ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS’
BOARD OF EDUCATION
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013, 6:30 P.M.
HS CONFERENCE ROOM
1. Call Special Meeting to Order and Roll Call: Meeting was called to order by Vice President Matt O’Daniel at 6:30 p.m. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while this meeting was open to the public.
Roll call was taken. Present were board members Matt O’Daniel, Luanne Sundberg, Micheal Dwyer, Greg Sampson, and Shanon Willmott. Also present were Lynn Johnson, superintendent and Cheryl Keeler, recording secretary.
1.2 Approval of Special Meeting Agenda: Moved by Greg Sampson and seconded by Micheal Dwyer to approve the special agenda as presented. Motion carried on a 5-0 roll call vote with Matt O’Daniel, Luanne Sundberg, Shanon Willmott, Mike Dwyer, and Greg Sampson voting in favor of the motion.
2. Welcome to Guests and Public Forum
3. Executive Session: Discuss and consider the superintendent’s evaluation.
Vice President Matt O’Daniel indicated that the minutes should reflect that the board will be entering executive session to finalize the evaluation of the superintendent and to prevent the needless injury to the employee’s reputation. The board requests that Mark Jamison participate in this process, not as a board member but as a member of the public, sharing valuable information in a consultative role with the permission of Superintendent Johnson. Moved by Mike Dwyer and seconded by Greg Sampson to enter into closed session to evaluate the job performance of the superintendent and to prevent the needless injury to the employee’s reputation. Vice President Matt O’Daniel restated the reason for going into closed session. Motion carried on a 5-0 roll call vote with Matt O’Daniel, Luanne Sundberg, Shanon Willmott, Mike Dwyer, and Greg Sampson voting in favor of the motion.
The board entered executive session at 6:39 p.m.
The board exited executive session at 7:52 p.m.
4. Action on Executive Session Items: Action on executive session item included a discussion of the superintendent’s evaluation with Superintendent Johnson of which a final copy is to be part of her personnel file. The discussion included an overview and discussion of the numerical rating score which reflects an average overall rating of 3.29/4.0 and a discussion of compromise commendations and recommendations pertaining to Superintendent Johnson’s job performance.
Luanne Sundberg left the meeting at 8:16 p.m.
5. Adjournment: There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:22 p.m.
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Matt O’Daniel, Board Vice President Lynn Johnson, Board Secretary
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