REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

COULEE-HARTLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT #151

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 - 7:00 PM

COULEE CITY ELEMENTARY LIBRARY

 

 

 

Open  - Welcome

Brian Isaak called the regular school board meeting of Coulee-Hartline School District #151 to order at 7:02 PM and welcomed guests.  Directors present were Howard McDonald, Kim Jorgensen and Dean Thompson.  Others present were Superintendent Edward Fisk, Kelley Schafer, Terry Cosentino, Susan Miller and guests Brian Knopp and Cody Leander.

 

Approve Consent Agenda

McDonald moved to approve the consent agenda.  Thompson seconded; motion passed.

    a.    Minutes of August 22, 2006 regular meeting

    b.    Grant County Treasurer's report for August  2006

    c.    General Fund vouchers #1 to  #63 for $40,904.76

    d.    Capital Projects Fund voucher #1 for $595.50

    e.    ASB Fund vouchers #1 to #2 for $628.13

    f.    September payroll of $167,950.62, all items for budget year

2006-07

    g.    State and Federal grant applications

 

Superintendent/Staff Reports

High School Principal/AD Terry Cosentino distributed packets to board members listing high school activities and events.  He invited board members to an open house on Monday,  September 25th.  He requested that board policies be updated on (1) graduation requirements to align with the seven-period class schedule and (2) daily attendance/loss of class credits.

 

Cody Leander, representing the high school ASB, was introduced and will attend board meetings.

 

Superintendent/Principal Fisk reported on the elementary open house held September 14th, and the first learning improvement day on September 11th.

 

Student FTE enrollment for September is 155, compared to 165 student FTE for September 2005.  Fisk said enrollment of 155 student FTE was used for the

2006-07 budget.  The average enrollment for the 2005-06 school year was 169.

 

Approval for the 2006-07 budget has been received from the North Central ESD and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

 

Two families have filed their annual declaration of intent to provide home-based instruction for the 2006-07 school year.

 

The portable classroom has been delivered to the high school and finishing work should be completed next week.  Grant County building and health department inspections will be scheduled as soon as possible.

 

A draft application for OSPI's approval of a building project and extension of the cooperative agreement has been sent to the district's attorney for review.  Fisk is continuing to work with the insurance company on a settlement for the damage to the high school building caused by vandalism and flood damage from the November 2005 break-in.

 

Unfinished Business

Thompson moved to (1) extend the existing inter district cooperative agreement between Coulee-Hartline School District and Almira School District, dated April 19, 2005, until the new inter district cooperative agreement as been duly executed, after OSPI's approval, as provided in Joint Resolutions Nos. 7-05-06 and 182 of the boards of the districts; and (2) ratify, approve and confirm all actions of the districts, the boards, the secretaries to the boards, or staff or officers consistent with the existing inter district cooperative agreement prior to the date hereof.  Jorgensen seconded; motion passed.

 

New Business

First reading - Board Policy 3242 - Possession or Use of Drugs and/or Alcoholic Beverages/Possession of Paraphernalia.  Fisk said changes have been made to Procedure 3241P - Corrective Actions or Punishment - to be consistent with Policy 3241.

 

McDonald moved to approve an independent services contract with Linda Emery to provide school nursing services for the 2006-07 school year. Thompson seconded; motion passed.

 

Personnel

Thompson moved to approve supplemental employment contracts for the 2006-07 school year as listed on the attached page.  McDonald seconded; motion passed.

 

Next Meetings

    Possible joint board meeting @ CC    October 17, 2006        7:00 PM

    Regular C-H board meeting        October 17, 2006        8:00 PM.

 

Executive Session

At 8:07 PM, Isaak announced the board would meet in executive session for approximately 20 minutes to discuss a legal issue.

 

Reconvene - Adjourn

At 9:00 PM,  the meeting reconvened in regular session.  Thompson moved to adjourn; McDonald seconded.  Motion passed.

 

 

                  

Clerk                                Chair