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December
20, 2007 Call to Order-At 7:30 PM the Board President called
the meeting to order. Roll Call. Members present: Steve Casagrande, Mylene Huskey, Randy
Wakeland, and Patricia Green. Members
Absent: Mike Miller, Lori Langhans and
Dion Moore. Approval of Agenda-Patricia Green made motion to approve
the revised agenda as presented.
Seconded by Randy Wakeland.
Motion passed 4-0. Approval of Consent Agenda Items- Patricia
Green made motion to approve the consent agenda (Minutes of Previous Regular Session,
Transfer Items, Payment of Bills, and Financial Report) as presented. Seconded by Mylene Huskey. Motion passed 4-0.
Early
Graduation Requests (3) (Executive Session)
At 7:38 PM
Dion Moore arrived.
Update of Special Education Coop-Superintendent Brown reported to the
Board of Education that the local cooperative for Jefferson County will be
closing at the end of the 2007/08 school year. Finance and transportation are
problem areas for the Co-op. All
Superintendents in the County have decided to recommend their Local Board of
Education to withdraw from the Co-op effective 06/30//08. Districts
will “swap” classrooms and educational settings. For example, will be sending our early
childhood students to De Soto for their education and De Soto will send
students to Grandview that we can educate and house. At this time
Grandview receives approximately $160,000 per year for these services. There are 20 students attending the Co-op
from Grandview. Superintendent Brown
anticipates that this will cost the district an additional $20,000-$50,000 per
year. Grandview will look at using the
services at Northwest, De Soto and Hillsboro in a sharing situation. Grandview
will continue to educate and provide a quality education to the children in
these services. A letter will be sent to
each home with children in these services to assure them their children will be
taken care of. If parents have
questions, they may call the Superintendent’s Office at 636-944-3941. If, in the
event, that the Board would not vote to withdraw from the Co-op effective
06/30/08, Grandview would be responsible for the estimated $3,000,000 budget
that is currently in place for salaries and services. The
Superintendent’s from the all the districts will continue to meet and discuss
the options and how each district will help service the surrounding districts. Superintendent
Brown recommends at this time Grandview pull out of the Co-op effective
06/30/08. Superintendent Brown will
continue to keep the Board informed of future decisions needed in this area. Patricia
Green made motion to withdraw Grandview from the Jefferson County Special
Services Cooperative effective 06/30/08.
Seconded by Mylene Huskey. Motion
passed 6-0. Items for Discussion
Elementary Reading Series Review and
Report-Kim Bequette-
This report is based on a request from Member, Randy Wakeland. The following teachers are in attendance to
report on the new reading series: Barb Speer for the Coop-Teaches K-5 special
education students (7) on the campus. This
reading series has been a welcome addition to her classroom. This is the first time she has been able to
tie her classroom lesson plans to her curriculum levels. This is a well rounded series that offers
resources, curriculum; increases vocabulary; built in assessment tools; and
helps on her IEP reporting. Phonetics
are also increased. She is very pleased
with this series. Angelina Rowden, 4th grade-At this time,
the teachers are still getting use to this series. They need to continue to implement. Testing goals are increasing. MAP testing skills are also increasing. Everything fits together for all grades for
each grade level. Each level increases
with the students as they progress through the elementary. This series also provides a better depth of
learning. This series also has
benchmarks which provides assessments of student achievements. At this time Fox, De Soto, Festus, Hillsboro,
Northwest have or are going to implement this series. Angelina would like to compare the MAP test
scores to the other districts next year to see how well our teachers are using
this series.
Kim Bequette-Thanks all the teachers for their hard work on their presentations and representing their grade level. Each member was given a packet to review. MAP test
revealed that Grandview struggled in communication arts prior to using this
reading series. De Soto is in their
second year with this program. Northwest
used this series to write their curriculum.
