Board of Education Minutes, October 1, 2007
by Jan Tremblay
USD #224 Board of Education
October 1, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Clifton Clyde Middle School
Members Present
Renay Branfort, Frank Brownell, Steve Feight, Jeff Koch, Steve Rogers
Others Present
Superintendent David Roberts, Clerk Jan Tremblay, Principal Brenda Odgers
Patrons: Adrianne Sorell, Alice Bachand, Brad Sorell
Call to Order
President Brownell called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m.
Approve the Consent Agenda
Motion made by Rogers, seconded by Branfort to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried 5-0.
Approve Bills for Payment
Koch inquired about the bill from Southeast Kansas ESC for the VPL upgrades, who uses it and
how much use does it get.
Feight asked about the bill from Asphalt Maintenance and if the grade school playground was
repaired to satisfaction.
Board Member Arrives
Kieffer arrived at 8:05 p.m.
Kieffer asked about the bill from Varsity for cheerleading uniforms and how much is reimbursed by
the cheerleaders. Motion made by Koch, seconded by Feight to approve the bills for payment.
Motion carried 6-0.
Review Correspondence
None
Receive Patron’s Comments
Alice Bachand addressed the board on the impending decision regarding the library at the high
school. She expressed her feelings about the districts’ lack of a certified librarian and the
possibility of dividing the space for a classroom. She presented information from KSDE and
Scholastic Library Publishing stressing the importance of maintaining a good library system.
She also stressed the important of keeping a quality band program in the district.
Hear Board Member Reports
Service Center Report: None
Hear Building
Ms. Odgers:
• The high school is a 2-A classification this year and will play 8-man Division I
• MAP testing starts on October 2 through the month
• Ms. Odgers will attend a conference in Kansas City on Behavior Disorders
• Salad dressing packets are available in the lunch room for $ .25
• The football team is 5-0
• Senior recognition night for football is October 12th
• Senior recognition for volleyball is October 2nd. League tournament is October 13th in Onaga
• League tournament for cross county is October 11th in Hanover and regionals are on October
20th
• Red Wheel products sold by the FBLA has been delivered
Mr. Roberts:
• The grade school had a practice lockdown on September 24th
• On September 17th the middle school had a special recognition for Blade Winter to celebrate
the end of his chemo treatments
• Grades K-8 attended the Homecoming Parade in Clyde
• MAP testing will be in October
Brownell asked about the windows on the middle school library which had not been covered.
Branfort noted that the middle school football boys are drinking out of the same water bottles
The scoreboard at the high school has not been repaired yet
Unfinished Business
Middle School Roofing: The roofing project at the middle school is now complete. Some painting
still needs to be done and some masonry work will need to be done on the bricks in the future.
Facilities: The remodeling of the library and Don Marrs architectural services were discussed. It
was estimated that a wall would cost $5-10,000 for material and labor and architectural services
will be approximately $5,000. This was not including new shelving and furnishings. All of the library
collections need to be updated in all of the libraries and the board was in favor of getting this started
soon. Motion made by Feight, seconded by Brownell to retain the services of Don Marrs, architect,
to develop a code footprint and specifications needed to let bids on modifying the library at Clifton
Clyde High School. Motion carried 4-2. Kieffer and Rogers cast the nay votes.
Rogers went on record stating that he is in favor of the addition of two classrooms on the south end
of the building. He feels that is best for the students and the school and that the district can find the
money for this project.
Mr. Roberts will contact Mr. Marrs as soon as possible so the bids can be let out and the remodeling
can be done this summer.
Mr. Roberts has two estimates of $26,000 and $31,000 to refurbish the bleachers.
New & Miscellaneous Busines
Sponsors and Coaches Recognition: Motion made by Brownell, seconded by Koch that the Board
of Education of USD 224 recognize the coaches and sponsors of the district for their time and caring
work with the children of our school district. Motion carried 6-0.
Report of District Enrollment: The enrollment count on September 20th was:
High School – 121
Middle School – 93
Grade School – 108
Headcount – 322
FTE - 292
The numbers for free lunches will be down this year and this will create a shortfall in the food
service department.
Driver Education: Motion made by Branfort, seconded by Rogers to offer a contract to Jerry
Kinser for driver education at the rate of $25 per hour of classroom instruction (30 hours) plus 5 hours per student for driving. Motion carried 6-0.
Superintendent Remarks
October 8th in-service day will be on Bullying.
The new bus should be in the week of October 1st.
The district leadership team met on September 17th
Mr. Roberts extends his thanks to Dave Merica, Wanda Branfort, Sheri Derusseau, Barb Knox, Connie Winter and Brenda Odgers for their work entering data in the KIDS program. This data is used for the Principal Building Reports and the Superintendents Organizational Report.
The November Board of Education meeting will be at the high school library at 7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 10:06 p.m.
*This is the unofficial record of the October 1, 2007 meeting of the Board of Education pending board approval at the regular November meeting.
