DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
6:30 P.M.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
An executive
session was held before the business meeting on personnel matters.
MINUTES
Present: Tyce Stebbins, President; Norb Heban,
Vice-President; Trent Fox, Secretary; Lorraine Tomlin, Member; John Adams,
Member; Darin Gullion, Assistant Superintendent, and Steven R. Hall,
Superintendent
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
At
6:35 p.m, Board President, Tyce Stebbins, called the meeting to order.
II.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
A. A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the minutes of the business meeting and
executive sessions held on November 15, 2011.
The motion was approved unanimously.
IV.
FINANCE
A. A motion was made by John
Adams and seconded by Trent Fox 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 Resolution for Expenditure Goals
2011-2012. The motion was approved
unanimously.
C. A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the Resolution for Transfer to Rainy Day
Fund. The resolution transfers $200,000
from the Transportation Fund to the Rainy Day Fund. The motion was approved unanimously.
D. Purchases over $7,500:
1. A motion was made by Trent Fox and
seconded by John Adams to approve the purchase from Insight Systems Exchange,
as presented, for $44,580.16 to be paid from the Rainy Day Fund. The motion was approved unanimously.
2. A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the purchase from Preferred IT, as
presented, for $47,124.57 to be paid from the Rainy Day Fund. The motion was approved unanimously.
3. A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by John Adams to approve the purchase from Schwer Electric, as
presented, for $8,600 to be paid from the Capital Projects Fund. The motion was approved four votes in favor
with Trent Fox abstaining.
V.
OLD
BUSINESS
A.
None.
VI.
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE FLOOR
A. None.
VII.
NEW
BUSINESS
A. Certified Staff
1. None.
B. Classified Staff
1. A motion was made by Trent Fox and
seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the employment of Steven Smith as a
school bus driver effective December 7, 2011.
The motion was approved unanimously.
C. Extra Curricular
1.
The Board was informed of the resignation of Brett
Clark as an Assistant Track Coach at Delta Middle School effective November 17,
2011.
A motion was
made by Norb Heban and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the following
(items 2 – 5):
2.
Employment of Andrew Bultemeier as an Assistant
Wrestling Coach at Delta Middle School effective the 2011-2012 school year, pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
3.
Employment of Matthew Roberts as a Head Swimming
Coach (shared position) at Delta Middle School effective the 2011-2012 school year, pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
4.
Employment of Tyler Proctor as a Head Swimming Coach
(shared position) at Delta Middle School effective the 2011-2012 school year, pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
5.
Appointment of Mike Schliessman as a Volunteer
Wrestling Coach at Delta Middle School effective the 2011-2012 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 Trent
Fox and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the following (items 1 – 3):
1. Darin Gullion and Tarinna Morris request
permission to attend the Region 6 IASBO Meeting to be held on December 15, 2011
at the Union City/College Corner JSP in Liberty, IN.
2. Doug Marshall, Jeri Harman, Brian Lewis,
Laurie Neal, Shelly Kern, and Matt Huber request permission to attend the High
Ability Conference to be held on January 23, 2012 at the Marriott Downtown in
Indianapolis, IN.
3. Josh Landis requests permission to attend
the Power School University Conference to be held June 24, 2012 – June 28, 2012
in St. Louis, MO.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
E. Information and Proposals
1.
Superintendent
a.
Superintendent
Hall presented 3 options for the 2012-2013 Delaware Community School’s calendar. The Board asked several questions in
reference to clarification of the pros and cons of each option.
b.
Josiah
Parker presented information on the Project Lead the Way new course proposal.
c.
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to approve the Winter
Hoops Clinic. The motion was approved
unanimously.
d.
Pam
Huddleston presented information on the Latchkey Program.
2.
Assistant
Superintendent
a. A motion was made by Lorraine Tomlin and
seconded by Norb Heban to approve the request to surplus equipment at Eaton
Elementary, as presented. The motion was
approved unanimously.
