The Shelton School District Board of Directors met at 5:30 p.m. in the board room located at CHOICE Alternative School to conduct a public hearing.

 

Board members present:  Chairman Julianna Miljour, Sue McCausland, Peter Boome and Marty Crow.

 

Staff members present:  Superintendent Joan Zook and Alison Nutt.

 

Other present:  Dedrick Allen.

 

PUBLIC HEARING

At 5:30 p.m. Chairman Miljour called the public hearing to order to receive public comment regarding the use of excess state match money to purchase portable classrooms.  Chairman Miljour and Superintendent Zook both read statements.  There were no members of the public present at the public hearing wishing to speak.  Chairman Miljour then declared the public hearing closed at 5:45 p.m.

 

REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

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

 

Board members present:  Chairman Julianna Miljour, Sue McCausland, Peter Boome, Marty Crow and student board representative Daniel Glenn. 

 

Staff members present:  Superintendent Joan Zook, Alison Nutt, Debbie Wing, Jennifer Deyette, Leah Clark, Gordy Hansen, Stacey Anderson, Mark Weston and Margo Otto.

 

Others present:  Dedrick Allen, Sue Feldman, the Shelton High School girl’s bowling team, and several other high school students.

 

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

There was one addition to the consent agenda which was a supplemental personnel report as a new Item 8.11.  Sue McCausland moved, seconded by Peter Boome, to approve the agenda as amended.  The motion passed 4-0.

 

Marty Crow read the district’s Mission Statement.

 

REPORTS AND RECOGNITIONS

6.01 – Recognition of the girl’s bowling team:

The members of the Shelton High School girl’s bowling team were present and honored by the school board for taking 1st place in the State Bowling Tournament.

 

 

 

6.02 – Recognition of KMAS Radio Station:

Board members also recognized KMAS Radio Station and Dedrick Allen for providing a critical link to the community regarding Shelton School District schedules, events, and news on an up-to-the-minute basis for the benefit of kids and families. 

 

6.03 – Report on the Certificate of Academic Achievement:

Margo Otto gave a report on the Certificate of Academic Achievement, which is one of the four requirements for high school graduation.  A Certificate of Academic Achievement (CAA) is earned by passing all three sections of the high school WASL (reading, writing and math) or by completing one of the CAA options.  Margo explained each of the three CAA options which are: 1) PSAT/SAT/ACT math comparison; 2) collection of evidence; and 3) WASL/grade comparison.

 

6.04 – Report from the Maintenance Department:

Mark Weston also gave a report from the Facilities & Maintenance Department.  He talked about future capital planning, facilities maintenance planning, facilities maintenance priorities, facilities staffing considerations and maintenance workloads.

 

6.05 – Report from the Math Department:

Debbie Wing, Director of Teaching & Learning; Jennifer Deyette, Math Curriculum Leader; and Sue Feldman from ESD 113 gave an update on the work of the math committee. 

 

Peter Boome left the meeting at 6:55 p.m. for another commitment.

 

DISCUSSION ITEMS

7.01 – Proposed Transportation Vehicle Fund Levy:

At the last meeting board members discussed running a $1.3 million Transportation Vehicle Fund (TVF) levy for the purchase of new buses at the rate of $.51 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.  Joan Zook recommended that if the board wants to go forward with this tonight she would present an official board resolution at the February 27 meeting.  The deadline for filing the resolution with the county auditor is March 23 for the May 15, 2007 special election.  Joan then read comments she received from Holly Sharpe in support of the TVF levy, since Holly was unable to be at tonight’s meeting.  Sue McCausland made a motion to approve running a TVF levy election in the amount of $1,300,000 on May 15, 2007.  Marty Crow seconded the motion and the motion passed 3-0.

 

7.02 – Proposed 2006-07 interdistrict cooperative agreement with Tumwater School District:    

This interdistrict cooperative agreement with the Tumwater School District permits Tumwater to act as the financial agent for Shelton School District’s Title I Neglected & Delinquent funds to be utilized by the Mason County Juvenile Detention School.  Our grant amount is so small that we have to coop with another school district to be the fiscal agent.  Sue McCausland moved, seconded by Marty Crow, to approve the 2006-07 interdistrict cooperative agreement with the Tumwater School District.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

7.03 – Proposed out-of-state travel for CHOICE staff:

Board members reviewed an out-of-state travel request for six CHOICE High School staff members to attend the High Schools That Work Annual National Conference in New Orleans, LA on July 10-15, 2007.  CHOICE has been going through a school improvement process under the leadership of the High Schools That Work Program.  Funding was earmarked for CHOICE staff to attend this summer conference as part of the agreement the district entered into when CHOICE became a part of this program.  Joan Zook commented that she spent some time recently with the consultant working with CHOICE staff and the consultant had incredibly good things to say about the staff and their dedication.  Sue McCausland made a motion to approve the travel and the motion was seconded by Marty Crow.  The motion passed 3-0. Sue McCausland requested the staff report back to the board in September on the conference.

 

7.04  - Proposed out-of-state travel for Linda West:

Linda West submitted an out-of-state travel request to attend the Even Start National Center for Family Literacy Conference in Orlando, FL on March 3-6, 2007.  Attendance as this conference is required as part of the federal grant for the Even Start Program and all travel expenses are paid by grant funds.  Marty Crow moved, seconded by Sue McCausland to approve the travel.  The motion passed 3-0.

