tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39902550288220676752024-03-12T21:29:41.921-07:00Board BriefsCommunications Officehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359046079939357360noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-25018663973407479862022-09-13T11:16:00.007-07:002022-09-13T11:16:56.114-07:00Board Briefs from September 12, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the Sept. 12, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c3d9d64c-7fff-f722-f0de-d325aea44cb9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_L8pdKO0OzMS6PmXnAK2jT_g4enBjask/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the Sept. 12 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The district’s Diversity Committee held its first meeting last Thursday; Marissa Rosen and I were there for the kickoff.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have added Board liaison committee reports to our agenda, so each Board member will have an opportunity to give a report.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The SSD Governing Council, which I also chair, will meet next Monday on Zoom to present the final report of the Public Review Committee to the full body of the council, which includes representatives from SSD’s 22 local partner districts.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The SSD Parent Advisory Council will host a Family Engagement Night on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the SSD central office, 12110 Clayton Road.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It has been a successful first three weeks of school. I’m proud to report that students and staff in all of our schools are thriving.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many of our schools are gathering baseline data from our universal assessments; this data is incredibly important for planning and preparing differentiating lessons, focusing on where each student stands individually in real-time.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Professional development is an everyday occurrence in our district, but Dr. Amy Zielinski has done a great job of pulling in outside resources that serve individual school needs as well. Data from our Panorama survey has assisted the C&I team. Very soon, we will begin our regularly scheduled data team meetings with school leadership and district data teams to analyze areas of improvement. This is all in alignment with this year’s district goals.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I often mention Prop L in these updates, but I haven’t talked about how we are preparing to use the new spaces to enhance lessons and improve learning. Dr. Zielinski and I have met with our architects and are scheduling meetings with other districts to discuss how they are using similar spaces. Dr. Zielinski and our instructional coaches plan to provide professional development after teachers have moved into their new spaces; it will be an ongoing learning process. I’ve already seen how these new spaces can impact learning at Old Bonhomme.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Thursday, we held a professional development session for our school counselors, SEB team, educational support counselors, and building principals.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaking of professional development, I met with our principals last week for a session based on the book “Think Again” by Adam Grant. I am always impressed when I get to work with our principals so we can learn from each other.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have not listened to our most-recent See Serve Connect podcast with Dr. Angela Thomspon, I encourage you to check it out.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHTT36754753" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) III</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Geoff Macy presented the district’s </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHTT3975475E/$file/Return%20to%20Learn%20ESSER%202022-23%20.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Safe Return to Learn Continuity of Services Plan 2022-23</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as required by ESSER III. The Board approved the plan.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHTT3B754DAD" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Return to School Mitigation Measures</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke and District Lead Nurse Ann Body presented the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHTT3E754DAF/$file/Return%20to%20School%20Mitigation%20Measures%20Plan%202022-2023.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mitigating Measures Plan 2022-23</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved the plan.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHTR3V6BE864" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">District Tax Rate Discussion</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy led a discussion on the proposed </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CJ7MY65D78BF/$file/9-12-22%20Tax%20Rate%20Memo%202022.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022 district tax rates</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which will go up for Board approval at the Sept. 29, 2022 meeting.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHTR3Y6BE868" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer School Programs Update</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Derrick Wallace provided a </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CJ7VGT80A47E/$file/Summer%20Programs%202022.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">summary</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of summer program participation for 2022 and plans for future summer offerings.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHTR436BE86B" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curriculum Revisions</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Amy Zielinski introduced </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CJ3KZT535FB6/$file/2022%20Curriculum%20Documents%209.12.2022.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">curriculum documents</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> relating to seven high school courses.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education regular business meeting is Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-28643456242074703622022-08-30T13:33:00.006-07:002022-08-30T13:33:53.509-07:00Board Briefs from August 29, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the Aug. 29, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-469fb990-7fff-d431-73fc-32dfe2f035f9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_XaCFfxggQ2fD7krrbe5W0oW_fg3Ltf0/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the Aug. 29 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to technical difficulties, the first portion of Kisha Lee’s comments were not recorded</span></p><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As liaison to Ladue Middle School, I took part in welcoming staff back to the building with a “Survivor” flair. With me was Natasha Fox, a friend and former contestant on two seasons of Survivor. The LMS team, led by Dr. Angela Thompson, is off to a great start while accommodating the vast construction projects going on at the school. The Fifth Grade Center also held a Survivor-themed welcome back event for staff.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had the pleasure of touring our buildings with Dr. Wipke earlier this month and saw many of our staff getting their rooms ready for the first day of school. It’s always amazing to see the transformation in the rooms by the time school begins.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have once again added the Liaison Committee reports back to our agenda. This allows the board members to provide updates on their assigned schools and any updates from the individual committees that we serve.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of serving as a docent for the Class of 1982 on their tour of the high school. This was my second time leading the tour and it gets better each time. It’s always great to see classmates catch up with one another after so many years away. I learned about the Ladue Gun Club on the tour and was able to find a mention of it on the new timeline. Speaking of the timeline, kudos to Carolyn Jaeger, Jeff Kopolow, Ladue alumni, the Communications Department, high school administration, and many others who contributed to this fascinating addition to our high school.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The SSD Parent Advisory Council will host a Family Engagement Night on Sept. 14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the SSD Central Office.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have had a fabulous start to our school year; we are all so happy and filled with joy to have our students walking our hallways again.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week I spent a lot of time on bus duty and parking lot patrol. Yes, we had some late buses and re-routing to handle, but kids were smiling at each school I visited. I rode bus L7 on the first day of school with bus driver Ms. Sarah. That was an adventure, to say the least. Thank you to all of our bus drivers for the job they do.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to highlight our Old Bonhomme teaching staff for their patience as they currently use a commuter shuttle to get to school each morning. They are awaiting the completion of the staff parking lot which should happen by the end of this week. We can learn a lot from our Old Bonhomme teachers for their positivity and understanding of the situation. Director of Facilities Mike Noonan volunteers to drive the shuttle in the morning; thank you, Mike.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to highlight the work of Dr. Geoff Macy who oversees our transportation vendor and works closely with our bus depot. He handles the questions and suggestions from our community on how to improve our bus routes. Thank you, Geoff, for all the extra time and energy you put into this responsibility.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Prop L work continues as crews work to get new sections of our buildings ready. We have heard a lot of positive comments from Old Bonhomme students about the new 3rd- and 4th-grade wing, as well as the renovated sections of the 2nd-grade wing. The renovated sections at LMS have also received high praise from students. It’s so much fun to see their faces when they walk into a new facility.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our day custodial staff and ABBCO evening custodial staff should be commended for their extra efforts in getting our buildings prepared for students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to Instructional Coach Leah Crawford, who will soon be honored by the St. Louis American Foundation.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to recognize Director of Communications Kimberly McKenzie for taking over the timeline project after it had started, then it stalled out with COVID, but now that it is complete and on display in our high school it is remarkable to see.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our teachers are doing amazing things each day. The amount of time they’ve spent getting their rooms ready is evident when you walk through the hallways. I really enjoyed our Meet the Teacher events as well. It has been an outstanding start to the year; I can’t thank our teachers and staff enough, along with our Board of Education for all of its support.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CGNML55BB5DA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation, Change Order Requests, and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Representatives from S.M. Wilson provided an update on </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHRQ3V670B8B/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Pres%20%2314_Updated.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop L construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> along with information about the most recent </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHMPQC647A3F/$file/3.%20SM%20Wilson%20COR%20.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change order requests</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHMPQA647A0F/$file/2.%20SM%20Wilson%20Pay%20App.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">July pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved all items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFTLUB57E2C3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wachter Change Orders and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended approval of </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHMPQM648B82/$file/3.%20Wachter%20COR.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change orders 4, 5, and 6</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the latest </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHMPQP648BD5/$file/2.%20Wachter%20Pay%20Application%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from Wachter and Hoener. The Board approved both items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHERBV6D41E0" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm and Director of Student Services Dr. Derrick Wallace recommended approval of updates to board policies GCBDA, GDBDA, IGD, JHDE, and JGA. The Board approved the updates.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CHERCF6D4AC9" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Advisory Committee Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan provided information on two prospective appointees to the Facilities Board Advisory Committee. The Board approved the appointments.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFTLUT57E2D3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) III</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy provided information on the district’s Safe Return to Learn Continuity of Services Plan 2022-23 as required by ESSER III.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CHNTM877FDBA/$file/Return%20to%20School%20Mitigation%20Measures%20Plan%202022-2023.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Return to School Mitigation Measures</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke and District Lead Nurse Ann Body presented the Mitigating Measures Plan 2022-23.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education regular business meeting is Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-33554447357659717692022-08-12T12:57:00.004-07:002022-08-12T12:57:54.187-07:00Board Briefs from August 8, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the Aug. 8, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6fff535c-7fff-0718-c88c-b044729d8baa"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14rCuWBWlcDhkoK0g61mE3iAMqwvI4FvU/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the Aug. 8 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to technical difficulties, Board President Kisha Lee’s remarks were not recorded.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to Dr. Amy Zielinski and the Curriculum and Instruction Department for coordinating New Teacher Orientation and doing a wonderful job leading our 23 new teachers.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday was the first day of regular season athletic practices. I know our high school athletic department has had a busy day. I love seeing kids practicing behind our Admin Center and getting back into action.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our theme for the year is bringing joy to education and it’s something we’ve discussed in meetings and at Summer Institute. We have a lot to be thankful for here in Ladue Schools and we want to spread that joy.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we look ahead to the beginning of the school year, we may have some challenges related to Prop L and making sure the work is done on time to welcome our students back to our buildings. We have received a lot of rain recently and it has impacted our families and construction projects. The staff parking lot at Old Bonhomme received substantial rain which has put us behind by 2 to 4 weeks, so some additional work will be needed there. There also is some drywall damage in the building that has slowed progress along with damage behind the school. We’re asking our staff and community to be patient with us as we work through these issues.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Middle School is coming along well, but there is plenty yet to be done. Everyone is working well together to get the job done.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My report would not be complete if I didn’t brag about my buddy Drew from Old Bonhomme. He recently sold lemonade in his driveway to raise money for the Humane Society and ended up donating everything he earned which amounted to $15. You may be seeing more of Drew in an upcoming back-to-school video. We are excited to welcome our staff back on the 15th and our students on the 22nd.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CGXJ894BE9CF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladue Opportunities</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski and LHWHS Associate Principal Dr. Beth Rapoff recommended approval of the Ladue Opportunities program. The Board approved the program.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFTLSL57D840" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation, Change Order Requests, and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Representatives from S.M. Wilson provided an update on </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGXJS44E85A4/$file/4.%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%2313.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop L construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> along with information about </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGXJS64E85C8/$file/3.%20July%20Change%20Order%20Cover%20Sheets.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change orders 70, 76, 77, 78, 87, 88, 101, 102, and 104</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGXJS84E85DD/$file/2.%20SM%20Wilson%20July%20Pay%20Application.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">July pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved all items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFTLSP57D843" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wachter Change Order and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended approval of </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGXJSK4E971F/$file/3.