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Board of Directors’ Minutes
August 19, 2010
6:30 PM

Those present:

611 Gail Gillespie Asst. Director 374 RW Lucas BOD
611 Marcy Fierstein Asst. Director 214 Kara Wilkie BOD
611 Mike Lewis Director 507 Jill Hill Alt. BOD
611 Flor Galindo Alt. Clerk 214 Bill Hall Supt.
466 Eric Erven BOD 216 Craig Turrentine BOD
611 Chrissie Mangels Treasurer 452 Jit Milner Supt.
507 Ardith Dunn Supt. 363 Demitry Evancho Supt.
494 Jim Gordanier BOD 363 Mary Ann Bennett BOD
452 Jim Cartwright BOD 371/476 Jay Zehr Supt.
476 JT Croft BOD 626 Bill Losey Guest
Satellite Site
611 Shelly Harris Asst. Director 467 Scott McKinney BOD
467 Jim Hardy Supt.      
 
1.           Call to Order
Eric Erven, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00PM.
 
2.           Approve Agenda
Jim Gordanier moved to approve the agenda with the addition of item h, Core Beliefs, under Administrative Team Report.  RW Lucas seconded the motion.  Motion carries 10 yes, 0 no.
 
3.           Approve Minutes of Regular July Meeting
Jim Gordanier moved to approve the July minutes as presented.  JT Croft seconded the motion.  Motion carries 10 yes, 0 no.
 
4.           Approve Accounts Payable
Kara Wilkie moved to approve the Accounts Payable.  Jim Gordanier seconded the motion.  Motion carries 10 yes, 0 no.
 
5.           Comments from the Public
There were no comments from the public.
 
6.           Committee Reports
a.            Regional Service Center
Bill Losey spoke of the various services that SWPRSC will offer the districts.  They offered a conference hosted by Marsha Tate and had 800 teachers in attendance.   Feedback was positive.  They will be offering a Math Conference on October 4, 2010.  They have received a grant of 6 million dollars, called PERKS, to implement student achievement.
Jim Gordanier moved to approve Dan Kullot, from USD 452, to the SWRSC board of directors.    RW Lucas seconded the motion.  Motion carries 10 yes, 0 no.
b.           Council of Superintendents 
There was no report this month.
 
7.           Staff
a.            Psychologists Service Areas
Psychologist Assignments are available on our website.
b.           Speech Pathologists Service Areas
Mike informed the board of the areas covered by our Speech Pathologists and that HPEC will be aggressive in looking for more Speech Pathologists.  Speech Pathologist assignments are on our website.
c.            Occupational and Physical Therapists Service Areas
Mike informed that High Plains will continue to contract PT services from hospitals and that Kristen Clarke and Dave Foreman will pick up some areas.
d.           Negotiations
Jim Gordanier moved to approve the teacher negotiations with a 1.8% increase.  Kara Wilkie seconded the motion.  Motion carries 10 yes, 0 no
 
8.           August Inservice
Shelly Harris shared with the board some of the different sessions High Plains offered at the August Inservice held on August 5.
 
9.           Staff Development Activities
a.            Academies for New Staff
Marcy Fierstein shared with the board the outcome of the New Teachers academy on Aug 3 and New Teachers/Mentors academy on Aug 4.  The next New Teacher academy will be on Sept. 2 and a New Teacher/Psychologists academy will be held on Oct. 8.
 
10.        Administrative Team Report
a.            Leadership Conference
Mike shared information about the Leadership Conference topics held on July 28-30, 2010.  He mentioned that the conference focused on accountability and the use of federal funds.  Gail also shared that Medicaid cost adjustment was a big issue during the conference.
b.           Administrative Assignments
Mike shared with the board the administrative duties and that the major change was that Gail will now supervise Holcomb.
c.            Board Committees
Mike shared the board committees, for the 2010-2011 school year, and informed them that new board members are grandfathered into any committees, which the previous board member was a part of.
d.           State Audit Report
Mike shared with the board that the state audit went well. 
e.            TIP Grant Activities
Gail shared about TIP grant and what TIP dollars will help support this school year.  A letter to Principals and Superintendents was on the table and will be sent out via e-mail.  Jay Zehr asked about the procedure to sign up HPEC paras (do they need pre-approval) when attending workshops with Reg. Ed. staff.   Ardith Dunn asked about K-12 implementation of behavior.
 
f.             Paraeducator Conference
Gail informed the board about the Paraeducator Conference on July 19-20, 2010.  She shared that the conference was geared more for paras with information regarding teachers working with paras.
g.            Alternate Assessment Training
Gail shared that the alternate assessment training will be held on September 27 at Sublette, Oakley and Hays.  HPEC staff that has never given an alternate assessment will attend.
h.           Core Beliefs
Mike shared about core beliefs.  Recommendation was to move to a stakeholders group.
 
11.        Other
There was no other information to be shared at the board meeting.
 
12.        Adjourn
Jim Gordanier moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:49 PM.  RW Lucas seconded the motion.  Motion carries 10 yes, 0 no.
 
 
 
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President, Board of Directors