The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2 in the Diamondhead Education Center (Burnsville High School Senior Campus), 200 W. Burnsville Pkwy., in Burnsville.

Prior to the regular board meeting, a public hearing on a possible levy referendum will take place at 5 p.m., also at the senior campus.

The tentative agenda for the regular board meeting includes:

Consent Agenda:

Although board action is required, it is generally unnecessary to hold discussion on these items. In the event a board member wishes to discuss an item, that item will be moved for separate consideration.

1. Minutes of June 21, 2007, school board meeting and closed session

2. Human resources report

3. Donations

4. Schedule initial Truth in Taxation Hearing on Nov. 29, 2007, at 6 p.m. at the Diamondhead Education Center

5. June payroll, claims, receipts and investments

6. Approve Intermediate School District 917's health and safety program budget and authorize the inclusion of a proportionate share of those projects in the district's application for health and safety revenue

7. Schedule a closed session preceding the Aug. 16, 2007, Board workshop for superintendent evaluation

8. Approve extended field trip request for Harriet Bishop fifth-grade students to go to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center Sept. 17-19, 2007

9. Approve renewal of lease agreement for the transition program at Dakota Station 2007-08

10. Schedule a closed session following the regularly scheduled Board meeting on Aug. 2, 2007, for discussion of negotiation strategies

11. Approve job description for the stipend position of wellness facilitator

12. Approve contract award for the purchase of copier and printer paper

13. Approve ice arena lease with the city of Burnsville for 2007-08

14. Approve the Elementary Student/Parent Handbook for 2007-08

15. Schedule a joint workshop with the Burnsville City Council on Sept. 11, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. at the Burnsville City Hall Council Chambers

Unfinished Business:

1. Adopt a resolution recalling two licensed teachers from unrequested leave of absence

New Business:

1. Receive the 2007-08 Communications Action Plan

2. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the BEA regarding Chinese teacher exchange program

3. Approve, on a first-reading basis, changes to Board Policy JBD/ACD, Bullying Prohibition

4. Approve, on a first-reading basis, changes to Board Policy JBC/ACC, Student Disability Non-Discrimination

5. Approve the Burnsville Senior High School Student/Parent Handbook for 2007-08

6. Approve fee/admission increases at the Burnsville Senior High School

Reports:

1. Superintendent

2. Board Members

Adjourn to Closed Session

Note: Items may need to be added and/or removed from the tentative agenda after it is published. For an update on agenda items, call the superintendent's office at (952) 707-2005.