Present:

Warren Grable	Brian Harris

Jennifer Luedke	Janel Anderson

Nikia Weber

Jason Winder

Nick Popple (6:01 p.m.)

Sherman Smith (6:08 p.m.)

The regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by President Warren Grable at 6 p.m.

AGENDA

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Weber 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 the people of France during this difficult time.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Luedke to approve the vouchers and bills as presented. Motion Carried.

CONSENT AGENDA

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

Approval of Minutes – October 12, 2015

Doug Moeckle, Kansas Association of School Boards, presented the Board of Education with the characteristics of a superintendent from the community and the staff. The board also had a discussion on the characteristics they would like in a superintendent.

The Board of Education interviewed the following candidates Michael Grable, Stephen Bowe, Beth Hanlan, Kelly Fuemmeler, and Nathan Geiger for the board vacancy opening.

BOARD VACANCY

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Popple to approve Nathan Geiger to fill the board member vacancy. Motion Carried 6-0.

Mr. Harris gave an update to the Board of Education. Next board meeting will be December 7th at 6 p.m. Mr. Harris updated the Board of Education on state revenue estimates. The DCEC board meeting will be Nov. 18th at Troy. American Boiler has almost completed the work on the new boiler at Troy High School. Football Sub-State will be hosted in Troy on Friday, November 20th at 7 p.m. vs Olpe. Mr. Harris reported some repairs and upgrades that may need to be done to the farm house.

FARM HOUSE REPAIRS.

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Luedke to approve the list of farm house repairs. Motion Carried.

Mr. Cash had a written report for the Board of Education.

Mr. Smith gave the DCEC board report.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Luedke 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 9 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

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Janel K Anderson, Clerk