A motion was made by Lorraine Tomlin and seconded by John
Adams to approve the following (items b – f):
b. Brian Tobias requests permission to use
the Eaton Elementary gymnasium on November 24, 2011 for a Thanksgiving dinner
from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
c. Lisa Cook and Bethany Davis, Eaton
Kindergarten and Eaton PTO, request permission to use the Eaton Elementary
School gymnasium and have a fundraiser on December 10, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to
11 a.m. for “Saturday with Santa”.
d. Adam Ramsey, Delta Girls Softball
Association, requests permission to use the Royerton Elementary Teachers’
Lounge on December 5, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a Board Meeting.
e. Kortney Gray and Cindy Vaughn, Adult
Fitness, request permission to use the Delta High School Commons, Room 104 and
Room 105 on December 6 or December 13, 2011 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for “Mental
Health Day” for the staff.
f.
Heidi
Zickgraf, Delta Jr. Volleyball Club, requests permission to use the Delta
Middle School gymnasium on various days when not being used by Delta Middle
School teams from December 3, 2011 through May 1, 2012 for volleyball practice.
The
motion was approved unanimously.
A
motion was made by Lorraine Tomlin and seconded by Norb Heban to approve the
following (items g – k):
g. Judi Putt, 4th Grade, requests
permission to have her 4th grade students bring in money to donate
to the Muncie Mission in lieu of a student gift exchange.
h. Betsy Koger, After-Prom Committee,
requests permission to hold a bake sale on December 9, 2011 and December 17,
2011 during the boys’ basketball games.
The profit will be used for after-prom activities.
i.
Lauren
Griffis, Delta High School Student Council, requests permission to hold a bake
sale and raffle on January 27, 2012 during the boys basketball game at Delta
High School. The proceeds will be given
as a donation to Amanda Kirby’s (Albany Elementary student) family.
j.
Rebecca
Drago, DHS Cheerleaders, requests permission to hold a cheerleader clinic for
grades K – 8 to be held on December 9, 2011 from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The profits will be used for cheerleader
uniforms, senior gifts, signs, and camp.
k. Steve Rogers, Eaton Elementary PTO,
requests permission to hold a Santa Shop at Eaton Elementary School from
December 12, 2011 through December 16, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This activity is held as a service to the
students.
The
motion was approved unanimously.
VIII.
LETTERS/NOTES
A.
None.
IX.
BOARD
MEMBER COMMENTS
Norb
Heban – Mr. Heban thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. He thanked Mrs. Conti’s students for
attending. He thanked Mr. Parker for his
presentation and expressed his gratitude for helping students to think outside
the box. He stated 90% of the colleges
currently have capstone courses and it is great our students will already be
familiar with the program. He also
thanked Pam Huddleston for her hard work.
Trent Fox
– Mr. Fox thanked everyone for attending the meeting. He thanked Pam Huddleston for her effort and
hard work and hopes for continued success.
He thanked Mr. Parker for the information on the proposed class. He also expressed his appreciation for
continuing to get kids involved because this is not always an easy task. He thanked Josh Landis for protecting our
corporation’s information.
John
Adams – Mr. Adams thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. He thanked Pam Huddleston for her leadership
and hard work. He expressed her success
will be based on kids talking to kids about how much fun it is at
latchkey. Mr. Adams explained when
Project Lead the Way was first approved there was high hopes of its success. They have reached the point of success and he
is hopeful they are up to the challenge to make it work within the financial
constraints of the Corporation.
Lorraine
Tomlin – Mrs. Tomlin thanked everyone for attending the meeting. She expressed her excitement for the extra
programs being offered at latchkey. She
thanked Mr. Parker for his presentation.
She thanked Josh Landis and Barry Harris for their work.
Tyce
Stebbins – Mr. Stebbins expressed he feels everyone is doing their jobs pretty
well. He thanked Pam Huddleston for her
work with the latchkey program and stated he does realize this is not just
babysitting. He feels her programs for
latchkey let the students work with people that have great goals and students
are also given the impression of the right way to go. He is in hopes Project Lead the Way can make
it work financially because it is a great opportunity for kids. He thanked Mr. Hall for the calendars and
expressed it is work in progress.
X.
FUTURE
MEETINGS
A. A regular meeting of the Board of School
Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Administration Building.
XI.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by Trent Fox and seconded by Lorraine Tomlin to adjourn the
meeting. The motion was approved
unanimously. Board President, Tyce
Stebbins, adjourned the meeting at 7:45 p.m.
An
executive session was held immediately following the business meeting on
personnel matters.
12/06/2011 Board Meeting
TYCE STEBBINS
NORB HEBAN
TRENT FOX
JOHN ADAMS
LORRAINE TOMLIN