Regular November board meeting held
November 10, 2005
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 372
SILVER LAKE, KANSAS 66539
U.S.D. 372 BOARD OF EDUCATION
Regular Meeting
November 9, 2005
Members Present: Brad Bryant, Sam Grant, Susan Runyan, Cindy Hawkins, Clint Wichman, Cindy Hill, and Cheri Corwin.
Others Present: Dr. Steve Pegram, Superintendent; Larry Winter, Jr./Sr. High Principal; Jim Lindstrom, Jr/Sr High Vice-Principal; Ronda Dewey, Grade School Principal; Brett Hamilton, Maintenance Director; Shannon Reid, Deputy Clerk; and guests.
Call to Order: Mr. Bryant called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the grade school band room.
Approval of Agenda: Grant made the motion to approve the amended agenda with Wichman seconding. 7-0
Approval of Minutes: October 12, 2005, November 2, 2005, and November 5, 2005:
Grant made the motion to approve the minutes for October 12, 2005, November 2, 2005, and November 5, 2005 meetings with a second from Corwin. 7-0
Welcome Guests: Bryant welcomed all guests in attendance.
Executive Session: At 6:05pm the BOE moved to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters of non-elected personnel and that the board returns to the open meeting at 6:20pm. The executive session is required to protect the privacy interests of an identifiable individual. Wichman made the motion to enter executive session and Hawkins with the second. 7-0
The BOE returned to the regular session at 6:25pm
Positive Comments: Grant congratulated football team on a successful season. Hawkins congratulated Mr. Winter for receiving secondary principal award. Hill commented on the nice performance by the select choir at the Stacey Beaver's Concert. Winter complemented Lindstrom on doing a great job with scheduling activities.
Public Communications: Grade school site council member, Janie Warren spoke to the BOE concerning goals of site council. Jill Smith spoke in support of the Metro-nome.
Financial Report: Dr. Pegram reviewed this report with the board.
B O A R D C O N S E N T I T E M S
(C1 Payment of the Bills and the Treasurer's Report: The BOE approve payment of the bills and the treasurer's report as presented.
(C2 Out of District Request: The BOE approve the out of district request for Brit Dewey.
***Consent Agenda Items were approved 7-0 with Hawkins making the motion and Wichman
with the second.
REPORTS
BOE Member Reports: Budget Committee: Reviewed budget and warrants at November 3,
2005 meeting. Will convene again December 8, 2005.
Board/Association Committee: Nothing to report. Will meet in December. Special Education Committee: Merto-nome reviewed with Lori Schmitt. Expense for service and training will cost $6,000 per year.
The Ball-A-Vista program will be reviewed with Syneva Mullins and students at next regular meeting.
Superintendent Report:
Principal's Reports: Attached and included with the minutes.
*Cheri Corwin and Larry Winter left meeting at 6:50pm
Prior Discussions: (BOE Goals: Reviewed and discussed. Will meet with Dr. Tompkins
again in December. Goals are attached and included with minutes.
(Other: None
New Discussions: (Review 8th Grade Explore Results and 8th Grade 6-Year Results:
Reviewed and included with minutes.
(Review Activities of Special BOE Meetings: Parents and
community will meet with Dr. Tompkins on December 5.
Boardsmanship meeting with Tom Krebs, BOE reviewed the areas of policy, resource allocation, vision, and evaluation of superintendent. Will meet again with Mr. Krebs in January and March.
*Corwin returned to meeting and Grant, Hawkins, Hill, and Lindstrom left meeting at 7:40pm.
(Eagle Truck: Truck will be donated to Scholarship Foundation to be raffled off and proceeds will go into scholarship fund.
(Teacher Recognition: Administration will fix meals at in-services.
(School Dances: Student council addressing inappropriate dancing with student body. BOE will support sponsors chaperoning decisions.
(Superintendent Evaluation: BOE will review evaluation and job description and draft a new evaluation from both.
(Other: None.
B O A R D A C T I O N I T E M S
(A1 Employment of Personnel: The BOE approve the employment of Mr. Trevor Hamilton as the assistant high school boys' basketball coach. Motion was made by Corwin and Wichman with the second. 4-0
--Miscellaneous: None
--Adjournment: Runyan made a motion to adjourn the regular meeting and Corwin
seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned 4-0 at 7:55pm.
