coen Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Proceedings of the Board of Trustees District No. 2, Yellowstone County High School District No. 2, Yellowstone County Billings, Montana September 7, 2010 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 Tuesday, September 7, 2010. The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Chair Barbara Bryan. Pledge of allegiance was said. Roll Call Those attending were: Trustees Barb Bryan, Connie Wardell, Lindy Graves, Joel Guthals, Kathy Aragon; Clerk Leo Hudetz, Superintendent Keith Beeman, Thomas Harper, Kathy Olson, David Williams, Rich Whitney. Dan Martin entered the meeting at 12:15. A draft of the agenda for September 27 was presented. If approved by the Board, Greta Besch Moen will be sworn in as trustee for Zone 3. Leo Hudetz will not be at the meeting on the 27th, so Chair Bryan will need to do the swearing in. Dr. Beeman will have a presentation on AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). Kathy Olson, Gail Surwill and Scott Anderson will present the information. There will be a bond election update as well as third reading on a group of policies. The accompanying procedure for Policy 7510 will be approved also. This procedure has been thoroughly reviewed. Policy 7121 Budget Adjustments will go back to Policy Review Committee. Committee assignments will be discussed and committee chairs and membership may be approved for the rest of the year. This agenda item will be to approve committee chairs and membership, to approve their assignments through the end of December. Budgeting For Results Committee is ready to appoint new members for this school year. Planning & Development Committee will be meeting on Monday and members will be asked if they wish to serve another year. Joyce Weber and Lindy Graves will serve on the Audit Committee. Greta Besch Moen may wish to serve on that committee. It is not part of our policy to advertise publicly for members; it is up to the chair to nominate members. Trustee Aragon asked if the Board would like to have a report on the Health Impact Assessments from RiverStone Health. This will be educational for the Board, not to exceed 10 minutes. It was agreed to make time on this agenda. Superintendent Beeman will have a report on the high school technology plan. This will be information on how the money will be used that was approved by the levy. This is an ongoing levy and uses may vary from year to year. Karen Palmer will be making the report. The Superintendent’s report will include an update on the opening of school. There was an unexpected increase in the number of kindergarten students. Staff will be moved around to accommodate these increased classes. Ms. Wardell commented that the opening day speaker was fabulous. Trustee Guthals asked that there be five minutes reserved at the meeting for a BFR report and stated it could be included in the Bills Paid item. Planning & Development report will wait until October. There will be a report on MTSBA. Barb Bryan will share a copy of her testimony given in Helena to the legislative subcommittee on education. The next AA caucus is scheduled for Monday, September 13th. Superintendent Beeman stated that there may a need for a closed session as part of the legal report. Mr. Weldon will be present if this is necessary. Two items will need to be added to the consent agenda: special education and regular bus runs and Trustees’ Financial Summary. Trustee Wardell stated that she would like to see a report in the future on the copiers and printers savings as well as both bargaining unit contracts evaluating steps, lanes and retirement costs, etc. She will make a list of what she wants to see. She also suggested that the policy readings be moved to consent agenda to save time. Ms. Bryan will be calling for a Policy Review Committee meeting in the near future. Ms. Wardell stated that Josephine Crossing is offering their model home for day-long retreats. Dr. Beeman stated that possible dates for the retreat are Thursday and Friday, October 7 and 8, or Friday and Saturday, October 8 and 9. Two full days may not be needed. He mentioned that if MTSBA facilitates, they are not available on Saturday. Mr. Guthals stated that it is very difficult for him to get away from his office for a full day. A better option for him would be afternoon into evening. Dr. Beeman stated that MTSBA may not be available on Friday evening. Mr. Graves stated that half days work well for his schedule; a Saturday would work for him. We will try to arrange for noon to 7-8 p.m. on a Friday. We may be able to get a facilitator from Billings for Saturday. Ms. Bryan stated that we also need to get Strategic Planning back on track. Leo Hudetz will send out a reminder about MCEL and the Wheeler Conference. The MTSBA meeting in Columbus will also be mentioned. He stated that there is an MTSBA Director position open in case anyone is interested. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:35 p.m. _________________________________ Barbara Bryan, Chair _______________________________ Nancy Coe, Recorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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