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Riverside School District 96 special meeting, date not confirmed yet

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Superintendent search consultant reports 40 applications submitted before deadline 3:36

  • The board approved a decision letter on a UGP complaint discussed in closed session. 1:30
  • A search consultant presented a superintendent leadership profile and said 40 applications had been submitted, with the candidate slate to be presented on the 4th of November. 3:19
  • Board members discussed a recommended change to the public comment limit from 5 minutes per speaker to 3 minutes, and a district staff member said the plan was to hear from goal leaders on action plans for all 5 strategic plan goals. 29:52
  • Goals 3 and 5 were not discussed before the board returned to closed session. 1:50:01

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Item by item (8)
  1. Opening and school welcome 0:07
    • The new principal of Blythe Park welcomed the board and described the start of the school year, including a new playground and a PTA-sponsored Rainbow Run. 0:18
    • Wesley Muirheid said there was no public comment. ~1:30
  2. Complaint decision letter 1:30
    • Wesley Muirheid called for a motion to approve the decision letter from the UGP complaint as presented in closed session. 1:30
  3. Superintendent search update 2:10
    • A search consultant said the submission date was the 10th, 40 applications had been submitted and the firm expected between 40 and 50 candidates. 3:19
    • The consultant said the candidate slate would be presented on the 4th of November and the search was targeted to be done in December, while David Barsotti said a contract would not be in place in December and the selection would not be public until later, like January. 5:02
    • The consultant said 355 people responded to the community survey and 72% were District 96 residents. 10:00
  4. Public comment time limit policy 29:22
    • Stephanie Gunn said a set of policies was due for approval by the end of the month and that the recommendation for policy 2230, public comment at Board of Education meetings, was to change the limit from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. 29:52
    • One board member said being totally fine with changing it to 3, and another board member said being okay with the change if the board wanted to follow recommendations. 32:58
    • Wesley Muirheid read policy language encouraging a group that wishes to address the board on the same subject to appoint one person and said the intent was not to allow presentations to the board. 38:13
  5. Strategic plan goal 1 update 45:52
    • A district staff member said goal 1 aims to give all students access to a guaranteed, high-quality, engaging curriculum, with 40% of assessment items and classroom tasks in ELA and mathematics designed at Webb's Depth of Knowledge levels 3 and 4. 47:06
    • The staff member said standards-based reporting would launch this year in mathematics and science on the K-5 report card. 54:27
    • The staff member said a video presentation would be posted to help families understand standards-based reporting, and one board member suggested sending an explanation with the report cards. 1:14:02
  6. Strategic plan goal 2 update 1:16:13
    • A district staff member said goal 2 seeks to ensure every student feels safe, connected, supported and valued, with action steps on social-emotional learning instruction and intervention. 1:16:41
    • The staff member said the district would develop consistent Tier 2 and Tier 3 decision-making across buildings and that the Sabers tool is replacing the Renaissance assessment. 1:19:16
  7. Strategic plan goal 4 update 1:35:45
    • A district staff member said the district purchased a communication tool called ParentSquare and would likely launch it after the first of the calendar year. 1:39:25
    • One board member said it would be nice to see a key performance indicator related to involvement in the community. 1:44:45
    • Two board members said communication in the district had improved. 1:47:32
  8. Remaining goals and closed session 1:50:01
    • Wesley Muirheid said goals 3 and 5 remained to be discussed, and a staff member said they could be put on the regular board agenda. 1:50:01
    • Wesley Muirheid called for a motion to return to closed session to discuss a matter involving an individual student and litigation, and said no action would come out of that session. 1:50:31
    • Wesley Muirheid listed future meetings on October 21st, November 4th and November 18th. 1:51:24

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Video: posted by the district as “District 96 Board of Education Special Meeting 10-07-26”