COLORADO RIVER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #2 REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011, 6:00 P.M. MOHAVE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY BULLHEAD CITY, AZ 86442 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Board Members Present: Mark Collins, President Kari Hoffman Lori Crampton Richard Hendrix Jon Moss, Clerk Also Present: CALL TO ORDER: Riley Frei, Superintendent LindaJoy Brown, Director, Curriculum and Instruction Michael Leuck, Principal, Mohave High School James Armijo, Assistant Principal, Mohave High School Bud Scully, Principal, River Valley High School Dorn Wilcox, Assistant Principal, River Valley High School Darolene Brown, Director of Instructional Technology Donna Roach, Business Manager Steve Lawrence, Assistant Principal, Mohave High School Barry Bower, Director of Special Services Gina Covert, Director of Career and Technical Education Mark Collins, President, called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. CALL TO THE AUDIENCE 1. Jacob Abeytia Reminded everyone about Honoring Education Dinner and Awards on May 3, 2011 at the Chamber of Commerce Building. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion to pull Item #8 under new business and approve the agenda with this change. REPORTS Principals -- (Written Reports) Bud Scully, RVHS Students of the Month Sports Teams Update Current Events Michael Leuck, MHS Current Events MHS AFJROTC Awards Annual 8 th Grade Pre-registration Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2011 1
Directors -- (Written Reports) LindaJoy Brown, Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Training for Galileo Program Family Educational/Parent Liaison Hired Title I Curriculum Intervention Coordinators Hired Empower Professional Development and Consultant Services Common Core Standards Training Testing Schedule for AIMS and Stanford 10 Barry Bower, Special Services On-site monitoring from ADE Grant Activity Gina Covert, CTE ADE Audit of new Business Operations, Personal Finance and Accounting programs CTE Teachers attending Saturday Curriculum Workshops Installation of sinks, toilet and emergency eye wash station at MHS construction trades dept. Selection of the District s Daycare to receive a grant for up to $20,000. Darolene Brown, Instructional Technology Galileo Training on April 20 Grant amendments on technology grants Ed Tech Survey for ADE Digital Teaching and Professorial Development Webinar Login files set up for Career Software for SPED Jamie Wilhelm, Transportation Bus inspection by the Arizona Department of Public Safety Connie Meyer, Food Service List of meals served in March Superintendent Riley Frei, Superintendent Budget and Enrollment Updates Summary of current events Auxiliary, Student Activities and Tax Credit Reports from MHS and RVHS Board members Summary of current events CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approval of Minutes Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes March 7, 2011 2. Ratification of Vouchers Voucher 22, dated 3-11-11 (Payroll) 425,630.44 Voucher 23, dated 3-25-11 (Payroll) 419,094.56 Voucher 2035, dated 3-1-11 (Expense) 115,036.32 Voucher 2036, dated 3-7-11 (Expense) 122,257.60 Voucher 2037, dated 3-8-11 (Expense) 6,240.09 Voucher 2038, dated 3-15-11 (Expense) 70,778.84 Voucher 2039, dated 3-22-11 (Expense) 203,934.13 Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2011 2
Voucher 2040, dated 3-29-11 (Expense) 49,416.33 Voucher 1297, dated 3-1-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 607.32 Voucher 1298, dated 3-2-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 4,900.21 Voucher 1299, dated 3-2-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 1,878.00 Voucher 1300, dated 3-9-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 12,567.61 Voucher 1301, dated 3-21-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 5,775.11 Voucher 1302, dated 3-24-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 1,970.84 Voucher 1303, dated 3-30-11 (MHS Auxiliary) 3,465.17 Voucher 1350, dated 3-2-11 (RVHS Auxiliary) 4,892.83 Voucher 1351, dated 3-7-11 (RVHS Auxiliary) 5,002.00 Voucher 1352, dated 3-11-11 (RVHS Auxiliary) 6,000.99 Voucher 1353, dated 3-25-11 (RVHS Auxiliary) 2,381.26 3. Donations received and authorization to write thank you letters Donations are now listed under New Business. 4. On the Spot Recognition James Salway, Custodian, Mohave High School, from Randy Loman, Mohave High School Gloria Savedra and Peggy Grebinec, Grounds Maintenance, MHS, from Vanessa Buus, MHS Heather Hall, IT Dept., Mohave High School, from Kate Brady, Mohave High School Bryan Crabtree, RVHS Teacher/Coach, from Jennifer Rosenberger, RVHS Amanda Riney, RVHS Teacher/Coach, from Jennifer Rosenberger, RVHS Pat Bell, Custodian, Mohave High School, from the Art Dept., Mohave High School Jullie Sercu, Transportation Dept., from Jamie Wilhelm, Transportation Supervisor, MHS Dennis Sercu, Transportation Dept., from Jamie Wilhelm, Transportation Supervisor, MHS Ken Gibb, Transportation Dept., from Jamie Wilhelm, Transportation Supervisor, MHS William Bailey, Transportation Dept., from Dennis Sercu, Transportation, MHS Chris Anderson, Custodian, MHS, from Michele Leyendecker and Randy Loman, MHS Shawnda Luke, Custodian, MHS, from Michele Leyendecker and Randy Loman, MHS Barbara Martin, Custodian, MHS, from Michele Leyendecker and Randy Loman, MHS 5. Personnel Employment of Terri Bouchard, Library Aide, Mohave High School, effective 1-3-11 Volunteer, Steve Freeman, Assistant Softball Coach, Mohave High School, 2010-2011 Volunteer, Shannon Patterson, Assistant Softball Coach, Mohave High School, 2010-2011 Volunteer, Brian Ishmael, Assistant Baseball Coach, River Valley High School, 2010-2011 Resignation, Stephen Rauch, Social Studies Teacher, Mohave High School, effective 5-27-11 Resignation, Guillermo Betancourt, Math Teacher, Mohave High School, effective 5-27-11 Motion to approve consent agenda. Motion: Kari Hoffman NEW BUSINESS 6. Donations received and authorization to write thank you letters. a. Bullhead City Elementary School District donated four sports hydrotherapy tubs valued at $7,500. b. Edison International donated $600.00 to the Mohave High School Football Program. Volunteer was Shawn Lynch. 7. Approval of the Beauty Club at Mohave High School, as approved by the Student Council. We have obtained clarification from the advisor on the bylaws of the Beauty Club at MHS. They rewrote the rules to show that they will not be using any chemicals during their club meetings. Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2011 3
Motion to approve the formation of the Beauty Club at Mohave High School. Second: Lori Crampton 8. Discussion and possible action regarding the April revision to the budget for 2010-2011. Pulled from agenda for this month. 9. Discussion and possible action regarding approval of District Calendar for 2011-2012 and the choice of spring break in March 2012. Mr. Frei included two options for proceeding with the 2011-12 calendar. The first is to keep with the calendar of Mohave Valley Elementary School District; the second is to split the calendar such that RVHS spring break would align with MVESD and MHS spring break would align with BHCESD. The board discussed the options and decided that the district should not have a break on March 15 which is one of the four days during the year that the State collects attendance information. Motion to schedule spring break for the district during the week of March 19-23, 2012. Vote: Yes Mark Collins, Richard Hendrix, Lori Crampton, Jon Moss No Kari Hoffman 10. Discussion and possible action regarding Policy Advisory No. 403, Public Hearing Dating Abuse. Mr. Frei reported that legislation from last year requires the district to host a public hearing to determine the extent to which we will pursue a Dating Abuse Curriculum to be administered in the schools. Motion to schedule a public hearing at the Regular Meeting on May 9, 2011. 11. Discussion and possible action regarding first reading of Policy JK Student Discipline. Due to a minor omission in the recent revision of Policy JK Student Discipline, the recent revision to this policy has been recommended for approval. The board made one more change to the language replacing distributed with made available in the third paragraph of the policy. Motion to approve first reading of Policy JK Student Discipline, with noted changes to wording in the third paragraph. 12. Discussion and possible action to approve teacher contract wording for 2011-2012. There was only one change to the wording on page 2, paragraph 2, the word budget is repeated twice in the first sentence. The second budget should be omitted. Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2011 4
Motion to approve the teacher contract wording for 2011-2012 with the above change. 13. Discussion and possible action to approve administrator contract wording for 2011-2012. The only changes to the administrator contract were on page 2 of 3, fitness to teach should be left in the sentence, not deleted; and on page 3 of 3, change the time for returning signed contracts from thirty days to fifteen business days. Motion to approve the administrator contract wording for 2011-2012 with the changes as noted above. Motion: Kari Hoffman 14. Discussion and possible action regarding proposals from the district for submission to ASBA for consideration for 2012 ASBA action. Mr. Frei reported that this is our annual opportunity to made recommendations for ASBA s legislative lobbying campaign for next session. No action. 15. Discussion and possible action to select a Board delegate and alternate, to attend the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Delegate Assembly, June 25, 2011, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Motion to appoint Lori Crampton as the delegate and have the district pay her registration fee. Second: Kari Hoffman Vote: Yes Kari Hoffman, Richard Hendrix, Lori Crampton, Mark Collins No Jon Moss 16. Setting date and time for future meetings 1. Special Meeting April 18, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Mohave High School Library 2. Regular Meeting, May 9, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at River Valley High School Library Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Mark Collins, President Kari Hoffman, Member Lori Crampton, Member Richard Hendrix, Member Jon Moss, Clerk Regular Meeting Minutes April 11, 2011 5