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Proceedings of the Board of Trustees

District No. 2, Yellowstone County

High School District No. 2, Yellowstone County

Billings, Montana

July 9, 2012

 

 

Call to Order

 

The Agenda Setting Meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Yellowstone County, Montana, and the High School District, Yellowstone County, Montana was duly held at the Lincoln Center, 415 North 30th Street, Billings, Montana on Monday, July 9, 2012.

 

The meeting was called to order at 5:300 p.m. by Chair Teresa Stroebe.

 

Roll Call

 

Those attending were: Trustees Connie Wardell, Pam Ellis, Teresa Stroebe, Allen Halter, Greta Besch Moen, Lindy Graves; Clerk Leo Hudetz, Superintendent Terry Bouck, and District Administrators Kim Anthony, Kathy Olson, Brenda Koch, Lew Anderson, and Karen Palmer. Registered guests were Mary Westwood and Scott McCulloch.

 

COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC

 

Mary Westwood addressed the board and urged them to work together with respect.

 

Regular Board Meeting, July 16, 2012

 

Chair Stroebe presented the draft of the agenda for the regular meeting on July 16.

 

There will be a presentation on overcrowded classrooms by Superintendent Bouck, Kathy Olson and Brenda Koch. There was a lengthy discussion of the upcoming visit to the Board of Education on accreditation by Mr. Bouck and Teresa Stroebe and former Superintendent Jack Copps. The plan for meeting accreditation has a list of additional options available to the Board of Trustees. Ms. Koch explained that this list is the result of brainstorming possible solutions. Mr. Bouck stated that there are things on the list that are unpalatable but they are just possibilities. The list will be shared with the board members. Trustee Ellis asked that the list be put on the website. The second part of the list is for discussion only. Trustee Wardell said there is no reason to take it to OPI if the community did not approve. Mr. Bouck would like to take a look at it. He stated this list was provided at the request of the Board of Education for a list of suggestions.

 

Trustee Moen asked what exactly the Board of Education requested. She stated that they did not ask for a list before and also stated that this list has not been vetted by the board. Trustee Wardell wanted to know why the list was not shared by the board. Trustee Stroebe stated this was just a way to deal with the options. Mr. Hudetz said there could be no action on this item because it was not noticed. Mr. Bouck stated that it is his intention to support the work of the administration before he got here. He will speak to the options which his recommendations.

 

It was decided that the item on calendars would be changed to accept or revisit instead of approve. Trustee Ellis would like more time for community involvement.

 

Bridget Ekstrom from D.A. Davidson will be at the meeting to present information on the bonds.

 

Mr. Hudetz, Karen Palmer, Mr. Bouck, and Attorney Jeff Weldon met on the board communications item. It will not be ready for policy approval at this time. It will be presented to the Operations Committee for discussion first, then to the board in August. Ms. Palmer will present information on Channel 7 updates. Lynne Fitzgerald will be asked to attend the meeting for this discussion.

 

Trustee Ellis had requested an item on the EPA grant, community involvement, timeline, etc. Mr. Bouck will notify those people who applied for the committee. Ms. Wardell suggested discussing this at the City/School District meeting on the 19th.

 

Trustee Moen stated that as part of the Planning and Development Committee report, O2 will give an update each month.

 

Trustee Graves will bring forward the yearly calendar which was presented to the Performance Monitoring/ Stakeholder Relations Committee. Mr. Hudetz said that under the “old system,” the reports would be made to the committees then come forward to the board. Under the Doug Eadie system, the reports would be made to the board. Ms. Moen stated that this needs to be discussed at a retreat. Ms. Stroebe stated that the board needs to have a retreat. Mr. Graves wants clear-cut rules of engagement. Policy 1130 and Procedure 1130-P1 were suspended and a new policy and procedure needs to be adopted. He would like Jeff Weldon directed to reconcile the policy. Mr. Bouck will be meeting with Mr. Weldon and will discuss this. Mr. Graves requested that a Governance Committee meeting be held with Jeff Weldon before the retreat. Trustee Ellis stated that a decision needs to be made on whether there will be a facilitator for the retreat and if so, who. The board will be polled for availability in August and September for either two evenings or a weekend. The Doug Eadie model was adopted so it needs to be put into policy. Discussion of a retreat will be added to the agenda.

 

Mr. Graves asked that the possibility of an additional 300 students be included in the presentation on overcrowded classrooms.

 

The discussion returned to the presentation to the Board of Education scheduled for this Friday, July 13. Trustee Moen would like a disclaimer on the handout for options that the board has not discussed the options. Trustee Wardell stated that some of them are financial impossibilities and cannot be done under state law. Ms. Stroebe stated that these are for discussion only. Mary Westwood suggested that the first two options, sister and cluster schools, be moved to the bottom of the list. Mr. Bouck will see that the list is changed. He stated that he had spoken to Teri Wing at OPI who stated that they want to see a good faith effort and the perception is that this was not done previously. He will explain the options.

 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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Teresa Stroebe, Chair

 

 

 

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Nancy Coe, Recorder

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