%20Ladue%20Design-Build%20Change%20Order%20%233.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change order #3</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGXJSM4E97A3/$file/2.%20Ladue%20Wachter%20Pay%20App%20%235%20with%20Lien%20Waiver.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">latest pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from Wachter and Hoener. The Board approved both items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CG3S2Y6E8A9D" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm and Director of Student Services Dr. Derrick Wallace discussed updates to board policies GCBDA, GDBDA, IGD, JHDE, and JGA.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGXUUN7DC3F6/$file/Facilities%20BAC%202022%20Patron%20Appointments%20.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Advisory Committee Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan provided information on two applicants to the Facilities Board Advisory Committee.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CGWSKQ6FD0EB/$file/Ladue%20-%20Full%20Charge%20-%20District%20Data%20Privacy%20Agreement%20(FC%20Redlines).docx.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Full Charge Memo of Understanding</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LHWHS Athletic Director Nick Gianino and Activities Coordinator Greg Kendall provided information on a proposed agreement with Full Charge to protect student data.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education regular business meeting is Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-31479408536181679442022-07-15T07:41:00.004-07:002022-07-15T07:41:38.520-07:00Board Briefs from July 12, 2022 Special Open Session<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the July 12, 2022 regular Board of Education special open session. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3f1c6834-7fff-2fca-e3bf-427395dd099f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z5yMxYi6ZQ46e1LTLtwgaRt4Z4QPcbvy/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the July 12 special open session</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CONSENT AGENDA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CG3R6R6BAA20" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Approval of Agenda of Meeting Held July 12, 2022</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CG83GD06CA7A" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Approval of Meeting Minutes of Meeting Held June 27, 2022</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CG4J684B39E6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Catalyst Lease Agreement</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CG4HYY496564" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Preliminary Operating Budget</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended approval of the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CG4HZ6496572/$file/FY23%20Preliminary%20Budget%20Book%20for%20Board%20Approval-FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary Budget</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved the recommendation.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CG83XA08F9E2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spoede Restroom Change Order</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy and the Board discussed the proposal to add four banks of restrooms to the construction at Spoede Elementary. The Board approved a recommendation of a $415,000 allowance taken from the Prop L GMP contingency to allow for the additional restrooms.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education regular business meeting is Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-88395682884415854162022-07-06T08:41:00.001-07:002022-07-12T08:42:10.797-07:00Board Briefs from June 27, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the June 27, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-12d7b2d1-7fff-1ebc-5073-638ff2e4a3a0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15cCGKSngEZx02SNDP2ImxaTxLzfPdi6H/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the June 27 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Given the number of attendees we have here tonight and the communication we’ve received in the last 72 hours, I assume many of you are here to discuss the restrooms in our new buildings. I want to thank you all for coming tonight. We have an extensive agenda tonight and we appreciate your participation and interest in your school district. I would first like to dispel the myth that a vote will take place tonight regarding gender-neutral restrooms. The original vote to accept the renderings from our architects took place quite some time ago. I would also like to state that while it may be new to some members of the public, it is not a new topic. The entire Board has been apprised of the plans and renderings of the new facilities for quite some time, and this included gender-neutral restrooms. We also had a discussion about this topic at our Board retreat on June 14. There currently are three members of the Board – Sheldon Johnson, Andy Bresler, and myself – who sit on the District Facilities Board Advisory Committee, along with district community members. The plan for gender-neutral restrooms was not made for the sole intent of supporting our students who may identify as gender binary or transgender. There are no federal mandates requiring the restrooms; there are also no federal dollars that follow the installation of gender-neutral restrooms. The majority of funding received for Ladue Schools comes from local dollars. Our Superintendent may have some additional information in regard to the restrooms in his remarks.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have been participating as a member of the Special School District Public Review Committee for the better part of the last school year. The PRC is comprised of the SSD Governing Council members, appointees by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and members of the SSD Parent Advisory Council. We began meeting in September 2021 and our report is now complete. I, along with other members of the PRC, will present our final report to the SSD Board of Education on June 28. Following that meeting, I will ensure all of you receive a copy of that final report which contains recommendations to the Board of Education. It will also be posted on the SSD website.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would also like to acknowledge that Jeff Kopolow is not here with us this evening; he requested to be excused because he is celebrating his 57th wedding anniversary, Congratulations to Jeff and his wife.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to reiterate what Ms. Lee said about our restrooms: thank you to the public for your comments, emails, and phone calls. I tried to respond to everyone who has emailed; I was out of the office for the last several days so I was a little bit slower in getting back to some people than I normally would be. I will tell you that comfort level is very important. In one of the emails I was asked if I have children – I do, I have four children whom I love dearly and I want them to feel safe and comfortable in their school environment, just as I do for our 4,000 students here in Ladue Schools. I want them to feel safe and comfortable. I have heard your concerns and I have put together a plan of action, I am going to include tours with our Board of Education so we can walk the buildings together. I believe when you look at the facilities in general, they are state-of-the-art and it will be remarkable when all of the changes to our buildings are complete. We’ve tagged that as “future-ready” and I believe we have future-ready components in all of our hallways. We do have banks of restrooms as you’ve seen – and thank you to Director of Communications Kimberly McKenzie and her team for adding information to our website so you can see those plans – we do have banks of restrooms in our hallways and those can be organized in any way that we see fit. When I say “we” I include our community and their comments. I have a plan of action that I’d like to share with the Board as we walk the buildings and look at our restrooms. I believe most of the concern that has come my way has involved questions about what will happen at the middle school. Our middle school restrooms are basically built on top of each other, so they are stacked with one bank of restrooms on the first floor and another directly above on the second floor. There is nothing that says we can’t designate the bank of restrooms on the lower level as our girls’ restroom and nothing that says we can’t designate the bank above it as the boys’ restroom. The other thing I’d like to remind people is that there will be many restrooms and many choices for students because literally 15 steps away from the bank of restrooms is a traditional restroom on that lower level. We have a lot of choices and a lot of options. I do want to make sure that the Board fully understands what I’m recommending so I do want to walk the building with our Board members to show them what it looks like and the options we have. I gave that specific example at the middle school; I have shared two memos with the Board that broke things down school by school. We have the opportunity to have separate restrooms for girls and boys, and again we have a lot of choices and options. We also have single restrooms in the hallways which can be utilized by students who have concerns about using a bank of restrooms or using traditional restrooms. We will schedule tours of all of our buildings under renovation with the Board. I take great pride in listening and I want to thank those of you whom I spoke with on the phone. I believe our Board takes the time to listen to our patrons and parents. What’s nice about this is I do think there was a lot of planning and pre-planning that was included to allow our students to have options for using the restroom and to feel comfortable and safe.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to commend Director of Student Services Dr. Derrick Wallace for his efforts with Camp Legacy. It is the start of our community education programs. I hear it is going well and that we have more than 60 students who are involved with Camp Legacy.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFDV737F4DCF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Master Agreement</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm presented, and the Board approved, the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFNNWR60A1B6/$file/MASTER%20AGREEMENT%202022-23%20FINAL%20DRAFT%206.7.2022%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Master Agreement</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFDV7F7F5BBD" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Teacher and LECC Evaluation Manuals</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Helm presented, and the Board approved, 2022-23 </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFNNX560B3C0/$file/2022-23%20Teacher%20Evaluation%20Program%20Manual%20FINAL%20DRAFT%206.7.2022%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teacher</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFNNX360B3A1/$file/2022-23%20LECC%20Evaluation%20Manual%20DRAFT%20FINAL%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LECC</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> evaluation manuals.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFDV7B7F5520" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early Resignation Notification Incentive Plan (ERNIP) Memo for 2022-23 SY</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Helm presented, and the Board approved, </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFNNXK60CB8A/$file/ERNIP%20Memo%20for%2022-23%20SY%206.27.22%20(Action).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ERNIP</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for the 2022-23 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFMTCS70AA99/$file/Ladue%20Tuition%20Rate%20Memo.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Tuition Rate Per Policy JECA</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy presented, and the Board approved, the 2022-23 tuition rate for non-resident students.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFFNJX6016DF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation, Change Orders, and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Representatives from S.M. Wilson provided an update on </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFMTD570C994/$file/2.%20SM%20Wilson%20Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%2312.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop L construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> along with information about </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFMTD970CAB5/$file/4.%20SM%20Wilson%20June%20COR%20Cover%20Sheets.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change orders 49, 58, 64, 65, 71, 74, 75, 81, 82, 83, 85, and 90</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFMTD770CA6C/$file/3.%20SM%20Wilson%20Pay%20Application.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved all items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFFNK26017CE" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wachter and Hoener Change Order and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy recommended approval of </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFMTGE7138FC/$file/3.%20Wachter%20Ladue%20Design-Build%20Change%20Order%20%232%20BOE.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change order #2</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the latest </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFMTGG713997/$file/2.%20Wachter%20Pay%20Application.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from Wachter and Hoener. The Board approved both items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFLQT76828EF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Food Service Management Contract</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy recommended, and the Board approved, a one-year food service contract with Chartwells for the 2022-23 school year with the option to renew annually up to four years.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CEKRZ9702FD4" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 District Goals</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the Ladue School District Goals for the 2022-23 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFLQXP68CE03" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">District Committees</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed district committees.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CEKRZ3702FCE" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladue Opportunities</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski and LHWHS Associate Principal Dr. Beth Rapoff shared information about the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFSLQG574ACA/$file/Ladue%20Opportunities%20Board%20Presentation%206-2022.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladue Opportunities</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> program.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFLRKQ6C6C83" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mitigation Plan</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke presented, and the Board approved, the latest information regarding the district’s pandemic mitigation plan.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CEKRZ6702FD1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Advisory Committee Appointments</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Applicants for appointment to both the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFT2X2043E60/$file/June%202022%20New%20C%26I%20BAC%20Member%20Memo.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curriculum and Instruction</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFT2Z904920A/$file/Board%20Memo%20Finance%20Board%20Advisory%20Committee%20Members.docx%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finance</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Board Advisory Committees were presented.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFLQTE683EB5" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF FGC Restroom/Storage Building Proposal</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladue Education Foundation Executive Director Julie Ferrie presented, and the Board approved, a </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CFPKD4514E46/$file/LEF%20FGC%20Restroom%20Fundraising%20Proposal.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">capital campaign proposal</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to fund a restroom building project at the Fifth Grade Center.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CFMTPL731904" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FGC Restroom/Storage Building</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy recommended, and the Board approved, beginning the planning and zoning process with the City of Creve Coeur to acquire the appropriate approvals and permits for the FGC restroom building project.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education regular business meeting is Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-86538331995780999212022-05-13T15:10:00.003-07:002022-05-13T15:10:15.115-07:00Board Briefs from May 9, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the May 9, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f096910d-7fff-942d-3628-797c65f81a0d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DLVGmEMEE23nRr3lDV6jpTQSc2vWLKy/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the May 9 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to May’s Excellence in Education recipient Brett Kelley. His presence will definitely be missed next year at the Fifth Grade Center.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to the organizers of the Ladue Dance Marathon for the invitation; I had every intention of being there but my day just didn’t allow it. I was excited to see how much money was raised for a great cause.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Saturday, I attended the LAASA Brunch at the high school; congratulations to all of the award winners.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the past 2.5 years we certainly have learned how to ride and embrace the waves of change. I want to thank our Board and community for understanding our need to conduct tonight’s meeting virtually based on some members having been exposed to COVID-positive individuals.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to wish all of our Ladue Schools moms a belated happy Mother’s Day.