Board of Education Minutes
Thursday, December 13, 2007
December 18, 2007
Putnam County R-I School District Minutes
Regular Meeting
DRAFT
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Attendance
H – President, Dr. James Brummit
H – Vice President, Pam Gardner
H – Secretary Lou Tade
H – Dr. Stephen Casady
P – Howard Luscan
A – Kraig Valentine
H – Ced Gilworth
P – 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
Jeremy Watt, Barb Hodges, Shelly Stevens, Marion Spase, Carla Spence, Michelle Valentine, John Fowler, Doug Gadberry, Jim Trimble, Mary Comstock, Terry Owings and Jerad Mitchell.
ROUTINE MATTERS
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gardner the Board approved the agenda with the following amendments: 6-0
Individuals and Delegations
- Forrest T. Jones
Old Business
- Planning/Lights
New Business
- Scissor Lift
FORREST T. JONES – 403b ADMINISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE SERVICE
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Tade the Board voted to accept the 403b Administration and Compliance Services offered by Forrest T. Jones at no cost to the district. The presentation was given by Jerad Mitchell – Forrest T. Jones. 5-0-1
TRANSPORTATION EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the Transportation Evaluation was approved as presented by Jim Trimble and Doug Gadberry. 6-0
Heath Halley, Shelly Stevens and Howard Luscan left the meeting @ 7:00 p.m. to attend the Elementary Program. Barb Hodges became administrator in charge.
M.S. AND H.S. STUDENT COUNCIL EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Gilworth the Board approved the Middle School and High School Student Council Evaluations as presented by Michelle Valentine and Carla Spence. 5-0
TITLE IX EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the Board approved the Title IX Evaluation as presented by Carla Spence. 5-0
EVALUATIONS
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the board approved the following evaluations: 5-0
Facility and Grounds – Marion Spase and John Fowler
Safety – Marion Spase and John Fowler
Homeless – Marion Spase
Migrant – Marion Spase
ESL – Marion Spase
Title I – Marion Spase
Title IIA – Marion Spase
Title IVA – Marion Spase
Title V – Marion Spase
Special Education – Marion Spase
504 – Marion Spase
Intermission – Halley, Stevens and Luscan have all returned from the Christmas Program
CONSENT AGENDA
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Tade the Board approved the consent agenda. 6-0
BILLS FOR APPROVAL
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the December bills. 6-0
FINANCIAL REPORT
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the financial report for November. 6-0
SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION
Board members were reminded to fill out their Superintendent Evaluation forms and return them to Terry.
MOVIP POLICY 6190 (Procedure)
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the MOVIP Policy 6190 as presented by Jeremy Watt. 6-0
FOOTBALL, SOFTBALL, BASEBALL LIGHTS
Discussed the cost of replacing poles and lights at the football, softball and baseball fields.
SCISSOR LIFT
On a motion by Casady, seconded by Gardner the Board voted to purchase a scissor lift with the Schuyler County School District. The lift will be stored at Putnam County and each district will pay $2,500. 6-0
FYI
The Board was given the following information to review:
ESL Handbook, SOAR Staff and Student Handbook, Specific Learning Disability Policy and the results of the Needs Assessment Survey.
EXECUTIVE SESSON
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board voted to go into closed session including any record or vote as it relates to the following, as provided in section 610.021 RSMO.
Evaluation, hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of employees (3)
Personally identifiable student information (6)
Yes- Brummit, Yes-Gardner, Yes-Casady, Yes-Tade, Yes-Gilworth and Yes-Luscan. 6-0
OPEN SESSION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board voted to return to open session. Yes-Brummit, Yes-Gardner, Yes-Casady, Yes-Tade, Yes-Gilworth and Yes-Luscan 6-0
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gilworth the Board voted to add Ashlee Doeroff to the substitute teachers list. 6-0
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Tade, seconded by Luscan the Board voted to adjourn. 6-0
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Dr. James Brummit, President
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Lou Tade, Secretary
