RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS MONROE LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION

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1 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS MONROE LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION Minutes of April 26, 2010 Regular Meeting The Board of Education of the Monroe Local School District in the County of Butler, State of Ohio, held its regular meeting on the 26th day of April 2010 in the Monroe Elementary Cafeteria, located in Monroe, Ohio. Mr. Mike Lane, President, called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. The Treasurer, Mrs. Kelley Thorpe, recorded the minutes. Roll Call showed the following members present: Mr. Brett Guido, Mr. Mike Lane, Mr. John MacDonald, Mr. Chris Snyder, and Mrs. Leslie Stone. Also present were Superintendent, Dr. Elizabeth Lolli, Treasurer, Mrs. Kelley Thorpe, and guests as listed in Appendix A, which is attached and becomes an official part of these minutes. A recording of this meeting on Compact Disk is available in the Treasurer s Office for review, reference tape # All presentations/documents presented to the Board are available in the Treasurer s Office, as referenced in the body of these minutes. Resolution No Approval of Consent Agenda Mr. Snyder moved and Mr. MacDonald seconded the motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Communications Mrs. Gloria Hendrickson addressed the board on the subject of savings for utility costs. Mrs. Hendrickson stated that she had recently been visiting in northern Ohio and passed a field of windmills. She would like the board to check into the possibility of adding windmills to help offset utility costs. 1

2 Resolution No Treasurer s Business Mr. Guido moved and Mrs. Stone seconded the motion to approve the Treasurer s Business as follows: Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of March 22, Monthly Financial Report: March, 2010 as shown in Appendix B. Approve transfer of $10,000 from Washington DC trip account to C-217 Jr. High Principal account as repayment of funds. Resolution No Superintendent s Business Mr. Snyder moved and Mrs. Stone seconded the motion to approve the Superintendent s Business as follows: Personnel: Approve the certified continuing contracts as listed: Kate O Hara Approve the certified limited contracts as listed: Jennene Alexander Two year Jennifer Kenneally Two year Melinda Ames, Two year Jennifer Lane One year Elizabeth Barger One year Stephanie Meibers One year Emily Bauer Two year Todd Moore Two year Kristine Beattie Two year Sheanna Mount One year Ashlie Casbar Two year Devan Norsworthy One year Amy Chivington Two year Ashley Osborne Two year Julie Conley Two year Cinda Pelfrey One year Audrey Davis Two year Barbara Phillips One year Stacey Deaton Two year Rachel Rist Two year Heather DeBord Two year Holly Rosselot One year Krista Doan One year Sarah Salloum One year Erica Fenech Two year Summer Shaffer Two year Dennis Ferguson Two year Yelena Silyuk One year Samantha Frye Two year Samantha Soete Two year Lori Green Two year Donna Terbush One year Rebecca Haas One year Nicole Vega Two year Grahm Halcomb One year Sarah Wagers One year Emily Hendrickson Two year Matthew Waits One year Mark Jauss One year Josiah Ward One year Kelly Kaiser One year Rachael Wolfe Two year 2

3 Approve the non-certified limited contracts as listed: FOOD SERVICE Bates, Bonnie Fiscus, Theresa Griffith, Pamela Harrington, Doreen Hensley, Donna Holder, Kay Horvat, Patti Keith, Cheryl Lane, Jackie Linton, Hilda Parker, Carrie Phillabaum, Sally Pope, Lonna Richardson, Cindy Sprague, Eunice Wagers, Karen Williams, Jacqueline CUSTODIANS Debusk, Scott Drinnen, Dave Fleming, Martha Hutton, Brian Jestice, Mark Leight, Doug Manns, Jennifer Meece, Mark Mize, Rene Moon, Steve Napper, Gilbert Scheidt, Phil SECRETARIES Ashworth, Shari Cook, Karen Darrell, Larna Milburn, Brenda Miller, Pam Rasnick, Tanya Reece, Terry Robertson, Kim Taulbee, Bonnie Wehry, Jamie CENTRAL OFFICE EXEMPT Bozile, Cathy Hawkins, Mindy Kaiser, Lauree Tannreuther, Rita Tolson, Lisa PARAPROFESSIONALS Baker, Jill Ballard, Lori Becraft, Kathy Berberich, Cindy Brenner, Kevin Howell, Julie Johnson, Shannon Kellis, Patti McKinney, Candice Nichols, Lora Qucsai, Tara Rouster, Jan Somerfield, Kim Stevens, Holly Thorpe, Brad VanCleave, Karen Walters, Kristyn Approve certificated resignations as listed: Katrina Fugate JH Teacher End of 09/10 SY Personal Denise Howard Dunn JH Teacher End of 09/10 SY Personal Deidre Wimmers ESL Tutor End of 09/10 SY Personal 3

