Stevensville Public Schools
School District #2
300 Park Street
Stevensville, Montana 59870
Telephone: (406)777-5481
Fax: (406)258-1246
Regular Board Meeting
April 10, 2018 7:00 p.m. Music Center Choir Room
- Opening of meeting – call to order – present – salute to flag:
Chairman Greg Trangmoe called the board meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Music Center Choir Room. Greg Trangmoe led in the pledge of allegiance. Trustees present were Lucas McCormick, Sean Lenahan, Billy Donaldson, Cathi Cook and Sarah Armijo. Tim Schreiber and Penny Bertram were not present. Superintendent Bob Moore, Brian Gum, Tracey Rogstad, Jessica Shourd, Nate Fry and Business Manager/Clerk Bill Schiele were present.
- Approval of minutes of previous meetings
A. (Regular: March 13, 2018)
B. (Special Meeting: March 15, 2018)
Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the trustees if they had any questions or comments on the regular board meeting on March 13, 2018 as presented. Sean Lenahan made a motion to approve the March 13, 2018 minutes as presented. Billy Donaldson seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the trustees if they had any questions or comments on the special board meeting and closed session on Mach 15, 2018 as presented. Sean Lenahan made a motion to approve the March 15, 2018 special board meeting and closed session minutes as presented. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
- Approval of Claims:
Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked if there were any questions or comments on the claims or students’ accounts. Greg told the Board the district has claims for $248,625.72 starting with claim #33784 and ending with claim #33900 and students’ accounts for $12,918.34. Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the claims and students’ accounts as presented. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
- Recognize Visitors/Public Comment:
Public Comment:
There was no Public comment.
Board Comment:
There was no Board comment.
- Consent Agenda
A. Resignations:
i. Athena Cole – Effective June 6, 2018
ii. Nicole Morton (Eisenmann)
iii. Lindsey Orem
B. Employment:
i. Alison Cluff – High School Paraprofessional
ii. Substitute List – Pending Background Checks
Chairman Greg Trangmoe told the Board they will now approve the consent agenda items. Greg asked the Board if there were any questions or comments on the consent agenda items. Greg asked the Board if there were any consent agenda items they would like to remove from the list. There were no items to be removed. Greg told the Board the consent of any trustee pertains only to the items they have the authority to decide on and if there is no objection the agenda items will be adopted by unanimous consent. There was no objection and the consent agenda items were approved by unanimous consent.
- Staff Recognition
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board and the audience the employees that will be recognize tonight are Bill Schiele and Sam Mewes from the Business Office. The Board thanked Bill and Sam for all their hard work they do for the district.
- Business: Items for Action
A. Disposal of Obsolete Equipment (Action)
Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if there were any questions or comments on the disposal list as presented. Cathi Cook made a motion to dispose of the Stevensville School District property as listed as obsolete, undesirable or unsuitable for school purpose. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
B. High Physics Field Trip to Silverwood (Action) – Drew Kendall
Drew Kendall, the High School science teacher, talked about the trip and the things the students will be doing. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if there were any questions or comments on the Silverwood trip. Sean Lenahan made a motion to approve the Silverwood trip as presented. Billy Donaldson seconded the motion. All voted aye.
C. Senior Trip to Silverwood (Action) – Hannah Williams
Tristen Delgadillo and Sam Hate, senior class students, talked about the trip and the expenses of the trip. Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board his recommendation is the approval of the trip pending available funds for the trip. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if there were any questions or comments on the Silverwood trip. Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the Senior Class trip to Silverwood Theme Park as presented pending available funding for the trip. Billy Donaldson seconded the motion. All voted aye.
D. Health/PE Standards (Action) – K-12 Jessica Shourd
Jessica Shourd, the district curriculum coordinator, provided an overview of the Health/Physical Education standards that has been reviewed and revised by the curriculum consortium and by the Stevensville Health and Physical education staff. Jessica also talked about the major changes with the new curriculum. After comments from the Board on the new curriculum adoption and how often the curriculum is updated or reviewed, Cathi Cook made a motion to adopt the new Health/Physical Education standards as presented. Sean Lenahan seconded the motion. All voted aye.
E. Standards Based Report Cards K-1 (Information) – Jessica Shourd
Jessica Shourd, the K-3 principal, talked about the possibility of moving to a standard base report card for the students. Jessica talked about the purpose of this report card and all the benefits a parent would get from this type of report card. After comments from the Board on the new report card, the benefits from this type of report card, what grade would the district start with and would it eventually be a K-12 report card for all students, Chairman Greg Trangmoe moved onto the next agenda item.
