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The Stanley County
School District, #57-1, Board of Education met in regular
session September 11, 2006, 5:30 P.M., in the Middle School
Learning Center with Sonny Harrowa, Mork Norman, John Duffy,
Darby Nutter and Bridget Miller present. Others in attendance
were Superintendent Brad Caldwell, Business Manager Kevin
Merscheim and Principals Brian Doherty and Merry Bleeker.
Visitors were Rebecca Cruse, Arlene Krueger, Shirley Swanson,
Craig Rutschke, Kim Doherty, Roxanne Harms, Linda Clair, Julie
Willoughby, Jaci McComsey, Shelby Gienger and Emiley Howard,
Steve Leber and Rhonda Sweetman.
President Sonny Harrowa called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M.
Jaci McComsey, Shelby Gienger and Emiley Howard sang the
national anthem.
Norman moved, seconded by Duffy, to adopt the agenda as amended.
All voted aye.
Miller moved, seconded by Norman, to approve the Consent
Calendar as amended. All voted aye.
A. Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of August 14, 2006
and Special Meeting of August 22, 2006.
B. Approve the Financial Reports
GENERAL FUND: Cash Balance, August 1, 2006 376,866.37;
Receipts: Taxes 17,603.70; Interest 750.29; Misc. Revenue
85.00; Sale of Orton Mobile Home 100.00; State Aid
98,329.00; Admissions 1,504.00; Yearbooks 30.00; Total
Receipts 118,401.99; Transfers into the Account 622.82;
Total Available 495,891.18; Disbursements 131,742.56;
Payroll 117,132.87; Transfer Out 19.95; Cash Balance, August
31, 2006 246,995.80; CAPITAL OUTLAY: Cash Balance, August 1,
2006 61,652.01; Receipts: Taxes 1,809.70; Interest 0;
Total Receipts 1,809.70; Total Available 63,461.71;
Disbursement 118,967.71; Cash Balance, August 31, 2006
(55,506.00); SPECIAL EDUCATION: Cash Balance, August 1, 2006 -
384,220.82; Receipts: Taxes 1,852.97; Interest 1,102.02; Title
VIB 10,496.70; Preschool Grant 320.60; Total Receipts
13,772.29; Transfer into the Account 224.00; Total Available
398,217.11; Disbursements 2,640.80; Payroll 6,805.35; Cash
Balance, August 31, 2006 388,770.96; PENSION FUND: Cash
Balance, August 1, 2006 12,658.52; Receipts: Taxes 445.03:
Interest 0; Total Receipts 445.03; Total Available
13,103.55; Payroll 13,000.00; Cash Balance, August 31, 2006
103.55; IMPACT AID: Cash Balance, August 1, 2006 1,175,291.10;
Receipts: Interest 1,314.15; Total Receipts 1,314.15; Total
Available 1,176,605.25;
Transfer Out 0; Cash Balance, August 31, 2006 1,176,605.25;
FOOD SERVICE: Cash Balance, August 1, 2006 5,274.50; Receipts:
Sales 3,172.07; State Food Reimbursement 0; Community &
Youth Inv. 0; Total Receipts 3,172.07; Transfers into the
Account 0; Total Available 8,446.57; Disbursements 329.63;
Payroll 2,464.36; Cash Balance, August 31, 2006 5,652.58;
FIDUCIARY ACCOUNTS: Cash Balance, August 1, 2006 311,201.36;
Receipts: Interest 1,077.62; Resale 360.10; Region Golf
35.08; Junior Class 100.00; Triple S Group 537.00; Coaches
Fundraisers 2,590.00; Volleyball Fundraisers 875.00; Total
Receipts 5,574.80; Transfers into the Account 2,229.91;
Total Available - 319,006.07; Disbursements 2,239.29; Cash
Balance, August 31, 2006 316,766.78.
