Robein Grade School

Board of Education Meeting

August 15, 2002

 

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Buttice at 6:00 p.m.

Members present: Mr. Buttice, Mr. Dearing, Mr. Knight, Mr. Van Beuning,

Mrs. Schwader, Mr. Visocky, Superintendent Masear

Members absent: Mrs. Short

Guests: Mr. Norvill

Approval of Minutes: Motion made by Mr. Visocky. /Mr. Dearing to approve the minutes of July 18, 2002. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Citizens Request: None

Treasurer’s Report: Motion made by Mr. Knight. /Mr. Van Beuning to approve the treasurer’s report. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Warrants: Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mrs. Schwader to accept the warrants. Mr. Visocky had a question on #1 for the new copier. Mrs. Masear advised that things are working out well with it and she is working to maintain a reasonable number of copies on it. Mr. Visocky also questioned #40-44 and 47-50. Mrs. Masear explained that this is for new workbooks and necessary items for some of the new book series. Mr. Van Beuning had a question on #79. Mrs. Masear explained that this was for a complete test of the fire alarm system. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Superintendent’s Report:

    1. Registration Report: Mrs. Masear went over the current number of students enrolled for the 2002/2003 school year. Numbers are staying about the same. We are watching the numbers in the Kindergarten and 4th Grade classes. She will start calling those parents who have not yet registered their children for school. Discussion followed.
    2. Audit Findings. Auditors spent the day going over the schools books. There were no overages in any fund. There were some questions on the positive management of some activity and the PTO funds.
    3. Teachers received training with the Grade Quick Software. 5-8 Grade teachers will be required to use the software, some of the lower grade teachers also attended.

Committee Reports

Curriculum: None

Technology: None

Sports: None

Policy: None

Labor/Negotiations: None

Building: None

Discipline: None

 

Old Business: Second reading of Board Policy Sections I, II, III, IV.

New Business:

    1. Mrs. Masear recommended hiring of Sue Ellen Phelps as .5 FTE Special Education Teacher. Response to our ad for this position was light as seems to be the case across the state.
    2. First reading of revised Board Policy Section V, covering personnel. Thanks was expressed to Mrs. Masear, Mrs. Schwader and Mrs. Short for their work on this project.
    3. Mrs. Masear provided the Board with her recommendations for the non-certified staff salaries. She recommended increasing our substitute teacher rate and the rate we pay volleyball officials to bring them in line with other schools in the area.
    4. Mrs. Masear advised the current water softener needs to be replaced. The current softener is completely non-functional. Two options were given, one for a timer softener and one for an on demand softener. Recommendation was made to purchase the on-demand softener.
    5. Milk Bids. Mrs. Masear recommended we accept the escalating milk bid received from Steven Pauli.
    6. Bread Bid. Mrs. Masear recommended accepting the bid received from Interstate Brands Corp.
    7. Budget. Mrs. Masear went over the proposed increase in the school budget. Tenatively looking at a 9.7% increase. Projected increase shows a deficit of approximately $110,000. This allows us to be prepared for increased spending contingencies that are unexpected as well as a 20% increase in health insurance costs. Mr. Buttice commended Mrs. Masear for initiating procedures to help keep supply costs down.
    8. Budget hearing set for September 19, 2002 at 5:30 P.M.
    9. Riding lawn mower replacement. Mrs Masear recommended the bid received from Wieland’s Lawnmower Hospital for a John Deere X475 Garden Tractor as quoted.

Other Business: Mr. Buttice read a thank you card from Betty Eisenhauer for the clock and plant on her retirement.

Executive Session: None

Motions:

  1. Motion made by Mr. Visocky/Mrs. Schwader to approve and adopt revised Board Policy Sections I, II, III, IV. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  2. Motion made by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Knight to approve the hiring of Sue Ellen Phelps as .5 FTE Special Education Teacher. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  3. Motion by Mrs. Schwader/Mr. Dearing to approve the non-certified staff salaries as presented for the 2002-2003 school year. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  4. Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Knight to purchase a Culligan water softener, Hi Flo 2 PV-45B with Aqua Sensor at a price of $1,795.00. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  5. Motion made by Mrs. Schwader/Mr. Van Beuning to accept the milk bid received from Steven D. Pauli and Sons on the escalating scale. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  6. Motion made by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Dearing to accept the bid for bread received from Interstate Brands Corporation. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  7. Motion made by Mr. Van Beuning/Mr. Knight to approve the tentative budget for FY2003 to be placed on file in the district office. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  8. Motion made by Mr. Visocky/Mrs. Schwader to set the budget hearing date and location for September 19, 2002 at 5:30 P.M. at Robein Grade School. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.
  9. Motion made by Mr. Knight/Mr. Dearing to accept the bid from Wieland’s Lawnmower Hospital as presented for the purchase of a John Deere X475 garden tractor at a price of $4,499.99. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Other Business: None

 

Adjournement: Motion made by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Knight to adjourn the meeting. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried. The meeting ended at 9:45 p.m.

Next regular meeting is scheduled for September 19, 2002 at 5:30 p.m.

 

 

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Chris Short, President Jeff Knight, Secretary