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STEAM Day at Old Bonhomme was a huge success.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring Sing at Conway was also incredibly successful.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had the opportunity to attend the Ladue Dance Marathon and had a great time. They did a wonderful job of raising money for Children’s Miracle Network.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was unable to attend the LAASA Brunch but I’m told it was well-attended and a terrific event.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are getting closer to the end of the year and closer to a few ceremonies that will take place soon. On May 26 we will host a groundbreaking ceremony at Reed Elementary at 9:30 a.m., followed by a ceremony at Conway at 11:30. On May 29 at 3 p.m. we will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Becky Sauerbrunn Field behind the Fifth Grade Center. I can tell our kids are excited about this event.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We continue to make progress on Prop L and I had a chance to tour our construction site with several parents last week. We had a great time and I want to thank Dr. Geoff Macy, Mike Noonan, and Carolyn Jaeger for attending that with us.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s an exciting time in the school year and Graduation on May 22 will be here before we know it.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also want to thank Brett Kelley for his years of service and all of our teachers as well; last week, we celebrated our teachers in multiple ways for National Teacher Appreciation Week.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE9TH8767B81/$file/Strategic%20Plan%20Booklet%202022-2027.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Plan</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski recommended approval of the Future-Ready Strategic Plan 2022-2027. The Board approved the motion.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE5R3S692093/$file/Food%20Service%20Memo.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Food Service Management Company Recommendation - Contract Negotiation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended, and the Board approved, district administration enter into contract negotiations with Chartwell’s for the 2022-23 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S.M. Wilson Presentation, Change Orders, Pay Application</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Representatives from S.M. Wilson provided an update on </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE5R5Y69BB1D/$file/4.%20SM%20Wilson%20Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%2311.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop L construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> along with information about </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE5R5U69B911/$file/3.%20SM%20Wilson%20May%20CORs.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change orders 59, 63, 68, and 73</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE5R5W69B93E/$file/2.%20SM%20Wilson%20April%20Pay%20Application.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">April pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved all items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wachter and Hoener Change Order and Pay Application</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy recommended approval of </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE6SMB729283/$file/Reed_Conway%20Board%20Memo%205.9.2022.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change order #1</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the latest </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE5R8D69FADA/$file/2.%20Ladue%20Wachter%20Pay%20App%20%233.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from Wachter and Hoener. The Board approved both items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CE2Q67679F93" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed and Conway Maintenance Agreement and Reed Easement</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended approval of MSD easements and maintenance agreements related to upcoming improvements at both Conway and Reed. The Board approved all items.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CD7SRL730D61" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Student Services Dr. Derrick Wallace and Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm introduced proposed updates to Board policies EBBC and JGGA.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CE9T84736A62/$file/2022-23%20Preliminary%20Budget%20and%20Financial%20Information%20Memo%205.9.2022.docx.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Preliminary Budget Introduction and Financial Planning</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy provided an update on the Business and Finance Department’s work toward formulating the various components of the 2022-23 Preliminary District Budget.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCZHUT4A07FC" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early Childhood Presentation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LECC Director Dr. Stacy Carlock provided an update on the Ladue Early Childhood Center.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a full-day work session on Tuesday, June 14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The next regular business meeting is Monday, June 27, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-19582536504856858142022-04-28T14:25:00.000-07:002022-04-28T14:25:05.911-07:00Board Briefs from April 25, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the April 25, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3a8fa124-7fff-ab6a-c3c8-1b13acba4847"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aEpy1oKYXpwOh6M2FOaPg7_7gnPHNT_Q/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the April 25 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d like to thank my fellow board members for nominating and electing me to the position of Board President, and for indulging me at the last Board meeting as so many people showed up to support me and celebrate as I became the first person of color to serve in this role.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week, I attended LMS Student Recognition Night.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also attended the Facilities Board Advisory Committee during which we visited all of the construction sites.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also attended the LEF’s Innovation Celebration on Friday; it was a wonderful event.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to remind the Board that a new MSBA legislative update came out today; we need to keep our eyes open as there are only three weeks left in this legislative session and there are a few omnibus bills that will go through the House and Senate.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is awards season as we approach the end of the school year, so you may want to check with the principals of your assigned schools to make sure we can attend those events since we’ve not been able to in recent years.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Board Retreat is June 14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A reminder that I serve on the SSD Governing Council, and as a member of that council, I’m also part of the 2022 Public Review Committee. This committee consists of members from the Governing Council, the SSD Parent Advisory Council, and appointees from DESE. During this year-long period we take a look at SSD and develop a list of recommendations that will be forthcoming at the end of May.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve had some exciting things happen over the last few weeks; I can’t tell you how proud I feel when I visit our schools and see our staff and students in action.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I haven’t been able to attend all of these exciting events, but for the ones I missed, I had a cabinet member attend and report back about the event. Dr. Zielinski attended the One Book, One Community event where our community discussed the book </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blended</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Sharon Draper. Thank you to our librarians for putting that together because I heard it was an awesome event.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many of our elementary schools have participated in the Heart Challenge recently (formerly Jump Rope for Heart) and I enjoyed the jump rope performance at Reed.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maria and Beau Dolan organized Ladue Night Lights to highlight our students with special needs and allow them to be the stars of the night. It was so cool to see our student body show up and support our students with special needs. Dr. Helm attended this event because I was at the LMS Recognition Night with Kisha on Wednesday.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Seal of Biliteracy ceremony happened here on Monday; we have 44 students who earned their seal this year, which means they are proficient in two or more languages.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I attended the National Junior Honor Society event on Wednesday.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We held our Senior Awards as well which I have not had a chance to attend before; I realized a lot of these events are new to me because I’ve not yet had a normal 4th quarter since I’ve been Superintendent.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have exciting news regarding LMS: Dr. Angela Thompson will become the new principal and she’s already starting to get involved and is working with Dr. Taylor-Johnson on her transition to LMS.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">U.S. News and World Report</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ranked our high school third in Missouri.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have groundbreaking ceremonies coming up on May 26 at Reed and Conway.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We also have a ribbon-cutting ceremony upcoming for Becky Sauerbrunn Field.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to recognize the LEF for organizing an awesome event on Friday with their Innovation Celebration.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I went to the LHWHS baseball game on Saturday and saw student Will Moore hit a ball over the fence which was pretty cool.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are several bills being discussed by the General Assembly in Jefferson City that we are closely watching. There are more bills this year that could have a significant impact on public schools than in past years. We’re putting a Legislative Board Advisory Committee together to learn more about legislation that currently impacts our schools.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CDGQP86A3AA6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S.M. Wilson Presentation, Change Orders, and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">S.M. Wilson provided updates on </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CDNQBR688B28/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%2310.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, presented new </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CDQTVV79440A/$file/SM%20WILSON%20COR.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change orders</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and discussed the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CDNQC468914C/$file/2.%20SM%20Wilson%20March%20Pay%20Application.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">March pay application</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The Board approved all change orders and the pay application.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CDGQPZ6A5430" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wachter and Hoener Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan presented, and the Board approved, a March pay application from Wachter and Hoener related to the design-build contract at Conway and Reed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCYS7A711F8E" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Designation of Board Delegates and Alternates for: MSBA, SSD Governing Council, EdPlus Legislative Liaison, School Liaison and Board Advisory Committee Assignments</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board designated delegates and alternates for the various groups.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CDGS79714449" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Board Advisory Committees: Legislative and Early Childhood Expansion</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed and approved the new committees.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CDMQKU69BBC1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Web Service Solutions Provider</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Communications Kimberly McKenzie recommended, and the Board approved, entering into a three-year agreement with Blackboard to provide the district’s web services.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCYT6R75E11C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Plan Presentation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski presented the proposed Strategic Plan for 2022-27.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, May 9, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-63564716316064490562022-04-15T15:07:00.001-07:002022-04-15T15:07:43.269-07:00Board Briefs from April 11, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the April 11, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-4b63ea72-7fff-a142-5a13-b383d37f96b9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g_VSAK4RZ9qhNBcXsZRP70gMPCvcR0an/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the April 11 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Five Board members and Dr. Wipke attended a regional meeting recently, where local school districts get together to talk about best practices, legislative matters, and many other topics.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having been President for the last three years, I want to touch briefly on the many accomplishments we as a Board have achieved in that time. We initiated our Instructional Coaches, organized our Social Emotional Behavior team, brought on a data analyst as well as an Equity Coordinator, and we completed our Panorama survey. We’re also studying our counseling services, have helped improve content on our district website, rewriting curriculum, improving PLCs, conducted a hiring data report, done an analysis of our certified salary schedule, analyzed our financials ahead of Prop L and passed the measure, and transitioned in a new Superintendent and new assistant superintendents of Finance and Human Resources. Finally, we also aligned our Board goals and are now working on district goals and are developing a new strategic plan. Additionally, we made it through the pandemic without our community tearing itself apart while our staff endured with dignity and compassion. All the while, we were focused on the success of our students and the safety inside our school buildings. I am proud that we did not let the difficulties of COVID become distractions to our mission.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d like to wish our next Board President much less turbulence during their term and hope there will be calmer and more peaceful in our district. I’ll add that success is not determined by how well you shoulder the burden, but by how well you distribute it. Although the President leads the governance of our organization, they are one of seven and we take on burdens as a team. We are all here to see our next President Kisha Lee succeed. </span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank Carolyn Jaeger for her service as Board President. We would not have been on the same timeline for Prop L if not for her efforts. Also, if I had to go through COVID with any Board President, I’m glad I experienced it with Carolyn because of her diligence and willingness to listen.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also want to thank our Ladue Schools community; over the last two and a half years, tonight’s audience is the largest crowd we’ve had at a Board meeting. The Ladue community has been with us throughout the last two and a half years and I thank you for that. We had to make tough decisions during the pandemic and I know we couldn’t make everyone happy all the time, but our community stayed with us.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonight is an important meeting as we reorganize our Board officer positions. It goes without saying that our current Board members and officers have done a remarkable job; thank you all for your service in the last year.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are a few highlights in our district since our last meeting in March: the high school hosted a regional NSDA competition. More than 60 schools participated and LHWHS students performed very well, winning many awards with several moving on to compete at the national level.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our chess team also recently won the state tournament, and our Science Olympiad teams at both LMS and LHWHS performed well at state; LMS took 1st place and LHWHS took 2nd in their respective divisions.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, our high school’s History Bowl team won the state championship and will represent our state in the national competition at the end of this month.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Panorama magazine at our high school </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">earned its first-ever Pacemaker, one of the most prestigious awards a publication can receive, and received the highest ranking of All-American from the National Scholastic Press Association. It also placed third in the nation in news magazines.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCALPM5685B5" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Administration of Oaths of Office</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sheldon Johnson and Jeff Kopolow both were sworn into office following their election on April 5.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCALPN568696" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Election of Officers</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kisha Lee was voted Board President, Marissa Rosen as Vice President, Jennifer Growe Soshnik as Secretary, and Andy Bresler as Treasurer.