Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board Regular Meeting March 21, :00 p.m. Conference Room

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1 Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board Regular Meeting March 21, :00 p.m. Conference Room 1. President Laib called the regular meeting of the Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room on Monday, March 21, Directors present were Presser, Sondrol, Wagner, Britton, Maxwell, Freeman via Conference Call. Superintendent: Dick Schaffan Principal: Sheila Schlafmann Activities Director: Kurt Ziebarth Business Manager: Susan Davis. Guests: Allan Tinker, Diane Cullum, Kylie Reiser, Victoria Andrus, Michelle Anseth. Lisa Lelm, Sue Reiser Britton moved to approve the agenda as presented, Presser seconded the motion. Motion Carried. 2. Sondrol moved to approve the minutes of the February 15, 2016 regular meeting as mailed out, Financial Report and the Payment of Bills as presented, Wagner seconded the motion. Motion Carried. 3. Old Business: a) Technology Committee meeting report was given to the Board by committee members. b) Annual School Board Election on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 to vote on: aa. Four members within the boundaries of the Turtle Lake-Mercer School District for a 4 year term. bb. The question of whether or not to publish the school board proceedings in the official newspaper of the district for the next two years. Polls will be open at 7:00 AM and shall remain open until 7:00 PM. Polls will be located in the Turtle Lake Legion Hall and the Mercer City Hall. c) Reviewed school calendar for the school year. Laib moved to approve the School Calendar for as presented with a start date of August 24, 2016 and end date of May 25, 2017, Presser seconded the motion. Motion Carried d) Pre-K Program-Update given to the Board on the progress that is being made on the Memorandum of Understanding and the application/notification process. e) Superintendent Evaluation process has been completed with Supt. Schaffan receiving a satisfactory evaluation. Maxwell moved to approve the Superintendent Evaluation as presented, Sondrol seconded the motion. Motion Carried. f) Senior Trip-Kylee Reiser and Victoria Andrus presented an itinerary for the Senior trip leaving Friday, April 29, and returning Sunday, May 1. Presser moved to approve the Senior Trip as presented, Sondrol seconded the motion. Motion Carried. 5. New Business: a) State Required Three and Five Year Plan-Public meeting will be held prior to the May Board Meeting with the goal to have the plan ready for approval at the June Board Meeting. b) Special Education Extended School Year-Sondrol moved to approve the Special Education Extended School Year Program with Kara Smalls as instructor as presented, Maxwell seconded the motion. Motion Carried. c) Title I Summer School-Currently there is no funding in the budget for this, however there is a plan to reallocate SES funds for this program. A budget revision by Mr. Schaffan will be made to make this possible. d) Resignations

2 aa. Ms. Amy Lee-Maxwell moved to approve the resignation of Ms. Amy Lee as Vocational Education Instructor, effective at the conclusion of her contract, Presser seconded the motion. Motion Carried. bb. Ms. Adra Johnson-Sondrol moved to approve the resignation of Ms. Adra Johnson as 3 rd Grade Teacher, effective at the conclusion of her contract, Maxwell seconded the motion. Motion Carried. cc. Board was informed that no formal resignation has been given by Ms. Lori Beth Patterson, Science Instructor. Position is now open as no signed returned contract has been received. e) Teaching Contracts were due back by March 15, A list of contracts that were returned was reviewed. aa. Laib moved to issue a teaching contract to Darcy Christiansen in the amount of $42, (Step 10-Lane 7) for the school year, Presser seconded the motion. Motion Carried. bb. Wagner moved to issue a revised contract to Jessica Anderson for $41, (Step 13-Lane 2) for the school year, Britton seconded the motion. Motion Carried. f) Open Positions-Mrs. Schlafmann reviewed with the Board the status on filling the following positions. aa. Vocational Education bb. Science cc. Third Grade dd. Reading Stategist/Data Analyst g) Recommendation for Professional Staffing for the school year. aa. MREC/Counseling Services-Laib moved to contract counseling services through MREC for a full time counselor for the school year, Maxwell seconded the motion. Motion Carried. bb. Sondrol moved to accept the voluntary resignation of Mrs. Megan Sparrow as School Counselor effective at the conclusion of the contract year, Wagner seconded the motion. Motion Carried. cc. School Counselor, Telesa Heger will be notified in writing that we do not intend to renew our Contract of Services Agreement with her for counseling services for the school year. dd. Britton moved to accept the voluntary resignation of Mrs. Diane Cullum as Dean of Students effective at the conclusion of the contract year, Laib seconded the motion. Motion Carried. Mrs. Cullum thanked the Board and Supt. Schaffan for the opportunity to do this position. She stated that she will be available to help Mrs. Schlafmann and Supt. Sagert as needed to insure a smooth transition in h) Laib moved to approve the following pledge of assets: $2,550, at The Bank of Turtle Lake and $448, at Dakota West Credit Union, Presser seconded the motion. Motion Carried. i) Use of Facilities Requests: aa. Britton moved to approve a use of facilities request from the Class of 1966 for Saturday July 9, 2016 for a social event, Presser seconded the motion. Motion Carried. bb. Laib moved to approve a use of facilities request from the Turtle Lake Hospital Auxiliary for Sunday, May 1, 2016 for a salad luncheon, Maxwell seconded the motion. Motion carried. cc. Presser moved to approve a use of facilities request from the American Legion for Monday, May 30, 2016 for a Memorial Day Program, Sondrol seconded the motion. Motion Carried. 6. Administration: a) Athletic Director Report aa. Discussion on the new softball scoreboard out at the Lake Brekkan Complex. Request has been made by Brenda Fylling for the school district to pay for wiring of the scoreboard. Request was denied. Board felt there are other options for funding this project. bb. Basketball schedules for both the girls and the boys are near completion.

