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Board members present:       Karyn Gibbons, Ralph Gierke, Steve Kraxberger, Deneen Munson, Jim
                                                     Needham, Janette Palmer
Staff present:                             Alice Ericksen/Superintendent; Pam Monte/Administrative Assistant

Chair Janette Palmer called the meeting of the Molalla River School District Board of Education
to order at 6:10 p.m. and established that a quorum was present.

ACTION ITEMS
Superintendent Search
Bob Bums, OSBA consultant, provided the Board with the revisions that were-made to the
documents pertaining to the upcoming superintendent search at the October 17 meeting:
Announcement of Vacancy, Information Brochure and Qualifications. The Board made additional
revisions.

The Board reviewed the resolution regarding the composition and responsibility of the
Superintendent Screening Committee.  The Committee will be comprised of the following:

        • Board members - 7
•  Staff of Molalla River School District - 6
    - Teachers/Licensed (2)
    - Classified (2)
    - Administration/Supervisory (1)
    - Confidential (1)
    (One staff member will be selected from a list of names submitted by each employee
    group, and one additional person from the teacher/licensed and classified group will
    be selected at large)
•  Public members - 7
    (One member from each school community plus one member at-large. School
    communities include Clarkes, Dickey Prairie, Maple Grove, Molalla, Mulino and
    Rural Dell.)
•  Member of Molalla City Council -1
•  High School student -1
Total of 22 members.
Members will be asked to:

1. Devote from 20 to 30 hours in the screening process;
2. Sign a confidentiality agreement whereby members agree to observe confidentiality
        concerning all information discovered in the application materials and in the
        screening process;

Molalla River School District
Board of Education - Minutes
October 22, 2002

            3. Read and evaluate all application files and recommend candidates to be interviewed
                    by the Board.

Mrs. Gibbons asked whether we could legally ask a minor student to sign a confidentiality agreement. Mr. Bums will check with legal council.

M02-28                  A motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mrs. Munson to approve the
resolutions for the Superintendent Search as revised. Passed unanimously. 6-0

 Supplemental Budget 2002-2003

Dave Peterson, Business Manager, provided the Board with updated information on the debt service
funds supplemental budget for 2002-2003. The supplemental budget has to do with the recent bond
sale for the PERS Unfunded Liability.

M02-29              A motion was made by Mrs. Gibbons, seconded by Mrs. Munson to approve
                            Resolution R22-004 - Debt service funds supplemental budget for 2002-03
                            adopting the budget and making appropriations. Motion passed 5-1 (Kraxberger
                            opposing)

WORK SESSION
Molalla High School Strategic Planning - Graduation Requirements

Roy Reynolds and members of the high school Strategic Planning Committee, Sandy Pellens,
Michael Kaiel, Ron Brow and Pam Briscoe, summarized the work completed by the Molalla High
School Task Force over the last eight months. Mr. Reynolds emphasized to the Board that in order
to understand the proposed graduation requirements, they must understand the Task Force Report
Summary.

The task force used a survey designed by the National Study of School Evaluation to collect
information from students, teachers and parents about the quality of the instructional program,
support for student learning, school climate, and related topics. This same survey will be conducted
every two years now that they have a baseline to compare it too.

From the work done by the task force, the Graduation Requirements Task Force is now proposing a
change in the high school graduation requirements that will affect the graduation class of 2007.
The task force is recommending that the total number of credits required for graduation remain at
28 for a standard diploma. The proposed changes in course requirements are designed to better
align with Certificate of Advanced Mastery requirements of the State and to offer both a more
rigorous and relevant education for all students.

The committee will come to the Board in November asking them to approve the proposed
graduation requirements.

ADJOURN

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

Chair                                                                                        Superintendent

Secretary