DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009
6:30 P.M.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
An executive session was held at 6:00 p.m. prior to the
business meeting to discuss a job performance evaluation of individual
employees.
MINUTES
Present:
Norb Heban, President; John Adams, Vice-President; Lisa Clawson,
Secretary; Sean Burcham, Member; Tyce Stebbins, Member; and Steve Hall, Interim
Superintendent.
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
At 6:30 p.m. Board President,
II.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
III.
MINUTES
A. A motion was made by Lisa Clawson and
seconded by John Adams to approve the minutes of the business meeting and
executive sessions held on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. . The motion was approved unanimously.
IV.
FINANCE
A. A motion was made by Sean Burcham and
seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve the list of vouchers as presented. The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Purchase over $7,500
RIS
Paper Company Corp. GF $21,974.40
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the
purchase of 840 cases of copy paper for the Corporation at a total cost of
$21,974.40 as presented by Interim Superintendent Hall. The motion was approved unanimously.
LOVE
Contractors DMS CP $78,695.00
Mr.
Barry Harris, Director of Maintenance, recommended the Board accept the quote
given by LOVE Contractors to make exterior envelope repairs at Delta Middle
School as a part of our capital projects for 2009. A discussion of the Board followed on the
needs of the exterior of the middle school building to maintain it for the next
several years.
A
motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve the
recommendation for LOVE Contractors to make exterior envelope repairs for Delta
Middle School at a cost of $78,695.00 as presented by Director of Maintenance,
Barry Harris. The motion was approved
unanimously.
V.
OLD
BUSINESS
A.
None
VI.
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE FLOOR
Ms. Sheliah Dorton, President of the
DCCTA, was recognized by Board President, Norb Heban. Sheliah thanked Mr. Mapes for his
conscientious work for the school system.
She also, welcomed Mr. Hall, who has taken the Interim Superintendent
position and added she feels it will be an easy transition for all.
VII.
NEW
BUSINESS
A. Certified Staff
1. A motion was made by Sean Burcham and
seconded by Lisa Clawson to employ Scott Herring for a ½ math a.m. ISTEP+ GQE
Remediation Position for Delta High School.
The motion was approved unanimously.
2. A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and
seconded by John Adams to employ spring ISTEP teachers for the following
elementary schools:
Albany:
Susan
Speicher
Julia
Shaw
Lisa
Bradshaw
Jennifer
Berry
DeSoto:
Betty
Johnson
Leslie
Orman
Judy
Reynolds
Royerton:
Kindel Gray
Machelle
Ross
Brian
Lewis
Loraine
Toney
Maryann
Foltz
John
Kelly
Debbie
Christopher
The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Classified Staff
1. A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and
seconded by Sean Burcham to employ Christopher Keeley as a third shift
custodian for Delta High School effective March 5, 2009 pending successful
completion of all pre-employment testing.
The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Extra Curricular
1. None
C. Conference Requests/Field Trips
A motion was made by Sean
Burcham and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve the following conference
requests as presented by Interim Superintendent Hall:
1. Nancy Kunk requests permission to attend
the Farm Festival Meeting on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at the First Merchants
Bank in Muncie, IN.
2. Heidi Zickgraf requests permission to
attend the ICGSA Volleyball Coaches Conference on Sunday and Monday, March 8-9,
2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.
3. Kim Hunter requests permission to attend
the Get Smart with a Smart Board Seminar on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the
Buddy Teaching and Learning Center in Indianapolis, IN.
4. Debbie Christopher, John Kelly, Kelsey
Atkins, Maryann Foltz, Judi Putt, Brian Lewis, Ashley Ernstberger, Loraine
Toney, Kindel Gray, Chris Schwer, Christy Hopper, Amber Timmons and Michelle
Ross request permission to attend cross-grade level planning on Tuesday, March
17, 2009 at Royerton Elementary School in Muncie, IN.
5. Kindelin Gray, Chris Schwer, Christina
Hopper, Amber Timmons, Kendra Clements, Terri Shaw, Nancy Flowers, Jan
Addington, Teresa Schwer, Karen Bogol, Lisa Stewart, and Susan Austin request
permission to attend cross-grade level planning on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at
Royerton Elementary School in Muncie, IN.
6. Kathy Hottinger requests permission for
the Elementary Textbook Adoption Committee to attend a meeting of the committee
on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at Eaton Elementary School in Eaton, IN.
7. Jan Addington, Lisa Stewart, Karen Bogol,
Teresa Schwer, Nancy Young, Debbie Carmichael, Kelly Green, and Emmalee Gardner request permission to attend cross-grade
level planning on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Royerton Elementary School in
Muncie, IN.
8. Jan Morris requests permission to attend
the Indiana Music Educator’s Association Meetings on Thursday through Saturday,
March 19-21, 2009 at the Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN on Thursday and
the Double Tree in Carmel, IN at other times.
