The Fairland Local Board of Education held its regular meeting on February 8, 2016.

The following members were present at roll call: Mr. Gorby, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ward and Mr. Appleton.

08-16 CONSENT AGENDA #1 ITEMS APPROVED

Mr. Gorby moved second by Mr. Ward to approve the following consent agenda #1 items:

A) Approve the following substitutes:

·  Heather Ward – teacher – pending certification

·  Tony Stonecipher – maintenance and bus driver – pending certification

B) Approve the following workshops:

·  Felicia VanNostrand, Staff Development for Educators, Cincinnati, OH, February 5, 2016

·  Abbie Pannell, NBI, IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop, Columbus, OH, February 19, 2016

C) Approve a 2016 Fairland High School boys basketball trip to Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports

D) Accept the resignation of Larry Bryan Ward as Fairland High School baseball coach effective immediately

E) Approve release time for Barbara Ward to conduct official union business on March 18, 2016

F) Approve purchase order #86790 to Jostens for which the invoice date precedes the purchase order date

G) Approve the tax budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 as presented by the Treasurer to be submitted to the Lawrence County Budget Commission

H) Approve the 2015-2016 student activity budget for the Fairland High School Prom Committee submitted by Caroline Lovejoy-Toler

I) Approve the minutes of the January 11, 2016 regular board meeting

J) Approve the bank reconciliation, SM2 report, FUNDSUMM, and FINSUM reports for January 2016 as presented by the Treasurer

K) Approve the CHEKPY report for January 2016 presented by the Treasurer

The vote was: Mr. Sowards, absent; Mr. Gorby, yea; Mr. Lewis, yea; Mr. Ward, yea; Mr. Appleton, yea.

Motion carried.

09-16 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Mr. Gorby moved second by Mr. Lewis to go into executive session to consider the employment of a public employee or official.

The vote was: Mr. Sowards, absent; Mr. Gorby, yea; Mr. Lewis, yea; Mr. Ward, yea; Mr. Appleton, yea. Motion carried.

Out 6:30 p.m. Back 6:55 p.m.

Upon roll call, Mr. Gorby, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ward and Mr. Appleton were present when the regular session reconvened.

10-16 CONSENT AGENDA #2 ITEMS APPROVED

Mr. Ward moved second by Mr. Appleton to approve the following consent agenda #2 items:

A) Approve the following teachers for after-school intervention at Fairland West: Lisa Thompson, Rose Sellards, Eva Stillpass, Terri Gaeger, Judith Heffner, Beverly Price,

Dava Spurlock Alt and Felicia VanNostrand

B) Transfer Angela Thomas to Bus #37 as per her request

C) Hire Jason Walters as bus driver for bus route #42

The vote was: Mr. Sowards, absent; Mr. Gorby, yea; Mr. Lewis, yea; Mr. Ward, yea; Mr. Appleton, yea. Motion carried.

11-16 ADJOURN

Mr. Gorby moved second by Mr. Ward to adjourn the meeting.

The vote was: Mr. Sowards, absent; Mr. Gorby, yea; Mr. Lewis, yea; Mr. Ward, yea; Mr. Appleton, yea. Motion carried.

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PRESIDENT TREASURER