March 15, 2017 School Board Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD AT WAYNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 15, 2017 AT 6:00 PM.
THOSE PRESENT:
Cory Anderson – President
Curtis Whipple – Vice President
April Torgerson – Member
Jeffery Chappell – Member
Shawn Davis – Member
John Fahey – Superintendent
Heather Okerlund – Business Administrator
Conducting: Cory Anderson
ADMINISTRATION
Cory Anderson called the meeting to order. He announced we would begin with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a reverence from Shawn Davis.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
Curtis Whipple made a motion to accept the minutes for both meetings from February 8th. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Heather Okerlund answered questions about the accounts payable.
Curtis Whipple made a motion to accept the accounts payable. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Heather Okerlund went over the financials.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
Garrett Robins and Tommy VanDyke commented that they were at board meeting each working on merit badges.
Melissa Robins said that she heard the school district was discussing a block schedule at the high school and she thinks it’s a fantastic idea. She said that kids will have more time to get work done and more one on one time with the teacher. She said she’s heard some kids are worried about it, but she thinks it’s great.
Candence Peterson said she also thinks the block schedule is a great thing, it’s a scheduling mess, but workable. With the block schedule, we can offer the students more options and possibly a certificate before they graduate.
BUSINESS ITEM
Move agenda items: Curtis Whipple made a motion to move up the information items on the agenda. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
INFORMATION ITEMS
Data Study – Candence Peterson: Candence described the data study projects they do each year and what results they’ve seen from the projects. She also mentioned they are doing the ACT for their data project again this year and what changes they made from the year before.
Region Sports Update – Mary Bray: Mary told the board what other schools would be in our region for Baseball and Football. They are in the process right now of working on schedules for Volleyball, Girls Basketball, and Boys Basketball, and have been able to combine some trips. The board discussed the schedules and the issue of how many miles each team will be allocated and Heather Okerlund said she would get with Heidi Woolsey and bring miles from the draft schedules for next board meeting so the board can start reviewing them. Mary Bray also said the BOT (Board of Trustees for UHSAA) is changing from a 32 member board to 15 members. Mary Bray also said that Region 20 is still very willing to let us participate with them in many events.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Curtis Whipple made a motion to move to business item #3 Resource Officer – Sherriff Taylor. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor.
Resource Officer – Sherriff Taylor: Sheriff Kurt Taylor described some of the ideas he had regarding the resource officer position. Mary Bray expressed some concerns from herself and her faculty. Sheriff Taylor, Mary Bray and the board members discussed different options and concerns. Curtis Whipple made a motion to table the item for further discussion and research. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor. Sheriff Taylor said in the meantime he thinks they’ll still go to the training because it would be valuable for his officers.
FFA out of state/country travel – Jessica Grundy: Curtis Whipple made a motion to table the agenda item until the April meeting. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Track/football bleachers – Rick McCartney: Curtis Whipple made a motion to table the agenda item until the April meeting. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
INFORMATION ITEMS
Update on Wayne High School watershed project: The project is complete we’re just waiting on final billing. We finished within the time frame necessary and under the contract amount due to the revised quantities of materials.
Board reports: School board reports were provided in BoardBook.
