SUMMERSVILLE GRADE SCHOOL DISTRICT #79

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

TUESDAY,APRIL 25, 2017 7:00 PM

  1. Call to order

Mr. Curd,President, called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM.

  1. Roll Call

MEMBERS PRESENT:Chad Curd, President; Jay Tate, Vice-President; Derek Sledge, Secretary; Jeff Steffy; Anthony Fisher; Becky Barbour; Clint Turner

MEMBERS ABSENT:None

ALSO PRESENT:Mark Zahm, Superintendent

Carolyn Clark, Secretary

Vicki Penrod, Treasurer

VISITOR’S PRESENT:Monica Maxey; Alyson Morris;Murisa Anderson; Amanda Steele;

Kathy O’Neal; Sally Lisenby; Melinda Robison; Shannon Rhoades;

LeeAnnCockrum; Kerri Gerke; Michael Gerke; Elijah Gerke;

Samantha Schwartz; Deanna McCoy; Brianna Morgan;

Adriana Patton

  1. Opening Prayer

Chad Curd opened the meeting with prayer.

  1. Consent Agenda-The following item(s) will be considered for action (consent approval):
  1. Minutes of the February 21, 2017, Regular Minutes and Closed Session and the

February 22, 2017 Closed Session

  1. April, 2017 Bills
  2. Quarterly Financial Report

MOTION # 1

Motion was made by Mr. Sledge and seconded by Mr.Fisher to approve the agenda as presented. Fisher-yes; Curd-yes; Sledge-yes; Steffy-yes; Turner-yes; Tate-yes; Barbour-yes.

MOTION # 2

Motion was made by Mr. Tate and seconded by Mr. Sledge to approve the consent agenda consisting of the following:

  1. Minutes of the February 21, 2017, Regular Minutes and Closed Session and the

February 22, 2017 Closed Session

  1. April, 2017 Bills
  2. Quarterly Financial Report

Steffy-yes;Tate-yes; Turner-yes; Barbour-yes; Fisher-yes; Curd-yes; Sledge-yes.

  1. Organizational Meeting of the April, 2017 election
  1. Seating the new Board Members and administering the Oath of Office

MOTION # 3

Motion was made by Mr. Turner and seconded by Mr. Steffy to approve and accept the results of the April 4, 2017 election with the following members being elected:

Derek Sledge, 330 votes; Becky Barbour, 321 votes; JeffySteffy, 314 votes; Jay Tate, 304 votes. Tate-yes; Curd-yes; Turner-yes; Fisher-yes; Barbour-yes; Sledge-yes; Steffy-yes.

Mr. Curd, President, presided over the seating of the new Board Members and Administering the Oath of Office to newly elected members.

  1. Election of Board Officers
  1. Appointment of President Pro tem and Secretary Pro tem

Chad Curd was appointed President Pro tem. No secretary pro tem was appointed.

  1. President Pro tem opened the nominations for office of Board President.

Mr. Sledge nominated Jay Tate to serve of Board President.

Hearing no further nominations, the nominations for the office of Board President was closed.

President Pro tem recognized Jay Tate as being the only candidate nominated for the office of Board President, the chair hereby declares Jay Tate elected by acclamation and so record in the minutes.

Jay Tate, Board President, opened the nominations for Board Vice-president.

Mr. Tate nominated Mr. Sledge to serve as Board Vice-President.

Mr. Turner nominated Mrs. Barbour to serve as Board Vice-President. She declined.

Hearing no further nominations, the nominations for the office of Board Vice-President was closed.

Jay Tate, Board President, recognized Derek Sledge as being the only candidate nominated for the office of Board Vice-President, the chair hereby declares Derek Sledge elected by acclamation and so record in the minutes.

Jay Tate, Board President, opened the nominations for Board Secretary.

Mr. Tate nominated Mr. Turner to serve as Board Secretary.

Hearing no further nominations, the nominations for the office of Board Secretary was closed.

Jay Tate, Board President, recognizes Clint Turner as being the only candidate nominated for the office of Board Secretary, the chair hereby declare Clint Turner elected by acclamation and so record in the minutes.

