Cheyenne County School District Re-5 Regular Meeting Board of Education Minutes April 28, 2015 1.0 The meeting was called to order by President Scheimer at 7:00 p.m. 2.0 Roll Call: Halde..present Knudsen present Mitchek. present Scheimer..present Tallman..present 3.0 Public Comments: none 4.0 Additions/Deletions: Add 5.1e Wellness Policies Move 6.1 to 5.1f Add 6.5 Old School Update Add to 5.7 Administration and Substitutes Add 6.6 HB1321 MOTION...made by Knudsen, seconded by Halde to approve the agenda as amended. 5.0 Agenda: 5.1 MOTION...made by MItchek, seconded by Halde to approve the following as presented: a) Minutes March 31, 2015 b) Bills c) Payroll d) Cash Balance Reports 5.1e) Tracie Ball, school nurse, was present to explain the proposed wellness policy. Board consensus was to have Mr. Bradshaw and Mrs. Ball work up a policy and submit for 1 st reading. 6.1 Karen Roberts was present to discuss the old High School Arch. Her mother, Betty Talbert was trying to get this restored. Karen met with historical society and they would like to construct a smaller arch on the north side of the road by the museum between the carriage house and the museum. She requested the board allow them to let them have the bricks to do a memorial in Betty s honor. MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Tallman to donate the old HS arch bricks to the Museum for a memorial for Betty Talbert. All aye - motion passed April 28, 2015 Page 1
5.2 MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Halde to allow the public library the use of the old high school library for emergency situation. 5.3 MOTION...made by Knudsen, seconded by Tallman to go into executive session at 7:35 p.m. for Personnel - C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f). MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Mitchek to come out of executive session at 8:40 p.m. 5.4 Mr. Bradshaw recommended, contingent on paperwork and acceptance into a program for alternative licensure, that the Board employ Garrett Smith for the 2015/16 school MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Tallman to employ Garrett Smith for the 2015/16 school year as recommended contingent on paperwork and acceptance into a program for alternative licensure. 5.5 MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Knudsen to approve all of the following non- probationary teachers: Chadwick, Sammi Davis, Steven Flora, Elaine Hull, Teresa Larsen, Nancy Livingston, Joe Mitchek, Ashton Muth, Jason Noe, Stacy Osborn, Connie Pelton, Lynda Sexson, Laura Shank, Richard Tallman, Mary Jo Mr. Bradshaw recommended the board approve the employment of Leonor Aron for the 15/16 school MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Mitchek to approve the employment of Leonor Aron April 28, 2015 Page 2
Mr. Bradshaw recommended the board approve the employment of Nancy Givens for the 15/16 school MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Tallman to approve the employment of Nancy Givens Mr. Halde no Mrs. Knudsen no Mr. Mitchek no Mr. Scheimer no Mr. Tallman no Motion failed by a 5 to 0 vote. Mr. Bradshaw recommended the board approve the employment of Carlos Huerta for the 15/16 school MOTION...made by Knudsen, seconded by Tallman to approve the employment of Carlos Huerta Mr. Bradshaw recommended the board approve the employment of Josh Lipson for the 15/16 school MOTION...made by Tallman, second by Knudsen to approve the employment of Josh Lipson for the 15/16 school 5.6 Mr. Bradshaw recommended the board approve the employment of Liz Ackerman for the 15/16 school MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Tallman to approve the employment of Liz Ackerman Mr. Bradshaw recommended the board not offer an employment contract to Carol Allen for the 15/16 school MOTION...made by Tallman, second by Scheimer to not offer Carol Allen a contract for the 15/16 school Halde no Knudsen no Mitchek no Scheimer yes Tallman yes Motion passed by a 3 to 2 vote. April 28, 2015 Page 3
MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Knudsen to approve the employment of Monte Baker MOTION...made by Knudsen, seconded by Tallman to approve the employment of Tracie Ball MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Mitchek to approve the employment of Beth Bogenhagen MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Tallman to approve the employment of Shari Clayton MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Knudsen to approve the employment of the following for the 15/16 school year: Cozart, Billie Donnelly, Gloria Geiger, Jay Kovalenko, Lana Legg, Brittni Lewis, Mike Mitchek, Casey Mitchek, Gaila Osborn, Randy Quint, Anna Spangle, Shaun Tesmer, Ralph Turner, Cassie Unruh, Linda Walter, Pam Mr. Mitchek abstained on Casey Mitchek Mr. Bradshaw recommended we allow Helen Younger and Lupe Zamarripa to continue in their existing contracts until they expire at which time we will advertise for contract labor or open up for applications and hire the best available candidates. MOTION...made by Mitchek, seconded by Tallman to allow Helen Younger and Lupe Zamarripa to continue in their existing contracts until they expire on June 30, 2015 at which time we will advertise for contract labor or open up for applications and hire the best available candidates. All aye - motion passed April 28, 2015 Page 4
5.7 Mr. Bradshaw recommended the following: Increase substitute teacher pay by $5.00 to $75. and $85. Increase of $1,000. on the base salary plus a step for certified teachers. Increase classified salaries by $.75 hr or $1,000. salaried. Offer a stipend for teachers to work the track meet vs adding it to their contracted days. Mr. Miller recommended we not pay staff members for track meets and get volunteers. Administrative salaries were discussed. The administrators have not had a raise for the last two years. MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Halde to raise the substitute teacher pay by $5.00 MOTION...made by Tallman, seconded by Halde to give $1000. base raise plus a step for Certified staff MOTION...made Tallman, seconded by Halde to increase the administrative salaries by 6.5%. 5.8 MOTION...made by Halde, seconded by Knudsen to give classified salary increases as presented. ($.75 hr for hourly and $1,000. Salaried) 5.9 MOTION...made by Knudsen, seconded by Mitchek to approve 1 st reading of the following Policies: ADE-E ADF AE-R AED BEC DAB DAB-E DEA DEB EEAEF EF EFC EFEA EHB EIE GBGAB GBGD April 28, 2015 Page 5
GCBD GCG-GCGA GCO IHBB IHBEA IKA ILBC JF JFABD JFK JLCB JLF-R LBD-R 5.10 MOTION...made by Halde, second by Tallman to employ the following coaches for the 14/15 spring sports season: Jason Muth Asst HS Track Randy Osborn Asst. Baseball Stacy Noe Asst. Girls Golf Casey Mitchek JH Asst. track Mitchek abstained on Casey 6.0 Discussion Items: 6.2 Board meetings May 28 th noon June 30 th - 8 a.m. 6.3 2015 Board Election - We have three positions up. Term limits were discussed. Consensus was to add term limits for two additional terms to the ballot. 6.4 Staff recognition discussed. 6.5 Old HS Update Mrs. Knudsen reported on her work at the old high school and the sales that have occurred. All monies from these sales have been deposited into the General Fund. 6.6 Mr. Tallman reported on HB1321. It has passed the house education and appropriations and will be in the senate education tomorrow. It seems like everyone is amenable to it and the bill sponsor is confident it will pass. 7.0 Reports: 7.1 Superintendent/Pk-6 Principal Mr. Bradshaw reported that we are wrapping up CMAS and PARCC testing. We will be starting NWEA next week. The K-1 field trip to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo tomorrow. Mr. Bradshaw will be going with them. Thursday is the HS track meet. Friday is elementary field day April 28, 2015 Page 6
Mr. Bradshaw will be gone May 18-21 st for his daughter s graduation. An article was put in the paper, Tuesday Express, and mass e-mailed on the four day week calendar approval. 7.2 7-12 Principal report on file in district office. 8.0 Board Member Reports: BOCES The meeting is tomorrow night. 9.0 Communications/Recognitions: Thanks to Mr. Bradshaw for getting the updates to the newspaper. Congratulations to everyone on their pay raises. Good job to the track and baseball teams. Thanks to Debbie Knudsen for her work at the old high school. Thanks to the administrators and staff for their help with the high school cleanup project. Thanks to Chris Tallman for his work on HB 1321. Thanks to Anna Quint for her work with the rental agreements and locks for the old high school. Thanks to the Board for giving the staff pay raises. 10.0 The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Debbie Knudsen April 28, 2015 Page 7