Okaloosa County School Board — Workshop Meeting, May 9, 2013 — reading text

the Okaloosa County School Board so the Red Cross can use the facilities listed as emergency shelters during a disaster. File Attachments ARC Shelter Agreement.pdf (1,343 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.14 School Volunteer Lists, presented by Kaye McKinley, Deputy Superintendent, and  recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : May 9, 2013 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the School Volunteer Lists as presented Public Content New lists of school volunteers presented for Board approval. Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.15 Contract for Services between the School Board of Okaloosa County and Carlton Palms Educational Center, Inc., presented by Melody Sommer, Program Director of Exceptional Student Education, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : May 9, 2013 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : Yes Dollar Amount : $2,940.00 Budgeted : Yes Budget Source : IDEA Federal Grant Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Contract for Services between the School Board of Okaloosa County and Carlton Palms Educational Center, Inc. Public Content This agreement provides educational services for the named student from 5/1/13 through 6/30/13. According to State Board Rule 6A-6.0361(1)(a): Each school district shall provide special education and related services to an exceptional student with a disability through a contractual agreement with an approved nonpublic school or community facility for the provision of the educational component of a residential placement for an exceptional student with a disability when such a placement is made by another public agency for the primary purpose of addressing residential or other non-educational needs in accordance with subsec tions (3) and (4) of Section 1003.57, F.S. Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.16 Cooperative Agreement Between The School Board of Okaloosa County and Okaloosa County Comprehensive Head Start, presented by Joan Pickard, Title I Specialist and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting :  May 9, 2013 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Cooperative Agreement between The School Board of Okaloosa County and Okaloosa County Comprehensive Head Start. Public Content The agreement with Head Start and Title I, is to meet the requirement in section 1120B(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Legislation for Title I Part A which is included in the agreement. The premise of the requirement is that Title I should assist preK centers in their efforts to develop the children's skills so they will be successful in their future education. The requirement covers two main areas; establishing channels of communication and joint training efforts. File Attachments Cooperative Agreement for Okaloosa Head Start (2).pdf (139 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.17 Community Education: F.I.R.S.T Robotics Summer Camp, presented by Al Gardner, CHOICE High School and Technical Center Principal, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : May 9, 2013 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Community Education: F.I.R.S.T Robotics Summer Camp at Shoal River Middle School. Public Content Shoal River Middle School proposes to offer F.I.R.S.T ROBOTICS summer camp through Community Education during July 8th thru July 18th and July 29th thru August 8th, 2013 at Shoal River Middle School. The school district requests that schools participate in the FIRST LEGO League and through this course it will allow our area to participate at a higher level at competitions locally, regionally and in the state competition. Community Education is a fee- based program. The instructor(s) are FLL coaches during the robotic season and are school board employees who are qualified to teach a robotics camp. The employees will be paid from the collected class fees of $150. In order to support this summer program, Community Education proposes that the school receive 80% of the collected fees to pay for materials needed to run the summer program to include LEGO kits, supplies and instructor fees and Community Education will receive 20% to cover administrative costs. Each robotics education session will be thirty-two (32) hours. The class will include 12 hours of learning and building simple machines and mechanisms such as levers, pulleys, pumps and valves. Then each child will spend twenty hours building and programming the NXT robots to complete certain missions. As part of the class instruction, the student will become involved in "real life" competition atmosphere while being incased in standards-based STEM CONCEPTS and in team building skills. Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.18 Community Education: Summer Driver's Education Program presented by Al Gardner, CHOICE High School  and Technical Center Principal, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : May 9, 2013 - Workshop Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Coummunity Education: Summer Driver's Education Program at participating high schools. Public Content Community Education proposes to offer the summer driver's education program at participating high schools. Community Education is a fee-based program. The instructors will be paid from the collected class fees. In order to support this traditional school program, Community Education proposes that the instructor receive 95% of the collected fees and Community Education will receive 5% of the collected class fees to pay for administrative costs. The Driver's Education class will be forty-five (45) hours. The class will include thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction and fifteen (15) hours of driving experience. As a part of the classroom instruction, the student will complete the Drug Alcohol Traffic Education (DATE) program. After successful completion of the class, students will receive a Driver Education Certificate. The $150.00 fee for the driver's education class will be composed of a $125.00 class fee for instruction and a materials fee of $25.00 for fuel costs and the lease/rental fees of the driver's education cars. The student will not receive high school credit for this class. Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion &