February 10, 2020, Board of Education meeting minutes
USD #225 Board of Education Meeting
February 10, 2020, 7:00 P.M.
Call to order: T.J. Milford, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance was recited and Corri McDowell led in prayer.
Members present: Fred Boyd, Ed Rarden, Kimberly Copenhaver, Cathy Heinz, Tom Huelskamp and TJ Milford were present. Others present were Jeff Bollinger, Superintendent, Corri McDowell, Principal, and Erica Rarden, Board Clerk. Jamie Boese was not present.
Recognition of Visitors/Communication: Cord Moss, Megan Adams, David Adams, Susan Flax, Tabitha Dawson, Joaquin Velez-Prieto, Darien De La Torre, Caleb Heinz, Emily Dizmang, Derrick Dizmang, Kim McLachlan, Catalina Zortman, Jeff Zortman, Debbie Wise, Tammy Bollinger, Dave Weber, Jan Brock, Dana Waters, Jan Granados, and Charlie Littlewood.
Approve Consent Agenda: Huelskamp moved, seconded by Copenhaver to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried 6-0.
REPORTS Principal: Mrs. McDowell, gave her report.
Economic Development, T.J. Milford, representative, report given
Special Education, Kimberly Copenhaver, representative, report given
Superintendent, Mr. Bollinger, gave his report.
SKI-CAN, T.J. Milford, gave his report.
Discussion:
Senior Class Trip: Senior class and sponsor presented the agenda for the 2020 senior trip to Los Angeles, California and surrounding area. Huelskamp moved, seconded by Copenhaver to approve the agenda as presented, for spring break 2020, contingent on the administration review of the safety of Air BNB locations. Motion carried 6-0.
Fowler Model Presentation: Jeff Bollinger presented the current Fowler Model. Rarden moved, seconded by Huelskamp to approve the updated Fowler Model as presented. Motion carried 6-0.
Summit Learning: Corri McDowell presented the current structure of the Summit Learning platform. Boyd moved, seconded by Heinz to approve Summit Learning as the curriculum for the 2020-2021 school year. Motion carried 6-0.
Superintendent Search: Sue Givens presented the results of online survey and the focus group meetings (Superintendent Characteristic Survey). Board members held their session publicly to be used as final traits and characteristics for the superintendent search.
Recess 9:23 pm to 9:27 pm
Board Policy Regarding Public Forum: Board discussion. Tabled until March meeting.
GAAP Resolution: Huelskamp moved, seconded by Copenhaver to adopt the GAAP Resolution for the 2018-2019 and the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried 6-0.
Bids:
Carpet: Board discussed and requested additional bids (5th grade room, HS SDL lab, and GS office). Tabled until March meeting.
Go.Edustar Contract: Rarden moved, seconded by Huelskamp to approve extending the Go.Edustar contract for 3 years with the multi-year renewal discount. Motion carried 6-0.
Executive Session
Huelskamp moved, seconded by Boyd to go into executive session for 15 minutes, board only, to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel exception under KOMA. This session is required to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion carried 6-0. 9:54 p.m.
Jamie Boese joined meeting at 10:10 pm.
Huelskamp moved, seconded by Copenhaver to go into executive session for 5 minutes, board only. Motion carried 7-0. 10:12 pm
Huelskamp moved, seconded by Copenhaver to go into executive session for 10 minutes, board and Mrs. McDowell. Motion carried 7-0. 10:17 pm.
Heinz moved, seconded by Boyd to go into executive session for 10 minutes, board and Mr. Bollinger. Motion carried 7-0. 10:27 pm.
Huelskamp moved, seconded by Heinz to go into executive session for 5 minutes, board and Mr. Bollinger. Motion carried 7-0. 10:33 pm.
Copenhaver moved, seconded by Heinz to go into executive session for 5 minutes, board only, to discuss confidential student information under KOMA. This session is required to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion carried 7-0. 10:45 p.m.
Adjournment: A motion was made by Huelskamp, seconded by Heinz to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 7-0. Time: 10:55 p.m.
For The Board of Education
_____________________________________, Board Clerk
_____________________________________, Board President