MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE WINK-LOVING INDEPENDENT

SCHOOL DISTRICT

Monday November 19, 2012

The Board of Trustees of the Wink-Loving Independent School District convened in regular monthly session at 5:00 p.m., November 19, 2012 in the administration board room.

Members Present

/ Eddie Brewer, Russ Slaughter, Minerva Soltero, Kristyl Hotze,
Larry Antley, Brad White, and Melissa Halterman
Members Absent / John Benham, Superintendent, was not present for the meeting as he was
out of town helping his son move as well as an appointment with
TRS regarding his retirement.
Others Present / Craig Wallace, Stiles & Wallace, Paul Scifres,Winkler County News
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING / The minutes from Regular Meeting, October 16, 2012, and Special meetings, October 18, 2012 and October 25, 2012, were presented to the board.
Trustee Slaughter made the motion to dispense with the reading and accept the minutes as presented. Trustee Antley seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote.
Public Comments
/ Students of the Month were presented to the board members. In Elementary, 4th Grade Students chosen were Logan Lindley and Abigail Saucedo.
Logan was chosen by Marina Underwood for being a hard worker, giving 100%, being respectful, helpful and having a good attitude. Abigail Saucedo was chosen by Karen Haynes for always trying her best, completing work, and having a positive, courteous attitude.
In High School, Eddie Boggess, selected Drum Majors; Josh Bradford, Jaime Rainwater, and Manuel Rivas. He was proud of the band for making a Division 1 in Marching Contest for the past seven years.
BUDGET AMENDMENTS / Budget amendments for the month of November were presented by Holly Bryan, Business Manager. The amendments were in areas of moving money from furniture & equip secondary and elementary to Math and Social Studies Supplies for the new I Pads in Cases purchased for each teacher’s classroom. The other budget amendment was moving $10,000 from Architect Fees to Physical Fitness Center as enough money had not been budgeted. The original budget was $3,000 and Holly said this would give them enough for the year. She was not sure why such a small amount had been budgeted in that category.
Trustee Hotze made the motion to approve the budget amendments.
Trustee Soltero seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote.
FINANCIAL REPORTS BILLS PAID AND BILLS
PAYABLE / The financial reports, bills paid during the month, and bills payable for the month of November were submitted by Holly Bryan. Bills for the month totaled $165,442.57. Bills paid out of Interest and Sinking Fund totaled $251,134.49. She also went over the investment report and Cash in Bank. There is $1,976,703.77 in Operating Fund after the November Accounts Payable and Payroll, and $14,228,677.05 in Interest & Sinking Fund.
Trustee Soltero moved that the financial reports, bills paid during the month, and the bills payable be approved. The motion was seconded by Trustee Hotze and carried with a unanimous vote.
TAX COLLECTION REPORT / A local tax collection report for October 2012 was presented to the board
by Grace Harrison, Tax Collector. Total collections for October were
$632,070.01. Collection percentage is 3.67%.
Trustee Soltero moved to approve the tax collection report. The motion was
seconded by Trustee Antley and carried with a unanimous vote.
At this time the board moved to the first action item to allow Craig Wallace time for his presentation, and then allow time to be back on the road to drive home to Lubbock.
APPROVE BOND ITEMS
Craig Wallace told the board members the track was completed; striped and painted. The seating was installed; he apologized for not having this done before the last football game, but delays in getting the seating here made it impossible. He will have final bills on the seating next week; there is money left over to apply to seating; and he will go over that next time.
He had several drawings of the new high school and went over the drawings in detail. He said he had met with Mr. Benham and Eddie Boggess as well as some of the teachers several times trying to utilize the best designs for the junior high/high school. He also discussed parking and the site for the Auto Tech building.
Bids are due next week for dehumidifiers for the Fitness Center. Also discussion regarding air conditioning in the Choir Room. Bids are due next week for Parking across from the Fitness Center. He discussed a small problem with the property right next to where the projected parking will be by the fitness center, but told the board it was probably not worth the problem to ask the homeowners to move their fence back four feet.
He told the board that we will meet every week in December. He is still trying to meet with Librarians and teachers to get their opinions and will have a nice rendering of the high school in January.
No action needed; discussion only on the proposed new high school.
