The Shelton School District Board of Directors met in regular session at 6:00 p.m. on March 13, 2007 in the board room located at CHOICE High School.

 

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

 

Staff members present:  Superintendent Joan Zook, Alison Nutt, Debbie Wing, Jackie McGuire, Linda Arnold, Patty Thornton, Cathy Cole, Connie Davidson, Stacey Anderson, Sue Barnard, John Johnson and Ron Grinnell.

 

Other present:  Jeff Green, George Davidson, Kate Stone, Elise Thompson, and several other high school students.

 

CALL TO ORDER

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

 

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

There was one addition to the consent agenda which was a new Item 8.08 – Supplemental personnel report.  Sue McCausland moved, seconded by Marty Crow to adopt the agenda as amended.  The motion passed 4-0.

 

Holly Sharpe read the district’s Mission Statement.  

 

REPORTS AND RECOGNITIONS

6.01 – Recognition of Stacey Anderson:

CHOICE teacher Stacey Anderson was honored by the school board and superintendent for being selected as the Washington Alternative Learning Association’s Teacher of the Year for 2006-07.

 

6.02 – Report on state mandated classroom based assessments:

Debbie Wing, Cathy Cole, Patty Thornton and Connie Davidson spoke about state mandated classroom based assessments in Social Studies, Health and Fitness and Fine Arts.

 

DISCUSSION ITEMS

7.01 – Proposed out-of-state travel for John Johnson:

John Johnson requested approval to attend the Association for Experiential Education Northwest Regional Conference in Maple Ridge, B.C. on March 23-25, 2007.  Travel costs will be paid by ESP Professional Development funds.  Holly Sharpe made a motion to approve the travel.  Marty Crow seconded the motion and the motion passed 4-0.  Chairman Miljour asked John to report back to the board when he returns from the conference.

 

7.02 – Proposed out-of-state travel for Carey Murray:

Carey Murray requested approval to travel to Denver, CO on May 10-12, 2007 to attend the Love and Logic “Becoming a Love and Logic Parent Facilitator” training.  This is Carey’s year to attend a national conference, per the administrators’ bargained agreement.  Holly Sharpe moved, seconded by Sue McCausland to approve the travel and the motion passed 4-0.

 

7.03 – Proposed revised and/or new Board Policies:

Jackie McGuire and board members reviewed revised and/or new Board Policy Nos. 6000, 6021, 6030, 6230, 6540, 6570, 6881 and 3520.  There were several minor wording changes to Policy Nos. 6000, 6540, 6570, and 6881.  The policies will be back on the next board meeting agenda for a second reading and approval.

 

7.04 – Rescheduling of the board retreat:

Consultant Doyle Winter will not be available until after April 11th.  After a brief discussion, the dates of either Saturday, April 21st or Saturday, April 28th from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. were tentatively agreed to if Doyle Winter and Peter Boome are available.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

Holly Sharpe 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 4-0.  The board:

 

·        Approved minutes of the February 27, 2007 regular school board meeting.

·        Approved Associated Student Body Fund Voucher No. 16915 in the amount of $3,420.00.

·        Approved overnight travel to Port Orchard, WA on March 23-25, 2007 for SADD Club students to attend the State SADD Conference.

·        Approved overnight travel to Woodland, WA on April 9-10, 2007 for the Shelton High School girl’s golf team to participate in the Bayview International Tournament.

·        Approved overnight travel to Port Angeles, WA on April 26-27, 2007 for the Shelton High School girl’s golf team to participate in the Duke Streeter Classic.

·        Approved cancellation of miscellaneous General Fund and ASB Fund warrants either lost by the vendor or issued in error.

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

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

·        Joan Zook reported that both the House and Senate passed measures Monday to delay requirements that students pass the math and science portions of the WASL in order to graduate.

 

·        The Senate failed to pass simple majority by 3 votes.  Senator Sheldon was among those voting against.

 

·        Federal Way is going forward with a lawsuit in support of fair and equitable state funding for schools, because the basic education formula across the state is different among school districts.  They are asking school boards to pass a resolution in support of the lawsuit.  Joan added that if Shelton were placed at the highest reimbursement level we would get an additional $1.2 million in funding.  Board members were in agreement that they would like this resolution placed on the next board agenda for action.

 

·        Jackie McGuire has developed a master timeline for 2007-08 budget preparation and distributed copies to board members.  Holly Sharpe said she will miss both of the August board meetings.  Marty Crow will also be gone for 10 days during August.  Joan asked board members to bring their detailed calendars to the next board meeting.  We will put on the March 27 board agenda the finalization of the budget timeline and discussion of August board calendars.

 

·        The superintendent evaluation forms that the board wanted sent to the building principals and cabinet were sent today.

 

·        There are five candidates being interviewed on March 14 for the assistant superintendent position.

 

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

·        Holly Sharpe commented on the Transportation Vehicle Fund levy election coming up on May 15th.  Informational flyers are on board member desks.

 

·        Sue McCausland reminded everyone of the Hoopla on March 23.  She also mentioned Shelton High School has 3 basketball teams going to state – both the boys’ and girls’ varsity teams and the Special Olympics team.  There is a WSSDA regional meeting in Rochester on April 25 if any board members are interested in attending, including Daniel Glenn.

 

·        Julianna Miljour suggesting adding the final evaluation of the superintendent to the agenda for the April board retreat, which would keep the board within their timeline. 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

At 7:40 p.m. Chairman Miljour announced that the board would take a 5-minute recess and would then enter into executive session for 15 minutes to discuss negotiations parameter setting.

 

The board returned to regular session at 8:00 p.m.

 

ADJOURN

Chairman Miljour declared the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                    Chairman, Board of Directors

 

                                                                       

Secretary to the Board