This looks pretty different than the last time I blogged about it – added charge, new members, new timeline.Here’s the document to be considered by they Madison School Board at their meeting tomorrow.
CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE
Charge of Ad Hoc Committee: The committee is charged with examining safety and security options for our High Schools related to removing SROs out of our Madison School District High Schools. The work of the committee will focus on budget and policy recommendations to the Board.
- Review information regarding the 2016 Ad Hoc committee*
- Consider safety and security High School Systems that would remain the same, revised/strengthened and/or changed. What needs to be in place when schools reopen?
- Consider resources needed to support safe schools-reallocation of resources.
- Review and make recommendations regarding current BOE policies regarding safety, security and police involvement: 4224, 4147 and 4400. Expand 4400 to include more details of required police involvement and continued relationship with MPD for Act 81 and 143 and response to mandated reporting requirements.
- Recommend alternatives to exclusionary practices.
*This subcommittee of the board is different from the work of the ERO Ad Hoc Committee established in 2016. The charge of the task force in 2016 focused on recommendations on best practices related to SRO’s and changes in specific contract language to include in the current SRO contract and review existing MMSD data, federal and local guidance, contracts and policies related to SRO’s. It was not focused on examining the process, policies and practices of safety and security without an SRO in our High Schools.
There would also be an administrative team doing the work of preparing our schools for not having a school resource officer. This team would be working with and reporting their progress and recommendations to the Board Committee.
BOARD POLICY ON AD HOC COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES
Board Policy 1041:
Ad Hoc Committees and Subcommittees:
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- The BOARD may create and determine the composition of ad hoc committees as deemed appropriate. For purposes of this paragraph and its sub-paragraphs, the term “ad hoc committee” includes a task force or similar advisory body.
- An ad hoc committee need not be a committee of the whole and may include or consist entirely of individuals who are not Board Members.
- Except where a different process is expressly established by Board Policy or by the BOARD at the time the ad hoc committee is created, members of an ad hoc committee shall be appointed by standard majority vote following nomination by the BOARD PRESIDENT.
- Pursuant to a vote taken by an ad hoc committee, an ad hoc committee may make a recommendation to the BOARD but may not take final action without action by the BOARD at a regular or special Board meeting.
- The BOARD reserves the right to dissolve any ad hoc committee, whether created by the BOARD, or by any other committee or subunit.
- The BOARD may create and determine the composition of ad hoc committees as deemed appropriate. For purposes of this paragraph and its sub-paragraphs, the term “ad hoc committee” includes a task force or similar advisory body.
MEMBERSHIP
- Savion Castro, Co-chair MMSD board
- Gloria Reyes, Co-chair MMSD Board
- Kiesha Duncan, LHS – 11th, MMSD student
- Vera Naput, West, MMSD parent
- Stephanie Prewitt, LHS, MMSD parent
- Everett Mitchell, Community member
- Noble Wray, Community member
- Lorrie Hurckes-Dwyer, Dane County Timebank, Community member, SHRAC
- Wayne Strong, Community member
- Anthony Ward, JMM, School Security Staff*
- Patrice Hutchins, East, High School Staff Member
- Corvonn Gaines, West, High School Staff Member
- Silvia Gomez, East, High School Staff Member
- Ed Sadlowski, MTI Executive Director
- Nadia Pearson, West, MMSD Student
- Bianca Gomez, Freedom, Inc.
- Martha Siravo, Madtown Mommas
- Marques Flowers, Memorial, High School Staff Member
- Ashzianna Alexander, LaFollette, High School Student
- Vanessa McDowell, YWCA
- Yanna Williams, Community Member
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
- Mike Hernandez, District, Chief of High Schools*
- Devon Larosa, LAF, High School Principal
- Mark Brown, District, Director of Safety and Security*
- Gina Aguglia, District, Coordinator – Cross Systems Support
- Bryn Martyna, District, Coordinator of Progressive Discipline
TIMELINE/MEETING SCHEDULE
August 13
Ad Hoc Committee meeting #1:
- establish timeline of work and meetings;
- consider 2016 Ad Hoc Report;
- get an update from MMSD Safety and Security Team–review current revisions of the current District Safety Plan- What are we missing?
- Identify high school systems that would be the same, those that would be revised/strengthened and/ or different.
August 20 and 27
Ad Hoc Committee meetings #2 and #3:
- review and make recommendations to Board Policies 4224,4247, and 4400; expand 4147 and 4400 to recommend details of police involvement for Act 85 and 143;
- consider exclusionary alernatives.
August 31
- Brief Update to the Board at Regular meeting under “Other Reports to the Board.”
September 10
Ad Hoc Committee Meeting #4:
- prepare update to the Board.
September 24
Ad Hoc Committee Meeting #5:
- District Safety Team Update to Board
- High school principals share safety plans and next steps with community
and BOE.
October 8
Ad Hoc Committee Update to Board and extension if needed
