PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
146 South Granite Street
Prescott, Arizona 86303
August 9, 2005
Minutes of the Governing
Board Study Session of Tuesday, August 9, 2005, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
held in the District Office Board Room.
Governing Board Members
Present:
President Andy Newton
Mrs. Dee Navarro
Mr. Steve Campbell
Dr. Joan Fleming
Mr. Tom Staley
Also Present:
Mr. Kevin J. Kapp,
Superintendent
Dr. Chris Reynolds,
Assistant Superintendent
Mr. Spencer Johnson,
Student Representative
Mrs. Andi Mayer, Assistant
to the Governing Board
Others Present:
Totsy
McCraley Frank Lawhead Jim Cowan
Bill
Munson Brian Moore Nancy
Martinez
Joe
Howard Jim Williams Marianne Brooks
Bill
Monroe Hilary Eller Elizabeth
Wilkins
Carol
Westfall Dorrean Walker David Martin
Arn
Lavington Jay Collier Mary Anne Kapp
Mike
Harlan Denny Colgan Linda Ryan
Henry
Schmitt Craig Niece Anne Solt
Michael
Stinson S. Moglewer Carolyn Bay
Joseph
May LeeAnn Lyall Donna Norris
Libby Reiman
Kaye Cultham Gerry Janssen
Susan
Clark
CALL TO ORDER
President Andy Newton
called the meeting to order at 5:37 p.m.
OPENING CEREMONY AND
WELCOME
President Newton welcomed
everyone and thanked those present for attending. He asked Ms. Hilary
Eller to introduce her guest. Ms. Eller introduced LeeAnn Lyall, who
works for the Chino Valley Review. Mr. Spencer Johnson led the
audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
President Newton asked Mr.
Kevin Kapp if the agenda was in order. Mr. Kapp responded that it had
been suggested that Item No. 3 be moved as the first agenda item and Dr.
Joan Fleming suggested that Item No. 7 be postponed until the September
meeting. Dr. Chris Reynolds also noted that he had two names to remove
from the Personnel Report in the Consent Agenda.
Mr. Steve Campbell moved
that the Governing Board approve the agenda as amended. Mrs. Dee Navarro
seconded the motion.
Mr.
Steve Campbell voted aye, Dr. Joan Fleming voted aye, Mrs. Dee Navarro
voted aye, Mr. Tom Staley voted aye, and President Newton voted aye. The
motion carried 5-0.
PRESENTATIONS
Mrs. Dee Navarro gave a
report on the Employee Benefit Trust and noted that they were in great
financial shape. She reported that the IBNR of $477,286 was an incurred
liability for claims not yet paid. Mr. Kevin Kapp noted that Mrs. Navarro
would be making reports to the Board regarding the EBT every other month.
He also noted that the EBT was in the best financial shape it’s ever been
in. He reported that there may be a rate increase next year, but that
PUSD was one of the very few districts to not have a rate increase this
year.
Dr. Joan Fleming thanked
Mrs. Navarro for her report because it gives the other Board members much
more information.
Mrs. Navarro thanked the
EBT Board for doing such a fine job.
Mr. Kapp reported on the
Wednesday Afternoon Professional Development Activities and Parks and
Recreation Activities for Middle Schools. He distributed a copy of the
training schedule for every Wednesday of the first semester and noted that
the Parks and Recreation Department has been absolutely incredible in
putting together a plan for the middle schools’ activities every
Wednesday. He noted that the general theme for the first two training
sessions would be talking about professional learning communities in order
to develop a culture throughout the district that we are all life-long
learners, always learning more and using data to determine what we want or
need to learn. He reported that some schools already began this process
during their teacher orientations.
Dr. Joan Fleming asked if
Dr. Kane from NAU was going to be involved in any of the training
sessions. Mr. Kapp responded that he was more than willing to be involved
and that he was worth bringing in as a speaker.
Mr. Steve Campbell asked,
what’s data mining? Mr. Joe Howard responded that it’s essentially
digging for data to find out where the focus should be.
