PALOUSE SCHOOL DISTRICT #301 - GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT #302
JOINT BOARD MEETING - THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2003
Garfield Board Chairman, Mike Cronk, reconvened the Garfield School Board and the Palouse School Board joint meeting at 7:35 p.m.
The flag salute followed.
Present: Garfield board members Mike Cronk, Roger Pennell, Warren Neal, Jill Palmer and Craig Cochran. Palouse board members John Leendertsen, Jerry Schwartzman, Paula Echanove, Mike White, and Kent Keller.
Also Present: Superintendent Beverly Fox, Principals Bill LaMunyan and Skip Wilson, Business Office Manager Patsy Dunning and Recorder Jody Akins.
Guests: Debbie Anderson, Jiggs Anderson, Jarrod Pfaff, Brett Bosse, April Pfaff, Rich Olson, Jack Neal, Bill LaMunyan, Michael Daily, Wendy Delzer, Debbie Gilbertson, Sherry Partch, Kurt Kimberling, Cindy Kimberling, Cindy Dvorak, Mike Burt, John Kuehner, Ben Barstow, Kathy Pinter, Randy Pinter, Vickie Griner, Shelly Nawash, Dennis Griner, Louanne Deerkop, Nancy Hegg, Skip Wilson, Dan Parrish, Ron Rosebrook, Alli Bennett, Patty Cottrill, Emily Wagner, Bev Pearce, Theresa Pfaff, Janet Barstow, Pete Hertz, Marc Arrasmith, Debbie Arrasmith, Holly Thomas, Marvin Pillers, Evan Ellis, Valorie Fisher.
Cancel number eight, Executive Session/Personnel Evaluation and delete Item B under the Consent Agenda: Hiring Recommendations.
The minutes from February 27, 2003 regular meeting and the March 11, 2003 regular meeting were approved with no corrections being made.
Motion to approve for Garfield was made by Craig Cochran and Roger Pennell seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
Motion for Palouse was made by Jerry Schwartzman and seconded by Kent Keller. Motion was unanimously passed.
The position for middle school assistant baseball coach is still open. Applications have been requested and sent out but we have not received any back yet.
Volunteer Recommendations
Dean Walker has volunteered to be the track coach. He has prior experience coaching for our district and it is felt he would do a good job.
Warren Neal moved for Garfield to accept the recommendation of Dean Walker as a volunteer track coach. Craig Cochran seconded the motion and it was unanimously passed.
For Palouse, Mike White moved and Paula Echanove seconded. Motion was unanimously passed.
Each year we need to have the boards vote to approve enrollment with WIAA. Once the enrollment is approved, the Board Chairs need to sign the forms.
Motion to pass was made by Craig Cochran and seconded by Jill Palmer. Motion passed unanimously.
Palouse moved by Paula Echanove and seconded by Kent Keller. Motion was voted on and passed unanimously.
Chairman Jerry Schwartzman asked if members were ready to move to accept the consent agenda. A motion was made by Mike White and seconded by Paula Echanove. Chairman called for a vote and the motion passed with all in favor.
The January 30, 2003 minutes were approved as submitted.
Motion to pass by Craig Cochran and seconded by Warren Neal. Motion passed unanimously.
Nancy Hegg explained how the Accelerated Reading Program worked. She said that it is going very well and is working. The secret is that they can find a book that is at a perfect level for them to have success. Last year our libraries shared 756 items back and forth between the two school districts and there were 19,411 checkouts.
Mrs. Hegg teaches two art classes every semester and is working to incorporate history and industrial uses to each course. She is hoping to have eight classes worked-up by next year so there will be a two-year rotation in the courses offered. This will give the kids more choices.
Nancy is also the Destination Imagination Coach. Her team placed fifth in the competition that was held in Spokane, Washington.
Mr. LaMunyan: Tomorrow in Palouse is Grandparent’s day and he invited board members to come share a pot luck dinner in the elementary there. Tecla Blood will be one of their special guests.
Next year, the elementary configuration is pre-school/kindergarten, half day each, with one teacher teaching it. Second and third grades would be one class but two teachers. This two-teacher format would be utilizing I-728 funding for one of those teacher placements. This configuration fits within the budget constraints of the I-728 plan presented for adoption. Fourth grade will have one teacher one classroom, and fifth grade will be the same.
Elementary changes will be AR math being adopted for next year. High school will be fairly limited with staff and course offerings and they are working on this with the vocational counselors. Shelly Nawash is visiting with Nancy Hegg on art for next year’s classes. In May they will have their mock registration. FFA went to St. John and our competition level is great. They took first and second place and walked out with one of the best days Buddy said they have had.
Mr. Wilson: The kids just had their middle school science fair and the turnout was outstanding. The car races were really interesting because they were built out of cardboard. The kids had to design, build, and race them. They really had a lot of fun with this. Mr. Allen did a great job.
We are in the fourth quarter and are going to pilot a TV class. Mr. Griner’s kids have been working on this. We want to do a live production by the kids. We sent a group of students to Lincoln Middle School to look at their program and they came back quite excited about this. We are looking to do this as an addition to next years schedule. We also are looking at, and will move a little more towards, the use of the AR math program. We will start from the sixth grade down. We want to incorporate it into our existing math program.
I met with the middle school staff and we are discussing what our enrichment classes might look like next year. Core classes won’t change. By the April board meeting we should have a schedule ready to share. The elementary configuration looks like it will be exactly what we have this year. Based on enrollment that is the configuration we are going to keep.
Mrs. Fox reported that both levies passed with 78% in Garfield and 74.8% in Palouse. She thanked both communities for their excellent support for the kids.
I-728 Plans
Mr. Wilson: The bulk of this money will to continue to be used to fund the kindergarten/first grade teacher.
Mr. LaMunyan: The first priorities are a PEP teacher, a part-time teacher in the second and third combination classroom, and a Reading Specialist.
Motion to approve the plans for the I-728 money was made by Roger Pennell and Craig Cochran seconded. Motion passed.
Palouse’s motion was made by Mike White and seconded by Paula Echanove. All voted and passed the motion unanimously.
March 24, 2003 Minutes
Jerry Schwartzman moved for a motion approving the March 24, 2003 board meeting minutes. After receiving a second by Mike White the motion was voted on and approved unanimously.
Warren Neal than moved for the Garfield Board to approve the minutes and Craig Cochran seconded. The motion was carried and the minutes were approved.
We are still looking for an assistant baseball coach to help Mike Allen.
Today at the middle school large group music festival, held in Asotin, the bands received double ones from the judges.
We are just finishing up our second Krispy Kreme sales.
Cindy Kimberling: When we can plan on the boards giving us an idea on what is going on for next year. She was told that Mike Cronk and Jerry Schwartzman would be discussing that.
Kathy Pinter: The minutes state that Palouse owes Garfield money and she wants to know when that will be paid.
Patsy Dunning: There is no timeline for that payment.
Kathy Pinter: That will really help Garfield’s fund balance.
Mike White: Maybe April or May. John Leendertsen has some concerns about special ed. and there were changes to the instructions on how this was done. So, the recalculations still need to be done and then we can wind this business up.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.