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Anita Osterman,
President, led the Pledge of Allegiance.
#5186 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve the minutes of the regular meeting
of August 10, 2009 (Board Retreat). Ayes
6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5187 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve the minutes of the regular meeting
of August 31, 2009. A change was
noted and will be made. Ayes 6;
Nays 0. Motion carried
#5188 Motion by Ed Wosinski and seconded by Linda Blais to approve the
agenda for tonights meeting. Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
Liz
Luchies, Pathfinder parent, presented her
concerns regarding a request for a nut free school designation at
Pathfinder Elementary due to her sons severe allergy to nuts and peanuts. In addition, she would like the school
district to extend a comprehensive food allergy policy throughout the
entire school district.
President
Osterman requested Ms. Luchies
to send a copy of her presentation to Margaret Hillary at the Administration Building.
Teresa
(Special Education Teacher and Fremont
High School) and Kevin Caliguri
presented a preliminary proposal for a mentoring program for special
education students at Fremont
High School. Handouts
were presented to all Board members.
Rebel
Smith, FFA instructor, recognized FFA students Calvin Crowley, Joe Kotecki, Caitlin Pell and Ryan Silvernail
for their contributions as members of the 2009 FFA State Dairy Judging
Championship Team. Members of the
team were presented with Board Recognition Certificates. Upon approval of the FFA field trip
request, the team will be attending the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin
as a practice for the national contest.
Bob
McGraw and his team from Kingscott gave an
overview of the design process and update for the proposed new high school
on the recently purchased Wagenmaker property.
Jim
Hieftje, Interim Superintendent
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Finance Committee met on Friday, Sept. 11 at
8:00 .m.
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Policy Committee will be meeting Sept. 16,
at noon.
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Personnel Committee will be meeting Sept.
21, at 8:00 a.m.
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Curriculum Committee will be meeting Sept.
25, at 8:00 a.m.
Bing Hanson Lake,
Director of Finance
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Will keep Board posted on school funding
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Weekly will be giving the Board reports on
enrollment figures
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State Aid Note Chemical Bank got the bid
at 2.49%
President
Osterman informed the Board that Board agendas
will be built on what is coming out of the committee meetings. The minutes from the committee meetings
will be used as a starting point to build future Board agendas.
#5189 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve voting delegates (Linda Blais and
Anita Osterman) to attend the MASB Fall
conference October 22, 2009 at a cost not to exceed $500. Ms. Osterman
will be attending but as a director at no cost to the Fremont district. Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5190 Motion by Jim Featherstone and
seconded by Phil Harmon to approve the August invoices (Finance) for
$3,558,123.05. Ayes 6; Nays
0. Motion carried.
#5191 Motion by Jim Featherstone and
seconded by Ed Wosinski to approve the change in
location and time of the Board Meeting September 28 to the Shack Country
Inn at 5:00 p.m. at a cost not to exceed $500. It will be a joint meeting with FPS Building principals (Finance). Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5192 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve the purchase of the MacLean
Properties (Properties 31 & 32 off of Stewart) at a cost of $270,000
(Finance). Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5193 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Jim Featherstone to approve the recall of Tricia Sparks1st
Grade Teacher, Pathfinder (Personnel).
Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5194 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Ed Wosinski to approve the recall of
Dorinda Abendroth 5th grade Teacher Daisy Brook
(Personnel)(Dorinda voluntarily transferred to 2nd Grade at
Pathfinder.) Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5195 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Jim Featherstone to
approve the recall of Stephanie DeKuiper,
Part-time DK Teacher, Pine Street (Personnel). Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5196 Motion by Jim Featherstone and
seconded by Phil Harmon to approve the FFA field trip September 28-29 to Madison, WI
to attend the World Dairy Expo. Ayes
6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
#5197 Motion by Phil Harmon and
seconded by Linda Blais to go into
closed session at 8:27 p.m. in accordance with MCL 15.268 Sub-section 8(d)
to consider the purchase or lease of property. Roll call vote: Linda Blais, Karla
Gilliland, Jim Featherstone, Anita Osterman,
Phil Harmon and Ed Wosinski. Ayes 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
Returned
to Open Session at 9:30 p.m.
BOARD
COMMUNICATION -- none
#5198
Motion by Phil Harmon and seconded by Linda Blais to adjourn the meeting at
9:35 p.m. Ayes - 6; Nays 0. Motion carried.
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