Regular Board of Education Meeting Unified School District No. 363 March 13, 2006 ~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, Phil Keidel, W.S. Landis

Others: Andrea Ardery and middle school girls basketball team, Clint Bailey, Jeff Gottschalk, Tammy Gottschalk, Connie Griffin and Odyssey of the Mind team members, Tom Hawkins and members of the middle school boys basketball team, Steve Krehbiel, Vicki Krehbiel, Alan Landwehr, Denise Landwehr, David Mongeau, Deb Nicholson, Jackie Robinson, Karen Roth, Randy Sleep, Scott Symthe, Scott Stegman and members of the high school boys basketball team, Terry Wallace, Mary Ann Bennett

At 6:30 p.m., Tim Miller called the meeting to order. Cindy Messenger was not present. Cindy arrived at 6:40 p.m.

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to amend the consent agenda. Motion carried: 6-0 Additions: 1)resignations 2) work agreement for custodian

Agenda

Mike Pfeifer moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried: 6-0

Consent Agenda

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried: 6-0

Items:

minutes – February 13, 2006

addendum to the Aflac Reimbursement for Services Agreement

supplemental contracts for middle school wrestling

Joe Arellano – head coach

Joe Ortiz – assistant

substitutes

instructional – Joseph Trujillo

paraprofessional – Jackie Deiter

custodial work agreement

Marisela Acosta

resignations

Clint Bailey

Dawn Bailey

Claims

Jay Powers moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the expenditures - $201,634.70 Motion carried: 5-0 with Mike Pfeifer abstaining.

Recognition

middle/high school basketball and Odyssey of the Mind teams

Angie Price awarded a grant to purchase books for the elementary library

Shannon Ortega - middle school administrative support

Old Business -administrative center

Kent Carmichael presented the final plans for the district’s administrative center. Kent will solicit bids and set April 6th at 1:30 p.m. as the date and time for the bid opening. The bids will be presented at the April 10th board of education meeting for acceptance or rejection.

March 13, 2006/Minutes

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Jay Powers moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to direct Kent Camichael to solicit bids for the demolition of the 1955 and 1960 additions and the renovation of the 1985 addition of Holcomb Elementary. Motion carried: 7-0

-food service

USD 457 contracted the district’s food service program for the 2005-2006 school year and has requested a decision by the end of April on the district’s intention regarding the continuation of the agreement.

New Business -capital outlay

A proposed capital outlay projects list was reviewed with approximate prices. A prioritized list with actual prices will be presented at the April board meeting.

north end of Holcomb Elementary renovation – $650,000 - $750,000 (over two year budget years)

marquee for the high school - $6,000

window for the south side of the Holcomb Elementary office - $1,500

enclosed entryway for southeast side of Holcomb Elementary - $9,500

reseal gym floors - $10,000

new exterior southeast doors at the high school -$6,000

new windows for the Holcomb Elementary library - $1,200

outside basketball goals at the middle school - $2,000

middle school technology lab upgrade - $97,000

district computer upgrade - $117,284

ceiling mounted classroom projectors for the high school - $55,000

ice cream machine - $7,500

laptop initiative – cost to be determined

-high school handbook

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the recommended 2006-2007 high school enrollment course revisions. Motion carried: 7-0 Revisions: college algebra will be two semesters with a three hour credit; trigonometry course will be eliminated due to low enrollment; technical and creative writing and advanced fitness classes will be added to the curriculum; more elective courses for juniors and seniors

-republish 2005-2006 budget

Due to increased enrollment, Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to republish the 2005-2006 budget for additional funds. Motion carried: 7-0

Recess/Executive Session

At 8:13 p.m., Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to enter executive session for sixty minutes, after a ten minute recess, for personnel matters, preliminary discussion about acquisition of property and negotiations. Motion carried: 7-0 Executive session is necessary to protect the privacy interest of an individual(s), protect the public interest in obtaining property at a fair price and protect the public interest in negotiating a fair and equitable contract, respectively.

At 8:40 p.m., Bill Biermann entered executive session and exited at 9:00 p.m. At 9:15 p.m., Deb Nicholson entered executive session.

At 9:23 p.m., Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to extend executive session for an additional thirty minutes for the aforementioned matters. Motion carried: 7-0 At 9:30 the superintendent exited the session and at 9:43 p.m. Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to extend executive session for an additional ten minutes for the aforementioned matters. Motion carried: 7-0 Deb Nicholson exited the session at 9:50 p.m. and at 9:53 p.m. Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to extend executive session for an additional five minutes. Motion carried: 7-0

Additional Business -administrative contracts

At 9:58 p.m., the board reconvened in open session. Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to extend, by one year, the contracts for Phil Keidel, Kristy Ellis and Bill Biermann. Motion carried: 7-0 Salary will be set at a later date.

Recess

Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to recess until March 14th at 6:30 p.m. at the Holcomb Middle School technology lab. Motion carried: 7-0 At 7:30 p.m, the board will proceed to the high school for technology demonstrations in the high school principal’s office, math/social studies and computer classrooms.

Respectfully submitted: Approved:

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Mary Ann Bennett, Clerk Tim Miller, President

Recessed Board of Education Meeting Unified School District No. 363 March 14, 2006 - 6:30 p.m. Middle School Tech Lab, 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, Tim Miller, Mike Pfeifer, Janet Sharp

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

Others: Randy Ackerman, Jennifer Barrett, Maryll Bennett, Kate Hagman, Patty Knoll, Jennifer LaSalle, Julie Nemecheck, Deanna Novack, Linda O’Sullivan, Matisha Stanton, Scott Stegman, Mary Ann Bennett

At 6:30 p.m., board members met at the middle school technology lab. Maryll Bennett and Kristy Ellis reviewed information regarding the upgrade for the tech lab. Middle school students demonstrated different tech lab work stations.

At approximately 7:30 p.m., Bill Biermann introduced the Maratec system. Kate Hageman and Jennifer Barrett presented the instructional classroom use of ceiling mounted projectors and Scott Stegman demonstrated the use of the Smartboard (electronic whiteboards).

Bill Biermann gave an overview of the laptop initiative whereby the district would provide each high school student with a laptop computer. Positive information was shared by district staff members visiting districts who have the initiative in place.

The cost to implement the initiative will be presented at the April board meeting.

At 9:15 p.m. the session ended.

Respectfully submitted: Approved:

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Mary Ann Bennett, Clerk Tim Miller, President