C. Note Budget Report
D. Approve the Regular Bills
Ace Hardware, Supplies 11.90; Adventure Games, Supplies
55.98; All-Around Graphics, Supplies 147.50; Alltel, Cell
Phone 63.59; Als Engraving, Supplies 59.00; American Linen,
Supplies 168.00; Aradco Discount Magazines, Periodicals
500.10; Arcadia Publishing, Library Media 166.40; Assman Farm
Service, Repairs 55.40; Annn of Supervision, Membership
69.00; 22X, Prof. Services 688.00; B&H Video, Supplies
250.14; Brenda Bak, Supplies 15.92; Band Shoppe, Supplies
121.75; Barnes & Noble, Supplies 79.89; 22X, Registration
10.00; Merry Bleeker, Meals/Mileage 151.00; Brimark Inn,
Lodging 800.00; Bureau of Administration, Telephone 33.57;
Capital Journal, Minutes & Advertising 782.00; Capital Sports,
Supplies 620.00; Carolina Biological, Supplies 1,966.37;
Childrens Health Market, Textbooks 689.70; Christy Lumber,
Supplies 349.28; Cisco Systems, Supplies 70.66; Cole Paper,
Supplies 1,330.26; Compass Point Books, Library Media
555.56; Conoco, Bus Gas 80.74; Dept. of Corrections, Prof.
Services 268.26; Country Carpet, Supplies 13.14; Crucial
Technology, Supplies 255.93; Dakota Mill & Grain, Supplies
12.50; Dakota Supply Group, Repairs 148.14; Dean Foods, Milk
635.35; Delta Educational, Textbooks 691.10; Demco, Supplies
534.05; Discount Dictionaries, Library Media 89.12; Brian
Doherty, Meals/Mileage 151.00; Kimberly Doherty, Meals
52.00; Earthgrains, Food 274.56; Envirotech Waste Service,
Waste Disposal 697.70; Farm Forum, Subscription 26.00;
Fastenal, Supplies 30.77; City of Fort Pierre, Utilities
4,872.76; Judith Fosheim, Mileage 39.68; Gales Gas, Propane
153.00; Gateway 2000, Equipment 13,472.98; Glass Products,
Repairs 3,961.04; Glencoe, Textbooks 5,936.51;
Glencoe/McGraw Hill, Textbooks 1,408.93; Golden West
Telephone, Telephone 226.37; Great Source Educational,
Textbooks 510.35; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Textbooks
1,290.66; Harkers, Food 1,727.24; Harves Sport Shop, Supplies
312.00; Hauff Mid-America Sports, Supplies 1,056.10; Leroy
Heibel, Meals 52.00; Hillyard, Equipment 2,638.91; Hogens
Hardware, Supplies 189.98; Hogg Restaurant Service, Equipment
3,092.86; Houghton Mifflin Co., Textbooks 2,385.00; Ingram
Pest Service, Supplies 240.00; IBM, Repairs 1,591.80; Jostens,
Yearbook 892.91; Kleins Office Furniture, Supplies 224.00;
Kleins Office Plus, Supplies 14.36; Kmart, Supplies 24.99;
KSQP Radio, Prof. Services 260.00; Larrys Plumbing, Repairs
4,685.57; Joyce Larsen, Meals/Mileage 144.00; Library Video,
Supplies 58.85; Litery Guild, Library Media 28.96; Mason
Crest Publications, Library Media 247.70; May-Adam-Gerdes-Thompson,
Prof. Services 176.00; McDougal, Littell & Co., Textbooks
1,067.37; McLeods Printing, Supplies 229.88; Medco Supply,
Supplies 246.24; Jennifer Milliken, Meals 52.00; MLCS, Ltd.,
Supplies 144.75; Monick Pipe, Supplies 143.20; Montana
Dakota Utilities, Utilities 97.98; Morris, Repairs 923.39;
National Business, Membership 75.00; Oriental Trading,
Supplies 50.80; Bria Peppel, Meals 52.00; Perma-Bound,
Library Media 4,796.71; Phillips 66 Co., Gas 70.34; Pioneer
Drama Service, Supplies 131.95; Pitney Bowes, Royalty Fees
253.33; Plank Road Publishing, Supplies 47.45; Play To Learn,
Supplies 59.93; Praxair, Supplies 68.20; Prestwick House,
