Thursday, May 26th, 2005
Regular Board Meeting
In Attendance: Craig Cochran, Roger Pennell, Jill Palmer, Rusty Jamison, and Ken Renstrom
Also in Attendace: Superintendent/Principal Bill LaMunyan, Superintendent/Principal Bev Fox, Principal Steve Heeg, Kent Keller, Mike White, Val Fisher, and Reporter Neva Kuehner.
Board Chairman, Craig Cochran, called the meeting to order at 7:05PM.
Item VI, Superintendent’s Contract, was taken care of at last month’s meeting.
Accounts Payable:
General Fund: Vouchers 16727-16775 Warrants 42742-42790 in the amount of $49,039.78
ASB: Vouchers 778-786 Warrants 778-786 in the amount of $1,237.40
Payroll: Warrants 42667-42741 in the amount of $91,769.99
It was moved by Jill Palmer and seconded by Ken Renstrom to approve the minutes of the April 21st, 2005 Board Meeting. Motion passes. Superintendent/Principal Bill LaMunyan gave a brief overview of the budget status to the Board.
With there being no further business the meeting was called to recess at 7:10PM.
Palouse School District #301
Regular Board Meeting
In Attendance: Kent Keller, Mike White, Val Fisher
Also in Attendance: Superintendent/Principal Bev Fox, Principal Steve Heeg, Superintendent/Principal Bill LaMunyan, Craig Cochran, Roger Pennell, Jill Palmer, Rusty Jamison, Ken Renstrom, and Reporter Neva Kuehner.
Guests: Sue Redman, Louanne Deerkop
Board Chairman, Kent Keller, called the Board Meeting to order at 7:15 PM.
There were no changes to the agenda.
General Fund: Voucher 17081-17145 Warrants 29933-29997 in the amount of $36,898.56
ASB: Voucher 2808-2820 Warrants 2808-2820 in the amount of $7,831.27
Payroll: Warrants: 29846-29932 in the amount of $127,072.27
It was moved by Val Fisher and seconded by Mike White to approve the minutes of the April 28, 2005 meeting and the paying of the bills.
Superintendent/Principal Fox gave a brief financial report to the board.
With there being no further business the meeting was called to recess at7:20 PM.
Palouse School District #301
Garfield School District #302
May 26, 2005
Regular Joint Meeting
In Attendance: Craig Cochran, Rusty Jamison, Jill Palmer, Roger Pennell, Ken Renstrom, Kent Keller, Val Fisher, Mike White, John Leendertsen
Also in Attendance: Superintendent/Principal Bill LaMunyan, Superintendent/Principal Bev Fox, Principal Steve Heeg, and Reporter Neva Kuehner
Guests: Sue Redman, Louanne Deerkop, Sandy Jamison, Chris Bofenkamp, Tina Coles, and Tim Coles
Garfield Board Chairman Craig Cochran called the Joint Board meeting to order at 7:30PM.
Item J was added to New Business. Principal Steve Heeg asked to have the adoption of High School Spanish and English textbooks added to next month’s meeting.
It was moved by Jill Palmer to approve the minutes of the April Joint meeting, approve Board Operating Procedures: Policy 6122, approval to post job openings during summer months and the resignation of Tim Boone from High School girl’s basketball coaching position. Jill Palmer added that she would like to thank Tim Boone for all his hard work and hours put into the program. Ken Renstrom seconded the motion. Motion passes.
Principal Steve Heeg gave a summary of the State FFA competition results. Five of our Gar-Pal members received their State FFA Degree. The Gar-Pal Softball team took 4th place in the Whitman County tournament.
The benefit held for Alli Bennett was very well attended and earned around $2,700.00 for the Scholarship fund, around $2,000.00 for the family fund, and $500.00 for Cancer Research.
Mr. Heeg also reported that the seniors would leave on their senior trip on June 5th.
Superintendent/Principal Bill LaMunyan reported that the 8th Graders and Mr. Thompson are off and running on their history trip to Kamiah, Idaho.
Elementary students are finishing up their “Reach for the Stars” reading program. This is a program the Mary Cocking, a representative of Usborne books, presents to the schools. Mary Cocking then donates all of her profit back to the kids.
Movin’ On ceremonies will be held on Thursday, June 9th in the Middle School gym.
Superintendent/Principal Fox reported that Kids Inc. would be bringing the circus to Palouse. There will be a clown coming around to the local schools promoting the circus. The Palouse Elementary will be hosting doughnuts with Dad.
Louanne Deerkop presented an overview of her preschool program. Mrs. Deerkop brought pictures of activities held in her classroom during the school year.
Miss Redman presented the Social Studies textbook she would like to order for next school year. She informed the Board that this particular textbook utilizes the use of Map studies, graphs, diversity, and hands on projects as well as giving web sites to enhance the chapter.
Mrs. Coles presented the 5th grade Social Studies book for adoption. Mrs. Coles showed the Board the way the chapters are laid out in the book. Each chapter begins with a time line and has important vocabulary highlighted.
Mrs. Bofenkamp stated that the Kindergarten version, although on a smaller scale, is a great tool for her classroom. It teaches the children about communities and cultures. It was moved by Val Fisher to approve the adoption of the Palouse Elementary textbooks. Mike White seconded the motion. Motion passes.
Board Chairman Craig Cochran asked the Board if there were any questions or changes in the Board Goals/Action Plan. After discussion,
Rusty Jamison moved to approve the Board Goals/Action Plan. Jill Palmer seconded the motion. Motion passes.
A copy of the 2005-2006 High School schedule was presented to the Board. Principal Steve Heeg explained the schedule changes to the Board and answered questions.
Changes to the Student Handbook were brought to the Board
for approval
Changes include specific guidelines for the use of the library. No food or
drink is allowed in the library/computer labs. Computers in the library and
labs will not be used to play personal video games or access and play Internet
video games at any time. A section on Academic Intervention was also clarified
in the Handbooks.
Jill Palmer moved to approve the Handbooks with the addition of the computer’s in the library and E-mail accounts as noted. Val Fisher seconds the motion. Motion passes.
High School graduation will be held June 11th, 2005 at 1:00 PM. Mr Heeg invited the Board members to attend the ceremony. Mr. LaMunyan invited the Board to attend Movin’ On ceremonies which will be held on June 9th.
Superintendent/Principal Bev Fox brought the July FFA/FCCLA overnight trips to the Board for approval. It was moved by Mike White and seconded by John Leendertsen to approve these trips.
Kent Keller said that the loss of Jerry Schwartzman is very important. Jerry has been a very valuable asset to the Board. It was reported that Jerry Schwartzman has not yet been able to recruit someone from the district to take his position. Jill Palmer asked what happens if you cannot find someone to fill the position? Kent Keller stated that you have 90 days to fill the position, after the 90 days we will contact the ESD. Mike White said it is with “extreme reluctance” that he accepts the resignation of Jerry Schwartzman in Palouse Board Position #3. Val Fisher seconds the motion. Motion passes.
Superintendent Fox updated the Board on the progress in the upper gym lawsuit. She has been meeting with the architects and lawyers.
The Small Schools Task Force has sent a survey to be completed by the Board. Kent Keller and Craig Cochran have agreed to type up the survey and send it in.
The Board was called into Executive Session at 9:57PM
The Board came out of Executive Session at 10:08PM.
Jill Palmer made a motion to approve sign off for Classified Negotiations. Val Fisher seconded the motion. Motion passes.
With there being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:12PM.