October
16, 2006
Board President, William T.
Priegel, in the Library, at
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,
EXCUSED: None
Kling/Berg, to call the meeting to
order and approve the agenda as presented. Roll Call:
5 - 0.
Motion unanimously carried.
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 September 18, 2006 as
printed.
Vouchers: Payroll vouchers in the amount of $558,792.81 and Total
Vouchers in the amount of $1,252,494.24 and Grand Total Vouchers of $1,811,287.05.
Treasurer’s Report: None
Acceptance of Gifts: As presented.
Acceptance of Budget
Transfer Request: None
Bid Acceptance: None
Personnel Recommendations: Appointments:
Patricia Christel, Social Worker, effective 10/16/06, FTE 80% 133 days; Vickie Klipstein, Substitute Student Supervisor effective 10/2/06;
Jerome Keneally, Krystle Kumferman,
COMMITTEE AND
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
Legislative Report
Mrs.
Berg reported that she attended a Legislative Meeting concerning the State
School Aide Formula revision with eight districts who shared their interesting
testimony on the Budget. They mentioned
a possible sales tax to help fund schools.
The common thread from all testimony was that the State Aid formula
isn’t working to retain academic success.
The next scheduled meeting is October the 25 at 10:00 AM at the
Capitol. Invited testimony from Allan Odden
of
Facility/Construction
Update
Mr.
Kling reported that there are only a few punch list items left. A ventilation issues had to be addressed in
the Science rooms that added some additional cost. He reviewed change orders and the cost
currently is at $972,000 with some smaller amounts for ventilation and a few
other items. The remodeling costs were
$111,000 with $27,000 of those costs for the new wall in the courtyard that had
to be replaced. Mr. Kling will now turn
all of it over to Jerry Dudzik, Business Manager for the final audit. Mr. Kling was thanked for the many hours of
time and his expertise spent on this project it is greatly appreciated by the
Board and
2006-2007 Election Schedule
Mr.
Priegel reported that two board members terms are up this spring, his term and that
of Crystal Berg. The election schedule
is as follows: December 1, 2006
nomination papers will be available and must be filed no later than January 2,
2007 by 5:00 PM. Applications will be
available in the District
Personnel Workshop
Dave
Kling attended a Personnel Workshop having to pick and choose sessions to
attend. Sessions available were employee
evaluation and the investigation of misconduct, the board’s role in evaluation
policies, how staff assignments can affect upon student achievement, the
public’s access to personnel files, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and recent legal
developments in employment and collective bargaining at the state and federal
level. He found the workshop very
informative and wished he could have attended more sections.
COMMUNICATIONS
1st Class Activities – Mr. Priegel shared First Class activities as presented.
Announcement
of Acceptance of Gifts – Mr. Kling presented the
gifts as listed in the unanimous consent agenda. A thank you should be sent for
all gifts by administration if it hasn’t already been done.
Calendar
– Emergency situations - HEA
Ms. Dawn Maxwell, Director of Pupil Services/Special
Education and Chad Ellefson, teacher, HEA representative, shared information on
the school calendar, contract language, Wisconsin
State Statute and DPI worksheet on Days and Hours of instruction for concerns
about make up days. At this point, there
are 25 extra hours of instruction built into our school calendar. This issue will be revisited if for any
reason we loose additional days/hours due to weather or any other reason. They were both thanked for their time spent
on putting the information together and presenting it at the meeting.
Mrs. Black wanted to share information about a
project that the
Community
Night
Ms. Maxwell spoke about the Community Night for
parents and community members concerning the past incidents at
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
None
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
Conversation Regarding Bomb
Threats
Dr. Kremer and Mr. Priegel asked for feedback from
the Board on our Friday, October 6th bomb threat. Feedback included the following: a job well done, students were well behaved,
Police and Fire Department was very pleased on how everyone worked together to
make sure students and staff were safe.
We have a Crisis Plan that is a work in progress and it was tested that
day and adjustments will be made on information that comes in and will make the
plan more workable. The K-12 community
wants to work together for a common plan.
Update
on Committee Sign up.
Dr.
Kremer provided information to the Board on Committee sign ups to date. We have been advertising on our web
for additional help on these
committees. It is now time to start the
important work of these committees.
Administrators have been assigned areas identified from the Climate
Study. Committee chairs should set dates
and announce the first meetings on our WEB site to encourage anyone who may
still want to join in. Once committees
have started their work it will be difficult to add additional people.
Dr. Kremer’s Goals &
Objectives
Dr. Kremer shared his Work Goals
and Objectives as the Interim Superintendent with tasks and timelines. It is his objective that he will be evaluated
on this framework.
Third Friday Count
Dr. Kremer shared resident membership information
from our Business Manager and it dropped by 34 FTE’s when compared to last year
(1707 vs. 1741 in 05-06). Comparing this
loss in dollars to what the budget was formulated around, the loss appears to
be approximately $134,000 at this point.
Mr. Dudzik will continue to keep you up to date as we receive more
information from DPI.
CITIZENS
AND DELEGATIONS
Dr. Kremer thanked Steve VanDien, Express News reporter, who was in the audience,
for his reporting of school news and his continued searching for the truth.
(NO FURTHER AUDIENCE
PARTICIPATION)
OLD BUSINESS
Proposal #06-1571a. – Second
Proposal #06-1574a – NSBA Convention Attendance. Priegel/Berg, approved that Board member,
Shirley Reis be nominated as the member to attend the NSBA Convention in San
Francisco in April, 2007. This proposal
is passed at this time to allow for early registration and housing. Roll Call:
5 - 0.
Motion unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS
Proposal #06-1575 –
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF MEETINGS
October 18, 2006 5 – 7 PM – After Hours
Chamber Event - HUHS
October 19, 2006 6:00 PM Key Communicators
Meeting – Rm 89
October 20, 2006
October 25, 2006 7:00 – 9:00 PM Community
Meeting
October 30, 2006 7:00 PM –
November 11, 2006
6:30 PM B.E.S.T. Dinner/Theater –
Agenda items for next
meeting: There were none.
“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
Berg/Black, to adjourn to closed
session. Meeting was adjourned at 8:42
PM.
Roll Call: 5 - 0.
Motion unanimously approved.
Respectfully submitted,
William T. Priegel,
President
Michael L. Kremer, Ph.D.
District Administrator
Approved: October 30, 2006
/s/ Crystal A. Berg
Crystal A. Berg, Clerk