DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008
5:00 P.M.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
MINUTES
Present:
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
At 5:00 p.m. Board President,
II.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
III.
AMEND
AGENDA
A motion was made by Sean Burcham and
seconded by Tyce Stebbins to amend the agenda as presented by Superintendent
Mapes. The motion was approved
unanimously.
IV.
MINUTES
A. A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and
seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the minutes of the business meeting and
executive session held on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. The motion was approved unanimously.
V.
FINANCE
A. A motion was made by John Adams and
seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve the list of vouchers as presented. The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Purchase over $7,500
None
VI.
OLD
BUSINESS
A.
2009-2010
School Year Calendar
Superintendent
Mapes presented the Board with three options for the 2009-2010 school year calendar. Discussion
followed on the three options.
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve option #1
for the 2009-2010 school year calendar as presented by
Superintendent Mapes. The motion was
approved four votes in favor with one vote by Sean Burcham opposed.
B.
Food
Service Policy #9100 – second reading
Superintendent
Mapes presented Policy #9100 for a second reading.
A
motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the
Food Service Policy (#9100) as presented by Superintendent Mapes. The motion was approved unanimously.
VII.
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE FLOOR
Sheliah
Dorton, President of the DCCTA, thanked everyone for a good
year. She advised teachers feel the new
administrators and faculty are adjusting well.
She said it is a joy to work at Del-Com and is looking forward to the new year.
VIII.
NEW
BUSINESS
A. Certified Staff
1. A motion was made by Sean Burcham and
seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve an extension to the leave of absence for Johnetta Dolan through the second semester of the 2008-2009
school year.
The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Classified Staff
1. None
C. Extra Curricular
1. None
D. Conference Requests/Field Trips
A motion was made by John Adams and
seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve the following conference requests and field
trips as presented by Superintendent Mapes:
1. Machelle Ross requests permission to
attend the Annual Case Conference Reviews on Tuesday through Friday, January
6-9, 2009 at Royerton Elementary School in Muncie, IN.
2. Jan Morris requests permission to attend
the Indiana Music Educator’s Convention on Thursday and Friday, January 22-23,
2009 at the Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN.
3. Terry Summers requests permission to
attend the Indiana State Baseball Coaches Clinic on Friday, January 23, 2009 at
the Sheraton Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.
4. Roy Schaus requests permission to attend
the Indiana Computer Educators (ICE) 2009 Conference on Wednesday, January 28,
2009 at Union Station in Indianapolis, IN.
5. Pat Ervin, Brad Himes, Paul Orchard,
Susan DeNeal, Teresa Terry, Carol Arms, Rose Davis,
Julia Shaw, Jan Frederick, Betty Johnson, Gina Taylor, Becky Watters, Chris
Schwer, and Debbie Christopher request permission to attend the Textbook
Caravan on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at the Horizon Center in Muncie, IN.
6. Lance Brand requests permission to take
the Anatomy 201 students from Delta High School to Clarion North on Wednesday,
January 14, 2009 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
E. Information and Proposals
1.
Superintendent
a. ESCRFT Insurance Renewal
Superintendent
Mapes informed the Board the insurance premiums for the 2009 insurance year
have not been received. He advised the
insurance rates are flat for 2009.
Superintendent Mapes advised another school corporation has joined the
consortium.
Superintendent
Mapes announced that Jim Hamilton from Bose McKinney will be at the January 6,
2009 board meeting to make a presentation to the Board.
Assistant
Superintendent Hall advised the 2009 premiums will probably be a little more
due to building updates.
2.
Assistant
Superintendent
a.
ISTEP
Results
Joe Schmaltz presented
2008 ISTEP results for the four elementary schools and the middle school.
Jim Koger presented 2008
ISTEP results for Delta High School.
Superintendent Mapes
informed the Board that the State has provided the tools for parents of student
in grades 3-8 to go online and see ISTEP scores and questions. The hope is that parents will utilize and
review the information with students. He
advised teachers are also able to access the information.
b.
Reading/Language
Arts Curriculum Guides/Notebooks – first reading
Assistant Superintendent
Hall informed the Board the updated Reading/Language Arts Curriculum
Guides/Notebooks are available in the school board folder to be downloaded for
Board review.
IX.
LETTERS/NOTES
A. None
X.
BOARD
MEMBER COMMENTS
Tyce
Stebbins – Thank you for the ISTEP presentation. Have a safe and happy holiday.
John
Adams – I concur with my fellow Board
members. Thank you for the ISTEP
information, I appreciate all of the hard work.
Sheliah Dorton, thank you for your kind words. Have a happy holiday
season.
Lisa
Clawson – Congratulations to the academic teams
and to Darcy Dorton.
Sean
Burcham – I would like to thank everyone for
coming, and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Norb
Heban – I appreciate your help with the
ISTEP. Sheliah, I am glad to see
you. Congratulations to Darcy Dorton on
winning the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award and a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by
Farm Bureau Insurance. The scholarship
money will go to the Dollars for Scholars Scholarship fund.
Congratulations to the Administration and
Staff for being named a Best Buy School.
XI.
FUTURE
MEETINGS
A.
The
next regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, January
6, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.
B.
The
ISBA Winter Board Member Academy will be held on Friday, January 23, 2008 at
the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.
Superintendent
Mapes requested that anyone wanting to attend the ISBA Winter Board Member
Academy let him know at the next Board meeting.
XII.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham and Board President,
Norb Heban, adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m.
XIII.
An
executive session followed the business meeting on personnel matters.
NORB HEBAN
JOHN ADAMS
LISA CLAWSON
SEAN BURCHAM
TYCE STEBBINS