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CC7QEK689FE8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet and Confer</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm presented, and the Board approved, a report from the concluded discussions related to the Meet and Confer process with the Ladue Educators Association.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CD7SCY6FBEC0" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">COVID-19 Stipend</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Helm presented, and the Board approved, a one-time, $1,000 stipend for all district employees to assist with collecting data and strategies related to what was learned during the pandemic.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CC3M6R56F52C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Advisory Committee Re-Appointments</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Re-appointment information from the Curriculum and Instruction, Facilities, and Finance Board Advisory committees was shared.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CD3Q5H679D52" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed and Conway Gymnasiums/Storm Shelters</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy discussed progress on the projects at Conway and Reed Elementary.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CD7SJK715E25" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conway Easement</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan discussed, and the Board approved, granting the City of Ladue three easements, one temporary and two permanent, related to the installation and maintenance of flashing hazard light signs at the Conway Elementary crosswalk.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, April 25, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-83326250398203596592022-03-15T12:53:00.006-07:002022-03-15T12:53:54.197-07:00Board Briefs from March 14, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the March 14, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-80b8139a-7fff-5cfb-c8b3-738710c6810d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGEoKcrgLQ7aF2J4ZIl9sACIdaWVZLpr/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the March 14 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several board members recently traveled to Jefferson City to attend a legislative update, which included an opening session and smaller group sessions. Kisha Lee served on a panel for one of those groups. We attended a session on charters and one about current hot topics in legislation. We will share the information we gathered with the rest of the board.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">March 28 is a regional meeting during which school board members come together and discuss current events, and we will attend that as well.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will hold a school board election on April 5, but please know that there are only two candidates for two open seats after one of the candidates dropped out. The two candidates are Jeff Kopolow and Sheldon Johnson.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Speech and Debate Team qualified several students to compete in the state competition and senior Ryan Tung earned his Degree of Premier Distinction from the National Forensic League.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to put a spotlight on the importance of students’ voices. Over the past two weeks, we have had multiple opportunities to listen and learn from our students. The first opportunity was when I sat down with our fifth-graders to talk about Board Appreciation Week as you saw in the video. During this discussion, I also heard from them about their enjoyment of being in school and their appreciation of their teachers and our district. I hope you’ll listen to our podcast featuring our Fifth Grade Center students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another opportunity to spotlight students’ voices was our Student Advisory Council meetings. On Thursday, we had a wonderful meeting with the combined group of our high school and middle school students to walk them through two activities that allowed them to provide us with their thoughts, ideas, and suggestions related to our Panorama data and strategic planning. The students were wonderful as they gave us insight and tangible solutions for the areas in which we hope to improve. Thank you to Jeff Kopolow and Kisha Lee for attending this workshop.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I continue to enjoy my weekly visits to schools; this morning I visited Ladue Middle School and witnessed the LEF supporting education and leadership programs.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are getting closer to completing our strategic planning process. Several board members shared their questions with Dr. Zielinski and me; we appreciate your support as we move forward.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With COVID mitigation, we are in the low range of positive cases right now. If you’re wondering what that means, you can log on to our district website, click on COVID Resources, and then click on the Mitigation Presentation link where you can see more information.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We celebrated both our district and SSD social workers for National School Social Work Week last week. They do a great job supporting students, families, and staff in a variety of ways. They serve our school community on a daily basis and we are fortunate to have them on our team. I want to personally thank them for their dedication.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CCDMDN59E1AE/$file/4.%20Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%239.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CCDL83554084/$file/3.%20SM%20Wilson%20COR%20%2348.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Change Order</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CCDL85554117/$file/2.%20SM%20Wilson%20February%20Pay%20App.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson provided updates on Prop L construction progress. The Board approved the latest change orders and pay application related to the work.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CC6SSA738C49" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wachter and Hoener Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended the Board approve the February pay application for a design-build contract with Wachter Inc. to design and build gymnasiums/reinforced storm shelters associated with Prop L at Conway and Reed. The Board approved the pay application.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCATRN78A43E" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Landscape Service Contract</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended, and the Board approved, awarding Green RX a contract for landscape and mowing work.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCF34Y051F07" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Endorsement for the Regional Executive Committee Chair</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Jaeger shared that Vice President Kisha Lee is seeking to become the chairperson for the Regional Executive Committee under the MSBA.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CCDTD776D226/$file/Board%20Presentation_%20Strategic%20Plan%20Update.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Plan Timeline</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski shared an update on the district’s strategic planning timeline.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CCBSBB71DC89" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Advisory Committees</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Jaeger led a discussion on current Board Advisory Committees and the potential for expansion.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, April 11, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-38378496139722935042022-03-02T12:55:00.005-08:002022-03-02T12:55:32.871-08:00Board Briefs from March 2, 2022 Special Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the March 2, 2022 Board of Education special meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-26613369-7fff-43b4-4d81-a9a952a61591"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nf7xTfWOO5plEwDTtecB7PCCTpzDsJvL/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the March 2 Special Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CC528900E682/$file/BOE%20Presentation%20-%20Mitigating%20Measures%20Plan.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mitigating Measures Plan</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Dr. Jim Wipke and District Lead Nurse Ann Body presented, and the Board approved, an updated Mitigating Measures Plan.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, March 14, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-135539291556061422022-03-02T12:15:00.004-08:002022-03-02T12:15:43.735-08:00Board Briefs from February 28, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the February 28, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b1dc1291-7fff-ad41-e235-6c148c5fbc2c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9fpHAhQ0fRwOku_SowczCIQa_-Qk-m0/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the February 28 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Times like tonight, when we recognize our teachers and are joined by their families and staff, when we have energy in the room are so nice. As Board members, we are usually accustomed to being in schools, but although our teachers and staff have been back in buildings for a while now, we as a Board have not. It’s great to have our staff join us at these meetings, and we’re crossing our fingers that someday soon we’ll all be able to return safely to our buildings.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caroline McGee, this month’s Excellence in Education recipient, is such a phenomenal gift to our district. All of our kindergarten teachers do an amazing job.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to personally congratulate Patricia Brown who recently was appointed as our district’s new Director of Technology. We are so excited to have her fill that role and for the future of technology in our district. She will replace Rob Highfill who will retire at the end of the school year, and I want to thank him for his years of service.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have had an eventful two weeks of school since our last board meeting. We have implemented a mask-recommended strategy for our district, and although we’ve only had a few days actually in school since then because of weather, it has been received pretty positively for the most part.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we move forward, we have learned from the Department of Public Health and the CDC that they are altering how they report COVID data and requirements in regard to masking on buses and in early childhood centers. I spent most of my day on the phone with medical professionals and legal advisors to make sure we understand all of the options. We will share more with our community soon.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although our next board meeting is March 14, we may have a need, based on what we’ve learned, to hold an additional special session in the near future. We will need to modify our mitigation plan and I will communicate that with our board members before we hold a special meeting.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For tonight’s board meeting, we have added a statement into our plan that specifically addresses in-person attendance at board meetings in response to a request from our community. The statement says that we will adhere to a St. Louis County positivity rate of 12% to determine whether masks will be required, however, this is subject to change based on how the data is being reported to us. I’m happy to report we currently have a positivity rate below 12% so we are in a mask-recommended environment tonight.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to congratulate Instructional Coach Leah Crawford who was recognized as Old Bonhomme’s 2022 Black History honoree. Interestingly enough, it was Leah who started the tradition of celebrating African-American leaders in our community at Old Bonhomme six years ago. I can’t think of a more deserving person than Leah to be honored. From the moment I met Leah, she provided a family feel, and she does the same when she interacts with students. That is so key when we’re educating kids, that we have that family connection and our students know there is somebody at school who truly cares about them. For many students at Old Bonhomme, Leah is that person, and it is very common to see her walking the hallways and receiving hugs from students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also want to compliment the cast, crew, and technicians of Mamma Mia! They put on an outstanding production on Thursday night.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had a chance to attend the boys’ basketball game on Friday night. They earned a thrilling victory on a last-second shot. I believe the boys’ next game is Wednesday against Westminster.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had another need for an Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) Day last Thursday. I received a few emails from our community with questions on the rationale of using AMI days. DESE requires us to be in-session for a certain number of hours each school year, and using AMI days is a way to help meet this goal without adding to our calendar. Dr. Zielinski and I received several emails and we made a point to call many of them back to gather their feedback on AMI days. We want to consider all of our options for snow days along with AMI days. I hope today and this week are signs of things to come and we can put the ice and snow behind us, but you never know. It’s always nice to work with our parents; we received good feedback from them and I know Dr. Zielinski is considering gathering more feedback. It’s nice when our parents are willing to work with us to help solve our problems.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonight is a very important night as we have the opportunity to hear from our Curriculum and Instruction Department. They will address several relevant topics such as survey data, community data, and assessment data. The C&I Department works tirelessly and pulls in multiple sources of data to determine next steps for our organization. The data we examine is always looked at as part of a continuous improvement process and not in a punitive sense. I have reviewed tonight’s presentations and am looking forward to them. I don’t believe our C&I Department gets enough credit for what it does each and every day to constantly look at making us better for the students that we serve. Thank you very much to our entire C&I Department.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, I want to announce this year’s Teacher of the Year honorees: Bridget Pogue (LECC) Caroline McGee (OBE) Elizabeth Dalbey (Conway) Kristen Reando (Reed) Tricia Sprat (Spoede) Stacy Hood (FGC) Mark Biernbaum (LMS) and Aly Levine (LHWHS).</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CBXJZH4F9B32/$file/Reed%20and%20Conway%20Board%20Memo.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed and Conway Project Budgets</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy presented, and the Board approved, a budget relating to $14 million worth of work to be done at Reed and Conway as part of Prop L.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CBNP3L62AA65" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">School Board Recognition Week March 6-12, 2022</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The District will celebrate School Board Recognition Week beginning March 6 and at the next board meeting on March 14.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CBXQMD67EAFB/$file/Panorama%20Board%20Presentation%202_28_22.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Panorama Data</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski and DEI Coordinator Dr. Jennifer Riesenmy shared results from the fall 2021 school climate survey.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CBXQN6682F70/$file/Winter%20Assessment%20Update%202022.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assessment Data Report/Data Dashboard</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Zielinski shared 2022 Winter Assessment Data</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, March 14, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-29342332959759678052022-02-16T12:43:00.002-08:002022-02-16T12:43:33.814-08:00Board Briefs from February 14, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the February 14, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3faa6e8c-7fff-c900-89e8-4e7fbad42a52"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ahDvCVztjsrfFLCbxeuUMaM7opom3sOI/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the February 14 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(technical difficulties prevented these comments from being recorded)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(technical difficulties prevented the beginning of these comments from being recorded)</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As everyone is well aware, the first week of February brought us a lot of snow and three snow days. We are not a district that typically calls multiple snow days, so to have three in a row is very unique.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I continue to visit our buildings and chat with students and staff. One particular highlight was having the opportunity to attend the LHWHS Signing Day for our student-athletes. I’m always incredibly impressed with our signees and the universities from which they have accepted scholarships.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have not had the opportunity to drive by LMS, Old Bonhomme, or Spoede, please do so as our Prop L construction projects at those three schools are making progress. It won’t be long until several of our new additions are under-roof.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are getting closer to finalizing necessary items to begin our work at Reed and Conway. I’m excited to hear what our construction partners at SM Wilson have to present tonight.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m also looking forward to presenting tonight with Ann Body, our district lead nurse. As quickly as our COVID cases spiked after winter break, they are quickly dropping. The mitigation plan we will present tonight is our best effort to begin reducing our mitigating measures based on data and working with medical professionals. I want to thank Ann for her tireless work. I also want to thank our Board for its countless volunteer hours and reviewing our plan.