Friday, July 12, 2013

July 12, 2013

July Board Meeting Synopsis

ü  Approved agenda, June 10 regular board meeting minutes, bills and financial report and budget resolution #3.
ü  Mrs. Whitney reported on the upcoming ASBSD-SASD Joint Convention; preliminary DakotaSTEP results were shared; purchasing 60 Google Chromebooks for high school students to use; discussed the quote from Direct Digital Control to upgrade our Siemens control system; shared information received from area schools about weighted grading for certain classes in high school and found that only Howard does this for some classes with most saying they thought it would be too difficult to determine which courses were deserving of more weight (NOTE:  SCHS already gives extra weight to dual credit courses with colleges/universities and tech schools.); and that repairs to the well were completed on July 11 to comply with DENR requirements.
ü  Other discussion item:  Approved purchasing a new 29-passenger school bus piggybacking off a bid by Hitchcock-Tulare.
ü  Held the annual hearing and adopted the 2013-2014 school district budget.
ü  Ended the 2012-2013 school year business and recognized Kathy Austerman, thanking her for her nine years of dedication and service to the students, staff, parents, and patrons of the district.
ü  Held swearing in ceremony for Murray VanLaecken and Clayton Dean.
ü  The board elected Rick Miller as president and Troy Olson as vice-president for the 2013-14 school year.
ü  Approved the following Board Chair appointments:
Legislative: Rick
Negotiations: Murray and Rick
ASBSD Delegate/Alternate: Rick/Brenda
Capital Outlay Committee:  Troy and Clayton
Parent Action Team: Brenda
James Valley Education Cooperative (Special Ed coop):  Supt. Whitney
Sanborn Interactive Video Network:  Supt. Whitney
ü  Approved items 05-2013/2014 to 33-2013/2014 as general reorganization of the board as required.  NOTE:  Only changes from the previous year: yearbook prices increased $1.00; increased student hot lunch meals by $.10 and all students and adults paying $1.75 for lunch due to new federal requirements; increase substitute pay by $5.00 for noncertified and $10.00 for certified; increased substitute bus driver pay by $2.00 per route and hourly pay for extracurricular trips by $1.00 per hour.
ü  Approved membership in the SD United Schools Association. 
ü  Approved the resignation of Ashly Uecker and the two-week notice to not rehire Jenni Greenway as SPED paraeducators effective immediately.
ü  Approved the 2013-2014 Parent-Student Handbook as revised.
ü  Adjourned at 5:25pm.
ü  Next scheduled regular board meeting will be in the SC Conference Room on August 12, 2013 at 7:00 pm.