The Board of Education of
Hamilton County Community Unit District No. 10 met in regular session on the
evening of
The meeting
was called to order by Board President John Ewald. Roll Call was as follows: Present – Danny Anselment, Steve Becker,
Krystal Donelson, Randy Kirsch, Tom Maulding, Rodney Rubenacker and John Ewald.
Motion
by Becker, second by Rubenacker to approve the following items under the
Consent Agenda: The minutes from the
CORRESPONDENCE
– The Board received a thank you note from Vallery Gray thanking the Board for
the purchase of a memorial book placed at the
VISITORS – Several Civics students
were in attendance for a classroom assignment.
Tim Smith a Rotarian representative
was present to ask the Board’s permission to build a pavilion at the athletic
field complex for public use. The
project will be funded by donations, grant money and local fundraisers.
Motion by Maulding, second by Anselment to
approve the above request to build a pavilion at the athletic field. Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes – Maulding,
Anselment, Becker, Donelson, Kirsch, Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
SUPERINTENDENT’S
REPORT – Status
Mr. Mitchell
reminded the Board and prospective Board members that there will be a
Semi-Annual IASB Egyptian dinner meeting on
Mr. Mitchell gave the Board the
following information: The utilities
summary, stating that is was approximately $7,000 less than last years bill at
this time; the end of the first semester enrollment; a report from Mr. Rush,
Athletic Director updating the Board on the drug testing results on high school
athletes; the junior high revised volleyball schedule and information on the
security procedures recently put in place at the Jr./Sr. High School.
Mr. Mitchell asked the senior class officers
and sponsors to address the Board concerning the possibility of having a
“Senior Fest” in lieu of a senior class trip.
The officers and sponsors felt that this would allow all students to
participate in the activities. The Board
unanimously agreed to the students suggestions.
The Board will give final approval at a later date after the students
have finalized their plans.
CURRICULUM –
Mrs. Lee updated the Board on various
activities that have or will take place throughout the District: There was a half-day teachers in-service on
February 16, 2007; the District has received part of the ISAT testing
materials; Challenge Saturday will be on March 3, 2007 at the East Side School
and the results of the 2006 ISAT achievement results will be sent home to
parents on February 23, 2007.
OLD BUSINESS –
Mr. Mitchell updated the
Board on the Health/Life Safety bidding process. Bids for the original project will be opened
on
Motion by Kirsch, second by Anselment to approve the
set fee of $650/day for the requested use of the new high school facility from
the
Motion by Becker, second by Rubenacker to
approve to amend the motion from the January 16, 2007 meeting on acceptance of
fuel bids to state that awarding of the fuel bids to Davis and Sons is for firm
bids for unleaded gasoline, kerosene, and ultra-low sulphur biodiesel (rather
than non-biodiesel). Roll Call Vote –
Voting Yes - Becker, Rubenacker,
Anselment, Donelson, Kirsch, Maulding and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Donelson, second by Anselment to approve
the final adoption of the Board Policy JKAA regarding student/parent rights to
be excluded in surveys that may ask personal information about students as per
No Child Left Behind legislation. Vote
was taken by voice and motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS-
Motion by Maulding, second by Rubenacker to approve
to seek bids for a 42-50 passenger school bus with the option to trade-in a
used bus or seek bids on the used bus by the sealed bid process. Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Maulding to seek bids
for a tractor/mower with or without a front end loader and with a
trade-in. Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.
Motion by Kirsch, second by Donelson to approve to
seek bids for an extended elevator maintenance contract to replace the existing
contract that expires
Motion by Becker, second by Maulding to enter
in to executive session at
Motion by Kirsch, second by Donelson to come out of
executive session at
Motion
by Becker, second by Rubenacker to approve the minutes from executive
session. Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.
Motion by Maulding, second by Anselment to accept
the letter of resignation from Marvin Carlton as high school drama coach at the
end of the 2006-2007 school year. Vote
was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Becker, second by Kirsch to
accept the letter of resignation from Tracy Strole as a tutor at the
Motion by Anselment, second by Rubenacker
to accept the unpaid medical leave of absence request from Beverly Gage through
Motion by Maulding, second by Anselment to accept the
letter of resignation from Kathy Teffertiller and Jacque Thomas as co-yearbook
sponsors at the end of the 2006-2007 school year. Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Rubenacker, second by Becker to employ
Dustin Haile as an assistant varsity track coach for the 2007 spring
season. Roll Call Vote - Voting Yes –
Rubenacker, Becker, Anselment, Donelson, Kirsch, Maulding and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Kirsch to
employ Ron Smith as the assistant varsity baseball coach for the 2007 spring
season. Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes –
Anselment, Kirsch, Becker, Donelson, Maulding, Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Becker, second by Kirsch to employ Gary Hopper as the
assistant varsity softball coach for the 2007 spring season. Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes – Becker, Kirsch,
Anselment, Donelson, Maulding, Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Becker, second by Kirsch to employ
Sharon Biggerstaff as an extraordinary-care teacher aide, contingent upon need,
effective
Motion by Donelson, second by Kirsch to employ the
following administrators for the 2007-2008 school year with a 3% salary
increase and lengths of employment and assignments as designated. Vince Mitchell, Superintendent, 12 months;
Jackie Frey, East Side Principal, 12 months; Jeff Fetcho, Jr./Sr. High School
Principal, 12 months; Charlie Pryer, Special Education Director/Title I
Coordinator/Testing Coordinator/RtI Facilitator, 11 months; Mark Scott, Jr./Sr.
High School Assistant Principal, 10 months; and Jeff Rush, District Athletic
Director, 10 months (1/2 time). Roll
Call Vote – Voting Yes – Donelson, Kirsch, Anselment, Becker, Maulding,
Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Rubenacker to
authorize to advertise for elementary teacher positions and Title I teacher
positions for the 2007-2008 school year.
Vote taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Maulding, second by Anselment to authorize
to advertise for a high school language arts position for the 2007-2008 school
year. Vote was taken by voice and motion
carried.
Motion by Kirsch, second by Maulding to authorize to
re-post for a high school mathematics position for the 2007-2008 school year. Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Becker to
authorize to advertise for a 10 month elementary principal position assigned to
the Pre-school and
Motion by Rubenacker, second by Kirsch to authorize
to advertise for an elementary volleyball coaching position for duties to be
performed spring of 2007. Vote was taken
by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Maulding, second by Anselment to
authorize to advertise for the following extra duty positions for the 2007-2008
school year: Varsity Volleyball, High
School Drama and High School Yearbook.
Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Becker, second by Kirsch to
authorize to advertise for a part-time tutor position for the remainder of the
2006-2007 school year. Vote was taken by
voice and motion carried.
Motion by Rubenacker, second by Kirsch to
adjourn. Vote was taken by voice, motion
carried and the meeting adjourned at
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Board
President
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Board
Secretary