SUPER-INTENDENT’S REPORT: / Elementary Principal’s Report –Scotty Carman presented the report stating
we have 248 students. Looking back over the years, we have not had this many students since the early 1990’s. He reviewed the October Field Trips with the board saying that they had several good field trips, and to say that our children are always commended on their behavior wherever we go.
Iowa Test results will be out after Thanksgiving. Region 9 presented a Safe and Drug Free program for PK -6; splitting up the different grade levels.
Homeland Security presented a program to the students as well.
Upcoming Events:
November 21 Early Release for Thanksgiving at 12:05 p.m.
December 6 District UIL in Wink as well as early release to allow the rooms to be used for the different events.
Dec. 11-13 Benchmark Tests
December 20- Elementary Christmas Program
December 21- out for Christmas Holidays; time TBD.
STAAR Tests results will be in January.
Junior High/High School Principal’s Report – Eddie Boggess gave the report saying they had a Homeland Security Program at high school as well which included sexting and cyber bullying.
State Volleyball results were discussed; the winner being a school that had been 2A last year. (Jewett Leon)
Football Bi-District Championship game will be played on Friday, November 23, at 7 p.m. in Colorado City against Munday. Iraan vs. Muenster will be played earlier that afternoon at 2 p.m. McCamey will play Albany.
December 3-7 will be retest for Algebra, English, and World Geography.
Mr. Boggess told the board the vehicles had been ordered from Kermit Motors.
Bids on the Bobcat Skid Steer were passed around. Bids included:
ASCO $45,160.76 (this is the one that Rito wants) Bobcat S650 74.3 HP Turbo Interim Tier 4 Diesel Engine. 1 year warranty
Metro Equipment and Rental $44,725.00
Warren Cat $44,940.07
John Deere $48,475.01 ($56,000 w/attachments)
The board was pleased with the bids and said it had already been approved, so
Were in agreement that they could proceed with the bid from ASCO.
Next Board Meeting- was not discussed at this meeting.
APPROVE PAYMENT TO CHIEF JAMES SWANSON
This is given to Chief Swanson each year in November to thank him for traveling with the football team to out of town games, and also for his service at our local football and volleyball games.
The amount of $1,500 was previously presented in the Accounts Payable by Holly Bryan.
Motion made by Trustee Hotze to approve the payment to Chief James Swanson. Motion seconded by Trustee Slaughter and passed with a unanimous vote.
APPROVE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Scotty Carman presented the Elementary Campus Improvement Plan to
the Board stating that the five educational goals:
Goal 1: Wink Elementary students will continue to reach high standards, striving for 100% proficiency or better on state assessments by 2013-2014.
Goal 2: All Wink Elementary School Students will be taught by a highly qualified teacher and paraprofessional staff.
Goal 3: All Wink Elementary School students will be educated in a learning environment that is safe, drug free and conducive to learning.
Goal 4: Wink Elementary School parents will be partners in the education of their children.
Goal 5: Wink Elementary School Staff will be provided quality staff development.
Eddie Boggess presented the Wink Jr. /Sr. High School Campus Improvement Plan.
Goal 1: Wink Jr/Sr High school students will continue to reach high standards, striving for 100% proficiency or better on state assessments by 2013-2014.
Goal 2: All Wink Jr/Sr High School students will be taught by a highly qualified teacher and paraprofessional staff.
Goal 3: All Wink Jr/Sr High school students will be educated in a learning environment that is safe, drug free and conducive to learning.
Goal 4: Wink High School will strive to build partnerships with parents and community organizations to create an environment conducive to building and strengthening the community.
Goal 5: Wink Elementary School Staff will be provided quality staff development.
Motion made by Trustee Antley to approve the Campus Improvement Plans as presented. Motion seconded by Trustee Halterman and passed with a unanimous vote.
APPROVE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Eddie Boggess discussed the District Improvement Plan with the board members.
Goal 1: To maintain exemplary rating with accountability system.
Goal 2: Maintain 100% Highly Qualified Status.
Goal 3: Maintain a safe environment that is conducive to learning.
Goal 4: Maintain and increase parent involvement.
Goal 5: Provide support for all students to graduate from high school.
Motion made by Trustee Antley to approve the Campus Improvement Plans as presented. Motion seconded by Trustee Halterman and passed with a unanimous vote.
ADJOURNMENT
Declaration to adjourn at 6:11 p.m. on motion by Trustee Slaughter
and seconded by Trustee Halterman. The motion carried with a unanimous vote.
Attest:
______Secretary
______Board President