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Molalla River
School District
Board of Education — Minutes
Special
Meeting/Worksession
April 24, 2003
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Board
members present: Mary Beyer,
Karyn Gibbons, Ralph Gierke, Steve Kraxberger,
Deneen Munson, Jim Needham, Janette Palmer
Staff present:
Pam
Monte/Administrative Assistant
Audience:
Chair
Janette Palmer called the meeting of the Molalla River School District Board of
Education to order at 6:36 p.m. and established that a quorum was present.
Supplemental
Budget 2002-03
Dave Peterson,
Business Manager, stated that this resolution is a follow-up to on the action
taken by the Board at the January 9, 2003 meeting that allowed the Molalla River
School District to participate in the OSBA Pooled Pension Bond program.
M03-71
A motion was made by Mr. Needham, seconded by Mrs. Beyer, that the Board
of
Education approve Resolution R22—008 Debt Service Funds Supplemental
Budget for 2002-03 resolution adopting the budget and making appropriations.
Motion passed 6-0 (Kraxberger abstaining)
Request From Retiring Teachers
At the April 10 meeting, the Board received a request from teachers
intending to retire June 1,
2003. They were asking the Board to grant a one time exception and only require
5 days substitute obligation in exchange for the retirement stipend.
Kathy
Nickoloff provided the Board with information as to the savings the retired
teachers bring to the District in the form of their substituting in exchange for
their retirement stipend. These 9 teachers will save the District approximately
$43,279 over the next 7 years.
The
Board stated that all retired teachers should be on every teacher's preference
list when needing a substitute so that they fulfill their commitment to the
district.
M03.-72 A
motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mrs. Gibbons that the Board
of Education approve the list of retiring teachers presented at the April 24,
2003 meeting and grant a one time exception as stated in Article 21 section H
of the district's retirement program and allow them to only be obligated to
provide the District with 5 days of substituting each year, with the
understanding that they do complete their obligation to remain until the end
of the school year. Passed unanimously. 7-0
Policy
Committee Report
Mr. Needham had requested a report from the policy committee as to why they
were not recommending revisions to policies DA - Fiscal Management Goals, DB -
School District Budget and DBB -
Fiscal Year, as he had recommended.
Mr. Kraxberger stated that according to policy BFC - Adoption and Revision of
Policies that
the
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April 24, 2003 - Minutes
Board of
Education will appoint a policy committee, which will review all policy
additions, deletions and changes prior to presentation to the entire Board. Upon
review of the mentioned policies, the committee did not feel that the District
was in a position to implement the policies as proposed by Mr. Needham. At this
time Mr. Kraxberger proposed that the Board revise policy BFC and add that the
Committee will determine the policies necessity for proposal to the Board. Any
Board member may refer a policy to committee for review. He asked that this
revision be considered as a first reading at this time.
It
was agreed that after the committee reviews any policy, whether it is
recommended for revision or not, it will be placed on the agenda and a report
from the committee given.
M03-73
A motion was made by Mr. Kraxberger, seconded by Mr. Gierke to approve
the first reading of the revision made to policy BFC - Adoption and Revision
of Policies. Passed unanimously. 7-0
M03-74
A motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mrs. Munson that the Board
of Education accept the recommendation of the Policy Committee not to
change policy DA - Fiscal Management Goals at this time. Motion passed 6-1
(Needham opposing)
Board
members agreed that going to a multi-year budget is a goal of the District and
is a part of
systemic change but we must first implement systemic change before modifying
our policies.
M03-75
A motion was made by Mr. Kraxberger, seconded by Mrs. Beyer that the
Board of Education accept the recommendation of the Policy Committee not to
change policies DB - School District Budget, and DBB - Fiscal Year at this time.
Motion passed. 6-1 (Needham opposing)
M03-76
A motion was made by Mr. Gierke, seconded by Mrs. Beyer that the Policy
Committee review the policies pertaining to the budget process. Passed
unanimously. 7-0
Property Appraisals
Chair Palmer asked that this topic be tabled to the May 8 meeting. Mrs.
Beyer announced that her husband has offered to look at the last timber cruise
for the Buckner Creek property and refigure the dollars for the District. He
would not charge for this service.
Public Comment
Craig Loughridge, parent, asked
what will happen to the surplus of revenue and what will happen for the rest of
the year. Chair Palmer stated that this must be a collaborative decision between
the Board and all our employee groups. Mr. Loughridge stated that this should
also involve the community.
Marilyn Daily, patron,
suggested that we look at 4-day workweeks and ask patrons if they want to pay
for busing.
Anna Waters, teacher, asked the
Board to consider investing the special education dollars to back into the
special education area so that we can help to prevent disabilities in our
student's early years. For example these dollars could help to fund an all day
kindergarten for our Title I students.
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Carrie
West asked if the Board has a timeline for deciding whether they are going
to add back
days. (The Board does not have a timeline)
Pat
Jackson, Director of Supported Education, reported that the District applied
for the additional funds for our special ed. students in January. On March 7 the
District was informed that we would be receiving funding for an additional 35
students but they did not give the amount or when we might receive the funding.
Mr.
Loughridge asked why the District's books were not reconciled for five
months. Chair Palmer responded that this has been completed and we will keep
current from now on.
ADJOURN
There being no further business to
discuss, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. and the Board went into executive
session.
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