Date

Topic/Program

September 17, 2008

Help set our agenda for the 2008-09 Roundtable Conversations.
We welcome recommendations for Roundtable topics.

October 8, 2008

Update on Math
&
Answering Parent Questions

November 5, 2008

Update on Assessment:
• No Child Left Behind
• Adequate Yearly Progress
&
How are "dropout and on-time graduation" defined?

December 3, 2008

Update on Student Transportation:
• How much of the General Fund is subsidizing transportation?
• What are we studying and looking at to reduce transportation costs?
• What have we already done to reduce transportation costs?
• How do we address student management and discipline while transporting students?

January 7, 2009

Food Service Overview and Update:
• What is being offered — quality/can it be purchased from local farms Is organic an option?
• Update on IOU process
&
Capital Projects-Properties Update
&
Contact Information for the State Legislature

February 4, 2009

Site-Based Decision Making and Consistent Practices
&
The Influence of Gender on Student Learning
&
Challenges for Classroom Teachers (EEA/teachers' union representative in attendance)

March 4, 2009

Progress Reporting/Skyward
• Timelines for when reports are given
• On-time graduation
&
Programs and Projects that Enhance and Support Student Learning

April 8, 2009

Gifted Education in the Age of No Child Left Behind
&
Middle Level (grades 7/8) Gifted Education & Electives
&
Special Needs' Student Programs

May 6, 2009

Annual State Legislative Session Overview by Barbara Mertens, Assistant Executive Director of Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA).

June 3, 2009

Planning for the 2009-10 Topics