Highlights of Board of Education Meeting

April 8, 2013

CERTIFY APRIL 2, 2013, ELECTION RESULTS

Official results of the School Board director and the bond issue municipal election from April 2, 2013, from Camden, Morgan, and Laclede counties were certified as presented.

President Masterson thanked fellow Board members for their work on the successful bond issue.  She also thanked Dr. Hadfield and presented him with a letter from the Board for his tireless work for passage of the bond issue.

DISSOLVE BOARD & APPOINT SUPERINTENDENT AS CHAIRMAN

The Board was dissolved and Tim Hadfield was appointed as chairman

ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS

The Oath of Office was administered to newly elected Board members Nancy Masterson and Tom Williams by Secretary of the Board Linda Leu.

ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS

Chris McElyea was elected President by acclamation.

The floor was turned over to President Chris McElyea.  President McElyea thanked Nancy Masterson for her past two years of service as President of the Board of Education, he extended appreciation to Jim Besancenez for his time and effort to serve on the Board, and new Board member Tom Williams was welcomed.

Nancy Masterson was elected Vice-President by acclamation.  Selynn Barbour was elected Treasurer by acclamation.  Linda Leu was reappointed as Secretary of the Board of Education.

A picture was taken of the newly seated Board of Education.

PUBLIC COMMENT

One District employee spoke during this time period thanking the Board and Superintendent for their hard work to get the bond issue passed.

CONSENT ITEMS

A.   Excellence in Education Certificates

      This month’s recipients are as follows:                                                                           

B.       Resolution Requesting Blair Trust Funds

The Board was asked to approve a Resolution for a request to distribute Blair Trust funds as required by Central Trust Company.  A recommendation is made to request five percent (5%) of the market value of the Trust as of March 31, 2013, ($21,974.39) to fund CC and Dorothy Blair Excellence in Education activities.  Tom Williams and Jackie Schulte will serve on the Blair Trust committee.

C.     Accept Bus Bids

D.     Approve Submission of LEGO Education Afterschool Program Grant for Elementary Schools

E.      Update on Summer School Program and Application

The Board approved consent items as presented.

NEW BUSINESS

A.      APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES

The District has been working with local law enforcement entities to create a memorandum of understanding to delineate responsibilities of each party involved in decision-making.  Judge Stanley Moore and Chief of Police Laura Wright addressed the Board promoting the MOU in order to serve the youth of our community.  The Board approved the Memorandum of Understanding with local law enforcement entities as presented.

B.      DISTRICT INSURANCE ANALYSIS

Gordon Kinney of Med-Pay was in-District to present information related to the District’s health insurance program.  Randy Lueckenotte of Wallstreet Insurance Group, and Mike McGrath and David Von Gunten of McGrath Insurance, were also present to answer questions.  More information will be provided at the April Special Board meeting. 

C.      LITERACY REPORT

Dr. Henry reviewed current literacy data with the Board of Education including Scholastic Reading Inventory results and Acuity English Language results.  Overall student performance has improved on both assessments and the faculty of the Camdenton R-III School District was recognized for their efforts in improving student reading performance. Dr. Henry mentioned the strong correlation between improved reading performance and improved performance in other academic areas.

D.      REVIEW OF PROPOSED CAPITAL PROJECTS

The Board approved proposed capital projects.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A.      APPROVE BOARD POLICIES & REGULATIONS

The Board approved the following policies and regulations as presented.

                BOARD PRESIDENT’S WRAP-UP

This is an opportunity for the Board to report on upcoming meetings, meetings attended, registrations, and deadlines.  The following items were discussed:

·         MSBA Spring Regional Meeting – April 17, Dixon R-I

·         Elegant Evening - Friday, April 19, 2013

·         Second April meeting – April 30, 2013, 7:00 a.m.

·         Possible Board Retreat in June

·         A committee will be established to provide oversight to construction projects.

·         Nancy shared ‘Green Design’ information.

·         Fall Regional Meeting – October 16, 2013.  Camdenton will host.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

In compliance with State Statute 610.021 (closed meetings and closed records), the Board went into Executive Session for the following purposes:

1)     Hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting particular employees (610.021)(3).

2)       Software codes for electronic data processing and documentation (610.021)(10).

3)    Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings, or records pertaining to employees (610.021)(13).