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know we have several in attendance tonight with different views on what our next steps should look like. It’s important that our community knows that each and every voice is valued. Please note that the plan being presented tonight is a 30-day plan that will be reviewed, altered, and changed where needed. I’ve been in education for many years, but I’ve also been a parent for many years, including being a parent to a high school student who has not had a normal year of school since he started his high school experience. I understand how difficult the past few years have been for our students, staff, and parents. I feel honored to be in a district where education is valued and differences of opinion are respected. I want to thank our community for its patience, understanding, and empathy toward each other.</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CBJJH64D3582/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%238.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the latest construction update from SM Wilson.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CBJJHB4D3BFB/$file/February%20COR%20Cover%20Sheets.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Change Order</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved SM Wilson change orders 18, 37, 38, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52, and 56.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CBGSP472C840" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved SM Wilson’s pay application for January 2022.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CBGSP472C840" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mitigating Measure Plan</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke and Lead Nurse Ann Body presented a </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hqao_2AMErURs5T0oyzcHtMfb659LaIj/view" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">plan for reducing COVID mitigating measures based on local health metrics.</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hqao_2AMErURs5T0oyzcHtMfb659LaIj/view" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LECC Board Goal Training</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Jaeger led a discussion on board training related to early childhood education.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CAVJN64DAE5C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed and Conway Project</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy discussed additional costs associated with design-build projects at Reed and Conway and recommended the Board review the budget again before voting on it at the next board meeting.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, February 28, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-47487926364209533822022-01-28T12:45:00.004-08:002022-01-28T12:45:30.635-08:00Board Briefs from January 24, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the January 24, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-765a2888-7fff-22ae-02e3-6d74a6f11c01"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l3K9uiU-vUAmIXs1dQszTsv02NbHUnhH/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the January 24 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d like to thank the LEF for funding Mike Mattos’ presentation last week that was given last week as professional development. I sat in on it and it was truly amazing. I’ve read his book and it was very exciting to hear him speak and to hear him affirm a lot of the things we are already doing.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the Board, March 7 is the MSBA Legislative Forum; you can register online for that. Also, strategic planning working documents are available in the Weekend Update for your viewing.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will conduct tonight’s business meeting and hold a financial workshop afterward.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The videos that feature our staff are spectacular; I want to recognize Don Goble for his hard work on those.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to our January Excellence in Education Award winner Kristen Thompson.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The district will host a COVID booster clinic on Friday, Jan. 28 at 3:30 p.m.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last three weeks have been trying to say the least. Our COVID positivity rate has been up to around 40% and is now down to about 30% in the last three weeks. Our Medical Task Force says it anticipates the downward trend to continue. Our staff has worked tirelessly to cover vacancies in classrooms to make sure our schools can stay open. Our TAs, central office and school administrators, SSD staff, paraprofessionals, and really just about anybody that can cover a classroom has done so. Thank you to all of our Ladue Schools staff for making this a true team effort.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had the opportunity to interview four of our outstanding seniors for my last podcast in which we talked about the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy of service. I was blown away by their comments. We focused on his quote, “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve, you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” I encourage you to check out this episode if you are interested in this topic. I think our students’ outlook on service and where we are as a country is something we can all learn from.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Geoff Macy will be running our financial workshop tonight. He was hired last year and immediately got involved at Ladue Schools to immerse himself in our finances and learn about our community. On behalf of the district, I want to thank Dr. Macy for doing a remarkable job since he has been here.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Andy Bresler and Carolyn Jaeger for their work in getting us organized for tonight’s workshop.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CA5SL472FB7D" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LECC and Nurse Salary Schedule</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the recommended </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CAUTQW788295/$file/LECC%20Salary%20Schedule%20Memo%201.24.22.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 LECC salary schedule</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CAUTQU788286/$file/Nurse%20Salary%20Schedule%20Memo%201.24.22.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 nurse salary schedule</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CA5SL772FB80" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emergency Radio Response System</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended, and the Board approved, awarding Zagarri Engineering the work of testing and updating the emergency radio response systems in both existing buildings and at Ladue Middle School, Old Bonhomme, and Spoede Elementary.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CA5SLE72FB87" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reed and Conway Bid Recommendations</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended, and the Board approved, entering into negotiations with the team of Wachter and Hoener in order to develop a contract to build the gymnasium/storm shelters at Conway and Reed Elementary.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, February 14, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-9323474006126950002022-01-13T11:45:00.000-08:002022-01-13T11:45:27.077-08:00Board Briefs from January 10, 2022 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the January 10, 2022 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c2042108-7fff-57a0-6790-6acffe28e49a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xIrjCwUAPtfhuAXFuYAJLXFCz-GwDsY/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the January 10 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The School Board election is April 5. At this time there are four candidates who have filed for two open positions. The candidates are Jeff Kopolow, Sheldon Johnson, David Meyer, and Kyle Meyer. Filing has closed and the candidates have until Jan. 25 to withdraw; after that point the candidate list will be certified.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Meet the Candidates Night will be March 29. It is a great evening; last year it was held virtually and it usually lasts about 90 minutes. This event allows the community to send in questions and have the candidates respond.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope everyone enjoyed their Winter Break. I also want to wish a happy new year to our Ladue community.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’re extremely excited to start the second semester. The beginning of this semester has been a little rocky with the spike in COVID cases, but we’ve learned a lot about educating students during a pandemic to this point and will continue to do everything in our power to keep our students in school, in-person.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After speaking with our principals, most of our buildings have experienced an increase in staff attendance from last week which is a good thing.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We met with our Medical Task Force last Thursday and they encouraged us to do the following: continue with our mitigating strategies, keep students in school under our current universal precautions as it is the safest place for them, and encourage vaccinations/boosters for our families and students. Please take a look at our website as it has been updated to be more user-friendly for our community in terms of accessing COVID-19 information.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two years ago we made a commitment to hiring instructional coaches and assessment specialists and I’m pleased to report we are seeing some terrific results throughout the district with our students making great strides. In working with our Curriculum Data teams and reading specialists, our number of students reading below grade level is greatly declining. Thank you to our Board of Education for its commitment to academic excellence for all students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to highlight our district’s diversity committee as I was able to attend one of its meetings last week. During the meeting, best practices were shared; one such practice is a club called STEM Gem at one of our elementary schools. It is a club for female African American students that promotes STEM. There are many other organizations throughout our district that promote diversity and support our students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This past Saturday, we partnered with Clayton School District to hold a Diversity Recruitment Hiring Fair. I thought we had some really good candidates at the fair.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">None of these supports are possible without our teachers and sponsors. I want to brag about two teachers who recently had articles written about their work. Dr. Audra Smith, who has been recognized at recent meetings, was featured in an article in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Town</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> magazine. Dr. Smith is our Emerson Teacher of the Year. Stephanie O’Neal was featured in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladue News</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for her new P.E. class called Holistic Wellness. Thank you, Audra and Stephanie.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop L is picking up the pace thanks to our friends from S.M. Wilson because steel is being delivered to our construction sites and we have tilt-up walls going up soon.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, if you haven’t thanked a nurse lately, please do so.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CAK2BN0169C3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BOE Member Absence</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the absence of board member Sheldon Johnson.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CA5S3Q70BF5C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board 2021-22 Goals Review</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the addition of its 2021-22 Board Goals to the website.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CA5S5K710472" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved several board policy updates.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CAEKMD528173/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%237.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson provided an update on construction progress at Old Bonhomme, Spoede, and Ladue Middle School. The Board approved the presentation.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/CAEKMF5287AB/$file/COR%20Cover%20Sheets.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Change Orders</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson requested approval of Change Orders 29, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47. The Board approved the request.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CACMJJ5B3BDE" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved SM Wilson’s pay application for December 2021.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CA5S4470CE82" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LECC and Nurses Salary Schedule</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business & Finance Dr. Geoff Macy discussed proposed changes to the salary schedules at the LECC and for district nurses.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CACS8K6E4003" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Budget Update</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy provided an update on the 2021-22 budget; the current budget is tracking closely with the predictions and assumptions established in June 2021.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, January 24, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-72353568212693288652021-12-17T12:05:00.001-08:002021-12-17T12:05:37.752-08:00Board Briefs from December 13, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the December 13, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-acb80d5c-7fff-3269-ac85-cc590492e9da"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14lLhuMTk9-yAtW-4gDl1605-QQQ-ddgY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here to view a recording from the December 13 Board Meeting</a></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There will be 2 school board positions up for election on the April 5, 2022 ballot. Candidate filing has already begun; you can file at our district Administration Center during normal working hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, up until the end of the day on Dec. 21. The district will be closed on Dec. 22, and the last day to file is Dec. 28; we will open the Administration Center on that day from 3 to 5 p.m. for anyone who would like to file on that day. Filing closes after that time. It would be helpful, but it is not required, to contact Fern Wagstaff and let her know you are coming to file so she can prepare your paperwork ahead of time. She can be reached at 314-994-7080.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Serving on the Board of Education is a privilege that the current members take as a serious responsibility. Do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions about the position.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to Dr. Diana Hsu for her EIE Award tonight; I’ve seen her in the classroom interacting with students and she is a top-notch educator and we are so proud that she is here with us in Ladue Schools.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Old Bonhomme held a virtual Giving Ceremony and it was something to see. I know a few of our board members participated. Kids at the school collected so many items for families in need and it was awesome. The video put together by Patricia Brown for the event was outstanding. It always warms my heart to see these kinds of things happening in our schools. Many of them are led by our Social Emotional Behavior Team.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Kimberly McKenzie for highlighting our musicians. We often talk about sports and other activities, but the hours upon hours that our musicians put into their craft is absolutely outstanding. I want to thank them for their hard work and achievements along with our music staff as well.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to everyone who supported Prop L; we continue to move forward with our projects and will hear more tonight on those from SM Wilson. Our board members have taken tours of the work recently and we are about 15 percent of the way done with all of the construction. It’s fun to visit schools during the day and see the kids watching the construction happen.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to compliment our Medical Task Force Team for continuing to provide guidance as we navigate our pandemic. Thanks to our community for its patience as we move through the pandemic as well. Our Medical Task Force is made up of volunteers and all but one are parents in the district. They spend countless hours guiding us and providing their thoughts and suggestions. I want to make sure our focus remains consistent when it comes to what’s best for our students and staff, something especially important as they approach their first semester finals. Our Medical Task Force has been highlighted in our e-Connect, Link newsletter, at board meetings, and on our website.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Dr. Jennifer Riesenmy for wearing so many hats for our district; she was a part of our Panorama survey and I want to thank her for her involvement in that. I want to thank our students, parents, and staff for participating in that survey in October.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to give a brief update on the survey: after we received the results in late October, we took time to sort through the data and share it. The data was shared with district leadership, our board, and our teachers. It’s being used to help our strategic planning process and our board will soon receive a summary of the data. As we continue to explore the data, we are identifying themes that will correlate with action steps in our strategic planning process. Our high school and middle school students are learning about the data through our student advisory groups that I conduct; thanks to Jeff, Kisha, and Jennifer for being a part of those groups. I think we’re receiving some valuable data from our students. Panorama is currently working on an executive survey summary of the data for the district and the Board will then work on sharing that data with the community. We will conduct another survey in the spring, and we are excited to see the results because they are going to help us become better.