Superintendents report: Block schedule. Discussed earlier. Legislative session updates. Superintendent John Fahey described the juvenile justice amendments bill and said there will probably be more to come because it may be difficult to do at the high school and middle school. The bill to allow sunscreen and lip balm bill passed. HB 305 failed that required an athletic trainer in each school. HB 55 regarding open meetings did pass which will require some bylaws to be modified for some organizations related to school districts. The equalization bills did not pass because they were introduced too late in the session but will probably come up again next year. The bill to pay a stipend for high poverty and low performance schools did pass. RSVP for spring regional meeting March 30th. All board members and Superintendent will be attending. Superintendent John Fahey said that ABC called and interviewed him over the phone and they’re coming down tomorrow to do an on-camera interview. Land Trust plans will need to be approved next board meeting.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Appoint new audit committee member: Cory Anderson made a motion to appoint Shawn Davis as an audit committee member. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
Approve 2017-2018 school calendar: Superintendent John Fahey said he added two elementary parent teacher conference days to the calendar. Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the 2017-2018 school district calendar. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Junior High Rodeo – School Excused Absence: Cory Anderson said he thinks we just need to follow the current code and the current board policy. Mary Bray said she has concerns about the policy because it opens up too many absences. April Torgerson asked if a change needs to be made. Superintendent John Fahey explained the policy. Jeffery Chappell moved that we ‘mosey along’ and take no action. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Summer projects: The board reviewed the summer projects list and also discussed which additional projects to work on getting bids on. Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the FY17 summer projects list for a NTE total of $48,350. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Spring Sports Schedule: Jeffery Chappell made a motion to approve the 2017 Wayne Track Schedule. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
Policies: Second reading. DBE Student Teachers and Interns. Cory Anderson made a motion to waive the third reading and approve policy DBE. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor. FGAD Student Rights and Responsibilities Bullying. Superintendent John Fahey said he recommended we move to take no action on FGAD because of legislative changes. April Torgerson made a motion to take no action on policy FGAD. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor. ECA Curriculum Required Instruction. Superintendent John Fahey described the changes to the policy required by going to the block schedule at the high school. Jeffery Chappell asked what changed with the K-6 curriculum and Superintendent John Fahey described the changes. Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the second reading of policy ECA. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Career educators: April Torgerson made a motion to approve David Chappell and Deborah James as career status educators based on recommendation from Principal Mary Bray. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
Approve new employees: Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve Brinlee Chappell, Steve Brinkerhoff, Dana Henshaw as new employees. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Approve employee separations: None.
BOARD MEMBER ITEMS:
April Torgerson – Asked if we were looking into paying our aides who were licensed more. Heather Okerlund mentioned one of the proposals for next school year that the administrators had been discussing. Curtis Whipple said he had a similar question and wondered about boosting the payscale for the aides. He asked about possibly looking into a new payscale and said he would work something up based on thoughts he had.
Curtis Whipple – Curtis Whipple brought up the cohesiveness of the Hanksville EMTs and said he thinks the main reason they are so cohesive is they do a lot of things outside just being EMTs. They have two major fundraisers and they also do service as a group. He felt when we lose ourselves in the service of others it helps us. Curtis Whipple shared thoughts about trying to do something with our schools to increase their cohesiveness. Mary Bray brought up a hike they did up that really brought her teachers together. Cory Anderson brought up the resource we have in Larry Bray. Cory Anderson asked Shawn Davis how he felt the cohesiveness of the board was. Shawn Davis said he felt it was very cohesive. Cory Anderson wanted to see if we could do that with our teachers. Curtis Whipple said he felt everyone deserved that, and wouldn’t it be great if everyone loved their job. Curtis Whipple also said he forgot a card from Sara Bradbury to express thanks to the board.
Cory Anderson – Said he had a good discussion with Jason Strate from CUES about losing our footprint from losing Jordan Crane. Cory Anderson feels that there have been times when we have lost a little bit of opportunity because we don’t have Jordan Crane. It was good to give Jason Strate that feedback, but Cory Anderson said that Jason Strate didn’t feel that was the case and assured him that he’s doing everything he can. Cory Anderson also wanted to thank Curtis Whipple for his work on the JLC pushing the service centers. Curtis Whipple added that we also need to thank Senator Ralph Okerlund for his work on it also.
Curtis Whipple made a motion at 9:10 pm to go into closed session for the purpose permitted by Utah Code Annotated Section 52-4-205(1)(a). Jeffery Chappell seconded.
Roll Call:
Jeffery Chappell - Yes
Shawn Davis - Yes
April Torgerson - Yes
Curtis Whipple - Yes
Cory Anderson - Yes
Cory Anderson declared us back into open meeting at 12:17 am.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Approve new employees: April Torgerson made a motion to approve Natalie Blackburn as a substitute. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
April Torgerson made a motion to adjourn. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 12:17 am.
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