May Board Agenda Preview

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The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School
Commissioners will meet May 26 for an Agenda Review Session and May 28 for an
Action Session. Topics to be addressed at these meetings include:

• Commissioners
  will receive an update on a Career Technology Center partnership with Duke
  Realty, Habitat for Humanity and the DirectEmployers Foundation. The goal of
  this partnership is to increase student opportunities in the career fields of
  commercial and residential construction, giving our graduates a pipeline to
  jobs with a competitive wage.
• Commissioners will learn more about a proposed
  partnership with Public Impact to implement the Opportunity Culture (OC) model
  in selected schools. This model is geared to increase student achievement and
  offer competitive salaries to highly qualified teachers. Rather than the
  traditional classroom model, students would spend time with a team including a
  teacher-leader, experienced teachers, and classroom assistants. Increased
  technology use is also key to the model. Commissioners will be briefed on the
  proposed research, planning and implementation process for the district.
• Commissioners will finalize the revised public
  comment process, including the district’s new online registration form to ensure
  everyone has a chance to participate in the board’s public meetings.
• In a continued commitment to the safety of our
  students and staff, Board commissioners will review and discuss proposed policy
  changes to clarify the district’s policy regarding the use of physical force in
  staff supervision of students and to reaffirm the district’s prohibition of
  corporal punishment.
• In addition to recognizing the 2015 Innovation
  School Fellows chosen to design and launch innovative educational school models
  to replace chronically underperforming schools in the district, the Board will
  review and vote on two proposed Innovation Network Charter School agreements
  for the 2015-2016 school year with KIPP Indianapolis and Enlace
  Academy.