February 16th, 2010 ~ Second Tuesday School Board Meeting (Rescheduled from Feb. 9th)

February 16, 2010 – School Board Meeting
LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
4:00 & 6:30 P.M. School Board Meeting Room
21000 Education Court, Ashburn, VA
Presiding: John Stevens, Chairman

RECOGNITIONS
Loudoun County Public Schools Public Information Officer Wayde B. Byard recognized the School Board as part of the Commonwealth of Virginia's School Board Appreciation Month. The theme of this celebration is “Celebrating Leadership.”

ACTION
The School Board Approved:
Minutes; licensed and classified personnel actions; IFB #0611, Turf Maintenance Services, Renewal; IFB #169, Small Wares for Food Services, Renewal; Right-of-Way agreement between the Loudoun County School Board and Dominion Virginia Power – Tolbert Elementary School and Harper Park Middle School; and a student expulsion.

...The revision of School Board Policy §2-24, Order of Business, Quorum, Rules, Voting

INFORMATION ITEMS
Planning and Legislative Services – Scott York, chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, and LCPS Executive Director of Planning and Legislative Services Dr. Sam Adamo outlined potential school sites in the Ashburn area. Also taking part in this discussion were Loudoun County Director of Construction & Waste Management Lewis Rauch and Paul Brown of Loudoun County's Office of Capital Construction. The School Board also discussed School Board Policy Revision §2-32, School Boundaries: Policy and Process.

DELEGATIONS
Anne Denzin and Mark Nuzzaco spoke on potential changes in boundary policy. Nicole Towers, Darrell Miller, Ed Joseph, Kristen Langhorne and Jeffrey Goldman spoke about the need for schools in the Ashburn area.

CALENDAR

February 22	6:00 p.m.	Personnel Services Committee
Monday	School Administration Building

	6:30 p.m.	Dominion, Park View & Potomac Falls
	Dominion High School	Clusters Budget Meeting

February 23	5:30 p.m.	Finance & Facilities Committee
Tuesday	School Administration Building

	6:30 p.m.	4^th Tuesday School Board Meeting
	School Administration Building

February 24	3:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.	Board of Supervisors' Public Hearing on the
Wednesday	County Government Center	Budget

February 25	8:00 a.m.	Loudoun Education Foundation
Thursday	School Administration Building

February 27	9:30 a.m.	Board of Supervisors Public Hearing on the
Saturday	School Administration Building	Budget

March 2	6:30 p.m.	Joint Board of Supervisors/School Board
Tuesday	County Government Center	Budget Work Session

March 4	7:00 p.m.	28^th Annual LCPS Spelling Bee
Thursday	Stone Bridge High School

March 5	9:30 a.m.	VSBA SMarT Conference
Friday	School Administration Building

March 9	8:15 a.m.	Career and Technology Education Foundation
Tuesday	Monroe Technology Center	Board of Trustees

	3:00 p.m.	Finance & Facilities Committee
	School Administration Building

	4:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.	2^nd Tuesday School Board Meeting
	School Administration Building

March 10	7:30 p.m.	Loudoun Education Alliance of Parents
Wednesday	School Administration Building	(LEAP)

March 11	7:00 p.m.	Gifted Advisory Committee
Thursday	School Administration Building

March 12	7:30 a.m.	School-Business Partnership Breakfast
Friday	National Conference Center

March 16	8:30 a.m.	Technology Steering Committee
Tuesday	School Administration Building

	7:00 p.m.	Special Education Advisory Committee
	School Administration Building

March 17	7:00 p.m.	Minority Student Achievement
Wednesday	School Administration Building	Advisory Committee

March 18	3:00 p.m.	Curriculum & Instruction Committee
Thursday	School Administration Building

	7:00 p.m.	29^th Annual LCPS Regional Science &
	Briar Woods High School	Engineering Fair

March 23	5:30 p.m.	Finance & Facilities Committee
Tuesday	School Administration Building

	6:30 p.m.	4^th Tuesday School Board Meeting
	School Administration Building

March 24	6:30 p.m.	Diversity in Education Fair
Wednesday	Dominion High School

March 25	8:00 a.m.	Loudoun Education Foundation
Thursday	School Administration Building

March 29	6:00 p.m.	Personnel Services Committee
Monday	School Administration Building

March 29-31	SPRING BREAK – All Schools Closed
Monday - Wednesday

April 1-2	SPRING BREAK – All Schools and Administrative Offices Closed
Thursday-Friday

COMCAST – Public Access Channel 18 telecasts School Board meetings live and at noon on Thursday following the live meetings. The meeting will also be Web cast at www.lcps.org.