REGULAR BOARD MEETING                                 

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

LIBRARY

7:00 P.M.

 

ROLL CALL:

 

TRENT KNOBBE

CECIL PEARCE

DAVID SCHEMM (7:02)

DENNIS MOTE

MARILYN NOONE

MIKE DART

CRAIG SLOAN

 

ROBERT YOUNG

DELBERT SCHMIDT

VAL POE

 

HI PLAINS BAPTIST CHURCH MINISTER, RODGER TYRRELL

DON TILTON, MAPES & MILLER, CPA

BILL BALL, WESLEYAN CHURCH MINISTER

 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

DENNIS MOTE MOVED, SECONDED BY MARILYN NOONE TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.  MOTION CARRIED 6 YEA.

 

WALLACE COUNTY MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE:

REV. RODGER TYRRELL, HI-PLAINS BAPTIST CHURCH MINISTER GAVE A SHORT DEVOTIONAL. 

 

CITIZEN CONCERNS:

NONE.

 

CONSENT ITEMS:

 

DENNIS MOTE MOVED, SECONDED BY CECIL PEARCE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEMS A-C (MINUTES, WARRANTS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS) AS PRESENTED.  MOTION CARRIED 7 YEA.

 

ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS:

 

NWKESC REPORT-MARILYN NOONE

THE SERVICE CENTER STILL NEEDS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND 2009-2010 CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN RATIFIED.

 

NWKTC-IN PACKET

 

H.S. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT-DELBERT SCHMIDT

WE WON THE WKLL VB TOURNEY;

JH BB PRACTICE HAS STARTED.  THEY HAD THEIR FIRST BB TOURNAMENT AT BREWSTER;

HS FB FINISHED WITH THE BI-DISTRICT GAME AT OTIS-BISON;

THE FALL PLAY IS TAKING PLACE ON NOV. 14-15TH;

HS BB PRACTICE WILL START NOVEMBER 16TH; AND,

THERE ARE 53 STUDENTS ON THE FIRST NINE WEEKS HONOR ROLL.

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT-ROBERT YOUNG

1.                  BUDGET UPDATE

THERE IS STILL NOTHING GOOD COMING FROM TOPEKA.  LAST WEEK THE PROJECTION WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE $235 MILLION LESS REVENUE THAN WHAT THEY HAD ANTICIPATED.  BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT $360.00 LESS PER STUDENT WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO $130,000 FOR US.

IT SEEMS THAT THE LEGISLATURES ARE AGAINST US STATEWIDE.  ON THE GOOD SIDE-THE FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY HAS TO BE SENT BACK IF THEY GET DOWN TO THE 2006 PROJECTION.

 

2.                  HEALTH INSURANCE UPDATE

WE DID NOT GET ENOUGH INTEREST WITH THE STAFF TO QUALIFY FOR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. WE CAME UP THREE SHORT. PREFERRED HEALTH IS STILL COVERING US. 

 

3.                  OCT. 26TH INSERVICE

FOR INSERVICE THE STAFF WENT TO NWKTC AND VISITED WITH DR. MILLS. THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED AT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS.  

 

4.                  UPDATE ON CAPITAL PURCHASES

THE FORD EXPEDITION THAT WAS ORDERED SHOULD BE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS;

THE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED OVER A WEEKEND (NOV. 21ST-22ND); AND,

GOODLAND GREENLINE BROUGHT DOWN A FRONT MOUNT JOHN DEERE MOWER FOR US TO TRY.  THEY HAVE GIVEN US A QUOTE FOR $3500 FOR A NEW MOWER. 

 

 

 

 

5.                  PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES WERE HELD THREE WEEKS AGO WITH A GOOD TURNOUT FROM PARENTS. 

 

 

 

6.                  STATE ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL CHANGE

EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF KANSAS HAS TO HAVE TEST COORDINATORS DO A TEST SECURITY TRAINING.  THE TEST COORDINATOR THE HAS TO HAVE AN INSERVICE WITH ALL TEACHERS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED.  THE SUPT THEN HAS TO TALK TO TEACHERS TO SET UP THEIR TEST DATE AND SEND THIS INFO TO THE STATE DEPT.  THEY WILL THEN SEND A TEAM OUT TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THE TESTING THE WAY THEY WANT IT DONE AS FAR AS THE SECURITY PART.

 

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:

 

A.                 CONSIDERATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT

DAVID SCHEMM MOVED, SECONDED BY CECIL PEARCE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ROBERT YOUNG FOR JH BOYS ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR.  MOTION CARRIED 7 YEA.

 

B.                 H1N1 UPDATE/POLICY CLARIFICATION

MR. YOUNG AND MR. SCHMIDT HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES DEALING WITH ABSENCES REVOLVING AROUND ILLNESS AND ATTENDING PRACTICES AND GAMES.  THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC AND IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS USE THEIR OWN DISCRETION ON ALLOWING STUDENTS TO ATTEND PRACTICE AND/OR GAMES.  THE BOARD ALSO FELT THAT PRACTICE IS INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UNDER EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

 

DISTRICT AUDIT REPORT: DON TILTON

 

DON TILTON GAVE THE AUDIT REPORT. 

DENNIS MOTE MOVED, SECONDED BY MARILYN NOONE TO ACCEPT THE AUDIT AS PRESENTED BY MR. TILTON.  MOTION CARRIED 7 YEA.

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION-PERSONNEL:

MARILYN NOONE MOVED, SECONDED BY DENNIS MOTE THAT THE BOARD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TEN (10) MINUTES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING NON-ELECTED PERSONNEL, TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF SAID PERSONS, AND RETURN TO THIS ROOM AT 8:55 P.M.  MR. YOUNG AND MR. SCHMIDT ARE INVITED IN.  MOTION CARRIED 7 YEA.

 

CECIL PEARCE MOVED, SECONDED BY DENNIS MOTE THAT THE BOARD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR FIVE (5) MINUTES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING NON-ELECTED PERSONNEL, TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF SAID PERSONS, AND RETURN TO THIS ROOM AT 9:00 P.M.  MR. YOUNG AND MR. SCHMIDT ARE INVITED IN.  MOTION CARRIED 7 YEA.

 

ADJOURNMENT:

 

TRENT KNOBBE MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 9:05 P.M.

 

 

__________________________                    _______________________________

CLERK                                                           PRESIDENT

 

(THESE MINUTES ARE CONSIDERED UNOFFICIAL UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 14, 2009).