I.              

Consent Agenda Items

a.    

Approve Minutes December 9, 2013 Regular meeting

b.    

Approve December Monthly Financial Reports

c.     

Approve January bill listing

d.    

Approve Personnel Recommendations

 V. Receive Communications and Visitors

 VI. Student Achievement and Recognition

VII.              

Administrator’s Report

a.    

Elementary School

b.    

Middle School

c.     

High School

d.    

Activities

VIII.              

Old Business

a.    

Second Reading of board policies 603-603.7 Instructional Curriculum, Basic Instruction Program, Summer School Instruction, Special Education, Multicultural and Nonsexist Education, Health Education, Human Growth and Development Student Excuse Form, Physical Education, Career Education

IX.              

New Business

a.    

First Reading of board policies 603.8-604.2  Teaching about religion, Academic Freedom, Teaching Controversial issues, Global Education, Citizenship, Competent Private Instruction, Individualized instruction.

b.    

Technology Integration in Classrooms conference June 17-18 Dubuque

c.     

Professional Learning Communities Conference in Minneapolis June 11-13. 

d.    

Early Retirement

e.    

TLC Application update

f.     

Information on Early Start Date Hearing and Hours versus days

g.    

Update on Community Meeting

h.    

Facilities Direction and Discussion

i.     Request from property owners to west of high school

I.              

Closed Session for Superintendent’s mid-year evaluation

Per Iowa Code Chapter 21.5(l)(i) a school board may enter closed session “To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when closed session is necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session“