MIAMI EAST LOCAL SCHOOLS
BOARD BITS
Review of July 21, 2009
Regular Board Meeting
Roll
Call was taken with board members
Also
in attendance were: Dr.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
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GOOD NEWS RECOGNITION:
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presented results and recommendations from the Miami East Board of Education annual
Self-Appraisal
process.� Dr. Decker commended the Board
of Education for its success and attributed part of the districts
success to the leadership the BOE provides for the staff and students in the
district.� Dr. Decker also commended
the BOE for continuing to work on increasing communications to parents and
residents this past year.�
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results of the self-appraisal revealed that of the 229 surveyed items 227 were
marked with either
Excellent or Effective selections.
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Decker reviewed the results from each of the survey sections.� Additionally, Dr. Decker recommended
that Board members continue to use the district�s Strategic Plan as a basis for
future goals and improvement.
Preliminary results from the 2008-2009 Miami East High School OGT
standardized test results,
Miami East Junior High Achievement Standardized test results, Miami East
Elementary Achievement
Standardized
test results, and district-wide report card were shared with Board members.
� ��������� Dr. Rappold reported on the status of various construction
projects that have been occurring on campus during the summer months.� The Varsity Baseball and Softball project has
been progressing on schedule.� Fairway
Irrigation will be completing the storm water and irrigation lines in the next
few weeks.� The seeding of these fields
will then occur later in the fall.� Both
Varsity baseball and softball will play all of their home contests at
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telecommunication lines between the buildings will be rerouted around the
campus in anticipation of excavation work beginning for the construction of the
new high school.� The Gudenkauf
Corporation will be completing the telecommunication project.� Work on this phase of the project is
scheduled to begin this week.
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overall site for the new high school is already being cleared for
construction.� The fences in the existing
fields have been removed.� In addition,
the scoreboards on both fields have been removed and stored away to be used
later next spring on the new fields.� In
addition, the concession stand for the softball field was relocated to the
north end of the varsity stadium.� The
concession stand will be used as a ticket booth for visiting fans.
TREASURER�S REPORT:
A.
Approval of the minutes of the regular board
meeting of June 16, 2009,
as presented
by the treasurer.
B.
Approval of the financial statements for
June 2009.
C.
Approval of Amended Certificate of Estimated
Resources for FY 2010.
D.
Review of bids of
transit school bus, with options
selected.
E.
Approval of the bid from Cardinal Bus Sales
& Service, Inc., for the purchase
of
one new 72-passenger transit style school bus, in the amount of $74,429.00.
F. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:
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Review of Transfers of Funds as approved at the
as
follows:
TRANSFERS
FROM TO AMOUNT
General Fund (001-0000) IDEA-B (516-9609) $377,378.14
General Fund (001-0000) Title I (572-9109) 59,380.36
General Fund (001-0000) Title
II-A (590-9909) 37,520.10
General Fund (001-0000) Title II-D (599-9009 163.98
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TOTALS $474,442.58
- Review of
Tax Revenue Information from State Budget and County
Auditor.
- Treasurer’s Evaluation Forms
– Board members discussed the annual evaluation of
the treasurer. This evaluation will be completed during the
regularly scheduled
monthly meeting during the
month of August
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT CONT.:
NEW BUSINESS CONT.:
A.
EMPLOYMENT ITEMS CONT.:
1. Recommend approval of reassignment of the
following classified employees:
Loretta yantis – assistant
cook @ K-8 @ 6 hrs/day
Bev Gheen – assistant cook @
K-8 @ 6 hrs/day
2. Approval of extended service days for the
2009-10 school year for
the following
certified staff:
a)
b)
c) Sandra Finkes – Jr. High Counselor – 5
days
d) Kathy
Blair – Vocational – 3 days
e)
The number of days will all be assessed
after the 2009-10 school year.
3. Approval of a contract with
of the district’s website for the
2009-2010 school year.
B.
PURCHASING AGENT:
Approval of
Schools effective August 1, 2009.
C. 2009-2010
HANDBOOKS:
Approval of the 2009-2010 handbooks for
and Bus Driver
Handbook as presented at the June meeting.
D.
2009-2010 CLASS FEES:
Approval of the 2009-2010 class fees, as recommended
by the principals
for
Elementary.
E. 2009-2010 BOARD OF EDUCATION LEGAL
REPRESENTATION:
Approval
of John Podgurski, as the Miami East Local Board of Education’s
legal representative,
for the 2009-2010 school year, on an as needed basis.
F.
2009-2010 CHEMICAL HYGIENE AND
SHOP SAFETY PLAN(S):
Approval of the 2009-2010 Chemical Hygiene and Shop Safety
Plans
as presented at the
June meeting.
G
BAND EQUIPMENT TRAILER
AGREEMENT
Approval of the band
trailer agreement that is recommended to be reviewed
annually.
H.
APPROVAL OF ALLIED WASTE
SERVICES FOR 2009-11:
Approval of a
two-year contract with Allied Waste Services for waste
removal at
2009-10 & 2010-11
school years.
I.
APPROVAL
OF PASSENGER VAN:
Approval
of the purchase of an 8-passenger van from Troy Ford, in
the amount of
$16,450.00.
J.
APPROVAL OF FENCING BID FOR THE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
COMPLEX:
Approval of the lowest responsible bid
from Lost Creek Lawn and
Fence, in the
amount of $19,100.00.
K. A
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE
COMMENCEMENT OF BIDDING INCLUDING THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR CONTRACT FOR A
CERTAIN EARLY SITE WORK BID PACKAGE RELATED TO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Recommend approval authorizing the commencement of bidding the early site
work bid package for
OTHER INFORMATIONAL/DISCUSSION ITEMS:
- Dr. Rappold shared this month’s edition of The Board – “You
Don’t Have To Be Close
Friends, But”.
- The State of
performance audit
survey that was distributed during the meeting.
In addition, Dr. Rappold
shared the response
letter that was sent to the Auditor’s Office regarding this year’s
performance audit.
- Dr. Rappold shared information regarding the
new Shred-It Program that the district has
piloted
for the past three months. The Shred-It
program shreds paper information and
then
properly disposes of the paper products.
In addition, Shred-It recycles the paper it
collects. Dr. Rappold shared that he had received
notice that in just three months the
district
had saved over 23 trees as a result of its recycling program.
BOARD MEMBERS’ COMMENTS:
- General Discussion(s)
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Mr. Davis thanked the staff and
students once again for the results of this year’s
preliminary
test scores and state-wide report card results.
ADJOURNMENT: The Board adjourned the meeting at 8:35
p.m.
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