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank our community for supporting us recently with the two additional days of break in November; I know that was a bit of a curveball for some families but those days proved to be very important for the mental health of our students and staff.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are approaching a high-stakes testing situation with finals coming up; our students seem to be ready and after those I hope everyone has a wonderful Winter Break.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C99NXQ5FD6EB" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acceptance of Auditor’s Report</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board reviewed highlights of the </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C9JPXJ6093CC/$file/Final%20Audit%20Document%20including%20Management%20Letter.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">district audit</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> performed by Daniel Jones and Associates. The Board voted to accept the auditor’s report.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C9GQNW651BB4" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LECC 2022-23 Tuition Rate</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended a 3.5% increase to the 2022-23 LECC tuition rates. The Board approved the recommendation.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C9JKWU5346A6/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%236.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson provided an update on the progress of Prop L construction projects at Ladue Middle School, Spoede, and Old Bonhomme Elementary. The Board approved the presentation.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C9CJ734BBD74" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Change Orders 30, 31, 33, 34</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C9JKX5534C65/$file/Board%20Meeting%20%236%20COR%20Cover%20Sheets.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">change orders 30, 31, 33, and 34</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as presented.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C9CJ764BBE46" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the SM Wilson pay application for November.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C99NY25FD6F5" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Second Semester Board Agenda Calendar</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board reviewed the agenda calendar for the upcoming second semester.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C9FTRT77374D" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Olivette Chapter 100 Financing</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy provided information about a plan from the City of Olivette regarding an industrial development project and the issuance of industrial revenue bonds.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C9H4CS0AF3E8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board reviewed several proposed policy updates.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, January 10, 2022. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-1030763243359045322021-11-29T15:18:00.004-08:002021-11-29T15:18:25.996-08:00Board Briefs from November 22, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the November 22, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b1287f4b-7fff-9357-75df-ed2afae6bbed"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CKSTOZnyU2Vv8V3c8HDs93yYnfuiUv74/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the November 22 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have two Board positions that will be up for election on the April 5, 2022 ballot. Candidate filing is a little bit different this year: it will begin Dec. 7 and run through Dec. 28, which is different as it normally would run into January in past years. You can file in-person (on business days) at the Admin Center from Dec. 7 through Dec. 21 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Schools will close on Dec. 22 and remain closed until Jan. 3. Because filing closes on Dec. 28, we will re-open the Admin Center on Dec. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. for anybody who is unable to file before Dec. 22. It is recommended, but not required, that you contact Board Executive Secretary Fern Wagstaff (314-994-7080) so she can prepare your paperwork ahead of your filing. Serving on the Board of Education is quite a privilege and the current members take this responsibility very seriously. Do not hesitate to reach out if you need to speak to someone on the Board, Dr. Wipke, or Fern Wagstaff about making the decision to potentially serve on the Board.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank the Board for your constant support of our teachers, staff, and students. We are currently on Thanksgiving Break, and it’s a much needed break. We are going to gear things up quickly with the academic rigors that come along with finalizing second semester for our students, so the break is much needed. We are headed into the final three-week push toward the end of the year and the end of our first semester.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Wednesday and Thursday of last week, I had the honor of chatting with our high school and middle school students who serve on two advisory groups. We had an amazing conversation in both meetings. We always check in with the students to see how the year is going and then dive into our agenda items. The main purpose of these groups is to give students a voice with me and our Board reps. Jeff Kopolow and Kisha Lee sit in on our high school meetings; Jeff and Jennifer Growe Soshnik are our middle school reps. The past two meetings we held were two of the most informative meetings we’ve had. I appreciate what the students had to say; they are open and honest and don’t hold anything back. They appreciate all that Ladue Schools has to offer them, but are quick to recognize that we are not a perfect district and offer their ideas, thoughts, and suggestions.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We celebrated American Education Week last week and I want to compliment our Communications Department for doing a fantastic job in making sure all of our staff feel appreciated. We appreciate every staff member for playing their individual roles in our district.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to the LHWHS boys’ soccer team on a remarkable postseason run; they came up just short in the state championship game. Watching the community rally behind them and seeing the students cheer their friends on was really special. I got to know a lot of the students on the soccer team just by watching them and attending their games; they are a group of great kids with great families. During the title game on Saturday, I was very impressed with how many staff members were in attendance. It was a wonderful community event. I want to compliment Coach Dave Aronberg who was named Coach of the Year.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our first One Book, One Community virtual event was held last week and it was great. We had more than 70 community members and staff tune in to learn from our five presenters. Feedback has been positive and it was a wonderful opportunity to gather together and learn. My compliments go out to everyone involved in the planning of the event.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Nov. 12 vaccination clinic for students ages 5 to 11 was also fantastic; it was the 15th clinic we’ve provided for our community. This one was a little different since we were dealing with our younger students. Some kids were nervous, along with some parents, but our nurses held their hands - sometimes literally - throughout the entire experience and made it a positive event. We had SEB team members on hand to offer support and two music teachers in attendance to sing and keep the kids enthusiastic. Building principals and other staff also were present to interact with families. We administered 425 vaccines and received compliments from many parents who were excited to have their children vaccinated.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C8GU5D7A31CD" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation/COR/Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson provided an </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C8VH36467A0D/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%235.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">update on construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at Ladue Middle School, Old Bonhomme Elementary, and Spoede Elementary. The Board approved SM Wilson’s four change order requests and a pay application for October.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C8GU5G7A31D0" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design Build Finalist Recommendations</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy recommended three teams move forward to the Phase Two/Three portion of the design and construction process for the storm shelter/gym at both Conway and Reed Elementary. The Board approved the recommendation.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C8GU5P7A31D7" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 LECC Tuition and BASK/TA Rates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Macy and LECC Director Stacy Carlock provided information about current LECC tuition as compared to nearby districts and exploring the possibility of a tuition increase for the 2022-23 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C8GU5S7A31DA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FGC Concession Stand</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan and the Facilities Department requested permission from the Board to begin researching the cost for building a concession stand combined with restrooms at the Fifth Grade Center/West Campus.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, December 13, 2021. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-54125843625490530552021-11-11T12:05:00.005-08:002021-11-11T12:05:45.341-08:00Board Briefs from November 8, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the November 8, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c3706b8a-7fff-9aae-be4b-1c026f171e3b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19R1nKAy9D6mle_HXd1e2x-AKbqIKh7B-/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the November 8 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since our last meeting, five Board members and Dr. Wipke attended the Missouri School Boards’ Association conference in Kansas City. Board members briefly discussed the different workshops and topics that were covered at the conference, including a workshop for school board presidents, student mental health, building anti-racist schools, growing a teacher pipeline through district alumni, COVID vaccination and testing protocols, classroom and school management post-pandemic, and preschool.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Treasurer Andy Bresler added that he attended workshops focused on Sunshine Law, upcoming Missouri education legislation, and meeting diversity objectives with educational equity.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vice President Kisha Lee added that she and Dr. Wipke toured the LEAD Innovation Studio in the Park Hill School District. She also attended workshops focused on competency-based learning and state assessments, the 2021 legislative update, student speech in the age of social media, and the future of ESA and school choice.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director Jennifer Growe Soshnik added that she attended many of the same workshops mentioned along with ones focused on legal updates surrounding Title IX and Title VII and gender versus sex and how it affects students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director Marissa Rosen added that she also attended many of the same workshops mentioned along with one called “Emerging Trends are Creating a Perfect Storm” focused on COVID, mental health, and school safety issues. Rosen said she left the conference feeling good about where Ladue Schools currently stands as compared to other districts in the state on matters of equity, student safety, and many of the topics addressed at the conference.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President Carolyn Jaeger: much of the information at the conference was affirming and there were other ideas shared that made us think it would be something worth looking into. We’ll find a way to share some of the information learned and put some of those topics on our agenda as we go through the year.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to all of our Board members who continue to dedicate countless hours of their time to our district. This past weekend was no finer example of this.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were many takeaways from the conference including building the bond between myself and our school board.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to mention Jean Becker, former Chief of Staff for George H.W. Bush, who presented at the conference. Many of our current teachers and administrators would have loved her presentation. She gave us plenty of takeaways but I’ll share two: she talked about President Bush’s character and tied it into a lot of what is currently happening in education, and a theme of how we’re stronger together and how President Bush and President Clinton partnered together to assist countries impacted by hurricanes.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our latest version of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Link</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> newsletter has been mailed to families and will be arriving in homes this week. One of my favorite sections of it was the part where we celebrated our staff for American Education Week and the interviews with our staff members. There is also a section called ‘Due Tell that is sure to catch your attention. A major point of pride in this edition is the highlight of our 29 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists at LHWHS. This is a credit to our families, staff, and the expectations we place on academics at our high school.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many of our fall sports programs have concluded their season. I’m always impressed by the efforts of our student-athletes and coaches as they strive to be competitive while also learning how to be respectful and good teammates. The LHWHS boys’ soccer team will compete this Saturday in Mehlville in the state quarterfinals.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to Charlie Krasnoff for being named the Suburban Conference Cross Country All-Conference Runner of the Year, to Andrew Smock for being named first team all-conference, and to Ginger Schulte for being named second team all-conference.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have a Medical Task Force meeting coming up this week. As numbers improve, we will have conversations around the second semester and mitigating measures as there could be changes on the horizon based on the feedback of our medical experts and guidance from local health officials.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C87KHN51A390" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Board Filing</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed and approved Board of Education filing times at the district office.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C87K865095F8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF Naming Rights - 1 of 2</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the first of two individual naming rights agreements between the Ladue Education Foundation and the district.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C87K89509979" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF Naming Rights - 2 of 2</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved a second naming rights agreement between the Ladue Education Foundation and the district.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C87K8A509A54" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF Naming Rights 2015-2019</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed and approved LEF naming rights agreements from 2015 to 2019.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C8KSFC7273FD" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF Naming Rights July 1, 2019 to present</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed and approved LEF naming rights agreements from July 1, 2019 to present day.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C87K9H50C7E1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF Naming Rights - Naming List</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed and accepted a list of naming opportunities at LHWHS proposed by the LEF.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C87JBZ4C75E9" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 High School and Middle School Course Change Proposals (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved course change proposals for both LHWHS and LMS for the 2022-23 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, November 22, 2021. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-64270875184141794802021-10-28T13:02:00.005-07:002021-10-28T13:02:57.950-07:00Board Briefs from October 25, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the October 25, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7ef27972-7fff-7d17-3cdb-f5ae7f519287"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14TF6GyQgMaEGyiUpxlFIAE-nmX8tpJed/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the October 25 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between now and our next Board meeting, five board members will attend the Missouri School Boards’ Association conference in Kansas City. Dr. Wipke will be there as well. It’s always good for us to get outside of our district borders to see what other people are doing and ask questions.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To start off, I want to share a quote of unknown origin: “Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.” It made me think of Ladue Schools; we are not a perfect district but we do believe that education is a solid foundation that all kids deserve and need to be successful. Our staff and teachers are so incredibly patient and trust the process that supports our students’ learning and growing. But what is most prevalent is our community’s ability to work with us through good and bad times so we are always keeping our children’s best interests at the forefront. We as a community of teachers, staff, parents, board members, and students won’t ever give up until everyone of our students reaches their true potential.