Mr. Howard distributed a
letter signed by both himself and Mr. Kapp that went home to all middle
school parents regarding the Wednesday adjusted dismissal time and
activities, the bus schedule, along with the results from a survey
regarding the possible activities for middle school students on Wednesday
afternoons. He noted that the results from the surveys were shared with
the Parks and Recreation Department in order to develop a program and that
based on the surveys the activity program will start with four
activities: Field/Gym activities, Dance and Theater activities,
computers, and homework and tutoring. He noted that transportation would
be provided with buses running at 1:30 p.m. and then again at 3:25 p.m.
He noted that the student athletes could also take advantage of the 5:00
p.m. bus. He introduced Ms. Libby Reiman from the Parks and Recreation
Department.
Ms. Reiman noted that
tomorrow would be the first day of this program and that she hoped it
would be very successful. She noted that they had based the program on
the results from the surveys and that there were over 200 students
participating from Prescott Mile High and about 100 from Granite Mountain.
She reported that her staff is phenomenal with some college students,
graduates, parents, etc., and that based on the numbers, they were looking
at using Youth Count and AmeriCorp and possibly partnering with other
organizations such as Yavapai College.
Mr. Steve Campbell asked
what percentage of the student population would be involved? Mr. Howard
responded, about one-third of our students. Mr. Harlan responded that
just over 100 of his students had signed up for the activities, but that
he anticipated more participating.
Mr. Tom Staley said, with
two-thirds of the students from Prescott Mile High and three-quarters of
the students from Granite Mountain going home at 1:30 p.m. – have you
thought about how to attract more students? Mr. Howard responded that he
thought more will come than actually signed up and that more surveys would
be done.
Mr. Staley asked, will
there be a similar program at Prescott High School? Ms. Reiman responded,
no. Mrs. Totsy McCraley responded that one of the things the high school
wanted to preserve was the Wednesday club meeting time and that two of the
four weeks each month have been designated for club meeting time. She
also noted that at the high school level there are juniors and seniors who
work after school and some who are involved in the athletic programs. She
also noted that they would be providing an athletic study hall.
President Newton asked,
and the coaches can’t start practices early? Mrs. McCraley responded, no
they cannot and they are aware of that.
Mr. Staley asked if there
would be the same bus schedule for students not staying. Mrs. McCraley
responded, yes.
President Newton stated
that he felt it was great that the high school was able to preserve those
club meeting times.
Mr. Kapp stated that there
was no doubt that there would be wrinkles to work out, but that it was
shaping up to be a wonderful program.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Mr. Kapp asked Dr. Joan
Fleming to make a presentation. Dr. Fleming noted that she had a
wonderful time on Sunday attending the Summer Pops Concert and that there
had been two middle school and a number of high school students
participating. She noted that the Summer Pops organization had decided to
donate some money to our two middle schools and presented checks for $750
each to Mr. Joe Howard and Mr. Mike Harlan, noting that they money was to
go toward the band and music programs at their schools.
Mr. Kapp distributed a
copy of the postcards that were sent to all families to alert them
regarding the first day of school and the starting and ending times of
each school level.
He distributed a Day 1
Student Enrollment Analysis and reported that the district was up again by
about 3.6%. He noted that the numbers would change and that the
administration had predicted another 2-3% growth. He reported that the
elementary schools were up by 71 students (3.3%), the middle schools were
up by 12 students (<1%), and the high school was up by 98 students (5.7%)
for an overall growth of 181 students (3.6%). He noted that the district
would be monitoring enrollment numbers for the next nine days since it is
vital to the district to know these numbers. He also noted that growth
does not come without challenges and that the administration was looking
at some critical needs already. He reported that there may be an addendum
for Thursday night to ask for more instructional assistants because of the
high numbers, along with some other needs down the road.
