MINUTES
Present: Tyce
Stebbins, President; Norb Heban,
Vice-President; Trent Fox, Secretary; John Adams,
Member; Lorraine Tomlin, Member; Darin Gullion, Assistant Superintendent; and
Steven R. Hall, Superintendent
I.
CALL TO ORDER
At 6:30 p.m. Board President, Tyce
Stebbins, called the meeting to order.
II.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
FOR OFFICER BERRY
III.
AMEND AGENDA
A motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to amend
the agenda as presented. The motion was
approved unanimously.
IV.
MINUTES
A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Trent Fox to accept the
minutes of the business meeting and executive sessions of the Board held on
November 2, 2010. The motion was
approved unanimously.
V.
FINANCE
A. A
motion was made by Trent Fox and seconded by John
Adams to approve the list of vouchers as presented. The motion was approved unanimously.
B. A
motion was made by Lorraine Tomlin and seconded by Norb
Heban to approve the write off of school lunch non-sufficient
fund checks from 2005-2007 in the amount of $286.45. The motion was approved unanimously.
C. Purchases
over $7,500
1.
A motion was made by Norb Heban
and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the purchase of a carpet extractor
from Hillyard in the amount of $7,615. The motion was approved unanimously.
2.
A motion was made by John
Adams and seconded by Trent Fox to approve the purchase of 30
computers for Albany
Elementary School for the
amount of $13,564.02. The motion was
approved unanimously.
3.
A motion was made by Norb
Heban and seconded by Trent Fox to approve payment to Orkin in the amount of $19,974 for the installation of a
solution (netting) to the bird problem at Delta
High School and Delta Middle School. The motion was approved unanimously.
VI.
OLD BUSINESS
None
VII.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
A. Josiah
Parker and his students, Austin Cook, Avery Haisley,
and Haley Gray presented the VEX Robotics Program they are currently involved
in at Delta High School. They presented the robotics but also
explained the importance of the program is teamwork and critical thinking. Mr. Hall expressed how this program is an
example of the good things going on at Delta High School. Aaron Fry, student participating in the
internship portion of the VEX Robotics Program, explained how the program has
really helped him.
B. Mr.
Hall at this time introduced Aaron Fry as the Youth Salute Leader of the
Year. Aaron explained the program has
helped him be successful with leadership roles not only in the athletic arena
but also in academics. He expressed it was
nice to show this is a possibility.
VIII. NEW
BUSINESS
A. Certified
Staff
A motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to employ
the following as remediation teachers at Delta High School
effective for ten (10) hours each from November 19, 2010 through December 6,
2010. The motion was approved
unanimously.
Scott Herring (Math)
Steve Scroggins (Math)
Cheri Ridley (English)
Dawn Raleigh (English)
B. Classified
Staff
1.
The Board was informed of the resignation of Debbie
True as Secretary/Treasurer at Delta
High School effective
November 10, 2010.
A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Trent Fox to approved the following classified positions (items 2-3) as
presented by Superintendent Hall:
2.
Transfer Ed Herniak, bus driver,
from Route #17 to Route #12 effective November 8, 2010.
3.
Appoint Cheryl Dominick as the interim
Secretary/Treasurer at Delta
High School effective
November 10, 2010.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
4.
The Board was informed of the resignation of Debbie
Fisher, bus driver, effective November 15, 2010.
C. Extra
Curricular
A motion was made by Lorraine
Tomlin and seconded by Norb Heban to
approve the following extra curricular positions (items 1-8) as presented by
Superintendent Hall:
1.
Employ George Fisher as sixth grade girls basketball
coach at Delta Middle School effective the 2010-2011
season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.
2.
Appoint Bryan Matheny as a volunteer
assistant freshman basketball coach at Delta High School
effective the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all
pre-employment testing.
3.
Appoint Steve Conway as a volunteer baseball
coach at Delta
High School effective the
2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.
4.
Appoint Kyle Catto as a
volunteer 8th grade girls basketball
assistant coach pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.
5.
Employ Robert Slavens III and Matthew Roberts as 7th/8th
grade boys’ head swim coaches for a split position for the 2010-2011 season
pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing. (Note:
Matthew Roberts was incorrectly approved as 7th/8th
grade boys’ head swim coach on October 19, 2010. His application requested a split position.)
6.
Employ Matthew Hill as 7th/8th
grade assistant wrestling coach for the 2010-2011 season pending successful
completion of all pre-employment testing.
7.
Employ Jane Ellery as the 7th/8th
grade boys’ assistant swim coach for the 2010-2011 season pending successful
completion of all pre-employment testing.
8.
Appoint Jakob Alley as a
volunteer wrestling coach at Delta
High School for the
2010-2011 school year pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
The motion was
approved unanimously.
D. Conference
Requests/Field Trips
A motion was made by Lorraine
Tomlin and seconded by John Adams to
approve the following conference requests and field trips (items 1-8) as
presented by Superintendent Hall:
1.
Tarinna Morris and Cheryl Dominick request permission
to attend an IASBO Extra Curricular Accounting Seminar on Friday, November 19,
2010 at the Learning Center in Greensburg,
IN.
2.
Lance Brand requests permission to attend the Indiana
Science Initiative Curriculum Review on Friday, November 19, 2010 at Purdue University
in Lafayette, IN.
3.
Julie Whittington requests permission to attend
Kessler’s Football Expo Sale on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at Little League
Regional in Indianapolis, IN.
4.