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I continue to visit classrooms and am always impressed with our teachers and staff for all that they do. Teachers like this month’s Excellence in Education Award recipient Jen Hartigan go above and beyond during what many might call the most stressful time in the history of education. Our teachers continue to impress, and congratulations again to Jen; I thought tonight’s video was touching and very well-done.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our students continue to flourish and thrive; not only am I proud of our staff’s resilience, but our students as well. October has been a long month, but believe it or not, we have put the first quarter behind us and are nearing the end of our fall activities as we look forward to the beginning of winter activities.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of the highlights of the past two weeks include: our administrators worked on cultural proficiency framework as part of professional development, our girls golf team placed 8th in state, our girls tennis team placed 2nd in state, our middle school was ranked 9th out of almost 500 middle schools in Missouri by U.S. News and World Report, our parent-teacher conferences are underway this week, and if you have not visited our Future-Ready website recently, there is new drone footage of our projects that is pretty amazing.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Nov. 2 we will have a district professional development day and our keynote speaker is Cornelius Minor, author of the book “We Got This,” and we will also have a variety of breakout sessions for all of us to learn and grow. Thank you to the LEF for sponsoring Mr. Minor’s virtual visit.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our One Book, One Community book club will meet on Nov. 18; there is still time to register online.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The district will host several COVID vaccination clinics in November, the first one will be held on Nov. 2 and will offer first doses and booster shots to those ages 12 and older. Depending on availability we plan to host another for kids ages 5 to 11 on either Nov. 5 or 12. We will hold another ages 12+ clinic on Nov. 23, and on Dec. 3 we will hold another clinic for 5 to 11 year-olds to receive their second dose. Ann Body and her nursing staff have been very busy coordinating all of these dates.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are looking at ways to best deliver our board meetings to the public and online; please bear with us as we may have some changes in the future.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to remind our community that we are in the middle of our Strategic Planning process. We have conducted our surveys, our community engagement, and are currently compiling data to put together a framework for next steps.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7XQVN6ACEC5" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation, Change Order, and Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson provided an </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C7ZJXY4A7078/$file/Board%20Meeting%20Presentation%20%234%20-%20Final.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">update on construction progress</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at Ladue Middle School, Old Bonhomme Elementary, and Spoede Elementary. The Board approved SM Wilson’s change orders and pay application.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7RSK272F6CD" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Board Filing</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke provided information about filing dates for the next Board of Education election in the spring.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7T4D20AFD3D" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Budget Update</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy provided an update on the district budget.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7T46609FAB9" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SSD Partnership Agreement</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Student Services Dr. Derrick Wallace and SSD Director of Special Education Dr. Catina Lyles gave a presentation and update on the partnership agreement between Ladue Schools and SSD. Dr. Lyles also introduced the district’s two new special education coordinators, Sonia Shelton and James Sievers.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7T46209F596" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student Enrollment and Projections</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm gave a presentation highlighting student enrollment and projections for the current school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7T46509F9FE" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Staff Summary/Diversity Recruitment/Retention Plan</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Helm also provided information related to the district’s diversity plan and staffing data.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7T45Z09F4D8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladue Education Foundation Report</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LEF Executive Director Julie Ferrie provided a report on the organization’s upcoming events and updates for the school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, November 8, 2021. The Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-69438638597073355652021-09-29T08:25:00.004-07:002021-09-29T08:25:43.845-07:00Board Briefs from September 27, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the September 27, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-98dbdca4-7fff-f79b-b716-04cb043f5665"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwT4iY7sAQTp-KCMI9sZdUXnUQR7l9l2/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the September 27 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s very exciting to be able to recognize our Excellence in Education Award recipients in-person again, and to be joined by this month’s recipient Melshonda Lowe-Dobbins of Ladue Middle School tonight.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to our 29 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists; each of the last three years we have had more than 20 students achieve this recognition and that’s amazing.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to recognize all of our students for giving their best each day and helping to make Ladue Schools an amazing community.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Melshonda Lowe-Dobbins for being here and speaking from your heart tonight. Thank you to you and your family for joining us tonight and we appreciate all that you do.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the second straight year we have had 29 NMS Semifinalists; they have accomplished this feat during a pandemic and have had the support of their teachers and school community along the way. Congratulations to all semifinalists.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to our LHWHS students who were recognized tonight, including the 10 recipients of the President’s Volunteer Service Award and senior Ryan Silver for his selection to the Student Board of Directors at the St. Louis Federal Reserve.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to share a quote from Elizabeth Lawrence that caught my attention recently: “Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” We are getting to that point in the year where the leaves are changing, kids are growing, our faculty continues to challenge students; we are moving ahead in a really positive year.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our transportation services are improving since we last met.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A hot air balloon visited the high school recently and it produced some great photos.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank the Board for supporting me in my continuous process of learning, as I traveled this past week to the Mid-American Association of School Superintendents conference in Chicago. It was a two-day conference with some amazing speakers. One topic we discussed was navigating a dual pandemic. Dr. Gregory Hutchinson, a superintendent from Alexandria, Va., spoke about diversity, equity, and inclusion work as a pandemic and COVID-19 as another. It reminds me of the work we are doing here and all of the effort we’ve put behind these two topics here in Ladue Schools. We also talked about the role of a superintendent, navigating difficult communication issues, educational administrative positions outside the U.S., and how artificial intelligence will become more embedded in both schools and the workforce in the future. We are preparing our youngest kids to be members of the workplace until about the year 2070, so when you consider that, you have to think about being a constant learner and adapting to change. Fortunately, we have a powerful staff and district that wants to keep up on the latest trends.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Dr. Derrick Wallace for facilitating our most recent Medical Task Force meeting.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The One Book, One Community book club is ongoing and open to the entire community. We will hold a community discussion in November. More information is available on the district website.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have begun our Future-Ready Strategic Planning process and informed our staff and community. There will be opportunities to participate in the process, starting with a virtual meeting on Oct. 12.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was able to participate in the LEF ‘Due Run on Saturday. I want to thank the LEF for all of the work that went into this event.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also attended a celebration of life for Coach Jim Wagner on Saturday. Many knew Mr. Wagner and he was one of the very first people to reach out to me after I became superintendent here. I remember when he left me a voicemail after I had accepted the job where he explained that he had coached my father when he attended Ladue Schools. He later met with my dad and included some of his former teammates and former superintendent Chuck McKenna in on the visit; they spent hours talking to him. Coach Wagner remembered everybody and that’s the kind of person he was. I want to thank Coach Wagner and may he rest in peace; he is a true Ladue Schools legend.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C72KDB50A97D" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND DEBT SERVICE FOR THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C72KFW51287C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Approval of 2021-22 Tax Rate</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved each operating levy per subclassification of property (residential, commercial, agriculture, and personal) and the debt service levy.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C73T9K752B2F" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design Build Process</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan presented, and the Board approved, the design build process for storm shelters/gymnasiums at both Conway and Reed Elementary Schools.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7FE2D77FADA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation/Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson provided an update on construction progress at Ladue Middle School, Old Bonhomme Elementary, and Spoede Elementary. The Board approved SM Wilson’s change orders and pay application.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C72L7A537A6C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2022-23 Board Meeting Schedule (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved a meeting schedule for the 2022-23 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C75S6K712A4C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Revised 2022-23 Academic Calendar (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski presented, and the Board approved, a list of proposed changes to the 2022-23 district calendar.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, October 25, 2021. The meeting will be live-streamed and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-68863483430876616342021-09-16T13:49:00.002-07:002021-09-16T13:49:13.520-07:00Board Briefs from September 13, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the September 13, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6d55af7a-7fff-6f85-cc3f-a360e6083eaf"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JcbwzX4pOvrTaZ0TfYSByoSveR5NonFO/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the September 13 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t have much tonight but we did have a good workshop this past weekend along with Dr. Wipke and Dr. Zielinski focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to the Communications Department and Marteana Davidson for sharing that video</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to let the Board and community know that our start to school has been very eventful and fulfilling on many accounts. Students started the year in-person and have gotten to participate in several familiar events including sports and activities. I know that means a lot to our students, parents, and staff. The start has not been perfect - we have had a few quarantine situations with students and staff - but our numbers are decreasing since the first week of school and it looks like the mitigating measures we have put in place are helping to drive down the positivity rate in our district. You can see all of our up-to-date COVID information by going to the district website.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve had a very slow start with our transportation. I want to personally apologize to our community as we have not served our parents with the level of customer service that our students deserve. We’ve looked at many different solutions and are working out the issues with our routing and transportation vendors. I want to recognize Dr. Geoff Macy who has done an excellent job managing our transportation efforts.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to talk about a few highlights from these first several weeks: I’ve had the chance to talk to our new teachers as part of their first professional development with us, ride a bus on the first day of school and visit with our students and parents, take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Reed, observe the Prop L work progressing, watch the instructional coaches do their job and help many of our staff, have quality discussions continue with our educational support counselors, see many students participating in sports and activities, and attend our retreat from this past weekend focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will see more information related to the Strategic Planning process released in the coming weeks. You can expect to see a survey by the end of the month and more info on our upcoming community engagement events. We are becoming more future-ready with our buildings and want to do the same for our entire district.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The City of Creve Coeur will hold a re-dedication and community celebration of Dr. H. Phillip Venable Memorial Park on Sept. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. It’s open to the public and you are encouraged to attend. You can park in Spoede’s parking lot and take a shuttle to the event.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C6AJZW4C512F" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Change Order</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended placing movable partitions back into the new architecture designs at both Old Bonhomme and Spoede.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C5TT9X758078" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">District Tax Rate</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Geoff Macy discussed changes to local property assessments and valuations and how they relate to the 2021 district tax rate. He introduced the operating levy for each sub-class of property that will be recommended for 2021.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, September 27, 2021. The meeting will be live-streamed using Zoom and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-4435051123354360302021-08-23T13:10:00.005-07:002021-08-23T13:10:25.565-07:00Board Briefs from August 16, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the August 16, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-4e24258f-7fff-08fa-234a-3ce19dd6f54e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c2gO_f0xx5vVDoVKjPmr7yIzJQuGttmR/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the August 16 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to technical difficulties, the audio from this portion of the meeting was not recorded</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to technical difficulties, the audio from this portion of the meeting was only partially recorded</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our custodial staff has done an amazing job at all of our schools to help get buildings ready for the first day of school</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to recognize the leadership of District Lead Nurse Ann Body. She works closely with our Medical Task Force, and they met this past week to discuss our return to school plans. A senior member of the St. Louis County Health Department also recently spoke to our school nurses.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank our Board for its support as we incorporated educational support counselors to work with our students, social-emotional behavior team, and our counseling department.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to highlight how incredibly grateful we are that three of our Prop L projects are underway, along with plenty of behind-the-scenes work being done at Conway and Reed. SM Wilson is doing great work and has done an excellent job of communicating with us.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C5JGU6457491" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke and Cabinet members discussed, and the Board approved, updates and revisions to the following policies: </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C5JGUE457495/$file/Wipke%20-%20BCB_-UC.1C.