
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 7:00 |
Public CommentsWilliam McConochie, Licensed Psychologist, (from TESTMASTER, INC., 71 East 15th Ave., Eugene, Oregon, 97401), presented information about the psychological and sociological aspects of school safety. He also shared a paper that dealt with suggestions on various psychological dimensions and disciplines that should be incorporated in long range design of an ideal 4J School District. He is also asking that a committee for the Psychological and Sociological Aspects of School Safety (PSASS), be formed. |
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Local Option:Caroline talked about the Local Option and factors that can affect the amount of revenue that can be generated from it. The way the Local Option is set up is very confusing. The LO allows us to levy the difference between the tax limits of Measure 5 and Measure 50, as calculated on a property by property basis. The amount we can receive may vary up or down during the five years of a serial levy depending on the actual gap between real market value and assessed value. We are in the process of determining the best way to structure the levy. We can either certify a flat levy amount or a tax rate.Caroline also mentioned that we are projecting budget shortfalls over the next few years. The shortfall is due to a combination of declining enrollment and the state not giving us enough funding to keep up with inflation. The Local Option can be used in the same manner as general fund money. It will require a double majority to pass. |
Caroline Passerotti | |
Program Staffing:Wally explained that to program staff for any one curricular area at grades K-5 would cost $900,000. Therefore, to have Music, Physical Education, Media/Library and Counseling, whereby each elementary student would receive two sessions from a specialist in each of these subjects per week, would cost 3.6 million dollars. Since we are already partially program staffing music in grades 1-2 for $300,000, the cost to program staff would be $3.3 million over and above what we are currently spending. |
Wally Bryant | |
Prioritizing Areas of Concern:We were given stickers, whereby we could vote to prioritize our areas of concern, from 1-6. Our highest area of concern would be a 1. The points were then added up and the votes tabulated and an average was achieved. The lower the average score the higher the priority.We also did a frequency distribution as another way of looking at it. (Recorder's Note: After the meeting I reversed the points so that our #1 priority would get six points, #2 was five points, #3 was four points, etc. I will share these results at our next meeting.) |
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Report Format:The Schools of the Future Committee would like to see our final report stated with goals followed by referencing paragraphs. We are also to approach it in terms of what we think will happen. We should also state our case as we envision it should be. We are telling the story of kids and that is more important than schools.Wally and Bette agreed to write up a draft of the Financial Resources Concern and get it out before our next meeting. |
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Next Meetings:We scheduled some additional meetings to keep the agenda of our task group moving forward. Our current schedule is:
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