The Shelton School District Board of Directors met in regular session at 6:00 p.m. on March 25, 2008 in the board room located at CHOICE Alternative School.

 

Board members present:  Chairman Holly Sharpe, Sue McCausland, Gene Crater, Peter Boome, Julianna Miljour and student representative Daniel Glenn.

 

Staff members present:  Superintendent Joan Zook, Linda Arnold, Alison Nutt, Rick Hanson, Glenn Shorten, Ray Field, Barb Skillman and Jackie McGuire.

 

Others present:  Scott Schoengarth, Dennis Johnson, John Willis, Pam Cassidy and several Shelton High School students.

 

CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Sharpe called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

 

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

There was one addition to the consent agenda which was a new Item 9.11 – supplemental personnel report.  Sue McCausland made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of Item 9.11.  Julianna Miljour seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

 

Daniel Glenn read the district’s Mission Statement.

 

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

§         Julianna Miljour said she was becoming frustrated by the lack of time she has in the evenings to be able to visit and attend events at her assigned school buildings as she would like to.

 

§         Gene Crater has spent time visiting with teachers at Evergreen and will be going to lunch with Mr. Warner to end his 3-month tour of duty at Evergreen.  He also visited with Wanda Berndtson at Shelton High School.

 

§         Sue McCausland attended the Washington State Career and Technical Education Conference with her husband last week and shared a handout about what’s happening with trade and technical education at the high school/junior high level.

 

§         Holly Sharpe attended another WSSDA Leadership class the weekend before last which she said has been very interesting.  She agreed with Julianna’s comment about the lack of time to get out and visit her assigned schools.  Board member school assignments are changing the first of April and that list can be found in the board packets.

 

REPORTS AND RECOGNITIONS

7.01 – Presentation of a donation from Entertainment Explosion for our homeless program:

Scott Schoengarth, Dennis Johnson, John Willis and Pam Cassidy from Entertainment Explosion presented the school board with a $2,000 check for the district’s homeless program.  Entertainment Explosion is an entertainment group that has put on a show the last few years called “A Really Big Shoe”.  They raised $22,000 during two performances in February of this year and are donating the money to eight local schools districts to be used as a side fund for kids in need.  In turn, they would like school districts to provide them with a general report on how the money was used so they can use the information in their playbill for their February 2009 show.

 

7.02 – Report from the Technology Department:

Glenn Shorten gave an update on what’s happening in the Technology Department.  Glenn reviewed the technology plans; technology standards; the teacher technology integration goal; how students use technology in the classroom; the current and upcoming technology grants; software update; hardware update; and service requests.

 

7.03 – Report on the main legislative budget topics:

Jackie McGuire and Joan Zook gave a brief overview on what they know at this point coming from the recent legislative session and how that will affect the district’s 2008-09 budget.  Jackie said we are just beginning the internal budget process for next year and spoke to her handout in the board packet on what we expect in increased revenues and also in increased expenditures. 

 

DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS

8.01 – Updated procedures for Policy No. 2161:

Updated procedures for Policy 2161 - Special Education and Related Services for Eligible Students were presented for a second reading and approval.  Sue McCausland moved, seconded by Peter Boome, to approve the updated procedures.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

Peter Boome made a motion to approve the consent agenda with the addition of the supplemental personnel report as a new Item 9.11.  Julianna Miljour seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.  The board:

 

§         Approved minutes from the March 11, 2008 regular board meeting.

§         Approved minutes from the March 17, 2008 board study session.

§         Approved overnight travel to Auburn, WA on April 11-13, 2008 for SADD Club students to attend a three-state SADD Conference.

§         Approved out-of-state travel to Phoenix, AZ on June 20-25, 2008 for SADD Club students to attend the National SADD Conference.

§         Proposed overnight travel to Vancouver, WA on April 7-8, 2008 for the Shelton High School girl’s golf team to participate in a golf tournament.

§         Approved out-of-state travel to Atlanta, GA on April 25-30, 2008 for Shelton High School DECA students to attend the DECA National Conference.

§         Approved General Fund Voucher Nos. 110330 through 110332 in the amount of $97,258.74.

§         Approved General Fund Voucher Nos. 110333 through 110644 in the amount of $399,640.74.

§         Approved Associated Student Body Fund Voucher Nos. 17611 through 17672 in the amount of $46,780.80.

§         Approved Payroll Voucher Nos. 42663 through 42781 in the amount of $2,727,325.34.

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

 

FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER

§         There is a WSSDA regional dinner meeting on Wednesday, April 30th at Elma High School.

 

§         On April 1st the board’s building assignments change.

 

§         The Community Partners For Kids Award for May is coming up.  This will be the individual award.  There were three individual nominations received in December that the board decided they would choose from instead of calling for nominations again.  These three nominations will be mailed to board members and they will rank them 1, 2, and 3.

 

§         The board set a study session for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 21st, to hear from Seattle Northwest Securities on bond planning as the board continues their work on the recommendations of the Facilities Task Force. 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

At 7:25 p.m. Chairman Sharpe announced that the board would take a 5 minute recess and would then enter into a 10 minutes executive session regarding an employee performance issue.

 

At 7:40 p.m. the board returned briefly to regular session to announce the need to extend their executive session for another 15 minutes.

 

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

 

ADJOURN

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

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                    Chairman, Board of Directors

 

 

                                                                       

Secretary to the Board