The Shelton School District Board of Directors met in
regular session at
Board members present: Chairman Bill Freund, Ross Gallagher, Julianna Miljour, Sue McCausland, Holly Sharpe and student board representative Amy Thornton.
Staff members present:
Superintendent
Others present: Jeff Green, Dedrick Allen, Alan Miljour, Shala and Allie Godwin, and Jim Sharpe.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Freund called the meeting to order at
Julianna Miljour read the district’s Mission Statement.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
There was one addition to the agenda which was a report from Bill Hicks, the district’s Athletic Director, on the proposed athletic league realignment. This will become the new Item 8.01 and the original Items 8.01 and 8.02 will become Items 8.02 and 8.03 respectively. Holly Sharpe made a motion to adopt the agenda as amended. Sue McCausland seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
ADMINISTERING OATH
OF OFFICE TO RE-ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS
Superintendent
A brief reception was then held in their honor.
REPORTS
8.01 – Report on the proposed athletic league
realignment:
Bill Hicks, the district’s Athletic Director, reported on
the proposed athletic league realignment.
Our junior high program would not be affected by joining the
South Sound League. The South Sound
League will have all the major sports as
Joan Zook said it was her recommendation to join the new South Sound League unless the board has strong opposition otherwise. She believes parents and fans will appreciate this move as far as travel and missed class time for students. Board members were in consensus to allow the district to commit to join the new South Sound League.
8.02 – Report on
Principal Gordy Hansen reviewed
8.03 – Report on the 2005 Summer School Program and plans
for next year:
Debbie Wing, Sharee Waite and Pat Cusack reported on the
2005 Summer School Program. Sharee
Waite, Summer School Coordinator, told board members that the program targeted
150 struggling students currently in grades K-2 in all three elementary
schools, although only 74 signed up and attended the program held at Bordeaux
Elementary. The goal at the elementary
level was to give students a jump start and build their confidence for the
coming year. Instruction was given to
the students at their reading level.
Sharee said that all students showed progress. A report was also designed to give feedback
to both teachers and parents. At the high school level, there were over 300
students who could have benefited from credit recovery, but only 48 students
took advantage of the program, which was held at
Debbie Wing said she will be working with principals soon on Summer School plans for the coming year. We will continue the same model at the elementary level for next year and have discussed adding current 3rd graders who are struggling and ECAP head start students. At the high school level they will continue to do credit retrieval. They are also doing additional research because of the added issue of 10th graders who do not pass the WASL this spring.
Debbie also commented that as far as additional classes
being added at
DISCUSSION ITEMS
9.01 – Proposed out-of-state travel for Fran Stevens:
Fran Stevens requested permission to attend the National
Youth At-Risk Conference in
9.02 – Proposed out-of-state travel for John Hill:
John Hill requested approval to travel to
9.03 – Proposed out-of-state travel for Sheryal Balding:
Sheryal Balding requested permission to attend the National
Association of Secondary School Principals’ Convention in
9.04 – Proposed revisions to Policy No. 2255 –
Alternative Learning Experience Plans:
Debbie Wing reviewed with board members the revisions to Board Policy No. 2255 - Alternative Learning Experience Plans. We are required to amend our rules on alternative learning programs due to amended WAC 392-121-182. This affects mainly the contract based and home partnership programs. This is a first reading of this revised policy. It will be back on the next board agenda for approval.
9.05 – Proposed revision to Policy No. 3110 –
Qualifications of Attendance and Placement:
Proposed revised Board Policy No. 3110 was also presented to the board for a first reading. When the board recently adopted this WSSDA policy language, we did not strike the language about exemptions for testing children for kindergarten if under 5 years of age. The district has never had this language and children must be 5 years of age prior to September 1 of that school year in order to enter kindergarten. This policy will also be back on the next board agenda for approval.
9.06 – Report from student board representative:
Amy Thornton reported that there is a band and choir holiday
concert at
CONSENT AGENDA
Ross Gallagher had one correction to the minutes from the
·
Approved minutes from the
· Approved the cancellation of General Fund Voucher No. 39016 issued in error.
· Approved General Fund Voucher Nos. 102327 through 102635 in the amount of $525,557.47.
· Approved Capital Projects Fund Voucher Nos. 1577 through 1584 in the amount of $40,955.74.
· Approved Associated Student Body Fund Voucher Nos. 15938 through 16016 in the amount of $76,032.86.
· Approved Payroll Voucher Nos. 39249 through 39383 in the amount of $2,313,301.96.
· Approved the personnel report as presented and as listed below:
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Accepted the resignation of Alice Justice as a Food
Services Worker I at
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Accepted the resignation of Olga Salamah as the
District Translator, effective
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Approved a leave of absence for Melissa Atwell, Head
Custodian at
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Approved a leave of absence for Lucrecia Hernandez,
E.A. at Evergreen, from
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Hired Scott Hubble as Elementary Basketball Coach at
SUPERINTENDENT’S
REPORT
11.01 – Budget status report:
Jackie McGuire gave a budget status report as of October 2005. District enrollment continues to stay above budget. The non-high districts are also staying current with their payments.
11.02 – Levy equalization:
Joan Zook talked about levy equalization, our upcoming levy
election in February and how heavily we depend on levy funds because we don’t
get full funding from the state. She
said that because
BOARD MEMBER
COMMENTS
·
Amy Thornton is going to
·
Sue McCausland has undergone another foot
surgery. She also reminded everyone that
tomorrow night is the Holiday Family Dance at
· Julianna Miljour said it was great to take the oath of office tonight for another 4 year term on the school board and said she couldn’t imagine a better way to volunteer her time.
· Ross Gallagher said he was happy to see that the travel requests on the board agenda for approval tonight were planned well in advance. He also mentioned the surplus in the state budget and said the state now has to pay the piper on pensions and it looks as if most of surplus will be pretty well spent.
·
Holly Sharpe is also looking forward to her next
4 years on the school board. She said
there is a Citizens for Shelton Schools levy meeting tomorrow at
· Bill Freund said it’s been a busy year. He talked about the Washington Learns study and what the consultant is proposing. He also said that he’s become involved in another finance study.
·
Joan Zook mentioned that the State Board of
Education is meeting tomorrow. One of
their agenda items is our
FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER
·
The Winter Celebration at CHOICE is tomorrow
night, December 14.
·
Ross Gallagher has agreed to be Santa from
4:00-6:00 p.m. tomorrow night for the Birth to 3 program.
REORGANIZATION OF
THE BOARD
Joan Zook took control of the meeting and called for nominations for Board Chairman. Holly Sharpe nominated Ross Gallagher as Board Chairman. Hearing no other nominations, Joan called for a vote and Ross Gallagher was unanimously elected as the new Board Chairman.
Chairman Gallagher then took control of the meeting and called for nominations for Board Vice-Chairman. Holly Sharpe nominated Julianna Miljour as Board Vice-Chairman. Hearing no other nominations, Ross called for a vote and Julianna Miljour was unanimously elected as the new Board Vice-Chairman.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
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ADJOURN
Chairman Gallagher declared the meeting adjourned at
Chairman, Board of Directors
Secretary to the Board