Robein School

                                               Board of Education Meeting

                                                        October 18, 2001

 

The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Short at 6:02 P.M.

 

Members Present: Mr. Buttice, Mr. Sherwood, Mrs Short, and Mr. Visocky.  Superintendent                          Masear was also present.

 

Members Absent: Mr. Greuter, Mr. Knight and Ms. Skaggs.

 

Guests:                 Mr. Vandemore, Mrs. Haight, Mrs. Garrison and Mr. Dearing.

 

Approval of Minutes:

 

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Buttice to approve the minutes of the September 20, 2001, meeting as amended.  Motion voted.  Yeas-4, Nays-0.  Motion carried.

 

Citizens Request: None

 

Treasurer’s Report:

 

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Buttice to approve the treasurer’s report.  Roll call vote.  Yeas-4, Nays-0.  Motion carried.

 

Warrants:

 

Motion by Mr. Buttice/Mr. Visocky to approve the warrants.  Roll call vote.  Yeas-4,

 Nays-0.  Motion carried.

 

Superintendent’s report.

 

1.  Stephanie Ramsay, CPA, with Gorenz and Associates, made a presentation to the Board of Education to review the district’s audit of last years budget.  She noted that state aid has gone down, we have fairly good operating fund balances, and that no tax anticipation warrants are seen.

 

2.  Mrs. Masear presented the board with an analysis of the District ISAT scores.  She noted the district will make more use of Data driven assessments for results.

 

3.  STS tests will be given to1st-8th grade students during the week of October 22nd.  The Explorer tests will be given to the 8th grade students on November 28.  This test will be given in place of High School placement tests.

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

Technology:

Minutes of the October 1, and 17, 2001, meeting were distributed and discussed.  There was discussion concerning possible use of Laptop computers and space used for a learning lab.

 

Building:

Minutes of the October 11, 2001 were distributed and discussed

 

Audience Participation:

Mr. Vandemore said that the 7th grade field trip to Springfield will be on Tuesday, October 25, 2000.

 

Old Business:

1.  Mrs. Masear and School board finalized plans for the IASB conference November 15-18.

2.  Plans for remodeling the K-4 boys restroom were discussed.  Flooring estimates for this                restroom are also being requested.

 

New business:

1.  Discussion of community use of school facilities under School-Community relations.  A major      concern over the use of the gym for indoor softball practice.

2.  Discussion of non-certified staff job descriptions.

3.  Discussion concerning the use of funds for the Closing the Gap Technology Grant.

 

Motions:

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Buttice to approve the Building Use Procedures and forms on file in school office for all groups using the school.  Motion voted.  Yeas-4, Nays-0.  Motion carried.

 

Other Business:

Mrs. Masear shared the following dates with the board:

November 6, 2001 Special Board Meeting for installation of new Board Members.

November26, 2001 regularly scheduled board meeting

December 20, 2001 Board Meeting 5:30 P.M.

 

Executive Session:

Motion by Mr. Buttice/Mr. Visocky to enter executive session.  Motion voted.  Yeas-4, Nays-0.  Motion carried. 

 

The board entered executive session at 7:49 P.M. for the purpose of discussing personnel and student discipline.

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Sherwood to return to open session.  Motion voted.  Yeas-4, Nays-0.  Motion carried.

 

The board returned to open session at 9:09 P.M.

 

Adjournment:

Motion by Mr. Buttice/Mr. Visocky to adjourn the meeting.  Motion voted.  Yeas-4, Nays-0.  Motion carried.

 

The meeting ended at 9:11 P.M.

 

Next regular meeting is scheduled for November 26, 2001 at 6:00 P.M.

 

 

                                                                                                                                             

Chris Short, President                                        Angie Skaggs, Secretary