Madison Metropolitan School District Madison, Wisconsin

Daniel A. Nerad, Superintendent

BOARD OF EDUCATION Doyle Administration Building Minutes for PLANNING and DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 545 West Dayton Street, Room 103 October 11, 2010 Madison, Wisconsin The Planning and Development Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Arlene Silveira at 5:01 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Maya Cole, Ed Hughes, Arlene Silveira MEMBERS ABSENT: None STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Sue Abplanalp, Jennie Allen, Amy Christianson, John Harper, Pam Nash,

Dan Nerad, Joe Quick, Silvia Romero-Johnson, Lisa Wachtel, Nancy Yoder, Barbara Lehman – Recording Secretary

OTEHRS PRESENT: Board Members James Howard, Beth Moss and Marj Passman I. PUBLIC APPEARANCES There were no public appearances. II. DISCUSSION/PRESENTATION ITEMS ITEM B WAS TAKEN UP OUT OF ORDER B. Dual Language Immersion Update (DLI)—Appendix MMM-4-10 (Packets included a summary report proposing a DLI site of the Memorial attendance area and a graphic

representation of the DLI implementation plan. Copies are attached to the original of these minutes.)

Dr. Abplanalp indicated that staff has been monitoring the numbers for two years and now have a recommendation to start at Chavez Elementary. They will take this school year for planning with staff at the school for implementation in 2011-12. Ms. Christianson confirmed that the most steady numbers were at Chavez, hence the reason for the option before the Board. Comparison data also indicated that Nuestro Mundo Community School started out similarly and the namesake at Chavez tied in well. Linda Allen, principal of Chavez Elementary School, is prepared and ready to implement. Jennifer Allen also confirmed that Chavez is very positive about the establishment of the DLI program plan. Dr. Nash also noted that Toki Middle School is thrilled about the possibilities as a receiving school and how Dual Language Immersion will fit into their culture and school-wide planning for the Expeditionary Learning Proposal, an outward-bound model tied in with environmental and physical activities around neighborhood services learning, healthy lifestyles, etc. Toki is about six months into examining this proposal as a possible fit for their school and the accompanying grant process.

Questions/Comments

• There are enough students at Chavez to open up two DLI kindergarten sections. • Strategies for minimizing staff impact and to plan and build consensus; size of sections as classes

move into higher grades. • Integration of DLI into current instructional teams. • No bussing issues associated with the Chavez site v. Orchard Ridge and Crestwood. • Allied Drive choices for families. • Strategies for meeting the challenge of finding bilingual teachers as the program expands. • Use of Federal Education Jobs bill toward recruitment of bilingual teachers. • Offerings for current teachers to learn or brush-up on Spanish. • Contracted linguistics researcher is preparing a report on how DLI is impacting parental choice. • Staffing analysis in February for the fall to respond to shifts in demographics—working with

principals. District ELL numbers are increasing K-5.

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• Factors to consider for DLI as an attractor--Chavez site, MMSD open enrollment, and Fitchburg opening of DLI program.

• Board of Education approval of DLI expansion at the high school level will be brought back as more data is gathered.

• Staff will continue to inform both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking parents about DLI. • Staff will continue to monitor the specific school cultures as DLI is expanded. It was moved by Arlene Silveira and seconded by Maya Cole to move to the Regular meeting the selection of Chavez Elementary School as the Memorial attendance area site for DLI expansion. Motion unanimously carried.

Follow-up: Get correct information out to Crestwood and Stephens staff, in particular, about changes

in enrollment and parental choice around setting up a possible DLI program. A. La Follette Attendance Area Planning—Appendix MMM-4-15 (Packets included open enrollment data for 2010-11. A copy is attached to the original of these minutes.) Ms. Silveira noted that planning for the La Follette area was needed due to overcrowding and that

decisions would potentially be made in February for the area. This meeting was the beginning of discussion around process and information that would be needed. Dr. Nash indicated that recent history with planning ended up with hundreds of ideas garnered from the community that set up false expectations around what was possible and what was not. There is a lot of information to go back to for this area and staff was interested in other methods to make the process go more smoothly. Dr. Abplanalp noted that last year’s task force came up with several proposals, including district conversation about going wireless using the Stimulus money. Dr. Nerad indicated that administration would review those ideas in light of the Third Friday numbers and come back to the committee.

Questions/Comments

• Task forces have been formed in the past with different memberships. Some people who served were frustrated because there was so much information and they felt their decisions were not respected. There was a great deal of community input. Need some sort of feedback and review mechanism to comment on what is done and feedback.

• Use of Strategic Plan and Equity Plan as tools under the framework umbrella—keeping in mind the entire district as decisions are made, e.g., DLI expansion and transportation.

• One of the criteria has to be least disruptive. • Have to add 4K to the mix. • Also need to factor in the opening of Badger Rock Middle School. • Consider moving Nuestro Mundo to its own space and factor in that cost. • November discussion has to include the possibility of using a task force.

Follow-up: Administration will clarify what it is that the district is trying to accomplish in this area and review the proposals generated from last year’s task force and come back to the Board committee for discussion in November. Next meeting can see what it is that is agreeable and makes sense and then go out broadly to the community. Next meeting—administration will provide objectives and numbers as they stand right now and a calendar going forward.

III. PROPOSED ACTION ITEMS FOR OCTOBER 25, 2010 REGULAR BOARD MEETING There were no action items.

IV. CONSENT ITEMS FOR OCTOBER 25, 2010 REGULAR BOARD MEETING There were no consent items. V. IDENTIFICATION OF FUTURE COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS A. Items to be Carried Over No items were identified.

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B. New Agenda Items

• Open enrollment—subject of the most proposed resolutions statewide. MMSD survey focus. Virtual academies.

• November discussion--Formulate path forward for maintenance—spending based on the Durrant report and community suggestions. Potential for using an outside committee and in terms of membership. Have the content but need a process.

• Update on revisions to Strategic Plan. • Process for the development of Alternative Programs. • Input regarding assumptions to fit into the forecast model for the Ad Hoc—5-Year Budget Plan

Committee. VI. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Maya Cole and seconded by Ed Hughes to adjourn the meeting at 5:58 p.m.

Motion unanimously carried. bl