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The statements on this page are used by ICAN to highlight events that
occurred during or are related to meetings of the
Littleton Public Schools (LPS)
Board of Education (BoE). Each meeting's date heading is a link to more
ICAN information for that date, including omissions and perspectives other
than those provided in the BoE-approved meeting minutes listed on the "BoE
Minutes" page.
Archives:
2005
2004
2006 LPS Board of Education Meetings
Agendas for each date are shown first, followed by minutes and optional
comments and/or links.
October 26 [PDF xxKB]
- Draft minutes [PDF xxKB]
- Approved minutes
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
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October 12 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF xxKB]
- Approved minutes
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
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September 28 [PDF 13KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC
80KB]
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Strategic Plan 2006
- Resolution in Opposition of the Amendment 39/Referendum J
- Resolution in Opposition of Amendment 38
- District Accountability Committee (DAC) Year-End Report
- K-12 Mathematics Implementation Update
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September 14 [PDF 12KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC
61KB]
- Work Session: School Improvement
- LPS Legislative Priorities
- Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Update
- Demographics Study
- Strategic Plan 2006
August 24 [PDF 14KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC
54KB]
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Pam Cirbo asked the Board to strengthen
Policy IKE, Promotion and Retention of Students for more academic
accountability.
- Sam Drury spoke to the Board about LPS
performance issues.
- Presentation
outline [PDF 12KB],
which he gave to the Board.
- Seven-page "LPS Performance Issues"
handout [PDF 82KB].
- 0.7% improvement
- proficiency indexes
- SAR scores
- Life Skills Program Update and Revision
- Lucinda Hundley (Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services)
asked that individual students and buildings not be identified on the
first page [PDF 14KB] of the
questionnaire to be administered to middle school students, but grade level
could be reported.
- Sam Drury stated that he supports the
program, but he suggested that student-identifiable information on the
second page [PDF 15KB] also be
excluded from the questionnaire.
August 10 [PDF 19KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC 28KB]
- Executive Session: Personnel Matter
Related to Superintendent's Evaluation
July 26 [PDF 10KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC 28KB]
- Special Meeting for action on personnel
recommendations
June 29 [PDF 13KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC 71KB]
- Board Workshop for discussion of the draft strategic plan (no minutes)
- Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Adopted Budget: Board adopted the budget and
appropriation resolution as presented.
- Textbook Adoption: Multiple Copy
Literature List Additions
- Pam Cirbo request that The Bluest Eye
remain out of the classroom and the library was included in her one-page
letter [PDF 22KB]
that she read to the Board.
- The Board voted 5-0 to reinstate The
Bluest Eye to the school libraries and to approve it for elective classes
11th grade and above; it had been previously removed from the libraries and
the multiple copy literature list.
- The Board also voted 3-2 that The Kite
Runner be leveled to 10th grade based on student maturity; it had been
listed for grade 9.
June 1 [PDF 13KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC 67KB]
- Board Workshop for discussion of the draft strategic plan (no minutes)
- Collective Bargaining Agreement between Littleton Public Schools and the
Littleton Education Association was approved as presented.
- Employee Compensation and Benefits for 2006-2007 was approved as
presented.
- Textbook Adoption: Multiple Copy
Literature List Additions
May 30 [PDF 12KB]
May 18 [PDF 13KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC 68KB]
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Sam Drury reported on the CSAP third
grade reading scores.
May 2 [PDF 12KB]
-
Approved minutes [DOC
71KB]
- Superintendent Stan Scheer resigning as of June 30; Scott Murphy becomes
superintendent as of July 1.
- Tracking and Reporting Student Progress
Committee Update
- Strategic Planning Update
April 27 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 126KB]
Amended May 18
- School Improvement Plan (SIP) Template
Revision
April 13 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 96KB]
Amended April 27
- Elementary At-Risk Students Proposal
- The 2005 elementary summer school program
did not achieve the hoped-for results with these students.
- Therefore, no elementary summer school
program will be offered in 2006.
- A new plan will be fully developed and
presented to the Board in fall 2006.
March 23 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 107KB]
Approved April 13
- Littleton High School Political Action Group: World Languages
- The group acknowledged that they did not
find research to support starting foreign languages at the elementary level.
- Diana Holland said the Board is looking
at expanding world languages in its strategic plan.
