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June 21, 2007 Pledge of Allegiance Call to Order: At 7:30 PM the board president called the meeting to order. Roll call: Steve Casagrande, Mike Miller, Dion Moore, Lori Langhans and Patricia Green. Members absent: Mylene Huskey.
At 7:32 PM
Mylene Huskey arrived. Dion Moore made motion to approve the revised agenda as presented. Seconded by Mike Miller. Motion passed 6-0. Staff and Patron Input-None. Approval of Consent Agenda Items- Dion Moore made motion to approve the consent agenda (Minutes of Previous Regular Session, Transfer Items, Payment of Bills, Financial Report) as presented. Seconded by Patricia Green. Motion passed 6-0. Items for DecisionBoard Candidate Interviews/Appointment/Oath of Office-Committee chair, Steve Casagrade wants to personally thank each candidate for applying. Mr. Casagrande reported to the board that the committee met on June 6, 2007 with each candidate individually and selected three candidates for the board to interview. Copies of all questions and responses were sent to each board member for review. The committee consisted of four members: Steve Casagrande, Mary Jo Teets, Tim Dugan and Dion Moore. As per board policy (see attached) the board now needs to interview in open session the final three candidates and vote upon their choice. The oath of office will then be issued by the Board Secretary. Question and Discussion with each candidate. Candidate #1- Statement by Randy Wakeland. He has married a young lady that attended Grandview. He would like to serve to assist in making the district the best it can be. He feels that this position would be the best way to serve the community and the student. He has a BS degree in electrical engineering from Rolla. He currently works at Anheuser Busch as a project manager. Question, Are you interested in serving long term? Response: Yes. Statement: He was surprised to see the vacancy on the ballot; he is excited to see the quality of the candidates that have now applied. His only desire is the quality of the district. Question: Do you see any other additions or areas to the high school that you would see beneficial after the current new addition of science classrooms is completed? Response: Computer science labs are a given. If this is included in this project, we are on the right track. Candidate #2 –Statement by Mary Lee. She has spent many hours researching the district. Her daughter was new to Grandview Middle School last year. She was very encouraged by the staff. She appreciates all the accommodations made to her and her family since they have come into the district. She has extensive background in banking and public finance. She is familiar and very comfortable with all aspects of budgets, banking, finance and employment. She is currently Community Relations Manager for Bank of America and works with the community to give back. Question: Your daughter attended Grandview for the first time this year, how was this experience? Response: She was very active in her prior school with fund raising, community relations, etc. She would like to see a newcomers group. Question: If elected, or not elected, would you run again? Response: Yes, with the encouragement of the board she would gladly run again. Candidate # 3-Statement by Terry Perren. He is married. He has two sons, Dillon, who will be a junior next year and Dustin who will be in 8th grade. He has lived in the district for 27 years. He has served on two boards: Grandview Little League and Midwest Bass Masters, serving as treasurer. He loves the district and is proud to be an “Eagle”. Question: Do you have any areas that you would like to see added to the district in the way of class offerings, etc. Response: He would have to research and spend time thinking about that. Mary Jo Teets, committee member commented that the board has three excellent candidates. They would all bring a great deal of experience and knowledge to the table. This will be a difficult decision. Review of the notes from the committee meeting on June 6, 2007. Patricia Green thanked each of the three candidates for their attendance and their dedication. Patricia Green made motion to appoint Randy Wakeland to the Board of Education. Seconded by Mike Miller. Motion passed 4-2.
At 7:45 PM
the Oath of Office was issued by Board Secretary, Angela Huskey. Updated Acceptable Computer Use Policy 2007/08-Superintendent Brown presented a revised computer use policy for student and staff. Superintendent Brown requested that Kathy Bellew prepare this document. (see attached document). This policy will replace the current use policy and will be effective for 07/01/2007. Mylene Huskey made motion to approve the Computer Internet Acceptable Computer Use policy effective 07/01/07 for the 2007/08 school year. Seconded by Mike Miler. Motion passed 7-0. HS Credit Guideline Revisions/Acceptance-Dan Bequette, HS Guidance counselor, reviewed current guidelines for high school credits for “class standing” (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior). Policy has been in the student handbook but not followed. In the past the student database software did not track this efficiently enough to help this policy to be enforced. Mr. Bequette is requesting to revise the current guidelines and also any student(s) that do not meet current credit guidelines their class standing be changed to their appropriate status. Mike Miller inquired “How does this work with special needs students”? As long as the special needs students meet the 504 plan, IEP document and met their goals this will be positive for the student. Further review of the document presented. Further clarification needs to be made prior to acceptance. Superintendent Brown and Dan Bequette will continue to work on this document and have it ready for the July 2007 board meeting. Patricia Green made motion to table HS Credit Guideline document until July 2007. Seconded by Mike Miller. Motion passed 7-0. Letter of Engagement to Hire Auditor 2006/07-Superintendent Brown presented the Letter of Engagement” to hire the Auditing Firm of Croghan & Croghan. This is the district auditor. This is an annual process. The district has used Croghan & Croghan for the past 25+ year. Superintendent Brown