Glenwood Community School District
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
Central Office Boardroom
7:00 P.M. Monday, May 11, 2009
Call to Order
President Romens called the regular meeting to order at 7:20 p.m.
Roll Call
Upon roll call the following Board members responded as being present: President Romens, Frank Overhue, David Warren, Bill Agan and Linda Young.
Approve Agenda
On a motion made by David Warren and seconded by Linda Young the agenda was unanimously approved.
The board approved the minutes of April 13, April 27, April 28 and May 5, 2009, the bills and financial statements. The Board approved Brian Stanley’s resignation letter from his Assistant Middle School Football coaching position; Brent Douma’s resignation letter from his Assistant Middle School Volleyball coaching position, both contingent upon finding suitable replacements; and the hiring of Barry Loeffelbein to fill the Head Girls Basketball coaching position. Also approved were the two outgoing open enrollment students.
Public Forum
Karen Bueltel addressed the Board to give a big thank you to Mr. Bill Eich for all he has done for her over the years at the Glenwood Community School District. Micheal R. Stewart addressed the board with his concerns on Item 6E on the board’s agenda concerning Iowa Code 282.9.
Good News Reports
Kevin Farmer, West Elementary Principal, introduced sixth grade math teacher, Sheila Hansen and the four Math Bee Participants attending the board meeting. Adam Recker, Hannah Sorensen, Tristan Brown, and Quintin Wayman showed pictures and told the board about their experience as a Math Bee participant.
Dan Dosen, Art Teacher, presented the art exhibition displaying the Iowa Western Juried Art Competition entries. Student Jessica McKinney was introduced and talked about her art exhibit.
Kerry Newman, High School Principal, handed out an article from the Omaha World Herald showing the 2009 All Western Iowa Academic Team. Alexa Bledsoe, placed in the top 12 and seven students received honorable mention.
Kyle Eckheart, the new IT director was introduced to the Board Members. In honor of National School Board Week, Board members were presented with a certificate.
What’s Happening In The Classroom?
Joan Crowl, NE Elementary Principal, and Kevin Farmer, West Elementary Principal, handed out the PK-5 Reading Standards, Benchmarks and Essential Concepts and Skills to show the work that has been done this year and discussed how they will be used as teaching tools.
Business Items
On a motion made by Frank Overhue and seconded by Linda Young the Board unanimously approved service from Robert’s Dairy for milk products for the 2009-2010 school year and service from IBC Sales Corporation/Wonder Bread for bread products for the 2009-2010 school year.
Frank Overhue made a motion to approve the summer projects and major improvement projects as presented with a cost not to exceed $242,620. Bill Agan seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
On a motion made by Bill Agan and seconded by David Warren the board unanimously approved the Option II quote from Core Tech for the wireless computer connections for the new high school in the amount of
$12,655.
Linda Young made a motion to approve creating a special education instructional delivery system developed by the committee members listed in the board packet. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
Linda Young made a motion seconded by Frank Overhue to approve the enrollment of a student with placement at the Glenwood Community High School. To discuss the issue Frank Overhue made a motion to go into a closed session per Section 21.5(l)(e) of the Code of Iowa. Bill Agan seconded the motion. On a roll call vote the board went into closed session at 8:40 p.m. and moved out of closed session at 9:10 p.m. After hearing the facts of the case, Linda Young amended the motion to approve the enrollment of the student with placement at the Glenwood Community High School with alternate transportation. Frank Overhue seconded the amended motion which was unanimously approved. The board then unanimously approved the original motion as amended.
Dave Warren made a motion to approve the list of 2009 graduates, contingent upon completion of all requirements. Linda Young seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved.
On a motion made by Bill Agan and seconded by David Warren the board unanimously authorized to negotiate an extension of the Owner’s Representative’s contract for the originally agreed upon rate of pay with a new termination date to correspond to the substantial completion and/or our acceptance of the building or until August 31, 2009, whichever comes first.
Dave Warren made a motion to approve opening of a non-interest bearing account at Glenwood State Bank to be used for the stimulus money the district will receive. Bill Agan seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved.
On motion made by Linda Young and seconded by Frank Overhue the Board unanimously approved the second reading of Board Policy 500.3-School Attendance areas.
Bill Agan made a motion to approve the application for the 2009 Seed Fund School Business Partnership grant and the Iowa Chapter of the NAEYC. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
Reports
Ted Mintle handed out and reviewed the budget report for the new high school building. Superintendent Sibley reported on the meeting between the school district and the Glenwood Resource Center regarding the leased buildings. The district is doing a survey of area and Hawkeye 10 school fees and will submit the results of the survey in the next week or so.
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 10:17 p.m. The motion was unanimously approved.
Theresa Romens, Board President Shirley Lundgren, Board Secretary