Textbooks 750.49; Pro-Ed, Supplies 53.90; Qwest, Telephone
125.20; Reinhart, Food 5,000.69; Renneberg Hardwood, Supplies
1,917.79; Kathy Riedy, Meals 52.00; Right Turn, Tuition
289.69; Robins Water, Water 206.35; Barbara Rose, Meals
52.00; Runnings, Supplies 113.90; Lois Russell, Meals 52.00;
Santel Communications, Repairs 129.90; Susan Schanzenbach,
Meals 87.00; School Nutrition Assn, Dues 35.00; School
Specialty, Supplies 9,941.03; Vickie Schumacher, Meals
87.00; Ronald L. Schur, C.P.A., Audit Services 11,600.00;
Scott Foresman, Textbooks 786.95; SD ASBO, Registration
140.00; SDHS Coaches Association, Membership 680.00; Servall
Uniform & Linen, Supplies 21.88; Shell Fleet Plus, Gas
311.05; Kathleen Siebrasse, Library Media 71.35; Smiths Fire
Extinguishers, Repairs 189.20; Software House International,
Supplies 921.27; Software Services, Repairs 162.50; Karen
Somsen, Meals 52.00; 22X, Prof. Services 873.86; Stanley
County Booster Club, Ticket Sellers 72.20; Stanley County
School District, Imprest 739.29; State Property Management,
Supplies 40.00; State Publishing, Supplies 522.16; Sun Opta,
Food 39.50; Supreme School Supply, Supplies 384.68; Taylor
Music, Supplies 1,633.00; Teachers Media Co., Supplies-
36.93; Thomson Learning, Textbooks 267.88; Titze Electric,
Repairs 1,237.14; Todays Horse Magazine, Library Media
15.00; Towneplace Suites, Lodging 60.00; Town & Ranch Market,
Supplies/Food 276.84; US Food Service, Food 2,202.02; USA
Today, Periodicals 146.00; VISA, Airline Tickets 434.60;
VoWac Publishing, Textbooks 54.45; Walmart, Supplies 214.65;
Wards Natural Science, Supplies 937.41; Weekly Reader,
Textbooks 214.00; West Central Electric, Utilities 171.90;
J. Weston Walch Publishing, Supplies 73.73; H.W. Wilson Co.,
Periodicals 13.00; Workbench, Periodicals 16.00; World
Almanac, Library Media 1,093.29; WR/LJ Rural Water, Water
60.00; WW Tire Service, Repairs 493.90; Youngberg & Sons,
Supplies 640.40; GRAND TOTAL BILLS APPROVED $120,991.33. (A
more detailed listing is in the Administration Office of the
Elementary Building.
E. Note Imprest Expenses
Krystal Simons, Registration 90.80; DCI, Background Checks
88.00; Greg Warren, Official 30.00; Todd Co. Schools, Entry
Fees 25.00; Jennifer Neuhauser, Official 90.00; Jeanie
Notava, Official 45.00; Mike Ruth, Official 115.44; Tiffany
Stoeser, Official 25.00; Krystal Simons, Supplies 230.05;
TOTAL IMPREST EXPENSES $739.29.
F. Approve Teacher Lane Changes
Lee Heibel - $39,941.00
Shari Beeghly - $33,975.00
G. Approve Resignation
Larae Schoenfelder Special Education Assistant
Kim Doherty, representing the North Central Association
Certification team, reported the staff is reviewing and updating
the curriculum mapping for their classrooms. The after-school
program, which replaces the summer school class, has begun with
six students and is conducted from 3:20 P.M. to approximately 5
P.M. during the school week.
Linda Clair reported the building blocks of the Stanley County
Schools Elementary Reading Program. Literacy, phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension were
discussed and its importance for elementary students. These
areas of curriculum are based on South Dakota reading standards
and assessed beginning at grade three.
