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Regular Monthly Meeting Board of Education
July 18, 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: Jeanne Barnes, Jennifer Farmer, Anna Lord, Deborah Lowery 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, Beth Campbell and Gerrit Mahsman.

A. AGENDA

071805.01 Mrs. Lowery moved to approve the Agenda for July 18, 2005 after adding Amber Richman to the Routine/Consensus Items.

The motion was seconded.

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

B. MINUTES

071805.02 Mrs. Lowery moved to approve the Minutes for June 27, 2005 with the following corrections.

Page: 2 Mr. Crawford will be meeting on July 11th with Ms. Scott, Ms. Campbell, Ms. Deutsch and Ms. McElhaney to review the hiring process for all employees with the intent of developing formalized guidelines for that process.

Page: 3 Assistant Superintendent for Business Services. . .Gerrit Mahsman

Page: 5 Mrs. Farmer moved to approve the following resolution. “BE IT
RESOLVED by the Board of Education of School District 14 that
the amounts shown in the 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.”

Page:6 Mrs. Lord moved 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. Barnes voted aye, Mrs. Farmer voted aye, Mrs. Lord voted aye, Mrs. Lowery 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. Crawford received information on an Education Fair being held on August 4th at Ft. Carson. Mr. Crawford has sent packets to Ft. Carson and Mrs. Lowery and Mrs. Farmer will both attend.

Mrs. Farmer received information on Westside Cares. They are in their in seconded year of providing assistance to families in need. Their clinic will be open on July 23 from 11-3pm for support.

3. Payment of Expenditures

Monthly report has been deferred until next month.

D. REPORTS

1. Superintendent’s Report

Mr. Crawford passed out the agenda for the new teacher orientation to be held on August 15 and 16.

Mr. Crawford met with Ms. Campbell, Ms. Scott, Ms. Deutsch, Ms. Burnell and Ms. McElhaney to discuss the District hiring process, to develop guidelines regarding the process, and how we all can simplify the process and make it more efficient.

2. Board of Education Reports

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

No Report

b) Community Relations. . . . . .Jennifer Farmer

Mr. Crawford thanked Mrs. Farmer for taking time every Wednesday to set up an information table at the Manitou Farm and Art Market. She hands out materials about District 14 and the Manitou Springs Education Foundation.

c) Governmental Relations. . . . .Anna Lord

Mrs. Lord reported that Referenda C & D are now media topics. She is hearing pros and cons about them and the MSEF hopes to sponsor public information sessions about the referenda this fall.

d) District Accountability Advisory Committee . . . . Jeanne Barnes

No Report

e) Salary Committee Liaison. . . . . Jeanne Barnes and Larry Rice

No Report

3. Staff

a) Assistant Superintendent for Instruction . . . . . . Beth Campbell

Tabled until Ms. Campbell arrives.

b) Assistant Superintendent for Business Services . . . . .Gerrit Mahsman

Mr. Mahsman reviewed his written report with the Board. Mr. Mahsman discussed the impact of proposed legislation upon future funding for K-12 education.

Three possible candidates have expressed an interest in running for the School Board. Larry Rice (incumbent Board member), Barry Schultz and Lori Finn have all contacted Mr. Mahsman. The election will be held on November 1st.

At this time Mr. Rice welcomed Ms. Beth Campbell to the District. The Board took a few minutes to introduce themselves and welcome Ms. Campbell.

Reports Continued:

a) Assistant Superintendent for Instruction . . . . Beth Campbell

Ms. Campbell thanked everyone for the nice welcome she has received upon arriving to the District. She looks forward to meeting the staff and working with them as well as learning the traditions here at Manitou.

Ms. Campbell reviewed her written report with the Board of Education.

E. CONSENSUS/ROUTINE ITEMS

071805.03 Mrs. Lord moved to approve the following Routine Consensus Items with the addition of Amber Richman as 5th grade teacher at MSES.

The motion was seconded.

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

a) Certified

b) Classified

• Greg Nelson – Dist. Grounds

2. Employment

a) Certified

• Amber Richman – MSES – 5th Grade

b) Classified

3. OTHER

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

F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• Driver’s Education Program

Mr. Mahsman reviewed his written report on the Driver’s Education Program. At this point the district has a revenue deficit of $1,100 to $3,300 per year. An update will be available in September.

• Reimbursement for Unused Accumulated Sick Leave: Second Reading

071805.04 Mrs. Lowery moved to approve Reimbursement for Unused Accumulated Sick Leave Policy Code GCCAC with corrections.

The motion was seconded.

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

G. NEW BUSINESS

• Reimbursement for Sick Leave: Certified and Classified Employees: First Reading

071805.05 Mrs. Lord moved to delete two polices from the manual.
Policy GCCAC and GDCAC.

The motion was seconded.

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

BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY MANUALS were updated by all Board Members and the following staff: Mr. Crawford, Ms. McElhaney, Ms. Campbell and Mr. Mahsman.

H. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

August 8, 2005: Agenda was discussed and will be emailed out with no backup materials. Mr. Crawford and Ms. Campbell will handout materials at the work session because the Leadership Team will be working on those materials at their retreat from August 1-August 5.

September 12, 2005: Meeting with the Manitou Springs Education Foundation.

I. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 9:33 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted:

Deborah Lowery
Secretary

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Manitou Springs School District 14
405 El Monte Place, Manitou Springs
Colorado 80829
Phone: 719 685 2024 Fax: 719 685 4536