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F THE <br />BO <br />JAN <br />OF ORONO OIND INDEPENDENTMEETING <br />SCHOOL DISTRICTSCHOOL <br />NO.A2D78 2 9 <br />HELD ON JANUARY 13, 1986 <br />iil <br />The regular meeting of the School Board of Orono Independent School Uistrict No. <br />278 was held on Monday, January 13, 1986. <br />Present: Dave Mckown James Franklin James Setter <br />Don Anderson William Levering William Fenholt <br />Kitty Crosby Lucie Taylor <br />UPON MOTION by Kitty Crosby, seconded by Bill Levering, the minutes of the <br />December 9, 1985 meeting were approved as presented. <br />Lucie Taylor provided the Board with further information regarding the Highway <br />12 Corridor Study in order to bring them up to date on discussions being held. <br />Mrs. Taylor stated that the next meeting will be on March 3. <br />Jim Franklin provided the Board with material on the AMSD's ranking of 1986 <br />Legislative proposals for their perusal. <br />Bill Levering reported to the Board that the first mediation session was held <br />with the teachers on January 9, 1986 at the Normandy. The next mediation <br />session will be on January 23, 1986 at 4:00 p.m, in the District Office. <br />UPON MOTION by Bill Levering, seconded by Kitty Crosby, the Board approved the <br />Industrial Arts Curriculum Guide as presented. <br />Discussion ensued regarding updating/upgrading of the Industrial Arts Department <br />and the feasibility/necessity for improvement in order to provide up to date <br />curriculum/equi went for students interested in pursuing careers which would <br />evolve from tt ndustrial Arts program. <br />Dave Sohn, Bruc. Frahm and Gordy Harstad were present and answered questions <br />from the Board. The Board requested that a plan of direction/concepts for the <br />Industrial Arts Department be developed and presented to the Board for their <br />information. <br />Jim Setter reported on the Suburban West meeting held on December 16, 1985 in <br />Glencoe for discussion of possible realignment of conferences. Mr. Setter <br />stated that an informal agreement was established between the Missota Conference <br />and the Subur. .n West Conference for cross schedulti., of events to order to pro- <br />vide adequate competition for certain activities but the present ei,ht school <br />Suburban West Conference will remain the same for at least the next two years. <br />Mary Supel, on behalf of the Orono Gifted and Talented Task Force, provided <br />information to the Board regarding the gifted/talented program ,t Orono. Mrs. <br />Supel's pre 'ation included the background/philosophy of the program and the <br />evaluation .ess by the State Department, which was begun in 1984, and from <br />which stemmed the development of the Orono Gifted and Talented Task Force. The <br />Task Force, utilizing State recommendations and also their own study of the <br />program, arrived at two concerns which are: ;I) unevenness and fragmentation <br />