Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton

BOARD OF EDUCATION

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 322

Pottawatomie County, Kansas

MINUTES OF THE APRIL 26, 2007 SPECIAL MEETING

I. CALL TO ORDER

David Marten, Board President, called the April 26, 2007 special meeting to order at 7:00PM at the school auditorium.

ROLL CALL

Board Members Present:

Beverly Figge Bruce Kocher

Rex Green David Marten

Mike Handley Kenneth Melvin

Merrie Pinick

Others Present: Superintendent Greg Markowitz, Clerk Janell Schmidt, Onaga Grade Principal Sandra Zahn, Darlene Niehues, Robby McGowan, Josephine Harris, Laurie McClelland, Tim Kite, Sean Spoonts, Marcia Labbe, Rusty Helget, Mark Haefke, Debbie Berges, Judy Kocher, Susan Dillinger, Sandra Carman, Susan Magnett, Roger Todd, Robin Kolterman, Joy Zabel, Stacy Rezac, Stacy Rempe, Keith Figge, Anne Suther, Paul Zidek, Jennifer Byrne and Linda Roggenkamp.

II.  WAIVER OF MEETING NOTICE

N/A

III.  ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

Melvin moved to adopt the special agenda as presented. Green seconded. Carried 7-0.

IV.  NEW BUSINESS

1.  Personnel; Resignation

Green moved to accept the resignation of Greg Markowitz as OHS Principal and USD322 Superintendent of Schools effective June 30, 2007. Figge seconded. Motion carried 7-0.

2.  Personnel; Administrative Staffing 2007-08

It was the consensus of the Board to table action on this item until they went into executive session on agenda item NB3.

Following an hour and forty minutes in executive session, President Marten invited input from staff and patrons. Susan Dillinger spoke in support of Sandra Zahn and the positive impact she has made as Onaga Grade School Principal and encouraged the Board to allow her to continue being a vital part of this school. Debbie Berges expressed the need for more building principal presence at the high school during the majority of the day. This presence would help with the problems of student discipline. Rex Green commented that if the district chooses to remain with the 2-administrator staffing that the Board direct that this position’s primary assignment and housing be at the High School.

Figge moved that the district return to a three-person administrative staffing and assigned duties of an ECSE-8 Principal/QPA Director, a 9-12 Principal/Activities Director and a Superintendent of Schools with re-evaluation by the Board of current administrative assistance staffing and compensation. Melvin seconded. Motion carried 4 in favor (Figge, Melvin, Handley, Pinick) – 2 opposed (Green, Kocher) – 1 Abstention (Marten).

3.  Personnel; Executive Session

Handley moved to go into executive session for 30 minutes to discuss non-elected personnel to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Pinick seconded. Motion carried 7-0. The Board left open session at 7:10pm with Greg Markowitz.

The Board returned to open session at 7:40pm. Handley moved to return to executive session for 30 minutes to continue non-elected personnel discussion. The Board left open session at 7:40pm with Onaga Grade Principal Sandra Zahn. Sandra Zahn left executive session at 8:05pm at which time Board Clerk Janell Schmidt was called in.

The Board returned to open session at 8:10pm. Kocher moved to return to executive session for 30 minutes to continue non-elected personnel discussion with Janell Schmidt. Melvin seconded. Motion carried 7-0. The Board left open session at 8:10pm. Janell left executive session at 8:20pm at which time HS Lead Teacher Tim Kite was called in. Tim left executive session at 8:35pm at which time Activities Director Sean Spoonts was called in.

The Board returned to open session at 8:40pm. Kocher moved to return to executive session for 10 minutes to continue non-elected personnel discussion. Pinick seconded. Motion carried 5-2 (Figge & Handley Abstained). The Board took a short break. The Board left open session alone at 8:50pm.

The Board returned to open session at 9:00pm. No action was taken.

The Board returned to agenda item NB2.

4.  Administrative Replacement Process and Procedure

Marten moved that the Board employ Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) to administer and manage the administrative posting, application and interview recommendation only phases of the selection process with a method TBD by the Board to actually final interview and select from the pool of qualified applicants recommended by KASB. No application deadline is to be set—position will remain open until filled. Superintendent Markowitz is to handle the specifics of this transaction with KASB. Green seconded. Motion carried 7-0.

V.  ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, President Marten adjourned the meeting at 9:10PM.

Board President

Date Approved Clerk of the Board

April 26, 2007 USD 322 Special Board Meeting Page 2 Unofficial Minutes