ST JOHN SCHOOL BOARD ENDICOTT SCHOOL BOARD

DISTRICT #322 DISTRICT #308

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Monday – July 28, 2008

Endicott School Library

7:00 p.m.

BUDGET HEARING

ENDICOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT #308

ST JOHN SCHOOL DISTRICT #322

The 2008-2009 budget summary reports were received and reviewed by each board member and guest at the hearing. Evelyn Beck explained increases and changes in the funding sources for staff support and special programs. Time was provided for guests and board members to ask questions regarding the budget.

Dwight Lust called the Endicott meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Andrea Miller called the St John meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Frank Watson led the flag salute.

Roll Call:

Present from Endicott were Dwight Lust, Debbie Schlomer, Frank Garrett, Greta White and Marvin Schmick. Present from St John were Frank Watson, Sabrina Jones, Scott Hollingsworth and Andrea Miller. Mark Bailey was absent. Also present were Mr. Winters (Superintendent), Evelyn Beck (Business Manager) and Dana Crider (new Business Manager). Guests at the meeting included Rob Roettger, Becky Dickerson, Gary and Janet Luft, Bruce Porubek, Michele Beckmann, Tami Jensema and Mike Anderson.

Dwight Lust welcomed the board members and visitors to the meeting.

AGENDA/MINUTES:

Marvin Schmick moved and Debbie Schlomer seconded the motion to approve the board minutes of the June 23, 2008 regular meeting and the agenda of the current meeting with the addition of #5 Preschool Assistant – Robin Hallenius and #6 First reading of Title I Parent Plan – Rob Roettger. All Endicott board members agreed. Frank Watson moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion to approve the board minutes of the June 23, 2008 regular meeting and the agenda of the current meeting with the addition of #5 Preschool Assistant – Robin Hallenius and #6 First reading of Title I Parent Plan – Rob Roettger. All St John board members agreed.

CONSENT AGENDA:

ENDICOTT –Frank Garrett moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve the items on the consent agenda. Approved were the July 2008: payroll warrants #38834-38891 in the amount of $124,629.10; the General Fund accounts payable warrants #38765-38833 in the amount of $59,817.25, the ASB Fund accounts payable warrants #1271-1274 in the amount of $963.23 and the TVF Fund accounts payable warrant #109 in the amount of $53,927.53. The board also approved supplemental contracts for fall sports and the supplemental contract for the Summer Enrichment program. Resolution #07-06 – Signature Authorization for County Treasurer was also approved. All Endicott board members agreed.

ST JOHN –Scott Hollingsworth moved and Frank Watson seconded the motion to approve the items on the consent agenda. Approved were the July 2008: payroll warrants #7932-8018 in the amount of $180,840.98; the General Fund accounts payable, warrants #7874-7931 in the amount of $44,178.93 and the ASB Fund accounts payable warrants #4358-4364 in the amount of $10,465.11. Also approved were supplemental contracts for fall sports and the Summer Enrichment program. Resolution #07-05 – Signature Authorization for County Treasurer and Resolution #07-06 to cancel payroll warrant #7182 were also approved. All St. John board members agreed.

OLD BUSINESS:

Rob Roettger presented the proposal for the changes to the Athletic Handbook for the 2008-09 season. He also presented a proposed change: Make the initial penalty to 4 weeks and reduce the penalty by half if the athlete goes through the proper steps. He does not want kids to go out and drink, wants to make sure they stay involved with us. Janet Luft asked for further explanation of the Honesty Clause. Greta White is concerned that we are lowering the bar. Following a lengthy discussion, the cooperative vote passed 5-4 with Dwight Lust abstaining. Frank Garrett would like to look at the possibility of extending the code to all extracurricular activities including band, FFA, AgMech, etc.

