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- approved the bills as covered by vouchers 068000 through 068285 and building construction bills as covered by vouchers 1147 through 1182. Carried manimously. Or. Mich offered condolences to Dave McKown on the death of his father, to Gertie Ccrpe, Food Service Director, on tne death of her husband and to Dave Gorder, Orono High School teacher, on the death of his father. Or. Mich reported that Dr. Ernest Stachowski conducted a workshop on Classroom Management for new teachers/mentors and evaluations are available for Board perusal and that he wanted to express appreciation to Trinity Lutheran Church for the use of their building for this class; that the construction on the Orono Education Link remains on schedule and that the Dedication Committee has deter mined that the dedication will be held the weekend of April 28; that he wanted to share with the Board a proposal from a legislative task force regarding Education Organization Membership which includes four approaches to reorganizing the educational system, one of which will be presented to the legislature in February; that he wanted to share a critique of the Van Mueller study of the equity lawsuit; that he wanted to congratulate Toni Bergland who, as a result of Board action on the Consent Agenda, will be the Coordinator for Community Relations for the district and to Brian Bergstrom who will direct the activltles/use of the swimming pool under Community Education; that under the leadership of Sue Kueppers, the curriculum for the use of the pool during the Instructional day has been completed; that a Superintendent's Advisory Connittee, consisting of three Board members, one principal, Ka*'en Orcutt, and Evy Zacher, will be established to advise the Superintendent in reviewing can didates for the replacement of Bill Fenholt; that a Superintendent's Advisory Committee, consisting of Peg Swanson, Toni Bergland and one principal, will be e >lished to advise the Superintendent in reviewing candidates for the posi- tt of Community Education Director; that the MSBA Convention will be held on lary 10, 11, and 12 at the Minneapolis Convention Center; that he wanted to congratulate Sharon Chmielarz, German and English teacher in the middle school, on the publishing of her new book. The Pied Pieper of Hamlin, and acknowledge her for her efforts and the prestT^ that she VTngs to the Orono School District; that on February 16 there will be an ECSU workshop for Board members on Outcome Based Education; that the Recognition Luncheon for employees will be held on January 2^ nonoring the following twenty-five year employees: Barb Jacoby, Don Laine. Dorothy Henry, rr«n Engstrom, Zoe Ann Palmer, Ray Pregl, Pat Shay, Bill Fenholt, Gertie Corpe end Elaine Hill with Bill Fenholt as the featured speaker. John Maresh requested that a facilities usage study with respect to sports and recreation be conduc. Lucie Taylor report that the Technology Committee has met twice and they are In the process of ff . gathering which will include some on-site visits. Mrs. Taylor expressed regret that Bill Fenholt is leaving and stated that he will be greatly missed. Mr. Ron Langness, Springsted's, Inc., reviewed the bids on the sale of $1,750,000 General Obligation Tax Anticipation Certificates of Indebtedness,