The Shelton School District Board of Directors met in regular session at 6:00 p.m. on July 11, 2006 in the board room located at CHOICE Alternative School.

Board members present: Chairman Ross Gallagher, Julianna Miljour, Sue McCausland and Bill Freund.

Staff members present: Superintendent Joan Zook, Alison Nutt, Jackie McGuire and Linda Arnold.

Others present: Jeff Green, Dedrick Allen and John Thompson.

CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Gallagher called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Julianna Miljour read the district’s Mission Statement.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

There was one addition to the consent agenda which was a supplemental personnel report as a new Item 8.06. Julianna Miljour moved, seconded by Bill Freund, to adopt the agenda with the addition of Item 8.06. The motion passed 4-0.

REPORTS AND RECOGNITIONS

6.01 – Report on the district’s Substance Abuse Program:

John Thompson, Lead Counselor/Clinical Supervisor from True North Student Assistance Services, a Cooperative of ESD 113, gave an overview of the program and services offered for students. John has been with the ESD since the beginning of the program ten years ago. Two full-time counselors and one part-time counselor serve Shelton. They offer prevention activities in the school buildings; give presentations to classrooms at the secondary level; work with schools to help collaborate with other community agencies as needed; help buildings plan and facilitate all of the different national activities around prevention; offer an intervention program at the secondary level for students with substance issues; provide out patient treatment; provide a treatment program during the school day at CHOICE and after school at Shelton High School; and provide the Strengthening Families Program.

Julianna Miljour, Director of Mason County Drug Abuse Prevention (MCDAP), also gave an overview of the services MCDAP provides to students. She said that MCDAP compliments ESD 113 services at the community level. MCDAP offers parenting programs; provides drug education programs in school districts that do not have such curriculum; provide drug education supplemental services to any district or school who desire additional education, which can be general or very specific to a drug; provide funding to Mason County Literacy for the ESL homework room, which serves over 50 youth on an annual basis and is essential with our growing Latino population; works with agencies to make sure business are not selling alcohol to minors; formed the Mason County Meth Action Team; and publishes the Youth Yellow Pages designed specifically for 8^th grade and up.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

7.01 – Proposed superintendent’s contract for July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009:

Bill Freund made a motion to approve Superintendent Joan Zook’s contract for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009. The motion was seconded by Julianna Miljour and the motion passed 4-0. Bill Freund commended Joan for a job well done this past school year and said the board is pleased to extend her contract.

7.02 – Work session on the 2006-07 district budget:

Jackie McGuire reviewed the second draft of the proposed 2006-07 district budget. Board members met in June for a first review and will review again at the August 8^th board meeting. No cuts have been made the proposed budget from last year, only increases, including the 3.3% salary increase for all employees. Jackie reviewed the General Fund; revenue to expenditures by program; budget summary by program, activity and object; explanation of overall increased expenditures; new additions to expenditures; budget areas we are able to maintain; noted revenue increases; and energy retrofit projects and conservation issues.

CONSENT AGENDA

Julianna Miljour moved, seconded by Bill Freund, to approve the consent agenda with the addition of 8.06. The motion passed 4-0. The board:

· Approved minutes of the June 27, 2006 regular school board meeting.

· Approved General Fund Voucher No. 104568 in the amount of $348.60.

· Approved General Fund Voucher No. 104269 in the amount of $3,000.00.

· Approved Payroll Voucher Nos. 40180 through 40184 in the amount of $1,372.63.

· Approved the regular and supplemental personnel reports as submitted and as attached. (See Attachment #1.)

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

Joan Zook will be on vacation for the next two weeks, starting this weekend.

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

· Bill Freund continues to follow Washington Learns, which he said is looking like it may be a disappointment but we’ll have to wait and see.

· Julianna Miljour is going on vacation in a couple weeks, will be back for one week and then gone again for another two weeks. She said she enjoyed the report on nutrition at the last meeting and as a result she and her husband have joined the nutrition challenge.

· Ross Gallagher said he feels very good about what the district is able to accomplish in the 2006-07 budget and he thanked Jackie McGuire for her hard work.

FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER

· There will be no board meeting on July 25, 2006.

· Jim Sharpe called to say Holly’s eye surgery want well this morning and she is at home resting.

RECESS

At 7:00 p.m. Chairman Gallagher announced that the board would take a 5-minute recess and would then enter into a 30-minute non-public meeting to discuss negotiations.

ADJOURN

Chairman Gallagher declared the meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.