08/13/2007 - USD 322

Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton
BOARD OF EDUCATION
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 322
Pottawatomie County, Kansas
MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 13, 2007 REGULAR MEETING
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mike Handley, Board President, called the August 13 th regular meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
ROLL CALL
Board Members Present:
Beverly Figge
Rex Green
Mike Handley
Rusty Helget
Kenneth Melvin
Merrie Pinick
Paul Zidek
Others Present: Superintendent Dr. Fred Marten, Clerk Janell Schmidt, OHS Principal Roger
Stumpf, OGS Principal Sandra Zahn, Roger Todd, Judy Wegner, Kye Attaway,
Liz Boswell, Blake Behrens, Greg Beecher, Rick Glessner and Robin Kolterman
II. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Melvin moved to approve the agenda with the addition of NB4B Supplemental Resignation, NB5
Technology Coordinator Salary, and NB6 Activity Fee. Green seconded. Carried 7-0.
III. BUDGET HEARING 2007-2008
The budget was presented by Superintendent Marten for the Board’s final review. The District’s
proposed budget for the 2007-2008 school year was published in The Onaga Herald on August 2,
2007. At this hearing the Board may adjust the budget limits lower but cannot raise the limits
above what was published.
BUDGET SUMMARY
FUND BUDGET TAX RATE
General $2,941,952 20.000
Supplemental General (LOB) 650,000 18.609
At-Risk K-12 150,875
Capital Outlay 418,011 4.000
Driver Training 20,000
Food Service 200,000
Professional Development 37,500
Parent Education Program 8,372
Special Education 514,531
Vocational Education 125,000
KPERS Special Retirement 150,203
Contingency Reserve 114,789
Bond and Interest 256,620 10.423
Totals $5,587,853 53.032
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IV. CONSENT AGENDA
Zidek moved to approve the consent agenda as presented. Helget seconded. Carried 7-0.
1. Approval of July 16, 2007 Minutes
V. BILLS AND TREASURER’S REPORT
Melvin moved to approve the bills and July 2007 Treasurer’s Report as presented. Handley
seconded. Carried 7-0.
VI. PATRON INPUT
1. Rick Glessner questioned the board’s reasoning for charging a $10 activity fee to all students at
enrollment. His issue is with students that don’t participate in activities having to pay the fee.
Rick asked the Board if these students can receive free access to ballgames.
VII. STAFF INPUT
1. Kye Attaway, Spanish teacher, informed the Board on plans and procedures for the student trip
to Mexico that the HS offers every three years. This experience places students in an
environment where they can use their Spanish and experience the culture.
VIII. BOARD REPORTS
1. Liz Boswell reviewed the district’s insurance policies and workers compensation claim history.
Insurance Services, in cooperation with EMC Insurance, would like to provide assistance to the
district to help reduce risks and thus maintain or lower policy rates.
2. Superintendent’s Report; Dr. Fred Marten
A. Classified Handbook Review Committee—Rusty Helget volunteered to serve as Board
representative on this committee.
B. Redistricting USD 322 Board Member Districts—Rex Green and Paul Zidek volunteered to
serve as Board representatives on this committee.
C. Substitute Teacher Handbook—1 st Reading
D. K-12 Student Activity Fee—Dr. Marten gave some options to the Board to repay families
for this fee if the Board wanted to reverse it; 1) free admittance to home games, 2) deposit
in student’s lunch account, 3) refund fee to parents.
E. Food Service Directive; “Competitive Foods”—a past accepted practice of allowing a local
restaurant to deliver meals to school students and/or personnel was and is a violation of the
state and federally funded food service regulations and could have resulted in the loss of aid
to the program. The district will be in compliance with the food service regulations
therefore this practice will not continue.
F. Additional Supplemental Positions—Dr. Marten questioned why certain sponsorships are
included on the supplemental schedule, i.e. KAYS and Chess, however others like STUCO
and Scholars Bowl are not. He feels that this should be noticed by either the teacher’s
association or the Board during negotiations.
3. Onaga Grade School Principal’s Report; Sandra Zahn
Figures to date show 242 students enrolled at the GS. All 5 th graders will participate in band at
no extra cost to the parents.
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4. Onaga High School Principal’s Report; Roger Stumpf
Figures to date show 122 students enrolled at the HS. The HS is borderline 1A or 2A in
classification as the FR/SO classes are the largest in size. The activities handbook has been
corrected since adoption as eligibility stated that students had to be enrolled in five classes to be
eligible to participate in activities however on the block schedule it needs to read that students
must be enrolled in three out of four blocks. Mr. Stumpf reported that he will not be approving
the purchase of cloth award “O” letters for JH as has been a past practice; certificates will be
used at the JH level instead.
IX. OLD BUSINESS
1. Board Policy Reconsideration; GACCA Nepotism
Tabled
2. Substitute Teacher Pay Rate
Green moved to approve the 2007-2008 substitute teacher pay rate of $80 per day. The first ten
(10) continuous days shall be paid at the fixed rate; the 11 th continuous day and subsequent
continuous days in the same assignment thereafter shall be paid at a rate equivalent to one
contract day of the base teacher salary. Helget seconded. Carried 7-0.
