NORTH SCOTT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Eldridge, Iowa NOTE: These minutes are unofficial until approved by the board at the next regular meeting. A regular meeting of the North Scott Board of Directors was held on May 29, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Office. Members present were: Molly Bergfeld, Joni Dittmer, Tracy Lindaman, John Maxwell, and Donn Wilmott. Mark Pratt and Glen Keppy were absent. President Maxwell called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Superintendent Stutting announced that Heather Shults-Hendricks will be recommended as Assistant Principal at Ed White. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Dittmer moved to approve the consent agenda, as follows; seconded by Bergfeld. Motion unanimously approved. - Minutes of the May 14, 2018 Regular Meeting. - Resignations from April Crowder,.65 teacher librarian/.35 TAG at Shepard, effective 2018-19; Carey Copeland, 7 th /8 th grade volleyball coach, effective 2018-19, pending finding a suitable replacement; and Jack Woodard, on-site supervisor at Ed White North Scott Child Care Center, effective 8/17/18. - Employment of summer grounds employees Justin Boer, Cameron Mess, and Boise Schoonover; summer custodians Jaime Hilsenbeck, John Helfter, and Christie Arp, and summer IT students Adam Kurt, Hunter Frerichs, and Zachary Ramsey. - Employment of Terina Bruns, general ledger bookkeeper, effective 5/29/18, and board secretary, effective 7/1/18, at Central Office. Employment effective 2018-19 of Jaynie Orendorff, elementary counselor at Ed White; Andrew Dobek, math teacher at the Jr. High; Amy Matteson, English/language arts teacher at the Jr. High; Collin Ellis, English/language arts teacher at the Jr. High; Karen Bender, office/lunch aide at Shepard; Paul Rucker, assistant cross country coach at the High School; and Brett Chiles,.5 FTE counselor at Ed White. Also, employment of the assistant principal at Ed White, Heather Shults-Hendricks. - Information items/1: Amy Longenecker, 5.5 hrs/day Central Office Administrative Assistant, will
NORTH SCOTT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Page 2 now be 8 hrs/day effective 8/1/18, due to the retirement of Pam Engelbrecht. Hilary Fry, Neil Armstrong Elementary 3rd grade teacher, will be reassigned to Neil Armstrong Elementary 5th grade due to the resignation of Scott Blanck, effective 2018-19. Karee Hodge, Neil Armstrong Elementary 1st grade teacher, will be reassigned to Neil Armstrong Elementary 2nd grade, effective 2018-19, due to the 3-section 1st grade moving to 3-section 2nd grade. Karen Wheeler, Neil Armstrong Elementary PreK4 aide, 7 hrs/day, 4 days/week, will be reassigned to Neil Armstrong Elementary 5.5 hrs/day reading/special ed aide, due to the resignation of Beverly Petersma, effective 2018-19. Karen s new rate of pay will be Lane 1 Step 6, $13.50/hr. - Information items/2: Amy Weiman, Ed White Elementary 3rd grade teacher, will voluntarily transfer to a.5 3rd grade teacher and.5 reading interventionist at Ed White, effective 2018-19, due to Melissa Fredericks transfer and class sizes. Leah Crouse, Ed White Elementary 2nd grade teacher, will involuntarily transfer to 1st grade teacher at Ed White, effective 2018-19, due to smaller class size in 2nd grade and the split section of 3rd grade, shared by Jennifer Bekel and Amy Weiman. Jennifer Bekel, Ed White Elementary.5 1st grade teacher, will involuntarily transfer to.5 3rd grade teacher at Ed White, effective 2018-19 (she will remain.5 ELL), due to no longer having a 1st grade split section, and now having a 3rd grade split section. David Gonzalez will be a 2018 Volunteer Assistant Baseball Coach. - Information items/3: Lisa Brunning, High School Kitchen Manager, will also be Jr. High Kitchen Manager, due to the retirement of Kim Fitzgerald. Her new rate of pay will be $23.95/hr and new number of contracted days will be 199, effective 