July Board Meeting
Synopsis
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Approved
agenda, June 10 regular board meeting minutes, bills and financial report and
budget resolution #3.
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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.
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Other
discussion item: Approved purchasing a
new 29-passenger school bus piggybacking off a bid by Hitchcock-Tulare.
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Held
the annual hearing and adopted the 2013-2014 school district budget.
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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.
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Held
swearing in ceremony for Murray VanLaecken and Clayton Dean.
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The
board elected Rick Miller as president and Troy Olson as vice-president for the
2013-14 school year.
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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
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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.
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Approved
membership in the SD United Schools Association.
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Approved
the resignation of Ashly Uecker and the two-week notice to not rehire Jenni
Greenway as SPED paraeducators effective immediately.
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Approved
the 2013-2014 Parent-Student Handbook as revised.
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Adjourned
at 5:25pm.
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Next
scheduled regular board meeting will be in the SC Conference Room on August 12,
2013 at 7:00 pm.