F. Audit Report (Action) Bill Schiele
Superintendent Bob Moore went over the audit report and told the Board the district did not have any audit findings this year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if there were any questions or comments on the audit report as presented. Sean Lenahan made a motion to accept the audit report as presented. Billy Donaldson seconded the motion. All voted aye.
G. Proactive Coaching (Discussion) – Board
Superintendent Bob Moore and the administrators talked about the Proactive coaching workshop and the positive things with the workshop. The Board also talked about the workshop and the positive things with the workshop. After comments from the Board about making this an annual workshop and how to attract more parents and coaches to the workshop, Greg moved onto the next agenda item.
H. Certified Staff Employment Recommendation (Action)
Superintendent Bob Moore read the names of the Elementary non-tenured teachers up for renewal that need to be hired for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the renewal of Elementary non-tenured teachers as presented. Billy Donaldson made a motion to hire the Elementary non-tenured teachers as presented. Sean Lenahan seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Superintendent Bob Moore read the names of the Elementary tenured teachers up for renewal that need to be hired for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the renewal of Elementary tenured teachers as presented. Sarah Armijo made a motion to hire the Elementary tenured teachers as presented. Sean Lenahan seconded the motion.
Superintendent Bob Moore read the names of the High School non-tenured teachers up for renewal that need to be hired for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they had any questions on the renewal of the High School non-tenured teachers as presented. Sean Lenahan made a motion to hire the High School non-tenured teachers as presented. Billy Donaldson seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Superintendent Bob Moore read the names of the High School tenured teachers up for renewal that need to be hired for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the renewal of High School tenured teachers as presented. Cathi Cook made a motion to hire the High School tenured teachers as presented. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
I. Classified Staff Employment Recommendations (Action)
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board they need to hire Connie Johnson as the district nurse for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they had any questions on the renewal of Connie Johnson as the district nurse for the 2018-19 school year. Sean Lenahan made a motion to hire Connie Johnson as presented. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Superintendent Bob Moore read the names of the Elementary classified employees up for hire for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the Elementary classified employees as presented. Sean Lenahan made a motion to hire the Elementary classified employees as presented. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Superintendent Bob Moore read the names of the High School classified employees up for hire for the 2018-19 school year. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the High School classified employees as presented. Sean Lenahan made a motion to hire the High School classified employees as presented. Billy Donaldson seconded the motion. All voted aye.
J. Out of District Enrollments
i. Elementary
ii. High School
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board there are no Elementary out of district students this month.
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board there are two High School out of district students to approve this month. Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they had any questions on the out of district students. After a comment from the Board if the student’s forms are for this year or next year, Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the two out of district students for the 2018-19 school year as presented. Sean Lenahan seconded the motion. All voted aye.
K. Interagency Transportation Agreement (Action)
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board this is an annual transportation agreement that needs to be approved for next school year and there are no changes from last years agreement. Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the interagency transportation agreement with the Bitterroot Valley Education Cooperative for the pre-school transportation as presented. Sean Lenahan seconded the motion. All voted aye.
L. Transportation Agreement with Lone Rock Elementary School (Action)
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board this is an annual transportation agreement that needs to be approved for next school year. After a comment from the Board if this is the same agreement as last year, Cathi Cook made motion to approve the interagency transportation agreement with the Lone Rock Elementary School District addressing transportation between the two districts as presented. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
- Items for Information:
A. Student Representative Report
Jackie Westman, the student representative, updated the Board on all the events that happened since the last board meeting and talked about the events that will be happening in the next few weeks.
B. Administrative Reports
Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions for the administration. Brian Gum, Tracey Rogstad and Jessica Shourd talked about some of the events that are happening at their buildings.
Bob told the Board there will be a candidate forum for the trustee candidates along with a bond presentation on April 16, 2018. Bob talked about the AP accreditation for the school, the building project, the enrollment numbers, the lunch numbers and the bond election.
C. Correspondence
Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board the district has received a letter from the Office of Civil Rights stating that it has completed its review of the reports submitted by the district and that OCR accepts the districts reports.
- Adjourn:
Cathi Cook made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Board Chairman:Original Signed and in District Office
Date: May 8, 2018.
School Board Clerk: Original Signed and in District Office