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Anita Osterman, President,
led the Pledge of Allegiance.
#4878
— Motion by Jim Featherstone and seconded by Phil Harmon to approve the
minutes of the special meeting of March 10, 2008. Ayes
– 6; Nays – 0. Motion carried.
#4879
— Motion by Phil Harmon and seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve the
agenda for tonight’s meeting. Ayes – 6; Nays – 0. Motion carried.
Superintendent
Kingsnorth congratulated Sarah and Marie Hruby, FFA members. He presented a Board Recognition
certificate to Sarah Hruby in recognition for placing first in the State
FFA Job Interview Contest with interviewing skills and presented Marie
Hruby a certificate in recognition for serving as an officer on the 2008-09
Michigan FFA State Officer Team.
Marie
Hruby invited Board Members to attend the Drive Your Tractor to School day March 27 at the High
School. There will be lunch (hot
dogs, chips, cookies and milk for all students and staff) from 12:00-12:45
p.m. with several different activities taking place; such as, bale toss and
a milk chugging contest. She also
thanked the Board for all that they do.
John
Kingsnorth, Superintendent
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The certified staff VSP is due April 7,
2008. To date there are four staff
members who have turned in their paperwork—with 8-10 possible.
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April 7, 2008 there is Emergency Training
scheduled at the Middle School for staff.
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The Strategies for Student Success (S3)
committees are wrapping up the end of April or the first of May.
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One group meeting will be scheduled prior to
the April 28 Board Meeting.
Jim
Hieftje, Director of Curriculum and Instruction/Quest Principal
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The Curriculum meeting for March 27 has been
cancelled. The next meeting will be
the scheduled April 25 meeting at 8:00 a.m.
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Congratulations to Marie & Sarah
Hruby. It is great seeing our kids
succeed. Marie is also in the
Pre-teaching Internship Program at the High School.
Bing Hanson Lake,
Director of Financial Services
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The proposed $216 per student allocation
from the State is not going to happen.
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We are now looking at $142 per student which
will create a possible $500,000 deficit.
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The VSP savings will help with some, but we
will know more after April 7 (deadline for the VSP) and will work on that
at that time.
#4880
— Motion by Jim Featherstone and seconded by Phil Harmon to approve the acceptance
from NCRESA the donation of technology assets (teacher laptops, mobile lab,
and classroom performance systems) purchased with the Technology Literacy
Grant from NCRESA. Ayes – 6; Nays – 0. Motion carried
#4881
— Motion by Linda Blais and seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve Board
policy section 4000 – “Business Management.” Ayes – 6; Nays – 0. Motion carried
#4882
— Motion by Jim Featherstone and seconded by Phil Harmon to approve the
2008-09 Maxwell T. Hamilton & FACF Mini-Grants. Ayes – 6; Nays – 0. Motion carried
#4883
— Motion by Jim Featherstone and seconded by Phil Harmon to go into closed
session at 7:20 p.m. in accordance with MCL 15.268 Sub-section 8(a) for the
purpose of superintendent’s evaluation and MCL 15.268 Sub-section 8(d) –
sale of property. Ayes – 6, Roll
Call Vote: Linda Blais, Anita
Osterman, Karla Gilliland, Matt Hendrie, Phil Harmon and Jim Featherstone;
Nays – 0. Motion carried.
Returned
to Open Session at 8:15 p.m.
#4884
— Motion by Jim Featherstone and seconded by Phil Harmon to approve the superintendent’s
evaluation for 2007-08. Ayes – 6, Nays
– 0. Motion carried.
#4885 — Motion by Jim Featherstone and seconded by Karla Gilliland to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 p.m. Ayes - 6; Nays – 0. Motion carried.
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