April 16 Regular Minutes

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 299
Abbreviated Board
Regular Meeting Minutes
April 16, 2018

The Board of Education of Independent
School District No. 299, Caledonia, Minnesota, met in a regular school board meeting
in the Middle/High School Media Center.
The meeting was called to order by Chair
Kelley McGraw at 6:00 p.m. The Pledge
of Allegiance was said. The school board
members present were Jared Barnes, Melissa Marschall, Emily McGonigle, Kelley McGraw, Jimmy Westland, and Spencer Yohe.
Also present were Ben Barton, Gina Meinertz, Mary Morem, Nancy Runningen, Karen
Schiltz, Jean Klinski, Deb Cody, Brad Harguth, Janelle Field Rohrer and Joe Ruskey
from Dependable Solutions. Absent were
student school board representatives Isabell
Allen and Roy Kerrigan. Moved by Spencer
Yohe, seconded by Emily McGonigle to approve the agenda as amended to include a
0.01 FTE increase for elementary music. Motion carried by a unanimous vote. Moved by
Jared Barnes, seconded by Spencer Yohe to
approve the following consent agenda items:
approval of March 19, 2018, regular school
board meeting minutes; approval of the electronic transfers and bills due and payable
amounting to $1,622,141.64 including check
numbers 62978 through 63111 along with
electronic transfers from MSDLAF to Merchants Bank in the amount of $800,000.00;
approve the medical leave of absence from
Michelle Anderson as the head girls’ softball coach beginning April 13, 2018, for the
remainder of the 2017-2018 school year;
approve the request from Angela TenKley
for a part-time teaching position for the
2018-2019 school year; ratify the hiring of
Michaela Riepl as full-time special education
teacher beginning March 23, 2018, through
June 1, 2018, at a BA/0 at $10,197.39; ratify
the hiring of Justin Bergeron as a temporary technology support specialist beginning April 9, 2018, through June 1, 2018, at
$14.00 per hour; approve students to attend
the Minnesota State FFA Convention trip on
April 22, 2018, through April 24, 2018, and
approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the Caledonia Chapter of the River
Valley Education Association relating to the
extra-curricular salary schedules (Appendix
C and Appendix D) to reflect a 0% salary increase for the 2017-2018 school year and a
5% salary increase for the 2018-2019 school
year. Motion carried by a unanimous vote.
Member Emily McGonigle introduced the
resolution for the Termination and Non-Renewal of a Probationary Teacher for Rebecca
Swedberg and moved its adoption. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Jimmy
Westland. Upon vote being taken thereon,
the following voted in favor thereof: Jared
Barnes, Melissa Marschall, Emily McGonigle, Kelley McGraw, Jimmy Westland, and
Spencer Yohe. The following voted against
the same: None. Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
Moved by Jared Barnes, seconded by Emily
McGonigle to approve the FTE changes for
the 2018-2019 school year as presented.
Motion carried by a unanimous vote. Superintendent Barton informed the board that
just recently one applicant came forward for
the open board position. Director Barnes
and himself had the opportunity to talk with
her. Director Barnes informed the board that
the applicant’s name is Wendy Woyczik, and
he felt she would be a very good candidate
to fill this position on the board. Moved by
Jared Barnes, seconded by Emily McGonigle
to appoint Wendy Woyczik as our new board
member. Motion carried by a unanimous
cote. Moved by Emily McGonigle, seconded
by Jimmy Westland to approve the administrative recommendations for guidelines for
class sizes as presented. Motion carried by
a unanimous vote. Moved by Spencer Yohe,
seconded by Emily McGonigle to adjourn
the meeting at 6:59 p.m. Motion carried by a
unanimous vote.
These minutes are only a summary and
complete minutes are available at the school
district office or on the school district website at www.cps.k12.mn.us
Published in
The Caledonia Argus
May 30, 2018
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