LANESVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING JULY 21, 2015 The regular monthly meeting of the Lanesville Community School Board of Trustees was held on July 21, 2015, 7:00 p.m. at the Carl Uesseler Corporation Office, located at 2725 Crestview Avenue, NE, Lanesville Indiana. Board President, Ron Wolfe called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Board members present at the meeting were as follows: Ron Wolfe, President Robert Schickel, Vice President Denzil McKim, Secretary Sharon Rothrock, member Margaret Meyer, member Steve Morris, Superintendent Ron Wolfe presented the minutes from the June 16, 2015 meeting. Sharon Rothrock made the motion to approve the minutes as written. Denzil McKim Steve Morris presented the claims for the month of July. Robert Schickel made the motion to approve the claims as presented. Sharon Rothrock Mr. Morris introduced Rebecca Uesseler and Jenny McKim, both elementary school teachers. They are on the elearning committee. The purpose of the elearning Committee is to formulate a process of learning from home for students during inclement weather. Providence High School has a similar policy. A copy of the handout is attached to these minutes. Every item on the proposal is pending state approval. After discussion, the board gave their approval to proceed with the proposal and asked the teachers to keep them informed with the progress of the program. Ron Wolfe called for any changes to the agenda. Mr. Morris had the following: Under personnel Add to approve Doug Jacobs as volunteer assistant high school girl s basketball coach. (Item 9, zz.) The second reading of the school board policy regarding home schooled students participation in sports at Lanesville Community Schools. (item #10) With those additions to the agenda noted, Ron Wolfe asked for public comments regarding the agenda items. There were several community members in attendance and they asked to comment on the home school policy for athletics. The board policy that is in the process of adoption by the board currently states that in order for home schooled students to participate in sports at Lanesville School, they must be enrolled in five (5) classes per day. The parents in attendance were representative of the families interested in their children playing sports at Lanesville, but also wanted to remain as home schooled. They discussed the issue of the number of classes that the policy required the student to be enrolled in and had documentation from other area schools, where the policy was more lenient in that area. One parent noted that the children had already been playing on the Jr. High Baseball team. Mr. Morris stated that the team was not a school sponsored team and that it was funded and operated through the
Lanesville Youth League. He also pointed out that the students who were asking to participate, had never participated in any Lanesville sports at any grade level. Several of the board members had questions and issues with accountability of grades and how home school classes compare to the public school curriculum. Ron Wolfe gave the floor to Lisa Hammond, Elementary School Principal, for the elementary school report for July. Teachers have been busy preparing for the upcoming school year. We have a dedicated staff and they have given very freely of their time this summer by cleaning and organizing classrooms, attending technology training sessions, working on curriculum mapping, taking part in summer collaboration opportunities, and attending the PLC conference last week in Louisville. Mikel and Bethany Miller, Garrett Blackman, Jenny McKim, Shawna Kopp, and Rachel Nassiff attended the conference and have come back with some great ideas. The Schoolwide Behavior strategy team recently met and we are preparing a presentation for the staff and parents on the ClassDojo Classroom Management System. ClassDojo is a classroom management app that helps teachers encourage students in class and easily communicate with parents. Registration information and bus route changes have been emailed out to the parents. Currently we have 374 students for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year. Those numbers are being updated daily. We will have Kindergarten/New Student registration on Thursday night this week. We will also be having our first Back to School Carnival on Wednesday, July 29 at 6:00 pm. Each grade level will have a booth set up in the back parking lot by the playground. We will have tables set up inside the elementary gym for information concerning car rider procedures, office information, health information, and PTSO information. We have a great staff and the enthusiasm is contagious. We re looking forward to a wonderful school year. This concluded her report. Mr. Morris proceeded with the High School Principal and Superintendent s report. There will be a 7 th grade and new student orientation on Thursday, July 23 rd, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. In June, Mr. Morris met with about 35 students in grades 8 12 for a leadership workshop. Teachers have been in for technology training on Gmail and Google classroom. He informed the board that Tyler Best and Taylor Johnson have formed a company called Digital Now. The office is in downtown Corydon. Both young men are graduates of Lanesville High School. The visit from the professor from China was interesting and informative. He is a professor of Education there, so he trains teachers.
