HARTFORD UNION HIGH SCHOOL

                                                                        BOARD MINUTES

                                                                       November 13, 2006

 

Board President, William T. Priegel, in the Library, at Hartford Union High School, called a regular meeting of the Hartford Union High School Board of Education to order at 7:01 PM on November 13, 2006.

 

                                           CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, ADOPTION OF AGENDA

                                                              AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

PRESENT:        Crystal A. Berg, Tracie L. Black, David A. Kling, William T. Priegel, Shirley A. Reis, Mary Koehl, Principal/Director of Curriculum and Michael L. Kremer, Ph.D. District Administrator.

           

EXCUSED:        None

 

Reis/Kling, to call the meeting to order and amend the agenda.  Motion unanimously carried.

 

Kling/Reis, to approve additions to the agenda, under III. A. #2. Other – add. Musical and move the Department Report III. C. World Language Report moved up after the Approval of the Unanimous Consent Agenda.  Motion unanimously approved.

 

Mr. Priegel led the Board and Administration in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

                                                APPROVAL OF UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGENDA

 

Reis/Black, to approve the unanimous consent Agenda as presented as follows:

 

Minutes:  Regular meeting minutes of October 30, 2006 as printed.

 

Vouchers:  Payroll vouchers in the amount of $406,824.38 and Total Vouchers in the amount of $637,958.99 and Grand Total Vouchers of $1,044.783.37.

 

Treasurer’s Report:  None

 

Acceptance of Gifts:  As presented.

 

Acceptance of Budget Transfer Request:  None

 

Bid Acceptance: None

 

Personnel Recommendations:  Appointments: Retirements: John Fitzgerald, Librarian, effective 6/8/07

; Appointments:  Jerry Anderson, Long Term Substitute Teacher, effective 11/10/06 and Michelle Sobocinski, Substitute Teacher, effective 11/27/06.  Other: Jesse Lovicott, Limited Term Employee Technology Staff, effective 11/14/06 – 12/1/06, 35 hours per week.  Roll Call:  5 - 0.  Motion unanimously approved.

 

 

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

 

World Language Report

Lee Scharpf, Department Chair, introduced Coral Loebel – French and Spanish teacher and Fabian Klein, Amity Aide from Cologne, Germany.  He later introduced Francois Musonera a new Spanish teacher.  Christiane Scharpf and Jamie Piittmann took 18 students to Germany for three weeks this past summer, part of the German-American Partnership Program (GAPP).  Students stayed with families in the city of Kiel and toured Germany.  Mrs. Scharpf presented a very informative power point presentation of the trip; she was thanked for her presentation.  Mr. Scharpf talked about new classes to be offered in 2007-08, an Accelerated Spanish I and Accelerated Spanish II classes.  We’ll eventually also offer Accelerated III and IV and AP Spanish V courses.  These courses will be offered due to the higher number of students enrolled in Spanish and the level of ability of students entering at the 9th grade level due to Spanish being offered in three of our feeder schools, Erin, Friess Lake and Herman.  Mr. Scharpf was thanked for his informative report and his dedication and work as Department Chair for sixteen years. 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                  COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBER REPORTS

Legislative Report

Mrs. Berg had nothing to report.

HSA Tentative Settlement

Mr. Kling reported that the Board and the HSA came to a tentative settlement on support staff negotiations settling the 2006-07 and 2007-08 contracts.  He thanked everyone for all their efforts. 

Mr. Dudzik our business manager will be attending the Wisconsin Business Managers Group on Public Finance for 2007-08 year and impact from elections.  There will be multiple committees starting in December and January to address the budget. 

Other

Mrs. Reis spoke about the B.E.S.T. Dinner Theater and the fabulous performance of Beauty and the Beast.  Over seventy performers are involved and perform with such poise for a high school group.  The set was phenomenal and costuming best ever.  Tickets still available for next weekend, contact the Schauer Arts & Activities Center.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

1st Class Activities – Mr. Priegel shared First Class activities as presented.      

 

Announcement of Acceptance of Gifts – Mrs. Black presented the gifts. 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

 

Proposed Calendar for 2007-2008

HEA Union President, Lisa Bendall, was available to present the proposed calendars for the 2007-2008 school year.  The calendar approved by the union was number 1 allowing for a day off in February and ending the school year on Friday, June 13, 2007.  After discussion,  a motion by Kling, seconded by Reis, to approve calendar number one (1) for the 2007-2008 school year.  The calendar will be placed on the HUHS WEB site for reference.  The calendar will also be shared with the K-8 Schools, they also received a draft early on in the year. 

 

Parent Conferences

Dan Dobner reminded everyone of the conferences scheduled for Tuesday, November 21, from 5:30 – 8:30 PM and Wednesday from 8:00 – 11:00 AM.  He invited the Board to attend if possible.  Parents are asked to keep their conference to five (5) minutes per teacher and to schedule an appointment if more time is needed.  A number of teachers will not be available and a sign will be placed on their door asking the parent to make an appointment if they have a concern.  It’s difficult to judge if there is actually less participation due to Family Access that is now available to parents through our web site, where they can check daily on their students progress as well as e-mail teachers.  Mr. Dobner was thanked for his report.

