DELAWARE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008
6:30 P.M.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
An executive session was held at 5:30
p.m. prior to the business meeting on personnel matters.
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.
AMEND
AGENDA
A.
A
motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to amend the agenda
as presented by Superintendent Mapes.
The motion was approved unanimously.
IV.
MINUTES
A.
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve the
minutes of the business meeting and executive sessions held on Tuesday, May 20,
2008 and the executive session held on Thursday, May 29, 2008. The motion was approved unanimously.
V.
PRESENTATION
Superintendent Mapes presented Mr. Harry
Fowler, with a plaque and gavel in honor of his contributions during his
2007-2008 term as Board President.
Mr. Fowler thanked the Board as well as
his wife, Sharon saying he couldn’t have done it without her.
VI.
FINANCE
A. A motion was made by Sean Burcham and
seconded by Norb Heban to approve the list of vouchers as presented. The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Purchase over $7,500
Great
Source Delta Middle
School TBR $ 13,651.21
Harcourt Elementary
Schools TBR $ 19,504.88
Holt
Rinehart & Winston Delta Middle
School TBR $
47,333.97
Houghton
Mifflin Delta Middle
School TBR $
12,483.20
Glencoe Delta High
School TBR $ 18,867.40
Holt
Rinehart & Winston Delta High
School TBR $
9,543.04
McDougal
Littell Delta
High School TBR $ 25,978.35
Pearson
Prentice Hall Delta High School TBR $
71,478.80
A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the purchase of textbooks as listed for the
Elementary Schools, Delta Middle School, and Delta High School as presented by Superintendent
Mapes. The motion was approved
unanimously.
VII.
OLD
BUSINESS
A. None
VIII.
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE FLOOR
A.
None
IX.
NEW
BUSINESS
A. Certified Staff
A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by John Adams to approve the following recommendations for employment
for certified staff as presented by Superintendent Mapes:
Royerton Elementary School:
Jump
Start:
Grade 4/5: Chris Hannah (4 hour)
Fall Test Prep:
Chris
Schwer
Jan
Morris
Machelle Ross
Loraine
Toney
Maryann
Foltz
John
Kelly
Debbie
Christopher
2. Employ Alexis Cramer as a vocal music
teacher for Delta Middle School and Delta High School effective for the
2008-2009 school year pending successful completion of
all pre-employment testing.
3. Employ Heather Spoljaric
as a mathematics teacher for Delta High School effective for the 2008-2009
school year pending successful completion of all
pre-employment testing.
The motion was approved unanimously.
B. Classified Staff
1. The Board was informed of the resignation
of Lindsay Carter as an instructional assistant at Albany Elementary School
effective at the end of the day June 13, 2008.
2. A motion was made by John Adams and
seconded by Sean Burcham to transfer a food service employee, Lillian McFall, from
a 2.75 hour position at Delta Middle School to a 4.5 hour food service position
at DeSoto Elementary School effective August 11, 2008. The motion was approved unanimously.
C. Extra Curricular
1.
The
Board was informed of the resignation of Erica Pluimer as a 2011 class sponsor at Delta High School
effective June 1, 2008.
A motion was made by Sean Burcham and
seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve the following Extra Curricular
recommendations as presented by Superintendent Mapes:
2.
Recommendation
to appoint Lauren Griffis
as a student council sponsor for a ½ position at Delta High School effective
for the 2008-2009 school year.
3.
Recommendation
to appoint Alexis Cramer as a
choir director for Delta High School and music programs director at Delta
Middle School effective for the 2008-2009 school year pending successful
completion of all pre-employment testing.
4.
Recommendation
to appoint Tara Harshbarger
as an assistant volleyball coach for Delta High School effective for the
2008-2009 season.
5.
Recommendation
to appoint Dave Edwards as an
assistant football coach for Delta High School effective for the 2008-2009 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
6.
Recommendation
to appoint Terry Faust as an assistant
football coach for Delta High School effective for the 2008-2009 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
7.
Recommendation
to appoint Lance Engle as a girls varsity soccer coach for Delta High School effective
for the 2008-2009 season pending successful completion of all pre-employment
testing.
8. Recommendation to appoint Whitney Grove as a cheerleading coach
for Delta High School effective for the 2008-2009 season
pending successful completion of all pre-employment testing.
9.
Recommendation
to appoint Ross Riggins as a
volunteer football coach for Delta High School effective for the 2008-2009 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 and field
trips as presented by Superintendent Mapes:
1. Judy Reynolds requests permission to
attend the Kristina Smekens: Launching the Writer’s Workshop on Monday,
August 4, 2008 at the Marriott East in Indianapolis, IN.
2. Jan Frederick requests permission to
attend the Kristina Smekens: Launching the Writer’s Workshop on Monday,
August 4, 2008 at the Marriott East in Indianapolis, IN.
3. Julie Brown, Donnie Williams, and Josh
Landis request permission to attend the Indiana Transfinder
User Seminar on Monday, June 16, 2008 at the Wabash Administration Office in
Wabash, IN.