Robin Morgan, Bethany Miller and Lisa Hammond will accompany Mr. Morris to Madison, Indiana this week. The purpose of the trip is to review the formative assessment testing providers. In the past, CTB McGraw Hill provided the Acuity testing and the ISTEP test. Pearson Education is taking over the ISTEP test, and the state is leaving it up to the individual school corporations as to what company to use for the formative testing. Enrollment for the upcoming year has increased about 20-30 students over last year. Lanesville continues to be a school of choice, and if enrollment numbers keep rising, the board may need to start looking at classroom space. Work on the school budget for 2015-16 has begun, with the time line of September 2015 to approve the CPF and Bus Replacement budget and October 2015 to approve the other fund budgets. The board is invited to attend the kick- off luncheon in the cafeteria on Monday, July 27 th. There are faculty meetings scheduled afterward, with professional development on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students return to school on Thursday. That concluded his report. Proceeding with item #6 on the agenda, Mr. Morris stated that mid- bus #2 has reached a point that it needs to be replaced. The corporation currently owns three (3) mid- busses. Midwest submitted the lowest bid and will give an allowance for trade- in. The purchase price for the bus is $45,000.00. It is a gas engine, not diesel. Margaret Meyer made the motion to approve the purchase of the mid- bus from Midwest. Sharon Rothrock With the retirement of Linda Crosby and Marsha Himmelhaver, it has become necessary to update the authorized signatures on the Extra Curricular checking account ( account # 0001005472) held at First Savings Bank. Sharon Rothrock made the motion to approve Steve Morris, Lisa Hammond, Marlana Stark and Carrie Simler as authorized personnel to sign checks written on the account. Denzil McKim Mr. Morris presented the board with a list of obsolete technology equipment. He asked for the board s approval to remove those items from the inventory list. A list of the equipment is attached to these minutes. Margaret Meyer made the motion to remove the items from inventory. Sharon Rothrock The next item on the agenda was the second reading of the School Board Policy regarding participation of home school students on Lanesville sports teams. After a brief discussion and a review of the public comments earlier in the meeting, the board members decided to table the second reading until they have time to discuss the issue further. No board action was taken. Moving on to personnel issues, Mr. Morris stated that in the event that a math teacher could not be hired by the beginning of the school year, Mrs. Klusmeier had agreed to stay on for the first 9 weeks of the 2015-16 school year. Therefore, he wanted to pull her name from the list of personnel items. Item 9h. With that noted, Ron Wolfe called for a motion to approve the following: a. Approve Chrissy Doughty as elementary special education teacher assistant
b. Approve Lori Mason as Jr High School special education teacher assistant c. Approve Judy Ketterer as title one teacher assistant d. Approve Emily Cottle as Elementary Special Education teacher e. Approve Shawna Kopp as elementary 3 rd grade teacher f. Accept the resignation of Stacy Baker, High School Business Education teacher g. Approve the recommendation of Eric Pavey for High School Business Education teacher (temporary contract) Robert Schickel made the motion to approve the recommended changes to personnel. Denzil McKim Ron Wolfe called for a motion to approve the remaining items under personnel. These positions are coaching positions. a. Approve Pam Tobbe for varsity volleyball coach b. Approve Adam Belden as varsity assistant volleyball coach c. Approve Christy Claire as Jr. High Cross Country Coach d. Approve Mike Sizemore as varsity boys and varsity girls tennis coach e. Approve Rachel Bube as assistant varsity boys and Jr. high girls tennis coach f. Approve Jenna Davis as Jr. High boys and assistant varsity girls tennis coach g. Approve Mikel Miller as varsity boys basketball coach h. Approve Brian Book as JV boys basketball coach i. Approve Roger Reynolds as Freshman boys basketball coach j. Approve Jarrett Beach and Jon Wernert as volunteer assistant coaches for HS boys basketball k. Approve Darin Duncan for 8 th grade boys basketball coach l. Approve Evan Bridges for 7 th grade boys basketball coach m. Approve Chris Dodds and Jeff Hoback as Jr. high boys basketball volunteer assistants n. Approve Nathan Barnickle as 6 th grade boys basketball coach o. Approve Kevin Smith as varsity girls basketball coach and 5 th grade girls basketball coach p. Approve John Smith as JV girls basketball coach q. Approve Mercedes Bierman as volunteer assistant girls basketball coach r. Approve Lacy Crosier as 7 th grade girls basketball coach s. Approve Doug Jacobs as volunteer assistant high school girls basketball coach Margaret Meyer made the motion to approve. Sharon Rothrock seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0. Sharon Rothrock and Margaret Meyer attended the Grass Roots Initiative Seminar sponsored by the Indiana School Boards Association. They gave a brief report on their experience. Brian Smith from the ISBA was in attendance and talked about several key issues that were sure to be discussed during the next legislative session. A copy of the handout that was presented is attached to these minutes. Mr. Morris stated that the point of the seminar was to get school board members involved politically. Mrs. Rothrock stated that the best time to contact state representatives is in the summer. She encouraged the other members to take advantage of that and be vocal about these issues.
With no further business, Ron Wolfe called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Robert Schickel made the motion. Denzil McKim The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Ron Wolfe President Denzil McKim Secretary