SMITHVILLE I.S.D. BOARD
BRIEFS
FEBRUARY 18, 2002
The Smithville I.S.D. Board of Trustees met in regular session on
Monday, February 18 2002 beginning at 6:00 P.M. Items
discussed or acted on by members included the following:
A.
Communications from the Public
1.
Communications from the Public –
The Board heard from several members of the public on various issues. Melvin Melcher spoke regarding the win/loss
records of coaches, Janice Rogers addressed the Board in favor of renewing
administrator’s contracts to promote consistency, Crystal Williamson spoke in support
of Coach Wade Birchum, and Lois Van Hoose commended the Board for adding soccer to the
athletic program, requested them to revisit the block schedule and possibly discontinue
the seven-period day, and expressed her displeasure in the current parking situation at
the high school. Finally, the Board heard
from Thomas Hancock who spoke in support of high school principal Athena Caroselli.
At this time, the Board moved to agenda item #14.
14. Consideration of Bids and Contracts for construction
of the new field-house –
The school district and
construction manager Sam Best have followed all legal requirements for bidding on contracts for construction of a new
field-house. Bid closing was Thursday
afternoon. Mr. Best has evaluated the bids
received and provided the bid tab and results to the Board along with his recommendations
for contracts. Peggy Walicek made a motion to
award bids as listed on the bid tab with the exception that the carpentry will be re-bid. Mike Wittrock seconded, and the motion carried
7-0.
B.
Consent Agenda
Consent Agenda - Mike Wittrock motioned to
approve items 2 through 6 as listed on the Consent Agenda.
Mike Morgan seconded, and the motion carried 7-0. The Consent Agenda
consisted of the following:
2.
Minutes of the January 22, 2002 regular board
meeting the January 29, 2002 special board meeting, the February 4, 2002 special board
meeting and the February 11, 2002 special board meeting
3. Disbursements
for the month of January 2002
4. Financial
Statements for January 2002
5. Investment
Report
6. Tax
Collection Report
C.
Reports and Information Items
7.
Board Member Appointments with Interim
Superintendent – The Board employed Mr. Charles Uselton on February 4, 2002
as interim superintendent. Mr. Uselton has
requested a schedule of individual appointments with each board member to get to know them
better and to listen to their individual perspectives on the school district.
8.
Superintendent Search Process –
In order to establish the process that the school board is going to use to select the next
superintendent for the school district, at this time the Board called for a special
meeting on February 25, 2002 at 6:00 p.m.
9.
Report on Curriculum alignment and improvement
projects – The Board has requested a report on curriculum alignment and
improvement activities currently occurring within our district. Mr. Thornell, along with Darnell Schreiber,
Director of Curriculum and Instruction, provided the Board with a report on district-wide
curriculum alignment issues and instruction improvement initiatives.
10. Report
on the role of the school resource officers – The Board has requested a
report on the operation of the school resource officer program, specifically the role and
responsibilities as well as operational practices. Included
in the board packet was a copy of the memorandum of understanding between the City of
Smithville and the School District, which outlines the roles and responsibilities for the
SRO program. Mr. Thornell gave the Board an
overview of the program, and the principals, Chief Lee Nusbaum, and Officer Jeff Farmer
was present at the meeting to discuss the operational practices being used in our schools.
11. Report
on Board member’s continuing education hours – Board Policy BBD [Legal]
requires the Board President to announce the name of each Board member who has completed
the required continuing education, who has exceeded the required hour of continuing
education and who is deficient in the required continuing education. The following board members have exceeded the
required continuing education hours: Craig Williams, Mike Wittrock, Linda Rooks, Peggy
Walicek, and Mike Morgan. The following board
members have not completed the required continuing education hours: Howard Burns and Mike
Davis.
12. Tentative
March Agenda Items – The tentative agenda items for the March board meeting
are:
a.
Teacher Contract Review/Renewals
b. Approve
Textbook Selection
13. Call
for election of board members place 1 and 2 – School Board members serve
three-year staggered terms of office. Each
year the Board must call an election to elect places whose three year term is expiring. The Election Code section 41.001 requires that
elections for trustees for school districts will occur on the first Saturday in May. This year two places are up for election. They are:
Place 1 – currently held by Mike Davis
Place 2 – currently held by Peggy Walicek
Mike Wittrock made a motion to call for
election of Places 1 and 2 on May 4, 2002 and approve the list of judges, alternates,
early voting ballot board, early voting clerk and polling places. Peggy Walicek seconded, and the vote passed 7-0.
At this time, 8:42 p.m., the Board
adjourned to executive session. They returned
at 10:15 p.m. with no official action taken.
15a.Resignation of other
professional personnel – Mr. Thornell advised the board of the resignation of Athena Caroselli, high school
principal.
15b.Review performance
evaluations of administrative personnel – Board Policy
DNB [Legal] requires that
administrative personnel be formally appraised annually.
The superintendent evaluates all administrative personnel and has conducted
formal evaluations with all administrators. The superintendent briefed the Board in closed
session regarding the performance evaluations of the administrative staff of the school
district.
15c.Consideration of contracts for administrative
personnel – Craig Williams entered a
motion to award one year contracts to the following administrators:
Sharon Eaves – Director of Business
Darnell Schreiber
– Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
Deborah Mayer –
Director of Special Programs
Judy Enis –
Director of Special Education
Jimmy Trousdale –
Junior High Principal
Sheri Lehnick –
Elementary Principal
Karen Scherrer –
Brown Primary Principal
Chery Burns –
Junior High Assistant Principal
And two year contracts to the following:
Mickey Jack Wilson – High School Assistant Principal
Barbara Puyear –
Elementary Assistant Principal
Nina Brinker –
Brown Primary Assistant Principal
Peggy Walicek seconded the motion, and it
carried 7-0.
16.
Adjournment – The Board adjourned
its meeting at 10:17 p.m.