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Videos On Demand of our Meetings! See below

Dubuque Community School District
Board Meetings 2011-2012

Meetings start at the designated times listed below and are cablecast live on Mediacom Channel 16.

July 18 – Forum, 5:00 p.m.

August 8 – Forum, 7:00 p.m.

August 22 – Forum, 5:00 p.m.

September 19 – Forum (Annual/Organizational)

September 26 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

October 10 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

October 24 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

November 7 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

November 28 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

December 12 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

January 9 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

January 23 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

February 13 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

February 27 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

March 19 – Forum, 5:30 p.m. (moved one wk later due to spring break)

April 9 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

April 23 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

May 14 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

June 18 – Forum, 5:30 p.m.

Looking for the latest meeting video or Red Carpet Recognition photos taken at the meeting? Click here for the Board Meeting Table of Contents!

Having problems seeing the meetings on Channel 16 or Digital Tier Channel 97-6? Click here.

Board Meeting Minutes
and Videos on Demand

elcome to the Dubuque Community School Board. We are glad you're here. A very popular feature on our School Board Website is on-demand videos. Not only do we broadcast the meetings live on our exclusive Mediacom cable channel 16, but we have the complete cablecasts available on demand on our Web site. We are now offering our videos in Flash video format which requires your browser (most up-to-date browsers have it already) to have an Adobe Flash Player Plug-in which is free and available when you click on the video player icon and it prompts you to download and install the player if it isn't already on your computer. If you are on a secure network that limits multimedia content, you may have to consult your resident systems tech support person to help you.

Board Members L to R: George Davis, Otto Krueger, Craig Beytien, Tami Ryan, Mike Donohue, Matt Strelo, Tom Barton. (click here for individual bios and contact information).

This portion of the Dubuque Community School website is always changing with information pertaining to Board topics. One of the more useful aspects of our website is the Board Minutes section published below. You can have up-to-the-moment information on Board meetings as well as special sessions. From this point forward, we will publish minutes of all meetings and make them easily accessible in a database as our files grow. If you need information on minutes from a previous meeting not published on this website, make your request to the Board Secretary, Joni Lucas, at the District offices, 2300 Chaney Road (just click on her name to e-mail your request).

Links to Board Committees

Teacher Quality Committee

This group is comprised of educators and administrators whose charge it is to determine the disposition of "teacher quality funds" mandated by the Iowa State Department of Education.

Policy/Community Relations Committee

Service areas include Administrative Regulations, Board Policies, Legal Matters, Partnerships and Foundations, Activities Council, Publications/Telecommunications, and Strategic Plan.

Support Services/Finance Committee

Services areas include Building and Grounds, Food Services, Transportation, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Benefits, Payroll and Budget

Educational Programs/School Operations Committee

Service areas include Curriculum and Instruction, Staff Development, Technology/Assessment, School Based Decision Making, School Initiatives/Studies and School Conduct

Human Resources

Service areas include Contracts/Evaluations/Recruitment, Employee Assistance and Labor Relations

Other Links

Board Policy Manual

The Board Policy Manual is available online with a hypertext index for rapid retrieval of all School Board policies.

Board Members Page

School Board Agendas for Upcoming Meetings

School Board Meeting Schedules and Minutes Archives

 

Highlights on the School Board Website

School Board Committees

Here's your chance to look into the inner workings of school board mechanics. Learn how money is budgeted and invested by School Board Committees who dig deep into the details of school maintenance and improvements, curriculum planning, finance, and human resources. The minutes are now part of this website.

The Dubuque Community Schools Online Board Policy Manual! Here's an excellent tool for citizens interested in school board policy. The entire Board Policy Manual is now online with a hypertext table of contents. Now it's easy to skim the entire document and download only the sections you need to examine.

Dubuque Schools Finance Section

So much of what the school board oversees is finances.

Click here for the latest in audit reports, financial information, budgets, tax facts and contact people.

Join the School Board Meeting live on Medicaom Cable Television Channel 16 and Digital Tier 97-6! Live and taped coverage is now available!

School Board meetings are cablecast live on the second Monday of the month on Mediacom Cable Channel 16 at 5:30 PM. Following the live show, we provide recablecast of the meetings on our exclusive DCS-TV Cable Channel 16 on a Mediacom cable box) and Channel 97-6 if you have cable but are using the tuner that is built into the TV set. The rebroadcast of the meetings comes up at least four times broadcast day every day of the week. If you don't receive Channel 97-6 on your native tuner, then you may have to re-scan for new channels to locate it. Usually, this is an automatic process the moment you turn on your television. This channel can only be seen with a flat-screen fully digital television. If you are viewing a tube-style TV with a digital cable (converter) box, then you should receive Channel 16 in the Channel 16 position. Only Mediacom customers have access to Channel 16. Of course if you want to view a particular meeting video on demand. this website provides the best means of doing that right in your web browser.

Click here for Meeting Agendas posted by the Friday previous the Monday board meeting. You can download and follow along while watching the meeting on TV.

Meeting Minutes and Video Index. Click on date to view those minutes and accompanying videos.
June 2, 2009 July 20, 2009 August 10, 2009 August 24, 2009
September 14, 2009 September 28, 2009 October 12, 2009 October 23-24, 2009 Workshop
October 26, 2009 November 9, 2009 November 23, 2009 November 30, 2009
December 7, 2009 December 12, 2009 December 18, 2009 December 22, 2009
January 11, 2010 January 14, 2010 January 18, 2010 January 25, 2010
February 1, 2010 February 8, 2010 February 22, 2010 March 8, 2010
March 22, 2010 from Roosevelt Middle School April 12, 2010 April 19, 2010 May 10, 2010
May 14th Meeting with Chamber of Commerce May 17, 2010 May 24, 2010 Instructional Board Meeting June 1, 2010 Work Session
June 10, 2010 Work Session June 14, 2010 July 19, 2010 August 9, 2010
August 23, 2010 August 30, 2010 September 13 , 2010 September 20, 2010
September 27, 2010 October 11, 2010 October 25, 2010 November 8, 2010
November 22, 2010 December 13, 2010 January 10, 2011 January 24, 2011
February 14, 2011 February 28, 2011 Work Session March 7, 2011 March 14, 2011
March 28, 2011 April 11, 2011 April 25, 2011 May 9, 2011
May 23, 2011 June 4, 2011 Special Meeting June 13, 2011 July 18, 2011
August 8, 2011 August 22, 2011 September 19, 2011 September 26, 2011
October 10, 2011 October 24, 2011 November 7, 2011 November 28, 2012
December 2, 2011 December 12, 2011 December 14, 2011 January 3, 2012
January 9, 2012 January 23, 2012    
       

 

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