The Stanley County School District,
#57-1, Board of Education met in regular session August 12,
2002, 5:30 P.M., in the computer lab of the elementary building
with Gary Johnson, Mary Beth Fravel, John Bucholz, Mitch Norman
and John Moisan present. Others in attendance were
Superintendent Larry Jaske, Business Manager Kevin Merscheim and
Principals Kevin Mutchelknaus and Merry Bleeker.
Visitors were Mary Askren, Craig Rutschke, Kaye Scheibe,
Wanda Seiler, Lori Rathbun, Brad and Linda Taylor, Jennifer
Milliken, Ken and Lynn Larsen and Carol Olson.
President Gary Johnson called the
meeting to order at 5:30 P.M.
President Gary Johnson led the pledge
of allegiance.
Fravel moved, seconded by Moisan, to
adopt the agenda as amended.
All voted aye.
Norman moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the Consent Calendar.
All voted aye.
A.
Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of July 8,
2002
B.
Approve the Financial Reports
GENERAL FUND: Cash Balance, July 1,
2002 – 663,225.73; Receipts: Taxes – 10,131.06; Interest –
975.14; School To Work Grant – 6,223.80; Misc. Revenue –
10,000.00; Yearbook – 25.00; State Aid – 91,691.00; Title 1
– 11,636.44; Title II – 6,469.25; Title IV – 5,014.26;
Class Size Reduction – 8,325.39; Total Receipts –
150,491.34; Transfers into the Account – 1,305.43; Total
Available – 815,022.50; Disbursements – 82,836.51; Payroll
– 150,451.89; Transfer Out - 0; Cash Balance, July 31, 2002
– 581,734.10; CAPITAL OUTLAY: Cash Balance, July 1, 2002 –
6,939.02; Receipts: Taxes – 378.48; Interest – 53.11; Total
Receipts – 431.59; Transfers into the Account 0; Total
Available – 7,370.61; Disbursement – 9,506.97; Cash Balance,
July 31, 2002 – (2,136.36); SPECIAL EDUCATION: Cash Balance,
July 1, 2002 – 184,775.71; Receipts: Taxes – 576.84;
Interest – 190.19; Total Receipts – 767.03; Transfers into
the Account – 0; Total Available – 185,542.74; Disbursements
5,315.32; Payroll – 20,509.31; Cash Balance, July 31, 2002 –
159,718.11; UNEMPLOYMENT: Cash Balance, July 1, 2002 –
19,947.05; Interest – 0; Total Receipts – 0; Total Available
– 19,947.05; Disbursements 0; Cash Balance, July 31, 2002 –
19,947.05; FOOD SERVICE: Cash Balance, July 1, 2002 –
(12,233.75); Receipts: Sales – 2,397.15; State Food
Reimbursement – 1,456.57; Community & Youth Inv. – 0;
Total Receipts – 3,853.72; Transfer into the Account – 0;
Total Available (8,380.03);
Disbursements – 0; Payroll – 5,062.26; Cash Balance, July
31, 2002 – (13,442.29); TRUST
& AGENCY FUND: Cash Balance, July 1, 2002 – 624,596.36;
Receipts: Interest – 1,098.68; SC Coaches Fundraiser –
1,100.00; Total Receipts – 2,198.68; Transfers into the
Account – 0; Total Available – 626,795.04; Disbursements
225.24; Cash Balance, July 31, 2002 – 626,795.04.
C.
Note Budget Report
D.