STUDY SESSION:
CONSIDER APPROVING THE
EXPENDITURE OF THE REMAINING GROWTH MONIES FROM THE 2004-2005 SCHOOL YEAR
THAT HAVE BEEN CARRIED OVER TO THIS FISCAL YEAR TO INCREASE SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER PAY AND/OR OTHER PURPOSES
Mr. Kapp noted that the
district has been studying this item for a long time and noted there is
about $40,000 of old growth money available.
President Newton called on
Carol Westfall.
Mrs. Carol Westfall
addressed the Governing Board and stated that substitutes did not feel
that their pay was commensurate with their professionalism, education and
experience and that she wanted to bring to the Board’s attention a clearer
picture of the substitute pool with information collected from a survey.
She noted that they had received a substitute list from the district with
123 names that volunteers attempted to contact to survey. She reported
that they had reached 66 out of the 123 on the list, over 50%. She noted
that all 66 respondents have at least a Bachelor’s Degree, 19 of the 66
have a Master’s Degree, 45 of the 66 have a total of 1,831 college credits
for an average of over 40 credits per person, 22 of 66 have been
credentialed to teach fulltime in more than one state, 39 of 66 have been
fully certified and have taught fulltime for a total of 632 years (an
average of 6 years of classroom experience per person), 65 of 66 have 395
years of substitute experience (more than 6 years per person), and 23 of
66 have additional experience as classroom aides, volunteers and coaches.
She stated that she thought the Board would agree that the substitute pool
is highly educated and experienced and deserves a raise based on that
criteria alone. She reported that substitute pay is the same as it was
five years ago and that the district provides no other benefits to
substitutes. She proposed that the daily substitute rate be increased to
$85-$100, that there should be an appropriate increase in pay after five
days for long-term substitute assignments, and a minimum of three hours
pay for any assignment less than half-day. She thanked the Board for
their time and consideration.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins
addressed the Governing Board and thanked the Board for letting them talk
early, the supporters, and Hilary Eller for her excellent reporting. She
stated that she hoped the Board members would rectify the unjust
compensation that substitutes receive.
Mr. Staley asked, there
are 123 substitutes? Dr. Chris Reynolds responded, that number
fluctuates. Mr. Staley noted that an increase from $65-$70 would equal a
7.7% increase, from $65-$75 would equal a 15.4% increase, and from
$65-$100 would equal a 53% increase.
Mr. Campbell asked, what
are Chino Valley and Humboldt currently paying?
Dr. Reynolds responded,
PUSD currently pays $65 per day, with an increase to $75 after the 21st
day of a long-term assignment; Humboldt pays $70 per day, with an increase
to $90 after the 6th day of a continuous assignment; and Chino
Valley pays $75 per day, with a 3-week assignment being equivalent to B.A.
Mr. Campbell asked, what
would an increase to $75 equate to the budget? Mr. Kapp responded,
approximately $40,000 – it will cost approximately $20,000 per $5
increase.
Dr. Reynolds recommended a
$75 daily rate and $85 for continuous assignments.
Mr. Campbell noted that
the district currently would have enough in sudden growth money for this
year and then it would have to be budgeted for following years. He
suggested a $75 daily rate with current funding and then look at possibly
raising the rate again next year since the Board has already set our
budget for this year.
President Newton noted
that would be a 15% increase, or 3% per year for five years.
Dr. Fleming noted that you
can’t reduce the rate once you raise it and that the Board might be able
to raise it more next year.
Mr. Kapp noted that when
the administration comes to the Board for other needs it would be out of
new sudden growth monies.
Mrs. Dee Navarro asked if
he had a projection of what those might be. Mr. Kapp responded that a
3.6% increase would equate to approximately $700,000-$800,000 and that
conservatively you could count on receiving $500,000.
Mr. Staley asked, can this
year’s funds be spent on other items besides salaries? Buildings? Mr.
Kapp responded, yes.
President Newton noted
that if there’s any group of people that have been left out it would be
the subs.