 

7.05 – Proposed out-of-state travel for Sheryl Cannon-White:

Sheryl Cannon-White requested approval to attend the 2007 National Education Association/Educational Support Personnel Conference in Nashville, TN on March 5-11, 2007. The majority of travel expenses are being paid by the National Education Association and a small amount by ESP staff development funds.  Sue McCausland questioned why Sheryl was requesting to travel on March 5 when the first workshop does not begin until March 7.  The superintendent will follow up on this and respond back to board members.  Sue McCausland moved, seconded by Marty Crow to approve the travel and the motion passed 3-0.

 

7.06 – Second reading of board policies:

Revised Board Policy Nos. 3510, 3520, 3530, 5408, 6010, 6020, 6040, 6100, 6102, 6112, 6120, 6210, 6212, 6213, 6215, 6216, 6220 and 6230 were presented for a second reading and approval.  Marty Crow made a motion to approve all policies as revised and presented.  Sue McCausland seconded the motion and the motion passed 3-0.

 

7.07 – Education Summit:

Chairman Miljour suggested the idea of calling for an Education Summit to bring all the Mason County school districts and community representatives together to improve relationships with our partners who serve families.  After some discussion it was agreed that Joan would draft a letter for Julianna’s signature to all Mason County school board members to see if they would be interested in participating in an Education Summit and what general topics they would like to see discussed.  Shelton board members would also willing to attend one of their board meetings for a discussion.

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA

A Shelton High School DECA student spoke briefly about the proposed student trip to Bellevue in March for the DECA State Competition.

 

Sue McCausland made a motion to approve the consent agenda with the addition of the supplemental personnel report.  Marty Crow seconded the motion and the motion passed 3-0.  The board:

 

1.      Approved minutes of the January 23, 2007 regular school board meeting.

2.      Approved General Fund Warrant Nos. 106320 through 106596 in the amount of $547,059.29 for January 2007.

3.      Approved Associated Student Body Fund Voucher Nos. 16795 through 16852 in the amount of $41,507.56 for January 2007.

4.      Approved Capital Projects Fund Voucher No. 1644 in the amount of $180,480.23 for January 2007.

5.      Approved Transportation Vehicle Fund Voucher No. 13 in the amount of $3,382.10 for January 2007.

6.      Approved Private Purpose Fund Voucher Nos. 122 through 123 in the amount of $750.00 for January.

7.      Approved Payroll Voucher Nos. 40943 through 41055 in the amount of $2,593,574.58 for January 2007.

8.      Approved overnight travel to Bellevue, WA on March 8-10, 2007 for Shelton High School DECA students to participate in the DECA State Competition.

9.      Approved overnight travel to Portland, OR on April 13-15, 2007 for Shelton High School Key Club members to attend the 58th Pacific Northwest Convention of Key Club International.

10.  Approved the regular and supplemental personnel reports as submitted and as listed below:

-         Hired Lucrecia Hernandez as a bilingual E.A. at Oakland Bay/Shelton High School beginning 1/29/07 for the remainder of the 2006-07 school year.

-         Hired Kelly Johnson as a Special Services E.A. at Oakland Bay beginning 1/31/07 for the remainder of the 2006-07 school year.

-         Accepted the resignation of Kathy Sybouts as a Level II Secretary and Office Manager at Shelton High School effective 2/21/07.

-         Hired Chris Nesmith as asst. track coach at Shelton High School for the 2006-07 season.

-         Hired Willow Shanahan as a health teacher at Shelton High School effective 2/1/07 for the remainder of the 2006-07 school year.

-         Hired Leslie Barrett as a Child Development Center E.A. at CHOICE effective as soon as possible.

-         Hired Don Daniels as head baseball coach at Shelton High School for the 2006-07 season.

 

 

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

9.01 – Mid-year strategic plan report:

Joan Zook gave a mid-year report on what has been accomplished in terms of the district’s strategic plan goals.

 

9.02 – Northwest Conference for Diverse Students:

Information is included in board packets regarding the 2007 Northwest Conference for Diverse Students being held in SeaTac on April 27-29, 2007.  March 26, 2007 is the deadline for the cheaper registration fee.  This will be back on the agenda as a reminder at a later date.

 

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

·        Sue McCausland said things are moving full steam ahead for the Hoopla on March 2 and they have received some wonderful donations for raffle prizes.

 

·        Joan Zook read a statement from Holly Sharpe saying she did not appreciate Charlie Gay’s editorial in last week’s Journal regarding the board’s approval of the Marine Corps trip and said there were may other important things that occurred at that school board meeting that should have been reported on.

 

·        Julianna Miljour agreed with Holly’s comments and said was very frustrating because the public was not fully informed and did not receive what they deserved from the news media.  Julianna also commented that she spent the day in Everett with Gerry Apple and several Oakland Bay Junior High students attending a Youth Meth Summit.  She spent yesterday at Olympic Middle School doing sessions on critical thinking and the media and will be with students at the north end of the county tomorrow.

 

FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER

Superintendent Zook will be out of the office on February 17-20 visiting her mother in South Dakota and will also be on vacation from February 28-March 8.

 

ADJOURN

Chairman Miljour declared the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                    Chairman, Board of Directors

 

                                                                       

Secretary to the Board