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BCB</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C5JGUH457496/$file/Wipke%20-%20FF%20FACILITY%20NAMES%20(REVISED)%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FF</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C5UQ9L681E94/$file/Zielinski%20%20-%20IGCD_-UC.1A.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IGCD</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C5JGUS45749C/$file/Zielinski%20-%20IGCDA_-UC.1A%20(1).pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IGCDA</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C5JGUB457494/$file/Macy%20-%20DK_-UC.LAD.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DK</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/files/C5JGUL457497/$file/Noonan%20-%20EBAB_-UC.1D.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EBAB</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C5JPVA62C0CF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation/Payout</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The district’s construction manager SM Wilson provided an update on the status of all Prop L construction projects. The Board also approved the July 2021 monthly payment application related to the projects.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C5JPV662B825" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">High School Class Name Change (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent Dr. Amy Zielinski introduced, and the Board approved, a request from LHWHS to rename the second semester LEADS course to LEADS/Personal Finance.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C5JGXB45EA1E" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Climate/Culture Survey</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DEI Coordinator Dr. Jennifer Riesenmy provided information on the district’s Panorama partnership.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, September 13, 2021. The meeting will be live-streamed using Zoom and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-70681724133617179172021-07-28T10:43:00.004-07:002021-07-28T10:43:27.775-07:00Board Briefs from July 26, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the July 26, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-d1188560-7fff-a515-3fa8-da2baeac82d1"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mOyLetj-vm-ZsJ1qtt8nzBvt6B6VddaN/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the July 26 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to recognize Executive Assistant to the Superintendent Cassie Johnston on her last day with the district. Her enthusiasm, hard work, and positive energy have done so much for our district. We’re going to miss you but are happy for you and your new opportunity.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are currently preparing for the strategic planning process. This is an opportunity for parents to have a voice and get involved in the district. This process will help set the direction over the next five years for the district. There will be multiple opportunities for parents and patrons to share their opinions on our strengths and opportunities for growth. More information will be available soon.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The St. Louis County superintendents held a call with Governor Parson last week in which he stressed the importance of residents getting vaccinated and requested our help in spreading the word. He also offered help in setting up vaccination clinics, something we’ve actually offered several times already thanks to the leadership of Dr. Derrick Wallace and Ann Body.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we will conduct meetings with our administrators to discuss our back-to-school plans for the fall. We are all excited to welcome our students back on August 23; we will operate a normal schedule of five school days per week. Many schools plan to hold back-to-school events, though they might look a little different due to COVID precautions. We plan to share specifics of our back-to-school plans in early August. Our plans will include mitigating measures based on the guidance of the St. Louis County Department of Public Health and our Medical Task Force, which we met with last week. Parents can plan and prepare for normal schedules.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New Teacher Orientation begins August 9</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prop L Update: construction projects are well underway and I am pleased to report that the district’s work with our construction partners is going as smoothly as possible. We are making steady progress on our construction efforts and upcoming plans.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Congratulations to Marissa Rosen, Jennifer Growe Soshnik, and Kisha Lee for their continued work on additional training and certification as board members.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Cassie Johnston for her service to our district and the job she has done during her time with us. I’d like to announce that Fern Wagstaff from Curriculum and Instruction has accepted the role vacated by Cassie.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C53PPQ6542D4" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Energy Services Company Recommendation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan presented, and the Board approved, a recommendation to award infrastructure work at Conway and Reed (key areas include windows, LED lighting retrofits, and mechanical upgrades) to Performance Services Inc.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C53Q7V679C5A" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SM Wilson Presentation/Pay Application</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The district’s construction manager SM Wilson provided an update on the status of all Prop L construction projects. The firm requested, and the Board approved, the June 2021 monthly payment application related to the projects.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C4W7P8674DED" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Board Meeting Dates (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved the revised schedule of Board Meeting dates for 2021-22.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C56TQD787651" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Revised 2021-22 Academic Calendar (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board approved adding June 19 (Juneteenth) to the academic calendar as a paid holiday; this change will impact all 12-month and some 11-month employees.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C4W7PH674DF6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Semester Board Meeting Agenda Calendar</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed a draft of the 2021 Board Agenda Calendar.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C4W7PE674DF3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Wipke and Cabinet members introduced Board policy updates and revisions.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, August 16, 2021. The meeting will be live-streamed using Zoom and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TENTATIVE AGENDA ITEMS FOR AUGUST 16</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 8pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Policy Updates</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curriculum Revisions</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Climate/Culture Survey</span></p></li></ul></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-20292196571844134452021-06-29T11:40:00.001-07:002021-06-29T11:40:21.727-07:00Board Briefs from June 28, 2021 Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the June 28, 2021 regular Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-d0a6c6b2-7fff-f2fb-30ea-a2c9bbe2e30b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N5z2CkoNpRndcoHnMe2jJmRDV5eg4Hot/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click here to view a recording from the June 28 Board Meeting</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to everyone; we are excited to meet in-person as we share this meeting virtually with the community.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board has participated in several events in the last few weeks: we attended Graduation on a hot and sunny day. The student speakers were very inspiring and it was great to feel normal. We held a special board meeting earlier this month where we discussed our Guaranteed Maximum Price for our Prop L projects. It was a very informative and exciting meeting. We held two half-day board retreats which are always important for the district. We discussed our goals and what we’d like our district to look like, along with our financials and potential ‘game-changers’ for our district. We’ll discuss more of those this coming year. We also attended three groundbreaking ceremonies on June 16; it was great to see the community members and staff there with us. It was a meaningful beginning for our district and community.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Superintendent Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It feels good to be meeting in-person, and I want to officially welcome our newest Board members Jennifer Growe Soshnik and Marissa Rosen to their first in-person meeting.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d like to thank our Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Jason Buckner for his service to our district. He has seen the district grow in many ways and has a lot to be proud of; the decisions he has made have had a big impact on our students.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank our community for its patience as we navigate the transition back to in-person meetings. It is our quest to be as transparent as possible at these meetings, but we’ll have a little bit of a learning curve as we transition back and we appreciate your patience.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will meet with our Medical Task Force on July 14 to discuss our back to school plans in great detail. It’s important that our community knows that we plan to come back to school five days per week in the most normal setting that we can.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hosted three groundbreaking ceremonies on June 16; thanks to the community for its support. Thanks to all who attended along with our Communications Department for making it all possible.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had 20 staff members and Board VP Kisha Lee attend the Racism Institute held by Educational Equity Consultants. We’ve been sending staff to this workshop for several years; thank you to Kisha and all of our staff for dedicating their time to learning, growing, and reflecting.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have a lot of work going on this summer; we are getting ready for the second day of our cabinet retreat on Wednesday. The first day was held on June 2. We have our Board retreat that took place on June 8 and 10, and Summer Institute will be held July 28-29 with our administration.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Geoff Macy is with us tonight; Dr. Macy is our new Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance. I want to thank Geoff for spending time with us in these last few weeks.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3YJ9K4A2A09" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Preliminary Operating Budget</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance Dr. Jason Buckner recommended, and the Board approved, the Fiscal Year 2022 Preliminary Budget as presented.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3YL8U53DA18" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Tuition Rate Per Policy JECA</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Buckner recommended, and the Board approved, an annualized tuition rate of $18,064 for the 2021-22 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3YJ9N4A2A0C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation Manual Changes/Certified Staff</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dr. Julie Helm recommended, and the Board approved, LECC and Certified Staff Evaluation Manuals for the 2021-22 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3YJ9R4A2A0F" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Master Agreement</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Helm recommended, and the Board approved, the Master Agreement for the 2021-22 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C47GK3441F3F" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Early Resignation Notification Incentive Plan (ERNIP)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Helm recommended, and the Board approved, approval of the ERNIP plan for the 2021-22 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3YJ9U4A2A12" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2021-22 Board Goals</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board reviewed and approved Board Goals for the 2021-22 school year as presented.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C47NLN60437E" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Energy Services Company Recommendation</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended Performance Services Inc. to serve as the Energy Services Company that will price and execute infrastructure work at Conway and Reed.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C47NP8608032" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Policy BCE - Board Committees/Advisory Committees to the Board</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed Policy BCE and the coordinating draft document, which outlines possible selection criteria.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3YLFL551893" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Presentation Planning</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board discussed possible dates for presentations throughout the 2021-22 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, July 26, 2021. The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TENTATIVE AGENDA ITEMS FOR JULY 26</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Consolidated Application for Federal Grants</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Re-adoption of Board Policy BBFA – Board Member Conflict of Interest and Financial Disclosure</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Policy Updates</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Semester Board Meeting Agenda Calendar</span></p></li></ul></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-33529192340802446502021-06-24T13:33:00.003-07:002021-06-24T13:33:34.321-07:00Board Briefs from June 10, 2021 Special Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the June 10, 2021 special Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f13d5e6e-7fff-5c88-b67f-f90e0156c71a"><br /><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to the format and location of the Board of Education Special Meeting on </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">June 10, we were unable to create an audio or video file for this session.</span></span></div><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcomed and thanked everyone for attending the Special Meeting of the Board of Education.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3NM7D58C40F" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abatement and Material Testing</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan presented and the Board approved, a recommendation for the Prop L abatement and material testing program.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, June 28, 2021. The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990255028822067675.post-13532409182253624402021-06-24T13:32:00.002-07:002021-06-24T13:32:15.280-07:00Board Briefs from June 8, 2021 Special Business Meeting<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information includes highlights of information received by the Ladue Schools Board of Education at the June 8, 2021 special Board of Education business meeting. This is an unofficial record. Official minutes of each Board meeting are posted on the district website and are available for viewing at the Administrative Center after the Board approves them, typically two weeks after the meeting.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ddc550af-7fff-91b7-3b23-9833fde972bd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An audio recording of the business portion of the June 8, 2021 Board meeting is available </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R5A7Xi6hkJv91aa_XCf0zbHYrYQc4DJ4/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board President Remarks</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greeted everyone to the Special Meeting of the Board of Education.</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ACTION ITEMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3NM9W58D05B" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board Advisory Committee Appointments</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan recommended the approval to appoint two new individuals to serve on the Facilities Board Advisory Committee, the board approved the recommendation.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3NM9T58D058" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Professional Development Plan</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Amy Zielinski shared the Professional Development Plan for 2021-22 school year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.016; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INFORMATION ITEM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C3NM7D58C40F" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abatement and Material Testing</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (MOVED TO ACTION)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Facilities Mike Noonan presented a plan for Prop L abatement and material testing.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UPCOMING MEETINGS</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next Board of Education meeting will be a regular Business Meeting on Monday, June 28, 2021. The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom and the Meeting ID will be posted on the</span><a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/mo/ladue/Board.nsf/Public" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured tab of BoardDocs</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when the meeting information is officially posted.</span></span>Ross Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200961143337963995noreply@blogger.com