MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
January 25, 2006 6:30 P.M. Educational
The Board of Education of the
Ms. Marianne Clancy, Board Secretary, established a
quorum and the following Members were present: Mrs. Janet Smith, Mr. Uvaldo
Herrera, Mrs. Cheryl Jackson, Mrs. Millicent Roth, Mr. Keith Davis and Mr. John
Dirks, Board President. Mr. John Hanson was
absent.
Present from the administrative staff were Mrs.
Sally Tucker, Mr. David Wood, Mr. Barry Reilly and Dr. Robert Nielsen.
Ms. Linda Aschenbrener, Public Relations Facilitator, was also in attendance.
Present from the news media was Ms. Sharon Wolfe, The Pantagraph.
Mr. Dirks presented the
Minutes for approval. It was moved by Mrs.
Jackson, seconded by Mr. Davis, that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the
Board of Education held on January 11, 2006 and the Minutes of the Closed
Meeting of the Board of Education held on January 11, 2006 be approved.
Mrs. Roth noted that a
correction needed to be made in the Regular Meeting Minutes of December 14,
2005 because she was not present to vote on those Minutes.
Upon a roll call vote all Members present voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
Mr. Dirks stated that the Beyond the
Books Educational Foundation (BTB) met last Thursday and the goal for BTB is to
increase the endowment to $1 million over a four year period. There are a number of fundraising efforts,
primarily targeted at businesses, planned for the future.
Mrs. Roth reported that she is a member
of the Wellness Taskforce. She stated
that there was a meeting this evening. The
Taskforce will conduct a survey which will try to get the community involved in
improving nutrition and increasing activity in families.
Mr. Dirks stated that the Achievement
Gap Taskforce invitations have been sent out and responses have been coming in. He noted that when the responses have all be received we will be scheduling an initial meeting of that
taskforce.
It was
moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by Mr. Davis, that the Consent Agenda (Personnel
Report, Bills, Treasurer’s Report, Financial Summary, Resolution: School Year
Hazard Report and the Resolution: Review of Minutes of Closed Executive
Sessions) be approved.
Dr.
Nielsen asked that the Personnel Report be pulled and moved to Board Action D.
Upon a
roll call vote, all Members present, voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original
Minutes, Attachment 1-25-06/1)
Dr. Nielsen asked that the Excel draft which was passed out to the
Board for suggestions and corrections be returned to Ms. Aschenbrener by
Board Meeting
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Monday, January 30, 2006. The Excel
will go out to the community in The Pantagraph by February 18, 2006.
Dr. Nielsen suggested that
the March 8, 2006 Board Meeting be cancelled.
The Board had no objections to that suggestion.
It was moved by Mrs. Roth,
seconded by Mr. Herrera that the 2006 Summer School Program proposal be
approved. Upon a roll call vote, all Members present, voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original
Minutes, Attachment 1-25-06/2)
It was moved by Mr. Davis,
seconded by Mr. Herrera that the 2006-07 Academic Calendar be approved. Upon a
roll call vote, all Members present, voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original
Minutes,
Attachment 1-25-06/3)
It was moved by Mrs.
Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Roth that the 2006-07 Five Year Facilities
Improvement Plan be approved. Upon a roll call vote, all Members present, voted
“Aye”. Motion carried. (See with
Original Minutes, Attachment 1-25-06/4)
Mr. Reilly stated that there
are two changes to the Personnel Report.
The first change is for Carole Calmes. The entry should not read “BD” but “teacher”.
The second change is on page
2. For Deanna Mohn,
the entry should say that her effective date of resignation is January 20,
2006.
It was moved by Mrs.
Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Smith that the Personnel Report be approved with the
changes mentioned. Upon a roll call vote, all Members present, voted
“Aye”. Motion carried. (See with
Original Minutes, Attachment 1-25-06/5)
It was moved by Mr. Herrera, seconded by Mrs. Jackson that the
Board go into Closed Session for the purpose of considering
the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or
dismissal of specific
employees of District 87, including
hearing testimony on a complaint
lodged against an employee to
determine its validity. Upon a roll call
vote, all Members present voted “Aye”.
Motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Dirks adjourned the meeting.
APPPROVED: ATTEST:
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President Secretary