DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010

6:30 P.M.

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

 

 

An Executive Session to discuss the job performance evaluation of individual employees was held at 6:00 p.m.

 

 

MINUTES

 

 

Present:  John Adams, President; Sean Burcham, Vice-President; Tyce Stebbins, Secretary; Norb Heban, Member; Trent Fox, Member; Darin Gullion, Assistant Superintendent; and Steven R. Hall, Superintendent

 

 

I.                   CALL TO ORDER

 

At 6:30 p.m. Board President, John Adams, called the meeting to order.

 

II.                PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

III.             AMEND AGENDA

 

A.     A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Sean Burcham to amend the agenda as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

IV.              MINUTES

 

A.     A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Trent Fox to accept the minutes of the business meeting and executive session on Tuesday, May 18, 2010.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

V.                 FINANCE

 

A.     A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Norb Heban to accept the list of vouchers as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

B.     Purchase over $7,500

 

None

 

VI.              OLD BUSINESS

 

A.     None

 

 

VII.           COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR

 

A.     None

 

VIII.        NEW BUSINESS

 

A.     Certified Staff

 

1.       The Board was informed of the resignation of Matt Moulton as a classroom teacher from Delta High School effective June 30, 2010.

 

2.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to appoint summer school 2010 staffing at Delta High School as follows:

 

Gary Seidner                  2 sessions of Algebra I

 

Pat Ervin                         1 session of US Government

 

Julie Blakely                   1 session of English (2 grade levels combined)

Kip Omstead                   1 session of English (2 grade levels combined)

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

B.     Classified Staff

 

1.       The Board was informed of the resignation of Nichol Faris as a food service employee at Royerton Elementary School effective at the end of the day June 3, 2010.

 

2.      A motion was made by Trent Fox and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the request for medical leave by Roy Schaus as presented.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

3.      A motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to transfer Lisa Astrop from a food service position at DeSoto Elementary School to the open 2.5 hour food service position at Eaton Elementary School effective August 9, 2010.

 

4.      A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Trent Fox to employ Jerry West as a summer school bus driver for the special needs class at Albany Elementary School.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

C.     Extra Curricular

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the following extra-curricular appointments (items 1-9) as presented by Superintendent Hall:

 

1.       Appoint Stan Daugherty as an open gym supervisor for Delta High School effective for the 2010-2011 season.

 

2.      Appoint Andrew Lewman as an assistant boys basketball coach for Delta High School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

3.      Appoint Elizabeth Riddle as a second assistant girls basketball coach for Delta High School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

4.      Appoint Alli Richards as a varsity cheerleading coach for Delta High School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

5.      Appoint Katelyn Eskew as an eighth grade volleyball coach for Delta Middle School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

6.      Appoint Rob Robbins as an eighth grade boys basketball coach for Delta Middle School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

7.      Appoint John Fullenkamp as an eighth grade assistant football coach for Delta Middle School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

8.     Appoint Ricky Sumpter II as a seventh grade football coach for Delta Middle School effective for the 2010-2011 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.

 

9.      Appoint Robert Jones as an assistant seventh grade football coach for Delta Middle School effective for the 2010-2011 season 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 Norb Heban to approve the following conference request as presented by Superintendent Hall:

 

1.       Barry Harris requests permission to attend School Dude Survivor Training on Thursday and Friday, July 15-16, 2010 at Pheasant Run Resort in Chicago, IL.

 

The motion was approved unanimously.

 

E.     Information and Proposals

 

1.             Superintendent

 

a.      Substitution of Building Corporation Member

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to replace Jill Davis with Chris Selvey as a member on the Delta-Eaton Building Corporation Board.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

b.      Title I – Making a Difference (Lisa McKee)

 

Superintendent Hall introduced Ms. Kathy Hottinger, principal of Eaton Elementary School, and Ms. Lisa McKee, academic coach at Eaton Elementary School, to present the Title I Academic Coach program to the Board.

 

Ms. Hottinger first informed the Board both Albany and Eaton Elementary Schools are Title I schools.  Both are school-wide Title I schools which means every child who walks through their doors may be able to get assistance where needed through the Title I program.  Ms Hottinger turned the presentation over to Ms. McKee.

 

Ms. McKee explained the role of a Title I Academic Coach in our schools.  Using a PowerPoint presentation, Ms. McKee showed how the academic coach assists the school at every level including administrative, teacher, parent and student support.

 

c.       Delta High School Cross Country Course

 

Superintendent Hall informed the Board he received a request from the Delta High School Cross Country Team Boosters to work on the addition of trails at Delta High School to create a cross country course.  The expense of the project is to be borne by the booster club.

 

A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Tyce Stebbins to approve the addition of trails for a cross country course at Delta High School to be funded by the Cross Country Boosters Club at Delta High School as presented by Superintendent Hall.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

2.            Assistant Superintendent

 

a.      A motion was made by Tyce Stebbins and seconded by Sean Burcham to surplus computers as listed from DeSoto Elementary School.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

b.      A motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Trent Fox to approve the use of the Delta High School baseball field for Pastime Tournaments on June 5 and 6, 2010.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

IX.              LETTERS/NOTES

 

A.     None

 

X.                 BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

 

Tyce Stebbins – I enjoyed reading the field trip notes.  I hope everyone enjoys the summer and congratulations to the graduates.

 

Trent Fox – I’d like to say thank you, Ms. McKee, for the presentation on Title I.  Thank you for your work.  Those kids benefit a lot and we appreciate the hard work for our students.

 

Norb Heban – I would echo that.   Thank you Ms. McKee and thank you Ms. Hottinger.  I would also like to say congratulations and good luck to Mr. Moulton.  Congratulations as well to Josiah Parker and Randy Glaze on their presentation of the Project Lead the Way.  It was a very good and informative presentation.  Mrs. Dorton, I wanted to say sorry about your loss.

 

Sean Burcham – I would concur with my fellow Board members.  I’d like to thank everyone for coming this evening.  That was a great presentation this evening as well.  I wish more people could have seen it.  Congratulations to all our seniors.  Good luck graduates.

 

John Adams – I would concur with my fellow Board members as well.  Thank you for the presentation this evening.  Ms. McKee, we appreciate you taking the time to come and bring us up to date on the program.  Congratulations to all our seniors.  Graduation is Saturday, June 5th at 6:30 p.m. at Emens Auditorium.  Mr. Moulton, we appreciate your years of service with the corporation.  We wish Mr. Schaus well.  He is a good, longtime standing employee with us.  Ms. Dorton, we are sorry for your loss and appreciate your work with us as well.

 

XI.              FUTURE MEETINGS

 

A.     A regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.

 

B.     The ISBA School Law Seminar is scheduled for Friday, June 11, 2010 from 8:15 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.at the Marriott North Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.

 

C.     The IAPSS/IASBO/ISBA School Budgeting/Finance Seminar is scheduled for Friday, June 18, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.

 

XII.           ADJOURNMENT

 

A motion was made by Trent Fox and seconded by Sean Burcham and Board President, John Adams, adjourned the meeting at 7:07 p.m.

 

 

 

JOHN ADAMS                                                                                                                                 

 

SEAN BURCHAM                                                                                                                           

 

TYCE STEBBINS                                                                                                                            

 

NORB HEBAN                                                                                                                                

 

TRENT FOX