Jay Tate, Board President, opened the nominations for Board Treasurer.

Mr. Curd nominated Vicki Penrod to serve as Board Treasurer.

Hearing no further nominations, the nominations for the office of Board Treasurer was closed.

Jay Tate, Board President, recognized Vicki Penrod as being the only candidate nominated for the office of Board Treasurer, the chair hereby declares Vicki Penrod elected by acclamation and so record in the minutes.

  1. Board Traditions

Board agreed to continue the tradition of saying a prayer before each meeting.

  1. Establishing Regular Meeting

MOTION # 4

Motion was made by Mr. Sledge and seconded by Mr. Tate to set the date for the regular Board of Education Meetings as the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the school board room. Barbour-yes; Tate-yes; Sledge-yes; Steffy-yes; Turner-yes; Curd-yes; Fisher-yes.

  1. Recognition of Visitors

Mr. Tate,President, recognized visitors that were present.

  1. Mrs. McCoy talk about Chrome Books was tabled.
  1. Visitors

Vicki Penrod went over the financial report with the Board.

Monica Maxey thanked the Board on behalf of the PTO for contributing to the basket for the Chicken Pie Supper.

Sally Lisenby; Mike Gerke; Kerri Gerke; Melinda Robinson; Brianna Morgan and Kathy O’neal spoke on behalf and to show support for the music program.

  1. Old Business

There was no old business for discussion or action.

  1. Closed Session
  1. Forthe appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body.
  1. Discussion with Certified Staff Member
  2. Review and Discussion of Coaching duties and positions for the 2016-2017 school year.
  3. Resignation Volleyball
  4. Superintendent’s Contract
  5. Hire Professional Educator Licensed Employees for 2017-2018
  6. Hire non-professional educator licensed employees for 2017-2018

MOTION # 5

Motion was made by Mr. Sledge and seconded by Mr. Curd to go into closed session at 8:19 PM.

  1. For the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body.
  1. Discussion with Certified Staff Member
  2. Review and Discussion of Coaching duties and positions for the 2016-2017 school year.
  3. Resignation Volleyball
  4. Superintendent’s Contract
  5. Hire Professional Educator Licensed Employees for 2017-2018

Tate-yes; Steffy-yes; Fisher-yes;Turner-yes; Barbour-yes.; Sledge-yes Curd-yes

Mr. Fisher left at9:30 PM

MOTION # 6

Motion was made by Mr.Steffy and seconded by Mr.Curdto come out of closed session at 10:05PM. Curd-yes; Tate-yes; Barbour-yes;Sledge-yes;Steffy-yes; Turner-yes.

  1. New Business
  1. Closed Session Action
  1. Certified Staff Member

No action was taken at this time

  1. Review and Discussion of Coaching duties and positions for the 2016-2017 school year.

No action was taken at this time.

  1. Resignation Volleyball

MOTION # 7

Motion was made by Mrs. Barbour and seconded by Mr. Tate to accept the resignation of Julie Simmons as Volleyball Coach. Barbour-yes; Sledge-abstain; Steffy-yes; Tate-yes; Curd-yes; Turner-yes.

  1. Superintendent’s Contract

Tabled

  1. Hire Professional Educator Licensed Employees for 2017-2018

MOTION # 8

Motion was made by Mr. Curd and seconded by Mr. Tate to hire the following Professional Educator Licensed Employees for 2017-2018:

Kathy HollenkampAmanda SteeleErin Franklin

Terry FisherStephanie ReynoldsJamie Wheeler

Amy HayesSarah WagnerSamantha Schwartz

Amy JohnsonMurisa AndersonDeanna McCoy

Keyma MountMonca MaxeyAli Nordin

Farrah AllenCody Hiller

Curd-yes; Barbour-yes; Turner-yes; Steffy-yes; Sledge-yes; Tate-yes.

  1. Hire Non-professional educator licensed employees for 2017-2018

MOTION # 9

Motion was made by Mr. Sledge and seconded by Mr. Tate to hire the following non-professional educator licensed employees for 2017-2018.

