Approved at 9/9/2008 Board Meeting

Regular Board of Education Meeting
Central Administrative Offices Board Room
August 26, 2008

Present: Allgaier, Gehl, Jones, Marcello, Schwei, Wartman, and
             Ziegler (via phone); Gibson

President Meg Wartman called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Public notice of the meeting was provided in accordance with Chapter 19.85 Wis. Stats. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Motion by Tom Gehl that the Board of Education approves the August 26, 2008 agenda. Seconded by David Marcello and carried on a voice vote.

CITIZENS' FORUM – No request to speak.

CONSENT AGENDA – Request for separate consideration of Personnel Matters and High School Construction Bids - Site Utilities and Earthwork. Motion by Tom Gehl to approve the remaining consent agenda including July 15, 2008 Board Meeting minutes; July 28, 2008 Board Work Session minutes; recognizing and extending congratulations to commendations as presented; renewals of the School Lunch Agreement and the Elderly Nutrition Agreement for the 2008-09 school year; contracts for providing food service during 2008-09 to Elm Grove Lutheran School, Immanuel Lutheran School, St. Dominic Catholic School, St. John Vianney Catholic School, St. Luke's Catholic School and St. Mary Catholic School; and the 2008-2011 agreement, as negotiated, with the secretarial employees. Seconded by David Marcello and carried on a voice vote.

Personnel Matters – Matt Gibson reported that at the July 28, 2008 Special Board Meeting, Ann Goebel's resignation was accepted effective September 12, 2008. Since that time, Anne Goebel updated her letter of resignation effective September 2, 2008 since Jeanne Siegenthaler, whose contract is before the Board for approval, is able to join the District effective September 2. Jeanne Siegenthaler was introduced to the Board. Motion by David Marcello to approve contracts for Walter A-Akert for $14,212, Whitney Dawe-Crahen for $41,520, Kelly Dvorak for $9,952 and Maggie Knachel for $50,258; the resignation of Laurie Pogorzelski; a 12-month contract for Jeanne A. Siegenthaler at an annualized salary of $89,000 prorated to a September 2, 2008 through June 30, 2009 salary of $73,939; the modification of Chris Thompson's contract for 2008-09 to provide the title of Chief Information Officer and the salary of $98,630 effective July 1, 2008. Seconded Tom Gehl and carried on a voice vote.

High School Construction Bids: Site Utilities and Earthwork – John Foster, C.G. Schmidt, reported that bids are over budget; that a portion of the cause was the added scope of earthwork on the eastern side of the Brookfield Central property; and that the scoping process for paving, walks, curb and gutter, and the bid process for landscaping are not yet complete, but the bids received to date indicate savings that will offset the negative variance of bids being accepted for earthwork and site utilities. Motion by Steve Schwei to accept the bids from New Berlin Grading at a cost of $337,984 for earthwork for the projects at Brookfield Central and Brookfield East High Schools and accept the bids from Bohmann & Vick, Inc. at a cost of $370,574 for the projects at Brookfield Central and Brookfield East High Schools. Seconded by David Marcello and carried on a voice vote.

BOARD POLICY: SECOND READING – Motion by Glen Allgaier to approve policies 2350–Investigations, 5113.4–Police Access to Students, 5131.4–Search and Seizure, 5131.8–Weapons, 5146.5–Chemical Use and/or Abuse, and 7013–Safety. Seconded by Tom Gehl and carried on a voice vote.

Policy 6142.3–Human Growth and Development – Additional revision of the policy included the following: paragraphs #1-2 on page 1: remove each instance of "curriculum" and replace with "outcomes"; rewrite paragraph #2 under Inservice Training on page 3:  "New staff members who teach human growth and development curriculum shall receive inservice regarding an overview of the instructional content and guidelines for discussion and question/answer sessions; and rewrite paragraph #3 under Inservice Training on page 3: Substitute teachers shall not teach human growth and development materials/lessons.

Motion by Glen Allgaier to approve revised policy 6142.3. Seconded by Tom Gehl. Amendment by David Marcello to revise the end of paragraph #1 on page 1 by removing "and advise the Board on the design, review and implementation of the advisory's committee's human growth and development curriculum" and replacing with "After proposed lesson development and material selection, the advisory committee shall be reconvened to provide input on new materials and lessons." Seconded by Tom Gehl and carried on a voice vote.

The amended motion carried 5-2 on a roll call vote with Glen Allgaier Tom Gehl, Gary Jones, David Marcello, and Meg Wartman in favor and Steve Schwei and Bob Ziegler opposed.

PILGRIM PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC – The District's General Fund balance has been increasing in recent years and the Finance and Operations Committee reviewed replacement of the HAVC system at Pilgrim Park and installation of SMARTBoards. The Board approved the allocation of $45,000 for installation of SMARTBoards on July 15, 2008. The projected allocation for replacement of Pilgrim Park HVAC would be $4,380,000 and approximately $700,000 air conditioning if approved by the Board. Motion by Steve Schwei to approve the use of reserve funds to complete the engineering study for the HVAC system at Pilgrim Park Middle school to include a bid option for cooling. The cost of the engineering study is $200,000. Seconded by Glen Allgaier and carried on a voice vote.

HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT: INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES – John Holz and Abie Khatchadourian, Plunkett Raysich Architects, reviewed three-dimensional interiors at Brookfield Central and Brookfield East.

ANTICIPATED MAJOR BOARD AGENDA ITEMS FOR 2008-09 – A working draft of anticipated major Board agenda items for 2008-09 was discussed. Work Sessions are proposed to follow Board meetings. Additional items were discussed to be placed in an updated document for distribution to the Board.

2008-09 SUPERINTENDENT GOAL AND INDICATORS – One Superintendent Goal and indicators for the goal were presented. The Goal "The superintendent will recommend an organizational play to deploy the first three years of the strategic plan (2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12) by factoring in the emerging financial plan and other constituent-identified challenges and the board-adopted strategic goal areas for continued growth in student achievement and the resources necessary to support such growth" will be on the September 9 agenda for action.

BOARD PRESIDENT'S REPORT – Meg Wartman reported that school begins on September 2 and that there is not an early release Thursday during the first week of school.

COMMITTEE CHAIR/LIAISON REPORT – No report.

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT – Matt Gibson reported that additional parking spaces have been added to the Tonawanda parking lot to solve parent pick up concerns and that Athletic and Activities Directors have issued a request that middle school students attending high school activities be accompanied by an adult.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 AGENDA ITEMS AND PROCESS – An executive session of the Board will convene at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of discussing negotiations of agreements with the City of Brookfield. Projected action items at the regular Board meeting include St. Aemilian Lakeside Inc. Contract Renewal and 2008-09 Superintendent Goal and Indicators. Projected discussion items at the regular Board meeting include Class Rank Study Team Structure and Charge, Board Policy: First Reading, and September 23, 2008 Agenda Items and Process.

ANNOUNCEMENTS – No announcements.

Motion by David Marcello to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Glen Allgaier and carried on a voice vote. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

/s/Meg T. Wartman, President