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January 10, 2011 Board Meeting Minutes

Glenwood Community School District
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors 7:00 P.M. Silver City United Methodist Church
210 Oak Street, Silver City Monday, January 10, 2011
 
Call to Order
President Romens called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
 
Roll Call
Upon roll call the following Board members responded as being present:  President Romens, Dave Blum, Henry Clark, David Warren and Linda Young.
 
Spotlight on Education
There was no Spotlight on Education recognitions.
 
Friends of Education
There were no Friends of Education recognitions.
 
Consideration of Action on Consent Items
Henry Clark made a motion to approve the consent agenda including items 4A through 4K.   Linda Young seconded the motion.  All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
 
4A - Approval of Minutes
Minutes were approved from the special meeting on November 22, 2010; of the public hearing and regular meeting on December 13, 2010 and of the special meeting on December 20, 2010.
 
4B – Approval of Agenda
 
4C – Approval of Board Policies
Second Reading Approvals:
POLICY #
POLICY NAME
None
 
 
4D – Approval of Board Policies
First Reading Approvals:
POLICY #
POLICY NAME
805.7
General Intangible Assets
Old Policy 403.4
Early Retirement Incentive of Certificated Staff
Old Policy 407.3
Early Retirement Incentive of Classified Personnel
 
4E – New Hires
NAME
ASSIGNMENT
SALARY
Emilie Congdon
Food Service Substitute
$8.58 per hour
Maxine Dingman
Food Service Substitute
$8.58 per hour
Twyla Lavery
Food Service Substitute
$8.58 per hour
Carla Williams
Title I Math Teacher .25/FTE
$4,088.18 Salary/TSS
 
4F – Resignations
NAME
ASSIGNMENT
DATE
Cathy Peckham
Learning Center Teacher Associate
January 1, 2011
Denise Pavelka
Food Service Dishwasher
December 20, 2010
Myron Ocander
High School Teacher/7th Girls Basketball Coach
End of 2010-11 school year
 
4G – Open Enrollments
STUDENT NAME
RECEIVING DISTRICT
DATE RECEIVED
Hannah U
Council Bluffs CSD
12/16/2010
Sierra Z
Glenwood CSD
12/21/2010
Justin O
Glenwood CSD-Rescinding
 
Stephanie O
Glenwood CSD-Rescinding
 
 
 
4H – Approval of Financial Reports
Financial reports as of December 31, 2010 were approved.
4I –Fundraiser Requests
GROUP
EVENT
PURPOSE
TARGET AMOUNT
DATES
MS Student Council
Cookie Eating Contest/Raffle
Clicker system for MS
$25
1/25/2011
MS Student Council
Candy Grams
Clicker system for MS
$400
2/7/11-2/14/11
MS Student Council
Dance
Clicker system for MS
$300
01/14/2011
HS FFA
Community Breakfast
Give back to community
$200
02/26/2011
Spanish Club
Dance/Concession
Attend concert
$500
10/29/2010
 
4J – Out of State Travel
DATE
ACTIVITY
DESTINATION
REQUESTED BY
03/19/2011
Track Meet
Wayne, NE
Mark Starner/Brad Rasmussen
 
4K – Overnight Travel Requests
DATE
ACTIVITY
DESTINATION
REQUESTED BY
1/23 & 1/24/2011
Managing Your Life in the Age of Distraction
Des Moines, IA
Kevin Farmer
1/23 & 1/24/2011
Managing Your Life in the Age of Distraction
Des Moines, IA
Kerry Newman
1/23 & 1/24/2011
Managing Your Life in the Age of Distraction
Des Moines, IA
Scott Arkfeld
1/28 - 1/30/2011
Baseball Clinic
Cedar Rapids, IA
Brett Elam
1/28 - 1/30/2011
Baseball Clinic
Cedar Rapids, IA
Curt Kaufman
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Heidi Stanley
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Melanie Howard
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Kelsey Miller
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Colleen Confer
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Karen Bueltel
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Kim Blanchard
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Robin Albert
2/8 & 2/9/2011
Skills Iowa Data Team
Des Moines, IA
Kevin Farmer
 
Announcements and Communications Comments from Public
This time is reserved for patrons and Board members to speak to items not on the agenda and to request to speak to any items on the current agenda. There were no comments from the public.
Comments from Board
There were no reports from Board members.
Presentation
President Romens handed out the PAC committee ISL timeline and the ISL information on the school district website.
 
Reports
Building Administrators, Director of Special Education, Activities Director, Kids Place Director, Technology Director, Food Service Director, Print Shop Director and Director of Operations reported on their respective buildings or areas of assignment.
 
Old Business
There was no old business.
 
New Business
A.Approval of Revisions of Principal Job Descriptions
Dave Warren made a motion to approve the grade level revisions to the job descriptions of the West, Northeast and Middle School Principals. Henry Clark seconded the motion.  All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
B.     Administrator Health Insurance Benefit
Dave Blum made a motion to offer the administrators health insurance benefit in dollars instead of the district purchasing the health insurance for them. The benefit dollars may be used toward the purchaser of health insurance or as they wish. Linda Young seconded the motion. Young, Romens, Blum and Warren voted yes. Clark voted no. Motion carried.
C.     Administrative Services Agreement
Henry Clark made a motion to approve the Administrative Services Agreement between the State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services and the Glenwood Community School District for 403(b) plan administration. Dave Blum seconded the motion.  All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
D.       Facilities Assessment Proposal; DLR
Henry Clark made a motion to accept DLR’s proposal to provide our school district a free comprehensive facilities assessment.  Linda Young seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
 
Closed Session
Dave Warren made a motion to move into closed session per Section 21.5(l)(i) of the Code of Iowa to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose performance is being considered to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual has requested a closed session. Henry Clark seconded the motion.  All voted “aye”. Motion carried. The Board moved into closed session at 7:50 p.m.
 
Henry Clark made a motion to return to open session. Dave Blum seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried. The board moved out of closed session at 8:30 p.m.
 
Negotiation Strategy Session
The Board went into an exempt negotiation strategy meeting per Iowa Code Chapter 20.17(3) at 8:31 p.m. and came out of exempt session at 8:59 p.m.
 
Adjournment
As there was no further business to come before the Board at this time, a motion was made by Dave Blum and seconded by Linda Young to adjourn the regular meeting at 9:00 p.m. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
 
 
                                                                                                                                     
Theresa Romens, Board President                                              Shirley Lundgren, Board Secretary