3 cc. Letter of resignation from Mr. Ziebarth as Activities Director for the school year was reviewed. Maxwell moved to accept the resignation of Mr. Kurt Ziebarth as Activities Director effective at the conclusion of his Work Agreement, Sondrol seconded the motion. Roll Call: Britton-No Sondrol-Yes, Laib-No, Maxwell-Yes, Wagner-Yes, Freeman-Yes, Presser-Yes. b) Principal Report aa. Elementary Spelling Bee Participants- Charlie Sparrow, Bridger Rittenbach, Bjorn Anderson, Athalia O Hanlon, and Catherine Higgenbothan. bb. Completed our Teach Like a Pirate Book Study- teachers who participated earned One credit. cc. Peace, Love and Books Reading Month- Calendar of activities including muffins with mamas, dress up days, activity days (Thursdays), pastries with papas, flower power reading hour, and peace of cake cupcakes celebration for reading 40,000 minutes through the month of March. Teachers and staff also purchased Reading Month t-shirts. dd. March 9 th we had root beer floats after school and shared a PowerPoint of the things our students love about our school. ee. All staff evaluations are complete! ff. Discussion on Alert Solutions through Power School. This could replace our current Honeywell Instant Alert System. The cost is about the same per year but Alert Solutions is tied to Power School so it has many more options for use by the staff. c) Superintendent Report aa. Reported on the Black Hills Career Fair. bb. Supt. Schaffan updated the board on his health concerns. Next regular meeting April 18, 7:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned. Bills Approved: General Fund Bills ADVANCED BUSINESS METHODS 1, AMAZON.COM 1, BALLARD, GARY BARNES & NOBEL BOOKSTORES INC 1, BHG INC BOTTINEAU PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL CITY RESTAURANT SUPPLY CITY OF TURTLE LAKE CROW CREEK PLUMBING AND HEATING 6, D&E SUPPLY CO 1, DEMCO FARMERS UNION OIL CO HAGEN, NADINE HARDWARE HANK HARLOW'S BUS SALES & SERVICE 1, HARRYS AUTO SERVICE 5, HEDAHLS OF BISMARCK HEGER, TALESA 2, INNOVATIVE OFFICE SOLUTIONS LLC J ARTHURS FLOWERS & GIFTS J.P. MORGAN JOSEPH ENGLER, Ph.D, NCSP LASWELL, CHELSEA LEE, AMY LELM, LISA

4 LINDTEIGEN, DELPHINE MAIN STREET MARKET MDU 4, MID DAKOTA EDUCATION COOPERATIVE MIDWEST INVESTIGATION & SECURITY 1, MISSOURI RIVER EDUCATION CO-OP MM&J ACCOUNTING INC NASCO NDSBA NORTHLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER NORTHWEST TIRE & AUTO SERVICE OTTER TAIL POWER 4, PITSCO POST OFFICE PREBLE MEDICAL SERVICES INC QUILL CORPORATION REGION VII MUSIC REXALL DRUG 6.18 RUD OIL CO SCHLAFMANN, SHEILA SCHOOL SPECIALTY SINGER, LYNN SISCO, DEB SMALLS, KARA STAPLES CREDIT PLAN TRUCKS OF BISMARCK, INC 7, VASBINDER, JASON WAGNER, JULIE WASHBURN MUSIC BOOSTERS WEST RIVER TELEPHONE CO WESTERN LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC 7.74 WILTON BUILDERS 9, WING PUBLIC SCHOOL TOTAL GENERAL FUND BILLS 56, Building Fund Bills FARGO GLASS AND PAINT 2, RK ELECTRIC 2, TOTAL BUILDING FUND 4, Activity Fund Bills 422-PRAXAIR DISTRIBUTION INC AMAZON.COM ANDERSON'S 1, BALLARD, DEBI BALLARD, GARY BEV'S CAFE BHG INC BIRKEMEYER, BEN BOEHM, JESSICA BRIAN KELLER BUECHLER, CARL BUECHLER, CARLIE CENTER-STANTON HIGH SCHOOL COCA COLA REFRESHMENTS USA, INC CULLUM, DIANE DAVIS, SUSAN

5 EAGLESON, CHAD FISCHER, ANDREW FREEMAN, MELANIE FYLLING, BRENDA GARRISON SCHOOL HARDWARE HANK HARRYS AUTO SERVICE HIGGENBOTHAM, CHRISTIAN J ARTHURS FLOWERS & GIFTS J.P. MORGAN 2, JOHNSON, ADRA JOHNSON, ANGIE KEYSOR, KODY KNIGHT, MATTHEW KRAFT, CHAD KRAMER, BRIAN KRAMER, HEATHER LELM, AMY LENNERTZ, KEVIN LIGHT OF CHRIST SCHOOLS MAIN STREET MARKET MAX PUBLIC SCHOOL MERCER COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL MIDWEST SPORTS ND HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSN NDHSAA NORTHERN TROPHY & SILK SCREENING ORIENTAL TRADING CO INC PEDERSON, MARV PURINTUN, JUSTIN REISER, SUE REXALL DRUG 5.18 SCHLAFMANN, SHEILA SINGER, LYNN THOMPSON, PARKER TLM ACTIVITY FUND TOWNER FFA ALUMNI TSCHOSIK, TODD UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIVERSAL ATHLETIC SERVICES VELVA SCHOOL VETTER, STEVE WASHBURN SCHOOL WILTON SCHOOL ZIEBARTH, KURT TOTAL ACTIVITY FUND 16, Fund 7 Bills BEV'S CAFE CHASE CARD SERVICES DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION POST OFFICE TLM ACTIVITY FUND TOTAL FUND President Business Manager

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