Minutes of the March 9, 2020 Board of Education Meeting.

Present:

Nikia Weber	Patrick McKernan

Jason Winder	Mike Estes

Stephen Bowe	Janel Anderson

Nathan Geiger

Tim Grable

Sherman Smith

The regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by President Nikia Weber at 6:01 p.m.

AGENDA

It was moved by Smith 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 and their families, EMT’s, and law enforcement officers and their families.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

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

VISITORS: Kristin Franken, Renee’ McKernan, Matt Peterson, and Jeremy Prudden

PRESENTATION

Mrs. Franken and Mrs. McKernan, Grade 2 Teachers, presented a Lexia demonstration.

Mr. Matt Peterson, DCEC Director, gave the Board of Education a Doniphan County Education Cooperative update.

CONSENT AGENDA

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

Approval of Minutes – February 10 and 14, 2020

Acceptance of Wolf Grants

Mr. Michael Adame - $2500

Mrs. Blaire Birdsong - $1900

ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION

Tabled until next month.

TROY RECREATION COMMISSION BOARD MEMBER

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Grable to approve Michael Estes as the USD 429 Troy Schools appointment to the Troy Recreation Association. Motion Carried.

2020-2021 SCHOOL CALENDAR

It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Geiger to approve option 1 of the presented 2020-2021 school calendars. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF NEW BUS

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Winder to approve the purchase of a 2021 Thomas Bus from Midwest Bus Sales bid of $86,489 contingent on final approval of $20,000 grant. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF TEACHER LAPTOPS

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Grable to approve the purchase of 37 teacher laptops from Shi in the amount of $25129.29. Motion Carried.

Mr. McKernan updated the Board of Education that Grade 6 will remain at the Troy Elementary Building. The county spelling bee will be March 25th hosted by Riverside. Master Teacher selection will take place in April. Students will start taking Kansas Assessments in March. Students in the district celebrated Read Across America last week. The district has made some field improvements to the baseball/softball field. April 22nd will be the district’s on side accreditation visit.

Mr. Estes reported to the Board of Education on spring athletic numbers. Abe Houghton participated in regional wrestling for Troy and won a match. MS Boys and Girls Basketball teams finished fourth at the tournament. The HS Boys basketball team won a regional game against Wetmore. The Scholar Bowl team went 3-4 at state scholar bowl. Congratulations to them. Three grants have been awarded to ms/hs teachers. Preliminary graduation numbers were discussed.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Winder to go into executive session to discuss preliminary letter for negotiations pursuant to the exception for employer-employee negotiations under KOMA and the open meeting will resume in the board room at 8:25 p.m.

Remaining: Board, Superintendent, and Clerk

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Smith to go into executive session to discuss employment of teaching staff pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under KOMA and the open meeting will resume in the board room at 8:45 p.m.

APPROVAL OF TEACHING CONTRACT

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Bowe to approve the employment of Sue Blevins as an elementary teacher for the 2020-2021 school term. Motion Carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:02 p.m.

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Janel Anderson

Clerk of the Board