- Opt-Out Procedures
- The administration has been refining
district procedures related to opting-out of instructional materials and
activities and the way these procedures are implemented in the schools.
- Pam Cirbo liked the direction of the
opt-in/opt-out procedure and sees this as a positive result from the issue of
The Bluest Eye.
- Mollie McDonald said pamphlets about the
revised policies and procedures would be available at the beginning of the
school year as well as the teacher orientation.
March 9 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 77KB]
Amended March 23
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Sam Drury spoke about LPS mathematics as
outlined.
- He covered most of his draft
outline [PDF 15KB].
- Comments about curriculum revision and
programs implementation process
- Concerns about Littleton High School
- Concerns about Bellevue, WA School
District
- Sam provided four handouts:
- ICAN
website page [PDF 51KB]
on "LPS Mathematics" as of 3/8/06
- Sam Drury 3/7/06
summary [PDF 11KB] of CDE
data on out-of-district students coming to LPS and leaving from LPS
- Sam Drury 1/29/06 eight-page
report [PDF 226KB] on
"Bellevue Teacher Turnover Rate"
- ICAN
website page [PDF 52KB]
on "LPS Board of Education" as of 2/18/06
- Strategic Planning
- Sam Drury commended the Board on what
they have accomplished thus far on the strategic plan.
- Stan Scheer said that strategic
directions align with the action plans in the administrative work plan.
February 23 [PDF 13KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 113KB]
Amended March 9
- Enrollment Forecast
- Scott Murphy reported that overall
enrollment without charter schools is 119 lower than the 2005-2006 actual.
- Centennial Academy brought 95
out-of-district students.
- Building capacities will be presented to
the Board at a later time.
February 16-17 [PDF 14KB]
- Draft minutes of that two-day workshop are not available.
- Strategic Planning
February 9 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 100KB]
Approved February 23
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Sam Drury provided several handouts:
- Remediation rates of LPS students
entering Colorado colleges
- CSAP results for Arapahoe, Heritage, and
Littleton high schools
- LPS Colorado Department of
Education (CDE) No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
high school data for 2005.
- K-10 Math Materials
- The Board approved the recommended list
of materials as presented.
- Overview of Professional Learning
Communities (PLC)
- PLC is a model of accountability for
student learning that is being implemented throughout the district.
- Jim Sturgell said that PLCs are in place
in all of the district schools.
- He said the district is pursuing the PLC
model in order to positively impact student achievement, to renew the teaching
profession, and build capacity within teachers.
- Shirley Trees indicated there are four
guiding questions:
- What is it we expect students to learn?
(These are the essential learnings.)
- How will we know when they have learned
it? (These are the department assessments.)
- How will we respond when they don't learn
and what if they already know it? (This is the pyramid of interventions
across the continuum.)
- She said there must be alignment with essential learnings.
January 26 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 100KB]
Approved February 9
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Sam Drury commented on the math
curriculum.
- He considers it a model for others.
- It was a districtwide approach.
- It identified essential learning objectives.
- It It underwent a thorough review by the Board.
- Math Instructional Materials
- LPS curriculum coordinator Susan Dalton presented the core materials and
supplementary materials being proposed
[PDF 39KB].
- Sam Drury asked several questions about
the Littleton High School IMP program:
- Specifically why Heritage and Arapahoe high schools did not select IMP
- Why Eaglecrest and Columbine high schools discontinued it.
- Why no Douglas County high school plans to implement it.
- Sam also asked questions relating to the
Bellevue, Washington district with respect to graduation requirements, student
population, and reducing the number of below-grade students.
January 24 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes are not available.
- Joint meeting with Littleton City Council
January 23 [PDF 20KB]
- Draft minutes are not available.
- Board members will preview math materials.
January 19 [PDF 20KB]
- Draft minutes of that workshop are not available.
- Math Curriculum Materials, K-10
January 12 [PDF 12KB]
- Draft minutes [PDF 76KB]
Approved January 26
- Citizens' Requests to Speak to the Board
- Sam Drury commented on the math
curriculum.
- He said he fully supports the math curriculum as it matches the state
standards.
- He also said he was pleased that the Board is taking the time to review
programs at the various levels, and he is pleased with the process.
- Textbook Adoption: Multiple Copy
Literature List Additions
Archives:
2005
2004
Last modified:
10/19/2006
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