Board Meeting Data

PROCEEDINGS OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING

The Delwood Board of Education met on Monday July 21, 2008 in the cafeteria of the Delwood School, Delmar, Iowa. President Rhonda Denger called the meeting to order at 5:20 PM. Directors Gerlach, Holtz, Filloon, Denger and Kinrade answered roll call. Also present were Superintendent Goodall and Board Secretary Goodenow.

Administrator’s Report: Superintendent Goodall presented the annual application to provide the breakfast/lunch program, with Rhonda Denger as the hearing officer. She also reviewed the Fiscal Management Conference she attended in Ames. They provided great updates on the legislation that was passed as well as what they are seeing as the political future of education. Mrs. Goodall updated the board on the summer work projects: carpets have been installed in both the Childcare room and the new 4th grade classroom. The air conditioning project is completed, tested and working well. Classrooms have been cleaned and furniture and equipment have been moved to their new locations. Teachers have been working to get their rooms organized for the start of the school year. The 2007/2008 staff salaries have been published in the local newspaper as required. Sue informed the board of new legislation requiring Teacher Quality money to be shared with our whole grade sharing agreement on a per pupil basis. We are waiting for the DE to allocate these funds before we move ahead with an amendment to our 28E agreement with the Maquoketa District

Board Reports/Requests: There were none.

General Business of the Board

5.1    Director Holtz moved and Director Filloon seconded to approve the agenda; minutes of June 23, 2008; claims totaling $304,493.37; the transfer of $3100 from the general fund to the nutrition to cover the deficit for 2007/2008, financials for June; contract with Stacy Simmons as our new preschool associate; contract with Helen Snell as our curriculum advisor and second evaluator for all of our individual professional development plans; resignation of Holly McCreedy as guidance counselor contingent upon finding a suitable replacement and her requirement to pay advertising costs for finding that replacement; appointment of Sue Goodall and Helen Snell to the Teacher Quality Committee which will decide professional development focus, check individual career development needs and accomplishments, recommend any Market Factor payments, etc. and an open enrollment in for Gabriel Hagemann. 5/0, motion approved.
5.2    Director Gerlach moved and Director Filloon seconded to accept the escalating milk bid from A&E, the garbage bid from Allied Waste, and the diesel fuel bid from Bowman Oil Company (the board called the fuel companies for current prices during the board meeting to do a comparison for making their decision). 5/0, motion approved.
5.3    Director Kinrade moved and Director Holtz seconded to set student milk prices as twenty-five cents for the 2008-2009 school year. 5/0, motion approved.
5.4    Director Filloon moved and Director Kinrade seconded to set prices for student breakfast at $1.15, for student lunch at $1.75, adult breakfast at $1.45, adult lunch at $2.35 for the 2008-2009 school year. 5/0, motion approved.
5.5    Director Kinrade moved and Director Filloon seconded we accept the 2008-2009 student/parent handbook. 5/0, motion approved.
5.6    Director Filloon moved and Director Gerlach seconded to approve the updated Title I policy and parent compact for the 2008-2009 school year. 5/0, motion approved.
5.7    Director Holtz moved and Director Filloon seconded we submit items 14, 15, 4, 6 and 19 to IASB to be a part of their next Legislative Platform. 5/0, motion approved.
•    14 – Supports setting allowable growth at a rate that encourages continuous school improvement and reflects actual cost increases experienced by school districts. The allowable growth rate should be set no lower that 6%. Equivalent state categorical funding is not a substitute for adequate allowable growth.
•    15 – Supports a school foundation formula that recognizes and adequately funds changes in demographics, including declining and increasing enrollment challenges.
•    4 - Support the development, by the Iowa Department of Education, of rigorous content standards, consistent with the Iowa Model Core Curriculum, that set high expectations for student learning while providing flexibility and supports to local school districts in delivering on those high expectations, including the following state actions:
o    Provisions of state technical assistance to help districts fully implement the model core curriculum.
o    Develop or obtain high-quality assessments to measure rigorous standards. IASB supports assessment systems that measure student growth for all students, also know as value-added growth or gain, to improve student outcomes by driving professional development, teacher and administrator evaluation, and school improvement decisions.
o    Supports research-based professional development that provides teachers with the training, supports and time to work together so that they can successfully teach a rigorous curriculum to all students.
Academic content standards addressed in legislation must include and fund all the components of successful standards systems, namely, high expectations, alignment with assessments, improved and aligned instruction and quality professional development.
    The impact on the student achievement of Iowa students should be the primary consideration of any state action.
•    6 – Supports the creation of an additional funding mechanism for school districts’ transportation costs that does not directly or indirectly impact funding for the educational program.
•    19 – Supports the locally elected school board as the final authority to utilize and allocate funding that best meets the needs of students and the district.
5.8    Second Reading of Series 400, 401 and 402 Policies (The 400’s deal with employee issues, including employee complaints, equal employment opportunity, credit cards, transporting students by employees, gifts to employees, etc.
5.9    Director Filloon moved and Director Gerlach seconded to approve the 403(b) contract with the State of Iowa in accordance with the requirements of SF 2424 (2008) in conjunction with the Delwood Education Association approval. 5/0, motion approved.
5.10    It was the consensus of the board that the closed session for Superintendent Evaluation was not necessary.

Correspondence Items: Thank you from Chelsea Adrian for her Wendel Scholarship. Thank you from Bernie’s Heating and Air-Conditioning for allowing them to install our air-conditioning system. An Invitation from IASB Legislative Advocacy Skills for School Board Members – August 30 at Eldridge.

There were not any audience requests or comments on any of the preceding items.

President Denger adjourned the meeting at 6:25 PM.

Submitted by Jane L. Goodenow, Board Secretary