DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009

6:30 P.M.

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

 

 

MINUTES

 

Present:  John Adams, President; Lisa Clawson, Vice-President; Sean Burcham, Secretary; Tyce Stebbins, Member; Norb Heban, Member; Darin Gullion, Assistant Superintendent; and Steven R. Hall, Superintendent

 

I.                   CALL TO ORDER

 

At 6:30 p.m. Board President, John Adams, called the meeting to order.

 

II.                PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

III.             AMEND AGENDA

 

A.     A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to amend the agenda as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

IV.              MINUTES

 

A.     A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Norb Heban to accept the minutes of the business meeting and executive session held on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

V.                 FINANCE

 

A.     A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Norb Heban to accept the list of vouchers as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

B.     Purchase over $7,500

 

None

 

VI.              OLD BUSINESS

 

A.     Transportation Handbook (second reading)

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the changes to the Transportation Handbook as presented by Superintendent Hall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

VII.           COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR

 

A.     Mr. Barry Harris, Delta Schools’ Director of Maintenance, thanked the Board for allowing them to hold the appreciation picnic for summer employees.  Mr. Harris also thanked Mr. Josh Landis for his help.  He stated everyone seemed to enjoy the afternoon.

 

B.     Mr. Bruce Wiemer, Delta Schools’ Director of Transportation, informed the Board they had received a 100% on their bus inspection.  Bruce wanted to be sure and thank Rodney and Phillip as well as the ladies who helped clean.

 

C.     Ms. Dee Orick, Delta Schools’ Director of Food Services, reported to the Board the summer food program is coming to a close.  The numbers have remained high throughout the summer and the program has been successful.

 

D.    Ms. Kathy Hottinger, Principal of Eaton Elementary School, thanked the Board for the service the summer food program has provided to the community.  She added her appreciation for Dee in her organization of the program.

 

E.     Ms. Kathy Hottinger also spoke on behalf of the Eden Church of Christ to thank the Board for their support of the TeenServe Mission this summer and to Delta Middle School for housing the group.

 

VIII.        NEW BUSINESS

 

A.     Certified Staff

 

1.       The Board was informed of the resignation of Amy Claghorn as a language arts teacher at Delta Middle School effective August 9, 2009.

 

B.     Classified Staff

 

1.       The Board was informed of the resignation of Lu Wade as a corporation bus driver effective July 30, 2009.

 

2.      The Board was informed of the resignation of Holly Ratliff as a food service employee at Delta High School effective July 2, 2009.

 

3.      The Board was informed of the resignation of Holly Summers as an instructional assistant at Albany Elementary School effective August 4, 2009.

 

4.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the termination of one custodial position at Delta High School held by Chris Keeley effective at the end of the shift on July 31, 2009.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

5.      A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve the request for medical leave for Dianna Gill as presented by Superintendent Hall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

6.      A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Norb Heban to transfer Lisa Metzger from a secretarial position at Delta High School to a year round secretarial position at the Transportation Department effective July 27, 2009 as presented by Superintendent Hall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

7.      A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to employ Michael Talhelm as a full time bus driver effective August 12, 2009  for the 2009-2010 school year pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

8.     A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to employ and train Raiford Michael Terry as a substitute bus driver for the 2009-2010 school year effective August 6, 2009 pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

9.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to employ bus drivers, bus aides, and substitute bus drivers as listed for the 2009-2010 school year pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

C.     Extra Curricular

 

1.       The Board was informed of the resignation of Tom Devine as a head girls track coach effective July 20, 2009.

 

2.      The Board was informed of the resignation of Ricky Sumpter II as an assistant 7th grade football coach effective August 5, 2009.

 

A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to appoint the following extra curricular positions #3-#9 as presented by Superintendent Hall:

 

3.      Appoint Cindy Hall as a family and consumer science department chair at Delta High School for the 2009-2010 school year.

 

4.      Appoint Jeremy Neckers as a science fair director at DeSoto Elementary School for the 2009-2010 school year.

 

5.      Appoint Trent Fine as a head freshman football coach at Delta High School for the 2009-2010 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

6.      Appoint Ricky Sumpter II as a head 7th grade football coach at Delta Middle School for the 2009-2010 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

7.      Appoint Robert Jones as an assistant 7th grade football coach at Delta Middle School for the 2009-2010 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

8.     Appoint Haley Cross as a head 6th grade volleyball coach at Delta Middle School for the 2009-2010 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

9.      Appoint Teresa Terry as a cheerleading coach at Delta Middle School for the 2009-2010 season.

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

D.    Conference Requests/Field Trips

 

A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Norb Heban to approve items 1-4 and 6-7 of the following conference requests and field trips as presented by Superintendent Hall:

 

1.       Chris Conley requests permission for all elementary principals and three teachers from each elementary building to attend the mClass New User Training on Wednesday through Friday, August 5-7, 2009 at the Jay County High School in Portland, IN.

