Board Minutes

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 1^st and 2^nd; 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.

 

4^th/5^th 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

 

CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9

REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

10 JANUARY 2017

MINUTES

 

Chairman Jeff Sullivan called the Board of Trustees Meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. in the Creston School Library with the following members present: Linda Addington, Matt Hartle, Austin Hughes and Julie Tikka. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Tammy Bartos – District Clerk, Melissa Potts – 1^st grade teacher.

Minutes: Matt Hartle moved and Austin Hughes seconded to approve the minutes of the 6 December 2016 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

Public Participation/Correspondence: nil.

Reports:

Clerk – Tammy Bartos reported. See attached.

Principal – Tami Ward reported. See attached.

Staff – Ms. Potts gave a summary of activities in 1^st grade.

Special Education Coop – Tami Ward reported there was no Coop meeting in December; there was a Crossroads meeting. Crossroads currently services 3^rd – 8^th graders and there is a proposal to include K – 2^nd

Educational Coop – no December meeting.

Playground – due to snow, Tami was unable to complete the report.

Policy: nil.

Information Items: Trustee positions subject to election this year: Julie Tikka and Linda Addington.

Action Items:

• Transport Contract(s) – nil.
• Out of District request(s) – nil.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the Gym use request by Bigfork Flight (a travel basketball team) for basketball practice on Thursday’s from 5:30 – 7:00 pm from 1/11/17 to 3/1/17 and additional times as approved by the school administration. Motion passed unanimously. See Attached.
• Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve the Gym use request by H.O.A. Fox Hill Estate for a meeting on Thursday, 19 January 2017 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Motion passed unanimously. See Attached.
• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve the Gym use request by Tom Martinez on Wednesday’s from 6:30 – 9:30 pm beginning immediately through May 31, 2017. Motion passed unanimously. See Attached.

Board Comments:

Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –

• The Board approved all claims for January 2017. See attached.

Miscellaneous Items of Business: For the May 2017 school election we will need to look for a replacement for Linda Addingtons position.

Next Meeting(s) Dates:

• Regular Meeting Thursday 9 February 2017 at 7:30 a.m.

Meeting adjourned at 7:57 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Tammy Bartos                                                 Jeff Sullivan

District Clerk                                                    Chairman

CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9

REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

6 DECEMBER 2016

MINUTES

 

Chairman Jeff Sullivan called the Board of Trustees Meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. in the Creston School Library with the following members present: Linda Addington, Matt Hartle and Julie Tikka. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Tammy Bartos – District Clerk, Jen Johnson – 2^nd grade teacher and Zachary White – community member. Absent: Austin Hughes.

 

Minutes: Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the minutes of the 8 November 2016 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

Public Participation/Correspondence: Mr. White commented on his concern regarding the relocation of the Many Lakes bus stop from the pull out to the highway.

Reports:

Clerk – Tammy Bartos reported. See attached.

Principal – Tami Ward reported. See attached.

Staff – Mrs. Johnson reported a summary of activities happening in several of the classes.

Special Education Coop – Tami Ward reported there’s been a lot of growth in the valley, which has increased the need for special services. For us that means we will be getting a new speech pathologist assigned to our school. Also, our long time Occupational Therapist is moving so we will also be having a new person in that position. We also will be having a Behavioral Therapist visiting our school to give recommendations in that area.

Educational Coop – Tami Ward reported they are gearing up for science.

Playground – Tami Ward reported. See attached.

Policy:

Julie Tikka moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve the revision of Policy 3110 Students – Entrance, Placement & Transfer to include varicella (line 19) as a required immunization. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.

Information Items:

Sick Bank Committee Formation – There has been a request made to use the sick bank. A committee of three needs to be put together comprised of the principal, a teacher volunteer and a board member volunteer. Linda Addington volunteered as the board member. Tami will seek out a teacher and proceed as per policy.

Indian Ed For All (IEFA) – Tami Ward presented information regarding what IEFA is and the seven Essential Understandings that teachers are working on. See attached.

Action Items:

• Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded hiring Michael Dedman as a special education para-professional. Motion passed unanimously.
• Transport Contract(s) – nil.
• Linda Addington moved and Julie Tikka seconded to acknowledge the two Out of District requests with Creston as the District of Residence. Motion passed unanimously.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the two Out of District requests with Creston as the District of Placement.
• Gym & School Grounds Use request(s) – nil.

Board Comments: There was discussion about the Many Lakes bus stop. Tami Ward suggested having someone from Harlow’s come to the next meeting to explain bus stop requirements.

Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –

• The Board approved all claims for December 2016. See attached.

Miscellaneous Items of Business: The question about our missing board member came up and if we needed to find a replacement. Jeff Sullivan will try to contact Austin Hughes before the next meeting.

Next Meeting(s) Dates:

• Regular Meeting Tuesday 10 January 2017 at 7:30 a.m. (Julie Tikka informed us she will be out of town.)

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tammy Bartos                                                 Jeff Sullivan

District Clerk                                                    Chairman

CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9

REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

8 NOVEMBER 2016

MINUTES

 

Chairman Jeff Sullivan called the Board of Trustees Meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. in the Creston School Library with the following members present: Linda Addington, Matt Hartle and Julie Tikka. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Tammy Bartos – District Clerk, and Jen Johnson – 2^nd grade teacher. Absent: Austin Hughes.

 

Minutes: Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve the minutes of the 4 October 2016 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

 

Public Participation/Correspondence: nil.

