Board Minutes (Draft)
Sept. 13, 2007
by Terry Owings
September 19, 2007
M I N U T E S
PUTNAM COUNTY R-I SCHOOL DISTRICT
REGULAR MEETING
(DRAFT)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Attendance
H = Here
A = Absent
P = Partial
H – President – Dr. James Brummit
H – Vice President- Pam Gardner
P – Secretary – Lou Tade
H – Dr. Stephen Casady
H - Howard Luscan
H – Kraig Valentine
H – Ced Gilworth
H – Heath Halley, Superintendent
PRELIMINARY MATTERS
CALL TO ORDER
President, Dr. James Brummit called the meeting to order in the High School EPN Room at 6:34 p.m.
INDIVIDUALS PRESENT
Terry Owings, Mary Comstock, Jeremy Watt, Marion Spase, Barb Hodges, Kevin Miles, Diane McClain, Teresa Sands, Bill Godfrey, Margaret Minear, Debbie Fischgrabe and Ron Kinzler.
ROUTINE MATTERS
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Valentine the Board approved the agenda with the following additions. 6-0
Superintendent’s Report
A. Hiring aide in October
Old Business
A. Coaching Code of Ethics
B. SOAR
New Business
A. Inclement Weather Day
B. 504 Procedures Manual
C. Planning Meeting
D. Team Leaders (Before and After School Program)
INDIVIDUALS AND DELEGATIONS
TOUR NEW BUILDING
Bill Godfrey took the board on a tour of the new facility.
BASEBALL
The board plans to improve the fields at McCalment Park and not pursue a new site on campus.
BUDDY PACKS
Diane McClain and Teresa Sands presented a program on Buddy Packs sponsored by the Central MO Food Bank and affiliated with the American Second Harvest. This program is for elementary students and provides them with a back pack and snacks to take home weekly. The program will start 2nd semester due to the waiting list. On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the board voted to implement this program. 6-0
CONSENT AGENDA
A motion was made by Luscan, seconded by Gilworth to approve the consent agenda. (Items III A-D) 5-0-1
AUGUST BILLS
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gilworth the Board approved the August bills for payment. 6-0
FINANCIAL REPORT
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the August financial report. 6-0
BASEBALL PARENT
Margaret Minear was present to discuss a new baseball facility. The board plans to improve the facility at McCalment Park rather than build a new field on campus. Mrs. Minear was willing to seek out grants to help with improving our program.
FYI
The Putnam County softball tournament was well attended. Plans are being made to upgrade the restrooms at the softball and football fields. The All-School Reunion went well, although numbers were slightly down. Bill Godfrey and crew should be very proud of the new building under construction. The boy’s varsity basketball team is trying to pick up one more game for the season. Coach Miles is looking into the possibility of playing one game in the NCMC Holiday Tournament.
COACHING CODE OF ETHICS
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Gilworth the board adopted the Coaching Code of Ethics (Form 4131.1). 6-0
SOAR
Debbie Fischgrabe gave info on the grant received for the Before and After School program. The program will now be called SOAR – Seizing Opportunities Through Academic Readiness. An advisory council is being organized, plans are being made for new furniture and supplies for the new facility, and interviews are being held for (2) team leaders for the program.
AYP
Marion Spase gave info on the AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress report.
UNWEIGHTED GRADING SCALE
Jeremy Watt presented an unweighted grading scale proposal. No action was taken at this time, but it will be reviewed again in the Spring.
CLASS SIZES FOR THE ELEMENTARY
Class sizes for the elementary were discussed, it will be revisited at the end of the semester.
TUCKPOINTING PROJECT
A tuck pointing project is scheduled this year for the middle school.
LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Gilworth the board approved the use of the football field to the Little League football team. 6-0
ROOF LEAK
The high school had a leak in the roof which caused damage to the phone system in one area. Firestone will be coming to investigate the problem.
INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY ADDED
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Valentine the board voted to add an inclement weather day to the end of the school calendar. 6-0
504 PROCEDURES MANUAL
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Gilworth the board approved the 504 Procedures Manual (Rehabilitation Act of 1973). 6-0
PLANNING MEETING
The board is planning a meeting for brainstorming in the near future.
EMINTS GRANT
An emints grant was received for new equipment in Lou Spase’s classroom.
ADJUST CONTRACT
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the board voted to adjust teacher contracts to reflect advancement on the salary schedule. 6-0
EXECUTIVE SESSION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the Board voted to go into closed session including any record of vote as it relates to the following, as provided in Section 610.021 RSMO.
A. Evaluation, hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of employees. (3)
B. Personally identifiable student information. (6)
Yes-Brummit, , Yes-Valentine, Yes-Gardner, Yes-Casady, Yes-Luscan and Yes-Gilworth. 6-0
Lou Tade entered the meeting @ 9:05 p.m.
OPEN SESSION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board voted to return to open session. Yes-Brummit, Yes-Valentine, Yes-Gilworth, Yes-Gardner, Yes-Casady, Yes-Tade and Yes-Luscan. 7-0
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER LIST
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the Board voted to approve the following individuals for the substitute teacher list for the 2007-08 school year (pending paperwork) 7-0
Karen Garr
Kendra Reyes (Aide)
Beth Fountain
Maria Baughman
Patsy Thompson (Clerical)
Eric Hoover
Candy Blue
Erin Grapperhouse
Judy Lane (Aide)
Linda Zintz
Denise Ballanger (Aide)
Joanne Winkel
Steve Chinburg
Anthony Kottwitz
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the board voted to approve the following individuals for the substitute teacher list for the 2007-08 school year. (pending paperwork) 6-0-1 (Gilworth abstained)
Julie Parker
Babette Gilworth
DENTS
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Tade the board voted to hire LeAnn and Reed Dent as team leaders for the SOAR program. 7-0
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gardner the Board voted to adjourn.
7-0
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President, Dr. James Brummit
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Secretary, Lou Tade
