BROWN COUNTY SCHOOLS Executive Special Session: Brown County Schools Nashville Elementary School Thursday, April 21, at 5:00 p.m. MINUTES The of the Brown County Schools, Nashville, Indiana, met in Executive Session on Thursday, at Nashville Elementary School. Board members present: Carol Bowden, Judy Hardwick, Connie Weddle, and Teresa Waltman. John Mills was absent. Staff members present: David Shaffer, and Dennis Goldberg. The topic of discussion was as follows: job performance evaluations of individual employees The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m. Absent John Mills, President Carol Bowden, Vice-President Judy Hardwick, Secretary Teresa Waltman, Member Connie Weddle, Member
BROWN COUNTY SCHOOLS Meeting Thursday,, at 6:00 p.m. MINUTES The of Brown County Schools, Nashville, Indiana, met in a regular session on Thursday, Thursday, at Nashville Elementary School. Board members present: Carol Bowden, Judy Hardwick, Connie Weddle, and Teresa Waltman. John Mills was absent. Staff members present: David Shaffer, Dennis Goldberg, Shane Killinger, Susie Owens, Julie Harris and Nancy Packman Meeting Called to Order 6:10 p.m. Modifications to the Agenda None Recognition of Visitors None Presentations Nashville Elementary Math Bowl Team, Coach Julie Harris. Students were recognized for placing 2 nd in their Division and 2 nd highest score. Discussion Items None Approval of Minutes April 7, 201. Teresa Waltman moved to approve the minutes as presented. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Action Needed Items Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve a Resolution to Transfer $1.6 Million from the Debt Service Fund to the Rainy Day Fund. Connie Weddle moved to approve the Resolution to Transfer $1.6 Million from the Debt Service Fund to the Rainy Day Fund as presented. Teresa Waltman seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve a Resolution to Transfer $43,930 (Common School Loan) from the Debt Service Fund to the General Fund. Teresa Waltman moved to approve the Resolution to Transfer $43,930 (Common School Loan) from the Debt Service Fund to the General Fund as presented. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve a Resolution to Transfer up to 10% of 2011 Budget to Rainy Day Fund. Connie Weddle moved to approve the Resolution to Transfer up to 10% of 2011 Budget to Rainy Day Fund as presented. Judy Hardwick seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Page 1
Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve a Resolution to Transfer $20K from the Debt Service Fund to the 2007 Social Security Fund. Teresa Waltman moved to approve the Resolution to Transfer $20K from the Debt Service Fund to the 2007 Social Security Fund as presented. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve the use of a school bus by the YMCA during the summer. Teresa Waltman moved to approve the use of a school bus by the YMCA during the summer as presented. Judy Hardwick seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve a six (6) month CRC Budget. Judy Hardwick moved to table recommendation to approve a six (6) month CRC Budget for modifications. Connie Weddle seconded the motion. Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve the CRC Steering Committee proposal to provide initial approval/disapproval of CRC expenses either un-budgeted or overbudgeted by 10%. Final authorization by Brown County Schools will remain a requirement. Connie Weddle moved to approve the CRC Steering Committee proposal as presented. Judy Hardwick seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Mr. Shaffer recommended the Board approve a temporary bus route due to the closure of a bridge on Bear Creek Road for bridge repair. In the absence of the bridge, the only access to the remote North West region of Brown County is through Morgan County. The temporary route will total forty miles per day and is expected to run from April 18 to April 29, 2011. A temporary driver operating a special needs bus will be utilized to cover the route. Teresa Waltman moved to approve the temporary bus route as presented. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Consent Agenda Items Personnel a. Separations i. Non-certified, Special Needs Bus Driver Richard Woehlecke, effective end-of-business day April 14, 2011. ii. Non-Certified, After-School Care Supervisor at Nashville Elementary Holly Morse, effective following the last day of school 2010-2011. (Holly will remain a Special Education Para- Professional at NES next year.) b. Appointments Page 2
i. Certified, Temporary Remediation Tutor at the High School, Jessie Thomas, effective April 12, 2011. To be paid through grant funds. ii. Non-Certified, Temporary Bus Driver Michelle Ashmore, due to route extension as a result of bridge repair (April 18 April 29, 2011) Effective April 18, 2011. c. Transfers d. Non-Certified, Part-time Para-Professional at Sprunica - Ronna Snyder will transfer to Full-time Para-Professional with benefits at Sprunica, effective March 21, 2011. Ronna Snyder is assuming the part-time Para- Professional hours previously covered by Lisa Patrick. Judy Hardwick moved to accept the consent agenda items beginning with the separation of Non-Certified, Special Needs Bus Driver, Richard Woehlecke to the transfer of Non-Certified, Part-Time Para-Professional Ronna Snyder to Full-Time as Sprunica Elementary School. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Superintendent's Report Dr. Goldberg reported on a planned meeting with our Architect, RQAW to discuss adding a classroom to existing space at the High School and renovations planned for the former FACS Room and the present Industrial Technology Lab at the Junior High. Mr. Shaffer reported on recent student accomplishments in HS Band, HS Choir, our National History Day Qualifies for the National Competition at the University of Maryland, and recent success of our JH Art students in the Regional Competitive Art Contest which is currently showing at the Brown County Art Gallery. The HS Drama Department will be presenting Beauty and the Beast this weekend and next weekend. Congratulations to Ms. McGrayel, the faculty of Van Buren, and the Van Buren students who presented The Daughter of the Regiment Opera last Friday. Mr. Shaffer discussed the recent announcement by Governor Daniels that Full Day Kindergarten will be fully funded. In reality we will receive $20 more per student than we are currently receiving and the Governor's announcement means that most of the new money will go to District's not currently offering FDK. We will continue our program of charging partial fees for FDK, as recently approved by the Board. We will be distributing a survey to County families about possible interest in Pre-School at other Elementary Schools besides Nashville. He discussed a brief history of Substitute Teacher Pay. This was in response to some concern raised about our recent action of raising Substitute Daily Salary for Fully Certified Teachers. We will continue to look at this issue. Page 3
Thank you to Mr. Killinger and the NES faculty and staff for hosing tonight s meeting. Our next School Board meeting will be on May 5, 2011at 6:00 p.m. at the Administration Building. Approval of Claims Teresa Waltman motioned to approve the claims as presented. Judy Hardwick abstained from item #74767. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. Adjournment There being no further business Judy Hardwick moved to adjourn. Connie Weddle seconded the motion which passed 4 0. The meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m. Absent John Mills, President Carol Bowden, Vice-President Judy Hardwick, Secretary Teresa Waltman, Member Connie Weddle, Member Page 4