SPECIAL SESSION

OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE

COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SOUTH TAMA COUNTY

 

 

The Board of Directors of the Community School District of South Tama County met in the Administrative Office, Tama, Iowa on February 05, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

 

On call of the roll the following were present:    Alan Upah

                                                                        Donald Wacha

                                                                        Margaret Kubik

                                                                        Ron Hala

Member Absent: Jackie Dvorak

 

Others present: Larry Molacek, Greg Darling, Steve Burr, Mark Fetter, Dallas Wiese, Gary Zmolek, Betty Santema, Deb Plantz, Mike Wedmore, Joyce Wiese from the local newspaper and other interested citizens.

 

Moved by Kubik, seconded by Hala, to approve the agenda as presented. All ayes.

 

Moved by Kubik, seconded by Hala, to approve the minutes of the 01/15/2007 regular session, bills and financial reports as presented. All ayes.

 

The Title I committee presented an updated Title I plan to the School Board. The Title I committee members are Ms. Kelly, Mrs. Scheuerman, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Stonewall, Mrs. Montiaque, and Mr. Eisenbarth. They stated that the STC Elementary building is a school wide Title I building. This means that all students are considered Title I student and can receive assistance from the Title I program. Program presented to School Board no action needed.

 

Vicki Riha, Dawn Henley and Karen Johnson were present to discuss the Points of Pride activities that are occurring at the Chelsea Elementary building. The kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd graders teachers at Chelsea are using the Character Counts Curriculum. The teachers shared what they have done in regard to caring, this month’s character pillar.

 

Mr. Eisenbarth told the school board that he has organized a committee to review the current early childhood program. He stated the committee would be made up of approximately 15 members from the community, teaching staff, and parents.

 

Moved by Kubik, seconded by Wacha, to approve the following resignations and contracts as presented:

Resignations:

A.             Steve Burr:                   Resignation/Early retirement

B.             Sheryl Arp:                   High School Spec. Education Aide

New Contracts or Hires:

A.         Samantha Birky:           Elementary Special Education

B.         Jan Bellus:                   High School Aide

All Ayes.

 

Moved by Hala, seconded by Kubik, to approve early graduation for Holly Shepard and Gabriela Martinez. All ayes.

 

Moved by Wacha, seconded by Kubik, to approve a perpetual easement to the City of Tama for the right to enter South Tama School District property for the purpose of installing, repairing, and replacing water and sewer lines as needed at the described location.

 

 

Moved by Kubik, seconded by Wacha, to approve the construction of a restroom on the first floor of the Intermediate education facility and authorize the purchase of security cameras for the facility. Total estimated cost is $15,000.00. All ayes.

The High School Language Arts program requested that the School Board authorize the hiring of an additional Language Arts teacher. Reasons, for the additional position is to decrease class size to fewer then 20 students per class, because half of the sophomores who are considering entering college scored below entry standards and other reasons provided by the Language Arts program. Estimated cost of new position is $45,000.00. No action taken. Tabled until the next scheduled meeting.

 

Routine action Items: None

 

Public Comments: Dallas Wiese, presented the school board with a list of written, comments and questions in regard to the closing of the primary building. He stated that he want the School Board to investigate all possibilities before the building is demolished.

Mike Wedmore asked why is money being spent on the Intermediate facility when there is a need for an expanded Pre-School program and Language Arts Teacher?

 

Discussion Items:

Discussed early graduation requests by Apollo Davenport and Tristan Ressler.

 

Old/new business: None

 

Superintendent’s Report:

Mr. Molacek handed out a draft of the 2007-2008 South Tama school calendar. He stated that it is a preliminary calendar. He asked the members to review the calendar and contact him if they have any comments.

 

Moved by Wacha, seconded by Kubik, to adjourn at 9:15 p.m. All ayes.

 

Next meeting scheduled for 02/19/2007 at 7:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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Alan Upah, Board President Date              Mark Fetter, Board Secretary Date