 

Reports:

            Clerk – Tammy Bartos reported. See attached.

            Principal – Tami Ward reported. See attached.

            Staff – nil.

            Special Education Coop – Tami Ward reported.

            Educational Coop – Tami Ward reported.

            Playground – Tami Ward reported. See attached.

 

Policy:

Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve Policy 8450 Financial Management – Automated External Defibrilators (AED). Motion passed unanimously. See attached.

 

Julie Tikka moved and Matt Hartle seconded to table Policy 3235 Video Surveillance. Motion passed unanimously.

 

Linda Addington moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve Policy 4301 Visitors to School. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.

 

Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve Policy 5010 Equal Employment Opportunity. Motion passed unanimously. See attached.

 

Information Items: nil.

 

Action Items:

• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to table a Proclamation & Budget Amendment for Unanticipated Increase in Enrollment until budget needs can be better assessed. Motion passed unanimously.
• Linda Addington moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve the purchase of an AED. Motion passed unanimously.
• After reviewing the contract it was decided that the Arthur Contract was acceptable as written and no Revision is needed. No motion needed.
• Transport Contract(s) – nil.
• Matt Hartle moved and Julie Tikka seconded to acknowledge the Out of District requests with Creston as the District of Residence. Motion passed unanimously.
• Gym & School Grounds Use request(s) – nil.

 

Board Comments: nil.

 

Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –

• The Board approved all claims for November 2016. See attached.

 

Miscellaneous Items of Business: nil.

 

Next Meeting(s) Dates:

• Regular Meeting Tuesday 6 December 2016 at 7:30 a.m.

 

At 8:00 am the 2^nd Grade Students presented their scientific knowledge about the pumpkin life cycle.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Tammy Bartos                                                 Jeff Sullivan

District Clerk                                                    Chairman

 

CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9

REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

6 SEPTEMBER 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, Matt Hartle and Austin Hughes. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Tammy Bartos – District Clerk, Jack Eggensperger – County Superintendent, Julie Tikka – trustee designate and Jen Johnson – 2^nd grade teacher.

 

Minutes: Linda Addington moved and Austin Hughes seconded to approve the minutes of the 4 August 2016 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.

 

Public Participation/Correspondence: nil.

 

Reports:

            Clerk– Tammy Bartos reported. See attached.

Principal – Tami Ward reported. See attached.

Staff – Jen Johnson reported the teachers have had a great start for this year.

            Special Education Coop – nil.

Educational Coop – nil.

Playground – nil.

 

Policy: Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve both the revised Community Use of School Facilities Policy (4330) and the agreement (4330a). Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.

 

Information Items: Three notices for upcoming meetings that would be of possible interest were distributed to all board members. They were for the MTSUIP Back-to-School Legal Primer, MTSUIP Annual Membership Meeting and MCEL.

 

Action Items:

• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the appointment of Julie Tikka as a trustee. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to accept the resignation of Stephanie Brackel as Aide. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the paraprofessional contract for Carol Arthur. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to accept the Transportation Contracts. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
• Matt Hartle moved and Austin Hughes seconded to accept the Out of District requests. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the school grounds request by FVF. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.

 

Board Comments: nil.

 

Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –

• Austin Hughes moved and Julie Tikka seconded to approve all claims for August 2016 and September 2016. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.

 

Miscellaneous Items of Business: nil.

 

Next Meeting(s) Dates:

• Regular Meeting Tuesday 4 October 2016 at 7:30 a.m.

 

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

Tammy Bartos                                                 Jeff Sullivan

District Clerk                                                                Chairman

 

CRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #9

REGULAR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

4 August 2016

MINUTES

 

Chairman Jeff Sullivan called the Board of Trustees Meeting to order at 7:30 a.m. in the Creston School Library with the following members present: Linda Addington and Matt Hartle. Also in attendance were: Tami Ward – Principal, Tammy Bartos – District Clerk, and Jack Eggensperger – County Superintendent.

 

Minutes: Austin Hughes moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve the minutes of the 15 July 2016 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.

 

Public Participation/Correspondence: nil.

 

Reports:

            Clerk– Tammy Bartos reported that BMS accounts have been reconciled with the County Treasurer for June.

Principal – nil.

Staff – nil.

            Special Education Coop – nil.

Educational Coop – nil.

Playground – no report.

 

Policy: nil.

 

Information Items: 2014-2015 Audit Report distributed to board members and was summarized by Tammy Bartos.

 

Action Items:

• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve the 2015-2016 Trustees Financial Summary & 2016-2017 Budget as presented. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to accept the resignation of Rene Johnson. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to approve having the ductwork cleaned. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to accept the Interlocal Transportation Agreement from Cayuse Prairie with a change specifying Foxtail as the location. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to accept the Interlocal Transportation Agreement request from Creston to Cayuse Prairie. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.
• Linda Addington moved and Matt Hartle seconded to approve a library stipend for Tammy Bartos. Motion passed unanimously, none opposed. See attached.

 

Board Comments: Matt Hartle commented that the test scores were outstanding and would like to see the information published in a place that people can readily see.

 

Payroll/Substitutes/Claims –

• Matt Hartle moved and Linda Addington seconded to authorize the request by the clerk to give to process August 2016 claims without convening an additional Board Meeting.

 

Miscellaneous Items of Business: nil.

 

Next Meeting(s) Dates:

• Regular Meeting Tuesday 6 September 2016 at 7:30 a.m.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

Tammy Bartos                                                 Jeff Sullivan

District Clerk                                                                Chairman