Rick Winters presented the revised cooperative calendar. The teachers group has been questioning the 184 days instead of 182. The teachers group believes that their salary schedule is based on 182 days not 184 days and they are not being fully compensated for the 184 days. Frank Watson questioned what the 2008-09 contracts say as of right now. All of the contracts state 184 working days. We would reduce the number of in-service days, not student days. The school board has bent over backwards for the teachers and out of the goodness of their heart, they are going to grant their request of 182 days. Last teacher contract day will now be June 10, 2009. In a cooperative vote, Frank Watson moved and Sabrina Jones seconded the motion to approve the revised cooperative calendar.

NEW BUSINESS:

Since the budget hearing was held prior to the meeting and all questions were addressed at that time, the board moved forward with the official adoption of the 2008-2009 operating budgets for each district. Debbie Schlomer moved and Greta White seconded the motion to approve the 2008-09 operating budget for the Endicott School District #308 and sign the corresponding resolution #07-05. All Endicott board members agreed. Frank Watson moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion to approve the 2008-09 operating budget for the St John School District #322 and sign the corresponding resolution #07-04. All St John board members agreed.

Marvin Schmick moved and Debbie Schlomer seconded the motion to approve the contract for

Mary Bertrand as the Music/Fine Arts teacher in Endicott. All agreed.

Frank Watson moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion to approve the certificated contract for Richard Shindler – High School Math Teacher. All board members agreed with Sabrina Jones abstaining.

The student fee schedule for each district was discussed. The only change to the St John fee schedule is the increase of the senior citizen age from 55 to 62 for admission to sports events. Frank Watson moved and Sabrina Jones seconded the motion to accept the revised student fee schedule. All members agreed. The Endicott student fee schedule revisions include: deleting the milk charge and adding preschool tuition. Debbie Schlomer moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve the revised student fee schedule. All members agreed.

Greta White moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve the contract for Robin Hallenius – Preschool Assistant. All agreed.

The first reading of the Title 1 Parent Plan was presented to both districts by Rob Roettger. Each bulleted line item follows the NCLB act. The second reading and approval will be at the August board meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

None

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

Bruce Porubek presented the athletic schedules for fall sports to the board. The Football and Volleyball coaches will be going away from 2-a-day practices and moving to one 4 hour practice each day. They will begin practice at 6:00 am and end around 10:30 am. By combining the practices, we will eliminate a bus run between St. John and Endicott and allow the athletes to continue their summer jobs. Open gym is going well with the coaches taking turns supervising. Joey McCanna and Bryan Carter have been certified through the Bigger Faster Stronger program. We have purchased the BFS computer program that the students can use. A parent meeting will be held August 24^th, 2008.

Rick Winters thanked Andrea Miller for participating in the negotiations with the St John PSE group. The agreement is in the final stages and will be presented at the August board meeting. We have a good group of workers and are thankful that we have a contract with them for the next year.

Mr. Winters also thanked all board members for taking time from their busy schedules with harvest to come to the board meeting.

Mr. Roettger listed activities for the month of August. The summer enrichment program will begin August 4^th and end August 14^th. Teresa Schmidt will conduct a summer WASL class the week of August 4^th through the 8^th. We have six students who need to take the WASL test this summer. The WASL will be given the week of August 11^th. Frank Watson expressed concern regarding the 57% math WASL score and asked how are we going to tackle this issue because it is not acceptable. Mr. Roettger agrees with Mr. Watson’s concern as it is also his concern. Mr. Roettger is planning to move away from the segmented math and WASL prep classes and focus more on Algebra I and II classes as he feels this will better prepare our students for the WASL test.

ACTION ITEM

Debbie Schlomer moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion for the Endicott board to adjourn the meeting at 8:07 p.m. Frank Watson moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion for the St John board to adjourn the meeting at 8:07 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT

Dwight Lust adjourned the Endicott meeting at 8:07 p.m.

Andrea Miller adjourned the St John meeting at 8:07 p.m.

Rick Winters, Andrea Miller, St. John Board Chair

Superintendent

Dwight Lust, Endicott Board Chair