4 Approve non-certificated resignations as listed: Ruby Wagner Cafeteria June 30, 2010 Retirement Lara Surfus Cafeteria April 23, 2010 Personal Melissa Scalia Board Office April 23, 2010 Personal Approve the extended time for certificated personnel as listed: Brenda Gehm District Media Specialist 2 weeks Donna Terbush Primary Media Specialist 1 week David Hogan Elementary Media Specialist 1 week Approve supplemental resignations as listed: Ken Meibers Football-Varsity Head Coach Immediately Personal ROLL CALL: AYES: (4) Mr. Guido, Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Snyder, Mrs. Stone ABSTAIN: (1) Mr. Lane Resolution No Superintendent s Other Business Mr. Snyder moved and Mr. MacDonald seconded the motion to approve the resolution to support Ohio s efforts for the Race to the Top Grant. Resolution No Superintendent s Other Business Mr. Snyder moved and Mr. Guido seconded the motion to approve the Superintendent s Other Business as follows: Recommend the preschool program be a Monroe District preschool instead of Headstart due to additional funding from ODE. To approve the donations listed: o MacDonald Insurance Inc., $150 for Happy Hornet Jan-May 2010 o Sigma Phi Gamma, $50 for Senior Art Award o Monroe Athletic Booster Club, $6,000 for High Jump o Leah & Amber Viel, $75.00 for the Don Veil and Thelma Brooks Memorial Scholarships. o Kohls, $500 for the Jr. High Book Fair o Kohls, $500 for the Elementary Book Fair o Kohls, $500 for Travel/ Mileage, Meeting Deposit 4

5 Informational Megan Long, Autumn Sierra-Holloway and Alex Daniels have artwork on display at the Congressional Art Show at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton through April 26th. Winners were announced on April 19th. Megan Long received first place for the 2 nd year. Autumn Sierra-Holloway also placed in the completion. The student s artwork will be on display at the May 10 Board meeting and the students will be recognized by the Board at that time. Discussion and Comments from the Board Legislative None Student Achievement The following students were invited to participate in the Teens Leading Teens Conference on April 18: Amanda Baker, Gayle Bryon, Jonathan Caudell, Lauren Chapman, Julia Flynn, Danielle Guido, Leah Harrison, Justin Holbrock, Derek Minges, Felicia Shadwick, Samantha Streibick, Eric Stone, Matthew Thorpe, and Christina Valdez. Butler Tech The Butler Tech Board of Education recently held one of its meetings at the Fitton Center in Hamilton where the Congressional Art Show artwork was on display. Mr. Guido encouraged the public to visit the Fitton Center Art School and to return on May 10 to see the impressive art works completed by Monroe Students. Mr. Guido also announced that the Butler Tech Online Program will be holding an Open House on April 29 th at the Voice of America Park in West Chester. Interested students should plan to attend. Butler Tech has narrowed the list of potential candidates for Superintendent to four. Interviews with the four applicants are scheduled for April 27. Finance Mrs. Thorpe attended the OASBO Annual Workshop last week. She explained to the board that most of the information coming from the ODE is still quite confusing. The possibility still exists for the ODE to make significant cuts to school funding next year. However, Governor Strickland is actively campaigning for President Obama to extend the ARRA Stimulus funding for an additional year. As more information becomes available, she will pass it on to the Board. Facilities Dr. Lolli expressed her appreciation to the Monroe Athletic Boosters who donated $6,000 toward the completion of a high jump for the track program. The Boosters are also working with the Monroe Baseball program to erect a press box on the varsity baseball field. MEA None 5

6 Resolution No Executive Session O.R.C Mrs. Stone moved and Mr. Guido seconded the motion to adjourn to executive session at 7:34 p.m. for the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of public employees or regulated individuals, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee or regulated individual unless such person requests a public hearing. The meeting resumed at 9:25 p.m. Resolution No Adjournment Mr. MacDonald moved and Mrs. Stone seconded the motion to adjourn at 9:26 p.m. President Treasurer 6