Teresa Terry requests permission to attend the IMAST
Upcoming Study Involvement on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at a place to be
determined in Indianapolis,
IN.
5.
Steve Hall, Darin Gullion, and Tarinna Morris request
permission to attend a School Finance Issues Seminar on Wednesday, December 8,
2010 at the Primo West in Plainfield,
IN.
6.
Jan Morris requests permission to attend the Indiana
Music Educators Convention and Honor Choir on Thursday through Saturday,
January 20 – 22, 2011 at the Convention Center in Ft. Wayne, IN.
7.
Lance Brand requests permission to take science
students from Delta High School to Clarion
North Hospital
in Carmel, IN on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 from 7:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
8.
Lance Brand and Amy Lewman request permission to take
science students from Delta
High School to the Ft. Wayne Zoo on April 28, 2011 from 7:30 a.m. to 3
p.m.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
E. Information
and Proposals
1.
Superintendent
a. Mr.
Hall previously under Communications from the Floor introduced Aaron Fry as the
winner of the Youth Salute Youth Leader of the Year Award.
b. Mr.
Hall discussed having a Board workshop in order to discuss the possibility of
starting an educational foundation, budgets, and to develop long term plans for
the Corporation.
c. A
motion was made by John Adams and
seconded by Trent Fox to enter into a contract with Neurobehavioral Health, PC
for testing services to be provided to students. The motion was approved unanimously.
2.
Assistant Superintendent
a. A
motion was made by Lorraine Tomlin and seconded by John
Adams to approve Dave Snodgrass, Eaton Police Department, use
of the gym and track at Delta
Middle School on
Saturday, November 20, 2010 for physical activities training. The motion was approved unanimously.
b. A
motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by Trent Fox to table giving permission to Kenny Carroll, Muncie Muckdogs Baseball Team, use of the
baseball field at Delta
High School on June
17-19, 2011 for a baseball tournament.
Mr. Hall will get more information about the event. The motion was approved unanimously.
A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Trent Fox to approve the
following requests (items c – e):
c. Pam
Addison requests permission for fifth grade students at Eaton
Elementary School to sell candy bars
from the week before Thanksgiving through the last day before Christmas break
to defray the cost of Camp
Tecumseh.
d. Susan
Richter requests permission for Delta Men’s and Women’s Swim Team to sell
McDonald’s Peeler Cards and items from Texas Roadhouse now through December 3,
2010.
e. Kelly
Green requests permission for Royerton’s kindergarten
classes’ teachers and parent volunteers to sell cookbooks on Saturday, December
11, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Royerton gym.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
A motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to
approve the following requests (items f – g):
f. Request
to surplus items from Delta
High School as listed.
g. Request
to surplus items from Eaton
Elementary School as
listed.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
IX.
LETTERS/NOTES
A. None
X.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS
John
Adams – He thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. He expressed special mention to Austin,
Haley, and Avery for their presentation.
He thanked Aaron Fry for all he has done with Youth Salute. He also expressed his prayers and thoughts
were with Officer Berry’s family.
Trent Fox - He thanked everyone for attending the
meeting. He also wanted to thank Dr.
Gullion for the time he puts into the contracts and communication with the
companies in order to save money. He
also thanked Joe Schmaltz for putting together the proposal for the computers
for Albany Elementary.
Lorraine Tomlin – She thanked every for
coming to the meeting. She also
expressed her condolences to Pam Huddleston for the loss of her mother. She thanked Josiah Parker for showing the
robotics and bringing his students to the meeting. She congratulated Aaron Fry and thanked Amy
Larrabee for the psychologist information.
She thanked Mr. Hall and Mr. Schmaltz for participating in the 100 Men
That Can Cook festivities.
Norb
Heban – He thanked everyone for attending. He expressed sympathy to Pam Huddleston and
her family and to Officer Berry’s family.
He also expressed his pleasure that Albany Elementary School PTO was
able to tie-in to the 100 Men That Can Cook event.
Tyce Stebbins – He thanked Kim Kemper for filling in for Pam Huddleston this
evening. He stated he is thinking of Pam
Huddleston’s and Mr. Berry’s
families. He expressed the savings from Darin’s hard work is what keeps people’s jobs; the more
savings the better. He congratulated
Aaron Fry and explained he had trained Mr. Fry at one time and also had coached
Avery. He explained even though he may
have a reputation of being sports minded; he is also very educational
minded. He feels it is great when one of
our students states teamwork is very important in
every aspect of life. He quoted Darin when he said it is always fun to win. Tyce explained this is true whether it is a
robotics team or athletic team. He
explained students are learning how to work well together to be
successful. He agreed with Mr. Hall the
idea of a community foundation should be looked at closely. He closed with reminding everyone with the staff
wellness and adult fitness evenings and the holidays coming up to be aware of
being health conscious. Tyce then
thanked everyone.
XI.
FUTURE MEETINGS
A. A
regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday,
December 7, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration
Building.
B. ISBA
will host a School Law Seminar on Friday, December 10, 2010 at the Marriott
East Hotel in Indianapolis,
IN.
XII.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by John
Adams to adjourn the meeting.
The motion was approved unanimously and Board President, Tyce Stebbins,
adjourned the meeting at 7:50 p.m.
An executive session was held immediately following the
business meeting to discuss the job performance evaluation of individual
employees.
TYCE
STEBBINS
NORB HEBAN
TRENT FOX
JOHN ADAMS
LORRAINE
TOMLIN
