Regular Board of Education Meeting Unified School District No. 363 December 12, 2005 ~6:30 p.m. Room 132, Holcomb High School
Board of Education Members: Tim Miller (President), Jon Becker, Anne Jones, Cindy Messenger, Mike Pfeifer, Jay Powers, Janet Sharp

Members Present: Jon Becker, Anne Jones, Cindy Messenger, Tim Miller, Mike Pfeifer, Jay Powers, Janet Sharp

Administrators Present: Bill Biermann, Kristy Ellis, Steve Johnson, W.S. Landis,

Others: Richard Bennett, Scott Bjurstrom, Rachel Davis, Deb Nicholson, Jeff Sharp, Becky Stoppel, Mary Ann Bennett

At 6:30 p.m., Tim Miller called the meeting to order.

Agenda

Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried: 7-0

Consent Agenda

Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried: 7-0

§ minutes – November 14, 17, 2005

§ substitute teacher - Shelia Key, Ginger Sprinkle

§ supplemental contract for high school assistant basketball coach – Trevor Stapp

§ Title I and At Risk paraprofessional – Rebecca Vette

Claims

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to approve the expenditures - $352,285.56 Motion carried: 5-2 with Cindy Messenger and Jay Powers abstaining.

Recognitions -elementary

Angie Price was selected by the Kansas State Department’s School Improvement and Accreditation department to serve on the “Library Media and Technology Standards” writing committee.

-middle school

Dawn Bailey, Beth Cox and Mike Quilling for extra hours of service.

-high school

Phillip Nguyen for his role in Holcomb High School receiving the Standards of Excellence in Mathematics on the 2005 state assessment and his commitment to all students in preparing them to be successful.

-board

Tim Miller and Mike Pfeifer received a level one certificate from KASB for workshop attendance.

Holiday Breakfast

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to approve classes commence one-hour late on December 21^st. Motion carried: 7-0

Site Council

Jay Powers moved, seconded by Anne Jones, to approve the list of recommended high school site council members. Motion carried: 7-0 Members: Shelby Bennett, Nathan Roth, Bill Heydman, Steve Krehbiel, Vickie Krehbiel, McKenzie Hunter,

Tony Barlettano, Dan Bailes, Lexie Pfeifer, Megan Kirkhart, Denise Milliner, Kevin Milliner, Alicia Gallegos, Terra Keim, Jackie Schreibvogel, Ron Schreibvogel, Judy Hopson, Linda O’Sullivan, Pattie Knoll, Larry Stapp, Steve Johnson, Bill Biermann

Reports

-updates

The superintendent and board members gave a brief report of workshops attended at the Kansas Association of School Boards Convention held on December 2^nd –4^th.

December 12, 2005/Minutes

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Old Business -technology

Technology driven board of education meetings were discussed. It was the consensus of the members to visit with board members from other school districts for additional information.

New Business -school calendar

A draft calendar for the 2006-2007 school year was presented for discussion. Items to be addressed:

• move teachers in-service to August 14^th and 15^th; workday August 16
• fall parent/teacher conferences Oct. 19^th and 20^th
• change the date for parent/teacher conferences in March

Action Item -contract

Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the recommendation to offer a contract to Megan Hudson for the elementary physical education/swimming instructor position. Motion carried: 7-0 Contract effective January 2, 2006.

-negotiated agreement

Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to ratify the 2005-2006 negotiated agreement. Motion carried: 7-0

Executive Session

At 8:05 p.m., Jay Powers moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to enter executive session for sixty minutes for personnel matters following a ten minute recess. Executive session is necessary to protect the privacy rights of an individual(s). Motion carried: 7-0 Scott Bjurstrom, Steve Johnson and Kristy Ellis were included in the session.

At 9:00 p.m., Scott, Steve and Kristy exited the session and Richard Bennett and Deb Nicholson entered the session.

At 9:15 p.m., Jay Powers moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to extend the session for an additional thirty minutes for the aforementioned matters. Motion carried: 7-0 At 9:30 p.m., Richard Bennett exited the session and at 9:45 p.m., Deb Nicholson exited the session and Jay Powers moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to extend the session for an additional thirty minutes for the aforementioned matters. Motion carried: 7-0

At 10:15 p.m., the board reconvened in open session.

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to re-instate the one hour per day over-time at the established rate of pay for custodians and grounds personnel during the months school is in session and additional over-time will be approved by the superintendent. Motion carried: 7-0

Jon Becker moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to increase the health insurance benefit for classified staff by fifty dollars per month and to classified staff not enrolled in the district’s health insurance plan, offer a fifty dollar per month benefit to be used to purchase an annuity and/or AFLAC product(s).

At 10:30 p.m., Mike Pfeifer moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to adjourn. Motion carried: 7-0

Respectfully submitted: Approved:

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Mary Ann Bennett, Clerk Tim Miller, President