Garrison Board of Education

Regular Meeting

April 19th, 2017 at 6:36 pm

The Garrison Board of Education held their regular meeting on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 at6:30p.m. with the following board members present: Rodger Affeldt, Lisa Maki, Chris Sendler, Janice Katin, andKevin RimeJohn Crawford. Absent- Jon Frost Also present: Supt. Nick Klemisch, Bus. Manager Amy Betz, and PrincipalShelly Fuller.

Changes to the Agenda:None

Changes to the Consent Agenda:None

Approval of Consent Agenda:

Moved by Maki, seconded byCrawford, to approve the action on consent agenda, including March minutes, financial statement and bills. No discussion. Motion carried by unanimous yes.

Communications: Thank you from Garrison Girl Scout Troop #83840

Visitors: Stu Merry, Kira Lampton-First District Heatlh Dept.

Public Acknowledgement:

Reports

Board/GEA Negotiation Meeting: Meeting heldMonday, April 3rd, 2017. A copy of the ground rules from 2016 reviewed. Language changes were discussed. Decided to leave the same as 2016 rules. Next meeting will be set for May 3rd, 2017 at 6:30 pm.

Policy Committee Meeting: Board Member Lisa Maki updated and submitted all policies and provided copies of changes approved at March meeting.

Principal: Fuller was present to report.

ElementaryHigh School:Looking into reading intervention program thru MREC for K-3 for next year. Looking at using standard based report card for Kindergarten next year and developing one next year for 1-2 garde for future. Verticle teams have been meeting. Goal is to be similar in practices and philosophies. Building bridges events have been a success. Upcoming events planned, mother/son movie. Looking to ease the transition of 7th graders to Middle school. Great leadership shown in parents. Mr. Dangel and Mrs. Fuller working on scheduling for next year. Spring testing taking place- feedback is valuable. Student counsel talent show next Friday. End of the year banquets, spring activities, events, trips and programs are all on schedule. Need subs- spread the word. Submitted application for fresh fruits & veggies grant.

Superintendent:Activities are extremely busy-busing has been an issue, not enough busses/drivres for amount of activities. Max administration/board is looking into full activities co-op with Garrison. Max will be developing a committee to discuss the details. Recommending Garrison does the same. Building & Grounds, last focus groups tonight. Scheduled special meeting May 16th to discuss findings. Staffing- custodial job has not been filled. Current custodial staff has been working OT until we find the right candidate. Staff retention could be a thing of the past. Younger generation tend to change jobs more often. May become training ground for new teachers- could be our future. Nurtured Heart trainging days set, will be advertising to public to attend training free of charge. Discussion on grading scale. Feedback has been great. Concensus was having lower scale will benefit students being more competitive and on level playing field state wide. Finance, legistlature to cut extrinsic programs. Senate bill 2186, education innovation bill, proactive new bill to find ways to reach students.

Busing continues to be at the forefront of a number of different topics. As of now, the concern is cuts in funding to this area which we could see some impacts. Additionally, our bus drivers are going to be year-to-year. In the future, transportation issues continuing to be compounded. Specifically with the lack of drivers. Case in point, Tuesday of last week we not only had all available drivers out but we also ran out of buses. All current drivers, activity drivers, teachers, and administration have all been working to accommodate our driving needs. This will continue to be an arduous task. Looking ahead to next year, I believe all our current route drivers will be driving again. However, routes will continue to be a challenge to consolidate where possible to minimize times the best as we are able to.

Discussion/Action Items:

  1. First District Health Unit recognized Garrison Public Schools for adopting a comprehensive tobacco free policy.

No motion needed. No action requested.

  1. Motion made by Seidler, seconded by Makito offer a contract to Brady Gudgel for our music/band teacher position. Dr. Klemisch recommends the approval. Roll call votes with all votes in favor. Motion carried.
  2. Motion made by Katin, seconded by Crawford to offer a contract to Jenna Jacob for our Kindergarten teacher postion. Klemisch recommends the approval. Roll call votes with all votes in favor. Motion carried.
  3. Motion made by Maki,seconded by Katinto offer a contract to Mellissa Young, for our drivers education class this summer. Dr. Klmisch recommends approval. Roll call votes with all votes in favor. Motion carried.
  4. Motion made by Katin, seconded by Crawford to approve the business manager, Amy Betz to apply and participate in the ND School Business Manager Certification Program. Dr. Klemisch recommends approval. Roll call votes with all votes in favor. Motion carried.
  5. Motion made by Maki, seconded by Katin to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing teacher negotiations. Roll call votes with all votes in favor. Motion carried.

The executive session will be recorded. All members of the governing body are reminded to limit their discussion during the executive session to the announced topic. The prohibition on taking final action during the executive session does not apply to providing guidance or instructions to our negotatiors. We will now ask the members of the public who are attending the meeting to leave the room. We anticipate adjourning executive and reconvening the open portion of the meeting in approximately 45 minutes. The minutes will show that the executive session began at 7:23pm and was attended by Rodger Affeldt, Lisa Maki, Chris Sendler, Janice Katin, and Kevin Rime & John Crawford. Absent- Jon Frost Also present: Supt. Nick Klemisch, Bus. Manager Amy Betz.

The minutes will show that the executive session was adjourned at 9:00 pm. The public has been invited to return to the meeting room, and we are now back in open session.

The following meetings were scheduled:

Regular Board Meeting on May 22nd, 2017 at 6:30 pm

Board Committee Negotiation Meeting on May 1st, 2017 at 6:15

Policy Committee Meeting on May 3rd, 2017 at 5:45 pm

Board/GEA Negotiation Meeting on May 3rd, 2017 at 6:30 pm

Special Meeting (Focus Group & Capital Improvement Plan) on May 16th, 2017 at 6:30 pm

Buildings & Grounds Meeting on May 16th, 2017 immediately after Special Meeting

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:11 pm.

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