Mr. Staley commented that
these folks get lost in the shuffle and that he was a sub two to three
years ago. He noted that regarding the 1-2 hour assignments, he would
like to recommend they be paid the minimum 3 hours that they proposed. He
noted that this would help the district to fill those smaller assignments,
rather than a teacher having to use their prep period to cover those
assignments that don’t get filled.
Mr. Campbell stated that
he would like to know what that would do to the budget also.
Dr. Fleming stated that
all principals and assistant principals have teaching certificates and
suggested that they cover those not filled. Mr. Kapp responded that they
have already been doing that.
Mr. Spencer Johnson noted
that the high school has a lot of those short assignments in the afternoon
– especially for coaches the last hour.
CONSIDER GRANTING (OR
DENYING) A LIST OF STUDENTS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR EARLY ENTRANCE INTO
KINDERGARTEN
Ms.
Linda Ryan reported that the district had screened nearly 50 new
kindergartners between May and July and that the district usually screens
about 10-20. She distributed a handout regarding four students who were
screened and noted that one student was being recommended for Washington
Traditional School kindergarten on a trial basis until Labor Day, two
students were screened out, and one student was pending further evaluation
because of the lack of a qualified interpreter.
Mr.
Campbell asked, if this student is recommended, would it be under the same
conditions – on a trial basis through Labor Day? Ms. Ryan responded,
yes.
Dr.
Fleming asked if any of those students could attend Discovery Garden? Ms.
Ryan responded, that they have counseled those that weren’t recommended to
do so.
CONSIDER APPROVING
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DISTRICT TO INITIATE APPRAISALS FOR DISTRICT-OWNED
PROPERTY (THE NATURE CENTER ADJACENT TO GRANITE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
PROPERTY ADJACENT TO PRESCOTT MILE HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL)
Mr. Arn Lavington reported
that he had called Appraisal Services Company of Prescott, who does
appraisals for the city, county and the tribe. He noted that they charge
$175 for each smaller parcel and $400 for the Nature Center for a total of
$750, with a quick turn around. He noted that because this was under
$5,000, an RFP would not be required.
Mr. Staley asked, is he
doing comparables, or full blown appraisals? Mr. Lavington responded, I’m
not sure, but I can investigate that further. Mr. Staley stated that when
it that inexpensive, he was concerned about getting what we’re paying for.
Mr. Campbell stated that
if in the future the district decided to sale any of that property, we
would need to have the best information available, if not, it would serve
no purpose.
Mr. Lavington stated that
there are different ways to appraise properties and that he would look
into a more detailed appraisal.
Mr. Kapp stated that he
felt the Board was being fiscally responsible and that because the
district is obtaining appraisals for the property didn’t necessarily mean
they will be sold. He noted that it’s been a long time since this
property has been appraised and the Board needs to know what they are
worth in the current market.
CONSIDER APPROVING THE
PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT’S GOVERNING BOARD’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE
HISPANIC NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CAUCUS
Dr. Joan Fleming reported
that both the ASBA and NSBA have a Native American Hispanic caucus and
that it would cost the district $100 to join. She noted that our student
Hispanic population is growing and that the caucus does good work and our
support would mean a lot to them. She noted that individual Board members
could join for $25 and that anyone can attend.
Mr. Campbell asked, then
the purpose would be to further educational opportunities for Native
American and Hispanic students? Dr. Fleming responded, yes, if the
district joins.
CONSIDER APPROVING A
LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A BUILDING FOR THE PEAK PROGRAM FOR 2005-2006
Mr. Kapp reported that it
was hoped that the PEAK Program could remain at Bradshaw Mountain East
High School, but HUSD needs all the space they can get because of their
10-12% student growth. He noted that PEAK was temporarily being housed in
a portable behind Prescott Mile High Middle School and that our district
has enjoyed a great collaboration with HUSD with this endeavor. He
reported that the building we’re looking at is located on Highway 89 and
Willow Lake Road, is fairly new, 3,600 square feet, and is about equal
distance from both districts. He stated that this proposal would require
some expenditure of funds from new sudden growth monies. He distributed
copies of pictures of the building, along with the floor plan. He also
distributed a PEAK facility incremental cost analysis drawn up by Mr. Curt
Waddell of HUSD. He noted that this program has kept a lot of kids in
school and is responsible for about 50-60 seniors graduating. He
introduced Dr. Henry Schmitt, Superintendent from Humboldt Unified School
District, and thanked him for attending.
