June 10, 2019 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

More Information:  Mission Statement - Milford Public Schools will prepare all students to be successful citizens: Our Mission is fulfilled when all students read with comprehension, speak and write clearly, compute accurately, reason logically, understand and appreciate the fine arts, apply suitable strategies and habits of mind to solve problems, utilize technology to communicate and to understand information and behave morally.

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General Fund for $95,434.19
Payroll for $527,446.51
Total $622,880.70

Just a few items to point out:

1. $1,169 to 6 4 Fun, LLC is for the end of the year DARE party and general celebration for the 6th grade.
2. The CenterPoint Energy (Gas) bill is for two months.
3. $513 to Hamilton Equipment is for rental of an Aerator for the football field.
4. $1,600 to Marzano is for our down payment on bringing in Phil Warrick from Marzano for teacher inservice.
5. $6,400 to Paper 101 is a paper order we made through the COOP Purchasing program.  This is where we get the majority of our copy machine paper for the year.

Everything else looks like normal monthly or yearly expenditures.  Please call or email with questions.

 

More Information:  Maddie is running for a national officer position in the FCCLA program and will be giving her speech to the Board of Education.  

We have attached a list of questions Mrs. Potthoff would like us to ask Maddie as this is the routine the selection committee will use.

More Information:  The girls will be presenting on their Be Kind project.

More Information:  The report is attached.

More Information:  This months report reflects projected numbers for the 2019-20 school year.  These numbers reflect the students that have enrolled.  We have several other students that we are expecting but they have not completed the enrollment process as of yet.  And obviously we will have students enroll or leave the District throughout the summer.

Projections:

1. P-K is currently at 28 .  The PK-6 will be at 457.
2. K-6 is at 429.  This is 11 students larger than May of 2019 and 54 larger than May of 2018.
3. 7-8 is at 98.  This is 6 students larger than May of 2019 and 17 smaller than May of 2018
4. 9-12 is at 219.   This is 3 students less than May of 2019 and 3 less than May of 2018
5. K-12 is at 746.   This is 14 students larger than May of 2019 and 34 larger than May of 2018

  

 

More Information:  The spreadsheet with number of 7-12 students participating in an activity is attached.  You will see that overall we had 88% of our students participate in an activity this year.  Our senior group had the lowest participation level at 70%.

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Open discussion as needed.

More Information:  We will tour the elementary as soon as the FCCLA presentations are completed.  This way we will be able to see.

More Information:  This is an annual item.  The agency uses the agreements to apply for grants.  This also allows our staff to use their staff for evaluations or information and allows us to use any of the resources the agency has.

I will need Craig's signature on the agreement.

More Information:  We are currently paying $65.00 for a half-day, $130.00  for a full day, and $150.00 for long term sub per day.

I would like to move to $70 for a half-day, $135  for a full day, and $155 for long term sub per day.

More Information:  Setting Meal Prices:  The USDA reimbursement rates are adjusted annually to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.  Each school district must examine their paid meal prices on an annual basis.  All districts are required to complete the USDA's Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool on an annual basis.  It does sound like we are not required to use the PLE this year, but strongly recommended to as it may be required again next year.  Not sure why there is this one year change.  The USDA formula looks at reimbursement for a free lunch plus the value of USDA donated foods (commodities) plus the certified menu reimbursement intended to cover the average cost of providing a student lunch. 

Anyway, using the formula, it shows we should raise our lunch prices by 18 cents.  When visiting with NDE they suggested we just do 10 cents this year and next to meet this recommendation.  We just need to show that we are working on meeting the formula's recommendation. 
 

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