9. Connie Stinson, Doug Wilder, and Tom
Johns request permission to attend the BSU ROTC Program/Scholarship Benefits
Meeting on Friday, March 20, 2009 at Damon’s Restaurant in Muncie, IN.
10. Doug Fant and
Jennifer Orchard request permission to attend Kindergarten Round-up and
Conferences on Friday, April 3, 2009 and Friday, April 17, 2009 at DeSoto
Elementary in Muncie, IN.
11. Cindy Vaughn requests permission to speak
to Ball State University elementary education classes on Thursday, April 23,
2009 at Ball State University in Muncie, IN.
12. Donnie Williams, Bruce Wiemer, and Terri
Ashcraft request permission to attend the 2009 School Transportation
Association of Indiana Conference on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at the Hilton
Hotel in Fort Wayne, IN.
13. Chrys Phillips, Dee Orick, Jenny Dishman,
Karen Ashcraft, Denise Dakins, Donica
Lee, Sharon Glaser, Lisa Anderson, Crystal King, Zella
Page, and Angela Shepherd request permission to attend the ServSafe
Certification Training on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Lee’s Inn in Muncie, IN.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
D. Information and Proposals
1.
Interim
Superintendent
a.
Summer
School
A motion was made by Tyce
Stebbins and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve posting all summer school
positions as presented by Interim Superintendent Hall and Delta High School
Principal, Jim Koger. The motion was
approved unanimously.
b.
PERF
and TRF changes
A
motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve the resolution
to change those who have the authority to sign for PERF and TRF as presented by
Interim Superintendent Hall. The motion
was approved unanimously.
c.
Electronic
Policy Manual
Interim Superintendent
Hall informed the Board the electronic policy manual in the School Board Folder
on their computers had been recently updated for them to download into their
documents.
d.
Transportation
Services Proposal
Interim Superintendent
Hall informed the Board we are updating our agreement with Wes Del Community
Schools regarding bus service and/or bus rental between the two neighboring
schools. A discussion of the Board
followed with Transportation Director, Bruce Wiemer, regarding this agreement
and the benefits of having such an agreement.
A motion was made by Tyce
Stebbins and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the Transportation Services Proposal
with Wes Del Community Schools as presented by Interim Superintendent
Hall. The motion was approved
unanimously.
A
motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve the
following building usage and fund raising requests as presented by Interim
Superintendent Hall:
e.
Liz
Honegger requests permission to use both basketball courts at Delta Middle
School for the Delta Girls Basketball Camp for sixth through eighth grade girls
on Monday through Thursday March 9-12, 2009 and March 16-19, 2009 from 3:15
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.
f.
Julie
Titus requests permission for the Delta Middle School Student Council to hold a
school dance on March 6, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
g.
Terry
Summers requests permission for the JV/Varsity Baseball Teams at Delta High
School to hold a “Hit-a-thon” on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 3:25 p.m.
h.
Doug
Marshall requests permission for the Royerton PTO to sell Abby Candles to meet
classroom needs of Royerton Elementary students. The sale would run from Thursday, April 2,
2009 through Friday, April 17, 2009.
i.
Christy
May requests permission for Albany Elementary School to hold a book fair on
April 27 through May 1, 2009.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
2.
Director
of Technology
a.
Technology
Disaster Relief Plans – First Reading
Technology Director,
Josh Landis, informed the Board our Technology Disaster Relief Plans for the
Corporation and for Delta High School and Delta Middle School are ready for their review.
These plans will be brought back as old business for Board approval.
VIII.
LETTERS/NOTES
A. None
IX.
BOARD
MEMBER COMMENTS
John
Adams – I’d like to thank the schools for the
nice bulletin board put up for us this evening.
Thank you to everyone for coming.
I appreciate all the hard work going on in our schools. As we have a superintendent change, I’d like
to say I appreciate Mr. Hall stepping in as Interim Superintendent.
Lisa
Clawson – I’d like to thank everyone for coming
this evening. Thank you as well to
everyone for all the hard work going on in our school corporation. I’d also like to wish the boys basketball
team good luck.
Sean
Burcham – I’d like to concur with my fellow
Board members this evening. Thank you to
everyone for all the hard work for our schools.
Thank you as well for the work on making the Corporation Policy Manual
available electronically for all Board members.
Tyce
Stebbins – I’d like to thank everyone for coming
this evening. Thank you to everyone in
the schools for all the hard work.
Everything I’m hearing is very positive.
Norb
Heban – Sheliah Dorton, it was nice to see you
here this evening. Thank you to everyone
for coming. Thank you Mr. Hall for stepping
up and filling in as Interim Superintendent.
X.
FUTURE
MEETINGS
A.
The
next regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, March
17, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.
XI.
ADJOURNMENT
A.
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham and Board President;
Norb Heban adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.
NORB HEBAN
JOHN ADAMS
LISA CLAWSON
SEAN BURCHAM
TYCE STEBBINS