2018-19. Hailey Duwa will be a Volunteer Assistant Softball Coach for the 2018 season. Amy Shannon will voluntarily transfer from a 4.25 hrs/day 4 days/week Preschool Aide at Virgil Grissom Elementary to 7 hrs/day, M-Fri, Level III K- 1 Special Ed Aide at Alan Shepard Elementary, Job #42287, Lane 3 Step 4, $13.23, effective 2018-19, due to the transfer of Deb Frost. Teresa Biles, PreK5 Aide,7 hrs/day-mondays, and 4.5 hrs/day, T-Fri 4-Year-Old Program Aide at Virgil Grissom Elementary, will be reassigned to PreK aide, 7 hrs/day, Tuesday-Friday, 7:45-3:15 p.m. at Virgil Grissom Elementary, Lane 2 Step 7, $14.01/hr, effective 2018-19, due to retirement of Cathy Youngers. - Information items/4: April Thurman, 3 hrs/day 4 days/week Special Ed Aide at Virgil Grissom Elementary, will be reassigned to PreK5 Aide, Mondays at 7 hrs/day, Lane 2 Step 3, $13.49/hr, and PreK4 Aide, Tuesdays-Fridays, 7:45-12:30 p.m., 4.75 hrs/day, 26 hrs/week, Lane 5 Step 3, $13.76/hr, due to the reassignment of Teresa Biles, effective 2018-19. Sherry McAleer, Special Ed Teacher at Virgil Grissom Elementary, will transfer to Primary Reading Specialist at John Glenn Elementary, Job #41522, effective 2018-19, due to the retirement of Ann Lange. Samantha Nichols, 1st Grade Teacher at John Glenn Elementary, will be reassigned to 6th Grade Teacher at John Glenn Elementary, effective 2018-19, due to Hailey Meade s resignation. - Teacher Leadership positions effective 2018-19: 7-12 TLC Coordinator - Michelle Murray; 7-12 Instructional Coach Positions - Megan Knight, Maura Kelley, Troy Matthaidess, Tim Riley, Deb Ulrich; 7-12 Teacher Leader Positions - Alysse Mancuso, Becky Seals, Sean Marmion, Dawn Rheingans, Katie Miller, Sarah Riley, Anastasia Nikolopoulos, Marcie Perez-Stipes, Jen Sambman; High School Teacher Leaders - Elizabeth Piatt, Tony Stewart, Dan Marceau; Jr. High Teacher
NORTH SCOTT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Page 3 Leaders - Chad Guge, Jay Nelson, Jennifer Rochau. - Elementary Teacher Leadership positions effective 2018-19: K-6 Instructional Coaches - Katie Burbridge, Stephanie Fahrenkrog, Dianne Willging, Kelsey Bower, Laura Jacobsen; and K-6 Teacher Leaders - Kristin Bowman, Kyle Harris, Shelly Curry, Stacie Nelson, Michelle Rohlf, Melissa Fredericks, Emily Scott, Vince Hill, Kaitlyn Lilly, Jenna Irwin, Kelly Lucier, Amy Weiman, Shelly Harmsen, Kate Meinecke, and Vinnie Smith. - Correction: The superintendent s compensation was approved at the last board meeting as a 1.73% total package increase. That was the total package increase for the entire administrative team including the superintendent; the superintendent s individual increase is actually 1.17% total package. - Curriculum Cabinet minutes 5/16/18 BILLS Jill Van Roekel reviewed several items regarding the bill list, and presented the following bills for approval: General Fund - $62,518.24, Student Activity Fund - $35,297.91, Sales Tax Fund - $61,780.09, PPEL Fund - $9,925.00, School Nutrition Fund - $2,390.59, Child Care Fund - $68.81, Agency Fund - $1,262.23, for a total of $173,242.87. Wilmott moved to approve the bills as presented, seconded by Lindaman. Motion unanimously approved. PUBLIC HEARING 2017-18 Budget Amendment President Maxwell opened the hearing on the 2017-18 school district budget amendment. Jill Van Roekel reviewed the amendment, which is needed due to the reclassification of expenditures, as well as capital projects, including copier replacements, land purchase, football stadium lighting and signage, auditorium and HVAC improvements. President Maxwell called for input from the public. Hearing none, Wilmott moved to close the hearing, seconded by Lindaman. Motion unanimously approved. Dittmer then moved to approve the budget amendment as presented, seconded by Bergfeld. Motion unanimously approved. REPORTS National History Day Sue Claeys, Assistant History Day Coach, gave a brief review of the History Day process, noting twelve students are advancing to nationals in June. Students who provided information on their projects were Dylan Engelbrecht, Erin Gehrls, Katie Gainer, Isabelle Kook, Elle Loehr, Carley Schoenthaler, Alexis Raleigh, Calla Brunkan, Peyton Wenck, Ben Stutting, and Ava Thompson. Not present at the board meeting was Kaitlyn Knoche. President Maxwell noted that the board is very
