Regular Board of Education Meeting

Unified School District No. 363

April 9, 2007 - 7:30 p.m.

305 Wiley, Holcomb, Kansas

MINUTES

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, Jay Powers, Janet Sharp

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

Others:  Chris Barlow, Marty Boyles, Connie Griffin and elementary Odyssey of the Mind members, Stacy Harper,  Staci Kennedy, Pam Knoll, Ramon Mangan, Rob McCallister, Becky Miller, Sam Mesa, Becky Peitz, Maria Perez, Sergio Perez, Michaela Rios, Julie Roth, Kim Roth, Karen Roth and middle school Odyssey of the Mind members, Randy Sleep, Mary Ann Bennett

 

At 7:30 p.m., Tim Miller called the meeting to order.   Cindy Messenger was not present. 

 

Agenda

Janet Sharp moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to amend the consent agenda to add:  1) Additional resignation*

Motion carried:  6-0

 

Mike Pfeifer moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the agenda with the additional consent agenda item.  Motion carried:  6-0   

Consent Agenda

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

§         minutes – March 12, 2007

§         custodian -  Maria Roman

§         substitutes

1.        instructional – Amanda Kennedy

2.        bus – Larry Baier, Bill Biermann, Tina Sanchez

  • supplemental contract – Johnetta Hebrlee, assistant track coach
  • resignations

1.  Kendra Stoppel, third grade

2.  Kathryn VanSteinberg* – middle school language arts

3.  Colleen Lauer -  cheerleading sponsor

4.  Bobby Heine - custodian

Claims

Jay Powers moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the expenditures  -  $310,415,48.  Motion carried: 5-1 with Jon Becker abstaining.   

Recognition

The elementary and middle school Odyssey of the Mind teams placed first and second place, respectively, at state competition and will travel to Lansing, Michigan for World Competition May 23rd – 27th.  The sponsors requested the board pay the transportation cost and the expense for two bus drivers.

 

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the request to provide transportation and the cost of two bus drivers for the Odyssey of the Mind teams to travel to Lansing Michigan for World Competition.  Motion carried:  6-0

 

Administrative Retreat

Jon Becker moved, seconded by Anne Jones, to approve the request allowing the administrative team and Robert O’Connor to attend the administrative retreat at Red River, NM on May 31st - June 1st.  Motion carried:  6-0

 

Old Business                       -policies

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to adopt policies CYA and GAO, Document Production and Entering Locker Room/Restroom, respectively.    Motion carried:  6-0

                                               

 

 

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New Business                      -food  service

Janet Sharp moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to offer Mary Amos a work agreement for the food service director’s position at the hourly rate of $18.00 and to offer nine cooks work agreements with placement on the salary schedule indicative of experience.  Motion carried:  6-0

                                                -Book on Bus

The Finney County Literacy Council requested monetary support of five hundred dollars to help defray cost for the summer reading program, “Books on the Bus”.  The bus will travel to Holcomb once a week during the summer months allowing students to take/trade books.

 Mike Pfeifer moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to contribute five-hundred dollars to the Book on the Bus program.   Motion carried:  6-0 

Action Items

Jay Powers moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to approve a salary schedule for route bus operators with a base hourly rate of  $16.05 commencing April 10, 2007.  Motion carried:  6-0

                                                -kindergarten program

Jay Powers moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to implement a full day kindergarten program with a one-half day (morning)

option and to eliminate the kinder-prep and primary one programs. No after school transportation will be provided for the students who will attend the morning session.   Motion carried:  6-0

                                                -house bids

Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to reject all bids for the district house (previous district office) and to re-solicit bids and schedule bid opening for May 11th.  Motion carried:  6-0

Executive Session

At 8:25 p.m., Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to enter executive session for thirty minutes for personnel and negotiations after a five minute recess.   Executive session is necessary to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) and to protect the district’s right to the confidentiality of its negotiating position and the public interest.  Motion carried:  6-0

Pam Knoll was included in the session.  At 8:40 p.m., Bill Biermann was included in the session and exited at 8:50 p.m.

 

At 9:00 p.m., Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to extend executive session for an additional fifteen minutes for the aforementioned matters.  Motion carried:  6-0

 

At 9:15 p.m., the board reconvened in open session.  Anne Jones moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to approve the staff recommendations for the 2007-2008 school year.  Motion carried:  6-0 

 

Adjourn

At 9:20 p.m., Jon Becker moved, seconded by Jay Powers to adjourn.  Motion carried:  6-0 

 

Respectfully submitted:                                                                                   Approved:

 

 

_________________________                                                                      _________________________

Mary Ann Bennett, Clerk                                                                                   Tim Miller, President