Minutes 8-27-2007

The Glacial Hills elementary School Board met on August 27^th, 2007 at Glacial Hills Elementary School.  President Lara Amundson called the meeting to order at 6:05.  Board members present were Lara Amundson, Nancy Rapp, Ernie Watson, Kurt Swensrud, Kurt Amundson, Mike Scott, Vanessa Larson, and Joy Peterson.  Also present was LeRoy McCove. 

A motion was made by Vanessa and second by Kurt Swensrud to make an addition to the agenda and add under New Business; the summary of the closed meeting and the purchasing of equipment.  The motion carried.

A motion was made by Ernie and second by Kurt Amundson to close the meeting from 6:00 to 7:00 for the discussion of Dyanne Parsons performance evaluation.  The motion carried.  The meeting was closed to the public.

 Dyanne Parsons and all teaching staff attended a retreat to the Audubon Center of the North Woods for the day and were not back yet at the time of the meeting, therefore Lara read Dyanne’s report.

Old Business:

-          Dyanne has talked to Palmer Bus Transportation about the bussing of the children and how that will work for transfers.  They will meet this week.

-          The community education office has not called Chris Shaffer back regarding the use of the gym.

-          A motion was made by Vanessa and second by Joy to advertise in the visitor guides up to 210 dollars.  The motion carried.

New Business:

-          A motion was made by Mike and second by Ernie to approve the paying of the bills.  The motion carried.

-          A motion was made by Ernie and second by Mike to hire Nancy Rapp as part time secretary retroactive to the 20^th of August at 10 dollars an hour.  The motion carried.

-          A motion was made by Mike and second by Kurt Swensrud to hire Jon Jordahl as part time custodian at 10 dollars an hour retroactive to the 20^th of August.  The motion carried.

-          A motion was made by Ernie and second by Mike to hire Jocelyn Sutton as an aid at 8.50 an hour.  The motion carried.

-          A motion was made by Vanessa and second by Joy to hire Debbie Dallum at 8.50 an hour.  The motion carried.

-          A motion was made by Ernie and second by Kurt Amundson to increase Dyanne’s salary to 55,000 dollars for 12 months.  LeRoy will discuss with Dyanne to do contract days or months.  The motion carried.  The entire board expressed thank you’s to Dyanne for all of the extra time that she has committed to the school.

-          The board discussed the issue of equipment that is owned by the hospital that we were told we could use.  Some of the equipment has either been moved or sold.  Ernie brought up his concern about this fact and whether or not we should consider purchasing some of the equipment so that we wouldn’t have to worry about it being sold during the year.

Policies:

-          A motion was made by Mike and seconded by Kurt Swensrud to accept the first reading of policies 101,101.1, 103, 104, 806 and the revisions of policies 407, 413, 418, 420, 515, 524, 531, 532, and 709.  The motion carried.

Other Business:

-          A motion was made by Ernie and second by Mike to accept Sara Lee, Hometown Dairy, and Food Services of America as our food vendors.  The motion carried.

The next meeting date was set for September 24^th.

A motion was made by Ernie and second by Vanessa to adjourn the meeting.  The motion carried.  The meeting ended at 7:50.