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Agenda
for Work Study Meeting
June 9
1.
Call to Order
2.
Flag Salute
3.
Hearing
of Individuals/Groups
A.
Graduation Orientation for EHS and EMS
4.
New
Business
A.
Policy 6210-P-Purchasing
1.
Policy 3210 Current Procedure
2.
Policy 6210-P-Recommended Revision
B.
Policy 6700-Food Services
1.
Policy 6700 – Current Policy
2.
Policy 6700- Recommended Revision
C.
Policy 6700-P Food Services Procedures
1.
Food Services Procedures Manual
D.
Policy 3241-P Corrective Actions or Punishments Procedures
1.
Memo on Policy 3241-P from Garth Steedman
2.
Policy 3241-P Corrective Actions or Punishments Current Procedure
3.
Policy 3241-P Recommended Revision
5.
Work Study
A.
Budget and Staffing Update
6.
Superintendent’s Comments
7.
Board Discussion
8.
Adjournment
Levy Makes
History...
May 1, 2004
The
latest levy figures from the Pierce County Auditor's office has the
Eatonville Replacement Levy passing by 70.28 percent - 2,142
"yes" votes.
Levy booster, and
coordinator, Tim Patterson stated, many times, that he was pushing for a
70 percent win, not just the super majority of 60 percent. That goal was achieved
Friday, April 30, and the school district made history at the same
time.
According to Superintendent Ray Arment 540
more people voted in the April election than in February, and 173 people
switched from "no" votes to "yes." The next highest
majority to pass an Eatonville levy was in 2000 with a 65 percent super
majority.
As her senior project April Thomas volunteered to
register students who were eligible to vote. As of Friday The Pizza Place
had given away 19 pizzas to high school students who proved they had
registered and voted.
Superintendent Thanks Community
April 28, 2004
Fellow Community Members:
It is truly wonderful when a community comes
together. THANK-YOU everyone- for your multitude of known and
unknown contributions of time, talent and resources to pass the 2005-2008
replacement levy.
Generations of children will have better lives because
you were there for them on April 27, 2004.
On behalf of the School Board of Directors, children,
staff and parents of Eatonville School District.
Ray Arment
Superintendent
Open Letter From Superintendent
Arment
March 24, 2003
Dear Fellow
Community Members:
As Charles
Dickens wrote in the Tale of Two Cities: "These are the worst of
times, these are the best of times." Eatonville School
District’s apparent second bond election loss of this millennium
represents a sad day for our community and our children. While the
majority of the community voted yes, many community members indicated the
proposition lacked their support. The facilities committee will review
the results, meet with
community members and consider the next steps.
• The School Board and District would
like to thank the election committee and other volunteers for their hard
work, community spirit and dedication to our children’s future. We
deeply appreciate your countless hours of selfless dedication. Your
guiding theme of: Vote Yes For The Kids, along with your enthusiastic
commitment to prepare our children for 21st Century careers were absolutely
right!
• We would like to thank the many
community service organizations that opened their doors so facilities
committee representatives could visit and exchange ideas for making our
schools even better. We would hope they are invited back to continue
the dialog.
• Many people called to express their
dismay. They said that not renovating our schools, after two
decades of supporting intensive education and community activities, is like
driving a car for tens of thousands of miles without changing the oil.
It is one way to save money but the future engine repair bills will be
significant.
• A question often came
up "Why not build a new High School?" The committee
spent a long time considering that option. A completely new high
school would cost about $40 million while the renovation would cost $24
million. The $16 million difference includes demolition of the
existing school, removal of the debris, hazardous waste disposal and site
preparation. These costs are estimated to be in excess of $11 million.
By building a new high school we would also forfeit $10.5 million of State
matching funds. By following the renovation route the district could
completely modernize the high school and not incur these costs.
Furthermore, the $40 million exceeds our total bonding capacity.
Finally, some people said they did not realize that the initial project rate
of $2.19 per thousand would likely be reduced over time as more families
move
into our community and assumed their fair share of the bond.
• The committee
also had a deep appreciation of the impact desirable schools have on a
community’s economic health. Better prepared students would earn
higher salaries in the competitive market place. Our community would
experience economic growth, while still maintaining the "small
community" feel we all value. Additionally, during the
renovation, our businesses, and community would directly benefit from the
increased spending and employment. Consider, as the committee did,
what impact the $10.7 million State-matching funds we are turning away could
do to our local economy.
We must never forget
school facilities are only a part of what makes our Eatonville Community
Schools great. The undisputed number one, absolutely critical
component in making community schools great for all our children is the
community- family- school partnerships we celebrate in schools and
classrooms everyday. This is the partnership we will continue to
celebrate throughout this millennium.
Ray Arment
Superintendent
TOGETHER, We commit to
excellence in education and preparation for life.
Press Release
Submitted by Superintendent Ray Arment
Raising
Eatonville’s Athletic Programs to a New Level
The Eatonville
School Board of Directors and the Extra-curricular Co-curricular
Committee is hosting a special presentation designed to raise Eatonville’s
athletic programs to a new level. Having been the director of
ProActive Coaching and now the NAIA Special Presenter of the "Champions
of Character" initiative; Bruce Brown regularly speaks to
athletes, parent groups, coaches and businesses. He has been employed
by the NFL for over 22 years, has been the NAIA National Coach of the Year
twice and led two NAIA National Basketball championship teams. Mr.
Brown produced six instructional coaching videos and is the author of two
coaching books: 101 Drills for Youth Basketball Coaches and Teaching
Character Through Sport.
The School Board committee would like to
especially invite parents of 6th through 11th grade students who will or may
be involved in secondary athletic programs over the next two years to this
important presentation.