NORTH SCOTT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Page 4 proud of all the accomplishments of these students. OLD BUSINESS - none NEW BUSINESS 2018-19 Board Meeting Dates The superintendent presented a list of 2018-19 board meeting dates. Wilmott moved to approve the board meeting dates as presented, seconded by Bergfeld. Motion unanimously approved. Princeton Digital Sign Partnership The superintendent presented information and a recommendation regarding the Princeton Digital Sign Partnership with the City of Princeton. The district s share will be $12,000. Wilmott moved to approve the partnership with the City of Princeton, seconded by Lindaman. Motion unanimously approved. Rural School Advocates The superintendent presented information regarding the Rural School Advocates organization and a recommendation to become a member of this group. Lindaman moved to approve membership in the Rural School Advocates group, seconded by Dittmer. Motion unanimously approved. Transportation Facility Project Proposal The superintendent presented a proposal from Legat Architects to provide professional architectural services for the transportation facility project and a recommendation to approve the proposal. Cost is $4,560. Wilmott moved to approve the proposal from Legat Architects as presented, seconded by Dittmer. Motion unanimously approved. Land Purchase The superintendent discussed potential plans for home construction sustainability. His suggestion was for the district to purchase a plot of land in the $10,000 - $14,000 per acre range, then work with a developer to develop some of the lots while saving other lots for the home construction class to build on in the future. This would also bring affordable housing to our district. SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT The superintendent s report included the following items: (a) (b) The open position report was provided. Thank you to area Girl Scout Troops at Ed White and Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong PTO, and
NORTH SCOTT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Page 5 the Class of 2018 for their donations toward the purchase and installation of water bottle filler stations at Ed White, Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong and the High School. The cost for each of the stations was $950. (c) (d) (e) Jill Van Roekel, Director of Business, has been notified by the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) that the district has received the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Award for the 36th year. Congratulations to Jill and the Central Office staff on, once again, receiving this prestigious award! The IASB Fiscal Management Workshop will be held July 18th in Ames. Special board meeting work session dates for the summer will be as follows: Tuesday, June 19th, from 2:00-8:00 p.m. Board Evaluation Work Session; Wednesday, July 11th, from 2:00-7:00 p.m. Strategic Plan Work Session. (f) Central Office summer hours will begin the week of June 4th. The office will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and close at noon on Fridays. BOARD COMMENTS/CORRESPONDENCE Board members thanked and recognized retiring secretary Kristy Looney, by presenting her with a beautiful plant, and providing cake for those present at the meeting. There being no further business, Bergfeld moved to adjourn, seconded by Lindaman. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m. Submitted by: Approved: Kristy Looney, Secretary John Maxwell, Board President