UMATILLA SCHOOL DISRICT 6R Regular Board of Directors Meeting Umatilla School District Office 7:00 PM June 14, 2012

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1 UMATILLA SCHOOL DISRICT 6R Regular Board of Directors Meeting Umatilla School District Office 7:00 PM June 14, 2012 A. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Toby Cranston called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m., and then led the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Board Members Toby Cranston, Chairman Pat Lafferty Adam Russell Scott Larson PRESENT Administrative Team Heidi Sipe, Superintendent Jody Durfey, Business Mgr. Debbie Jager, Administrative Assistant/Board Secretary Bob Lorence MHES Principal Doug Gall MHES V/Principal Dianna Veleke CBMS Principal Scott Depew UHS Principal Ryan Ferguson UHS Vice Principal David Dever - Technology Guy Jager Child Nutrition Director B. OPEN BUDGET HEARING: Chairman Toby Cranston opened the Budget Hearing at approximately 7:03 pm. There were no public comments at this time, but the hearing will remain open through agenda item F.12. C. PUBLIC INPUT: None D. PRESENTATION: 1. The Board Members presented a retirement gift to Jane Starner, Teacher for 27 years at Clara Brownell Middle School. 2. David Dever, Technology Department, presented a state of technology update. Mr. Dever presented a written report and reviewed each item listed. This included a district overview, a summary of workstation age and a course of action for upgrades. E. APPROVE AGENDA Motion: by Pat Lafferty, to approve the agenda as presented. F. ACTION ITEMS F.1 Approve Minutes Board Member, Scott Larson, noted a correction needed to be made on D.7 Adopt Policy. The motion should read Motion by Scott Larson to readopt the current policy. Motion: by Adam Russell, to approve the Minutes of May 10, 2012 as amended.

2 F.2 Approve Disbursements Motion: by Pat Lafferty, to approve the May Disbursements of $196, as presented. F.3 Approve Financial Statements Motion: by Adam Russell to approve the Financial Statements as presented. F.4 Approve Resignations and Recommendations for Hire Superintendent Sipe reviewed all the recommendations for hire with a brief biography on each candidate. The following Resignations are presented for the School Year- Ruben Garcilazo UHS Assistant Soccer Coach Lisa McElroy MHES Teacher The following recommendations for hire are presented for the school year: Julie Butorac - 4 th Grade Elem Teacher Brittany Weber K-5 Life Skills Teacher Chad Butorac UHS Science Teacher John Fisher Alt Ed. / CTE (2 periods CTE, 6 periods Alt Ed.) Pedro Ortiz Jr. UHS Assistant Soccer Coach Michael Botti Maintenance Director Extra Duty Positions A list for proposed extra duty hires was included in the board packets. Motion: by Pat Lafferty to accept the resignations and recommendations for hire for the school year as presented. F.5 Declare Surplus Items There are 1,676 books from the CBMS library being declared as surplus. The list of the books can be found at the District Office. Motion: by Scott Larson to declare the 1, 676 books from the CBMS Library as surplus. F.6 Approve Lunch Price Increase Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is mandating equality in meal pricing across the U.S. They want paid lunch prices to equal the dollar amount we are reimbursed from the Federal Government. Our District is trying to accomplish this by increasing the price of lunches in small increments. The proposed increase of.15 cents will affect the High School only at this time. The result will be as follows: $2.25 for student lunch and $3.25 for adult lunches. Motion: by Adam Russell, to approve the lunch increase as presented. F.7 Approve Food Service Bread and Dairy Bid Guy Jager, Child Nutrition Director made the following recommendations: For the Bread Bid- roll over the current contract with Franz. Franz is following the new nutritional guidelines with whole grain and less sodium. For the Dairy Bid roll over the current contract with Meadowgold. Meadowgold presented comparable pricing, provide better service and the billing process is clear and precise.

