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Regular
Board of Education Meeting Unified
School District No. 363 March
10, 2008 –
7:30 p.m. 305 Wiley, Holcomb, Kansas |
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Board of Education
Members: Tim Miller (President), Jon
Becker, Julie Chamberlain, Mike Pfeifer, Jay Powers, Tom
Schuetz, Janet Sharp |
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Members Present: Jon Becker, Julie Chamberlain, Tim Miller, Mike Pfeifer, Jay Powers, Janet Sharp
Administrators Present: Kristy Ellis, Chad Krug, Robert O’Connor, Jarrod Stoppel
Others: Randy Ackerman, Christy Huber, Troy Huber, Emily Behlmann, Larry Jones, Rob McCallister, Deb Nicholson, Dwayne Roth , Randy Sleep, Mary Ann
At 7:30 p.m., Tim Miller called the meeting to order.
Agenda
Janet Sharp moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to approve the agenda. Motion carried: 6-0
Consent Agenda
Julie Chamberlain moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried: 6-0
- minutes – February 11, 2008
- recommendations
1. Amanda Aguilar - food service clerk, $10.39 per hour
2. Scott Bjurstrom – high school assistant track coach pro-rated w/Amy Wickwar
3. Tina Fairbank - middle school assistant Odyssey of the Mind
4. Johnetta Hebrlee – change from middle school assistant track to high school assistant track
5. Shelley Johnson – middle school assistant track
6. Tonya Keim – middle school assistant track and middle school Odyssey of the Mind
7. Staci Kennedy – elementary school assistant Odyssey of the Mind
8. Rujelio Macias –middle school assistant track
9. Kenneth Simmons – assistant baseball
10. Amanda Warkentine – middle school assistant track and assistant softball
3.
retirement
1. Mary Ann Bennett – board clerk; effective July 1, 2008
Claims
Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the claims - $440,855.66. Motion carried: 6-0
Reports -superintendent
out- of- district transfer survey – sixty-nine
percent favor transfer
- thirty-nine percent favor increase tax levy
asphalt work on the surface of the high jump areas will begin
this week
Old Business -transfer
policy
Julie Chamberlain moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the out of district transfer policy for the 2008-2009 school year. Motion carried: 5-1 with Mike Pfeifer dissenting.
-calendar
change
Julie Chamberlain moved, seconded by Jon Becker, to approve the change of in-service dates on the 2008-2009 calendar – from October 6th to October 15th. Motion carried: 6-0
New Business -policy update
Jay Powers moved, seconded by Julie Chamberlain, to approve the policy update, IKB – Controversial Issues. Motion carried: 6-0
-textbook
adoption
Janet Sharp moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to approve the adoption of the recommended middle school and high school social studies textbooks. Motion carried: 6-0 Middle school – Rand McNally, $5,916.95 high school – Pearson/Prentice Hall, $4,500; Glencoe/MGraw-Hill, $2,300; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, $1,400; Prentice Hall, $14,400; Kansas Journey, $1,200.
February 11, 2008/Minutes
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Action Items -plumbing bid
Jay Powers moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the low plumbing bid from Pyramid Plumbing for the remodeling of the bathrooms and locker rooms in the north end of Holcomb Elementary. Motion carried: 6-0
Bids: Pyramid $30,200
Tatro $39,500
-ceiling
installation
Jon Becker moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to approve the quote of $4,820.40 from Hemmert Acoustic for installation of a new ceiling in the west gymnasium hallway of the 1955 addition. Motion carried: 6-0
-technology plan
Julie Chamberlain moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the three year (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011) District’s Technology Plan which will be submitted to the Kansas State Department of Education for certification. A certified Technology Plan allows the district to be eligible for e-rate and other Federal technology funds including Title IID Formula Funds for Technology. Motion carried: 6-0
Executive Session
At 8:30 p.m., Jon Becker moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to enter executive session after a ten minute recess for one hour to discuss negotiations and personnel. Executive session is necessary to protect the district’s right to the confidentially of its negotiating position and the public interest and to protect the privacy interests of identifiable individual(s). Motion carried: 6-0
At 8:40 p.m., Jon Becker moved, seconded by Mike Pfeifer, to extend executive session for an additional thirty minutes for the aforementioned matters. Motion carried: 6-0
At 9:10 p.m., the board reconvened in open session.
Additional
Business -staff
recommendations &
extension of contracts
Jon Becker moved, seconded by Janet Sharp, to approve the 2008-2009 staff recommendations and to extend the superintendent and administrators contracts by one year. Motion carried: 6-0
-draft policy
Mike Pfeifer moved, seconded by Jay Powers, to draft a policy for the purpose of staff retention after retirement for those “difficult to fill positions” with the implementation of parameters. Motion carried: 6-0
Parameters:
1) extended contracts will be reviewed on a case by case basis according to the position
2) credit will be given for up to fifteen years of experience
3) fifteen sick leave will be granted days per year; number of days accumulated will not exceed one-hundred days
4) any supplementals associated with the position will be honored
5) a declaration will be made to the board regarding participation in the district’s group heath insurance plan
6) accumulated sick leave will be paid upon retirement from the district or roll over to the consulting firm and paid at the conclusion of the last contract
7) the employee will pay all fees associated with consulting
Adjourn
At 9:20 p.m., Jon Becker moved, seconded by Julie Chamberlain, to adjourn. Motion carried: 6-0
Respectfully submitted by: Approved:
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Mary Ann Bennett, Clerk Tim Miller, President