WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 404 DIRECTOR'S MEETING MINUTES
February 13, 2012 6:00PM Regular Meeting-District Meeting Room
MEMBERS PRESENT
Jim Bays, Janice Watts, Bill Woodard, Tina Cayton, Jeremy Stuart, Katie Longrie-Student Representative, Michael Green-Secretary and Tegan Steen-Recording Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT
Deb Kernen, Cari Thomson, Doug Nichols, Chris Wiseman, Stacy Brown, Dan Uhlenkott, Mark Houk, Asha Riley, Todd Cloud and Scott Landrigan.
MINUTES
Tina Cayton moved to approve the January 23, 2012 regular meeting minutes. Jeremy Stuart聽 yesTina Cayton聽 yesBill Woodard聽 yes Janice Watts聽 yes carried
REPORTS TO THE BOARD
Student Representative ReportKatie Longrie reported that last Friday, there was a good turn-out at the WPS movie night. The WPS has new school sweatshirts and T-shirts, with their new logo.聽 The High School staff encouraged students to vote.聽 The Be the Change Club had the second reading and approval of their new constitution.聽 The Mountain Bike Club and Trap Shooting Club had their first reading of their constitution.
Bill Woodard said he was happy to hear about Jennifer Cullison's AP classes that were approved for CTE credit by the State, and that the Robotics team won first place in innovative solution for the food preservation research project.
Janice Watts asked Asha about how many students take the end of course math exam for the second time. Asha said that there were 20 students and TEAM, and John said there were about 65 at the High School. John said that this is due to various reasons and that because the credit is spread over two years.
Bill asked if Asha was recruiting for LRA students. She said that she has advertised and the enrollment is a little slower at the moment, but she feels it will pick up in March when more families start thinking about what they want to do about next year. It's still early for some families to be thinking about school next year.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
Michael Green said the WHS received congratulations from OSPI for being a recipient of the Washington Achievement Award, celebrating top performing schools in the State. John was researching the School's award and found that WPS was listed as an exemplary school.
CORRESPONDENCE
The Board received letters from NEWS about the McLeary Decision. Michael said that it appears the legislature is paying attention. He is hopeful that the decision may mitigate impacts of upcoming budget cuts. Paul Huddleston wrote Steve Hansen a thank you letter for his years of service. The Board received a congratulations letter from OSPI for being a recipient of the Washington Achievement Award.
Tina Cayton said that she heard negative comments about the WPS restrooms. Michael said that he discussed the restrooms with Bill Hanson. Michael was sent pictures from Bill from the High School restrooms, where the new stalls had been ruined. They are working to do what they can to keep restrooms nice, but restroom users need to work on this also. Mark Houk said that the WPS restrooms are old and over-used. Michael said that Bill Hanson is focusing on this area, but it is a challenge.
CITIZENS REQUESTS
None.
BOARD REPORTS AND REQUESTS
Jim Bays asked Michael if he would be going to Kelso for results of the election tomorrow night. Michael said that he will monitor election results online.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
CTE UpdateMichael said that when the Assistant Superintendent position was removed, other staff took on many of the pieces. Cari Thomson took a big piece, which was the CCTE piece (formerly CTE). She has done a fantastic job of upgrading the program and making sure that it is in compliance. Cari gave the Board an update of her progress with the program. Michael said that he cannot emphasize enough how much Cari has done for the program.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Bond Issue Planning Discussion At the last meeting, the Board had questions about restricting the use of bond funds so that either bonds would not be sold, or issued bonds would be paid off early should proceeds not be needed for the proposed scope of the projects in the April 17th bond request. Michael discussed this with Faith Pettis, the bond attorney, Mark Prussing, the financial advisor, and Jim Bays. Based on the discussion, Michael is recommending a solution with a resolution (No. 2555) that addresses the issues. The Board discussed the options and decided to add the resolution as an action item on the agenda this evening.
CONSENT AGENDA
Bill Woodard moved to approve the consent agenda.
Jeremy Stuart聽 yesTina Cayton聽 yes Bill Woodard聽 yes Janice Watts聽 yes聽 carried
ACTION ITEMS
Resolution No. 2553-Special Election Resolution-General Obligation BondsThe Board discussed the resolution.
Bill Woodard moved to approve Resolution No. 2553-General Obligation Bonds as presented.
Jeremy Stuart聽 yesTina Cayton聽 yes Bill Woodard聽 yesJanice Watts聽 yes Jim Bays聽 yes聽 carried
Resolution No. 2554-2011-2013 Energy Operational Savings Project Grants Stacy Brown said that OSPI has funding available for energy grants. The District will need an energy audit as part of the grant process. This resolution is a letter of intent that OSPI needs to get the process started.
Janice Watts moved to approve Resolution No. 2554-2011-2013 Energy Operational Savings Project Grants.
Jeremy Stuart聽 yesTina Cayton聽 yesBill Woodard聽 yesJanice Watts聽 yes carried
Resolution No. 2555-Bond SaleThis is the resolution that was discussed earlier in the evening that the Board added to the agenda regarding Bond Sale.
Tina Cayton moved to approve Resolution No. 2555-Bond Sale as corrected.
Jeremy Stuart聽 yesTina Cayton聽 yesBill Woodard聽 yesJanice Watts聽 yesJim Bays聽 yes聽 carried
EXECUTIVE SESSION
President, Jim Bays,聽recessed the meeting into executive session at 7:04pm for approximately 15 minutes, to discuss matters allowed under 42.30.110(1)(g), with no action to be taken upon return.
President, Jim Bays,聽reconvened the meeting into regular session at 7:17pm.
ADJOURNMENT
President, Jim Bays, adjourned the meeting of the Board of Directors at 7:23pm.
ATTEST:
_______________________________ Secretary to the Board
WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #404 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
____________________________________ President
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