 

WKCE Testing

Ms. Mary Koehl provided information on the WKCE (Wisconsin Knowledge Concept Exam) testing that took place last week, two half days, a shorter testing time than in previous years.  All tenth graders are required to take the exam and 95% must take it or our school would not meet the adequate yearly academic progress that is required by DPI.  Make-ups were done today.  Credit deficient students may end up being tested twice.  Results won’t be available until sometime in March of 2007. 

 

Veterans’ Day

Ms. Mary Koehl indicated that this year the Veterans’ program was taken care of by the community because 11/11 fell on a Saturday as it will again next year.  The Veterans always celebrate on 11/11 at 11:00 AM making it possible to again host the program at HUHS in 2008.

 

B.E.S.T. Dinner Theater

Dr. Kremer thoroughly enjoyed himself, meeting community members and experiencing an unbelievable performance by students and hard work of the staff in Beauty and the Beast.  He thanked Carol Walter for her work behind the scenes on the B.E.S.T. Dinner that took place in Pike’s Peak.

 

Citizens Financial Advisory Committee

Dr. Kremer mentioned the Citizens Financial Advisory Committee that will begin its work shortly.  Two Board members are needed on the committee, David Kling will for sure be a part and Bill Priegel will need to decide on either Crystal Berg or Tracie Black as the other member.  We’re still looking for approximately six citizens to be involved.  At present we have two.  Julie Allen asked to be a part of the committee at this evening’s meeting.      

 

CITIZENS AND DELEGATIONS

Julie Allen sent a letter to Board members commending Dr. Kremer for his effective leadership, planning, vision, effective communication, natural skill and resolving issues in the district since he came on board as an interim district administrator. She encouraged the board to hire him permanently.  Mrs. Allen thanked the board for their time.

 

(NO FURTHER AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION)

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Proposal #06-1581a. – Second Reading of Policies.  Black/Reis, approve Policies #2260.01, 3213, 4213, Delete 5112, 5200.01, 6670, 8320.01, 8330.01 and 8452 with clarification of removing the word ‘the’ in #3213 page 1 of 3 second from the last paragraph.  A first reading of these policies took place at the October 30, 2006 meeting.  This policy will be put in its final format and returned from NEOLA.  Motion unanimously approved.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

Proposal #06-1583 – First Reading of Revision to Board Policy #5421.   This revision is to page 3 of 4 under Weighted Grades that “Students will be able to earn extra grade points for their work in Advanced Placement or CLEP courses.  One (1) grade point will be added to the grade in each Advanced Placement or CLEP course.  The remainder of the policy should remain unchanged.  This comes after a year long study and will be used with the incoming class of freshman in the 2007-08 school year.  This should encourage students to enroll in honors and AP courses.  No formal action was taken and the policy will be brought back at the December 11, 2006 meeting for final approval. 

 

Proposal #06-1584 – Adoption of the 2006-07 Assistant Computer System Administrator.  During HSA negotiations earlier this evening they worked out a remaining year waiver for temporary position and they agreed administration could proceed under new contract.  Therefore no action was necessary on this proposal at this time.

 

Proposal #06-1585 -  Student Course Fees for 2007-2008.  The proposal was tabled because it was felt that budget planning should be done prior to setting fees.  There was also a question about the higher cost of the AP Honors Psychology course.  Ms. Koehl will check into this.  It was also mentioned that perhaps some of the Technology Education courses should be looked at for additional fees due to the cost of electricity to run some of the machines.

 

                                                             ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS 

November 21, 2006                5:30 – 8:30 PM - Parent Teacher Conferences

November 21, 2006               7:00 – 8:30 PM – Financial Aid Program

November 22, 2006                8:00 – 11:00 AM – Parent Teacher Conferences

November 29, 2006                6:00 – PM Key Communicators – Rm 89

November 29, 2006                6:00 – PM National Honor Society – Induction at 7:00 PM

November 13, 2006                7:00 PM – Regular School Board Meeting – Library

January 3 & 9, 2007               6:30 PM – Community Budget Advisory Committee

January 4 & 8, 2007               6:30 PM -  Community Input Sessions on Budget

 

Agenda items for next meeting: There were none.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION

 

                        “Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.”  WI Stats. 19.85(1)(c)

PERSONNEL ISSUES

 

                                “Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where par. (b) applies which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.  WI Stats. 19.85(1)(f)

 

PERSONNEL LEAVE

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Reis/Kling, to adjourn to closed session.  Meeting was adjourned at 8:39 PM.

 

Roll Call: 5  -  0.  Motion unanimously approved.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

William T. Priegel, President

Michael L. Kremer, Ph.D.

District Administrator

 

Approved:  December 11, 2006    

 

/s/ Crystal A. Berg                     

Crystal A. Berg, Clerk