ST JOHN SCHOOL BOARD ENDICOTT SCHOOL BOARD
BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
Monday Š October
27, 2008
St John School
Library
7:00 p.m.
Andrea Miller
called the St John meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Dwight Lust called
the Endicott meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Marvin Schmick
led the flag salute.
Roll Call:
Present from St
John were Andrea Miller, Frank Watson, Scott Hollingsworth, Jim Rogers and Mark
Bailey. Present from Endicott were
Dwight Lust, Marvin Schmick, Greta White and Debbie Schlomer. Frank Garrett was absent. Also present were Mr. Winters
(Superintendent) and Dana Crider (Business Manager). Guests at the meeting
included Suzanne Schmick, Rob Roettger, Bruce Porubek, Billy Ray, Becky
Gonzalez, Michele Beckmann, Becky Dickerson, Kristie Mills, Regina Simon, Kris
& Christy Thrasher, Kristin Bammes, Shelly Quinton, Gary & Janet Luft
and Gerry & Monica Jones.
AGENDA/MINUTES:
Mark Bailey
moved and Frank Watson seconded the motion to approve the board minutes of the September
22, 2008 regular meeting and the agenda of the current meeting with
the addition of #4 to the Consent Agenda regarding the assignments of Lisa
Hollingsworth as full-time Preschool Assistant and Diane White as ParaEducator,
replacing Suzann Miller. Also
added to the agenda was an Executive Session that will last approximately 30
minutes. All St John Board members
agreed. Greta White moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve the
board minutes of the September 22, 2008 regular meeting and the agenda of the
current meeting with the addition of #4 to the Consent Agenda regarding the
assignments of Lisa Hollingsworth as full-time Preschool Assistant and Diane
White as ParaEducator, replacing Suzann Miller. Also added to the agenda was an Executive Session that will
last approximately 30 minutes. All Endicott board members agreed.
CONSENT
AGENDA:
ST JOHN Š Frank
Watson moved and Mark Bailey seconded the motion to approve the items on the
consent agenda. Approved were the
October 2008: payroll warrants #8404-8488 in the amount of $183,969.23; the
General Fund accounts payable warrants #8309-8403 in the amount of $67,157.50;
the ASB Fund accounts payable warrants #4382-4401 in the amount of $10,749.49
and the Capital Projects Fund accounts payable warrants #1-1 in the amount of
$16,170.00. The board also
approved winter supplemental contracts, the resignation of ParaEducator Š
Suzann Miller and reassignments for Lisa Hollingsworth and Diane White. All St. John board members agreed.
ENDICOTT Š
Marvin Schmick moved and Debbie Schlomer seconded the motion to approve the
items on the consent agenda. Approved were the October 2008: payroll warrants
#39239 Š 39307 in the amount of $150,467.53; the General Fund accounts payable
warrants #39162-39238 in the amount of $38,938.12 and the ASB Fund accounts
payable warrants #1283-1287 in the amount of $630.73. The board also approved winter supplemental contracts and
the resignation of preschool bus driver Š Rondi West. All Endicott board members agreed.
OLD
BUSINESS:
The second
reading of SJE Board Policy 6608 & 6608P was presented to the board. There was no discussion. Frank Watson moved and Mark Bailey
seconded the motion to approve SJE Board Policy 6608 & 6608P for St
John. All board members agreed.
Debbie Schlomer moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve SJE
Board Policy 6608 & 6608P for Endicott. All board members agreed.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Scott
Hollingsworth moved and Frank Watson seconded the motion to approve the
classified contract for Debbie Fitzgerald as St John Kitchen Assistant. All St John board members agreed.
Debbie Schlomer
moved and Marvin Schmick seconded the motion to approve the classified contract
for Ray Storm as Endicott Preschool Bus Driver. All Endicott board members agreed.
Frank Watson
moved and Jim Rogers seconded the motion to approve the classified contract for
Robert West as Bus Driver. All St
John board members agreed.
Frank Watson
asked for clarification as to why we need to hire a third assistant coach for
both High School basketball teams.
Mr. Winters responded the job is becoming increasingly difficult and
there is a lot pressure. We have had
volunteers in the past help with both teams now we would like to offer these
people contracts and hope to improve our basketball program. Mr. Watson also noted that we used to
justify the amount of coaches by the number of athletes participating. As a coach, Scott Hollingsworth
recommends adding the third coach to the program. After the discussion, Mark Bailey moved and Scott
Hollingsworth seconded the motion to approve the supplemental contracts for
High School Boys and Girls Basketball Coaches with the addition of half-time assistants for both
teams. All agreed.
Marvin Schmick
moved and Greta White seconded the motion to approve the supplemental contract
for Dave Johnson as Middle School Boys Assistant Basketball Coach. All Endicott members agreed.
Marvin Schmick
moved and Debbie Schlomer seconded the motion to approve the purchase of a new
bus for the Endicott School District.
The bus will be purchased from Bryant Motors. All agreed.
A list of two
surplus vehicles, a bus from Endicott and a van from St John, was submitted to
the board. Marvin Schmick moved
and Greta White seconded the motion to approve the vehicles as surplus. All Endicott members agreed. Mark Bailey moved and Jim Rogers
seconded the motion to approve the vehicles as surplus. All St John members agreed.
