2007-12-12
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING––DECEMBER 12, 2007
(Due to inclement weather, the meeting was postponed from the night
before, Tuesday, December 11.)
The meeting was called to order by President John Knodel at 7:30
p.m. in the St. Francis High School library on the above date with
all members present except Bruce Feikert.
Superintendent Schiltz requested the addition of one item to the
agenda under Committee Reports: add a) Selection of committee
members. Bonnie Zweygardt moved to approve the agenda with this
addition; the motion was seconded by Kelly Gienger and carried.
The Board reviewed and discussed the items on the consent calendar.
A motion was then made by Bonnie Zweygardt, seconded by Sherry
Weeks, and carried to approve the consent calendar, including the
following items: 1) the minutes of the regular meeting on November
13, 2007; 2) the list of bills being paid on checks numbering
7594-7689 on BankWest and numbering 4844-4918 on First National
Bank for a total of $356,357.12; 3) the Cash Summary Report
(including two transfers––$3,384.60 from the Supplemental General
Fund to the Vocational Education Fund and $6,438.03 from the
General Fund to the At-Risk Fund), and the Grade School and High
School Activity Fund Reports––all as of November 30, 2007.
There were no audiences.
The Board considered appointments of members to two committees––the
Meet and Confer Committee and the Scholarship Committee. Following
brief discussion, a motion was made by Kelly Gienger, seconded by
Mary Beth Miller and carried to approve the following appointments:
Bruce Feikert and Pete Raile to serve on the Meet and Confer
Committee, and Sherry Weeks and Bonnie Zweygardt to serve on the
Scholarship Committee.
Old Business began with further discussion of the new gymnasium
project. Following extensive discussion and review of the
architect’s drawings already on hand, Mary Beth Miller and Kelly
Gienger agreed to serve on a Facilities Committee along with
Superintendent Schiltz. It was Board consensus that this Committee
schedule a meeting in the near future to develop more detailed
specifications for the gym project and then present to the Board
for review at a later meeting.
In New Business, Mr. Schiltz reported that he had applied for and
was granted waivers from the Kansas State Board of Education on the
number of days allowed to teach on the emergency substitute
licenses for Brad Matthies and Robin Petersen, whose respective
contracts will expire at the end of first semester. The
administration recommended that new contracts be offered for second
semester to: 1) Brad Matthies to continue to teach woodworking and
eighth grade technology, and to add weight lifting supervisor
[position currently held by Carl Werner whose contract will expire
at the end of first semester and chooses not to continue in that
position]; and 2) Robin Petersen to continue to teach technical
drafting. Bonnie Zweygardt moved to approve both of these contracts
as proposed. The motion was seconded by Pete Raile and carried.
The Board received for their first review a copy of a proposed
school calendar for 2008-2009. Following some discussion, the
consensus of the Board was to review this proposed calendar with
the Meet-and-Confer Committee before it is brought back to the
Board for further discussion and official action.
The Board received a copy of the Audit Report for FY 2007 that had
been completed by Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball. A brief review of
the Management Letter and of the Audit Report was held; the Audit
Report will be scheduled for further review and consideration of
approval at the regular Board meeting in January.
Mr. Schiltz informed the Board that he is continuing his
investigation into replacing the intercom/bell system at the
jr.-sr. high school building.
Board members and administration presented a few other
miscellaneous items for information and discussion, but no action
was taken.
No report on the school improvement process and no review of Board
Policy were scheduled for this meeting.
The Board received and read several thank you notes from students
in the elementary computer classes (Susan Dinkel, teacher); the
notes were in conjunction with the Thanksgiving holiday and
expressed appreciation for a variety of things in the school
system. Two thank you cards were received from teachers expressing
appreciation for support to attend the Kim Sutton Math Workshop in
Hays.
At 9:50 p.m., Kelly Gienger moved that the meeting adjourn. The
motion was seconded by Mary Beth Miller and carried.