Approve the Regular Bills
ABDO Publishing Co., Library Media
– 55.35; Access Elevator, Chair Lift – 21,200.00; American
Guidance Service, Supplies – 311.08; American Linen Supply,
Supplies – 185.30; Amoco, Gas – 186.13; Anderson Tire,
Repairs – 97.69; ASAP Software Express, Supplies –
19,823.65; Associated School Boards, Workshop & Property
Insurance – 28,344.51; Associated School Boards, Workman’s
Comp – 15,141.00; Auto Owners, Auto Insurance – 436.59;
Avera Pace, Dues – 120.00; Best Business Products, Repairs 96.00; Bottom Line Welding, Repairs – 85.00; Brodart,
Supplies – 386.15; Brooklyn Publishers, Supplies – 95.35;
Bureau of Administration, Telephone – 116.01; Capstone Press,
Library Media – 1,213.90; Carolina Biological, Supplies –
926.50; Central
Supply, Supplies – 25.00; Childwork/Childsplay, Supplies –
84.95; Christy Lumber, Repairs – 883.08; Comark, Equipment –
16,758.55; Cole Papers, Supplies – 4,709.52; Compaq Computers,
Equipment – 7,959.00; CDW, Supplies – 146.99; Conoco, Gas
– 22.32; Pam Cwach, Meals – 62.00; Dakota One Stop, Gas –
9.67; Dakota Sports, Supplies – 417.60; Dakota Supply Group,
Repairs – 15.03; Day Timers, Supplies – 480.94; Demco,
Supplies – 760.89; EBSCO, Periodicals – 1,675.99; Educators
Publishing, Supplies – 103.18; Envirotech Waste Services,
Garbage – 786.48; The Family Handyman, Periodicals – 19.97;
Follett Educational, Supplies – 703.96; Fonder Sewing Machine
Co., Equipment – 1,467.00; City of Fort Pierre, Utilities –
3,009.05; Franklin Covey, Supplies – 50.33; Glencoe, Textbooks
– 2,658.00; Glencoe/McGraw Hill, Textbooks – 1,867.48; Globe
Fearon Co., Textbooks – 896.78; Golden West Telephone,
Telephone – 177.62; Great Source Education, Textbooks –
1,203.61; Grolier Education Corp., Library Media – 1,087.12;
Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, Textbooks – 3,051.04; Harlow’s Bus
Sales, Repairs – 30.63; Harves Sport Shop, Supplies –
485.27; Heartland Paper, Supplies – 574.60; Hillyard, Supplies
– 323.34; Hipple Printing, Minutes & Advertising –
178.15; Hirsch Landscaping, Repairs – 830.00; Hogg Restaurant
Service, Equipment – 2,621.44; Hollywood Box Office, Postage
– 435.21; IBM, Repairs – 1,320.00; JW Pepper & Son,
Supplies – 1,063.78; Tom and Carrie Kelly, Parent Mileage –
394.40; Klein’s Office Plus, Supplies – 46.60; Arlene
Krueger, Meals and Mileage – 367.08; Lakeshore Lifeskills,
Supplies – 988.23; Gloria Lawrence, Meals 18.00; Love &
Logic Institute, Supplies – 117.65; M&T Fire and Safety,
Repairs – 156.50; Mainstay Suites, Lodging – 110.00; Master
Card, Supplies – 894.85; The Master Teacher, Supplies –
139.55; May-Adam-Gerdes-Thompson, Prof. Services – 157.30;
McLeod’s Printing, Supplies – 542.02; McLeod USA, Telephone
– 79.80; Medco, Supplies – 1,793.80; Melvin’s Flower Shop,
Supplies – 30.00; Kevin Merscheim, Prof. Services –
1,655.00; Modern Curriculum Press, Textbooks – 151.76; Montana
Dakota Utilities, Utilities – 74.46; Morris, Repairs – 6.00;
Nasco, Supplies – 474.98; North Star Turf, Repairs – 99.28;
Oasis Too, Water – 480.00; 100% Educational Video, Textbooks
275.26; Oriental Trading Co., Supplies – 83.90; Pietz Heating
& Cooling, Repairs – 831.53; Pierre School District, Prof.
