July 19, 2007
   7:30 p.m. 

Pledge of Allegiance

At 7:30 PM the Board President called the meeting to order.  Roll Call.  Members present:  Steve Casagrande, Mylene Huskey, Mike Miller, Dion Moore, Lori Langhans and Patricia Green.  Members absent:  None.   

Approval of Agenda-Patty Green made motion to approve the revised agenda as presented.  Seconded by Mylene Huskey.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Approval of Consent Agenda Items- Patricia Green made motion to approve the consent agenda (Minutes of Previous Regular Session(s), Transfer Items, Payment of Bills and Financial Report) as presented.  Seconded by Mike Miller. Motion passed 7-0.

 Items for Decision

2007/08 MSBA Membership Approval-Superintendent Brown reviewed with the Board the need to join Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA).  The renewal rate for 2007/08 school year is $3900.00.  The district has joined MSBA for the last three years.  This membership offers the district legal advice, and  informative workshops for both Administration and teachers along with support and guidance on DESE regulations.   

Patricia Green made motion to approve the membership fees to join MSBA for $3,900.00 for 2007/08.  Seconded by Mylene Huskey. 

2007/08 Student Handbook Approval-Superintendent Brown reminded the Board that he sent draft copies of all three building level handbooks to them for review prior to the board meeting.  All three handbooks will be changed to standardized the grading scales to be the same as the high school. 

Corrections needed to the Elementary handbook: Page 2 please correct the word like to life; page 15 please correct the word stolen4 to stolen; page 3 please combine the 1^st and 2^nd bullet and add “with all staff” 

Patricia Green made motion to approve the 2007/08 Elementary handbook with revisions as discussed.   Seconded by Mylene Huskey.  Motion passed 7-0.

 Corrections needed to the middle school:  Page 5, third paragraph please remove the words “high school principal”.  Please add lunch account procedures to the handbook.Mylene Huskey made motion to approve the 2007/08 Middle School with revisions as discussed.  Seconded by Dion Moore.  Motion passed 7-0.

 Corrections needed to the high school:  Page 22 item #1 should be changed from 3 days per quarter to 5 days per quarter or 10 days per semester.  Page 5 please change the elementary secretary from Debbie Robinson to Dianna Perren and the Superintendents Office please remove Angela Perren and leave blank until a new employee is hired. Please insert new adopted credit guidelines to the handbook. Please add lunch account procedures to the handbook. Please add the SIS Telephone calling system to the handbook. Mylene Huskey made motion to approve the 2007/08 High School handbook with revisions as discussed.  Seconded by Dion Moore,  Motion passed 7-0.

 2007/08 Board Policy, Regulation and Forms Approval-The changes and revisions were sent to each member in their board packet prior to the meeting for comparison and review versus current policies and regulations.  (These changes were recommended by Missouri Consultants for Education, the districts policy advisement counsel.)  All changes and revisions as based on State Law during the last legislative session.

 Recommended Changes:  Please do not use form 1720 nor the evaluation form.   Along with revisions recommended please amend policy 0311 regarding physical attendance. Change regulation 2672, page 2 #3 add the word “inflict”. Please review and revise Regulation 1430 and have for the August 2007 board meeting.

Policy 1430 please revise and add the sex offenders list will be updated on the first of each month by each building principal.     

Mylene Huskey made motion to approve the Policies with revisions  for 2007/08 school year as presented.  Seconded by Mike Miller.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Mylene Huskey made motion to approve the Regulations with revisions  for 2007/08 school year as presented.  Seconded by Mike Miller.  Motion passed 7-0. 

At 8:30 PM the board took a brief recess. 
At 8:54 PM the board resumed in regular session.

Final Transfer of Funds Acceptance for 2006/07-Angela Huskey reported that the final ending balance in Fund 1 for 2006-07 was $2,301,433.40.   This is $200,000 higher than anticipated, and puts district reserves at 33.79%.  Reminder that the district has deficit budgeted for 2007/08.  This increase in Fund 1 will help offset this deficit for 2007/08.

Patricia Green made motion to accept the Final Fund Balances for 2006-07 as presented.  Seconded by Mylene Huskey. .  Motion passed 7-0. 

2^nd   Quarter 2007 Investment Report-Angela Huskey reviewed the 2^nd quarter investment report.  This reflects all accounts and securities and investments that collateralize them.  At this time the district has approximately $1,000,000 extra in collateral. 

Mylene Huskey made motion to accept the 2^nd Quarter Investment Report as presented.  Seconded by Dion Moore.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Non-Certified BL Secretary Evaluation (Executive Session)
Non-Certified Hiring (Executive Session)

Bus Driver Salary Schedule-Superintendent Brown reviewed the Bus driver salary schedule for 2007/08.  The salary schedule reflects summer pay at time and half.  Further discussion, this only equates to $600-$700 per year. 

