Mission: To ensure all students are capable, curious and confident learners
who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world.

OPERATIONS ACTION TEAM
Meeting Date, Place and Time / Team Norms / Individual Roles and Responsibilities
October 12, 2015
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Administration – Board Room / •Set aside judgment of others realizing everyone is coming from different perspectives and we may not always agree
•Be willing to broaden your lens to see things differently
•Active participation is necessary for everyone’s voice to be heard.
•Listen fully with the intention to understand, rather than listening to create a counter-argument / •Keep Parkway’s Mission and Vision at the center
of our work.
•Understand the plan, share it with the community, and help address misconceptions that may arise.
•Practice shared accountability for achieving our goals, including monitoring the activities that relate
to strategy and implementation.
•Ask questions and provide input from my perspective and the perspective of others whom I represent.
•Listen to understand and feel empowered
to respectfully challenge others’ ideas.
•Encourage and promote the positive work of the district.
Next Meeting
Next Meeting:
November 9, 2015
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Admin. Bldg. – Board Room
Agenda Item / Notes
Leadership Discussion
(Desi Kirchhofer)
Google Discussion
(Jason Rooks)
Transportation – Data Points
(Will Rosa)
Department Goals for 15-16
(Patty Bedborough) /
4- 5 Focus Areas
Data Points Schedule / October – TransportationNovember – Purchasing & SustainabilityDecember – Food Service
January – FacilitiesFebruary – TechnologyMarch– Finance & Communications
April – Human Resources
Tentative Leadership Discussion Schedule / November – Amy JoyceDecember – Patty BedboroughJanuary–Paul Tandy
February – Will RosaMarch – Erik LuedersApril – Mike Mertens
May – Brian Whittle
Discussion Questions from May All Admin. Meeting (As time allows) /
From May 2015 All Admin – Equity and Excellence
  1. Free and Reduced Lunch Percentages
  2. How do you encourage families to register
  3. Provide nutrition to students how need it?
  4. Low Benefit Awareness
  5. Discussion points – try social media?
  6. 4% of students without access to technology or internet access at home
  7. From middle school survey
  8. 2% of technology staff is African American – want to have a more diverse work group
  9. How do we attract and retain staff diversity?
  10. Transportation - 20% diversity with drivers, 0% office staff or Supervisory, 10% mechanics
  11. How do we attract and retain staff diversity?
Discussion Points:
Issue – difficult to find candidates with quality attributes to move forward
Slight majority of non-exempt – ie. Custodial staff predominately African American, 4 facility supervisors
Focus – How can we help HR to reach out to candidates?
Options – Connections with technical schools,
Pressure – Leadership Change
Hire from within or diverse candidate?
  1. ESOL students – Transportation to summer school or to athletics/activities? Currently provide athletics/activities route for north high ESOL – greatest population is at CHS
  2. Bus safety with students and parents is currently in August prior to VST students’ arrival. How do we provide better access?
  3. Set up at a local school so they have better access
  4. Team with Rocki for VST program at City Museum
  5. Communication with parents to invite them
  6. Address cab drivers and safety
  7. Do VST students have access to quality service on their trip to school?
  8. Time on the bus – can it be used for intervention?
  9. Communicate with all families
  10. 5% non-reported email
  11. 20% VST families no reported email
  12. Cannot make phone calls for all communication
  13. Difficult to receive feed back
  14. Translation
  15. Facilities – 272 employees – most diversity in custodial stall. Not may exempt employees.
  16. Difficulty in translating employee information and emergency information
  17. Affluent schools vs. non-affluent. Example – Mason Ridge vs. Mckelvey.
  18. Title IX – inequity in facilities and fundraisers
  19. Landscaping – inequity based on PTO funding vs. district support