ST JOHN SCHOOL BOARD ENDICOTT SCHOOL BOARD
BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
Monday Ð June 23,
2008
St John School
Library
7:00 p.m.
Andrea Miller
called the St John meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Dwight Lust
called the Endicott meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Michele Beckmann
led the flag salute.
Roll Call:
Present from St
John were Andrea Miller, Sabrina Jones, Scott Hollingsworth and Mark
Bailey. Present from Endicott were
Dwight Lust, Marvin Schmick, Greta White, Debbie Schlomer and Frank Garrett.
Frank Watson was absent. Also present were Mr. Winters (Superintendent), Evelyn
Beck (Business Manager) and Dana Crider (New Business Manager). Guests at the
meeting included Suzanne Schmick, Rob Roettger, Bruce Porubek, Becky Gonzalez,
Michele Beckmann, Kristin Bammes and Gary & Janet Luft.
AGENDA/MINUTES:
Sabrina Jones
moved and Mark Bailey seconded the motion to approve the board minutes of the May
27, 2008 regular meeting and the agenda of the current meeting as mailed. All St John Board members agreed. Greta White moved and Marvin Schmick
seconded the motion to approve the board minutes of the May 27, 2008 and the
agenda of the current meeting as mailed. All Endicott board members agreed.
CONSENT
AGENDA:
ST JOHN Ð Mark
Bailey moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion to approve the items
on the consent agenda. Approved
were the June 2008: payroll warrants #7782-7873 in the amount of $178,847.59;
the General Fund accounts payable warrants #7716-7781 in the amount of
$58,886.26 and the ASB Fund accounts payable warrants #4336-4357 in the amount
of $7,021.45. All St. John
board members agreed.
ENDICOTT Ð
Marvin Schmick moved and Frank Garrett seconded the motion to approve the items
on the consent agenda. Approved were the June 2008: payroll warrants
#38696-38764 in the amount of $124,003.29; the General Fund accounts payable
warrants #38641-38695 in the amount of $31,398.31 and the ASB Fund accounts
payable warrants #1258-1270 in the amount of $2,177.88. All Endicott board members agreed.
OLD
BUSINESS:
None.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Mark Bailey
moved and Sabrina Jones seconded the motion to approve St John Administrative
contracts for: Superintendent Rick Winters, Principal Rob Roettger, and new
Business Manager Dana Crider. All
agreed. Frank Garrett moved and
Debbie Schlomer seconded the motion to approve Endicott Administrative
contracts for: Superintendent Rick
Winters, Principal Suzanne Schmick and new Business Manager Dana Crider. All agreed.
The 2008-09
contracts for school nurse through Whitman County Health Department were
available for the board members to review. This is an annual contract to provide services for both
districts. Scott Hollingsworth
moved and Mark Bailey seconded the motion to approve the St John contract. All board members agreed. Marvin Schmick moved and Greta White
seconded the motion to approve the Endicott contract for another year. All board members agreed.
Mark Bailey
moved and Sabrina Jones seconded the motion to accept the 2008-09 Classified
Salary Schedule for St John. All
agreed. Marvin Schmick moved and
Greta White seconded the motion to accept the 2008-09 Classified Salary
Schedule for Endicott. All agreed.
Sabrina Jones
moved and Mark Bailey seconded the motion to approve St John certificated
contracts for Janet Morgan Ð St John Special Ed and Deanna Kile Ð cooperative
Counselor. All members
agreed. Greta White moved and
Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve the Endicott certificated
contract for Deanna Kile Ð cooperative Counselor. All members agreed.
Letters of
Intent were presented to the board for Hilory Brown Ð St John Preschool
Director, Margaret Schmick Ð Endicott Preschool Director, Chad Hand Ð Boys
Basketball coach and Hilory Brown Ð Cheerleading Advisor. Scott Hollingsworth moved and Sabrina
Jones seconded the motion to approve the St John letters of intent. All agreed. Frank Garrett moved and Debbie Schlomer seconded the motion
to accept the Endicott letters of intent.