Patricia Green made motion to table the bus drive salary schedule.  Seconded by Mylene Huskey.  Motion passed 7-0.

Security Camera Bids-Superintendent Brown presented 5 bids received for district security cameras.  Bids were solicited in two different newspapers for two week consecutively.  All bids reviewed were received within the date and time deadline of July 18, 2007 at 10:00 AM

 At 9;08 PM Patricia Green made motion to go into Executive Session pursuant to 610.021 (1).  Seconded by Mylene Huskey. 

Roll Call                                 Yea                 Nay                 Abstain
                                                Steve Casagrande
                                                Mylene Huskey
                                                Mike Miller
                                                Randy Wakeland
                                                Dion Moore
                                                Lori Langhans
                                                Patricia Green.
Motion passed 7-0.

 At 9:24 PM the board returned to regular session, no motions, no decisions.

 Discussion and review of bids.  At this time Superintendent Brown recommends accepting the bid from T&S Alrm for $40,227.04.  Timeline to complete installation of all cameras and equipment no later than the end of September or early October.   

Mylene Huskey made motion to accept the bid from T&S Alarm for $40,277.04 as presented.  Seconded by Mike Miller.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Free & Reduced Lunch Eligibility Criteria-Superintendent Brown reviewed with the Board the 2007/08 Federal Guidelines for eligibility for the National School Lunch Program.  These guidelines are mandated by the Federal Government but need to be adopted by the Local Board of Education in each district.   

Patricia Green made motion to approve the Federal Guidelines for Free & Reduced Lunch Criteria.  Seconded by  Dion Moore.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Tax Levy Hearing Special Meeting- Superintendent Brown requested to hold a special tax levy meeting on 08/16/07 at 7:00 PM prior to the regular monthly meeting.   

Dion Moore made motion to set a special meeting for tax levy hearing on 08/16/07 @ 7:00 PM.  Seconded by Mike Miller.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Campus Safety Plan-Superintendent Brown reviewed the current campus safety plan.   

Dion Moore made motion to approve the updated campus safety plan.  Seconded by Mike Miller.  Motion passed 7-0. 

Non-Certified Resignation-Executive session.
Coaching Staff Hire-Executive Session.

 Items for Discussion

Other Items from Board of Education Members-Discussion of football field.  Currently the football field is not growing grass the way it should.  Review of the process that was followed; the chemicals used on the field were applied to heavily.  Emerald View feels that the district is responsible for the lack of growth on the field.  The new plan is have Emerald View come back and re-sprig the field.  The maintenance staff will aerate the field in preparation for this.  Maintenance will be responsible for the next application of fertilizer and water applications.  Superintendent Brown feels that the field will be ready for the first home football game.  There will be additional costs involved for more sprigging and fertilizer, etc.   

Items for Information

Summer Projects-Superintendent Brown informed the Board that the Architect will be here on July 30, 2007 at 7:00 PM.  Anyone interested in seeing the drawings and blue prints is encouraged to attend.  The Architect also would like to have bid openings on August 29, 2007. 

At this time the number one priority will be finishing the new high school classrooms along with safety and security cameras.   

Superintendents Office Closing-Superintendent Brown informed the Board that the Superintendent’s Office will be closed on July 26 & 27 for cleaning and maintenance.   

High School Vandalism-Superintendent Brown informed the Board that approximately one week the district sustained damage at the high school building.  Someone drove a four-wheeler into the large windows and pushed them in.  They also did damage to the foot bridge on the football field.  If the Sheriffs department is able to catch the individuals responsible Superintendent Brown would like to propose a long term suspension.

 At 10:00 PM Mike Miller made motion to go into executive session for Personnel Matters pursuant to 610.021(3), Student Matters pursuant to 610.021(6) and Legal Matters pursuant to 610.021(1).   Seconded by Patricia Green. 

Roll Call                                 Yea                             Nay                             Abstain
                                                Steve Casagrande
                                                Mylene Huskey
                                                Mike Miller
                                                Randy Wakeland
                                                Dion Moore
                                                Lori Langhans
                                                Patricia Green
Motion passed 7-0. 

At 10:20 PM the board returned to regular session to report the following: 

The resignation of Donna Hahn has been accepted; Samantha Fielder has been hired as HS Assistant Volleyball Coach and Beth Fielder has been hired as Secretary in the Superintendents Office.  No other motions or decisions. 

At 10:21 PM Dion Moore made motion to adjourn until the next regular meeting.  Seconded by Mike Miller.  Motion passed 7-0.

Respectfully submitted,

Angela Huskey
Board Secretary/Treasurer