Rationale:  If any board member is absent, there will need to be a  motion to excuse the absence.

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It is the vision of the Norfolk Public Schools to actively engage all students in learning
through a relevant and comprehensive standards-based curriculum that integrates
 21^st century skills, tools, context, and assessments.  

• Goal #1:  All students will succeed at each grade level and graduate from high school well-prepared for a variety of post-secondary pursuits.

• Goal #2:  All students will feel connected with the school and the learning process.

• Goal #3:  District resources, programs, and departments will be aligned to attain high levels of student achievement and instructional excellence.

• Goal #4:  The community will be engaged to support high levels of student achievement.

  The mission of the Norfolk Public Schools is to prepare studentswith the skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of a complex, global society.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rationale:  February 14, 2011 - 4:30 Study Session
February 14, 2011 - 7:30 Regular Session
February 24, 2011 - 2nd Meeting of the Month

Rationale:  The district award will continue next month.

Rationale:  Total bills for March are as follows:

General Fund - $325,703.12
Cooperative Fund - $2,469.86
Lunch Fund - $77,220,83

We have received the reimbursement for our IDEA ARRA dollars relative to the renovations at the High School and Lincoln and Westside elementaries. 

We continue to work on holding down our expenditure and monitoring our cash flow.  Along with this, we are working on budget projections for the 2011-2012 budget.  As we will not know our state aid until July, it is difficult to pinpoint dollars amounts at this time. 

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Assessment / Curriculum

NeSA-Writing Assessment

The district is preparing to take part in NeSA Reading, Mathematics, and Science starting March 28. Training will occur later this week. These assessments will primarly take place on-line. Raw score results will be available immediately after the test, but overall results will not be available until the fall. No results will be provided for science as it is in the pilot phase.

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ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES

 

 

Ø    On March 31 Norfolk Public first graders will be attending a play at Carson Theatre entitled “The Berenstain Bears in Family Matters.”  This is another opportunity to work through our Norfolk Arts Center to bring a quality theater presentation to our school-age youth.  These presentations have also been well attended by other Northeast Nebraska schools.

 

Ø    Be sure to review the many school activities that are listed on the school web page.  Club sports in girls BB and softball have begun and baseball practice has started as well.  Spring track practices are on the horizon.

 

Ø    2011-2012 Student Fee information is being collected at this time.  Suggested revisions will be discussed by the administration and their recommendations will come to the Board of Education hopefully at the May meeting.

 

Ø    English Language Developmental Assessments (ELDA) will be completed by 1 April and sent in for scoring purposes.  This is an assessment that is taken by our LEP/ELL students that measures their progress in the acquisition of English in their academic skill areas.  These results are usually returned to us in the summer to assist us with instructional plans in the fall.

 

 

Rationale:  The Finance Committee used this meeting to review and discuss proposed reductions relative to the 2011-2012 budget year.  Further discussion would be heard at the Business meeting at 4:30 today.