Dr. Schmitt discussed the
intergovernmental agreement that the districts have currently entered
into, the success of the program and how it assists those students not
able to function in mainstream schools, and how the program does not take
away from M & O. He reported that 123 students from HUSD had taken
advantage of this program. He noted that Chino Valley may become more
interested in the program because of the location of this building, which
is very centrally located for all three districts. He reported that
because of the credit recovery program, PEAK and GED – once word gets out,
the numbers will always increase for second semester. He also discussed
the need to have the lease reviewed by council and that it was hoped the
district would at least break even and even make some money with the
combination of these programs in this building.
President Newton asked how
many students would this building serve? Mr. Craig Niece responded, about
20-25 students per hour due to the minimum staff.
President Newton asked if
the building was big enough for that? Mr. Niece responded, we’re looking
at housing several programs there besides just PEAK.
Dr. Fleming asked Denny
Colgan, what was it before? Mr. Colgan responded, it was the Regional
Farmer’s Insurance building used for training, is nicely laid out and is
an equal distance from all three high school campuses. He noted that
there would be a great deal of flexibility with this building, that the
lease would be a gross lease and not a triple net lease. He went on to
say that they wanted $4,700, and that we offered $800 less. He noted that
he had tried to keep the lease flexible, that it would be for three years,
with the districts to have first right of refusal. He noted that the
owners seemed very amenable to the proposal.
Mr. Staley asked, if the
program grows, will it be large enough? Mr. Colgan responded, it’s
flexible with the opportunity for growth.
Dr. Schmitt noted that the
superintendents have had earlier discussions regarding the possibility of
building our own facility with our own land in a centralized location. He
also noted that working with the Schools Facility Board would be a minimum
of two years out and that this building would give us a window to look at
these other ideas for the future and that they were trying to conserve
human resources and soft capital be merging the districts on this
project. He noted that Paul Street had built an accommodation school with
SFB money.
Mr. Staley asked, would
the districts split the $100,000 up front cost? Dr. Schmitt responded,
last year we used our site, computers, licensing, etc., and that he was
concerned about the networking, possibly look at going wireless. He
stated that we can recalculate on what each district can contribute.
Mr. Colgan stated that
regarding the possibility of subletting, we could ask for that to be put
in the lease.
Mr. Staley asked, how much
land comes with the building? Mr. Colgan responded, about an acre with
split zoning – the front half is residential, with the building part being
commercial.
Mr. Staley noted, if we
were to purchase the property we could building other buildings. Mr.
Colgan responded, it’s on .92 acres and would require a zoning change.
Dr. Fleming asked, do the
owners want to lease the building, or are they looking to sell it? Mr.
Colgan responded, they would prefer to lease it long-term.
Dr. Fleming asked, what’s
the time frame? Mr. Colgan responded, fairly quickly, but he felt that
the owner would give the districts time to get responses from their
Boards. He noted that he had done a letter of intent and had spoken with
them yesterday and they are aware that they have to wait for HUSD’s
Board’s decision and seem willing to work with us.
Mr. Staley asked, what
about offering them some earnest money? Mr. Colgan responded, I could ask
them about earnest money and applying it to the lease.
Dr. Schmitt stated that he
also wanted to look more closely at the septic tank, roof, etc.
Mr. Kapp asked Craig Niece
to speak about the PEAK program. Mr. Niece reported that there’s a lot of
talk about the nature of PEAK’s students and that he has found them to be
some of the most driven and gifted students and that this program helps
students moving in the middle of a semester to transition and helps
students that have kids and are raising families. He reported that once
things settle down, he would invite everyone out. He announced that PEAK
will start on Monday and that the lease of this building would help to
improve the PEAK program significantly.
