Stevensville Public Schools                                       

School District #2                              

300 Park Street                                  

Stevensville, Montana 59870                              

Telephone: (406)777-5481                             

Fax: (406)258-1246

 

Regular Board Meeting

 

September 11, 2018                                7:00 p.m.                              Music Center Choir Room

 

  1. 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, Michele Brunson, Cathi Cook and Sarah Armijo.  Tim Schreiber was not present.  Superintendent Bob Moore, Brian Gum, Tracey Rogstad, Jessica Shourd, Nate Fry and Business Manager/Clerk Bill Schiele were present.

  1. Approval of minutes of previous meetings

          A. Board Retreat: August 13, 2018

          B. Regular Meeting: August 13, 2018

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the trustees if they had any questions or comments on the board retreat minutes held on August 13, 2018 as presented.  Sean Lenahan made a motion to approve the August 13, 2018 board retreat 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 regular board meeting minutes held on August 13, 2018 as presented.  Billy Donaldson made a motion to approve the August 13, 2018 regular board meeting minutes as presented.  Cathi Cook seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

  1. 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 $223,573.27 starting with claim #34460 and ending with claim #34569 and students’ accounts for $14,743.33.  Michele Brunson made a motion to approve the claims and students’ accounts as presented.  Sean Lenahan seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

  1. Welcome of New Student Council Representative

Superintendent Bob Moore introduced Erica Lykins, the new student representative for this school year.

  1. Recognize Visitors/Public Comment:

              Public Comment:

               There was no Public comment.

               Board Comment:

               Trustee Cathi Cook read a letter regarding starting the school before Labor Day weekend. Several audience members also voiced their concerns with school starting before Labor Day weekend.   Chairman Greg Trangmoe told the audience members that when the calendar comes to the Board for approval to come and voice their concerns about staring before the Labor Day weekend.

  1. Consent Agenda

           A. Resignations:

                 i. Alison Cluff

           B. Employment:

                  i. Alison Andrus – Elementary Para Educator

                  ii. Jolena Bugli – Elementary Para Educator

                  iii. Jessica Martinez – .5 FTE MS Para Educator

                  iv. Shannon Jones – MS Cross Country Volunteer Pending Background Check

                  v. Brianna Lipke – MS Publication (Yearbook)

                  vi. Amy Paxton – HS FCCLA Advisor

                  vii. Joseph Gannon – Senior Class Advisor

                  viii. Josette Hackett – Senior Class Advisor

                  ix. Wesley Wells – Junior Class Advisor

                  x. Mark Hurd – Sophomore Class Advisor

                  xi. Kelby Thomas – Sophomore Class Advisor

                 xii. Colleen Vanosdell – Freshman Class Advisor

                 xiii. Hannah Williams – Freshman Class Advisor

                 xiv. Jason Kopsa – MS Assistant Football

                 xv. Tony Anderson – Head Boys Basketball

                  xvi. Trae Williams – Asst. Boys Basketball

                 xvii. Joey Wark – Head Softball

                 xviii. Chris Newman – Asst. Softball

                 xix. Alycia Harris – Asst. Softball Volunteer

                 xx. Bill Everett – Head Tennis

                 xxi. Hannah Williams – Asst. Tennis

                xxiii. Joe Gannon – Head Track

                xxiii. Lori Lewis – Asst. Track

         C. 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.

  1. Business: Items for Action

           A. Disposal Items

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if there were any questions or comments on the disposal items as presented.  Sean Lenahan made a motion to dispose of the Stevensville School District property as listed.  Billy Donaldson seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

           B. Harlow’s Bus – CPI Cost Increase

Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board our contract with Harlow’s stipulates a 3% or annual CPI increase.  Bob told the Board the CPI increase was 2.87% but Harlow’s is only requesting a 2% increase for the 2018-2019 school year.  Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the 2% transportation rate increase with Harlow’s.  Sarah Armijo seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

             C. Board Policy

                   i. Annual Review 3300 and 3311

                  ii. First Reading 1401, 1420, 4330, 4330F1, 4330F, 5002, 7320, 7332, 8124

                 iii. Second Reading adoption 5010, 5500, and 7260

                  iv. Second Reading Deletion 5000

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the policies that are up for annual review.  Superintendent Bob Moore talked about the policies and told the Board they do not have to take Board action if they do not make any changes to the two polices.  There were no changes to policy 3300 and 3311.

