III. Motion to Move into Closed Session Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 (1)(c)
(e) for Consideration and Deliberation Regarding Administrative Contracts/Salaries,
Superintendent Evaluation, Possible Contract Extensions for Support Staff,
Possible Negotiation of Resignation Agreement with an Employee and Strategies
for Real Estate Practices Regarding School District Properties.
In open session the board will:
The board will review the planning grant application proposed by a group of Monona residents for "the Monona Grove Environmental and Health Sciences Charter School" designed to serve as many as 75 middle school students with a project based learning environment. You can review the document here.
A. Discussion and Possible Approval of Planning Grant Application for School of
Health and Environmental Sciences - Nancy Gagnon and Stephanie Ramer (30 Min)
B. Discussion and Possible Approval of Open Enrollment Recommendations (30 Min)The proposed 2011-13 state budget puts the district in need of significantly more budget cuts than we had planned- the board will consider recommendations for the administration for different directions we can go.
C. Discussion of 2011-2012 Budget Reduction Items. (60 Min)
15 comments:
All the good stuff is debated behind closed doors. So much for open government.
If we are going to spend 1cent on a charter school-I object.
Monona resident
No voter
I support a charter school. I guess the vote is 1 to 1. Anyone else out there?
At what cost?
Some questions please...
I am concerned that the proposed charter school will not be fully accessible to all learners. Can any student in the district attend, or will some students be excluded if their IEP's are deemed inappropriate for placement?
Would charter supporters be open to housing the program at GDMS where science facilities are presumably more up to date?
How were the budget figures in the proposal calculated? Are they realistic?
Who is the charter school intended to serve? The PBL language in the proposal in clear enough, but is the school primarily intended to be an alternative education program for students who are unsuccessful in their current settings?
If PBL is a curriculum choice that improves learning for students, why not offer it to all students in the schools that are up and running right now?
Finally, how does the proposed charter school support the mission and vision of the district for all learners?
The Charter school should definitely be at GDS-- have you seen those science rooms? Great great idea.
Are you joking? GDS is in the middle of a farm field. The charter school belongs in Monona, among the NATURAL areas intended to be studied (lake, wooded parks, etc.) Also, the newly constructed Aldo Leopold Center will be a crucial partner to the school, and location in Monona makes the most sense.
There's no way, now how, this charter school is cost effective. We already had a referendum on two separate middle schools, remember? Part of the problem was the extra cost of running two schools. Maybe before Walker this would have flown, but now? no way. Sorry. We need to be as efficient as possible.
Nancy came to our PTO meeting and gave a great presentation on the charter school. I really like the concept. What remains to be seen, however, is funding. I am very worried that, once grant money and such has either been gone through or is no longer available that the district will be on the hook for it. I will be interested in hearing how the board proceeds on this.
Sorry, Peter. The above comment was from me, not my 10 year old! Kids and their technology....
Winnequah park is landfill covered with a single non-native invasive plant (turf grass) - it is less natural than the farm field in CG. The school forest in CG is more than comparable to the Aldo Leopold site.
The original intent of the charter school...or the fire to get it going was to keep kids in Monona k-8. So, sending kids to an overcrowded GD was hardly the motivation of the original people creating the school. Personally, I think it would be nice to keep all the middle school kids together instead of having a small sliver of students in Monona.
I have some great reservations on whether the charter school will be for all students.
We seem to be in quite the pickle over this charter school.
It's refreshing to see both communities working together for a change. LMAO...
Everyone knows why this charter movement began. We can say whatever we want, but this was about having a middle school in Monona and the charter was the vehicle. If it's evolved into something better and more legitimate than that - and we should withhold judgment until we know that - there is still the budget problem. Before this goes one step further, the group should be required to clearly demonstrate it will be a budget neutral proposition.
I am curious what the outcome of the vote was regarding the large number of students who applied to the district for open enrollment. How many did you decide to admit?
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