Board of Education Minutes, September 10, 2007
by Jan Tremblay
USD #224 Board of Education
September 10, 2007
8:00 p.m.
CliftonClyde High School
Members Present
Renay Branfort, Frank Brownell, Steve Feight, Paula Kieffer, Jeff Koch, Steve Rogers
Others Present
Superintendent David Roberts, Clerk Jan Tremblay, Principal Brenda Odgers, Gary Bouley,
Mike Duever
Patrons: Adrianne Sorell, Keely Kieffer, Nicole Barnes
Call to Order
President Brownell called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m.
Approve the Consent Agenda
Items added to the agenda were 7f-FFA Request and 9d-Booster Club. Motion made by Rogers, seconded by Koch to approve the consent agenda as amended. Motion carried 6-0.
Approve Bills for Payment
Motion made by Koch, seconded by Branfort to approve the bills for payment. Motion carried 6-0.
Review Correspondence
None
Receive Patron’s Comments
None
Board Member Arrives
Brown arrived at 8:12 p.m.
Hear Board Member Reports
ServiceCenterReport: At the last meeting, discussion centered around giving a 4% raise to all employees of the service center. Funds to support this was generated from extra workshops being offered and well attended. This motion passed with reservations.
Hear Building/Department Reports
Ms. Odgers:
• The football team is 2-0, the volleyball team is doing well and placed fourth at the Riley
County tournament The girls cross county team placed 2nd at Marysville and Washington.
• The KAYS sent three girls to camp at Rock Springs in July. Their membership drive was
successful with 45 members. They hosted a welcome pizza lunch for all members.
• FBLA had a swim party; is selling Red Wheel, is sponsoring a March of Dimes walk on September 30 at the middle and high schools and the officer team is preparing for districts.
• National Honor Society induction will be September 17 at the high school library.
The high school has old physics book to declare as surplus property and dispose of. It was the consensus of the board to do so.
The library is displaying student artwork and added story-telling unit and sofa to make it a more friendly environment.
Mr. Roberts:
• Grandparents Day on September 10th at the grade school was very well attended. The 12th
will also be grandparent day for the middle school.
• The middle school football team is 1-1.
• The grade school playground has developed some very large cracks. The repair work has
been started and will cost approximately $3,500.
• September 10th was the first 2-hour late start day. The staff worked on academic vocabulary.
Mr. Duever: Mr. Duever and two students were in attendance to ask permission for seven FFA
members to attend the National FFA Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana and provide transportation to Salina and back to board the chartered bus. The cost to attend the conference is $300 per person and this is paid entirely by the local chapter.
Motion made by Rogers, seconded by Feight to furnish transportation to Salina and back for seven members and sponsor to board the charter bus to Indianapolis, Indiana for the National FFA Conference. Motion carried 7-0.
Unfinished Business
Adopt Board of Education Policy Changes and Additions: Motion made by Koch, seconded by Feight to approve the changes and additions to Board of Education Policy as presented with changes notes. Motion carried 7-0.
Facilities: At the August 6th meeting, the board directed Mr. Roberts to contact Don Marrs for costs on constructing a free-standing building to house a weight room, concession stand, restrooms and storage. He responded that a 50x60’ building for this purpose would be $75-90/sq ft or $225,000-270,000.
Discussion centered around how to better utilize the space that we have before considering a major capital project.
Some ideas discussed were:
• Better utilizing the band room which is only used one hour a day for class. Possibly dividing
it with a wall and making two classrooms.
• Putting the band on the stage, but the noise level would be a factor and the doors would have to be reinstalled at the gym entrance.
• Transporting the high school band to the middle school for band.
• Put up a wall in the library for a classroom and add a door directly to the hallway.
If these projects could be done for $40-50,000, and not be harmful to the programs, then other projects, such as the boys locker room at the middle school and refurbishing the bleachers, could possibly be done also. The biggest concern is to do what is most practical and affordable.
If the projects are to begin next summer, then the process has to be started soon.
Motion made by Koch to retain the services of an architect to develop a code footprint & specs needed to let bids on modifying the library at the high school. The motion died for lack of a second.
The board then directed Mr. Roberts to get costs for the October meeting to put a classroom in the library, a door to the hallway and the band room conversion to classrooms.
The cost to refurbish the bleachers would be approximately $25,000. Mr. Roberts has checked a reference for a company interested on doing the job. They were entirely satisfied with the outcome of the project. He will contact another contractor who has been recommended for the job.
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New & Miscellaneous Business
Superintendent Goals: Mr. Roberts developed some personal goals and presented them to the
board.
KASB Regional Fall Meeting: The KASB Fall Regional meeting will be on October 26th at Washington.
CCDRC Contribution: A contribution of $100 was received the Clyde Economic Development Committee. This was for use of the computer lab at the high school for a digital imaging workshop.
Booster Club: Gary Sipe, as president of the Clifton Clyde School Booster Club, submitted information on the purpose and intent of the club, fundraiser guidelines and membership requirements. They met on September 5th and announced some of their upcoming activities for this fall, including a tail gate party, homecoming signs, membership drives, football and volleyball raffles and fall and spring banquets.
Superintendent Remarks:
The board discussed the Driver Education program for next year. It will probably be set up the same as in the past.
Long distance telephone usage has been cut back in the buildings.
Because of the bus driver shortage, most of the custodians are now driving buses. It was a consensus of the board to hire someone to do some of the housekeeping-type jobs in the buildings
The decision to cut back on some of the condiments in the lunchrooms was an administrative decision.
Mr. Roberts attended the USA Regional meeting in Salina on August 30th.
The administrative team will meeting on September 11th in the board office.
Preliminary enrollment numbers show that we are down approximately 12-15 students from last year. The headcount is 322 and the FTE is 291.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
*This is the unofficial record of the September 10, 2007 meeting of the Board of Education pending board approval at the regular October meeting.
