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Molalla River School District
Board of Education — Minutes
Worksession
January 23, 2003
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Board
members present:
Mary Beyer, Karyn Gibbons, Ralph Gierke, Steve Kraxberger,
Deneen Munson, Jim Needham, Janette Palmer
Staff present:
Alice Ericksen/Superintendent, Pam Monte/Administrative
Assistant
Staff:
Dave Peterson, Kathy Nickoloff, Sandy Pellens, Larry Owings
Audience:
6
Vice
Chair Deneen Munson called the meeting of the Molalla River School District
Board of Education to order at 6:32 p.m. and established that a quorum was
present.
Energy
Efficiency Project
Larry
Owings introduced Dan Hand and Mitch Anderson from Viron Energy Services. They
have completed an energy audit of the district facilities. They provided the
Board with the information gathered from that audit. The Board was informed of
the resources available to help with this project. The Board learned how they
could achieve energy efficiency in our district, improve the air quality,
replace aging equipment and have a net positive cash flow of money into the
district.
At
their February meeting the Board will asked to approve the concept thus allowing
the district to go forward in developing the qualifications for the project and
moving forward with a request for proposal. Should the Board approve moving
forward with the project, the work would begin in June after school is out, and
be completed before school resumes in the fall.
Public
Comment
Dennis
Ettestead, Molalla FFA Alumni President, offered his apology for the tone of
the most recent Alumni meeting. He understands that some inappropriate comments
were made and that he was sorry that people were offended. He promised that this
type of thing would not happen again.
Susan
Gierke stated that she had made some of the remarks about the split on the
Board.
Systemic Change
Last September
the Board had the opportunity to hear a presentation from John Gardner, a
Milwaukee, Wisconsin school board member who has been leading the education
reform in his district. This is the first opportunity the Board has had to
discuss what they heard and to express their views.
Adjourn
There
being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
Chair
Superintendent
Secretary
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