The Sturgeon Board of Education met in a regular board meeting at 7:00 p.m.on Thursday, February 9, 2012, in the board room at 210 W Patton Street.  Seven board members were present:  Doug Bowne(left meeting at 8:20), Darrin Kelly, Rhonda Burks, Brent Brooks(entered at 7:30), Debbie Crowley, Michelle Unterschutz & Kevin Smith.  Others present: Shawn Schultz, Superintendent; Gina Mills, High School Principal; Jeff Carr, K-8 Principal/Transportation Director; Greg Buescher-K-8 Assistant Principal/Federal Programs Director; Rachael Wilkinson-Special Ed Process Coordinator;  PTSO representative, April Thomas; Roberta Lee-Calendar Committee Chairperson; Jeremy Justice and mother-Starla Robinson; a Guard reporter; and minutes were taken by Bonnie Chase, Secretary to Superintendent and Board of Education.

 

The meeting was called to order by President Doug Bowne.


The agenda was amended to include item J-Distinction In Performance Banquet; K-Board Member Training Update.
 

Trace numbers 1591, 1594, 1605 and 1623 were removed from the consent agenda.


Motion was made by Rhonda Burks, seconded by Darrin Kelly to approve the consent agenda.

Yeas:       6

Nays:       0


Motion was made by Debbie Crowley, seconded by Michelle Unterschutz to approve trace numbers 1591, 1594 and 1623 for payment.

Yeas:       5

Abstain:1(Darrin Kelly)


Motion was made by Michelle Unterschutz, seconded by Rhonda Burks to approve trace number 1605 for payment.

Yeas:       5

Abstain:1(Debbie Crowley)


Motion was made by Debbie Crowley, seconded by Michelle Unterschutz to approve payment to MFA Oil.

Yeas:       5

Abstain:1(Kevin Smith)


Board president, Doug Bowne, presented Jeremy Justice with a certificate recognizing his achievement as Student of  the Month in Welding Technology at the Moberly Area Technical Center.  Taylor Overfelt was also awarded a certificate as Student of the Month at the Votech Center but was unable to attend.



PTSO representative April Thomas was recognized.  She reported the Valentine Dance was a huge success.  They raised $430 for the Central Missouri Food Bank through proceeds from the prince/princess contest. They also collected one box of food for the food bank and five boxes of food for the Buddy Pack Program.  They have scheduled April 20th as “Movie Night” to be held in the K-8 library and are working on ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week.  The board thanked her for the report.

 

Gina Mills was recognized and reported the Sturgeon Invitational Tournament went very well.  Next year two new teams, Salisbury and New Franklin, will replace Wellsville and Madison in the tournament.  Homecoming week also went really well. The dance was held at the Youth Center this year.  She reported there are eleven students scheduled to take the ACT test on Saturday, February 11th.  The PLC team attended a conference which focused on student learning and she felt it was very beneficial.  She also reported the high school staff will be posting on the website any homework assignments or tests that will be coming up.



Jeff Carr was recognized and reported the Buddy Pack Program has 26 participants.  The annual Spelling Bee was held on February 7th at 8:30 a.m.  Grades 5-8 2nd quarter honor roll took a trip to Glasgow to see ACRODUNK on February 7th.  The MS Sweetheart Dance is scheduled for

February 11th from 6-8p.m.  The MAP testing window starts April 2nd-27th.  Mr. Carr also reported one of our drivers accidentally hit a light pole on the high school parking lot which caused quite a bit of damage.  The new bus has been ordered and he is currently looking into asking area schools if they might be interested in the bus we are trading in.



Greg Buescher was recognized.  He updated the board on discipline referrals for the month.  He also reported that the Federal Programs Fish Fry is scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th from

5-7p.m.  Preschool and Kindergarten Screening dates have been set for February 27th thru March 1st.

Mr. Schultz was recognized and reported the CSIP Plan Committee had met and made a few changes.  He recommended to the board they adopt the plan as presented. 


Motion was made by Darrin Kelly, seconded by Debbie Crowley to adopt the CSIP Plan with amended changes.

Yeas:       7

Nays:       0


Roberta Lee was recognized and submitted to the board the proposed calendar for the 2012/13 school year.  The committee is proposing a start date of August 15th and the last day of school for May 15th, 2013. The calendar has 176 student contact days and 4 teacher work days.  Motion was made by Darrin Kelly, seconded by Rhonda Burks to approve the 2012/13 school calendar as submitted.

Yeas:       7

Nays:       0


Doug Bowne left meeting at 8:20 and Darrin Kelly, Vice President, presided the rest of the meeting.

Motion was made by Rhonda Burks, seconded by Kevin Smith to approve the sample ballot for the upcoming election on April 3rd, 2012.

Yeas:       6

Nays:       0


Teacher contract issuance will be held on March 8th, 2012 which is the regular scheduled board meeting.


Motion was made by Rhonda Burks, seconded by Debbie Crowley to continue using Boone County National Bank as our school depository.

Yeas:       6

Nays:       0


Mr. Schultz reported that he will be meeting with the salary committee in the near future to discuss any proposals they will be making for the 2012/13 school year.


The new policy GBH—Staff/StudentRelations—was discussed.  Motion was made by Brent Brooks, seconded by Rhonda Burks to adopt the MSBA Policy GBH which will become effective March 1, 2012.

Yeas:       Rhonda Burks, Brent Brooks, Debbie Crowley, Darrin Kelly

Nays:       Kevin Smith, Michelle Unterschutz



The Sturgeon Invitational Tournament Report indicated a net profit of $164.74 which will be put toward new chairs for the ballteams.



Mr. Schultz reported we had received an invitation from RPDC to attend a banquet in honor of our school district receiving Distinction In Performance Award.  The banquet will be held on March 20th at the Reynolds Alumni Center.  The fee per person is $50 and Mr. Schultz told the the board the district would pay for any board member that would like to attend and asked them to let him know soon if they would be interested in attending.



Kevin Smith was recognized and gave a brief report on his recent new member board training sponsored by MSBA.

 

Motion was made by Brent Brooks, seconded by Debbie Crowley to go into executive session to discuss personnel and/or students in compliance with Mo. Statute 610.021 Subsection

(3), Personnel and (6), Students.  Roll call vote was taken:

Yeas:   Rhonda Burks, Brent Brooks, Debbie Crowley, Darrin Kelly, Kevin Smith, Michelle Unterschutz.

Nays:       0

 

Motion was made by Brent Brooks, seconded by Rhonda Burks to go out of executive session.  Roll call vote:

Yeas:       Rhonda Burks, Brent Brooks, Debbie Crowley, Darrin Kelly, Kevin Smith, Michelle Unterschutz,

Nays:       0



Thursday, February 16th at 7:00 p.m. was set for Principal Contract Issuance.

Motion was made by Debbie Crowley, seconded by Brent Brooks to adjourn the regular board meeting at 11:20 p.m.

Yeas:       6

Nays:       0

 

 

_____________________________PRESIDENT, DOUG BOWNE

_____________________________SECRETARY, BONNIE CHASE