INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 477
REGULAR BOARD MINUTES
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
Call to order and Pledge of Allegiance The regular meeting of the School Board of District #477 was called to order by Chair Deb Ulm on the 3rd of February, at 7:00 p.m. in the District Office Board Room. Roll Call: Members Present: Craig Johnson, Jeremy Miller, Eric Minks, Chuck Nagle, Deb Ulm, Howard Vaillancourt, and Chad Young. Members Absent: None. Others present: Superintendent Julia Espe, Director of Business Services Michelle Czech, Director of Human Resources Stacie Vos, Director of Community Education Gwen Anderson, and the Director of Teaching and Learning Julie Williams. Student Council Representative: Melinda Meyer
Citizen Comments: Elaine Philippi addressed the board regarding the decision to close school board committee meetings.
Reports: Howard Vaillancourt: Project Oversight and the Community Education Advisory meeting.
Craig Johnson: Meet and Confer Committee meeting. Chad Young: Attended two 7th grade basketball games, and the Middle School Deep Portage trip.
Eric Minks: Finance meeting. Jeremy Miller: Insurance Broker interviews, and the Finance meeting. Deb Ulm: Meet & Confer, Project Oversight, Agenda Planning, Planning Commission Public Hearing, Insurance Broker Interviews, and the Finance committee meeting.
Student Council Report: Snow Daze went well and the council members are getting ready for the annual student council conference in two weeks. Superintendent Report: Superintendent Espe received a letter from one of our 5th grade students requesting the district to consider a field house for the district.
APPROVE AGENDA Motion made by Craig Johnson, and seconded by Howard Vaillancourt, to approve the agenda. Motion passed unanimously.
DISCUSS and ACT on PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING MINUTES Motion by Chad Young, and seconded by Craig Johnson, to approve the January 20, 2014 Regular Board meeting minutes as presented. Motion passed unanimously.
CONSENT AGENDA Motion made by Howard Vaillancourt, and seconded by Chad Young, to approve the consent agenda items: Personnel, Open Enrollments, Field Trips, and Gifts. Motion passed unanimously.
INFORMATION: Health Insurance Review: Director of Human Resources Stacie Vos provided the board with information about the district interviewing health insurance brokers. Administrators will provide the board with the selected broker at the February 17, 2015 board meeting. A board member advised the district to include a staff person from each of the bargaining groups in the health advisory committee.
First Readings of Policies: #214, 415, 503, 522, 595, 709, 806 Each policy contained minimal changes the district followed MSBAs suggested changes.
Policy Update – #299 School Board Member Compensation and Expenses The recommendation from the committee was to retain the policy as presented in the 2nd reading at the January 20, 2015 board meeting.
*Budget Boot Camp Superintendent Dr. Espe provided a handout to the board which encompassed the initiative ideas and whole group ideas for recruiting and retaining students. An area the team is looking at is bringing our outside services back into the district.
*School Reports by the Principals Each building Principal provided the board with a mid-year progress report of the programs and academics in their schools.
Naming of the new school The administrators of the district provided the board with suggestions for the new elementary school building name and a change of name for North Elementary.
Princeton Primary for the new South Elementary school and North Elementary would change to Princeton Intermediate. The board suggested that the administrators make the decision on the new school name.
ACTION ITEMS *Budget Parameters – Motion by Howard Vaillancourt, and seconded by Craig Johnson, to approve the budget parameters as presented for building the 2015-16 budget. Motion passed 6:1. Board Member Chuck Nagle opposed.
MEETINGS TO BE SET None ADDITIONS TO AGENDA None – ADJOURN – The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 p.m.
* Indicates additional information and handouts from the meeting can be found at www.princeton.k12.mn.us under the meeting agenda access link and then by selecting the February 3, 2015, regular board meeting agenda.
Recorder: Bridget Sorensen
Published in the
Princeton Union Eagle
February 26, 2015
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