Mr. Kapp noted that the
Board would be authorizing him to negotiate the lease for the building
with the funding to be about $35,000 a year for each district. He noted
that he felt there were some expenses that could be decreased regarding
the furnishings and that $30,000-$40,000 per year would cover all costs.
He stated that he thought it was great that HUSD students would be able to
access the building from the back way of Prescott Valley.
Mr. Staley added, and
$50,000 each for one time costs? Mr. Kapp responded, yes, and that this
would raise this program to a whole new level and that this would also be
a perfect site for the Virtual Learning Academy.
CONSIDER APPROVING NEW
PROCEDURES FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECKING AND POSSIBLE FINGERPRINT
REQUIREMENTS OF PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN PROVIDING PURCHASED SERVICES FOR
PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Dr. Reynolds reported that
he was looking for some direction from the Board regarding this topic.
Mr. Campbell recalled that
the Board had discussed coming up with a new list for an affidavit to be
signed and that it sounded like the Board should mark on the existing list
those items they feel should be there and determine whether the contractor
would sign off on his employees or whether each individual employee would
sign an affidavit.
Mr. Staley stated that he
thought the district needs to do everything we possibly can and at the
very least put wording in contracts (once we come up with the list) so
that the general contractor would be aware that if he knows of anyone on
his crew who has a listed felony they would not be able to work on our
school grounds and maybe ask the contractor to have long term employees
fingerprinted and for all employees to sign the affidavit.
President Newton stated
that he agreed, but felt that requiring employers to do background checks
and fingerprinting was asking a bit much and felt that asking the general
contractor to sign on behalf of his employees was realistic.
Dr. Fleming stated she
thought having the general contractor verify that no one on his crew was
in violation of any item on the list and having each of their employees
sign an affidavit. She asked Mr. Lavington if he thought such a
stipulation in the contract would deter people from working for the
district.
Mr. Lavington responded
that it would definitely make it more difficult because there are so many
jobs out there right now and contractors can afford to pick and choose.
Dr. Fleming asked, what if
the general contractor was to sign off on all of their employees? Mr.
Lavington responded, APS is doing a large project with us and they have a
procedure in place. Would you be asking the general contractor to bear
the cost of background checks?
Mr. Staley noted that most
general contractors have every employee fill out applications and that he
would assume they would have a felony question. He stated that the
district has almost $21 million worth of work and that the district should
do everything we can to prevent even one incident.
Mr. Jay Collier stated
that he just wanted people to understand that if we go to something so
restrictive what that might mean. He noted that the district has a ton of
projects that come up spur of the moment – things that need to be taken
care of in one day. He noted that this would mean that I will have to
respond back to the principal that it may take awhile and they usually
want things done now.
Mr. Campbell stated that
the Board was talking about major contracts where their personnel would be
on our campuses for an extended period of time and not someone who is
there for a very short period of time.
Mr. Staley suggested that
if the district works with some of the same contractors every year to make
them aware of what we’re trying to do.
Mrs. Navarro asked for
clarification – are we asking the contractor and their employees to sign
the affidavit and do background checks and fingerprinting?
President Newton
responded, no. Mr. Campbell stated that he did not want to require the
employer to do background checks or fingerprinting, but have the
contractor and individual employees sign the affidavit.
Mr. Staley stated that he
would love to see it written into the contract that the contractor would
not place any individuals on that list on our school grounds and I’d like
to see background checks with general contractor and each employee signing
the affidavit.
Dr. Reynolds noted that in
his discussion with the county attorney, the district can ask the
contractor to have his employees sign the affidavit, but they have no
obligation to give us a copy.
Mr. Staley stated that
from a procedure standpoint he would not feel comfortable voting on this
without some type of written procedures being developed.
