Regular School Board Meeting June 18, 2013

Here is the agenda for the meeting.

Here is a summary of the policy advisories.

Complete Policy Handouts.

Open Meetings Resolution

Vehicles to be auctioned (note that the vehicles will be auctioned separately on the public surplus website.)

Superintendent's Report

There will be an auction of school equipment on Saturday, June 29th at 8 a.m. The public can preview the items on Thursday and Friday prior to the auction and place an absentee bid if you can't be at Saturday's auction. There is a list at the school of the items to be auctioned, but it would not scan so I can't include it here.

There is also a public meeting scheduled for July 2nd at 4:30 pm in the High School Commons to discuss the proposed Facilities Master Plan and give the community the opportunity to make suggestions.

The podcast for the meeting will be loaded tonight at http://cmsbears.podbean.com

Cloudcroft's Policy Manual as it Relates to the Superintendent

At last night's meeting, there was discussion as to developing a rubric with which to evaluate Superintendent candidates. Here is what currently exists in the Cloudcroft School Board Policy Manual with regards to the Superintendent and his/her evaluation:

Qualifications and Duties of the Superintendent
Superintendent
Evaluation of Superintendent

An important thing to remember is that there is room for the policy manual to be changed to suit the needs and desires of the specific school board as long as it doesn't violate state law. For example, teachers and staff used to submit their own evaluation of the superintendent. The school board would thus have input as to how everyone else in the school felt about how the superintendent does his or her job. This has been done away with, meaning that the school board is evaluating the superintendent based upon very limited knowledge and input. I don't know whether the parents and community have ever been asked to submit their evaluations or opinions.

Effective Teaching Task Force

This information was sent by High School teacher Carole Merriman-Carter:

http://www.ped.state.nm.us/ttf/index.html