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the policies that are up for first reading.  Superintendent Bob Moore talked about the changes in the policies.  Sean Lenahan made a motion to approve the first reading of the policies as presented.  Sarah Armijo seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the policies that are up for second reading and adoption.  Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the second reading and adoption of these policies as presented.  Sarah Armijo seconded the motion. All voted aye.

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions on the policy that is up for second reading and deletion.  Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the second reading for the deletion of policy 5000 as presented.  Sean Lenahan seconded the motion. All voted aye.

       D. Out of District Enrollments

             i. Elementary

             ii. High School

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they had any questions on the Elementary out of district students as presented.  Cathi Cook made a motion to approve the Elementary out of district students for the 2018-19 school year as presented.  Sean Lenahan seconded the motion.  Lucas McCormick, Sean Lenahan, Billy Donaldson, Greg Trangmoe, Cathi Cook and Sarah Armijo voted aye.  Michele Brunson could not vote.

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they had any questions on the High School out of district students as presented.  Billy Donaldson made a motion to approve the High School out of district students for the 2018-19 school year as presented.  Cathi Cook seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

  1. Items for Information:

           A. Enrollment Numbers and Issues

              Superintendent Bob Moore talked about the district enrollment numbers.  Bob told the Board the district’s enrollment is at 1,053 students at this time. Bob told the Board the official count day will be October 1, 2018.

           B. Montana Conference Educational Leadership – Missoula

                 i. Back to School Legal Primer

                 ii. Website OCR Compliance Update

              Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board that MCEL will be in Missoula on October 17, 18 and 19 and if you would like to attend to let him know.  Bob told the Board that MTSBA will be putting on a Legal Primer workshop in Missoula and to let him know if they would like to attend.  Bob also updated the Board on the OCR complaint and where the district is at with the district website site making it ADA compliant.

           D. AdvanceED Accreditation Report

Superintendent Bob Moore told the Board the district received the AdvaceED accreditation report and Bob went over that report.  After comments from the Board if other schools belong to the Advance Ed program, Greg moved onto the next agenda item.

            E. Student Representative Report – Erica Lykins

Erica Lykins, the student representative, updated the Board on all the events that happened since the beginning of the school year and talked about the events that will be happening in the next few weeks.

            F. Administrative Report

Superintendent Bob Moore talked about the Strategic Governance workshop that was held in Helena.  Bob also talked about the results from the water testing they did here at the district, the new football bleachers, the bus barn repairs and the new ATV the district purchased this summer.

Chairman Greg Trangmoe asked the Board if they have any questions for the administration.  Brian Gum told the Board he has talked to Nicholas Wethington from spectrum about implementing the STEM program here at the district.  Tracey told the Board that things are off to a good start in the Middle school.  Jessica talked about the social studies textbooks here at the district and the new breakfast program at the K-3 building this year.

           G. Correspondence

There were no correspondence this month.

            Greg Trangmoe told the Board they will take a 5-minute break at this time and when then reconvene they will go back to agenda item E under business items regarding the termination recommendation of an employee.  Greg call the meeting back to order.

           F. Termination Recommendation – Brandi Stewart (Custodian)

Chairman Greg Trangmoe told the Board according to Montana Code 2-3-203 that he determined the demands of the individual privacy clearly exceed the merit of public disclosure.  Greg asked employee Brandy Stewart if she would like the meeting to be closed.  Brandy asked the meeting to be closed.  Greg closed the meeting.  Chairman Greg Trangmoe reopened the meeting.  Michele Brunson made a motion to accept the termination recommendation of Brandy Stewart as presented.  Sarah Armijo seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

  1. Adjourn:

Sarah Armijo made a motion to adjourn the meeting.  Cathi Cook seconded the motion.  All voted aye.

Board Chairman: Original Signed and in District Office

Date: October 9, 2018.

School Board Clerk: Original Signed and in District Office