Dr. Reynolds stated that
he was looking for direction from the Board on what should be on the
affidavit list, to define long-term, and whether both the contractor and
all of their employees should sign the affidavit. He noted that we can
add wording to future RFP’s, but that the district would have to exclude
some contractors that have already been awarded contracts.
Mrs. Navarro asked, would
this require a policy? Mr. Kapp responded, it would be a procedure.
Mr. Staley stated that as
we formulate a new affidavit, at some point in time there should be a
written list for the Board to vote on and he asked who would be doing
that? Mr. Kapp responded, if the Board agrees on the parameters, we would
bring back something in written form in September.
CONSIDER APPROVING A
CHANGE IN POSITION TITLE FROM BUSINESS MANAGER TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
AND PLACEMENT OF THE POSITION ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SALARY SCHEDULE ON THE
COLUMN FOR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
This item was postponed
until September.
CONSIDER APPROVING THE
GOVERNING BOARD GOALS FOR THE 2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR
Mr. Kapp noted that once
approved, there will be all kinds of committee action taking place.
Mr. Campbell stated that
he felt the goals looked good.
CONSIDER REVIEWING AND
ADOPTING POLICY SERVICES ADVISORY, VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2, FOR JUNE
2005, REGARDING POLICY ADVISORY NUMBER 247
Mr. Kapp reported that
this was a clean-up on the policies regarding inventories and ASBA
catching up with new legislation.
Mr. Staley asked, and
someone has looked at this and you are recommending it? Mr. Kapp
responded, yes.
CONSIDER REVIEWING AND
ADOPTING POLICY SERVICES ADVISORY, VOLUME 17, NUMBER 3, FOR JULY
2005, REGARDING POLICY ADVISORY NUMBERS 248-259
Mr. Steve Campbell asked,
regarding the gifted and talented, does that mean we are required to
expand that program? Mr. Kapp responded, gifted would no longer be a
subcategory under Special Education.
Dr. Fleming asked, what
about the site councils? Mr. Kapp responded that this would allow
employees who are parents to serve on site councils.
Mr. Campbell stated that
regarding early entrance age, we don’t have full day kindergarten
funding. Mr. Kapp responded, right now we get half, if we get full day
funding it would negate early entrance. He noted that it would be 2-3
years before our district qualifies for funding and there would be no more
early entrance.
Mrs. Navarro asked, we may
be required to offer half and full day kindergarten? Mr. Kapp responded,
yes – we already do, it’s up to the parents – the district only has to
provide half day programs at one or two of the schools.
Dr. Fleming noted that
#258 takes care of the anti-bullying policy. Mr. Campbell recalled that a
procedure was developed for the high school.
Mr. Kapp noted that we
would have to review and develop a procedure for reporting bullying.
CONSIDER APPROVING A
MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MR. KEN VICK, SECURITY GUARD AT PRESCOTT HIGH
SCHOOL
Dr. Reynolds noted that
this request meets the guidelines.
Mr. Staley asked, who will
be the replacement and will it be at the same salary level or lower? Dr.
Reynolds responded, usually the person coming in is at a lower rate.
CONSIDER APPROVING A
MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MRS. CHERRIE VINTON, PART-TIME KINDERGARTEN
TEACHER AT TAYLOR HICKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Dr. Reynolds noted that
this request meets the guidelines.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE
CONSENT AGENDA:
CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF
CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL ACTIONS AS REQUESTED
CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE
DONATIONS AS PRESENTED
CONSIDER RATIFYING THE
VOUCHERS AS PRESENTED
CONSIDER THE APPROVAL
OF THE AUXILIARY OPERATIONS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND STATEMENT OF
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2005
CONSIDER THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS
MINUTES FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD STUDY AND VOTING SESSION OF JULY 12,
2005, AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF JULY 19, 2005
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Kapp noted that the
district had enjoyed another wonderful first day of school and
complimented everyone on a great first day.
Hearing no objection,
President Newton adjourned the meeting at 7:58 p.m.
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