School Board Meeting Summary
Sept. 18, 2007
The continued success of Springfield Public Schools requires advances in sharing student achievement with students, parents and teachers and the ability to locate and retrieve disparate data in one location. Those objectives are moving closer to reality this year as district officials pursue the purchase of an on-line student assessment package and data warehouse.
Assistant to the Superintendent Dr. Chuck Stockton gave a detailed presentation on the two systems to the School Board Tuesday night.
Data warehouse vendor proposals have been evaluated and vendor presentations are scheduled for Oct. 19 and 20. Online assessment proposals have been received and evaluations and vendor presentations will occur in the next three to four weeks. Board approval of the selected data warehouse is expected in October followed by a November approval of the online assessment system. Implementation of both solutions will be based upon vendor recommendations and staff input.
Also Tuesday night:
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The board authorized the engineering and architectural work for the last two of 18 school air conditioning projects approved by voters last year as part of a $96.5 million bond initiative. Olsson Associates will do the work on the Bingham and Mann elementary school projects.
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The board approved the re-authorization of H&M Insurors as the district’s carrier for medical stop-loss insurance coverage. Stop-loss coverage caps the district’s losses for catastrophic claims. The agreement is effective Oct. 1, 2007 to Oct. 1, 2008.