MONROE - The Monroe School District will have to foot the bill for a virtual school student to take four college classes and 14 credit hours.
The Monroe School Board received a Youth Options request from Tana Route, who lives in Washburn, to take four classes at Northland College. The Monroe School Board approved the youth option request Monday.
"If we don't have a comparable class that she wants to take, then we are obligated by the state statue to pay her tuition," Monroe School District Superintendent Larry Brown said.
Monroe Director of Instruction Cory Hirsbrunner said the district has had other similar Youth Options requests in the past. Hirsbrunner said she isn't sure how much the cost difference will be for Monroe for the Youth Option request.
Brown also updated the board on some of the research he has done on employee handbooks. Brown said the board has to start thinking about the template and information it wants for the employee handbooks, and whether it wants one complete handbook or separate ones for the Monroe Education Association and Monroe support staff.
Brown said he would like to have the negations committees for both the MEA and support meet and develop information they want in the handbooks. The district must have the employee handbooks done by June 30.
"It has to be made very clear that this is not a negotiation," Brown said.
The Wisconsin Association of School Boards has an employee handbook template that is more than 200 pages and costs $1,000 with $500 monthly updates.
"I don't think that will serve the district and its employees well," Brown said.
In other action, the Monroe School Board:
n Hired George Engles as a Monroe High School custodian.
The Monroe School Board received a Youth Options request from Tana Route, who lives in Washburn, to take four classes at Northland College. The Monroe School Board approved the youth option request Monday.
"If we don't have a comparable class that she wants to take, then we are obligated by the state statue to pay her tuition," Monroe School District Superintendent Larry Brown said.
Monroe Director of Instruction Cory Hirsbrunner said the district has had other similar Youth Options requests in the past. Hirsbrunner said she isn't sure how much the cost difference will be for Monroe for the Youth Option request.
Brown also updated the board on some of the research he has done on employee handbooks. Brown said the board has to start thinking about the template and information it wants for the employee handbooks, and whether it wants one complete handbook or separate ones for the Monroe Education Association and Monroe support staff.
Brown said he would like to have the negations committees for both the MEA and support meet and develop information they want in the handbooks. The district must have the employee handbooks done by June 30.
"It has to be made very clear that this is not a negotiation," Brown said.
The Wisconsin Association of School Boards has an employee handbook template that is more than 200 pages and costs $1,000 with $500 monthly updates.
"I don't think that will serve the district and its employees well," Brown said.
In other action, the Monroe School Board:
n Hired George Engles as a Monroe High School custodian.