All agreed.
Bids for two
type AII buses were given to the St John Board members for review. The lowest bid was received from Bryant
Motors. Mark Bailey moved and
Sabrina Jones moved to accept the bid from Bryant Motors. All St John board members agreed.
PUBLIC
COMMENT:
None.
St John PSE
group has asked to meet for contract negotiations for the 2008-09 school
year. A meeting has been set up
for June 24th at 9:00
am. Mr. Winters feels that a
member from each board should attend the meeting. He does not anticipate any major issues at this time. Board members were not available for
the set meeting time but Mr. Winters would attend and keep the board chairs
informed.
The board
members received information on the OVP II Grant to expand the GearUp program
across two more grade levels. This
is a huge benefit for the kids. We
have had two good years with Leah Chinnel as director. The GearUp program assists kids in
preparing for university programs.
One of Mrs. ChinnelÕs goals is to add small laptops for every student
into her program. Principals will
need to brainstorm with WSU as to what to do with the monies. Eighth and ninth grade students are currently
being served. Mrs. Chinnel may
need to hire another staff member for the 9th grade in St John with
the additional funding. This will
provide expanded opportunities for kids.
Once a grade is funded, those students remain funded through the end of
their high school career.
Suzanne Schmick reported on Endicott activities and thanked
the board members for their participation in the 8th grade
promotion. Mrs. Schmick expressed
her appreciation for the extension of the GearUp grant. She has been working on
teacher checkouts but also revving up for summer projects. Everyone is grateful for Ben and Angela
Salzman and Gary Gerlitz helping with summer projects. Randy Root has been cleared for work
after knee surgery. She has
received a letter concerning Aaron KrantzÕs participation in the science WASL
preparation. This is a great way
for the elementary to become aware of the material required in the state. Mrs. Schmick attended the OSPI summer
conference and provided a copy of the overview of the Math standards as proposed
by the state. This is a four-day
session for teachers to prepare for the upcoming WASL requirements. She has begun work on the class
schedules and will start preparing teacher assignments for the fall. Margaret Schmick has returned
from the ECEAP state training. The
assistant for preschool has not been advertised yet but will be discussed with
Mary Tathum on Friday. We will
most likely advertise the first week in July so Mrs. Schmick has time to work
with the new assistant.
Rob Roettger gave the report on the St John status. Enrollment was 223. New staff members include Hilory Brown
as Preschool Director, Janet Morgan as Special Ed teacher and Deanna Kile as
the cooperative counselor. We
still have a math position open in the high school and will be aggressive in
pursuing a teacher for that opening.
Spring WASL results are now available. At this time, 16 of the tenth
grade students passed all of the standards. Mr. Roettger listed graduation requirements for the class of
2009. Twenty-one out of
twenty-five students are on track to graduate with their WASL scores. We have 4 students that need to pass
one portion or more of the WASL test to receive their diplomas. In preparation for the high school schedule,
Mr. Roettger has worked on the class schedule to provide a 25-minute ÒadvisoryÓ
period at the end of the day. This
will allow students to meet with a teacher that will help with homework. The assigned teacher will also track
grades for their students. He also
brought up the issue of knives at school.
He knows that we have good kids and he is not extreme on hunting issues,
but after two years here, he is constantly uncomfortable with the high school
students carrying knives on campus.
If something happened at some point, how would we answer the questions
if we donÕt bring up the issue and deal with it. According to student surveys recently completed in the high
school, there are several students that donÕt feel comfortable with some of
their peers carrying knives. He
quoted the RCWÕs that provide direction on weapons in the school and noted that
the rules are quite vague and hard to narrow down to the specific
regulations. He also read our own
board policies regarding weapons on campus and provided a list of penalties for
student violations on carrying a knife on campus. The board fully supported the move to keep knives off the
school campus and to include this policy in the student handbook. A mailing will be sent out to all
parents prior to the beginning of the school year stating the new rule and
penalties. Debbie Schlomer stated
that this should also be implemented in Endicott.
