Minutes of the regular Board of Education meeting held on May 9, 2016.

Present:

Warren Grable	Brian Harris

Jennifer Luedke	Janel Anderson

Nikia Weber	Don Cash

Jason Winder

Nathan Geiger

Sherman Smith (6:06 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 Geiger and seconded by Luedke 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, law enforcement personnel, and those recovering from illnesses in the district.

VISITORS:

Brett Neibling

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

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

Mr. Smith arrived at 6:06 p.m.

CONSENT AGENDA

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

Approval of Minutes – April 11, 2016 meeting

Summer 2016 Help – Connor McNorton/Tucker Morris

KASB Dues/Legal Assistance Fund - $6608

TEXTBOOK ADOPTION 2016-2017

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Smith to approve the K-6 English Language Arts Textbook Series from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the amount of $31,672.86. Vera Dean Committee will be donating $9000 toward the textbook adoption and the remaining will be paid from the textbook fund. Vocational Agriculture textbooks in the amount of $3998.25 approved as presented from the textbook fund. Motion Carried.

Public Forum: W. Brett Neibling who is running for Kansas State Representative, spoke to the Board of Education.

ANIMAL SCIENCE FOR SCIENCE CREDIT

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Weber to approve animal science be offered as a high school science credit with the proposed criteria and limitations. Motion Carried.

FACILITY IMPROVEMENT BIDS

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Luedke to approve the track repair bid from Herzog in the amount of $32,010 be approved with Mr. Harris to get striping bids for the track at an additional amount. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Geiger to approve the bid from Emery Glass in the amount of $5090 for two doors at Troy High School. Motion Carried.

FEES FOR 2016-2017

Tabled until next month.

JULY BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGE

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Weber to move the July 2016 board meeting date to July 21, 2016 at 6 p.m. in the district office. Motion Carried.

Mr. Harris reminded the board of education that the teacher retirement/recognition is May 19th from 4 – 5 p.m. at the THS Cafeteria. A Legislative update handout was given by Mr. Harris.

Mr. Cash updated the Board of Education that Orthopedic Sports Medicine will be giving free physicals on May 13th for grades 8-11 with the proper paperwork. Mr. Cash updated the Board of Education on upcoming events.

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

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Luedke to go into executive session for a period of 20 minutes to discuss matters affecting a student(s) in order to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board, Superintendent, and Principal

Mr. Cash was excused from the meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Returned to regular session at 7:40 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Winder to go into executive session for a period of 20 minutes to discuss non-elected 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 p.m.

OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Popple to approve the out of district list as presented. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Smith that no more out of district students will be accepted unless numbers change in the following grade levels - Pre-K 3 year olds, kindergarten, and grade 5. Motion Carried.

LICENSED PERSONNEL FOR 2016-2017

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Weber to approve the licensed personnel for 2016-2017 as presented. Motion Carried.

SUPPLEMENTAL DUTIES

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Popple to approve the following supplemental duties as presented. Motion Carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Winder to go into executive session for a period of 20 minutes to discuss negotiations in order to protect the public interest in negotiating a fair and equitable contract. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board, Superintendent, and Clerk

Returned to regular session at 8:15 p.m.

Adjourned the meeting at 8:22 p.m.

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Janel K Anderson, Clerk