School District of Monroe Board of Education Meeting 7-22-24

1:26 - Recognition and appreciation of the Ann B. Johnson bequest to the School District of Monroe to establish at least 3 annual $5,000 scholarships for graduating seniors. At $668,000+, this is the largest scholarship endowment the district has received and will establish the Michael H. and Ann B. Johnson scholarship. Thank you to the Johnson Family for their generosity and for supporting our students.
4:12 - Approval of new oven purchase for the Food Services department.
5:53 - MHS Building Update
- CG Schmidt will be providing project updates which will be posted on our website once they have been reviewed by the Board of Education - here is a link to the first update bit.ly/3YheY9v
- Bid pack 4 will be going out at the end of July
- As stated at the previous Board meeting, the City of Monroe approved the B & S development to the north of the property. The main entrance road to the new high school will now be from the north. The access road from Cnty KK will not be built by the school district.
- As stated at the previous Board meeting, the district will be a part of a community lift station along with the City of Monroe and B & S. The City of Monroe will construct the lift station.
8:10 - First reading of Title IX policy changes
12:00 - Operational Referendum Discussion - Business Administrator Ron Olson provides detailed referendum information and budget projections based on a variety of variables as requested by the Board at the 7-8-24 Board of Education meeting. The administration answered many questions from Board members and there was significant discussion about a potential referendum. The Board asked the administration to draft resolutions for 2 options - a $1.5 million recurring referendum and a $1.5 million non-recurring referendum for a term of 4 years.
1:20:43 - Curriculum Update with Todd Paradis, District Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Adoption of the new OTIS learning data management system to track student progress, targets, and intervention needs. The new system will cost less than the current Mastery Connect system. Parents and students will have access to grading and to track progress.
1:35:03 - Approval of the 23-24 year-end budget amendments. Business Administrator Ron Olson explains budget amendments.
1:37:30 - Graduation for the Class of 2025 will be Friday, May 23rd, 2025 in the Monroe High School gym.
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