MIAMI EAST LOCAL SCHOOLS
BOARD BITS
Review of
Regular Board Meeting
Brad Burton, board president,
called the regular meeting to order at
Roll Call was taken with board
members Brad Burton, Mark Davis, Rusty Miller, Lucy Taylor, and Harold
Brumfield in attendance.
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staff member; Chad Widener, staff member; Meagan McKinney, student; Katie Denlinger, student; and Dustin Fisher, Troy Daily Newspaper.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
There
were no public comments heard.
GOOD NEWS RECOGNITION
Mr. Chad Widener and members of Miami East Jr. High Student
Council discussed their �Save the Children of the
Meagan McKinney and Katie Denlinger both attended to describe how students across the district participated in the project.
Mr. Widener recognized Meagan for being the Junior High
student that collected the largest amount of money.� Additionally, Mr. Widener described the
importance of students participating in the program to have a better
understanding how other children live.�
The program was an excellent reminder to our students of how fortunate
we are in
The Board of Education thanked all who helped and
contributed to the project.� The students
collected over $3,600 for the children of the
In addition, Mr. Rappold recognized two students who have been selected to
participate in educational programs abroad.�
The first was Kaitlin Hatton, a seventh grade student at the Junior
High.� Kaitlin was one of only forty
middle school students in
The second student is Annie Sanders.� Annie just completed her first quarter at
TREASURER’S REPORT:
A. Approval
of the minutes of the
B. Approval
of the financial statements for November, 2007.
C. Approval of “A Resolution Declaring The Intention To Proceed
Under
The Alternative Tax Document Format Provided Under Section
5705.281Of The
Ohio Revised Code And To Refrain From The
Preparation Of A Tax Budget For The Fiscal Year
2008, And Authorizing
And
Directing The Chief Fiscal Officer Of The Miami East Local School
Board
of Education To Prepare And To Submit To The Miami County
Budget
Commission Such Information And Documents As Are Necessary
Incident
To Said Process And Submission, And To Take Such Other
Actions
As May Be Reasonably Necessary Incident Thereto”, as prepared
by
legal counsel
for the Miami County Budget Commission.
D. Approval to appoint Lucy Taylor, as president pro
temp, for the
re-organizational
meeting, to be held at the Miami East
Jr.High/Elementary
School on
Alternative
Budget Document will be reviewed at this meeting.
E. Approval
of the annual 2008 membership dues, annual “Briefcase”
subscription,
and subscription to “School Management News”.
F.
Approval of a lease agreement for rental of
farm for the 2008 season,
with
Brian Francis, for 24 acres more or less, and to be farmed at $125.00
per
acre.
OTHER:
-
FY 2008 Alternative Budget
Document – Mr. Sommer informed the
Board of Education that he would be
presenting the FY 2008 Budget
during the
January meeting.
- This month’s “School Finance” Newsletter was
shared with Board
members.
-
Mr. Sommer detailed the Audit Status to Board members. The district’s
audit has now
been completed and is expected to be released to the
public in the next week. The audit was completed by Clark, Schaefer,
Hackett and Company.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
NEW BUSINESS:
A.
EMPLOYMENT ITEMS:
1. Approval of Katie Hartley’s request for maternity leave to coincide
with FMLA beginning
2. Approval of substitute teachers who have
been approved by the
office. These are all on an as needed basis for the 2007-08 school year.
The board-approved rate of pay has been set at $75.00 per day
through
10th consecutive days, and $83.00 per day from 11th
day through 60 days
in the same position, then
placed on beginning salary schedule.
OTHER INFORMATIONAL/DISCUSSION
ITEMS:
- Board
of Education members received this month’s edition of The Board –
“Your
Approach To Difficult Issues” & “What Performance Indicators
Should
You Monitor?”
- Mr. Rappold shared an update of the
varsity stadium home-side bleacher
project. Over ten excavation and demolition companies
have been
contacted
to gather quotes for the demolition of the existing bleachers.
The
Miami East Athletic Boosters have volunteered to contribute to the
cost
of the demolition of the bleachers.
Additionally, it is expected that
bids
for the bleachers will be advertised in January. The cost of the
bleachers
is being paid for using Permanent Improvements funds, our
upcoming
soda contract, and donations from area businesses. The new
bleachers
will have multiple exits and entrances, will have handrails on all
of
the aisles, will include handicapped accessible ramps, and will be
completely
enclosed for greater safety for visitors.
The existing aluminum
seats
will be reused on the visitor bleachers to better enclose those
bleachers
for visitors.
- Mr. Rappold updated the Board of the
Ohio Schools Facilities
Commission
(OSFC) reassessment of High School. OSFC
visited the
High
School in November and reassessed the entire facility. A group of
four independent architects
inspected every classroom and space in the
high
school. The purpose of the assessment is
to determine the OSFC
recommendation
for the future of the facility.
The
district anticipates receiving the results of the reassessment in
January. After the results have been received the
Board of Education will
then
begin the process of engaging parents and residents in the future of
either
the construction of a new high school facility or the renovation of
the
existing building.
-
Vikingfest
2008 – Miami East Education Foundation - Mr. Rappold
reminded
everyone of the Foundation’s upcoming Vikingfest that
will take
place
on Saturday, February 23rd.
-
The Board of Education
received a copy of the thank you letter recently
sent
to the Piqua Fraternal of Eagles. The
donation will be used to assist
with the implementation of an
electronic grade book that will be piloted at
the
elementary.
-
Mr. Rappold also shared
that a letter of appreciation was being sent to the
Elizabeth
Township Trustees for their recent donation of a used
convection
oven. The oven will be used at the high
school.
BOARD MEMBERS’ COMMENTS:
- General Discussion(s)
ADJOURNMENT: The
meeting was adjourned at
NEXT MEETING (Re-Organizational)
7:00
P.M.