3 Motion: by Pat Lafferty, to approve Franz Bakery and Meadowgold as the Food Service Bread and Dairy suppliers. F.8 Approve the Integrated Pest Management Plan Superintendent Sipe explained that effective July 1, 2012 all public and private K-12 schools must have an Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPM) in place, have a designated IPM Coordinator, and a list of acceptable low-impact pesticides. This will be an ongoing plan which will require the Coordinator to complete at least six hours of training each year. A copy of the proposed plan was included in the Board Packets. Motion: by Scott Larson, to approve the Integrated Pest Management Plan as presented. F.9 Approve Title I School Wide Plans Superintendent Sipe explained that providing this School Wide Plan will allow our district to spend Title I dollars on all students in the district. The School Wide Plans are designed to help facilitate systemic change in the entire educational program of a high-poverty school and increase the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged students by providing better services for all students. Motion: by Pat Lafferty, to approve the Title I School Wide Plans as presented. F.10 Approve CBMS Handbook Board members discussed the subjects of false accusations, misleading information and the resulting consequences. Motion: by Pat Lafferty to approve the Clara Brownell Middle School Handbook for the school year as presented. F.11 Approve MHES Handbook Motion: by Scott Larson to approve the McNary Heights Handbook for the school year as presented. F.12 Approve Achievement Compacts Superintendent Sipe reviewed a snapshot of the components of the Achievement Compacts. During the 2012 session, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 1581, which authorizes the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB) to require school districts, education service districts, community colleges and other institutions of higher education to enter into achievement compacts with the state beginning with the school year. Achievement compacts are to be adopted by the School Board at the time they adopt their budgets and submit it back to the OEIB by July 1 of each year. A copy of the proposed achievement compact for Umatilla School District was presented to the Board. Motion: by Adam Russell to approve the Achievement Compacts for as presented. G. CLOSE BUDGET HEARING There were no public comments. Chairman Toby Cranston closed the Budget Hearing at approximately 8:07 p.m.

4 H. ADOPT BUDGET - Resolution Superintendent Sipe presented a resolution to the Board to adopt the budget; appropriate funds, impose and categorize the taxes. Motion by Pat Lafferty, second by Adam Russell to adopt the Budget of $16,957,393; impose and categorize the taxes provided in the adopted budget at the rate of $ per $1000 of assessed value for operations and in the amount of $816,000 for debt service.. I. DISCUSSIONS I.1 Discuss July Board Meeting Due to the fact that this is not a Board election year, the District is not required to have a July Board Meeting. All of July s items may be addressed during the August board meeting. After discussion, it was determined that we will not have a July meeting. The next regular meeting will be held August 9 th, I.3 Discuss OSBA Summer Board Conference The OSBA Summer Board Conference is scheduled for July 13-15, 2012 in Bend. If any Board Members are interested in attending, please let Debbie Jager know so arrangements can be made. J. Other / Board Discussion The Board members discussed gang behavior at the schools. K. Staff Recognition Superintendent Sipe publically recognized Dale and Sharon Farnsworth for their generosity toward our students and all of the beautiful work they do for our schools. L. REPORTS: The principals have written a monthly report that is included in the monthly board packet. The following is in addition to their written reports. L.1 McNary Heights Elementary School - Bob Lorence, Principal, Doug Gall V/Principal Principal Bob Lorence reported the following: 1. Currently attempting to predict the KG numbers for fall. Vice Principal, Doug Gall, reported the following: 1. Thanks to the Board, Superintendent Sipe and Mr. Lorence for bringing him back to the District. L.2 Clara Brownell Middle School Dianna Veleke, Principal Principal Dianna Veleke reported the following: 1. Excited about Google Doc s and the Calendar.

5 L.3 Umatilla High School Scott Depew, Principal, Ryan Ferguson, V/ Principal Principal Scott Depew reported the following: 1. Shared his excitement on bringing the new Science Teacher aboard. The high school can now start up a green house and add astronomy to the list of classes offered. 2. UHS Summer School begins Monday. Vice Principal Ryan Ferguson reported the following: 1. Boys and Girls Summer Basketball 2. The first football game is scheduled for August 31 st and due to the late start of school this year, school will not be in session yet. L.4 Maintenance Daryl Kepler Not in attendance L.5 District Guy Jager, Child Nutrition Director reported on the Summer Food Service Program. The program started up Monday and is serving from two sites; MHES and UHS. Currently, the total number of students served is approximately 150 and this does not include adults. Heidi Sipe, Superintendent, reported the following: 1. Acknowledged Maria Duran for assisting with communications for our district. Maria is a great asset and we truly appreciate her talents and what she brings to our district. L.6 ESD Colette Blakely, ESD Representative reported the following: 1. Inter Mountain ESD Summer Offerings. 2. This will be her last meeting of the year, thanks to everyone. M. PUBLIC INPUT Pat Lafferty, Board member, inquired about the plans the High School has for attendance issues. Principal Scott Depew reviewed the Discipline Matrix and attendance issues were addressed. N. ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:37 P.M. The next regular meeting of Umatilla School District will be held on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. Chairman Superintendent