Wright City R-II Board of Education - Wright City R-II School District

Wright City R-II Board of Education
Regular Meeting Minutes
April 19, 2010
The Wright City Board of Education met in the central office board room in regular session on
April 19, 2010. President Austin Jones called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
Board Members Present: Austin Jones, Alice Klem, Gina Allen, Corri Ruge Olson, Mary
Groeper, Laura Marsh, Melissa Springmeyer
Administration Present: Dr. Chris Gaines, Superintendent; David Buck, Assistant
Superintendent; Michele Reigh, East Elementary School Principal; Bryan Pearlman, Wright City
Elementary Principal; Jack Sanford, Director of Facilities and Grounds; Dr. Alan Hogenmiller,
High School Principal; Vicki Zuhone, Director of Special Education; Shawn Brown, High School
Assistant Principal
Visitors: Elizabeth Clark, Nathan Clark, Jesse Clark, Rachel Duffey, James Weir, Stacy Myers,
Kelsey Osmond, Jessie Meadows, Steve Marsh, Austin Marsh, Lizzy Habedank, Zach Murri, Dan
LaMartina, Brendan Gierer,II, Brannon Hunter, Ben Gierer, Tammy Gierer, Keeley Gierer, Bianca
de la Cerda, Nemat Al-birekdar, Jackie Stewart, Richard Lagemann, Patty Godier, Madge Flake,
Becki Lucas, Kelly Webert, Tammy Hoffman, Donna Jones, Judy Ray, Cindy Sutton, Leslie
Mueller, Dale Corder, Laura Fiorino, Lynette Randolph, Carl Klem III, Carl Klem IV, Susan
Menner, Sue Lauber, Brooks Wegrzyn, Mary Bruening, Dillion Koch, Jackson Bruening, Kami
Williams
2. AGENDA: Alice Klem made a motion to move items J, K, and M before Item E. Laura Marsh
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0. Gina Allen made a motion to approve the amended
agenda. Melissa Springmeyer seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
3. TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Amy Kesler, high school agriculture teacher, was introduced as
the district’s Teacher of the Year.
4. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRESENTATION: Students from Joann Balven’s Destination
Imagination team presented the skit they did at the state competition, RaDIo-Active Crew.
The team took second place at state and is now eligible to compete in the Global competition
in Knoxville, TN at the end of May.
5. BAND BOOSTER PRESENTATION: Corri Ruge Olson made a motion to table the band
booster presentation until Mr. Schaffer arrives. Melissa Springmeyer seconded the motion.
Motion carried 7-0. At a later time, Laura Marsh made a motion to lift this item from the table.
Melissa Springmeyer seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0. Mary Groeper made a motion
to postpone this presentation until the May meeting. Laura Marsh seconded the motion.
Motion carried 7-0.
6. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. Regular board minutes of March 23, 2010
B. Bills
C. Employment
D. Third reading of policies DIE, DJC (rescind) DJF, FEF, GBBDA, GBEBC,
GCD, GCN, GDC, GDL, IC, IGBA, IGCE, IKF, IKFB, IL, JEA, JEC, JED, JG,
JHCB
E. Specs on high school restroom renovations
F. MOSIP Annual Meeting
G. Application for Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCB)
Mary Groeper made a motion to approve the consent agenda items. Alice Klem seconded the
motion. Motion carried 7-0.

7. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Patrons and students spoke about soccer.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None
9. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Accept Certified Election Results: President Austin Jones read the certified
election results PROP WCHS: Warren County – Absentee 20 yes, 18 no; Dutzow 0
yes, 1 no; Hickory Grove North/South 158 yes, 102 no; Innsbrook 156 yes, 54 no;
Wright City Ward 1 120 yes, 63 no; Wright City Ward 2 116 yes, 71 no, for a total of
570 yes and 309 no. Lincoln County – 47 yes and 51 no. The bond issue passed. No
school board director election was required as there were two people running for two
open seats.
B. Adjourn the old Board of Education: Alice Klem made a motion to adjourn the old
Board of Education. Laura Marsh seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
C. Administer the Oath of Office: Dr. Gaines administered the oath of office to Austin
Jones and Mary Groeper.
D. Election of Officers:
1. President: Mary Groeper nominated Austin Jones as board
president. Laura Marsh nominated Alice Klem as board president.
Melissa Springmeyer made a motion to cease nominations. Mary
Groeper seconded the motion. Austin Jones, 5 – Alice Klem 2.
2. Vice President: Gina Allen nominated Alice Klem as vice
president. Laura Marsh made a motion cease nominations and
approve by acclamation. Melissa Springmeyer seconded the
motion. Motion carried 7-0.
3. Secretary: Mary Groeper nominated Corri Ruge Olson as
secretary. Melissa Springmeyer made a motion to cease
nominations and approve by acclamation. Gina Allen seconded the
motion. Motion carried 7-0.
