Sunday, January 29, 2012

Elementary Space Task Force Launches this Week

(Thursday) Feb 02, 2012 - ELEMENTARY TASK FORCE, 6:00 p.m. 
at the District Office (Room 100), 501 S. Bird St., Sun Prairie. 
Chair: John Welke

A.  Call to Order
Chairperson John Welke will call the meeting to order.

B.  Roll Call
School Board Members - John Welke (Chair), Jill Camber Davidson
Committee Citizen Representatives - Mike Krachey, Steve Schroeder
Community Members - Rick Mealy, Al Slane
Elementary Administrators - Craig Coulthart, Kathi Klaas


We're still not certain why this is called the "Elementary" Task Force, because the Ad Hoc Committee's charge is certainly not simple.

But, thanks to school board member John Welke, who brought this task force to fruition, the community will finally have a transparent mechanism to vet out ALL options for dealing with anticipated space needs at the elementary level.  This time, we're not going to consider only building another palace.  This time, ALL options will be explored, vetted and discussed in public.

And that is a good thing.

We look forward to the fruits of this task force.
But the group needs a more fitting moniker, dontcha think?
Elementary Task Force?  Does that really help the community understand the charge of this group?
There's that whole transparency thing again.  This school district needs to do a much better job of clearly communicating what the mission of a committee is and what will be discussed.  How does the public decide whether they wish to attend if they don't know what the meetings are about?

How about "SPACES"
Sun Prairie Assessment of Capacity for Elementary Students