11/12/2007 - USD 322

Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton
BOARD OF EDUCATION
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 322
Pottawatomie County, Kansas
MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 12, 2007 REGULAR MEETING
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mike Handley, Board President, called the November 12 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 (Arrived at 7:05pm)
Others Present: Superintendent Dr. Fred Marten, Clerk Janell Schmidt, OHS Principal Roger
Stumpf, OGS Principal Sandy Zahn, Technology Coord. Mark Haefke, TwoTrees
Representative Susie Smith, Lori Kaster, Becky Davis, Greg Beecher
II. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Helget moved to approve the agenda as amended with the following addition; NB2A—Personnel;
Executive Session. Pinick seconded. Carried 6-0.
III. CONSENT AGENDA
Green moved to approve the consent agenda as presented. Figge seconded. Carried 6-0.
1. Approval of Minutes
A. October 8, 2007 Regular Meeting
IV. BILLS AND TREASURER’S REPORT
Helget moved to approve the bills and October 2007 Treasurer’s Report as presented. Melvin
seconded. Carried 7-0.
V. PATRON INPUT
None
VI. STAFF INPUT
1. Mark Haefke, District Technology Director reviewed the summer of 2007 completed
technology projects and ongoing projects. He demonstrated the “Moodle Server” which would
be a site where teachers could post homework assignments; students/teachers could have
discussion boards; post powerpoint presentations, etc. Mark informed the Board that an
estimated 20 1999 IBM 300GL computers need disposed of and asked their preference in doing
so. He will check the USD Technology Plan for a disposal policy that is required by the State
Technology Plan (per Susie Smith, TwoTrees).
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VII. BOARD REPORTS
1. Susie Smith, TwoTrees Technology gave the Board a demonstration of their internet and email
filtering software and service that USD322 is considering purchasing.
2. Superintendent’s Report; Dr. Fred Marten
A. Written proposal from Karen Harder, Morrill & Janes Bank—M&JB is offering USD322 a
free emergency notification service, “Text Caster”. Patrons will be able to sign up to
receive cell phone text messages of emergency or school closing information.
B. Wall of Fame meeting was held and attended by Dr. Marten. The committee would like to
establish a “wall of fame” for outstanding athletes from Onaga High School. It was a
unanimous consensus of the Board that they are not interested in establishing a wall of
fame.
C. There has been no further interest shown on the property located at 214 E 4 th . The Board
requested Dr. Marten look into removing the structures on the remaining properties.
D. Onaga High School has been invited to host a basketball Sub-State.
E. Dr. Marten attended the flag ceremony held at the schools recognizing area veterans.
3. Onaga Grade School Principal’s Report; Sandra Zahn
A. The Onaga Fire Dept. applied for and received a grant to host a fire training activity at the
school that would teach students how to escape a smoke-filled building.
B. Paul Zidek and Mrs. Zahn attended an early education seminar.
C. Mrs. Zahn reviewed the State’s mandate regarding a Bullying Policy and Plan that must be
implemented by January 1, 2008.
D. Reported that Onaga Grade School has been named a “Standard of Excellence School”.
4. Onaga High School Principal’s Report; Roger Stumpf
A. BB & WR practices have begun. There is a possibility that the boys basketball program
will need a 2 nd asst. coach for a C team.
B. OHS recently received two awards of recognition; 2006-2007 KAYS, and the State
Standard of Excellence in reading and writing. The district’s standard of excellence
information has been sent to The Onaga Herald for publication.
C. 07-08 is the year for Math to review/replace their textbooks on the district’s textbook
rotation schedule. However, the math committee is not interested in replacing the texts at
this time. They request that the present 4-year rotation be changed to a 5-year rotation.
VIII. OLD BUSINESS
1. Adjust Board Member District Lines
Zidek moved to retain the six districts with minor modifications to equalize board member
representation. Figge seconded. Carried 7-0.
IX. NEW BUSINESS
1. Approval of Gift of TextCaster from Morrill & Janes Bank
Helget moved to accept Morrill & Janes Bank’s gift of “TextCaster”. Zidek seconded. Carried
7-0.
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2. Consideration of Contract with TwoTrees for Filtering E-mail & Internet
Zidek moved to approve the purchase of the Shelterbelt II subscription from TwoTrees at the
cost of $800(setup), $899(Cisco 506e Pix Firewall) and $250 per month (monitoring service).
Green seconded. Carried 7-0.
2a. Personnel; Executive Session
Green moved to go into executive session for 45 minutes to discuss nonelected personnel
matters to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Helget seconded.
Carried 7-0. The Board left open session with Dr. Marten at 9:10pm. Sandra Zahn was called
into E.S. at 9:25pm. Dr. Marten and Sandra Zahn left E.S. at 9:40pm.
The Board returned to open session at 9:55pm. No action was taken.
3. Personnel
a. Gary Carman, Bus Driver; Resignation—Melvin moved to accept Gary Carman’s
resignation as bus driver effective November 30, 2007. Zidek seconded. Carried 7-0.
b. Bus Driver Contract—Zidek moved to approve a bus driver contract for Max Loughmiller
for the remainder of the 2007-2008 school year. Helget seconded. Carried 6-1 (Melvin).
X. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, President Handley adjourned the meeting at 9:54PM.
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Board President
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Date Approved
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Clerk of the Board
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