Item discussion between the Board and Superintendent took place with questions and answers.  Discussion included:

• C2 Amendment to Performance Matters contract - Superintendent Davis gave explanation of the amendment; allows teachers and guidance counselors to go deeper into data to see if students are on track; 
• C3 Personnel Consent Agenda - Superintendent reviewed the job description for College and Career Coach; moving away from wall-to-wall Academies; Superintendent met with principals to identify other factors for "anchor" academies; 
• C10 Economics and Financial Literacy Adoption - the question was raised whether the two courses can be split; this would be a DOE decision;
• C11 K-12 Academic Student Travel - discussion about the form; #6 for use of private vehicles and drivers listed as Agents of the Board; documentation is not being included with the field trip form;  budget codes/accounts should be clear who is paying (school/district or students/parents);
• C15 Budget Amendments - next month new budget reporting format will give more detailed explanation; Chairman Kerekes asked if each month the Budget Amendment and Financial Report items, could be put on Discussion agenda with a brief review given at the meeting;  
• C18-C23  routine Property Reports
• C24 Agreement with DES - this contract allows us to employ certain temporary services on an as-needed basis;  FLYCA instructors and one retired IT tech currently contracted under this agreement;
• C30 KHE Parent Pickup Redesign - needed due to lack of adequate defined parking areas ;
• D2  Synovia Agreement - decision must be made by 90-day window to terminate; requires letter of notification and sworn statement that no funds are available; 
• D5 Controlled Open Enrollment Policy - required by new legislation; must act to meet upcoming deadlines; policy establishes how students may attend schools outside of their attendance zone; a lottery process will be used; must advertise policy change and then hold public hearing in April;   
• D6 Proposed 2017-2018 Allocations - Superintendent distributed hard copies to the Board and gave an overview of the plan to mainstream our allocations process; reviewed a comparative analysis of percentage funded by function;  allows us to balance services; the allocations plan represents a collaborative effort between district and school staff (union president included in a recent meeting); Superintendent asking consideration for 32 media techs to be repositioned as classroom assistants to work directly with students academically in literacy and needed areas;  may require some job description changes;  

With time running short, the Board decided to hold a workshop on February 27, 2017, at 4:00 p.m., for further review and discussion of the 2017-2018 staffing allocations plan.  

In closing, Superintendent Davis distributed to the Board  copies of the results of a Fall 2016 Insight Survey.  He also announced the need for an Executive session on collective bargining on February 27th.