Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison, Wisconsin
Art Rainwater, Superintendent

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Agenda: SPECIAL MEETING – Open Session

Thursday Memorial High School January 5, 2006 201 S. Gammon Road, Library Media Center

6:30 p.m. Madison, Wisconsin

Special Meeting of the Madison School Board and the Memorial and West Attendance Areas Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force

  1. Call to Order

  2. Approval of Minutes dated December 20, 2005

    1. Decision making tree voting procedure and results related to the Memorial and West Attendance Areas Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force’s preliminary recommendations relative to Critical Paths 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 that were developed to address:

      1. Elementary schools in the Memorial and West attendance areas that have overcrowded student populations

      2. Projected growth of the elementary schools in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas

      3. Disparity of the income of parents whose children attend elementary schools in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas

    1. Identify options to be included in the Final Report to the Board of Education’s Long Range Planning Committee to address:

      1. Elementary schools in the Memorial and West attendance areas that have overcrowded student populations

      2. Projected growth of the elementary schools in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas

      3. Disparity of the income of parents whose children attend elementary schools in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas

  3. Options to be included in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force’s final report as they relate to the Madison Board of Education’s considerations when the Madison School District is redrawing boundary lines

  4. Memorial and West Attendance Areas Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force Final Report to the Board of Education’s Long Range Planning Committee to address:

Agenda: Special Meeting of the Madison School Board and the Memorial and West Attendance Areas Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force January 5, 2006 Page 2

a.
Elementary schools in the Memorial and West attendance areas that have overcrowded student populations
b.
Projected growth of the elementary schools in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas
c.
Disparity of the income of parents whose children attend elementary schools in the Memorial and West Attendance Areas
d.
Whether to have a joint meeting with the East Attendance Area Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force and to develop an agenda for such meeting
  1. Summary of what transpired at the December 20, 2005 meeting of the Memorial/West Attendance Area Demographics and Long Range Facility Needs Task Force and the next steps that the Task Force will take

  2. Adjournment

BOE Meeting Dates Task Force Meeting Dates
October 24 October 20 December 6
November 14 October 25 December 13
December 19 November 10 December 20
January 30 November 17 January 5
November 22