4. Treasurer: Melissa Springmeyer nominated Mary Groeper as
treasurer. Melissa Springmeyer made a motion to cease
nominations and approve by acclamation. Corri Ruge Olson
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
5. MSBA Delegate & Alternate: Melissa Springmeyer made a
motion to nominate Austin Jones as MSBA Delegate, cease
nominations and approve by acclamation. Corri Ruge Olson
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0. Corri Ruge Olson made
a motion to appoint Laura Marsh as MSBA Alternate, cease
nominations and approve by acclamation. Melissa Springmeyer
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
6. Board Representation on Committees:
a. Policy Committee: Melissa Springmeyer made a motion to
nominate Mary Groeper and Alice Klem to the policy
committee, cease nominations and approve by acclamation.
Corri Ruge Olson seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
b. Truancy: Alice Klem made a motion to nominate Austin
Jones and Laura Marsh to the truancy committee, cease
nominations and approve by acclamation. Laura Marsh
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
c. Waiver: Laura Marsh made a motion to nominate Melissa
Springmeyer, Austin Jones and Mary Groeper to the waiver
committee. Alice Klem seconded the motion. Motion carried
7-0.
E. Budget Amendment #3: No action
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F. Budget – FY 2011: Alice Klem made a motion to approve the Budget Resolution as
written. Gina Allen seconded the motion. Laura Marsh made a motion to amend the
resolution to remove #7 (Eliminate the staff party) from the list. Mary Groeper
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
Mary Groeper made a motion to remove #1 (Move responsibility for oversight and
administration of the Academy to the middle school assistant principal) from the list.
Melissa Springmeyer seconded the motion. Motion failed 3-4.
Laura Marsh made a motion to approve the Budget Resolution as amended. Alice
Klem seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
G. Soccer: Laura Marsh made a motion that when $20,000 is raised for soccer, the
board of education will implement the program the following year. Alice Klem
seconded the motion. Laura Marsh asked to rescind the motion with the approval of
the second. Laura Marsh made a motion that when $35,000 is raised for soccer, the
board of education will implement the program the following year. Alice Klem
seconded the motion. Motion failed 2-5.
At this time the board took a 5 minute break.
H. Award Scoreboard Bid: Corri Ruge Olson made a motion to award Bulte Company
the scoreboard bid in the amount of $39,005. Gina Allen seconded the motion.
Motion carried 7-0.
I. Program Evaluations
1. PAT: Melissa Springmeyer made a motion to approve the PAT
program evaluation as written. Laura Marsh seconded the motion.
Motion carried 7-0.
J. Assessment: Mary Groeper made a motion to accept the recommendation of the
assessment committee to continue using writing prompts, continue using DRA, at the
end of 10-11 revisit STARR to see if both DRA and STARR are needed, in the future
drop A.R., continue to use AimsWeb K-1 and grow it to K-2 in 10-11, implement
Discovery Assessment at WCE, MS and HS. Gina Allen seconded the motion. Motion
carried 7-0.
K. Revised program evaluations: No action
L. 2010-2011 School Calendar: Alice Klem made a motion to approve the school
calendar for the 2010-2011 school year. Mary Groeper seconded the motion. Motion
carried 7-0.
M. Economy Bills: Corri Ruge Olson made a motion to approve the Economy bills.
Melissa Springmeyer seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0-1.
N. Calendar Entries: Dr. Gaines showed the group the new calendar on the web site.
Every entry for every building is now in one place.
9. CLOSED SESSION: At 9:35 p.m. Laura Marsh made a motion to go into closed session in
accordance with the provision of Section 610.021 of the Revised Statues of Missouri. The R-
II Board of Education will meet in closed session in order to discuss: 610.021 (3) Hiring, firing,
disciplining or promoting of particular employees by a public governmental body; (13)
individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to
employees or applications for employment; (14) Records which are protected from disclosure
by law. Melissa Springmeyer seconded the motion. Austin Jones, yes; Corri Ruge Olson, yes;
Melissa Springmeyer, yes; Mary Groeper, yes; Gina Allen, yes; Alice Klem, yes; Laura
Marsh, yes. Motion carried 7-0.
10. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION: At 9:46 p.m. Alice Klem made a motion to return to open
session. Laura Marsh seconded the motion. Laura Marsh, yes; Austin Jones, yes; Corri Ruge
Olson, yes; Melissa Springmeyer, yes; Mary Groeper, yes; Gina Allen, yes; Alice Klem, yes.
Motion carried 7-0.
11. ADJOURN: At 9:55 p.m., Corri Ruge Olson made the motion to adjourn. Alice Klem
seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
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_______________________ _______________________
Corri Ruge Olson, Secretary Austin Jones, President
CRO/jhs
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