Minutes of the Regular Board of Education Meeting on October 10, 2016.

Present:

Warren Grable	Pat McKernan

Nikia Weber	Janel Anderson

Nathan Geiger

Sherman Smith (6:05 p.m.)

Jennifer Luedke

Jason Winder

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

AGENDA

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Geiger 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 all the people affected by Hurricane Matthew especially those in Haiti.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

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

VISITORS: Matt Allison

Mr. Smith arrived at 6:05 p.m.

PRESENTATION:

Mr. Matt Allison, Band Director, presented to the Board of Education travel plans and finances for the band trip to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN December 27-31, 2016.

SPONSORS FOR BAND TRIP

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Luedke to approve the sponsors for the band trip to Memphis, TN and to pay for the travel expenses for them from Farm Account. Motion Carried.

CONSENT AGENDA

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

Approval of Minutes – September 12 and September 19, 2016 Meetings

BAND TRIP

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Geiger to approve the 2016 Liberty Bowl Band Trip. Motion Carried.

SUPERINTENDENT/BOARD GOALS

It was moved by Smith and seconded Winder to approve the superintendent/board goals as presented. Motion Carried.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Tabled Until Next Month.

TEACHING AGREEMENT

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Geiger to approve the agreement between USD 429 and Michaela Kinyon for the purpose of her completing graduate level course work so Troy High School can continue to offer concurrent credit courses with HCC. Motion Carried.

Mr. McKernan shared with the Board of Education the notice about new board member appointments that will be in published in The Kansas Chief and on the website.

Mr. McKernan thanked the Board of Education for the approval to use October 3rd as a Teacher In-Service day. The day was very productive. The grade school worked on the new Journey textbook adoption and the ms/hs staff worked on course offerings and scheduling. Mr. McKernan updated the Board of Education on the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation (KESA). Rhonda Trimble was in the district on October 3rd to help with the training for KESA.

Mr. Hevel was absent so his report was given as a handout to the Board of Education. Mr. Hevel’s written report stated ten students attended the ACT prep class in Hiawatha. Eighteen students will attend the college and career planning conference at HCC. Mr. Hevel is working on ms football/volleyball schedule for next year. Scheduling 11 man teams at the ms level is becoming more difficult in the OTL league.

Mrs. Weber and Mr. Smith gave the DCEC report.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Geiger to go into executive session for a period of 5 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 7:10 p.m.

Mrs. Luedke excused herself from the meeting.

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Geiger to approve Tarin Luedke as a temporary/part-time technology aide. Motion Carried.

Mrs. Luedke rejoined the meeting.

The Board of Education and administration held a brief discussion about building security, cameras, and options to enhance security.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:12 p.m.

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Janel K Anderson, Clerk