INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT
252
820 EAST MINNESOTA STREET
CANNON FALLS, MN 55009
MINUTES
Monday
February 25, 2008
The School Board of Independent School District 252 met in
regular session, Monday February 25, 2008, in the Media Center
of the High School. Present: Dick
Peterson, Bob Brintnall, Cathy Banks, Pat Dougherty, Bill Thompson and Dan
Ellison. Others present: Superintendent
Todd Sesker, Neil Koven, Steve Fredrickson, Beth Giese, Sue Rheingans, Sharon
Noble, Kayla Nygaard, Zeke Pederson, Dave Davisson,
Lori Hanson, Nora Felton, Lynee Schafer, Roxanne Flaten, Molly and Randy
Schneider, and Greg Evans.
1.
The meeting
was called to order by Chair, Dick Peterson at 7:04 p.m.
2.
Moved by Pat
Dougherty, seconded by Cathy Banks and unanimously approved the agenda.
3.
Moved by Dan
Ellison, seconded by Bob Brintnall and unanimously approved the minutes from January
28, 2008 and February 11, 2008.
4.
Mr. Sesker
recognized each board member and read a statement from MSBA. He thanked them for their support and dedication. Roxanne Flaten commented on what an excellent
school board we have and community supporters. Lynee Schafer thanked the board
for all their hard work.
5.
Moved by Dan
Ellison, seconded by Bob Brintnall and unanimously moved to approve the Finance
Report.
6.
Moved by Cathy
Banks, seconded by Pat Dougherty and unanimously approved the second reading of
Policy #506 Student Discipline. Cathy
Banks asked Mr. Sesker to address the reason why drug and alcohol consequences
and processes are not part of the policy #506.
Should it be? Should it not be?
Mr. Sesker responded that the procedures of the position of the
counselor are not part of the policy. This
policy is for discipline, a separate policy addressing chemical consequences
would need to be developed if the board wants to do this.
7.
Moved by Dan
Ellison, seconded by Pat Dougherty and unanimously approved the second reading
or Policy #709 Transportation Safety.
8.
Moved by Dan
Ellison, seconded by Cathy Banks and unanimously approved the consent agenda
which included the Food Service Report and personnel listings.
9.
Moved by Cathy
Banks, seconded by Bill Thompson and unanimously approved Expenditures for January
and February.
10.
Moved by Bob
Brintnall, seconded by Pat Dougherty and unanimously approved the 2008-2009
school calendar.
There was some discussion regarding the makeup day being Easter Monday
vs. the Thursday. The calendar was voted
by the teachers as shown. Superintendent Sesker’s
recommendation is to accept the calendar as presented by the teachers union.
11.
Moved by Bob
Brintnall, seconded by Dan Ellison and unanimously approved Julie Hatch’s job
description and curriculum approval.
With the amendment that Julie Hatch is employed by the Goodhue County
Family Services not by the Cannon
Falls School
District. Julie is usually in Cannon Falls 1 day per
week but is flexible. Julie is paid by
Goodhue County Family Services, which
is under the umbrella of Goodhue
County. A large grant is paying her salary. Activities are not being held during the
school day but if a student has a need, she can meet with them during class
time if necessary. Part of Julie’s job
is also to meet with Lion’s Quest teachers, counselors, psychologists, and
social workers not solely meeting with students.
Bill Thompson: Where does school draw the line between
counseling and the CHI, by approving the job description and curriculum are we
bringing the CHI into our schools?
Todd Sesker: Yes, you are bringing the CHI into the school
by approving Julie Hatch’s job description and curriculum. The activities are not held during
school. Maybe this goes back to the
earlier discussion of developing a policy for chemical heath counseling or maybe
it makes more sense to just have procedures in place. Mr. Sesker will give that
information to the board members for them to review.
Cathy Banks: Procedures need to be written and documented
so everyone in on the same page and everyone (parents, students, administrator,
CHI etc.) have the same interpretation.
Do we have some procedures for athletes as those mot in and
activities? Answer: No, there are no additional penalties for
those not in activities.
Bill Thompson: Will parents be notified prior to students
meeting with the Chemical Health Counselor?
Todd Sesker: Not necessarily, the students
can turn down the invite for counseling or they can accept it. Parents will be notified of the meeting after
it has occurred in some cases.
Bob Brintnall: Happy we are having this conversation because
I felt we left the discussion from forum open in January.
Cathy Banks: Tonight’s discussion has clarified a lot, the
job description and addressing procedural guidelines has been the issue all
along.
12.
Moved by Pat
Dougherty, seconded by Cathy Banks and unanimously approved to move the March
24th meeting to March 31st.
13.
Moved by Pat
Dougherty, seconded by Cathy Banks and unanimously approved the ALC/ALP
program. An alternate entrance has not
been established and the current main entrance may be used for both preschool
and the ALP/ALC. More research into the
feasibility of a separate entrance will be done.
14.
Moved by Cathy
Banks, seconded by Dan Ellison and unanimously approved the Men’s and Women’s
Community scholarship, one award of $250.
15.
Moved by Bob
Brintnall, seconded by Bill Thompson and unanimously approved the new mileage
reimbursement rate changing from .485 to .505 effective as of January 1, 2008.
16.
Moved by Bob
Brintnall, seconded by Pat Dougherty and unanimously approved to move Dave
Davisson to site coordinator for the building project at a time to be
determined by the administration.
17.
Moved by Pat
Dougherty, seconded by Cathy Banks and unanimously approved to use all MSBA
policies that have been adopted by the school board from 2001 to the present,
these policies will supersede any previous adopted policies.
18.
Motioned by Dan
Ellison, seconded by Cathy Banks and unanimously approved to adjourn at 8:45pm.
I, the undersigned, being the
duly qualified and acting Clerk of Independent School District 252, State of Minnesota, hereby certify
that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of the minutes of the
meeting of the School Board of said District held on the date therein
indicated.
WITNESS MY HAND
officially as such Clerk this 31st day of March, 2008.
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Bob Brintnall