February 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Mr. Chapman began his report by saying membership is the same as last month at 1,232 students.  The ag boosters recently hosted a hog jackpot at the fair barn and had 330 hogs one day and 350 the next.  It was a big show and the booster club made $8,000 on it.  One project remains at the fair barn - to replace the roof.  The booster club is willing to help with the cost of replacing the roof.  Mr. Chapman's first goal for this summer is to re-roof the middle school building.  All the paving projects on the south side of campus have been completed.  The striping still needs to be done.  Mr. Chapman has been in contact with Steven Mills, city manager, about the possibility of a resource officer at the school full time.  Mr. Mills said the city would want a three year contract due to the cost of CLEET training.  The school would be responsible for 75% of the cost of the officer which would amount to $28,000 per year.  The officer would work at the school during the school year and attend school events, and work for the Lindsay Police Department during the summer.  The city would provide the car, insurance, CLEET training, uniform, weapons, etc.  The general consensus of the board was that it would be a good idea to check into this possibility further.  Mr. Chapman reviewed the transportation report and utilities summary with board members.

Discussion:  Mrs. Boeckman reported for elementary.  They will hold parent/teacher conferences on Tuesday and Thursday of this week from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.  These conferences are very important because this is when decisions are made with parents about placement for next year if their child is not on grade level.  Thursday is Valentine's Day and Mrs. Boeckman shared that volunteers would be coming in that day to help manage the items that are delivered to the school for students.  The fifth grade social studies class will be hosting their wax museum on Thursday.  Students are assigned a character from the revolutionary war and they dress as their character and give a short talk.  There will be no school on Friday.

Discussion:  Mr. Ferguson read the names of the middle school students of the month.  Middle school students participated in the Great Kindness Challenge and we are a now a Kindness certified school.  They started week with an assembly which included a video shown to  the kids and the students were engaged.  The student council led the assembly.  The academic team competed and did well.  They will be participating in area competition.  Students participating in Special Olympics attended a competition recently.  Seventh and eighth grade boys' basketball teams won conference and the 7th grade girls' team was runner up by one game.  We hosted match play, will be hosting districts this weekend and will also host regionals.  Mr. Ferguson has received many positive comments about the arena.

Discussion:  Mr. Karpe shared the high school students of the month and mentioned Keeton Kelly was in the top 20 art students out of 2,500 entries in a competition recently.  Dovie Hines-Bakewell, art teacher, is the district teacher of the year this year.  Mr. Karpe mentioned we are definitely seeing the benefits from the new facilities.  He said this was the first time Lindsay had hosted a jackpot since he'd been here.  He also said there are no parking problems with high school students now due to the additional parking that is available.


 

Discussion:  No fund raising requests had been submitted.  No action was required on this agenda item.

Discussion:  Lacie Curry, CEO of South Central Medical Resource Center was at the meeting to discuss the possibility of a health center on campus.  All students and faculty would have access to the center, which would offer a full range of services.  They would offer physicals, vaccines, DOT physicals, drug testing, etc.  The building that previously housed the health department would be a good facility.  The building would need some work, but it is basically in good shape.  The center would be grant funded and would be able to see anyone.  There would be a sliding fee scale for services provided.  There would need to be some sort of agreement between the health center and the school district and parents would have to sign consent paperwork in order for students to be seen at the facility.  The general consensus of the board was to pursue the possibility of having the health center.  No vote was taken on this agenda item.
 

Discussion:  Teegan Smith addressed the board and shared why he would like to continue to have AP courses offered in the high school curriculum.  No vote was taken on this agenda item.

Discussion:  Jessica Parker spoke on behalf of the PASS Coalition.  Kent Turner, president and Kim Williams, treasurer were also at the meeting.  No vote was taken on this agenda item.
 

Discussion:  Board president Steve Pracht acknowledged the board's return to open session at 9:40 p.m.

Discussion:  Gena Fletcher gave the executive session minutes compliance statement, saying the board met in executive session for the purpose stated on the agenda and no vote was taken during the executive session.  

Discussion:  Mr. Chapman recommended the following be approved:  Tom Herrin, retirement at the end of the school year; Kathleen Clerc, resignation as of the end of the school year; Savannah Melton, resignation as of January 25, 2019;  Sheina Hines, resignation as of February 14, 2019; Toni Dodson, resignation as cheer sponsor.  He recommended the following administrators be employed for the 2019-20 school year:  Chuck Karpe, high school principal;  Tommy Ferguson, middle school principal;  Kim Boeckman, elementary principal; and Rick Smith, assistant elementary principal.  He also recommended hiring Alexandra Walling as agriculture education instructor, effective January 29, 2019.

Discussion:  Mr. Chapman shared with board members that he had received a resignation from Stacey Willis that morning, effective at the end of this school year.  She is currently teaching special education in middle school but would like to be considered for a regular teaching position.