DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008

6:30 P.M.

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

 

 

MINUTES

 

 

Present:  Harry Fowler, President; Norb Heban, Vice-President; John Adams, Secretary; Lisa Clawson, Member; Sean Burcham, Member; Steve Hall, Assistant Superintendent; Pat Mapes, Superintendent

 

 

I.                   CALL TO ORDER

 

At 6:30 p.m. Board President Harry Fowler called the meeting to order.

 

II.                PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

III.             MINUTES

 

A.     A motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the minutes of the business meeting and executive session held on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

IV.              FINANCE

 

A.     A motion was made by Lisa Clawson and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the list of vouchers as presented with claim #6313 amended to read Elizabeth Marshall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

V.                 OLD BUSINESS

 

A.     None

 

VI.              COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR

 

A.     None

 

VII.           NEW BUSINESS

 

A.     Certified Staff

 

1.       The Board was informed of the resignation of Ford Clark as a mass media teacher at Delta High School effective at the end of the 2007-2008 school year.

 

2.      A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve medical leave for Johnetta Dolan for a minimum of six (6) months.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

3.      The Board was informed of the retirement of Delpha Skinner as a fourth grade teacher at Eaton Elementary School effective at the end of the 2007-2008 school year.

 

B.     Classified Staff

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the following three (3) bus route transfers as presented by Superintendent Mapes:

 

1.       Transfer Trish Maple as a contracted school bus driver to another route effective February 25, 2008.

 

2.      Transfer Michele Batten as a contracted school bus driver to another route effective February 25, 2008.

 

3.      Transfer Pam Thomas as a contracted school bus driver to another route effective February 25, 2008.

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

4.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to employ Johnny Carpenter as a contracted school bus driver for the Delaware Community Schools effective February 6, 2008 pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by John Adams to approve the following substitute bus drivers as presented by Superintendent Mapes:

 

5.      Train and employ Kelly Jeffrey as a substitute bus driver for the corporation effective immediately pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

6.      Train and employ Delores Flynn as a substitute bus driver for the corporation effective immediately pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

7.      A motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham to employ temporary remediation instructional assistants for the following elementary schools effective February 19, 2008:

 

Albany Elementary School:

Joyce Hughes

 

DeSoto Elementary School:

Cynthia Bowers

 

Eaton Elementary School:

Priscilla Caldwell

 

Royerton Elementary School:

Lisa Gregory

Jeremy Neckers

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

C.     Extra Curricular

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve the following Extra Curricular positions as recommended by Superintendent Mapes:

 

1.       Appoint Stephen Hopkins as an assistant girl’s tennis coach for Delta High School effective for the 2008 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

2.      Appoint John Brown as a freshman baseball coach for a split position at Delta High School effective for the 2008 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

3.      Appoint Adam Truman as a freshman baseball coach for a split position at Delta High School effective for the 2008 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

D.    Conference Requests/Field Trips

 

A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Norb Heban to approve the following conference requests as presented by Superintendent Mapes:

 

1.       Machelle Ross requests permission to attend ACR’s on Monday, February 4, 2008 at Delta Middle School in Muncie, IN.

 

2.      Nannette Triplett requests permission to attend the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN.

 

3.      Julie Brown and Josh Landis request permission to attend the UNITE Meeting on Friday, February 8, 2008 at the Brownsburg East Middle School in Brownsburg, IN.

 

4.      Deb Christopher, John Kelly, Jennifer Randall, Mary Ann Foltz, Ashley Ernstberger, Judi Putt and Lorraine Toney request permission to attend the Personal Finance In-service on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Royerton Elementary School in Muncie, IN.

 

5.      Tim Cleland requests permission to attend the Indiana State Tennis Convention on Friday, February 8, 2008 at the Indianapolis Racquet Club in Indianapolis, IN.

 

6.      Matt Lyons and Nancy Kunk request permission to attend the Indiana Agricultural and Business Workshop on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 in Trafalgar, IN.

 

7.      Biff Wilson requests permission to attend the Indiana High School Psychology Teacher’s Association Conference on Friday, March 7, 2008 at IUPUI in Indianapolis, IN.

 

8.     Lance Brand requests permission to attend the MMIA Conference on Monday, March 10, 2008 at Riley/IUPUI in Indianapolis, IN.

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

E.     Information and Proposals

 

1.             Superintendent

 

a.      SA5 Reports

 

Superintendent Mapes presented the Board with the Extra-Curricular SA-5 financial reports for the Corporation.

 

b.      Bus Specifications

 

Superintendent Mapes presented the Board with two different sets of specifications for new busses, one with air brakes and one with air over hydraulic brakes. 

 

A motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the bus specifications as presented by Superintendent Mapes.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

c.       Rainy Day Fund

 

Superintendent Mapes presented the Board with a Resolution to approve a transfer of funds to the Rainy Day Fund.  Superintendent Mapes recommends $140,000.00 be transferred to the Rainy Day Fund as presented in the Resolution.

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the transfer of $140,000.00 from the unused and unencumbered Transportation Fund (Fund 41) to the Rainy Day Fund (Fund 61) for 2007.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

2.            Assistant Superintendent

 

a.      None

 

VIII.        LETTERS/NOTES

 

A.     Board President Harry Fowler informed the Board a letter had been received from Misty Kirby praising the coaching staff for the Delta High School Swim Team for all they are doing for the program.

 

IX.              BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

 

Lisa Clawson – I’d like to thank everyone for coming.  Congratulations to all our students who received the scholastic art awards.

 

John Adams – I concur with my fellow Board member.  Thank you all for coming this evening.  Again, it is good to see our administrators here and I’d like to thank them along with Bruce Wiemer and Donnie Williams for all their hard work.

 

Norb Heban – I concur with my fellow Board members.  Thank you all for coming.  It has been enjoyable to hear the National Anthem sung by our elementary students.  Kudo’s to Mr. Stan Daugherty for organizing that and making it happen.

 

Sean Burcham – I concur with my fellow Board members.  Congratulations to Ms. Delpha Skinner on her retirement after 36 years of service.

 

Harry Fowler – I concur with my fellow Board members and thank everyone for coming this evening.  Keep up the good work everyone.

 

X.                 FUTURE MEETINGS

 

A.     The next meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.

 

B.     The ISBA/IAPSS Collective Bargaining Seminar will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.

 

C.     The ISBA Legislative Update will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.

 

By consensus of the Board, Mr. Curtis Westbrook was given permission to address the Board at this time.  Mr. Westbrook stated he was denied employment with our corporation due to a criminal background report.  He requested the report be examined by the Board and that he be given another chance to achieve employment with the Delaware Community Schools.  He asked they not be swayed by those things with which he was charged, but only with those things actually resulting in a conviction.

 

XI.              ADJOURNMENT

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham and Board President Harry Fowler adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m.

 

XII.           An executive session was held following the business meeting on personnel matters.

 

 

 

HARRY FOWLER                                                                                                                           

 

NORB HEBAN                                                                                                                                

 

JOHN ADAMS                                                                                                                                 

 

LISA CLAWSON                                                                                                                             

 

SEAN BURCHAM