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 * Minutes from Secondary Coaches Meeting Oct. 12, 2006**

Attendees: Karl Fisch, Mason Gregg, Ben Nuebel, Curt Christensen, Heidi Dudley, La Donna Lenz, Linda Gray, Dan Maas, Boni Hamilton, Mike Porter

a. Dan is studying this issue. He hopes to have a vision statement ready around the end of February. Part of the vision is a goal of 90% of all students on grade level by 2011. a. Vista: What about RAM upgrades to run Vista?
 * 1.** **Meeting Minutes**: Mason will set up a wiki for secondary coaches to post minutes and agenda items. Linda will take the notes.
 * 2.** **PBS Content**: is available through United Streaming for approximately $475.00 and may be purchased on a per school basis. LPS is currently on an annual contract. Content is mostly for high school.
 * 3.** **LPS Website vs. school web sites:** the new LPS web site looks very nice. Coaches asked about updating the school sites to look more consistent with the district site. Dan explained that Sharlyn set up the new site and when she gets back from maternity leave she can help. The LPS web site was done through .netnuke and their content management server using free ware. District ITS doesn’t know the cost yet. Karl asked that Dan compare Moodle with the Blackboard platform. Blackboard is being used to create modules for a new online GT program.
 * a.** **What feature sets do we need for the district? (Dan)**
 * b.** **What policies do we need to get in place? (Dan)**
 * 4.** **Staff Development:** Coaches would like to look at the possibility of bringing in Will Richardson (or someone like him) for a day of staff development. Will R. charges $2250.00 plus travel per day. Also, question was raised if Will was a possibility for the TIE conference. Randy has endorsed Will as TIE's keynote speaker. Perhaps we can tie in with TIE to share costs.
 * 5.** **Software Licensing:** With the current limit on software licenses per building, coaches are disposing machines that could still be used but are too expensive to keep at $60.00 per license per year.
 * 6.** **Current versions of software:** What are the latest versions of MS Office, IE, etc. that the district has for installation? Coaches could use new disks and current license numbers.
 * 7.** **MAPS Testing:** Coaches should send their thoughts regarding MAPS Testing to Dan.
 * 8.** **Student Servers**: Coaches are looking at Google for Educators and the 2 GB of free storage space and are wondering if it is really necessary to spend money on a server for students. Mason asked about getting support/maintenance contracts through a 3rd party source to cover servers after the initial maintenance contract expires. He feels his server is adequate and the only reason he is considering buying a new one at this time is the maintenance issue.
 * 9.** Coaches still need the **LPS filter bypass code.** This password is available from Mike Z. in ITS.
 * 10.** **Logitech USB Headphones** with a microphone are available for $32.50 through Gov Connections. Contact Dayle Redman if you want to order any. (Boni)
 * 11.** **MS Office for home installation:** Bill Tucker has disks for LPS staff to install on their home computers. Let him know if you want to use them. (Boni)
 * 12.** **Pod Casts:** Some good sites to create pod casts are: odeo, gcast, and clickcaster. (Karl)
 * 13.** **Did You Know?** Karl shared a Powerpoint presentation he created for AHS staff and that he has now posted on his blog. It is a dynamic presentation with beautiful music that has been picked up and shown all over the world. Thanks for sharing, Karl. I know it was appreciated by all.
 * Next Meeting: Tentatively set for Nov. 12 at AHS**