Board Minutes
Thursday, January 10, 2008
January 16, 2008
MINUTES
Putnam County R-I School District
Regular Meeting
DRAFT
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Attendance
H – President, Dr. James Brummit
H – Vice President, Pam Gardner
H – Secretary Lou Tade
H – Dr. Stephen Casady
H – Howard Luscan
P – Kraig Valentine
H – Ced Gilworth
H – Heath Halley, Superintendent
PRELIMINARY MATTERS
INDIVIDUALS PRESENT
Jeremy Watt, Barb Hodges, Shelly Stevens, Marion Spase, Mary Comstock, Terry Owings, Teresa Sands, Stephanie Fowler, Aaron Schnakenberg, LaDonna Roberts, Karen Houf, Susan Grimm, Sheryl Riley and Ron Kinzler.
CALL TO ORDER
President, Dr. James Brummit called the meeting to order in the High School EPN Room at 6:33 p.m.
ROUTINE MATTERS
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Board approved the agenda. 6-0
Valentine entered the meeting @ 6:37 p.m.
KINDERGARTEN EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Casady the Kindergarten Evaluation was approved as presented by Karen Houf, Susan Grimm, and LaDonna Roberts (Robin Prater was absent). 7-0
AT-RISK EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Tade the At-Risk Evaluation was approved as presented by Teresa Sands. 7-0
LIBRARY MEDIA EVALUATION
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the Library Media Evaluation was approved as presented by Sheryl Riley and Stephanie Fowler. 7-0
TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Valentine the Technology Evaluation was approved as presented by Aaron Schnakenberg. 7-0
CONSENT AGENDA
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gardner the Board approved the consent agenda with the exception of one change to the minutes dated December 13, 2007 – on page 2 under EVALUATIONS it reads the board approved the following evaluations, it will be changed to the board approved the following program evaluations . 6-0-1
BILLS FOR APPROVAL
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gardner the Board approved the January bills. 7-0
FINANCIAL REPORT
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Tade the Board approved the financial report for December. 7-0
FYI
The Board was given the following information.
- Summary of Grants Received – Mo. Foundation for Health/Smokebusters; 21st Century Learning Center/SOAR; DNR/Prairie Trail; E-Mints; Voc. Enhancement
- Distinction in Performance Award
- Letter of apology from Milan C-2 Schools for the incident that happened following the November 2, 2007, football game @ Putnam.
- Board Candidate Filing Dates: December 18, 2007 – January 22, 2008.
- Safety Survey – MUSIC
ESL HANDBOOK
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan the board approved the ESL Handbook. 7-0
SOAR STAFF AND PARENT HANDBOOKS
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Luscan, the board approved the SOAR Staff Handbook and the Parent Handbook was approved after deleting the word basic from the Program Philosophy. 7-0
PROCEDURE FOR SLD ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION POLICY
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gilworth, the board approved the Procedure for SLD Eligibility Determination Policy. It reads as follows: It is the policy of the district to use a discrepancy model for eligibility determination for Specific Learning Disability until all components for use of an Rtl model are in place. 7-0
MUSIC UMBRELLA PROTECTION
On a motion by Gilworth, seconded by Luscan, the board voted to add the MUSIC Umbrella protection in the amount of $5 million. 6-0-1
FYI
• Discussed the Walking Trail Grant
• 2008-09 add the John Wood Community College Basketball Holiday Classic to the schedule for both the boys and girls
• Reviewing budget for 2008-09
• Given copy of the CSIP Plan to review
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.
A. Evaluation, hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of employees (3)
B. Personally identifiable student information (6)
Yes- Brummit, Yes-Gardner, Yes-Casady, Yes-Tade, Yes-Gilworth, Yes-Valentine and Yes-Luscan. 7-0
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, Yes-Valentine and Yes-Luscan 7-0
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
On a motion by Gardner, seconded by Tade, the Board voted to add the following individuals to the substitute list. 7-0
Cindy Brundage
Connie Olson – Para (pending paperwork)
SUPERINTENDENT’S CONTRACT
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Casady the board voted to extend Superintendent Heath Halley’s contract one year. This will extend it through the 2010-2011 school year. 7-0
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Luscan, seconded by Gilworth, the Board voted to adjourn. 7-0
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Dr. James Brummit, President
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Lou Tade, Secretar
