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MINUTES

REGULAR MEETING

RUDYARD AREA SCHOOLS

BOARD OF EDUCATION

November 26, 2012

I.WELCOME & CALL TO ORDER

A.Salute to the Flag

B.Roll CallMembers Present:Cornwell, Andary, Davis, Hufnagel

Perry, Sexton, Sprague,

Members Absent:none

President Cornwell called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the High School Chorus Room.

  1. Motion to Accept the Agenda

Motion by Davis, second by Sprague, to accept the agenda as presented. Upon roll call vote

all members present voted ‘aye’. Motion declared carried.

  1. PUBLIC COMMENT

Support to keep Wednesday nights at 6:00 p.m. - Horace Baxter, Carla McLeod, Karen Perkins,

Terry Baxter, Ernie Bywater, Mike McLeod, and Mike Mannisto.

  1. CLARIFICATION

Karen Sprague – sports have impact on students too.

  1. STUDENT/STAFF RECOGNITION

1. Distinguished student award – Kayla McLeod

  1. REPORTS
  2. HS/MS Principal

VI.DISCUSSION

  1. CSM Audit report – will give us a report once a month.
  2. Bulldog Pride cost – asking for $4300.00, this isn’t in the budget at this time.

- is there a way to self-fund this?

- where can we find some money – can we reallocate some funds?

- Don’t do Christmas party.

  1. Wednesday night – Family night

-couldn’t find policy.

-should we get all interested groups – parents, board members, students, religious

groups etc. and find out exactly what the problem is.

- Tony and Mr. Johnson will look into Wednesday night schedules.

VII.ACTION ITEMSCONSENT

  1. Consent AgendaAGENDA
  2. Regular meeting minutes – October 22, 2012
  3. Workshop meeting minutes – November 12, 2012
  4. Invoices for October $492, 186.02
  5. Payroll for September $274,185.02
  6. Retirement - Matt Partridge and Cheryl Rice

Motion by Andary, second by Hufnagel,to accept the consent agenda as presented.

Upon roll call vote all members present voted ‘aye’. Motion declared carried.

  1. Annual Business

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  1. Old Business
  2. Budget Amendment

Motion by Sprague, second by Perry, to approve the budget amendments as presented.BUDGET

Motion by Davis, second by Hufnagel to table the motion until December 17th.AMMENDMENT

Upon roll call vote all members present voted ‘aye’. Motion declared carried.TABLED

  1. Bulldog Pride costBULLDOG

Died due to lack of support.PRIDE

NO SUPPORT

  1. Wednesday night – Family nightWEDNESDAY

Died due to lack of supportNIGHT

NO SUPPORT

  1. New Business

VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT.

Herb Maloney, Ernie Bywater, and Alicia Hesselink- Wednesday night –family night.

Herb Maloney – are we utilizing the facilities to its full potential?

IX.CLARIFICATION

Tony will work with Matt Johnson and look into Wednesday night schedules and bring it back

to the board.

Will also look into the legal side of Wednesday nights.

  1. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

1. Walkthrough today at RJ Wallis for scrapping metal – also had someone interested in buying

the building. Putting a halt on scrapping the metal until more is known about

selling property.

2. Library – 3 issues that were of concern and they were addressed.

3. Students that left the district

-High School - 47students left district: 30 left area, 8 left grades/lack of ambition and 9 were a

variety ofreasons.

-Turners will have the reasons why within the next 2 week.

4. Going to set up a parent meeting to present the strategic plan and Bulldog Pride.

5. Christmas party – will not be happening.

  1. CLOSED SESSION

Purpose: Negotiations

Motion by Perry, second by Hufnagel, to go into closed session for the purpose of contract

negotiations at 8:02 p.m. Upon roll call vote all members present voted ‘aye’. Motion

declared carried.

  1. OPEN SESSION

Motion by Perry,second by Hufnagel,to return to open sessionat 9:20 p.m. Upon voice vote all

members present voted ‘aye’. Motion declared carried.

Will have a closed session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday before the Workshop meeting.

XII.ADJOURN

The meeting was declared adjourned at 9:20 pm by President Cornwell.