A regular meeting of the School Board of Independent School District No. 518, Worthington, Minnesota, was held at the Worthington High School Media Center, 1211 Clary Street, Worthington, Minnesota on October 20, 2009, at 5:15 p.m.
The following were present: BOARD MEMBERS - Joel Lorenz, Bob Jirele, Brad Shaffer, Linden Olson, Mark Shepherd, Steve Schnieder, Lori Dudley
ADMINISTRATORS - John Landgaard, Superintendent, Dave Skog, Director of Management Services
Correspondence and Recognition: The board recognized the following staff and students: Three students at the Worthington High School earned the Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams: Yuli Chen, Heather Johnson, and Christopher Schwebach.
1. Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Shepherd and unanimously passed to approve the Consent Agenda for the October 20, 2009, School Board meeting.
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2. Motion by Member Olson, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve the Main Agenda for the October 20, 2009, School Board meeting.
3. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Shepherd and unanimously passed to approve the minutes of the September 15, 2009, Regular School Board meeting.
4. Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to approve the action of the items on the Consent Agenda as follows:
4.1 Financial Reports -
A. Approved Investments Matured and Purchased
B. Approved Wire Transfers
C. Approved Claims and Accounts for October 20, 2009, as per Board Check Register
October 20, 2009
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GENERAL FUND $488,901.99
FOOD SERVICE $93,129.96
TRANSPORTATION $67,103.60
COMMUNITY SERVICE $22,984.56
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $92,845.53
DEBT REDEMPTION -0-
TRUST $1,648.76
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM $935.25
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INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVE $13,465.19
MONTH TOTAL $781,014.84
D. Approved the Community Education Imprest Cash Account in the amount of $52.00 for October 20, 2009.
E. Reviewed the Middle School, High School, Prairie Elementary and the Area Learning Center Activity Accounts for September 2009.
Middle School Activity Account $709.80
High School Activity Account $49,638.01
Prairie Elementary Activity Account $215.90
Area Learning Center Activity Account $429.70
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Total $50,993.41
4.2.1. Approved resignation of Jill Cuperus as ELL Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary effective October 2, 2009.
4.3.1. Approved employment of Virgil Reemts as Transportation Paraprofessional with Special Programs effective September 8, 2009.
4.3.2. Approved employment of Jake Steffl as Lunch Room Supervisor at the Middle School effective September 9, 2009.
4.3.3. Approved employment of Derek Busswitz as Lunch Room Supervisor at the Middle School effective September 9, 2009.
4.3.4. Approved employment of Juliann Fitzsimmons as Special Olympics Advisor for the School District effective September 8, 2009.
4.3.5. Approved employment of Bev Froderman as Dishwasher at the Middle School effective September 14, 2009.
4.3.6. Approved employment of Pamela Westendorf as 21st Century Youth Program Secretary with Community Education effective September 1, 2009.
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4.3.7. Approved employment of Cayleen Mackey as Assistant Dance Team Coach with the High School effective September 28, 2009.
4.3.8. Approved employment of Rachel Ponto as ELL Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary effective October 5, 2009.
4.3.9. Approved overload for Gail Holinka of a .08 FTE effective November 9, 2009, through January 22, 2009.
4.3.10. Approved overload for Colleen Duba of a .08 FTE effective November 9, 2009, through January 22, 2009.
4.3.11. Approved employment of Ken Karwoski as Head Girls' Hockey Coach with the High School effective November 2, 2009.
4.3.12. Approved employment of Zach Dingmann as 9th Grade Boys' Basketball Coach with the High School effective immediately.
4.4 The board approved the following donations for the month of September 2009: Prairie Elementary received a donation from Life Touch Pictures and the High School Art Club received a donation from the Worthington Optimist Club for a Relay for Life quilt.
4.5 Approved an employee's request for sick leave (due to pregnancy) from January 9, 2010, through February 20, 2010, and child care leave (with out pay) from February 20, 2010, through April 3, 2010.
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4.6 Approved the tentative 2009-2010 seniority lists.
4.7 Approved the 2009-2010 enrollment report.
4.8 Approved employment of the after school academic assistance staff.
5. Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Schnieder to authorize the superintendent to participate in the creation and submission of a flexible learning year calendar proposal for the 2010-11 school year and beyond. Additionally, final action to approve or disapprove the flexible learning year application will take place once the application has been completed and submitted to the Commissioner of Education, which is estimated to be ready for school board consideration on or about December 2009 to March 2010. Motion passed 6 to 1 with Member Shepherd dissenting.
6. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed by roll call vote 7 to 0 to approve resolution nominating Linden Olson for the board of directors of the SW/WC Service Cooperative. Copy of resolution is on file at the District Administration Office.
7. Motion by Member Shepherd, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to approve Campus Messenger contract proposal.
8. Motion by Member Shepherd, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve the addition of the Acceptable Use policies for Minnesota Schools Using Internet 2 as a supplement to District policy 524-Internet Acceptable Use and Safety, and Electronic Communications policy.
9. Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Jirele and unanimously passed by roll call vote 7 to 0 to approve the Resolution on the Performance Contract, Series 2010A.
Motion by Member Olson, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed by roll call vote 7 to 0 to approve the Resolution on the Alternative Facilities Bonds, Series 2010B.
Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Shaffer and unanimously passed by roll call vote 7 to 0 to approve the Resolution on the Capital Facilities Bonds, Series 2010C.
Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Jirele and unanimously passed by roll call vote 7 to 0 to approve Resolution on the Issuance of a Lease Purchase Financing and Certificates of Participation, Series 2010D.
Copies of resolutions are on file at the District Administration Office.
10. Motion by Member Shepherd, seconded by Member Jirele and unanimously passed to declare a 1989 mini-bus and miscellaneous equipment as surplus property.
11. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Shaffer to approve the Education Minnesota Worthington master agreement for 2009-2011. Salary and benefits increase of 3.24% for 2009-2010 and 2.9% for 2010-2011 with a total two year salary and benefits package of 6.28%. Motion passed 6 to 0 with Member Jirele abstaining.
12. Motion by Member Schnieder, seconded by Member Dudley and unanimously passed to approve the Resolution for Minnesota State High School League Foundation grant application for student participation. Copy of resolution is on file at the District Administration Office.
13. Motion by Member Olson, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to approve the Review and Comment from the Minnesota Department of Education.
14. Motion by Member Olson, seconded by Member Schnieder and unanimously passed to approve a reduction of debt service levy $66,000 for a total adjustment of $176,750 or approximately $70 per pupil.
The Board further discussed and reviewed the following matters: Investments and financial status; reports on: Superintendent's Report - Mr. Landgaard reported the following: Safe Schools, Healthy Students Presentation on November 2nd; Students from Canada visiting the community and school district; flexible learning year and meeting with commissioner. Instructional Committee Report - Mrs. Dudley reported the following: Discussed release time. Operations Committee Report - Mr. Olson reported the following: None. Nobles County Integration Collaborative Report - Mr. Schnieder reported the following: The potential use of the old YMCA building to house the NCIC and alternate funding of the collaborative. Technology Committee Report - Mr. Olson reported the following: Parameters for long-term technology plan; Middle School addition and technology; Internet 2 access; areas of staff development to make the best use of technology in the district. Staff Development Report - Mr. Olson reported the following: Working on plan for next school year. Other Business - Working on AYP school improvement plan that is due November 17th.
The board appointed Mark Shepherd to the Energy Committee.
Meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.
Lori Dudley, Clerk
Lisa Ahrenstorff, Deputy Clerk
(November 21, 2009)
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