recommends continuing to use Croghan & Croghan for the required annual audit. Patricia Green made motion to approve and sign the Letter of Engagement with Croghan & Croghan. Seconded by Mylene Huskey. Motion passed 7-0. Security/Cameras- Superintendent Brown introduced Bruce Cooper from T&S Alarm. He has completed several jobs in Jefferson County. The most recent one was at Sunrise School. This included security and surveillance cameras. Review of the bid document from T&S Alarm. The bid is broken down by building with a drawing showing placement of all cameras for security and surveillance. Total costs for installation, labor and equipment $37,586.40 or $38,995.00 with all options. This bid is the basic package that both Mr. Cooper and Superintendent Brown feel that will get the district started. There will be a need to add in the near future. This system offers the capacity to expand. This start will begin to help the district better protect the students. Dion Moore would like to see fake cameras installed so no one knows which camera is working and which one is “fake”. Hopefully this will serve as a deterrent to future vandalism to district grounds. Motion detector lights will need to be installed in certain areas of the campus. Monitors would be placed in each building office to ensure that each entrance is monitored by district personnel. Question on bid process. Superintendent Brown did not solicit three bids based on the reference from Sunrise School. The board would like to see three bids on a purchase this large. Informational items on security doors for all buildings that work on a timer. Anyone trying to enter the buildings would have to be buzzed in if not during passing time, five minutes each hour. The problem is that we currently have students arriving at school extremely early (6:25 am to 7:00 am). This would pose a problem if all doors are locked until 7:30 AM. At this time De Soto Schools are using this system. They are phasing this in. The high school building will be tested first and then middle school. Superintendent Brown would like to wait and see how well this works for De Soto and then do a follow up visit with them and bring that information back to the board in January 2008. Superintendent Brown will also continue to follow new technology releases that might be beneficial to the district. Patricia Green made motion to table the bid from T&S Alarm. Seconded by Mike Miller. Motion passed 7-0.
At 9:20 PM
the board took a brief recess. Final General Ledger (Budget) Acceptance 2006/07-Angela Huskey reviewed the preliminary final general ledger for 2006-07 school year. Reminder there are still some expenses to be paid for summer school, etc that are not reflected in the ledger. At this time, the revision to the overall budget $148,029.67. A final general ledger and ending balance figure will be reviewed in July 2007. At this time Superintendent Brown is requesting permission to conduct business for the board through June 30, 2007. Mylene Huskey made motion to accept the preliminary general ledger as presented as final expenditures with knowledge that there will be further transfers, expenditures and revenues to close out 2006/07. The Board of Education grants Superintendent Brown authority to conduct business for the district through June 30, 2007. Seconded by Patricia Green. Motion passed 7-0. 2007/08 Budget Acceptance-Superintendent Brown and Angela Huskey, presented the 2007/08 proposed budget. This is a deficit budget. Revenues will be $306,056 short of what is needed compared to expenditures. These expenses will be paid out of the district reserve balances. The district has been working to reduce the reserve balances. Patricia Green made motion to accept the 2007/08 budget as presented. Seconded by Mike Mller. Motion passed 7-0.
Certified
Resignations (Executive Session) Items for Discussion-None for this meeting. Items for InformationOther items from board of education members-None for this meeting. High School Classroom additions update-Superintendent Brown reported to the board that the new addition is being reviewed and the Architect has applied for geothermal testing. Drawings will be here in July and go to bid in August 2007. Expected completion date is August 2008. High School Football Field Update-Superintendent Brown reported to the Board that the football field construction process has begun. The field has been fertilized and plugged. Maintenance has been watering the field daily. The maintenance staff along with the head football coach will continue to monitor this project to ensure its success. Jefferson County Coop Possible Withdrawal 2008/09-Superintendent Brown reminded the board again that State funding has changed in all categories. The current funding policy for the Jefferson County Cooperative for Special Needs students has also changed. The Northwest District has withdrawn from their participation in this County Wide Cooperative. This will effect how Grandview handles our special needs students. The district may need to look at housing more of our special needs students or perhaps sending students to De Soto in a tuition based plan. Superintendent Brown will continue to follow up on this and keep the board informed. Teacher Turnover Update-At this time there are seven (7) certified staff members that have officially resigned. This includes 2 retirees. There are no non-certified resignations. In 2005/06 there were 8 resignations. This is a normal turnover rate. Organizational Chart-A copy of the 2007/08 organizational chart was presented to each member. At 10:57 PM Patricia Green 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 Lori Langhans.
Roll Call Yea Nay Abstain
Steve Casagrande At 11:27 PM the board returned from executive session to report the following: The resignation of Steve Noblitt has been accepted. Kayce Porterfield has been hired as certified gifted teacher; James Smith for high school science; Aaron O’Dell for HS Social Studies; Donna Hahn as non-certified central office secretary; and Angela Huskey as Board Secretary/Treasurer for 2007/08. At 11:28 PM Mike Miller made motion to adjourn until the next regular meeting. Seconded by Mylene Huskey. Motion passed 7-0. Respectfully submitted,
Angela Huskey |