Carolyn Clark, Exe. Adm. Assist.Vicki Penrod, Bookkeeper/Treasurer

Melinda Reed, Para-ProfessionalSandra Barciszewski, Para-Professional

Katrina Bridewell, Para-ProfessionalChristinGockel, Para-Professional

Susan Gieselman, Librarian/ Adm. Assist.Dawn Henry, Head Cook

Donnell Turrentine, CookRichard Mitchell, Director of Operations

John Eggers, Custodian

Steffy-yes; Tate-yes; Barbour-yes; Sledge-yes; Turner-yes; Curd-yes.

  1. Prevailing Rate of Wages Certificates and Ordinance

MOTION # 10

Motion was made by Mrs. Barbour and seconded by Mr. Turner to approve the Prevailing Rate of Wage Certificate and Ordinance as submitted. Tate-no; Barbour-yes; Curd-no; Turner-yes; Steffy-yes; Sledge-yes.

  1. Handbook 2017-2018

MOTION # 11

Motion was made by Mr. Sledge and seconded by Mr. Tate to approve the 2017-2018 student handbooks as presented. Tate-yes; Barbour-yes; Curd-yes; Turner-yes; Steffy-yes; Sledge-yes.

  1. Request for Summer Maintenance

MOTION # 12

Motion was made by Mr. Curd and seconded by Mr. Steffy to approve the request to hire summer maintenance help at $8.25 per hour not to exceed $3,000. Steffy-yes; Curd-yes; Turner-yes; Sledge-yes; Barbour-yes; Tate-yes.

  1. Life Safety Amendment
  1. KT Electric, Inv. Mt. Vernon
  2. Security Alarm Corporation proposal 4/4/17
  3. Security Alarm Corporation proposal 3/7/17

MOTION # 13

Motion was made by Mr. Curd and seconded by Mr. Turner to approve using Life/Safety funds amendment 19 for the following items:

  1. KT Electric, Inv. Mt. Vernon
  2. Security Alarm Corporation proposal 4/4/17
  3. Security Alarm Corporation proposal 3/7/17

Curd-yes; Sledge-yes; Turner-yes; Barbour-yes; Steffy-yes; Tate-yes.

  1. Approval of 10 year Life-Safety Audit presented by FGM.

MOTION # 14

Motion was made by Mr. Curd and seconded by Mrs. Barbour to approve the 10 year Life Safety Audit presented by FGM. Curd-yes; Sledge-yes; Turner-yes; Barbour-yes; Steffy-yes; Tate-yes.

  1. Board Policy Review from PRESS (1st Reading)

The Board held the 1st Reading of the following Board Policies

  1. 2:100 School Board; Board Member Conflict of interest

ii.4:15 Operation Services; Identity Protection

iii.5:120 General Personnel; Employee Ethics; Conduct; and Conflict of Interest

iv.7:100 Students: Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations; Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students

v.4:15-AP: Operational Services: Administrative Procedures (Protection of Social Security Numbers)

vi.4:60-AP4: Operational Services: Administrative Procedures—Federal Award Procurement Procedures.

vii.4:50-AP4, E1: Operational Services: Exhibit—Internal Procedures for Procurement Transactions

viii.4:130-E Operational Services: Exhibit-Free and Reduced-Price Food Services: Meal Charge Notifications

ix.7:190-E2: Students: Exhibit-Student Handbook Checklist

  1. Superintendent’s Report
  1. Enrollment/Discipline Report
  2. Concession Stand totals for 2016-2017
  3. 2017 Schweinfurth Foundation grant recipient Summersville Grade School #79 $3,000
  4. Requesting quotes: Summer projects information for May Board Meeting
  1. Parking Lot
  2. Rock playground area
  3. Painting outside of building
  1. Adjournment

MOTION # 15

Motion was made by Mr.Sledge and seconded by Mrs.Barbour at 10:50 PM to adjourn.

Steffy-yes; Tate-yes;Sledge-yes; Barbour-yes; Turner-yes; Curd-yes.

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Jay Tate, PresidentClint Turner, Secretary