Minutes of the Regular Board of Education Meeting on February 13, 2016

Present:

Warren Grable	Pat McKernan

Nathan Geiger	Janel Anderson

Sherman Smith	Josh Hevel

Jennifer Luedke

Jason Winder

Sandra Reel

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 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 service members’ home and abroad serving our country at this time and all the law enforcement personnel.

VISITORS: Connor McNorton, Lexi Norris, Roger Purdy, Emily Purdy, and Everlee Purdy

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

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

CONSENT AGENDA

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

Approval of Minutes – January 9, 2017 Meeting

Acceptance of Brenda Turpin’s Resignation with regret and thanks for her many years of dedicated service to the Troy School District and Community

Approval of $250 donation from Troy Farm Account to Troy After Prom

Acceptance of donation of a Lowrey Organ from the Steve Bowe Family. The Board of Education would like to thank the Bowe family for their generous donation.

2017 SENIOR TRIP

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Smith to approve the 2017 Senior Trip to Dallas, TX and the Troy Farm Account will pay for the sponsor’s travel expenses for the trip. Motion Carried.

KASB RECOMMENDED BOARD POLICIES

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Geiger to approve the KASB recommended board policies as presented. Motion Carried.

FARM HAY GROUND BID

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Smith to approve the publication of the Farm Hay Ground Bid. Motion Carried.

MS/HS ACTIVITY TRANSPORTATION POLICY
It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Geiger to approve the Activity Participation Transportation Policy as presented. Motion Carried.

2017-2018 DISTRICT SCHOOL CALENDAR

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Reel to approve 2017-2018 school district calendar as presented. Motion Carried.

TRACK STRIPING

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Smith to approve the track striping bid from ACM in the amount of $4500.00 to be completed in late March. Motion Carried.

Mr. McKernan updated the Board of Education that the KPERS audit and the food service audit have been completed. The state audit will be completed on March 6. On February 24th at 6:50 p.m. before the performance of “Beauty and the Beast” will be an unveiling of the Martha-Jean and Lyle Rockey Auditorium sign in the old gym. Mr. McKernan gave a brief update of happenings in Topeka with school finance.

Mr. Hevel updated the Board of Education that on February 4 Troy hosted a FBLA Conference. Mrs. Brown did an excellent job organizing this event. National Honor Society performed a service project at Troy City Hall. FFA hosted a blood drive and had 36 participants. Troy placed 3rd of 13 teams at the TVL Scholar’s Bowl. Nine students are participating on the TMS scholar’s bowl. Troy will host the OTL Scholar’s Bowl on February 23.

Mr. Hevel was excused from the meeting at 7 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Luedke to go into executive session for a period of 5 minutes to discuss negotiations in order to protect the public interest in negotiating a fair and equitable contract. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board, Mr. McKernan, and Mrs. Anderson

Returned to regular session at 7:05 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Geiger to go into executive session for a period of 60 minutes to discuss non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board

Mr. McKernan joined the executive session at 7:45 p.m.

Returned to regular session at 8:10 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

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Janel K Anderson, Clerk