Minutes 6-25-2007
The Minnewaska Community
School Board met on June 25th, 2007 at 7:00 pm at Glacial Hills Elementary.
President Lara Amundson
called the meeting to order at 7:05. Board
members present were Lara Amundson, Nancy Rapp, Steve Dinsmore, Ernie Watson,
Darin Peterson, Vanessa Larson, and Kurt Amundson.
Board members absent were ValRae Boe, Mike Scott, and Kurt Swensrud.
Dyanne Parsons, Jayne Schwalbach,
and Jackie Ranuum were also present.
The agenda was discussed.
A motion was made by Ernie and second by Vanessa to remove the 506 policy
from the agenda, add the approval of the 07-08 calendar under new business, and
add the approval of the budget under the treasurer’s report.
The motion carried.
The June 11th
meeting minutes were discussed. A
motion was made by Ernie and second by Steve to accept the minutes with the
following corrections and clarifications: the bid from Ness Waller was for 3,200
dollars not 5,200 dollars and the addition that Lara will talk to Attorney
Doebert and will also check with Steve Dess and Mike Link about legal
representation. The motion carried.
The treasurer’s report was
given at the June 11th meeting for the end of month balance for May.
The budget was discussed. A
motion was made by Darin and second by Kurt to accept the budget.
The motion carried. Dyanne
and Steve will continue looking at this and make adjustments as necessary.
Dyanne gave her report:
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Dyanne along with some board members attended the Director’ Summit at
MDE at Roseville some points and items needing to be addressed were:
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Reduce board to 5 or 7 and
introduce a teacher onto the board
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Within 3 years there will need to
be board member elections
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Address policies
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Need an evaluation policy for
Dyanne’s position
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Spending policy
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Petty cash policy
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Need to find a lawyer for advice,
not on retainer
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If Steve receives compensation for
his services, he will need to resign from the board
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Establish a committee for teacher
compensation and salary increases
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Need a contingency budget for 55
students
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Steve needs to check on 990 form
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Finalize teacher agreements
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Contingency for staff reduction
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Form professional development plan
for special education
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Record requests for student files
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Policy on 20 maximum student- is
this per class or per grade, the charter currently states per classroom
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Suggestion of having teachers
employed and paid starting August 1st
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Develop media communication policy
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Establish school calendar
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Handbooks need to be ready
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A motion was made by Steve and second by Ernie that the teachers start in
August and work 15 extra days contingent on money coming from the Federal Grant
for staff development. The motion
carried.
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Committees were discussed and addressed.
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Curriculum committee: Vanessa and
the staff
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Policy: Ernie, Darin, a teacher,
and a parent
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Budget: Darin and Steve
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Facility: Kurt S., Kurt A., and
Darin
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The school has been asked to participate in the Taste of Heritage during
the Heritage Days celebration. Everyone
felt that because we are already helping with the carnival and doing the food
during coronation, that we couldn’t participate this year in another event.
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We have received a letter of resignation from the Special Ed Director,
Cori Wahl. MNSEP is filling her
position and we will be assigned a new director within the next two weeks.
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Strawberries are ready to pick at the Wilson’s Organic Farms.
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Lara and Dyanne will meet with Jessica Jesse from KXRA on Wednesday
regarding radio advertising.
Old Business:
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Angie Scott has ordered food for the food booth during Heritage Days and
she will call for workers to help serve during the coronation.
Teachers and Dyanne will set up before.
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No bids have been received for health insurance yet.
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We do not need a surety bond unless we are building a new building.
We do however need a fidelity bond which would cover whoever handles
money. Walley is checking to see if
it is already in our existing policy.
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LeRoy McCove is working on the line of credit.
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We will try to get a business administration policy and
procedure manual from the School Board Association.
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The Implementation Grant is due July 15th.
The Continuation Grant is due 30 days prior us needing it with
justification of the need.
New Business:
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Dyanne will appoint a parent committee.
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A motion was made by Darin and second by Ernie to accept employment
agreement from Steve Dess with changing the TRA employee deduction from 5 to
5.5%, 100% single health insurance coverage, and remove the dental insurance
option. The motion carried.
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A motion was made by Ernie and second by Steve to order 5,000 brochures
at a cost of 600 dollars. The
motion carried.
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The facility committee met with Bill Schluter.
Bill and the school will get separate bids for repair of the roof, adding
sprinklers to OR, maintenance of the toilets, and the air conditioning system.
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Mackin Media has given a bid of 23,626.45 to set up our library which
would be a total of 1,776 books. It
was discussed that the library was deemed a community library and this bid was
for elementary books only. Ernie
suggested contacting St. Cloud State for student help and to check with Viking
Library on what system they use. This
was tabled until other options could be looked into.
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A motion was made by Ernie and second by Steve to hire Shari Opdahl at
half time at 17,000 with no health insurance.
The motion carried.
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A motion was made by Darin and second by Ernie to hire Chris Schaeffer at
half time at 14,000 with paying half of his health insurance.
The motion carried.
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A business manager position for half time will be advertised
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Dyanne presented the school calendar.
We will follow the Minnewaska District because we will be using their
busing system. A motion was made by
Kurt and second by Steve to approve the calendar.
The motion carried.
Policies:
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The board did a second reading of policies 413, 417, 418, 419, and 420. A motion was made by Steve and second by Vanessa to accept
these policies with the changes suggested.
The motion carried.
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A first reading was done for policies 501, 502, 514, 515, 516, and 521.
There was some discussion and suggestions given on some areas.
We will address these again at the second reading.
The next meeting date will
be July 9th at 7:00 at Glacial Hills Elementary.
A motion was made by Steve
and second by Ernie to adjourn the meeting.
The motion carried and the meeting concluded at 9:25.