PUBLIC
COMMENT:
Representing the
Endicott Parks and Rec, Janet Luft stated the pipe between the swimming pool
and the school needs to be replaced.
Mrs. Luft also stated that anything outside of the pool is the
responsibility of the school district.
Mr. Winters would like to discuss further with the Endicott Parks and
Rec board and the City Council.
Mr. Winters reminded the board of the WSSDA conference
coming up in November. Friday
afternoon, selected board members will be presenting information regarding
cooperative issues. After the December board meeting, we will have a gathering
in the form of a potluck. Mr.
Watson offered to host the gathering at his home.
Rob Roettger presented enrollment numbers for the month of
October. We are down 2 students
from a month ago. Mr. Roettger
provided an information sheet regarding the last teacher inservice day. It illustrates how he is trying to
differentiate instruction for staff.
Mr. Roettger also showed a demo of the cooperative band website that Mr.
Ray and Mr. Thrasher have put together.
Once the music has been recorded with the special recorder, it is in MP3
format. The file can then be
emailed or posted on our website.
The Mass Band and Choir at Waitsburg is now on the website. ESD Superintendent Michael Dunn was
here visiting for the Ultimate Day of Education. Mr. Thrasher is going to shadow a student to see the life of
a student. The goal is to see the
studentÕs perspective of our school and then make improvements in the specific
area(s). High School conferences
will be different this year. We
are going to try an arena style conference in the HS gym to where parents can
come and meet with as many teachers as they like. We have started class specific study table in the High
School. It is not mandatory, just
another option for kids to get help.
The VeteranÕs Day assembly is scheduled for November 7, 2008.
Bruce Porubek, Athletic Director for the High School,
commented regarding the schedule for the conclusion of fall sports this
month. Our Cross Country team is
competing for the academic state champion award. Basketball practice will begin November 17, 2008. The district tournament schedule
will be different this year.
Endicott could possibly be a host site for the tournament. We should know some time this
month. Wrestling practice will be
at 6:00 am this year due to scheduling conflicts. Mr. Winters presented a bid for new football field
lights. The bid entails 4 new
steel poles with powerful lights that will take the place of the current wooden
poles. The bid also includes a
supervisor from the company that would help our local volunteers install the
new poles and lights. Mark Bailey
stated that Harrison Electric will be taking down the old lights in Martin
Stadium at WSU next summer and they could possibly donate the lights to our
football field project. They
will keep us informed.
Billy Ray, Athletic Director for the Middle School, stated
that both girls basketball and boys football have ended. Boys Basketball has started and
currently have 20 players participating.
Robin Hallenius is the cheer coach and there are 8 girls
participating.
Suzanne Schmick presented dates to remember for the upcoming
month. The VeteranÕs Day program
is different in Endicott because of the small numbers of veterans in the area. SJE graduate Joe Herridge will be
participating in the program that is scheduled for November 6, 2008. Mrs. Schmick presented the current
enrollment. We are expecting a new
student tomorrow. Currently
enrollment is down 1 student from the beginning of the school year. ASB officers are busy trying to make
the school greener. Mrs. Repp is
heading up the recycling program and will have recycling bins in the building
in the near future. Grandparents
day was a success. We had
approximately 80 participants on that day. Endicott will be part of a critical response and mapping
program which entails building safety plans for all emergency agencies to know
every intricate detail of our building.
They will be doing a complete building walkthrough and filming all
details. After the power outage,
we lost the St John phone service.
The service should be up and running as of now. During the outage, it was determined
that we need to be a little bit more prepared with a land line function. Mrs. Schmick has worked with Randy Root
and he was able to pull a telephone landline into the office. Rich Hallenius is working to have the
Endicott building wireless.
Mrs. Schmick will keep everyone updated on his progress.
Dana Crider
provided fiscal reports for both schools.
Because the closing of the 2007-08 financials is not complete, only the
TreasurerÕs Statement was provided to the board at this time.
Mark Bailey
moved and Frank Watson seconded the motion for the St John board to go into
executive session to review or evaluate a concern and/or complaint against an
employee at 8:15 pm. The session should last approximately 30 minutes and there
will be no action following.
Debbie Schlomer moved and Greta White seconded the motion for the
Endicott board to go into executive session to review or evaluate a concern
and/or complaint against an employee at 8:15 pm. The session should last approximately 30 minutes and there
will be no action following.
Frank Watson moved and Mark Bailey seconded the motion for
the St John board to come out of executive session at 9:00 pm. Marvin Schmick moved and Greta
White seconded the motion for the Endicott board to come out of executive session
at 9:00 pm.
ADJOURNMENT
Mark Bailey
moved and Scott Hollingsworth seconded the motion to adjourn the St John board
meeting. Andrea Miller adjourned the St John board meeting at 9:00 p.m. Debbie Schlomer moved and Greta White
seconded the motion to adjourn the Endicott board meeting. Dwight Lust
adjourned the Endicott board meeting at 9:00 p.m.
Rick Winters, Andrea
Miller, St. John Board Chair
Superintendent
Dwight
Lust, Endicott Board Chair