Board of Education Meeting

Regular Session  -  Administration Building, Board Room

March 12, 2012 – 5:30 p.m.

AGENDA

I.          CALL TO ORDER & RECITE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

II.        APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Regular Meeting – March 12, 2012

III.       CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

Background:  A representative of the Classified Employee Association will be present to recognize the February and the March “Classified Employees of the Month.”

IV.       PUBLIC COMMENT

Public Participation at Board Meetings, Policy BDDH

V.         CONSENT ITEMS

A.     Approve Minutes and Documentation of Regular Meeting – February 13, 2012

B.     Approve Minutes of Special Meeting – February 20, 2012

C.     Excellence in Education Certificates

D.     Accept Bus Bids             

This is the time of year bus bids are reviewed.  The District did not purchase buses last year.  The purchase of four buses is included in the preliminary budget.  The Board will review Dr. Rich’s and Mr. Cuendet’s recommendation to approve the purchase of four buses from Allied Bus Sales for $323,986.00.  This will be the final price unless the four trade-in buses can be sold for more than the trade-in allowance offered by Allied.

E.     Procedures for Subject Area Acceleration

The Camdenton R-III School District is committed to every student learning every day.  Subject Matter Acceleration is an educational strategy that can be used to meet the needs of appropriately selected students.  It is listed as an acceleration strategy under Board of Education policy IKEB.  The information to be reviewed describes what subject-matter acceleration is, who should be subject-matter accelerated and step-by-step procedures for referral, collection of data, analysis of data by a team, criteria levels, procedures if criteria is met and procedures if criteria is not met.  A written acceleration form is included to follow the student’s progress over the years and make sure it continues to be the right placement for the child.  This process will create a systematic approach to identifying and serving students who need subject matter acceleration.

                F.    Modification of Career Ladder Plan

The Career Ladder Committee would like to suggest a slight modification to the existing Career Ladder Plan whereby all years of teaching experience would count towards the five years of teaching experience required to qualify to participate, not just Missouri teaching experience.  As the Strategic Plan is reviewed, one area of focus is recruitment and retention of quality teachers.  This change in the Career Ladder plan is one vehicle for recruitment and retention.

VI.       APPROVAL OF BILLS

VII.      APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT

VIII.    NEW BUSINESS  

A.        ENERGY EDUCATION STEWARDSHIP AWARDS PRESENTATION

Background:  Based on the diligent work of the Camdenton R-III District, Energy Education would like to present our District with their stewardship award.  Representatives from Energy Education will be in-District to make this presentation.

B.        TAC (TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF CAMDENTON) SALARY AND BENEFIT PROPOSAL FOR 2012-2013

Background:  Representatives of the TAC Salary and Benefit Committee will submit their proposal for the 2012-2013 school year.

C.           ANCILLARY PRODUCTS AND HEALTH INSURANCE OVERVIEW

Background:  Randy Lueckenotte, of Wallstreet Insurance Group, and Mike McGrath and David Von Gunten, of McGrath Insurance, will present information related to ancillary product information.  They will also present information regarding our health insurance program for next year.

D.           PRELIMINARY BUDGET REVIEW

Background:  The Board will review a Preliminary FY13 Budget.  This information can and will change significantly over the course of the next few months.  Superintendent Hadfield will also present information related to the state budget as specified in the annual/perpetual calendar.

E.        BAND TRIP

Background: Mr. Thompson and Mr. Baur are currently planning for the next Pride of the Lake Marching Band trip.  A couple of years ago the band took their trip to Hawaii.  This coming year Mr. Baur would like for the band to travel to Disney World for a parade through the Epcot Theme Park. Also the concert band would participate in a recording session and the students would participate in clinics.  Tentative dates for this trip are December 26, 2012, through January 1, 2013.