ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS’
BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012, 7 P.M.
HS CONFERENCE ROOM
1. Call Regular Meeting to Order and Roll Call: Regular meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while this meeting was open to the public.
Roll call was taken. Present were board members Micheal Dwyer, Mark Jamison, Kristie Magnino, Susie Moravec, Matt O’Daniel and Greg Sampson. Also present were Lynn Johnson, superintendent and Cheryl Keeler, recording secretary
1.2 Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda: Moved by Mike Dwyer and seconded by Kristie Magnino to approve the regular agenda as presented. Motion carried on a 6-0 roll call vote Mike Dwyer, Mark Jamison, Kristie Magnino, Susie Moravec, Matt O’Daniel and Greg Sampson all voting in favor of the motion.
2. Welcome to Guests and Public Forum
3. Consent Agenda:
3.1 Minutes/Ratify Action of the June 11, 2012 Special Public Hearing and Regular Meeting.
3.2 Monthly Financial Reports, Claims (Check Register), Special Fund Transfers, Hot Lunch Report and Activity Report.
Union Bank Bond Fund (Expenses) $495.00
ESU #2 Psychologist Services FTE .28 $34,106
Moved by Matt O’Daniel and seconded by Mike Dwyer to approve the consent agenda as presented. Motion carried on a 6-0 roll call vote.
4. Curriculum/Instruction Reports: None
5. Review of Annual District Plan: Plan Item Five: Feasibility and need for before and after program was discussed. Superintendent Johnson will check with other schools on how their programs are run. Advantage and disadvantages to add Facebook to other district sources to disseminate information was discussed. Twitter is currently being used for activity scores and updates and will continue. Ways to involve external stakeholders in more meaningful ways were considered. The utilization of a steering committee, the distribution of school information and solicitation of input was discussed. It was suggested it might be more productive to use public forums versus the old steering committee format. Superintendent Johnson will pursue the public forum option as well as looking into doing a question and answer session through the website.
6. Principals’ Reports: None
7. Superintendent’s Report:
7.1 Welcome Back on August 9
7.2 Budget Meetings
7.3 NASB Awards of Achievement Updates
7.4 Regional Board Meeting - October 3rd in Wahoo.
8. Board of Education Committee Reports
8.1 Finance Committee: Finance committee will have a role in budget planning on the ground level.
8.2 Negotiations Committee: An offer was made to AEA but membership hasn’t had a chance to meet and discuss the offer. Paraprofessionals and the board have agreed on a contract settlement.
8.3 Buildings and Grounds Committee: Transportation to and from St. Paul Lutheran School was discussed. No closure yet on the FCMG final billing. No new buses will be purchased until the FCMG billing is closed out. The Board will do a walk through of the building at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 13.
8.4 Professional Development Sharing
8.5 Legislative Update: Mike Dwyer reported funding battles continue.
9. Unfinished Business: None
10. New Business:
10.1 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve a contract for the director of buildings and grounds: Moved by Mike Dwyer and seconded by Matt O’Daniel to approve a contract and annual salary of $42,000 for Lawrence Reed as the Director of Buildings and Grounds as presented. Motion carried on a 6-0 roll call vote.
10.2 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve the negotiated para-educator master agreement for 2012-2013: Moved by Greg Sampson and seconded by Susie Moravec to approve the negotiated para-educator master agreement for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years as amended. Motion carried on a 6-0 roll call vote.
10.3 Discuss and Consider the 2011-2012 Annual Transportation Report and Review Summer Bus Maintenance: Report submitted by Bev Greunke showed repair bills increased significantly.
10.4 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve the 2012-2013 bus shuttle agreement with St. Paul Lutheran School: Moved by Matt O’Daniel and seconded by Greg Sampson to approve the school bus shuttle agreement with St. Paul Lutheran Church and School that would provide for the use of one bus for the purpose of shuttle route transportation for the 2012-2013 school year at a cost of $8.24 per day and according to all other terms set forth in the agreement presented. Motion carried on a 6-0 roll call vote.
10.5 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve 2012-2013 student breakfast/lunch prices: In order to position the cafeteria to be self-sufficient again, prices need to increase. Several factors played a role in the amount of increase. Food costs are expected to increase significantly and the cost of repairs and other purchases were factors in determining prices. Even with the increase, Arlington Public Schools is still among the lowest priced lunches in the schools surveyed. The school is positioned well for the new nutrition guidelines going into effect for the 2012-2013 school year. The amount of effort and paperwork involved to comply with the new guidelines will be significant.
Moved by Mike Dwyer and seconded by Kristie Magnino to approve the following breakfast prices for the 2012-2013 school year: Elementary Students $1.25 and Middle School/Senior High Students $1.25 as amended. Motion carried on a 5-1 roll call vote with Mike Dwyer, Mark Jamison, Kristie Magnino, Susie Moravec and Matt O’ Daniel voting in favor of the motion and Greg Sampson voting against the motion.
Moved by Susie Moravec and seconded by Mike Dwyer to approve the following lunch prices for the 2012-2013 school year: Elementary Students $2.00 and Middle School/Senior High Students $2.25 as amended. Motion carried on a 5-1 roll call vote with Mike Dwyer, Mark Jamison, Kristie Magnino, Susie Moravec and Matt O’ Daniel voting in favor of the motion and Greg Sampson voting against the motion.
10.6 Discuss and Consider the Annual Hot Lunch Report: A price comparison of other districts was presented.
11. Executive Session: Discuss and Consider negotiations and FCMG contract negotiations.
Moved by Susie Moravec and seconded by Mike Dwyer to enter into executive session to discuss and consider negotiations and FCMG contract negotiations and to prevent the needless injury to the reputation of an employee and/or individual and to protect the public interest. Motion carried on a 6-0 roll call vote.
Board entered into a break at 8:14 p.m.
Board entered into executive session at 8:30 p.m.
Exited executive session at 9:29 p.m.
12. Adjournment: There being no further business meeting adjourned at 9:29 p.m.
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Susie Moravec, Board President Lynn Johnson, Board Secretary
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