Board of Education

Prior to the Board of Education meeting, members of the Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation recognized the 2009 Rock Island Legends and Rock Island Founders Circle Awards. Stanley Goldman ‘38 and Peg Nothdorf ‘51 were recognized as Rock Island Legends and outstanding alumni for their many contributions to the school district and community. Ted Davies and Roger Nothdorf were recognized as Founders Circle members for their unconditional support of the school district and the betterment of its students.

Superintendent Loy presented the 14th Annual State of the Schools address highlighting the Building Excellence Plan, Rock Island High School and key performing indicators of the school district. The address will be available on the Rock Island Public Channel 9 for viewing each Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

Articulation and Alignment Committee Report
In the past year, a collaborative committee in the Rock Island-Milan School District has been working on grade-wide building-wide effort to articulate and align the district curriculum. The committee was able to compare and contrast school cultures and cultivate the parts that would allow standardization of the best practices. In addition the committee had the ability to articulate and align instruction-based Power Standards. Many teachers felt that the committee put the curriculum on track and helped to bring focus to each grade level throughout the district. The development of the Math vocabulary stemmed from this committee, as well as the critique and evaluation of the Grades K-6 math pilot. The implementation of Career Cruising. For 2010 the committee will continue to provide input for the math pilot, begin Science articulation/alignment, discuss common assessments of core areas and discuss revised grade reports for K-8.

Other items:

• The board approved the purchase of 20 MacBooks and 8 iPod Touch from Apple, Inc. for the price of $21,560 from the funds of the Thomas Jefferson Booster Club.
• Board Policy revisions of 2:70E, 2:260, 5:220 and 6:15 regarding Board of Education vacancies, Substitute teaching employment period, uniform grievance procedure and school accountability were reviewed by Cabinet members. All members recommended to accept the policy revisions as stated.
• A public hearing was conducted for the 2009-2010 school district budget. There were no presentations that came forward. The Board adopted the 2009-2010 budget as presented at the July 28 meeting. View the budget >>
• Building Excellence Update >>