President
Patchett called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
All Board
of Education members were present.
President
Patchett welcomed everyone to the meeting.
The following
Consent Agenda items were approved:
Treasurers
Report
Activity
Report
Resignation
of Mark Cox with regrets
Letter
of intent to retire of Glenna White
The bills
were approved for payment.
A thank
you note was received from the family of Irene Smith.
Principal
Derby reviewed her written report with no additions.
Superintendent
Acklin reviewed his written report with some discussion regarding
the Shiloh bleachers. There was concern from the Board of the
difference between the architects recommendation of new
bleachers and the contractors report that they did not
need to be replaced, only upgraded and some maintenance work.
Superintendent will have a second contractor look at the bleachers
for another opinion.
The minutes
of the July 19, 2004 meeting were approved as corrected.
The Executive
Session minutes of the June 28, 2004 meeting were approved.
Board approved
employment of:
Dana Bogle,
Bus Driver Julie Findley, Title II First Grade Teacher
Jamie Bowyer,
Third Grade Teacher Jill Davidson, Title I Teacher
Janeen
Coffing, 1:1 Aide Linda Allen, 1:2 Aide
Chuck White,
Federal Grants Director Teresa Hawkins, Pre-K Classroom Aide
Lynnette
Duncan, Pre-K Teacher Georgeina Boland, Title I Reading Teacher
Pam Julian,
Pre-K Classroom Aide Sharon Pine, 1:1 Aide
Marcia
Pierce, SHIP Aide Martha Burris, Reading Improvement Aide
Paula DeWitt,
Title I Math Krista Freebairn, 1:1 Aide
Ruth Patchett
as SHIP coordinator Adam Duffield, Ag teacher.
Board approved:
·
Elementary/Grade School, Jr. High/High School, Extra Curricular,
and Staff Handbooks.
·
To let bids for a school bus
·
Food Service Bid #2 from Aramark
·
Raising price of a full price student breakfast to $1.25
·
Tentative FY05 Budget
·
Final reading of Board Policies:
6:340 Instruction
Student Testing and Assessment Program
7:15 Students
Student and Family Privacy Rights
7:50 Students
School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District
Schools
7:60 Students
Residence
7:100 Students
Health Examinations, Immunizations, and Exclusion of
Students
7:330 Students
Student Use of Buildings Equal Access
7:340 Students
Student Records
Discussion
of:
8th Grade
Promotion Ceremony and High School Senior Class Graduation.
Possible dates were discussed. Final decision will be made at
the September 2004 regular board meeting.
First Reading
of Board Policies:
6:65 Instruction
Student Social and Emotional Development
7:190 Students
Student Discipline
7:250 Students
Student Support Services
7:300 Students
Extracurricular Athletics
8:20 Community
Relations Community Use of School Facilities
8:25 Community
Relations Advertising and Distributing Materials
January
2005 Board Retreat: Members will check their calendars for a
possible date. Discussion of possible location.
Superintendent
Acklin had met with a representative who demonstrated an AED
priced at $1750.00 plus cabinet cost of $275.00. Consensus of
the Board was to purchase two units.
Board entered
into Executive Session at 9:33 PM.
Board returned
to Open Session at 10:32 PM
Board approved:
Increasing
Dick St. Clair to 2/3 time for the first semester of 2004-05
school year.
Keith Findley
as Dean of Discipline.
Meeting
adjourned at 10:35 PM.