Board Minutes Draft
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007
by Stephanie Fowler
November 12, 2007
M I N U T E S
PUTNAM COUNTY R-I SCHOOL DISTRICT
REGULAR MEETING
DRAFT
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Attendance
H = Here A = Absent P = Partial
H – President – Dr. James Brummit H – Howard Luscan
H – Vice President- Pam Gardner P – Kraig Valentine
H – Secretary – Lou Tade H – Ced Gilworth
H – Dr. Stephen Casady 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
6:30 p.m.
INDIVIDUALS PRESENT
Terry Owings, Jeremy Watt, Shelly Stevens, Sara Bradshaw, Janice Doolin, Carla Spence, Kathy Lorensen, Brandon Lynch, Chris Yunick, Diane McClain, Joe Ream and Ron Kinzler.
ROUTINE MATTERS
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the agenda with the following additions. 6-0
Individuals and Delegations
C. Transportation: Jim, Doug, Ernie (move to December)
E. Facility and Grounds: Marion and John (move to December)
New Business
I. Surplus Computers
Executive Session
C. Staff
D. Real Estate
DECA EVALUATION
Brandon Lynch, Marketing Teacher presented the program evaluation for DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America).
FBLA EVALUATION
Kathy Lorensen, Business Teacher presented the program evaluation for FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America).
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the evaluation reports for DECA and FBLA were approved. 6-0
Kraig Valentine entered the meeting @ 6:50 p.m.
OPAA FOOD SERVICE EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the board approved the Food Service Evaluation as presented by Sarah Bradshaw, OPAA Food Service Director. 7-0
HEALTH EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the board approved the Health Evaluation as presented by Janice Doolin, School Nurse. 7-0
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the board approved the Guidance and Counseling Evaluation as presented by Carla Spence, Chris Yunick and Diane McClain. 7-0
Spence, Yunick and McClain each filled the board in on current activities in their buildings.
TESTING EVALUATION
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Valentine the board approved the Testing Evaluation (MAP, Stanford 10 and ACT) as presented by Carla Spence. 6-0-1 Gardner abstained
Intermission 7:33 p.m. – 7:36 – p.m.
HEALTH CURRICULUM
Joe Ream presented the curriculum for High School health classes. Ream also teaches Middle School and a few Elementary health classes.
CONSENT AGENDA
A motion was made by Gardner, seconded by Valentine to approve the consent agenda.
(Items III A-D) 7-0
NOVEMBER BILLS
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the November bills
for payment. 7-0
FINANCIAL REPORT
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gardner the Board approved the October financial report. 7-0
SOAR PROGRAM
The SOAR Program has been a tremendous success. They have an average of 38 students attending.
FOOTBALL GAME
Discussed briefly the incident following the last home football game.
POLICY UPDATES
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Gilworth the board approved the following policy updates: 7-0
Policy 1210 School Year and School Day
Policy 2880 Student Physical Examination
Policy 6116 State Mandated Curriculum: Human Sexuality
(#5 change the last word of the sentence from
diseases to infections)
Policy 6190 Virtual Instruction Program
Regulation 2671 Student Discipline Hearings
SAFETY CHECK
Mr. Halley reported that Gallagher Bassett Services conducted a Safety Walk Thru for the district this week. He will share the results of the inspection with the board when it is received.
HOLIDAY HOURS
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the board approved the following
Holiday Hours for the Superintendent’s Office: 7-0
Friday, December 21 Closed
Monday, December 24 Closed
Tuesday, December 25 Closed
Wednesday, December 26 Closed
Thursday, December 27 9:00 a.m. – noon
Friday, December 28 9:00 a.m. – noon
Monday, December 31 9:00 a.m. – noon
Tuesday, January 1 Closed
BOARD FILING DATES
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Valentine the board approved the School Board filing dates as follows: 7-0
Opening Date 8:00 a.m. December 18
Closing Date 5:00 p.m January 22
MoVIP
The board was given revisions to review for Policy 6190 – Virtual Instruction Program. Action will be taken at the December meeting.
SNOW REMOVAL BID
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the board accepted the bid from
MSM Transportation – Glenn Milner for snow removal for the 2007-08 season. 7-0
SURPLUS COMPUTER
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan a designated group of computers has
been approved as surplus. 7-0
EXECUTIVE SESSION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan 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-Tade, Yes-Luscan, Yes-Casady and Yes-Gilworth. 7-0
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
VARSITY BASKETBALL CHEER COACH & PARA
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the board voted to hire the following individuals: 7-0
Barb Hodges – Varsity Basketball Cheerleader Coach
Andrea Orwig – Para
SUB LIST
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Tade the board approved the following individuals for the substitute teacher list: 7-0 (pending paperwork)
H.D. Harrison
- Hand
- Doerhoff
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Luscan the board voted to adjourn. 7-0
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President, Dr. James Brummit Secretary, Lou Tade