3. Sale of Properties
Pinick moved to table this item to the September 6 th board meeting (goals and facility tour).
Green seconded. Carried 6-1 (Zidek).
4. Personnel; Custodian Contract
Helget moved to go into executive session for five minutes to discuss nonelected personnel
matters to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Melvin seconded.
Carried 7-0. The Board was in closed session from 9:10-9:15pm with Dr. Marten. Rusty
Helget left closed session at 9:11pm.
Handley moved to return to executive session for an additional five minutes to continue
discussing nonelected personnel matters. Melvin seconded. Carried 6-0 (Helget not present).
The Board was in closed session from 9:15-9:20pm with Dr. Marten.
Handley moved to return to executive session for an additional five minutes to continue
discussing nonelected personnel matters. Melvin seconded. Carried 6-0 (Helget not present).
The Board was in closed session from 9:20-9:25pm with Dr. Marten.
Handley moved to return to executive session for an additional five minutes to continue
discussing nonelected personnel matters. Melvin seconded. Carried 6-0 (Helget not present).
The Board was in closed session from 9:25-9:30pm with Dr. Marten.
Handley moved to return to executive session for an additional ten minutes to continue
discussing nonelected personnel matters. Melvin seconded. Carried 6-0 (Helget not present).
The Board was in closed session from 9:30-9:40pm with Dr. Marten. Helget returned to closed
session at 9:31pm.
The Board returned to open session at 9:40pm. No action was taken. President Handley
called for a special meeting for Thursday, August 16 th at 7:25am at the OGS multi-purpose
room (prior to the staff back-to-school breakfast).
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X. NEW BUSINESS
1. Approve 2007-2008 Budget
Following much discussion on the increase of approximately 2 mills in the Local Option
Budget, Dr. Marten was asked to make a recommendation for which he asked the Board to
approve the budget as presented. Melvin moved to adopt the 2007-2008 budget as proposed
and published in The Onaga Herald on August 2, 2007. Figge seconded. Carried 5-2 (Pinick,
Green).
2. K-12 Site Council Membership 2007-2008
Helget moved to approve the 2007-2008 K-12 Site Council Membership as presented. Green
seconded. Carried 7-0.
Rex Green, BOE Representative
Sandra Zahn, OGS Principal
Roger Stumpf, OHS Principal
Tim Kite, OHS Teacher
Susan Dillinger, OGS K-4 Teacher
Jennifer Byrne, OGS 5-8 Teacher
Michele Reisinger (Sec), Special Ed. Rep. Roy Duer, USD322 Classified Employee
Nancy Zidek, K-4 Parent No. 1 Jeanette Eisenbarth, K-4 Parent No. 2
Tracy Ahlquist, 5-8 Parent No. 1 Robin Kolterman (Pres), 5-8 Parent No. 2
Joy Zabel, OHS Parent No. 1 Tawni Myers (VP), OHS Parent No. 2
Deanna Fairbanks, Business Rep.
Jake Reisinger, Patron Rep.
*Dorothy Boswell, Senior Center Director *Judy Wegner, HOWD Chairperson
Teresa Kolterman, Community Rep.
*(or designee)
3. Personnel; Cook Position
Helget moved to approve the advertising for a 32.5 hr. week Cook position for the 2007-2008
school year. Zidek seconded. Carried 7-0.
4. Personnel; Supplementals 2007-2008
A. Additional Supplemental Contracts:
QPA Coordinator—Sandy Zahn
Counselor (4 Day Extension)—Laurie McClelland
Librarian (2 Day Extension)—Catherine Marten
HS Forensics—Blake Behrens
HS Golf—Blake Behrens (70%) & Wade Talley (30%)
HS FB Cheer—Becky Nider (75%) & Kendra VanDonge (25%)
B. Supplemental Resignation:
Dave Schmidt—JH Head WR
Green moved to approve the additional supplemental contracts and the supplemental
resignation as presented. Helget seconded. Carried 7-0.
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5. Technology Coordinator Salary Request
District Technology Coordinator Mark Haefke inquired with Dr. Marten as to why he was not
recommended for a 5% salary increase (received approximately 1%, $500) as understood he
had been promised by the former superintendent. Dr. Marten asked the Board to consider this
request. Following much discussion, Zidek moved to reverse the $500 salary increase for Mark
Haefke and to issue a 5% increase on his 06-07 salary. Green seconded. Motion failed 3
(Zidek, Green, Pinick) to 4 (Handley, Melvin, Figge, Helget).
6. 2007-2008 K-12 Activity Fee
Helget moved to credit each student the $10 activity fee paid at enrollment by either placing it
in their food service account or issuing a refund. Zidek seconded. Carried 7-0.
XI.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, President Handley adjourned the meeting at 9:55PM.
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Board President
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Date Approved
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Clerk of the Board
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