January 10, 2018 School Board Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD AT WAYNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10, 2018 AT 6:00 PM.
THOSE PRESENT:
Cory Anderson – President
Curtis Whipple – Vice President
April Torgerson – Member
Jeffery Chappell – Member
Shawn Davis – Absent/Excused
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 April Torgerson.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Curtis Whipple made a motion to accept the minutes for last month. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Heather Okerlund answered questions about the accounts payable.
April Torgerson made a motion to accept the accounts payable. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
Financial review. Heather Okerlund provided the monthly report, no big changes from last month.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
None
INFORMATION ITEMS
Superintendent’s Report: Reviewed the school board notes provided. Superintendent John Fahey described the changes to the school curriculum that the state has been working on. Lance clarified that there are no additional credit requirements at the middle school, but that the change added flexibility and could be a problem with our retention policy. Superintendent John Fahey provided a draft school board calendar and district calendar and the board discussed possible changes. Also changed board meeting next month from February 14th to February 5th due to the holiday. Also for the March 14th meeting, April Torgerson has a conflict so after discussion it was decided we would move board meeting to March 7th, with the board starting at 1:00 for closed meeting to discuss next year staffing, and regular board meeting at 6:00. Superintendent John Fahey also talked about the vision statement and what direction the group was moving and working on.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Boys and girls basketball extra trip request – April Torgerson made a motion to approve the extra trip request. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
Football – Decision was tabled for more discussion/input.
Superintendent contract – Cory Anderson made a motion to table the Superintendent contract for further discussion. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
Board leadership term and election – Cory Anderson explained that elections are normally every two years but we are off cycle with most districts in the state, which complicates training. Curtis Whipple made a motion to leave leadership how it is for one year. April Torgerson seconded. April Torgerson said she thought our board leadership was doing good job. Jeffery Chappell said he agreed. All in favor.
Construction and architectural services and capital projects: Heather Okerlund said that the visit with the contractor and architect went well and described the next steps and answered questions. Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the construction and architectural services not to exceed $10,000. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor. Curtis Whipple added that he felt we should move forward quickly on the possible energy efficiency program that was presented during the USBA meeting. Heather Okerlund said we were already scheduled for a visit next Tuesday with Siemens.
Policies: First readings. ECD Curriculum American Sign Language. Superintendent John Fahey said the changes were citations only to this policy. April Torgerson made a motion to waive second and third readings and approve policy ECD. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor. Superintendent John Fahey described the changes to policies ECC Curriculum Reading Achievement for K-3, EDC Special Programs Education of Youth in Custody, EFC Grading Participation of Private and Home School Students in U-Pass, EBB term of Instruction School Day, ECA Curriculum Required Instruction, ECBB Curriculum Elective Instruction Drivers Ed, ECG Curriculum American Heritage, EDA Special Programs Alternative Language, EHA Graduation Requirements. Curtis Whipple made a motion to waive second and third readings and approve policy ECBB - with option A. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor. April Torgerson made a motion to waive additional readings and approve policies ECC, EDC, EFC, EBB, ECA, ECG, EDA, and EHA. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor. Second reading. CLM Student Transportation. Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the second reading of policy CLM. April Torgerson seconded. April Torgerson requested discussion and asked if Curtis Whipple had received any feedback. He said he’s been talking about it, but that he hasn’t had much response and doesn’t know if it will be an issue or not next month. All in favor. Superintendent John Fahey said they met with Joni, Mary, Lance, and Dave regarding the new changes to policy FF and FFC. Superintendent John Fahey said he invited the district community council and Lance added that he sent it out to all the parents also. The board discussed the revised policies. Curtis Whipple made a motion to table policy FF until the February reading. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor. Policy FFC. Superintendent John Fahey said that they changed this policy to also allow overnight trips for things like Gooseberry. Curtis Whipple made a motion to table third reading of FFC until February. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor.
Approve new employees: April Torgerson made a motion to approve new hires pending background checks. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor.
Employee separations: April Torgerson made a motion to approve the employee separations. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
Cory Anderson wanted to point out that Shawn Davis was excused because he was pushing snow tonight.
BOARD MEMBER ITEMS
Jeffery Chappell: Said he was interested in providing more computer programming opportunities for students and that coding was a big emphasis at the USBA meetings. Superintendent John Fahey said he met with Snow College this afternoon and discussed them providing an instructor for a summer camp. Cherie added that they’ve been doing quite a bit with coding at the elementary with their STEAM Friday’s and they’re using Sphero’s and Lego’s and they are learning to code them with the iPads to get them to move. Lance also said they were looking at what they could add next year in that area.
April Torgerson: Said she thought the USBA conference was great and glad everyone could make it.
Curtis Whipple: Presented the new master boards award program and described the changes, particularly for the fourth year. He also said they had their first JLC meeting and described some of the bills they have been discussing. There is a tracking sheet at USBA.cc that they will be updating regularly this year.
Cory Anderson: Thanked Curtis Whipple for his time and effort on the JLC. Cory Anderson also said he thought the conference was really good.
April Torgerson made a motion to go into closed session at 7:19 pm for the purpose permitted by Utah Code Annotated Section 52-4-205(1)(a). Curtis Whipple seconded.
Roll Call:
Jeffery Chappell - Yes
April Torgerson - Yes
Cory Anderson - Yes
Curtis Whipple - Yes
Cory Anderson declared us back in open meeting at 8:35 pm.
April Torgerson made a motion to adjourn at 8:35 pm. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
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