The Board of Education will hold a work session, Regular Meeting and Public Hearing on Thursday, Oct. 2 in the administration building at 900 Grant St.

Following is a look at the scheduled agenda items:

4 p.m. - Work Session, Room 706
1. Legal (closed)
2. Review of Board Meeting Agenda Items
3. Leadership Development Project (First Floor Board Room)
4. Secondary Teaching and Learning Project
5. 2003-2004 District Priorities and Benchmarks
6. Hazardous Materials Management Program
(Please note that some agenda items may be discussed following the Regular Meeting.)

5 p.m. - Regular Meeting, First Floor Board Room
1. Motion to approve Agreement between DPS and Denver Federation for Paraprofessionals
2. Motion to ratify Agreement between DPS and Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 1563
3. Approval of Balarat Conservation Easement
4. Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot Program - Consideration of four nonpublic school applications (40 more applications expected by Oct. 1 deadline)
5. Policy Revision JLCD - Administering Medicine to Students
6. Policy Revision KB - Parent Involvement
7 p.m. - Public Hearing, First Floor Board Room

To date, nine speakers have signed up to discuss the following topics: transportation, gifted education, charter school applications, substituting in DPS and Board of Education proceedings.

A complete agenda will be posted on the district’s web site at this address: http://www.dpsk12.org/board/meetings. For more information, contact the Public Information Office at 720-423-3414.