CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9
REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
9 FEBRUARY 2017
MINUTES
Vice Chairman Matt Hartle called the Board of Trustees Meeting to order at 7:35 a.m. in the Creston School Library with the following members present: Linda Addington and Julie Tikka. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Tammy Bartos – District Clerk, and Gloria Graves, Creston Fire. Jeff Sullivan, Chairman, arrived at 7:40 a.m. and presided over the meeting from then on. Austin Hughes was absent.
Minutes: Linda Addington moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve the minutes of the 10 January 2017 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
Public Participation/Correspondence: 1) Gloria Graves, Creston Fire Auction representative, present some auction details. The auction is April 1st and 2nd; 2) Tammy Bartos read a letter from the Montana Department of Administration, Local Government Services Bureau regarding their receipt of our audit – see attached.
Reports:
Clerk – Tammy Bartos reported. See attached.
Principal – Tami Ward reported. See attached.
Staff – nil.
Special Education Coop – Tami Ward reported that she attended 504 training.
Educational Coop – January meeting was cancelled.
Playground – Tammy Bartos reported. See attached.
Policy:
- Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to accept Policy #1520 BOARD OF TRUSTEES – Board/Staff Communications. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.
- Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to accept Policy #5325 PERSONNEL – Breastfeeding Workplace. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.
- Julie Tikka moved and Matt Hartle seconded to accept Policy #5336 PERSONNEL – Compensatory Time and Overtime/Classified Employees. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.
Information Items: nil.
Action Items:
- Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve the Trustee Resolution Calling For An Election. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.
- Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve the 2017/2018 School Year Calendar as presented. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.
- The 2018/2019 Tentative School Year Calendar was presented. Item was tabled until next year after Flathead High School has a more definitive calendar in place.
- Transport Contract(s) – nil.
- Out of District request(s): 1) Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve two requests as district of placement. Motion passed unanimously; 2) Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to acknowledge one request as district of residence. Motion passed unanimously.
- Linda Addington moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve the Gym use request by Jared Wink for basketball practice on Tuesday’s and Friday’s from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Motion passed unanimously. See Attached.
Board Comments: nil.
4th/5th Grade Presentation: at 8:00 a.m. Mrs. Shanks along with some of her students gave presentations on app smashing, green screen and stop motion videos to demonstrate their social studies and technology learning.
Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –
- The Board approved all claims for February 2017. See attached.
Miscellaneous Items of Business:
Next Meeting(s) Dates:
- Regular Meeting Tuesday 7 March 2017 at 7:30 a.m.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Tammy Bartos Jeff Sullivan
District Clerk Chairman