August Minutes
Clarksburg C-II School
Board of Education
Minutes
Regular Meeting
August 22, 2012
7:30 p.m
7:30 Tax Rate Hearing
An open tax rate hearing was held prior to the regular board meeting.
7:45 Establishment of Quorum
The meeting was called to order at 7:45 by President John Arnold.
Members Present: Justin Martin, Robert Potter, Brandon Klein, John Arnold, Jo Cox, Gale Hodges, and Tawnya Pace.
Also present: Casey Anderson, Julie King and Wendy Brock. Arriving at 8:00 were Ronnie Reed and Janine Brown.
A motion was made by Brandon Klein with a second by Justin Martin to approve the agenda with the addition of d. Paraprofessional under new business. Motion carried 7-0.
After review of the bills, motion was made by Tawnya Pace with a second by Gale Hodges to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried 7-0.
Comment from Public and Patrons
Julie King spoke on behalf of the teaching staff. She reported that everyone is expecting a great school year. There has been a new program introduced in the morning to provide fun educational activities for the students while waiting in the gym for classes.
Ronnie Reed stated they were there to find out about the tax rate hearing. We reviewed the information presented during the tax rate hearing.
Old Business
Mrs. Brock reported that Septagon is still looking for the best approach to fixing the building problems. Will Gallagher has been out to do a little tuckpointing but did not do a very good job. Will continue to work with Mike from Septagon to get the problem fixed as soon as possible.
New Business
Tax Rate was presented at a rate of $3.9113, divided among general fund at a rate of 3.5687 and debt service .3436. Motion was made by Robert Potter, with a second by Jo Cox to approve the tax rate as presented. Motion carried 7-0.
A sub list for the 2012-2013 school year was presented. Robert Potter made a motion, with a second by Justin Martin to approve the sub list as presented. Motion carried 7-0.
Mrs. Brock addressed the issue of the salary schedule not meeting minimum salary requirements at the master plus 10 year step. Jo Cox made a motion that we amend the salary schedule to add a stipend to meet all minimum salary requirements. Motion carried 7-0.
Mrs. Brock recommended to the board that Laura Powell be hired as the paraprofessional in the special education room. Motion was made by Justin Martin with a second by Tawnya Pace to follow this recommendation. Motion carried 7-0.
Superintendents Report
Mrs. Brock reported on the APR scores for the 2011-2012 school year. The school meet in every category with the exception of 10th grade GPA. APR scores look good; however, the APR scores are not as stringent as the previous AYP. Last month the board was presented with information as to how each class scored on MAP and how this compared to the previous year.
Enrollment information was presented. Enrollment is down from previous years. Class sized range from 2-12. With third being the smallest class and Seventh being the largest.
We have groups once again requesting the use of our facility. CCBO and the Betty Emmerick family. The board voted to allow both groups the use of the facility.
Executive Session
Board moved to executive session at 8:41.
Board returned to open session at 9:27. Brandon Klein made a motion to adjourn. Jo Cox seconded the motion. Motion carried 7-0.
