FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING

June 12, 2017
7:00 p.m.

The Regular Board meeting of the Fremont Board of Education was called to order by President Ed Wosinski at 7:01 p.m.

Present: Ed Wosinski, Terri Blake, Crystal Calkins, Rick St. Peter and Kevin Kaastra.

Absent: Jennifer Scott; Matt Hendrie arrived at 7:29 p.m.

Ed Wosinski, President, led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Agenda

# 6306 – Motion by Rick and seconded by Terri to approve the agenda.

Ayes – 5; Nays – 0 Motion passed.

Public Participation

· None.

Recognitions/Presentations

· Andrea Wood introduced Deb Schumacher – the new Social Worker to be working at Pathfinder and Daisy Brook.

· Bob Cassiday introduced Dane Schafer who was unable to attend as a new teacher at Daisy Brook.

· Deb Wightman introduced Samantha Kempf and Matthias Stevens who will be joining the middle school staff.

· Ken Haggart introduced Sara Forman who will be joining the high school staff.

Approval of Consent Agenda Items

# 6307 – Motion by Terri and seconded by Crystal to approve the Consent Agenda items:

· Approve minutes of May 22, 2017 Regular Session Board of Education meeting.

· Approve disbursements for the month of May, 2017 in the amount of $1,785,914.92.

· Approve Schedule of 2017-18 Board of Education Meetings

Ayes – 5; Nays – 0 Motion passed

Leadership Reports

Ken Haggart, Superintendent

· Discussed the STEM program at Pathfinder and piloting another STEM program at Daisy Brook for 2017-2018.

· Discussed the Board Retreat scheduled for June 19, 2017.

· Discussed the Board picture to be taken on June 19, 2017.

· Discussed the loss of Title funds from the federal government, but increased State funding for At Risk.

Bing Hanson, Director of Finance

· Presented the Board with the 2016-2017 final budget.

· Presented the Board with a draft of the 2017-2018 budget for their review prior to the June 19, 2017 meeting.

· Election on operational millage next year.

Board Committee Reports

· Finance – Matt Hendrie, Chair – next meeting TBD

· Policy – Rick St. Peter, Chair - next meeting TBD

· Personnel – Terri Blake, Chair – next meeting TBD

· Facilities – Jen Scott, Chair – next meeting TBD

Action Agenda

# 6308 – Motion by Terri and seconded by Rick to appoint Mr. Randy Puff as the Fremont Area District Library Trustee for a 3-year term.

Ayes – 6; Nays – 0 Motion passed.

# 6309 – Motion by Matt and seconded by Crystal to approve the MHSAA 2017-18 Membership Resolution.

Ayes – 6; Nays – 0 Motion passed.

Board Communications/Discussion

· None

Adjournment

# 6310 - Motion by Rick and seconded by Matt to adjourn the meeting at 7:51 p.m.

Ayes – 6; Nays – 0 Motion passed.