August 10, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes
Glenwood Community School District
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors Central Office Boardroom
7:00 P.M. Monday, August 10, 2009
Call to Order
President Romens called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call
Upon roll call the following Board members responded as being present: President Romens, Frank Overhue, Bill Agan, David Warren and Linda Young.
Approve Agenda
On a motion made by Bill Agan and seconded by Frank Overhue the agenda was unanimously approved. The board approved the minutes of July 13 and 27, 2009, the bills and financial statements. Resignations were accepted from Eric Smith, high school social students and Chad Van Kley, high school science, assistant baseball coach, assistant high school football coach, and assistant high school boys’ basketball coach, effective at the end of the 2008-09 school year. Two outgoing open enrollments and three incoming open enrollments were approved.
Public Forum
There were no visitors that addressed the Board.
Good News Reports
The board talked about how the new building that is about ready to open and the estimated unspent balance.
What’s Happening In The Classroom?
A list of activities planned for the new and returning teachers was handed out to the board members.
Business Items
David Warren made a motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Iowa Western for two additional students who attend the BLAST program during for the 2009-10 school year. Linda Young seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved.
On a motion made by Frank Overhue and seconded by Bill Agan the board unanimously approved staff to apply for a Donors Choose grant of $500; a Toyota Tapestry grant of $2,000 and a Mills County Endowment grant around $1,500-$2,000 for use in the middle school science department.
Linda Young made a motion to approve the legislative priorities for 2009-2010 as presented. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
Bill Agan made a motion to approve the first reading of board policies 201.4, 201.6, 203.12, 402.8, 404.10, 409.8, 410.7, 503.13, 6012 and 802.5. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
On a motion made by Linda Young and seconded by Bill Agan the board unanimously approved a $10 per day increase in the authorized substitute teacher pay for the 2009-10 school year.
Reports
Superintendent Sibley went over the back to school schedule. Glenwood has seven new teachers this year. The school board election will be held September 8, 20009 with seven candidates running for three positions. A public forum may be held the week before the elections. The next board meeting is September 14, 2009.
Adjournment
As there was no further business to come before the Board at this time, a motion was made by Frank Overhue and seconded by Bill Agan to adjourn the regular meeting at 8:00 p.m. The motion was unanimously approved.
Theresa Romens, Board President Shirley Lundgren, Board Secretary