EYSA and other community athletic program
coaches, parents and parents of seniors are also encouraged to attend.
Mr. Brown’s presentation is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 7 p.m. in the
Eatonville High School main gym. Admission is free.
TOGETHER, We commit to excellence in
education and preparation for life.
Press Release
Submitted by Superintendent Ray Arment
2003
K-12 Education Legislative Priorities
Terry
Bergeson
Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's (OSPI
)
Strategic
Goal:
All
students achieve at high levels due to being well-taught
by
high-quality educators and staff in safe, supportive, and well-managed
schools.
Washington
has high achievement standards, clear expectations, systems for
assessing academic performance, and increased accountability.
The result is more effective teaching and an education system focused
on students and student achievement. Overwhelming
passage of I-728 (Student Achievement and class size reduction) and I-732
(Educator COLA) in 2000 underscored the public’s support for education
reform and funding for our public schools.
Even with our significant budget shortfall, we must “stay the
course” on both accountability and funding.
~
Continue efforts to
improve student learning
Fully
fund I-728 (Class size, professional development, and extended/early
learning
Restore the Learning
Improvement Day
Fully fund the assessment system, including 10th grade
retakes
Increase the number and
quality of mentors who help other teachers to improve their teaching
Continue OSPI and
ESD technical assistance (e.g., Research-based practices, Summer Institutes,
Website,
Safety Center
Continue the Nursp
~
Support and compensate our
teachers
Fully fund the I-732 COLA and educator health benefits
Provide additional compensation for mentors
Strengthen our career structure and tie it to improved compensation
Fund conditional loan scholarships
Streamline certification and
education credit record-keeping for teachers
~ Make
the diploma more meaningful
Clarify and resolve issues surrounding graduation requirements and
the Certificate of Mastery
Implement higher education and other student incentives
~ Protect school districts from
budget cuts that will reduce education quality
~ Enact
short-term revenue increases and, in the longer term, create a more stable, equitable, and
adequate revenue system
For
more information, please contact Superintendent Terry Bergeson or the OSPI
Office of Policy and Partnerships at (360) 725-6020.)
State
Budget and School Operations
Press
Release
Submitted by Superintendent Ray Arment
December
13, 2002
To:
School District Superintendents
From:
Mike Bigelow
Associate Superintendent
Budget and School Operations
Subject:
Governor's Budget Release: December 17
On December 17, Governor Gary Locke was
scheduled to release his proposed State Biennial Operating and Capital
Budgets for the 2003-05 Biennium.
In an effort to inform school district personnel, school
board members, parents, and community members regarding the impact of the governor's
proposed budgets and upcoming budget proposals from the House of
Representatives and the Senate, the Office of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction [OSPI] will be taking the following actions:
~ Dec. 17 (noon) -- Proposed budgets and OFM
summary information on the OSPI Website (See
"Legislative
Budget" link on December 17th at www.K12.wa.us
~ Dec 19 -- Additional summary information available on OSPI Website
.
~
By Jan 2 -- School district-by-district analysis of the
estimated fiscal impact of the governor's
proposed operating budget
available on OSPI Website. Also,
a Powerpoint that could be used at
School Board and public meetings
will be available.
~ Jan 8 ( 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm)
-- Statewide videoconference at ESDs and selected other sites.
A list of
site will
be e-mailed to you by January 2.
In addition, OSPI also will be
providing information on the proposed budgets of the House of
Representatives, Senate, and Budget Conference committees as they are
released in the coming months.
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Eatonville Schools wins share of $5.7
Million Grant
Press Release
Eatonville School
District was recently awarded the Safe Schools Healthy Students Grant
which is funded cooperatively through the Departments of Education, Justice,
& Health and Human Services. The $5.7 million grant, which was
applied for on behalf of the school district by Linda Moffitt, Health
Services Coordinator, is to be shared among 14 school districts over a
period of three years.
Superintendent Ray Arment said the goal of
the grant is to provide all Eatonville’s children with a safe, drug free
school environment by creating partnerships among teachers, families, drug
and alcohol prevention specialists, police officers, mental health
professionals and community social workers.
Moffitt said highlights of the grant include improved
safety and crisis preparedness plans for each school, outreach to provide
violence prevention curriculum to community early childhood care providers,
school and community mental health prevention, screening, assessment, early
intervention, and follow-up services for children and their families from
early childhood through grade twelve. Arment said, "we are all
excited about Linda’s grant which expands the wonderful cooperation among
schools and community to benefit children."
Superintendent
Contract Not Extended Past 2004
December 18, 2002
by Penny Chambers
At the Eatonville School Board’s 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday, discussion of agenda item “superintendent
contract” began with board director Ron Springer bringing forth a motion
that Superintendent Ray Arment’s “contract remain as it stands, with the
expiration date of June 2004.” The motion not to extend the contract was
seconded by newly appointed director, Darold Holden.
During a lengthy “executive session” which began at 5 p.m., the
board was to evaluate the superintendent’s job performance for the last
six months and determine whether or not to renew his contract from July 2004
through June 2005.
Chair Robert
Bass explained that Superintendent Arment was “evaluated on nine goals,
and as far as the board is concerned he was on track with all nine.”
Bass
pointed out that the decision not to extend the contract for the
additional third year was strictly a business decision, and the board felt a
two-year contract was an appropriate business decision. Bass continued,
“That’s where we felt we needed to be as a board, that’s the decision
we made.” Adding, “The board is happy with the superintendent’s
performance during the last six months, I think there are still more things
to be done, but I think that’s just the nature of the business.”
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