February Board of Education Minutes
U.S.D. #338
Valley Falls
Board of Education Special Meeting
February 11, 2008 @ School Library
6:30 P.M.
MINUTES
I. Call Meeting To Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:34 P.M. by President, Paul Brown.
Present: LaVerne Clark, Paul Brown, Jody Lockhart, Richard Malm, Charley Bartlett and Brenda Henson. Larry Martin was absent. Bobbi Kearney arrived during executive session.
II. Adoption Of Agenda
Motion by LaVerne Clark second by Jody Lockhart to adopt the agenda as presented.
Yes 5 No 0
III. Executive Session
Motion by Jody Lockhart second by Charley Bartlett to go into executive session to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel, in order to protect the privacy interests of an identifiable individual; beginning at 7:35 P.M. and that we return to this room at 6:55 P.M.
Yes 5 No 0
IV. Discussion Item
None.
V. Action Item
None.
VI. Return to Open Session
The meeting returned to open session at 6:55 p.m.
VII. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 P.M. by Paul Brown.
U.S.D. #338 Valley Falls
Board of Education Meeting
February 11, 2008
7:00 P.M.
Minutes
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by President, Paul Brown at 7:00 P.M. in the school library.
Present: Charley Bartlett, Paul Brown, LaVerne Clark, Jody Lockhart, Bobbi Kearney, Richard Malm, David Grove and Brenda Henson. Larry Martin was absent.
II. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Motion by LaVerne Clark second by Charley Bartlett to approve the agenda as presented.
Yes 6 No 0
III. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve minutes of previous meeting.
2. Approve Treasurer’s Report and Approval of Warrants.
3. Receive NEKESC Board Meeting Report.
4. Receive Elementary School Site Council Minutes.
Motion by Charley Bartlett second by Richard Malm to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Yes 6 No 0
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS, REPORTS, AND/OR WRITTEN
The Board received a thank you note from Terry and Sharon Porter.
V. COMMENTS FROM PATRONS AND GUESTS
None.
VI. PRINCIPAL BUILDING REPORTS AND SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
1. Susan Grey spoke about Little Dragon night coming up on Friday. Middle School boys tied for first place in league play. The County Spelling Bee is Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in Nortonville. State assessments will begin the first of March. Shirts are being made in recognition for state assessment achievement for last year’s scores. We’re preparing a motivational assembly for later this month.
2. Jacques Molleker gave his report. He stated that Mrs. Porter and four students went to the capitol building today. He will find out how the group did tomorrow with their presentation. The knowledge bowl team went to State competition on Saturday. It was a tough competition. Mrs. Spencer indicated they were the best behaved group and represented our school well. They did not place, but it was a good experience for the students. Mr. Molleker also discussed the method for calculating Valedictorian and Salutatorian.
3. Mr. Grove indicated that the school would need to make up a snow day on March 24th. The district had six snow days and was required to make one day up. Mr. Grove also indicated that Ardith Spencer will be conducting a presentation regarding the CLC program on February 25th at Manhattan.
VII. DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. The Board received a report on the NEKESC Parents as Teachers Program from Rhonda Mitchell, PAT educator for Valley Falls. Rhonda discussed the need to add an additional unit to the Valley Falls area.
2. The Board discussed the Fire Marshal Report. Larry Scott, representative from the State Fire Marshal office, conducted a walk through of the facilities on 1/28/08. The report indicated no major issues cited that needed to be corrected.
3. The Board discussed purchasing trophy cases for academic awards.
4. The Board discussed purchasing new lockers for the High School.
5. The Board reviewed the Board of Education Policy, Sections E and F.
6. The Board discussed purchasing radios for the school district.
VIII. ACTION ITEMS
1. Board Approval of Set Amount of Money Needed for the Bond Issue
Motion by LaVerne Clark second by Bobbi Kearney to set the amount of money needed for the bond issue not to exceed $3.5 million.
Yes 6 No 0
2. Board Approval of Bond Issue Resolution
Motion by LaVerne Clark second by Charley Bartlett to approve the bond issue resolution for $3.5 million.
Yes 6 No 0
3. Board Approval to Continue with Driver Education Program for the Summer of 2008
Motion by Richard Malm second by Bobbi Kearney to approve the continuation of the driver education program for the summer of 2008.
Yes 6 No 0
4. Board Approval to Destroy Central Office Records
Motion by LaVerne Clark second by Richard Malm to approve the destruction of central office records that are over five years old.
Yes 6 No 0
5. Board Approval of Recommendation to Hire Assistant Baseball Coach for the 2008 Season
Motion by Charley Bartlett second by Jody Lockhart to approve the recommendation to hire Todd Gish as assistant baseball coach for the 2008 season.
Yes 6 No 0
6. Board Approval of School Calendar for 2008-09 School Year
Motion by Charley Bartlett second by Jody Lockhart to approve the school year calendar for the 2008-2009 school year as presented.
Yes 6 No 0
7. Board Approval of Middle School Students to go Skiing
Motion by Jody Lockhart second by Bobbi Kearney to approve the middle school students going skiing at Snow Creek in Missouri on February 27, 2008.
Yes 6 No 0
8. Board Approval of Purchasing New Lockers for the High School
Motion by Richard Malm second by Bobbi Kearney to approve the purchase of new lockers for the high school in the amount of $9,281.27.
Yes 6 No 0
IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Negotiations, Teacher and Administrative Evaluations
Motion by Charley Bartlett second by LaVerne Clark to go into executive session beginning at 8:30 P.M. to discuss matters of non-elected personnel to protect the privacy interests of the identifiable individuals; and to protect the public interest. The board will reconvene in this room at 9:00 P.M. The Board extended the executive session until 9:10 P.M.
Yes 6 No 0
X. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
The Board meeting returned to open session at 9:10 P.M.
XI. B.O.E. SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH’S MEETING
1. Teacher positions.
2. Marketing the bond issue.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by the President at 10:29 P.M.
U.S.D. #338
Valley Falls
Board of Education Special Meeting
February 25, 2008 @ School Library
6:30 P.M.
MINUTES
I. Call Meeting To Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:33 P.M. by Board Member, Larry Martin.
Present: LaVerne Clark, Jody Lockhart, Richard Malm, Bobbi Kearney, Charley Bartlett, Larry Martin, David Grove and Brenda Henson.
Absent: Paul Brown
II. Adoption Of Agenda
Motion by Charley Bartlett second by Jody Lockhart to adopt the agenda as presented.
Yes 6 No 0
III. Comments From Patrons and Guests
None.
IV. Discussion Items
The Board discussed and reviewed the PowerPoint Presentation for the Bond Issue. Greg Vahrenberg from Piper Jeffray was also in attendance to answer questions concerning the financing of the bond issue.
V. Action Item
1. Motion by Jody Lockhart second by Bobbi Kearney to designate LaVerne Clark as alternate negotiator to assist Larry Martin with the negotiation process.
Yes 6 No 0
2. Motion by Richard Malm second by Bobbi Kearney to revise the superintendent’s contract to not exceed a salary of $92,800.00 to include fringe and base.
Yes 6 No 0
3. Motion by Charley Bartlett second by Jody Lockhart to approve the solicitation of bids for re-working the football field.
Yes 6 No 0
VI. Executive Session
Motion by Charley Bartlett second by Jody Lockhart to go into executive session to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel, in order to protect the privacy interests of an identifiable individual; beginning at 8:27 P.M. and that we return to this room at 8:45 P.M. The meeting was extended for 12 minutes.
Yes 6 No 0
VII. Return to Open Session
The meeting returned to open session at 8:57 P.M.
VIII. The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 P.M. by Larry Martin.
