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Regular Monthly Meeting Board of Education
June 27, 2005

The informal discussion session and dinner meeting was held at 6:00 p.m. in the front conference room in the Shared Integrated Learning Center.

Members of the Board of Education Present for the informal meeting were: Jennifer Farmer, Anna Lord and Larry Rice.

President Rice called the formal session to order at 7:03 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. Staff members present were Roy Crawford, Melissa McElhaney and Gerrit Mahsman.

A. AGENDA

O62705.01 Mrs. Lord moved to approve the Agenda for June 27, 2005 with the following addendum:
Under New Business: Contract for Roy Crawford, Superintendent
Call for School Board Election Nominations

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

B. MINUTES

062705.02 Mrs. Lord moved to approve the Minutes for May 23, 2005 with the following corrections:

Page 3: 4th paragraph (space between an and 11th)
Page 6: (delete space between community/parents)
Page: 10: 1st paragraph (should be probationary not probrationary)

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

C. RECURRENT

1. Identification of members of the audience who are not listed on the agenda wishing to make a comment to the Board of Education.

There were none.

2. Receive and or Act on Correspondence

Mr. Rice received information from CASB.

-El Pomar Foundation Forum for residents interested in running for the Board of Education in November, 2005.
-Call for Proposed Resolutions for the Fall, 2005 CASB Legislative Conference.

Mr. Crawford received a thank you note from student Katie Niebuhr thanking the district for the District 14 Employee Scholarship.

3. Payment of Expenditures for the month ending May 31, 2005.

062705.03 Mrs. Lord moved to approve the Payment of Expenditures for the month ending May 31, 2005.

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

D. REPORTS

1. Superintendent’s Report

Mr. Crawford commended Mr. Mahsman for his commitment to CASE. Mr. Mahsman will be the 2005-2006 President of the Business Officials subdivision of CASE. Thanks Gerrit for taking on this commitment.

Mr. Crawford mentioned that all new hires were “highly qualified” as defined by No Child Left Behind. He will ask principals to state that in future nomination letters to the Board.

Mr. Crawford will be meeting on July 11th with Sue, Beth, Robin and Melissa to review the hiring process for all employees with the intent of developing formalized guidelines for that process.

Board members are asked to bring their policies manuals with them to the July 18th meeting to update them, given the large number of policy changes this past year.

Summer Academy is off to a good start. Mr. Norris, the director, is very organized and the programs are running smoothly. A full report will be forthcoming in August.

The Leadership Team will be on retreat the first week in August in Breckenridge. The first three days will be a team building and planning and the last part of the week the team will attend the CASE Conference.

New Staff will be required to be on site on August 15 and 16th for an orientation to the District. The remaining staff reports on August 17th .

2. Board of Education

a) Ute Pass Board of Cooperative Services . . . . . Deborah Lowery, Larry Rice and Anna Lord

Mrs. Lord reported that on June 4th that the Final Budget and the revised Memorandum of Understanding (which includes the addition of Cripple/Creek/Victor to the BOCES) were both adopted.

The next meeting will be on Oct. 4th at Ute Pass Elementary School at 6 p.m.

b) Community Relations . . . . . Jennifer Farmer

Mrs. Farmer reported the Manitou Springs Education Foundation will be taking a new direction and will serve as a resource to further District goals and priorities and will be involved in providing information about election and school issues through community forums.

On Wednesday evenings a Farmer’s Market is held in Soda Springs Park from 4-8p.m. They present a movie at 8 p.m. in the pavilion. This is a wonderful event which promotes community business efforts.

c) Governmental Relations . . . . . Anna Lord

Mrs. Lord reported that yard signs will be available for Referenda C and D. She will email Board members on how to get one.
Ken Gordon is the new State Treasurer and Norma Anderson is the new Minority Leader.

E. CONSENSUS/ROUTINE ITEMS

062705.04 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the following Routine Consensus Items.

The motion was seconded.

1. Resignations/Leave of Absence/Retirement/Transitional Retirement

a) Certified

• Katherine Gibson – UPE – SPED Teacher: resignation

• Steve Paterson – MSES – 5TH Grade Teacher: resignation

• Charla Schwartz – UPE – 1st Grade Teacher maternity leave of absence for one year.

b) Classified

• Nicole Penman – MSHS – Para: resignation
2. Employment

a) Certified

• Michael Barbera – UPE - 1ST Grade (INR)

• Aldie Enloe – MSMS – 8th Grade Math (INR)

• Maura Hall - Speech Language Pathologist

• Amanda Hendrickson – MSES – 4th Grade

• Jesse Hull – MSHS – Social Studies

• Claudine Huntington – UPE - .5 Title I (INR)

• Candis Mowery – UPE - .4 Gifted and Talented

• Christine Whipkey – MSES – 2nd Grade
b) Classified

3. OTHER

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

062705. 05 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the following resolution. “BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of School District 14 in El Paso County that the
following revenues and expenditures for each district fund comprising the 2005- 2006 Annual Budget be adopted.” See attachment A

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

062705.06 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the following resolution. “BE IT RESOLVED by following schedule be appropriated to each fund as specified in the “Adopted
Budget” for the ensuing fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30,
2006.” See attachment B

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

Mr. Mahsman reported that the Driver’s Education Program for the year of 2005-06 has 30 projected students. This program will be discussed in detail at the July 18, 2005 Regular Board Meeting.

• Retention of a Student at Grade Level

062705.07 Mr. Rice moved to approve the second reading for Retention of a Student of a Student at Grade Level (IKE).

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• Classified Staff Leave

062705.08 Mrs. Lord moved to approve the second reading for Classified Staff Leave (GDBD).

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• Certified Staff Leave

062705.09 Mr. Rice moved to approve the seconded reading for Certified Staff Leave
(GCBE).

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• Reimbursement for Unused Accumulated Sick Leave

Tabled until further information is received from PERA.

• Sick Leave Conversion

062705.10 Mrs. Lord moved to approve to delete the following policy Sick Leave
Conversion (GCCAB) from the policy book.

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

G. NEW BUSINESS

• Superintendent’s Contract Addendum through 2009

062705.11 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the Superintendent’s Contract Addendum through
June 30, 2009. See attachment C

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• Federal Certification & Relinquishments

062705.12 Mrs. Lord moved to approve Section B in the Federal Certification &
Relinquishment agreement as presented.

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• Federal Assurance Form

062705.13 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the Federal Assurance Form for State
Administered Federal Education Programs as presented.

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• 2006-2007 School Calendar

062705.14 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the School Calendar for 2006-2007 (option 2) as
presented. See attachment C

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

• Reimbursement for Sick Leave (GDCAC)

Tabled until further information is received from PERA

• Reimbursement for Sick Leave (GCCAC)

Tabled until further information is received from PERA

• Call for Nominations

062705.15 Mrs. Lord moved to adopt the Call for Nominations for School Board Directors, Manitou Springs School District 14, El Paso County, CO See attachment D

The motion was seconded.

President Rice requested a roll call vote: Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye and Mr. Rice voted aye.

H. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Roy and Gerrit would like to review and discuss with the Board what kinds of information and how much information it would like included in Board meeting packets.

Mr. Rice and Mrs. Farmer will not be in attendance on August 8th.

There was discussion about doing a CASB facilitated team building and orientation for new and old Board members in November after the election. Larry will call CASB to inform them of our intent to do such a session for the new Board, the date to be determined.

I. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by:

Jennifer Farmer
Asst. Secretary

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Manitou Springs School District 14
405 El Monte Place, Manitou Springs
Colorado 80829
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