Present:

Warren Grable	Brian Harris

Jennifer Luedke	Jared Wigger

Nikia Weber	Janel Anderson

Galen Mitchell

Nick Popple (6:11 p.m.)

Sherman Smith

Jason Winder

The meeting was called to order by President Warren Grable at 6 p.m.

AGENDA

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Smith to approve the agenda as presented. Motion Carried.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

The Board of Education took a moment of silence to reflect on all the servicemen home and abroad serving our country at this time and remember that freedom does have a price. Also please remember those in the district who are ill or have family member’s ill.

VISITORS: Jared Pickerell

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Mitchell to approve vouchers and bills as presented. Motion Carried.

CONSENT AGENDA

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Winder to approve the consent agenda as presented. Motion Carried.

Approval of Minutes – July 1, 2015

Acceptance of Out of District Students for 2015-2016 as amended

Final Approval of KASB Policy Updates as presented

Approval of Textbook Adoption Schedule Revisions

Mr. Popple arrived at 6:11 p.m.

TEACHER LAPTOP PURCHASE

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Luedke to approve the bid from Zones in the amount of $31,153.38 for laptops for teacher use. Motion Carried.

FY16 BUDGET

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Smith to approve the printing of the FY16 budget as presented with the 3.5 mills for capital outlay. Motion Carried.

BUDGET HEARING AND REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DATE SET

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Mitchell to have the budget hearing and regular board of education meeting on August 17th at 6 p.m. in the central office. Motion Carried.

TMS/THS HANDBOOK

It was approved by Weber and seconded by Luedke to approve the TMS/THS Student Handbook Attachment #7 Cell Phone Policy for 2015-2016. Motion Carried.

FACULTY HANDBOOK

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Mitchell to approve the 2015-2016 Faculty Handbook as presented. Motion Carried.

LETTER OF RESIGNATION

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Mitchell to accept with regret the resignation of Brian Harris as Superintendent of Schools/TGS Principal at the closing of the 2015-2016 school year. Motion Carried.

SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Mitchell to have Kansas Association of School Boards come to the September meeting to discuss the timeline for the superintendent search. Motion Carried.

Mr. Harris updated the Board of Education on summer projects. All the summer outside contractor work is complete at this time. The high school had some electrical lightning damage over the weekend to the phone system and fire panel. The Board of Education is invited to the opening in-service meeting on August 28th at 8:30 a.m. Mr. Randy Watson, Commissioner of Education, will be in the district to present to the teachers and staff.

Mr. Wigger updated the Board of Education that the gym floors at the high school are being redone this week.

Mr. Smith and Mr. Mitchell gave the DCEC report.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Weber to go into executive session for a period of 15 minutes to discuss nonelected personnel matters in order to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board and Superintendent

Returned to regular session at 8:03 p.m.

SCIENCE INTRUCTOR

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Luedke to approve Kevin McNorton as the 2015-2016 THS Science Instructor. Motion Carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

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Janel K Anderson, Clerk