7 June 2016 Board Meeting Minutes

CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9

REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

7 June 2016

MINUTES

Chairman Jeff Sullivan called the Board of Trustees Meeting to order at 7:32 a.m. in the Creston School Library with the following members present: Linda Addington and Matt Hartle; with Austin Hughes arriving at 7:45. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Deb Christiansen – teacher; Tammy Bartos – District Clerk; Sandy Evenson – Harlow’s.

Agenda Review: Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the agenda as presented. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.

Minutes: Linda Addington moved and Austin Hughes seconded to approve the minutes of the 10 May 2016 reorganization meeting. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve the minutes of the 10 May 2016 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.

Public Participation/Correspondence: nil.

Reports:

Clerk– Tammy Bartos reported: see attached report.

Principal – Tami Ward reported: see attached report.

Staff – Deb Christiansen reported on each grade’s curriculum activities.

Special Education Coop – nil.

Educational Coop – nil.

Playground – no report.

Policy:

Linda Addington moved and Austin Hughes seconded to approve the Religion and Religious Activities (2332 Instruction) policy. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the Field Trips, Excursions, and Outdoor Education (2320 Instruction) policy. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve the Release Time for Religious Instruction (2334 Instruction) policy. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.

Information Items: nil.

Action Items:

After further discussion on the options for running the bus a decision was tabled.
Linda Addington moved and Austin Hughes seconded to approve a $3,000.00 stipend to compensate Tami Ward for teaching the 5^th/6^th grade since the end of March. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the Principal teacher contract for Tami Ward. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the Janitor contract for Susan Peters. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
Matt Hartle moved and Austin Hughes seconded to not renew the Maintenance contract. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to give authority to Tammy Bartos to process Claims in June and July without convening a Board meeting. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
Austin Hughes moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the gym use request of Creston Bootcamp. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.

Board Comments: The board recognized that one of its members has missed three meetings. Tami Ward will contact the member and if needed will contact Julie Tikka as a possible replacement.

Miscellaneous Items of Business: The board would like to pursue reorganizing the bus driver and maintenance positions into one job that would also include snowplowing. Tami will put together a job posting and a July meeting will be arranged to discuss this further.

Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –