CARLTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 93
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 17, 2015
The Board of Education of Independent School District 93, Carlton, Minnesota, met in regular session on Monday, August 17, 2015.
Emerson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Bennett, Emerson, Gay, Gibson, Karp and Hagenah with Superintendent Haapala and Business Manager Eiffler.
A motion to approve the meeting agenda with changes was offered by Gay and supported by Hagenah passed with a 6-0 vote.
Reports were given by Community Education Director Daisy Rose, High School Principal Craig Kotsmith and Business Manager Renee Eiffler; Superintendent Peter Haapala reviewed the Superintendent Search update, enrollment data and website traffic.
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Thank you to Jen Larva for her service and inspiration at South Terrace Elementary.
Congratulations to Mitch Engen for the award of $850 based on his application to the AMFA Education al Trust Grant.
Hagenah made motion to approve the consent agenda:
Approve the Minutes of the July 20, 2015 Special Board meeting.
Approve the Minutes of the July 31, 2015 Special meeting.
Approve the Minutes of the August 10, 2015 Special Board meeting.
Approve the resignation of Al Holm, Bus Driver, effective immediately.
Approve the hire of Bart Solberg as a full-route Bus Driver beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.
Approve the renewal of contract with Daisy Rose as Community Education Director for the 2015-2016 fiscal year for 80 hours per month at $20.81 per hour.
Approve the renewal of contract with Jeff Lindemood as Youth Services Coordinator for the 2015-2016 fiscal year for up to 250 hours per year at $13.94 per hour.
Appoint Sharrie Janovick as Instrumental Music Advisor for the 2015-2016 school year per Schedule C of the CEA Master Agreement.
Appoint Tracy Bockbrader as National Honor Society Advisor for the 2015-2016 school year per Schedule C of the CEA Master Agreement.
Appoint Jared Czech as Yearbook Advisor for the 2015-2016 school year per Schedule C of the CEA Master Agreement.
Accept the resignation of Sara Nindorf, Light Duty Cleaner.
Accept the resignation of Robert Woodhull, Light Duty Cleaner.
Approve the change to the 2015-2016 contract of Marinelda Benko, Community Expert for Spanish, to include an additional period of teaching, increasing from two (2) periods to three (3) periods.
Approve the hire of Melinda Ferry as 0.8 FTE Early Childhood Special Education teacher at MA Step 4 per the CEA Master Agreement beginning for the 2015-2016 school year pending successful background check.
Approve the hire of David Olson as the Elementary School Principal on the Master Contract per the Letter of Engagement for the 2015-2016 school year pending successful background check.
Approve the hire of Sheri Gimpel as the Long Term substitute teacher, BA Step 1 for Annika Bogucki during the first semester of 2015-16.
Accept $850 from the Arrowhead Manufacturer & Fabricators Association for the AMFA Educational Trust Grant.
Accept the resignation of James Barry, Bus Driver.
Approve the hire of Scott Vogel as a 1.0 FTE High School Math teacher at BA Step 6 pending a successful background check and current MDE License pending successful background check.
Accept the resignation of Amiliya Calverley, Special Education Teacher.
Approve the bid from The Pine Journal for the printing all published school business notices for August 2015 through August 2016 $11.00 per column inch.
Approve the 2015-2016 draft of the South Terrace Student Handbook and Staff Handbook.
Approve the 2015-2016 draft of the Carlton High School Student Handbook and Staff Handbook.
Approve the hire of Luke Guentzel as a full-route Bus Driver beginning in the 2015-2016 school year pending a successful background check.
Approve a 1% increase for the Community Ed staff retroactive July 1, 2015.
Gay seconded the motion and with a unanimous vote, the motion passed.
Gay offered a motion to approve district bills as presented and order them paid: July Payroll for a total of $281,914.17 and wires summative at $99,368.95, and August Finance checks in the amount $211,593.92. Hagenah supported and the motion passed 6-0.
The Board went to close session for negotiations strategy at 8:00 pm.
The meeting reconvened at 8:35 p.m.
Future meetings:
Teamsters II Negotiations, August 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
Facilities meeting, August 31, 2015 at 5:30 pm.
Certified Negotiations meeting, August 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm.
Committee of the Whole work meeting, September 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
Finance Committee meeting, September 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
Regular Board meeting, September 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
There being no further business, Gibson made motion to adjourn with support from Karp. By a 6-0 vote the meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m.
