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EDINBURG COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR ****The Finance Committee met at 6:30 p.m. in the Office of the Superintendent**** THE EDINBURG COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR BOARD OF EDUCATION met in Regular Session on Monday, May 14, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. in the Learning Resource Center.
MOTION by SKAGGS and seconded by BARTON to adjourn Sine Die. ROLL CALL VOTE to adjourn Sine Die was as follows: Skaggs/yes; Barton/yes; Leady/yes; Wise/yes; Brockelsby/yes; Tapscott/yes; and Hughes/yes. New members Ed Hughes, Melinda Barton, Dennis Wise, and Mark LeVault were then seated and Superintendent Dudley administered the Oath of Office. Election of officers followed. SUPERINTENDENT DUDLEY asked for nominations for Board President. MOTION by SKAGGS and seconded by WISE to nominate Ed Hughes as Board President. MOTION by BROCKELSBY and seconded by SKAGGS to close the nominations for President. SUPERINTENDENT DUDLEY called for a vote. The vote was unanimous and Ed Hughes was elected as Board President. PRESIDENT HUGHES asked for nominations for Board Vice-President. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by SKAGGS to nominate Dennis Wise as Board Vice-President. MOTION by BROCKELSBY and seconded by SKAGGS to close the nominations for Vice-President. PRESIDENT HUGHES called for a vote. The vote was unanimous
and Dennis Wise was elected as Board Vice-President. MOTION by SKAGGS and seconded by WISE to nominate Cindy Tapscott Board Secretary. MOTION by SKAGGS and seconded by LEVAULT to close the nominations for Secretary. PRESIDENT HUGHES called for a vote. The vote was unanimous and Cindy Tapscott was elected as Board Secretary. COMMITTEES WERE ESTABLISHED AS FOLLOWS: PERSONNEL COMMITTEE POLICY COMMITTEE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BUILDING COMMITTEE VOCABULARY COMMITTEE SPECIAL ED COMMITTEE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by SKAGGS to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 16, 2007, and Special meetings of April 25, 2007, and May 1, 2007. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by LEVAULT to approve the April, 2007, Treasurer’s Report with a cash balance of $1,002,225.99 (plus $252,126.71 in CD’s) and an April activity account balance of $47,496.92. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by WISE and seconded by TAPSCOTT to pay the following claims: April Payroll of $170,232.40 and total bills of $70,413.55 ($65,266.78 Vendor + $5,146.77 Handwritten). All members voted yes. Motion passed. Recognition of the public included a presentation of High School Student of the Month award to Kyle Yoder by Principal Graham. Also recognized was Richie Young, Junior High Student of the Month. Superintendent Dudley recognized Mackenzie and Dariess Moreland who presented $1,000.00 to the school to be used for the high school science lab renovation on behalf of their grandparents, Ron and Sondra Moreland. COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDED the Superintendent’s Report presented by Mrs. Dudley, and the Principal’s report presented by Mr. Graham (copies of the reports are attached). The Superintendent’s Report included reports on building renovations and the status of buses. Superintendent Dudley also reported on NCLB grants for the upcoming school year and the Board approved submission of the grants. DENNIS WISE had nothing to report on the TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. CINDY TAPSCOTT reported that the CURRICULUM COMMITTEE is gearing up for next year. MELINDA BARTON reported that the POLICY COMMITTEE reviewed the policy updates and there would be a first reading tonight of the policy rewrites. MARGARET SKAGGS reported that the TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE would get together with Blueville Garage and Linda Irvin as new Superintendent to determine the course of action for purchasing a new bus for next school year. ED HUGHES had nothing to report from the BUILDING COMMITTEE, as that was covered by Superintendent Dudley in her report. LEE BROCKELSBY had nothing to report on the FINANCE COMMITTEE. IN OLD BUSINESS, there was nothing to report at this time. IN NEW BUSINESS, approval of the 2007-2008 School Calendar was placed on hold, pending adjustments to the calendar to be presented at a later date. MOTION by BARTON and seconded by TAPSCOTT to approve the 2007-2008 Board of Education Meeting dates and times. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by SKAGGS to approve the first reading of the policy updates as presented by the Policy Committee. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by BROCKELSBY and seconded by SKAGGS to approve the asbestos six month periodic surveillance as presented. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by WISE and seconded by TAPSCOTT to approve the Summer Bridges Grant Program for July and August, 2007. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by BROCKELSBY to continue participation in the Christian County ROE Truancy Program at a cost of $630.70. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by BARTON to continue participation in the Christian County ROE Fingerprinting Cooperative at a cost of $185.50. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by BARTON to pay the Regional Office of Education $4.00 per bus driver at a total cost of $24 for the cost of initial/refresher driving courses. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by SKAGGS and seconded by WISE to change the June 2007 Board of Education meeting date from the third Monday (June 18) to the fourth Monday (June 25). All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by LEVAULT and seconded by SKAGGS to approve the milk bid from Prairie Farms for 2007-2008 school year. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by SKAGGS to approve the letting of bids for the sanding of the gym floor. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by WISE and seconded by SKAGGS to approve the Superintendent to begin work on the FY08 Preliminary Budget. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by LEVAULT and seconded by BROCKELSBY to approve summer volleyball camps and use of facilities and equipment as presented. All members voted yes. Motion passed. Superintendent Dudley introduced David Smith, candidate for Spanish teacher, to the Board. MOTION by WISE and seconded by SKAGGS to go into Executive Session at 8:37 p.m. to discuss information regarding appointment, employment, or dismissal of an employee or officer, and to discuss individual students. All members voted yes. Motion passed. ROLL CALL VOTE TO ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION WAS AS FOLLOWS: Wise/yes; Barton/yes; LeVault/yes; Tapscott/yes; Skaggs/yes; Brockelsby/yes; and Hughes/yes. **************************EXECUTIVE SESSION************************** MOTION by SKAGGS and seconded by TAPSCOTT to return to Open Session at 11:15 p.m. All members voted yes. Motion passed. MOTION by BROCKELSBY and seconded by WISE to employ David Smith as Spanish teacher for the 2007-2008 school year. Roll Call vote was as follows: Tapscott/no; Skaggs/yes; Brockelsby/yes; LeVault/yes; Wise/yes; Barton/yes; and Hughes/yes. Motion passed. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by LEVAULT to accept the resignation of Bridget Bedore as Guidance Counselor, with deep regrets. All members present voted yes. Motion passed. THE MOTION to employ and as summer workers at the rate of $7.50 per hour for 30 hours per week for 10 weeks was tabled. MOTION by TAPSCOTT and seconded by BROCKELSBY to employ the following coaches for the 2007-2008 school year: Wayne Amos, JRHS Head Baseball MOTION by LEVAULT and seconded by SKAGGS to adjourn at 11:25 p.m. Carried by acclamation. By Order of: Mr. Ed Hughes
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