4. Tom Devine and Steve Wray request
permission to take the Cross Country Team from Delta High School to the Brown
County State Park on Monday, July 28, 2008 through Friday, August 1, 2008 to
train for the upcoming cross country season.
The motion was approved unanimously.
E. Information and Proposals
1.
Superintendent
A. ESCRFT Presentation
Superintendent
Mapes introduced Jim Hamilton from ESCRFT.
Mr. Hamilton gave a presentation to the Board to update them on the Property
and Casualty Insurance Consortium. The
Board thanked Mr. Hamilton for coming and sharing his presentation.
B. Request to install Emergency siren.
Superintendent
Mapes informed the Board the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency is
requesting permission to install an outdoor emergency siren on DeSoto
Elementary School property.
A
motion was made by Sean Burcham and seconded by Lisa Clawson to approve an
outdoor emergency siren be place on DeSoto Elementary School property as
presented by Superintendent Mapes. The
motion was approved unanimously.
2.
Assistant
Superintendent
A.
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the
request by Stan Daugherty to run the Delta Girls Basketball Camp for girls
entering grades 4 through 9 from Monday, June 16, 2008 through Friday, June 20,
2008 at Delta High School from 12:15 p.m. through 3:30 p.m. The motion was approved unanimously.
B.
A
motion was made by Norb Heban and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the
request by Jan Morris for the music department of Royerton Elementary School to
conduct a QSP Magazine Subscription fund raiser on August 25-26, 2008. The motion was approved unanimously.
A motion was made by Lisa
Clawson and seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the following surplus items for
Royerton and Eaton Elementary Schools as presented by Assistant Superintendent
Mapes:
C.
Request
to surplus various items as listed at Royerton Elementary School
D.
Request
to surplus various items as listed at Eaton Elementary School
The motion was approved
unanimously.
E.
Delta
Middle School LIFT Program
A motion was made by Norb Heban and
seconded by Sean Burcham to approve posting two (2) teaching positions for the
LIFT Program at Delta Middle School as presented by Assistant Superintendent
Hall. The motion was approved
unanimously.
F.
Food
Service Prices for the 2008-2009 school year
Assistant Superintendent Hall informed
the Board it is necessary to make the recommendation to raise our food prices
as all if our suppliers are raising prices due to higher costs. The increases are as follows:
Student
Lunch Elementary $2.00
Student
Lunch Delta
Middle/Delta High $2.25
Adult
Lunch All
Schools $2.75
Adult
Breakfast All
Schools $1.50
Ala
Carte Milk All
Schools $ .35
A motion was made by John Adams and
seconded by Sean Burcham to approve the increases in food service prices for
the 08-09 school year as presented by Assistant
Superintendent Hall. The motion was
approved unanimously.
X.
LETTERS/NOTES
A. None
XI.
BOARD
MEMBER COMMENTS
Lisa
Clawson – I would like to thank everyone for coming this
evening. Thank you Mr.
Fowler for your twelve (12) years of service. I’ve enjoyed working with you. Congratulations to our two (2) new teachers.
John
Adams – I would concur with my fellow board member. Mr. Hamilton, thank you for coming and
updating us on ESCRFT. Mr. Fowler, it is
kind of sad to see someone with your experience go off of the Board, but it is
also exciting to see a new member join us.
I would like to commend you for all the hard work. If I can be half as good as you have been, I’ll be successful.
Norb
Heban – I have just a few thoughts to share with Mr. Fowler this
evening. I would like to thank you for
your patience with me as I’ve learned so much from you about being on the
school board. Your tenure on the Board
has brought consistency to our community and your shared experiences with me
have taught me a lot. I learned from you
to always base decisions on what is best for our children. Your leadership will be missed. Thank you.
It has been an honor serving with you and I wish you the very best.
Sean
Burcham – It has been an honor to work with Mr. Fowler. I’ve learned a lot from him and would like to
just say thank you.
Harry
Fowler – I would like to thank everyone for coming this
evening. I appreciate the kind words
from everyone. It has been a lot of fun
and I’m sure the void will be filled with lots of other things. Mr. Fowler yielded the floor to Mr. Chris Hiatt,
citizen of Muncie.
Mr. Hiatt thanked the school
corporation for seeing his son through his education as he graduated this year
from Delta High School. He then thanked
the Delaware Community School Corporation for making a concerted effort to be
fiscally responsible and added some updates on the taxpayer group’s efforts
regarding the common construction wage hearings.
XII.
FUTURE
MEETINGS
A.
The
next meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17,
2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.
B.
The
Organizational Meeting of the Board of School Trustees is scheduled for
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.
C.
The
ISBA Board Member Academy will be held on Thursday and Friday, July 10-11, 2008
at the Indianapolis Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis, IN.
XIII.
ADJOURNMENT
A
motion was made by John Adams and seconded by Sean Burcham and Board President
Harry Fowler adjourned the meeting at 7:10 p.m.
XIV.
An
executive session was held following the business meeting on personnel matters.
HARRY FOWLER
NORB HEBAN
JOHN ADAMS
LISA CLAWSON
SEAN BURCHAM