The Sturgeon Board
of
Education met in a regular board meeting at
The CTA provided a
meal for
the board in recognition of Board Appreciation Month which preceded the
regular
board meeting at
The meeting was
called to
order by President Doug Bowne.
The agenda was
amended to
include item: E-Floor Scrubber; F-Renovation Update; G-Superintendent
Contract.
Trace number 1344
was removed
from the consent agenda.
Motion was made by
Darrin
Kelly, seconded by Rhonda Burks to approve the consent agenda.
Yeas:
7
Nays:
0
Motion was made by
Brent
Brooks, seconded by Rhonda Burks to approve trace #1344 for payment.
Yeas:
6
Abstain:1(Debbie
Crowley)
Motion was made by
Darrin
Kelly, seconded by Michelle Unterschutz to approve payment to
Yeas:
6
Abstain:1(Kevin
Smith)
PTSO
representative, April
Thomas was recognized. She reported the
Valentine Dance is scheduled for February 4th,
The board presented
Eric
Swindell with a certificate recognizing his achievement of scoring
advanced in
3 subject areas of the MAP test. The
board also recognized Megan Fike, Roberta Lee and Christine Ridgeway
with
certificates in recognition of receiving their Masters Degrees this
school
year. Mr. Schultz also presented each
board member with a certificate from MSBA recognizing their service on
the
board and thanked them for their time.
Gina Mills was
recognized and
presented to the board a report from the class of 2012 ACT/PLAN Scores
which
indicates our current average composite score is 20.28 which is a
little below
the national average. A report from the
Class of 2013 ACT Scores indicated the average composite score is 23.25
which
is above the national average.
Jeff Carr was
recognized and
reported the gifted students and 5 computer applications 8th
graders
will be presenting projects heavily based on technology to
Bus bids were
submitted. Two bids were received: Central
States Bus
Sales, Inc submitted a bid for $79,030.00 with a trade in of the ’99
Chevy/Blue
Bird 65 passenger in the amount of $3600 for a total bid of $75,430.00. Thomas Built Buses submitted a bid in the
amount of $80,267.00 with a tradein allowance of $2,500 for a total of
$77,767.00. Both buses include digital
cameras and the Thomas Built bus includes dash ac.
Motion was made
Darrin Kelly,
seconded by Michelle Unterschutz to accept the bid from Thomas Built
Buses in
the amount of $80,267.00 with a tradein for the 1999 bluebird/chevy, 65
passenger bus in the amount of $2,500.
The board will decide at a later date whether they will pay cash
for the
bus or finance it.
Yeas:
7
Nays:
0
Budget amendments
were
discussed. Motion was made by Brent
Brooks, seconded by Debbie Crowley to approve the amendments to the
2011/12
school year budget which includes the fund balance transfers for the
year. The amendments include #1: increased
misc.
local revenues to include the money donated toward the bleachers. #2: budgeted an expense amount for the Rural
Schools Grant(Reap), and #3: increased the expenditure code amount in
the
capital projects fund by $20,000 received for the bleachers.
Yeas:
7
Nays:
0
Mr. Schultz briefly
went over
the new board policy GBH and will ask the board to adopt it in the
February
board meeting.
The District Goals
Progress
Report was reviewed.
Board filings to
date are
Brent Brooks and Debbie Crowley—both filing for the 3 year terms. There is also a one year term open.
Mr. Schultz
reported to the
board the floor scrubber we currently have needs to be replaced. Motion was made by Darrin Kelly, seconded by
Debbie Crowley to approve purchasing a new floor scrubber for
approximately
$5,200 from Hillyard.
Yeas:
7
Nays:
0
Mr. Schultz gave a
report on
the renovation. He met with Gary Barbee,
architect with Sam Winn and Associates this past week to go over some
items
that need to be dealt with before any final payments are made to
Curtiss-Manes-Schulte. The vestibule at
the high school is still leaking some and they have been notified to
repair it.
Mr. Schultz
introduced our
new nurse, Mary Wolf, to the board.
Yeas:
Rhonda Burks, Brent Brooks, Debbie Crowley, Darrin Kelly, Kevin
Smith, Michelle Unterschutz and Doug Bowne.
Nays:
0
Motion was made by
Rhonda
Burks, seconded by Darrin Kelly to go out of executive session. Roll call vote:
Yeas:
Rhonda Burks, Brent Brooks, Debbie Crowley, Darrin Kelly, Kevin
Smith, Michelle Unterschutz, and Doug Bowne.
Nays:
0
Motion was made by
Darrin
Kelly, seconded by Rhonda Burks to extend a one year contract to Shawn
Schultz
for the 2012/13 school year.
Yeas:
6
Nays:
1-Doug Bowne
Motion was made by
Rhonda
Burks, seconded by Darrin Kelly to adjourn the regular board meeting at
Yeas:
7
Nays:
0
_____________________________PRESIDENT,
DOUG BOWNE
_____________________________SECRETARY,
BONNIE CHASE