Mr. Roettger began some discussion on the research he has
done on surrounding schools regarding their athletic codes in the student
handbook. He provided some
suggestions on the procedures for violations at step one, step two and
beyond. He discussed the addition
of an honesty clause. Mr. Roettger
feels our responsibility to the student is to help with the problem. Frank Garrett expressed interest in
expanding this policy to other extracurricular activities such as FFA, Band,
etc. Bruce Porubek stated that the
policy in the past has been very hard lined and we have set a high standard for
athletes. Mark Bailey likes the
proposed policy because it keeps the parents and kids involved. Scott Hollingsworth is against the
proposed policy. He likes the
current policy. Debbie Schlomer
feels sports is a privilege and likes the code the way it is. Greta White likes the fact that we set
our bar high but then also feels that the athlete needs a chance to change
their way. Marvin Schmick feels
that trust has been lost if an incident happens. Signing the athletic code means something. However, he feels having to go to the
recovery center is very eye opening.
Frank Garrett likes the new proposed policy because of the honesty
clause. Dwight Lust likes the
current policy. Andrea Miller
likes the proposed policy. The
board needs to make a decision at the July board meeting so the correct
handbook can go out to students in August.
Bruce Porubek distributed the basketball brackets for the
2009 season. Joey McCanna, Bryan
Carter and Steve Schmick will be back as football coaches. Sixteen athletes attended the summer
camp in June. Two a day practices
will be combined into one practice lasting 4 hours. This will help with the cost of traveling for kids. The volleyball coach will once
again be Megan Doering. The
assistant has not been filled as of yet. Volleyball camp was held and had 3
attendees. We will need to check
the calendar next year for a better time that doesnÕt coincide with other camps
out of town. Cross country will
have a full schedule with Andrea Miller as the coach. Summer basketball for both boys and girls is going
well. The teams have full
schedules for the summer. The
girls basketball team went to Zillah with JaLynne Winters and Lynnette McCanna
as coaches. Open gym for students
to lift weights, shoot baskets and practice their skills will begin July 14th
from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Monday-Thursday.
Each coach will come in and help with skills on certain days. This is a
good opportunity for athletes to keep in shape and prepare for the new
season. The Girls Basketball
coaching position was reopened to expand the pool of available applicants. We are also waiting to fill the math
position to see if there are any extracurricular possibilities.
The board received a list of surplus items. The board agreed to all surplus items.
Evelyn Beck
provided fiscal reports for both schools.
She also covered the treasurerÕs statement, budget status, trial balance
and cash flow reports. It is very likely that we will not make the $350,000
fund balance this year due to increases in fuel and utility costs. She is working closely with both the
principal and superintendent on watching expenses.
Mark Bailey
moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion for the St John board to go
into executive session to review the SuperintendentÕs evaluation at 8:40 pm.
The session should last approximately 1 hour and there will be no action
following. Debbie Schlomer
moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion for the Endicott board to go into
executive session to review the SuperintendentÕs evaluation at 8:40 pm. The session should last approximately 1
hour and there will be no action following.
Sabrina Jones moved and Mark Bailey seconded the motion for
the St John board to come out of executive session at 9:40 pm. Frank Garrett moved and
Greta White seconded the motion for the Endicott board to come out of executive
session at 9:40 pm.
ADJOURNMENT
Scott
Hollingsworth moved and Sabrina Jones seconded the motion to adjourn the St
John board meeting. Andrea Miller adjourned the St John board meeting at 9:40
p.m. Greta White moved and Marvin
Schmick seconded the motion to adjourn the Endicott board meeting. Dwight Lust
adjourned the Endicott board meeting at 9:40 p.m.
Rick Winters, Andrea
Miller, St. John Board Chair
Superintendent
Dwight
Lust, Endicott Board Chair