Saturday, April 24, 2004
Monrovia SchoolLink Preview for Wednesday, April 28, 2004 meeting
Here's a summary of the items I think may be interesting at this coming Wednesday's board meeting (actually two meetings). Unfortunately, the juicy item is closed to the public. In this closed item, the board will evaluate the superintendent and district administrators.
~ Brad Haugaard (brad@sacklunch.net)
There are actually two meetings this Wednesday. The first meeting, at 6 p.m., is a special meeting with one item on the agenda, to honor 47 school volunteers, whom - worthy though they are - I'm not going to list here. The regular board meeting is at 7 p.m. Here are a few items from the agenda:
Items 4.1 and 4.1.1 ~ The board will recognize the AVID "write-off" award winners and the top readers at Clifton Middle School.
Item 4.1.2 ~ The Rotary Club of Monrovia is going to give the district a thousand bucks for the "Pro-Active Tutoring Program." Ooooo! I'm sure it's a good program, but I HATE that word "pro-active." They probably use it just for the acronym, PATP... Hmmm, maybe not.
Item 4.2 ~ Free-for-all time. You can get up and say anything you please.
Item 5.1 ~ The board will accept a bunch of gifts from a bunch of groups.
Item 7.8 ~ The board will decide whether to hire Link-Nilson Corporation to put in $45,000 of fire sprinklers at Clifton.
Item 7.9 ~ Something about fiddling with a retirement plan. Beats me what it's about.
Item 7.10 ~ Somebody (probably Linda Dempsey) will talk about the district's budget situation. I have a bold prediction: She's going to say it's a very tight budget.
Item 8.3 ~ The board will decide whether to schedule a "Staff Appreciation Day," "Day of the Teacher," and "Classified School Employee Week." Teachers get a day and classified folks get a week??
Item 12.0 ~ This item is closed to the public. The board will evaluate the superintendent and district administrators.
LOCATION AND TIME ~ The board meets at the school district office at 325 E. Huntington Drive, on the north side of Huntington, just across from Smart and Final, at 7 p.m. (for the regular board meeting), not 7:30 p.m., as previously.
A LETTER ~ Erin Thorn writes about my comment that instead of paying fundraiser money to kids to run laps, I'd prefer to pay for them to do something useful, like pulling weeds. She writes: "I don't know about weed pulling, but last school year the Monrovia/Duarte PTA Council proposed having all the Monrovia Schools participate in a Monrovia Walk to raise money. It was brought up at the May or June Council meeting. Whether or not it was ever talked about again, I don't know. Kids were supposed to start at their home school, and walk around Monrovia visiting other schools in the district. I thought it sounded like a great way to get the community together, and raise funds for the district as a whole."
ON THE WEB ~ You may also see Monrovia School Link, and some back issues, on the Web at www.monroviaschoollink.com.
Here's a summary of the items I think may be interesting at this coming Wednesday's board meeting (actually two meetings). Unfortunately, the juicy item is closed to the public. In this closed item, the board will evaluate the superintendent and district administrators.
~ Brad Haugaard (brad@sacklunch.net)
There are actually two meetings this Wednesday. The first meeting, at 6 p.m., is a special meeting with one item on the agenda, to honor 47 school volunteers, whom - worthy though they are - I'm not going to list here. The regular board meeting is at 7 p.m. Here are a few items from the agenda:
Items 4.1 and 4.1.1 ~ The board will recognize the AVID "write-off" award winners and the top readers at Clifton Middle School.
Item 4.1.2 ~ The Rotary Club of Monrovia is going to give the district a thousand bucks for the "Pro-Active Tutoring Program." Ooooo! I'm sure it's a good program, but I HATE that word "pro-active." They probably use it just for the acronym, PATP... Hmmm, maybe not.
Item 4.2 ~ Free-for-all time. You can get up and say anything you please.
Item 5.1 ~ The board will accept a bunch of gifts from a bunch of groups.
Item 7.8 ~ The board will decide whether to hire Link-Nilson Corporation to put in $45,000 of fire sprinklers at Clifton.
Item 7.9 ~ Something about fiddling with a retirement plan. Beats me what it's about.
Item 7.10 ~ Somebody (probably Linda Dempsey) will talk about the district's budget situation. I have a bold prediction: She's going to say it's a very tight budget.
Item 8.3 ~ The board will decide whether to schedule a "Staff Appreciation Day," "Day of the Teacher," and "Classified School Employee Week." Teachers get a day and classified folks get a week??
Item 12.0 ~ This item is closed to the public. The board will evaluate the superintendent and district administrators.
LOCATION AND TIME ~ The board meets at the school district office at 325 E. Huntington Drive, on the north side of Huntington, just across from Smart and Final, at 7 p.m. (for the regular board meeting), not 7:30 p.m., as previously.
A LETTER ~ Erin Thorn writes about my comment that instead of paying fundraiser money to kids to run laps, I'd prefer to pay for them to do something useful, like pulling weeds. She writes: "I don't know about weed pulling, but last school year the Monrovia/Duarte PTA Council proposed having all the Monrovia Schools participate in a Monrovia Walk to raise money. It was brought up at the May or June Council meeting. Whether or not it was ever talked about again, I don't know. Kids were supposed to start at their home school, and walk around Monrovia visiting other schools in the district. I thought it sounded like a great way to get the community together, and raise funds for the district as a whole."
ON THE WEB ~ You may also see Monrovia School Link, and some back issues, on the Web at www.monroviaschoollink.com.
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