Action of the School Board Action of the School Board 06/27/16 | Page 2

in assignments was the most valued reason for serving as a substitute. Kriewall noted that a strategy to adjust
for pay resulted in increased satisfaction and ability to recruit quality candidates. She shared that 84.5 percent
of substitutes would recommend the district as an employer, a factor that increased by 2 percent over the previous year.

Community education
PreK grant application

Steve Kerr, executive director of community and government relations, and Al Ickler, community education director, provided an overview of a grant application to host new programming for pre-kindergarten students based
on the parameters established by the Minnesota legislature and Governor. Grant funding would support services at Evergreen Park World Cultures Community School, Adams Elementary and University Avenue Elementary
School – Aerospace, Children’s Engineering and Science for 120 to 160 students and allow existing funding for
these programs to be redirected to benefit other students.

Population certification

Steve Kerr, executive director of community and government relations, and Al Ickler, community education director, presented a resolution setting the residential population of the Anoka-Hennepin School District at 235,680
residents, an increase of 1,372 residents. The board approved the resolution on a unanimous vote and directed
that the state demographer use this information to calculate revenue for district use.

Elementary and secondary education
Fit for the Future Task Force

Joel VerDuin, chief technology and information officer, joined Fit for the Future Task Force co-chairs Tibli Dixon
and Kate Thunstrom in an update to the School Board and community on the process and activities conducted
to date and projected over the coming months. The School Board established the committee in April to review
existing facilities and study enrollment growth areas with the goal of providing options for consideration by
January 2017. Actions taken to date: a review of demographics and housing development growth by city, tours
of three high schools (Andover, Anoka and Blaine), and presentations on media center and classroom needs
and how technology use in education is impacting the delivery of education programs for student learning. The
task force is chaired by three community members and includes 10 additional residents, eight city and county
representatives, five teachers and administrators each representing early childhood, elementary, middle school
and high schools, and two non-teaching staff. The task force highlighted their open communication to the community that includes updates in local media and a repository of meeting notes and materials available on the
internet a t www.anoka.k12.mn.us/fff.

Anti-Bullying/Anti-Harassment Task Force annual report

Dr. Jinger Gustafson, associate superintendent for middle schools, Dr. Jennifer Cherry, title IX/equity coordinator, Judy Orland, task force parent, and Jacob Ericson, task force student, presented the annual report for
2015-16 on behalf of the Anoka-Hennepin Anti-Bullying/Anti-Harassment Task Force. The School Board established the advisory group in December 2012 to ensure the district’s commitment to providing safe, welcoming
and inclusive schools is achieved. The diverse 32-member task force met four-times during the year with 11
additional planning committee meetings. The group organized and conducted a full-day event called “Speak Up,
Speak Out: Imagine a Kinder Nation” as a strategy to collect feedback on previous efforts and help shape future
activities. Key findings from the over 100 students who participated in that event were shared. Each secondary
school in the district was represented at the event. The report will be presented for School Board approval and
future direction at another meeting.

Q-Comp program evaluation

Gwen Sherburne, Q-Comp Administrator and Bill Voight, Q-Comp peer evaluator, provided a status update for
School Board review prior to providing an annual report on activities and achievement to the Minnesota Department of Education. Q-Comp is the term used to describe Minnesota’s Quality Compensation system, a coordinated system to support teacher outcomes and positively impact student achievement. This is the third-year
for Q-Comp in Anoka-Hennepin. The School Board will review Q-Comp planning for the 2016-17 school year in
August.
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