MEETING NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR
A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Sun West School Division No. 207 took place in the boardroom, Sun West Board Office, on June 24, 2014 commencing at 9:00 a.m. with the following present: Chairperson Karen Itterman (Subdivision No. 3), Board Members Margaret Irwin (Subdivision No. 1), Robert Dewey (Subdivision No. 2), Connie Bailey (Subdivision No. 4), Scott Sander (Subdivision No. 5), John Collins (Subdivision No. 6), Cathy Morrow (Subdivision No. 7), Barb Cowell (Subdivision No. 8), Ruth Griffith (Subdivision No. 9), Director of Education – Guy Tétrault, Superintendent of Business – Ryan Smith, Communications Officer – Roxan Foursha and Executive Assistant – Linda Klassen. Michelle Leith, Human Resources Supervisor, was also present.
ChairpersonKaren Itterman called the meeting to order at 9:08 a.m.
AGENDABailey:
124-01 / That the agenda be adopted as amended.Carried
MINUTES
Morrow:
124-02 / That the minutes of the meeting held May 27, 2014 be approved as circulated. Carried
Sarah MacMillan (Rosetown Eagle, The Clarion, Crossroads and Eston Press Review) joined the meeting at 9:20 a.m.
Guy Tétrault, Director of Education, joined the meeting at 9:43 a.m.
Michelle Leith, Human Resources Supervisor, departed the meeting at 9:46 a.m.
ACTION ITEMS
Irwin:
124-03 / That the Human Resources report be accepted as presented.Carried
Cowell:
124-04 / That the Communications Report be accepted as presented.Carried
Sander:
124-05 / That the Annual Meeting of Sun West School Division electors take place 7:30 p.m., March 24, 2015, with location to be determined. Carried
Morrow:
124-06 / That the Board submit an application for the Premier’s Board of Education Award for Innovation and Excellence in Education regarding the Sun West Initiative for School Improvement (SWISI). Carried
Bailey:
124-07 / That the Renovations Committee report and Preventative Maintenance and Renewal Plan be accepted as presented.
CONSENT/INFORMATION ITEMS
Sander:
124-08 / That the Board receive the following consent items and approve the recommendations included therein:
- To approve as circulated the following items: Records Retention 2014, Used Bus Tender 2014, Conference Centre Tenders, Outlook Elementary Page Two – June 24, 2014
Kindersley Composite School Practical Applied Arts Shop Upgrade – Remediation Project Tender, School Community Council Constitution Revisions Westcliffe School and Boundary Change Sun West School Division - Living Sky School Division;
- To receive as information the following items: Boundary Change Requests: Elrose/Rosetown and Loreburn/ Davidson, Curriculum and Assessment Report (from June 17, 2014), Educational Leadership Institute of Saskatchewan (ELIS) Training Report (from June 17, 2014), Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee News Release June 16, 2014, Saskatchewan School Boards Association Letter dated June 9, 2014 and Ministry of Education Letter dated May 23, 2014 – Distance Learning Centre. Carried
Griffith:
124-09 / That the following reports be accepted as presented: Public Section AGM (Griffith/Morrow/Bailey),Saskatchewan School Boards Association Trustees’ Academy (Bailey/Morrow/Sander/Itterman),Audit Committee (Itterman/Griffith/Morrow/Smith), West Central Municipal Government Committee (Dewey/Griffith/Irwin), Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (Morrow), D’Arcy 100th Anniversary Celebration (Itterman/Dewey) and Highway 42 (Bailey). Carried
Sarah MacMillan (Rosetown Eagle, The Clarion, Crossroads and Eston Press Review) and Roxan Foursha,Communications Officer,departed the meeting at 1:55 p.m.
IN-CAMERA
Cowell:
124-10 / That the Board go in-camera to discuss personnel and other confidential reports and advice. Carried
Morrow:
124-11 / That the Board rise and report. Carried
ADJOURNMENT
Dewey:
124-12 / That the meeting adjourn, 3:08 p.m.Carried
Original signed by: Karen Itterman
Chairperson
Original signed by: Ryan Smith
Superintendent of Business