curnowc Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Proceedings of the Board of Trustees Ad Hoc Policy Committee Elementary District No. 2, Yellowstone County High School District No. 2, Yellowstone County Billings, Montana September 7, 2007 Call to Order The Policy Review Committee met on Friday, September 7, 2007 at the Lincoln Center, 415 North 30th Street, Billings, Montana. The meeting was chaired by Katharin Kelker in the absence of Malcolm Goodrich and called to order at 12:00 p.m. Those present included: Trustees Katharin Kelker and Mary Jo Fox. Also in attendance were Clerk Leo Hudetz, Attorney, Jeff Weldon, Human Resource Director, Dan Martin, The committee discussed the following items: Approval of Minutes The minutes from the August 9, 2007 meeting were presented. Mary Jo Fox moved and Katharin Kelker seconded that the minutes be approved. Those voting in favor were Katharin Kelker, and Mary Jo Fox. Motion passed unanimously. Policy 5007 – Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Jeff Weldon discussed the changes that have been made in policy 5007. Information received from Jeff Greenfield of the Billings Education Association with regard to policy 5007 was also discussed. The committee made the following recommendations: 1) In the fourth paragraph on page one of the policy, delete the words “For purposes of this policy”. 2) Replace paragraph 6 on page one of the policy regarding the definition of alcohol. Directed Jeff Weldon to rewrite this paragraph with an acceptable definition of alcohol. 3) Directed Jeff Weldon to rewrite the last paragraph on page one of the policy regarding posting of notices regarding this policy. 4) Retain all other changes as presented in the agenda packet of the Policy Review Committee on September 7, 2007 5) Cross reference this policy to Policy 5001. Trustee Mary Jo Fox made the following motion with a second by Trustee Kelker. Motion that the Policy Review Committee recommends that Policy 5007 with recommendations made be approved. Those voting in favor were Katharin Kelker and Mary Jo Fox. The motion passed unanimously. Policy 5008 Katharin Kelker asked that the policy be called Alcoholism and Drug Dependency – this needs to be changed throughout the policy. Policy needs to be cross referenced with Policy 5001. Trustee Mary Jo Fox made the following motion with a second by Trustee Kelker. Motion that the Policy Review Committee recommends that the proposed changes in the agenda packet of September 7, 2007 be accepted and that Policy 5008 be changed to read “Alcoholism and Drug Dependency” throughout the policy. Those voting in favor were Katharin Kelker and Mary Jo Fox. The motion passed unanimously. Policy 9315 – Drug & Alcohol Free Facilities The committee recommended the policy on page 20 of the agenda packet of September 7, 2007 be approved and that Jeff Weldon will replace the definition of drug and alcohol with definitions used in Policy 5007. Trustee Mary Jo Fox made the following motion with a second by Trustee Kelker. Motion that the Policy Review Committee recommends that Policy 9315 – Drug & Alcohol Free Facilities be adopted with the changes that were discussed. Those voting in favor were Katharin Kelker and Mary Jo Fox. The motion passed unanimously. Policy 3250 – Bomb Threats The committee recommended the following changes be made to the proposed new policy in the September 7, 2007 agenda packet. 1) In paragraph one under “Gun Free Schools” delete the words “building administrator will notify” and replace with “the Superintendent shall develop a process to notify” 2) In paragraph three under the proposed section “Bomb Threats and Threats of Hazardous Substances” strike the words “The Board may authorize” and add the word “may” after Superintendent and delete the last sentence in that paragraph and add words to the effect that “The superintendent will develop a process to notify criminal justice or juvenile authorities”. 3) In paragraph three under “Possession of a weapon on school property” delete the last two sentences and make the following the first sentence “The superintendent may grant persons and entities advance permission to possess, carry or store a weapon in a school building”. Trustee Mary Jo Fox made the following motion with a second by Trustee Kelker. Motion that the Policy Review Committee recommends that Policy 3250 be adopted as proposed in the agenda packet of September 7, 2007 with the changes made today. Those voting in favor were Katharin Kelker and Mary Jo Fox. The motion passed unanimously. Policy 5000 Series Dan Martin has reviewed the policies and will present them at the next meeting. Teacher evaluations seem to be the most controversial. Dan Martin suggested that the Board should take time to be in-serviced by Jeff Weldon and Larry Martin to find out what evaluations do in termination cases and also have an instructional person to show what is required instructionally. Policies 5007, 5008, 9315 and 3250 will go to the Board for 1st reading on September 17, 2007 Meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m. Next meeting will be held on Friday, October 5, 2007 at 12:00 noon. __________________________ _________________________ ________________ Malcolm Goodrich, Chair Katharin Kelker, Vice Chair Mary Jo Fox ___________________________ Cynthia Curnow, Recorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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