 

2.      Don Harman requests permission to attend the Blue Ribbon Committee Meeting on Friday, August 21, 2009 at the IASP Office in Indianapolis, IN.

 

3.      Chris Conley requests permission to attend the IASP Board of Directors meetings on the following Thursdays and/or Fridays:  August 28, 2009, December 4, 2009, February 25, 2010, and June 16 & 17, 2010 at one of the following places:  IASP Office, Hyatt Hotel, and Season’s Conference Center in Indianapolis or Nashville, IN.

 

4.      Don Harman requests permission to attend the INSAI Annual Update Meeting on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza in Indianapolis, IN.

 

5.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve permission for Patricia Ervin to attend the Atlantik-Bruecke Study Trip through the Indiana Department of Education on Saturday, September 19, 2009 through Saturday, October 3, 2009 in Germany as presented by Superintendent Hall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

6.      Pat Ervin requests permission to attend the Econ Camp North on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 13-14, 2009 at Camp Tecumseh in Lafayette, IN.

 

7.      Joe Schmaltz requests permission to take the fourth and fifth grade students from DeSoto Elementary School to the Zoo, State Museum and Lucas Stadium in Indianapolis, IN on Thursday and Friday, October 8-9, 2009.

 

The motion on items 1-4 and 6-7 was approved unanimously.

 

E.     Information and Proposals

 

1.             Superintendent

 

a.      Conflict of Interest Statement

 

The disclosure statement for Sean Burcham was presented to the Board and accepted by consensus of the Board.

 

b.      Dual Credit – Ivy Tech

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the dual credit courses with Ivy Tech as presented by Superintendent Hall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

2.            Assistant Superintendent

 

a.      A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Lisa Clawson to surplus a student computer tower and monitor at Delta Middle School as presented by Assistant Superintendent Gullion.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

IX.              LETTERS/NOTES

 

A.     Several cards have been received thanking the corporation for their participation in the 4H fair.

 

X.                 BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

 

Tyce Stebbins – Everyone is working hard to make sure our schools are up and running.  I’d like to thank everyone for the hard work and commitment to our community.

 

Norb Heban – Congratulations to Bruce and the Transportation Department for the excellent 100% bus inspection rating.  Dee, thank you for the great job with the summer food program and for the service to our community that program has provided.  Kathy, thank you as well for your part in the service offered our community by TeenServe this summer.

 

Sean Burcham – I’d like to congratulate Pat Ervin on being chosen to take this educational trip to Germany.  I would concur in extending my appreciation to everyone for the good things happening over the summer.  Thank everyone here for coming this evening as well.

 

Lisa Clawson – I would concur and extend my thanks to everyone for the hard work.  I’m looking forward to a good year.

 

John Adams – I would concur with my fellow Board members.  There are a lot of very good things going on in our corporation.  We really appreciate all the community’s help as well.  Bruce, congratulations on receiving a 100% at bus inspection.  I appreciate all that’s going on and look forward to a good school year.

 

Steve Hall – I would echo all of the appreciation expressed to everyone this evening.  I would like to thank Barry and Josh who worked very hard on the appreciation picnic for summer staff.  Summer was shortened by a week due to snow days this past spring.  In spite of that short time period, our buildings are looking wonderful and are ready for opening day, thanks to the hard work of our custodians this summer.  Barry has also been putting in many hours with the extra work going on in our corporation over the summer.  Thank you to the employees at transportation who have put in lots of extra effort and time.  The summer food program has gone very well with many positive comments from the community.  There are lots of good things going on with our schools.

 

XI.              FUTURE MEETINGS

 

A.     The next regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building with a work session of the Board beginning at 5:00 p.m.

 

B.     The ISBA/IAPSS Fall Conference will be held on Monday and Tuesday, September 28-29, 2009 at the Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN.

 

XII.           ADJOURNMENT

 

A.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham and Board President, John Adams, adjourned the meeting at 7:07 p.m.

 

XIII.        An executive session followed the business meeting on personnel items and collective bargaining.

 

 

 

JOHN ADAMS                                                                                                                                 

 

LISA CLAWSON                                                                                                                             

 

SEAN BURCHAM                                                                                                                           

 

TYCE STEBBINS                                                                                                                            

 

NORB HEBAN