Ms. Bequette would like to see our students scoring in the same areas as
the other schools. Goals established by
Ms. Bequette would like to see more technology used in the classrooms, talked
with other schools to establish networking; kindergarten teachers need to visit
5th grade and vice versa; the series builds throughout the grade
levels in the elementary. Ms Bequette is
concerned since the series builds each year, that the fifth grade this year
will not have had the same level of expectations as the entering kindergarten
class this year. This series ties all
areas together, science with music, communication arts with math, etc. This series is backed by a lot of research
through educators, professors, etc. At 9:10 PM
the board took a brief recess. Special Education Historical
Enrollment-At report
is being provided at the request of Board President, Steve Casagrande. This report simply shows the historical
enrollment for the district over the last five years. These numbers include both on campus and
co-op taught students. (see attached report) SAS 112 Update-Superintendent Brown reported to the
Board that the Central Office is working on this item. The district continues to wait on DESE to
offer guidance and direction in this area.
Central Office will continue to keep the Board informed of progress in
this area. March will be the next
reporting date. Audit 2006-07 Revision Page 25-Superintendent Brown reviewed with
the Board that Steve Casagrande did not like the verbage on page 25 of the
district audit regarding district investments.
The verbage states the district does not have a policy limiting the
amount of dollars that the district can invest per financial institution. The district does have all policies necessary
for allowable investments, etc. All
policies follow the State of Missouri laws and regulations. Other items from board of education
members-Patricia
Green would like to talk about handicapped
parking. She feels that the district
needs more handicapped parking at each building. Superintendent Brown is adding two spots on
the middle school parking lot and will look into more spots at the other
buildings. This will be done over the
Christmas break. 6th grade science textbooks are low in number; students have to
share during class time. Students can
check books out and take them home for their homework. Parents with concerns should call the middle
school principal. Angela
Huskey, Board Treasurer, presented the 4th quarter investment
report. At this time, the district is
collateralized at 100%+. First State
Community Bank has over collateralized by $1.1 million dollars. The most recent investment through MOSIP, for
60 days, earned the district $13,000 in both the general and bond Monies. (see attached report).
Budget Revision Report-Superintendent Brown explained to the
Board that normally during the December meeting the Board would review all
expenditures and revenues and approve budget revisions but, the State of
Missouri has informed the district that there are additional revenues to be received. Due to this, the Board will review the budget
in January 2008. Executive Session
At 10:00 PM Dion
Moore made motion to go into executive session relevant to Personnel Matters
pursuant to § 610.021(3), and Legal Matters pursuant to § 610.021 (1). Seconded by Mylene Huskey. Roll Call Yea Nay Abstain Kim Bequette
and Jim Keeling were dismissed for the evening.
Matt Buechting,
rehired as high school football assistant for 2008/09; Justin Marler, rehired
assistant high school football coach for 2008/09; Phillip Shearin rehired assistant
high school football coach for 2008/09; Sherri Avis, rehired as Head high
school volleyball coach; Samantha Fielder rehired for assistant high school
volleyball coach for 2008/09. The
resignation of Chad Hodges from Middle School Football had been accepted. Superintendent
Brown has been rehired. He has been
offered a contract extension of one year, which will take his current contract
through 2010-11. At 11:20 PM
the Board returned to regular session. Board member resignation:
Board President, Steve Casagarnde read a letter of resignation from Mike
Miller. Mr. Miller is resigning for both
personal and medical reasons. This
resignation is effective for the end of the December 20, 2007 meeting. (see attached copy) Discussion
about the vacant seat. Board filings are
occurring at this time. Election is in
April. Even if the board chose to
appoint someone, by the time applications were submitted, reviewed and
interviews conducted the seat would only be filled for two months at the
most. All members were in favor of
leaving the seat vacant. At 11:30 PM Randy
Wakeland made motion to adjourn until the next regular meeting. Seconded by Dion Moore. Motion passed 5-0. Respectfully
submitted, Angela Huskey |
