September 19, 2018 Board Minutes

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD AT WAYNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 AT 7:00 PM.

THOSE PRESENT:

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: April Torgerson 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. 

Curtis Whipple made a motion to accept the accounts payable.  Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.

Financial review.  Heather Okerlund gave an update on budgets for next fiscal year.  Discussed projected enrollment and new copy machines for Hanksville Elementary, the middle school, and the high school.

CITIZEN COMMENTS

Mandy Brown said there are some big concerns about the 8^thgrade math teacher and the way she treats the children and what she is teaching.  She gave specific examples of her concerns.

INFORMATION ITEMS

Superintendents items: Superintendent John Fahey provided a summary of the notes from the NSBA meeting and provided the current status and discussed some of them.  Superintendent John Fahey provided a travel calendar and the board discussed upcoming meetings.  The board reviewed the Utah safe school commission report and some of the recommendations.  Discussed policy DHE, the employee leave and pay policy and possible changes.  The board decided to leave the policy as is.  Superintendent John Fahey said school fees are going to become a major issue, and described some of the concerns.  Superintendent John Fahey also shared some academic successes regarding ACT scores at the high school and DIBELS scores at Loa Elementary.  

BUSINESS ITEMS

Wrestling schedule – Gordon: Gordon was not present, the board discussed whether he needed to be here to be allowed to travel out of state, Cory Anderson said he would be okay to have the principal represent him.  Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the request for wrestling out of state travel to Page, AZ.  Shawn Davis seconded.  All in favor.

CTE Advisor Travel:  Heather Okerlund explained the current concerns regarding advisor travel for CTE.  Jennifer Christensen answered questions.  Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve paying the advisor travel for the clubs for instate travel.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor. April Torgerson made a motion to approve the advisor travel for the FFA nationals trip for this coming year. Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.

Resolution – Code of ethics: Cory Anderson described the resolution and the purpose for the resolution.  Jeffery Chappell made a motion to accept and sign the code of ethics for the school board.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.

Head custodian positions and salary schedule:  Heather Okerlund described our current staffing concerns with custodial positions at the middle school and at Loa Elementary and described the proposal.  Curtis Whipple made a motion to remove the ‘custodian prior to 08/2001’ salary schedule and put custodians on the existing head cook schedule and approve the two new head custodian positions.  Shawn Davis seconded.  All in favor. 

Asphalt repair bids:   Received two bids for sealing the asphalt at the high school, Loa Elementary, and the district office. Discussed the two bids.  Shawn Davis motioned to accept the bid from Morgan Pavement, less the asphalt patching, for Loa elementary, the district office and the high school. April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.

Early literacy plan:  Superintendent John Fahey and Cherie Blackburn described the new requirements and the new plan.  April Torgerson made a motion to approve the early literacy plan.  Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.

Policies:  First Reading, citation only:  Curtis Whipple made a motion to waive additional readings and approved the policies under the heading citation only:  EAA Instructional Goals Adoption and purpose, EBA Term of Instruction School Year, ECBB Curriculum Elective Instruction Drivers Ed, ECD Curriculum American Sign Language, ECE Curriculum College Course Work, ECF Curriculum Religious Neutrality, ECG Curriculum American Heritage, EDA Special Programs Alternative Language, EDF Special Programs Health Care Occupations Programs, EDG Special Programs Financial Passport, EEC Instructional Resources Primary Instruction Materials, EFA Grading Progress Reports to Parents, EFC Grading Participation of Private and Home School Students in UPass, EGA Guidance Individual Learning Plan for College and Career Readiness.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.  Superintendent John Fahey reviewed the first reading of policies with minor changes. Curtis Whipple made a motion to waive additional readings and approve the policies listed under minor policy updates: EBB Term of Instruction School Day, ECA Curriculum Required Instruction ,ECC Curriculum Reading Achievement for K-3, ECH Curriculum Human Sexuality, EDB Special Programs Dropout Prevention and Recovery, EDC Special Programs Education of Youth in Custody, EDE Special Programs Special Education, EFB Grading Testing Procedures and Standards, EHC Graduation Early Graduation Incentive, EHE Graduation Adult Education Graduation, EDA Procurement Protests, DKBA District Employee and Student Relations.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.  First reading.  Superintendent John Fahey said they set up a meeting with the association in October to review the policies and it may take a month or two to review.  He recommended tabling DHA and DG and DLA.  Curtis Whipple  made a motion to table policies DHA, DG and DLA, Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.  April Torgerson made a motion to approve the first reading of Annex J – Power Outage Procedures.  Shawn Davis seconded.  All in favor. Second reading.  Superintendent John Fahey said we are in the process of changing the pictures and he’s picked a new front page.  So we can final approve next month. Jeffery Chappell made a motion to approve the second reading of the strategic plan.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.  Superintendent John Fahey said he was working on writing a new policy regarding tobacco use.

New hires:  April Torgerson made a motion to approve new hires.  Shawn Davis seconded.  All in favor.  April Torgerson asked about the new hire orientation, Superintendent John Fahey said we were waiting for them all to be hired.   All in favor.

Employee separations: None

BOARD MEMBER ITEMS

Shawn Davis:  Asked about the lights on the east side of Loa Elementary.  Discussed the trial light they put up last year, and the board requested that we get bids to run lights along that side of the building.  Shawn Davis also asked about the students participating in the online classes and the board discussed concerns. 

Jeffery Chappell: Said kudos to the effort to help the mental health of our children, with this being suicide prevention month. Keep it up.  We really don’t want to have a tragedy.

April Torgerson:  Said that the UHSRA has approved for us to start our own rodeo club and the board discussed how that may work with fee waivers.  April Torgerson also asked about kids coming to the school with their parents, like custodians, when they are working.  Discussed the concern.  April Torgerson also asked about bus supervision, and if there were policies about where students sit on the bus and whether we make it a policy that the coaches need to spread out.  The board discussed the concern.  Superintendent John Fahey asked about the FFA International trip and whether we need to stick with 11^thand 12^thgraders or allow sophomores to go.  Cory Anderson said he would want to hear from Jessica about it.  He said he understood there were less than 10.  Superintendent John Fahey clarified that if she wants to bring sophomores she needs to come to board meeting to discuss it.

Cory Anderson:  Provided an update regarding UHSAA and the board discussed.  Cory Anderson said he was hearing rumblings from teachers and he hopes that everyone understands that the board is trying to give the administrators ownership of the schools and pull the board out as much as they can, because accountability and ownership go hand in hand.  Discussed some specific examples and concerns.

Curtis Whipple made a motion to go into closed per section 52-4-205(1)(a) at 9:20 pm.  April Torgerson seconded.

Roll Call:

Cory Anderson declared us back in open meeting at 10:33 pm.

April Torgerson made a motion to adjourn at 10:33 pm.  Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.