BOE Minutes - 3-13-17
REGULAR MEETING – March 13, 2017
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The Board of Education of USD #511 met in regular session on Monday March 13th, 2017 and was called to order by President Lynda Newberry at 6:00pm. Members present included Jolene Peterson, Tye McDaniel, Eric Dark, Rogena Grigsby, Brett Traffas, and Roger Goodman. Also present was Superintendent Dale Adams, and Clerk of the Board Amie Loreg.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all in attendance.
Grigsby moved and Goodman seconded to amend the agenda to include 6e. Resignation of Linda Biles and 9c. Superintendent Search.
Dark moved and McDaniel seconded to accept the consent agenda, including the resignation of Linda Biles as FACS teacher. 7-0, motion carried
Special Education – Mr. Adams reported there would be a meeting on the 14th of March that he will attend at Pratt.
Josh Lanning, Principal entered the meeting at 6:08pm.
Curriculum – Mr. Adams handed out a fact sheet on Kindergarten readiness.
Technology – A letter from SCTelcom was viewed by members.
Summer Rec – It was reported that spring sports were starting and the banners would be hung up soon.
Transportation Log – Reviewed by members
Budget Summary – Reviewed. Mr. Adams gave a comparison of where the numbers were this time last year and where we are now. He talked about the possibility of a 2% cut from the state but nothing has been decided at this time.
Wellness Center – Mr. Adams had reported a few months ago that one of the doors was broken and would get stuck. It is now fixed.
Old Business: Lunch Policy – The board reviewed a proposed lunch policy to meet the new state requirements. McDaniel moved and Goodman seconded to accept the policy as presented. 7-0, motion carried.
IDL – It was reported that 7 kids are enrolled in IDL currently. The cost to the district to continue the program is $6,750 with courses being offered by both, Pratt Community College or Cowley Community College.
Odysseyware – This year 38 students utilized this program for either regular high school course work or credit recovery.
Dark moved and Peterson seconded to continue with the use of both programs, IDL and Odysseyware for the 2017/2018 school year. 7-0, motion carried.
T2C – A discussion was held about the program and making it a graduation requirement. The idea was discussed that the Career Cruising program has curriculum that could be taught as a course to go along with the T2C program. Mr. Adams recommended waiting for new administration to be hired and allowing them input on there being graduation requirement tied to the program. The consensus was that the board likes the program and wants for it to continue either way. Mr. Adams used this time to report that Britt Hedlund, the T2C Coordinator was invited to speak at a Kansas Can conference in Manhattan Kansas on April 11th about the Harper County Transition to Career Program.
ERate – Ray Howell, technology department, prepared a bid for Tori Bohannon with SCKESC to send out to companies for erate.
New Business: Pole Vault – The board asked for information about what other districts do where 6th graders participating in track is concerned. Junior high and high school age participant’s 7-12 grades are covered under KASHSSA’s catastrophic policy but 6th graders are not. Amie Loreg sent questions out to other districts – the results were in the board packets. A discussion was held about whether or not parents could purchase their own policy to cover their child, it was decided that was not an option as it limits children whose parents cannot afford an individual policy from being able to participate. The school has an accidental policy for students but it is not catastrophic. The school also has a policy with Willis HRH, another school mentioned they have a separate policy for their 6th graders through Willis HRH. Mr. Adams will call and see what the current policy covers and if necessary get quotes for additional coverage. Item was tabled until more information was presented.
High School Schedule – Mr. Lanning went over the schedule with the board. He discussed an increase in interest in band and music and discussed adjustments that may be made to open more classes up for the program.
Superintendent Search – Scheduling for the upcoming superintendent interviews was discussed. It was decided to try to set interviews in the evening between March 28th and April 4th, if possible.
A brief discussion was held about advertising for the FACS job. Mr. Lanning mentioned the possibility of FACS courses offered through IDL.
Traffas moved and Goodman seconded to go into executive session for 20 minutes for nonelected personnel to protect the rights and privacy of an identifiable individual with Mr. Adams and the board. 7-0, motion carried.
Administration: Mr. Adams discussed the possible 2% budget cut. He mentioned that he had asked Mr. Vandeveer to get numbers on students who are interested in playing baseball/softball to present at a later meeting. He reported that he was asked about the possibility of a student participating in golf in another school. This year, he said we were past he deadline to make that happen but he would see if he could get the student into a couple of meets to be certain it’s something he will want to continue.
Mr. Lanning reported March 30th is the junior high and high school AR trip to a movie in Wichita, 66 will be going. April 3rd is junior high Scholar’s Bowl at Attica. A discussion was held about the seniors last day possibly being on May 16th but he needs to go over their graduation practice schedule before finalizing. He reported that cheerleading tryouts had started and that 2 trios went to HOPL music contest with one of them (Miles Mans, Merlin Alarcon, and Madison Daniels) received a 1 and the other (Miles Mans, Juels Loreg, and Mariah Wyatt) received a 2. Ms. Wheeler is looking at the possibility of students attending regional music April 1st.
Board Members: Newberry questioned about the yearbook. She referenced several mistakes and expressed disappointment in the final product. Mr. Adams and Mr. Lanning were both aware of the issues and had been in contact with Lifetouch about how the fix the problems. It was stated that stickers could be purchased and placed over the errors. Mr. Adams will look into the cost of redoing the book.
Traffas moved and McDaniel seconded to go into executive session for 15 minutes for nonelected personnel to protect the rights and privacy of an identifiable individual with Mr. Adams, Mr. Lanning, and the board. 7-0, motion carried.
McDaniel moved and Goodman seconded to go into executive session for 5 minutes for nonelected personnel to protect the rights and privacy of an identifiable individual with Mr. Adams. 7-0, motion carried. Traffas moved and Dark seconded to extend the executive session for 5 minutes. 7-0, motion carried.
Peterson moved and McDaniel seconded to go into executive session for 20 minutes for nonelected personnel to protect the rights and privacy of an identifiable individual with Mr. Adams. 7-0, motion carried.
McDaniel moved and Dark seconded to go into executive session for 10 minutes for nonelected personnel to protect the rights and privacy of an identifiable individual with Mr. Adams. 7-0, motion carried. Traffas moved and Peterson seconded to extend the executive session for 10 minutes. 7-0, motion carried.
Dark moved and Traffas seconded to adjourn. 7-0, motion carried. 9:48pm
Meeting adjourned,
Amie Loreg Clerk of the Board of Education 511