Superintendent Brad Caldwell and Shirley Swanson reported the
Fallen Sons and Daughters of South Dakota book has been
completed and is available for purchase. The biographies of the
South Dakota fallen Vietnam veterans were written by Stanley
County and Spearfish students starting in the seventh grade.
These forty students from Stanley County School have been
invited to a special dedication ceremony on September 15, 2006.
The Board discussed the DME railroad and Highway 83 projects
that will take place near the school grounds. The safety and
noise issues were noted. The Board appointed President Sonny
Harrowa and John Duffy to the Highway 83 committee and Darby
Nutter and Bridget Miller to the committee for the DME railroad
to review the progress of each project.
Principal Brian Doherty requested approval for the West River
Catholic Dioceses to use the high school gym on March 24, 2007,
for a youth rally and to waive the rental charge for the
facility. The Board authorized the request. An information sheet
was presented for the Homecoming Festivities scheduled for next
week. A protocol for suspected student use of alcohol/drugs at
an activity was presented. This protocol will be used by all
staff members at all activities. The ACT college readiness
report for the Stanley County High School reported the average
scores of the fifteen students who tested this year. Roxanne
Harms informed the Board the High School version of Math Counts
will start soon with twenty five students registering to the
activity.
Principal Merry Bleeker reported the elementary enrollment was
218 students as of September 8, 2006. The dates of the Christmas
concerts will be for Cheyenne-December 14, Fort Pierre-December
18, Hayes-December 19 and Orton on December 20, 2006.
Information describing the revenue sources and the expenditures
of the Triple S fund was presented. The Triple S fund will
supply refreshments for the Character Counts training sessions
on September 13 for students in grades nine through eleven.
Student pictures will be September 12, 2006.
Superintendent Brad Caldwell proposed contracting with Karen
Sharp to administer the concessions for activities during the
2006-2007 school year.
Nutter moved, seconded by Miller, to approve the amount of
$500.00 for Karen Sharp to administer the concessions for
activities as proposed. All voted aye.
Nutter moved, seconded by Norman, to adopt the following
resolution:
RESOLUTION #2-2007 Let it be resolved, that the School Board
of the Stanley County School District #57-1, transfer the
following cash balance from the Impact Aid Fund to the General
and Capital Outlay Funds.
TO: General Fund $400,000.00
Capital Outlay $ 14,054.58
FROM: Impact Aid Fund $414,054.58
All voted aye.
Miller moved, seconded by Norman, to move the meeting date of
the regular October Board Meeting to October 10, 2006, at the
Hayes School at 5:30 P.M. All voted aye.
Superintendent Brad Caldwell presented information about the
Homecoming festivities scheduled for next week. A letter has
been submitted to Iseman Homes for final repairs to the Orton
Mobile Home. A job description was presented for the assistant
to the technology coordinator. The results of a staff survey
were presented. The results of last springs student tests that
are used for the No Child Left Behind Act were reviewed by the
Board. The math results will be studied in more detail during
the school year. The Superintendents and Business Managers of
the Stanley County and Harold School districts will meet on
Wednesday, September 13, 2006, to further discuss the proposed
consolidation. A review of the background checks for employees
will be conducted on September 19, 2006. Superintendent Brad
Caldwell will be attending the annual Impact Aid Conference in
Washington, DC next week.
Rhonda Sweetman representing the Stanley County Booster Club
reported the scheduled activities for September. Raffle tickets
for a scooter will be sold during the school year with the final
drawing being at the athletic banquet. The annual whopper feed
will be September 22 from five to seven p.m. The Booster Club
will be decorating the school grounds on Sunday, September 17,
2006, for the homecoming festivities. The Booster Club will be
selling memberships and decals at the Homecoming football game.
Balloons will be released at the kick-off of the football game
on Friday.
Duffy moved, seconded by Nutter, to adjourn at 7:27 P.M. All
voted aye.
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