Erin Rambo moved to approve the minutes from the January 28, 2008 board meeting as sent out.  Discussion held.  Motion passed unanimously by the Board.  Doug Hinkins moved to approve the minutes from the February 13, 2008 special board meeting as sent out.  Discussion held.  Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE OAKESDALE

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 324

 

State of Washington

Whitman County

Towns of Oakesdale & Farmington

 

Minutes of the Meeting of January 28, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the Video Conference Room of the High School.

 

Kind of Meeting: Regular                                          If special called by:

 

Time called to order: 7:00 p.m.                                Time adjourned: 8:30 p.m.

 

Presiding officer: Doug Hinkins, Board Chair.

 

Members present:                                                   Time of arrival:

 

Doug Hinkins                                                                      7:00 p.m.

Brian Crow                                                                              7:30 p.m.

Cap Perry                                                                              6:53 p.m.

Erin Rambo                                                                             6.55 p.m.

Larry Peringer                                                                       6.52 p.m.

 

Secretary to the Board present:                       

Steve A. Deal                                                                       6:50 p.m.

 

Guests present: Karl Ostheller, Kelsie Kilpatrick, Hal Whitman, Jason Reed

 

Meeting called to order by Doug Hinkins, Board Chair.

 

Roll call taken and a quorum declared.

 

Cap Perry moved to approve the minutes from the December 19, 2007 board meeting as sent out. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Doug Hinkins placed New Business, Item a. after the minutes approval with no objections from the Board.

 

New Business:

 

            Item a. Larry Peringer was sworn in as a new Director of District No. 1. Congratulations were given on his election.

 

Vouchers audited and certified by the auditing officer as required by RCW 42.24.080 and those expense reimbursemednt claims certified as required by RCW 42.24.090 have been recorded on a General Fund Voucher Register and an Associated Student Body Program Fund Voucher Register, which have been made available to the Board.

 

Cap Perry moved as of this date to approve the payment of those vouchers included in the warrant registers presented and further described as follows: warrant numbers 300272 through 300367 in the total amount of $240,073.31. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Mr. Deal reviewed the budget status reports for the General Fund, Capitol Projects Fund, Associated Student Body Fund, Transportation Vehicle Fund and the current Property Tax Report.

 

Consent Agenda:Larry Peringer moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Item a. as presented.

 

Item a. Approve the 9,000 gallons of #2 diesel fuel delivered 12/21/07 to the lowest bidder, Mountain Oil Company, at a cost of $2.679 per gallon.

 

Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Unfinished Business:

 

Item a. There will be a first meeting of the Levy Committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 7:00 pm. Larry Peringer, Cap Perry and Erin Rambo will represent the Board. There will be community members and school staff to help purge out incorrect addresses or deceased community members. At the second Levy Committee Meeting the brochure will be ready to be addressed and stamped. The community needs to make sure that the brochures are received by the community members before they receive their ballots for the March 11, 2008 election. Discussion held.

           

Item b. Mr. Deal talked to Kay Frizzell about the Superintendent/Principal search. Mr. Frizzell informed Me. Deal that they had sent out nine applications and had received two complete files. Mr. Frizzell also said that usually there are quite a few returned in the last week. The ending date to send in applications is February 8, 2008. There will be a Special Board Meeting held February 13, 2008 with Mr. Frizzell and the Board Members. Discussion held.

 

Unfinished Business (ContÕd.):

 

Item c. Steve Deal went to a WIAA Appeal Meeting held Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 to appeal WIAAÕs decision for T/O to be in the 2B classification. WIAA voted not to accept the appeal. Tekoa School District has 5 alternative students that will decrease our count from 88 to 83, thus qualifying for 1B by being low by 4 students. There is no rhyme or reason how enrollment is counted. Alternative students are not counted in enrollment but Running Start and Foreign Exchange students are. Discussion held.

 

New Business:

 

Item b. Cap Perry moved to approve the Reorganization of the Board with Brian Crow as Board Chair; Cap Perry as Vice Chair; Erin Rambo as Legislative Representative. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Item c. Cap Perry moved to incorporate the position of Superintendent and Principal into a 1.00 FTE Position starting July 1, 2008. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

            Item d. The January AD Report was sent out to the Board. Discussion held.

 

Item e. Doug Hinkins moved to approve the National Society Trip to Seattle, WA leaving Feb. 28, 2008 and returning March 2, 2008. Patty Mills, Advisor, and Sue Hooper, Bus Driver are taking the 5 NHS students. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Item f. A request for a new coachesÕ Salary Schedule was made by Rosalia. A committee will be formed headed by Jason Reed to study the request and report back to our Board. Discussion held.

 

            Item g. Enrollment continues to hold steady at 112.72 FTE which is 6.78 above             budgeted figures. Discussion held.

 

Item h. January 2008 is School Board Recognition Month, a nationwide effort to honor and underscore the important roles of elected school board members in promoting public education and student achievement. The Washington State School DirectorsÕ Association is providing the School Board Recognition Certificates to present to our school board directors. Discussion held.

 

Brian Crow moved to place New Business, Item i. Personnel/Negotiations after Miscellaneous Communications with no objection from the Board.

 

Miscellaneous Communications: Kelsie Kilpatrick and Hal Whitman gave a report on the Senior Trip. Doug Hinkins moved to entertain a motion to ensure there is enough money in the Senior Class fund to pay the three main items left for the Senior Trip. The items are Transportation, Disneyland tickets and food. The main item is the transportation. There is an approximate $400 dollar difference between renting 2 vans or a limo. When the seniors are done with their Butter Braids fundraiser the Board would like an update on their financial situation. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Brian Crow moved to adjourn to executive session for approximately 5 minutes to discuss New Business, Item i. Personnel/Negotiations. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

Meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 8:25 p.m.

 

Meeting reconvened in Open Session at 8:30 p.m.

 

Item i. No action taken on Personnel/Negotiations.

 

Erin Rambo moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Motion passed unanimously by the Board.

 

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