Services – 2,250.00; Plank Road Publishing, Periodicals –
122.20; Porter’s Camera Store, Supplies – 1,307.32; Praxair,
Supplies – 134.38; Premier Agenda, Supplies – 1,608.80;
Prentice Hall, Textbooks – 323.25;
Qwest, Telephone – 378.53; Ramkota Inn, Lodging –
120.00; Redleaf Press, Supplies – 10.90; Regent Book Co.,
Library Media – 198.44; Resilite, Equipment – 6,501.00;
Rigby Education, Supplies – 142.70; Right Turn, Tuition –
268.19; Riverside Publishing, Supplies – 1,285.25; Robin’s
Water Cond’ting, Water – 10.00; Tom Rogers, Carpet –
20,987.00; Susan Schanzenbach, Meals – 42.00; Scholastic,
Supplies – 463.65; School Specialty, Supplies & Equipment
– 10,625.92; Vickie Schumacher, Meals – 42.00; Small Engine
House, Supplies – 1,400.13; Software Services, Repairs –
801.25; Sports Imports, Equipment – 4,319.50; State
Publishing, Supplies – 34.45; Steck-Vaughn Supplies –
178.03; Summit Supply, Supplies – 2,134.00; Sunburst, Supplies
– 351.00; Super 8 Motel-Aberdeen, Lodging – 300.00; Teacher
Treasurers, Supplies – 72.78; Teacher’s Video Co., Library
Media – 409.66; TIE, Registration – 107.50; Titze Electric,
Repairs – 234.12; Tobin’s Country Carpet, Carpet –
1,219.14; Thomson Learning, Textbooks – 2,406.69; Town &
Ranch Market, Supplies – 69.26; Venator Team Sales, Uniforms
– 1,232.50; Walmart, Supplies – 13.84; Weekly Reader,
Periodicals – 948.33; West
Central Electric, Utilities – 134.71; White House Inn, Travel
– 396.00; H.W. Wilson Co., Library Media – 289.00; Winning
Hoops, Periodicals – 44.95; Workbench, Periodicals – 15.94;
World Almanac Education, Library Media – 1,159.42; The Wright
Group, Supplies – 450.44; JR/LJ Rural Water, Water – 40.00;
Youngberg & Sons, Inc., Supplies – 292.12; GRAND TOTAL
BILLS APPROVED $223,620.02.
(A more detailed listing is in the Administration Office
of the Elementary Building.
E.
Note Imprest
Expenses
Bonnie Libner, Mileage – 36.24; SD
Superintendents Association, Registration – 100.00; TOTAL
IMPREST EXPENSES – $136.24.
Kaye Scheibe reported that the Even
Start grant has targeted sixty adults and eighty children in
Pierre and Fort Pierre for services.
The program has been evaluated for state and national
standards this past year. It
was requested to approve a letter of collaboration from the
Stanley County Schools for this grant.
Moisan moved, seconded by Norman, to
approve the letter of collaboration between the Even Start
program and the Stanley County School District and authorization
of Superintendent Larry Jaske to sign the letter.
All voted aye.
President Gary Johnson acknowledged a
thank you from Arlene Krueger for flowers received from the
school board and administration for the recent passing of her
husband.
Wanda Seiler representing the Parent
Organization reported that they have discussed the possibility
of changing the monthly meetings to Wednesdays instead of
Sundays to boost attendance.
The school has requested the Parent Organization provide
refreshments at the open house on August 27, 2002.
Bucholz moved, seconded by Norman, to
approve the open enrollment requests for students
#57001199807211 and #57001199807210 pending two student openings
at the Hayes School. All voted aye.
Fravel moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
disapprove the open enrollment request for student
#57001199807209. All
voted aye.
Moisan moved, seconded by Norman, to
approve the open enrollment request for student #57001199807207.
All voted aye.
Fravel moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the open enrollment request for student #57001199807212.
All voted aye.
Norman moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the open enrollment request for student #57001199807208.
All voted aye.
Moisan moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the open enrollment request for students
#57001199807213, #57001199807214 and #57001199807215.
All voted aye.
Board member John Moisan proposed
cleaning away the dead trees and brush along the Bad River
between the new bridge and the Bad River bridge.
The inmates from Pierre could be used for this project on
a Saturday and Sunday. Superintendent
Larry Jaske will meet with the Fort Pierre City Counsel for help
with equipment for this project.
Board member John Moisan proposed a
draft policy for training rules to be presented to the students
and parents at the beginning of each athletic sport season.
The Board and the public discussed the proposal in
detail. It was
suggested to have the coaches prepare a list of their team
expectations that could be presented to the students and
parents.
Ken and Lynn Larsen reported the
importance of families hosting foreign exchange students in our
community. It was
requested to increase the maximum number of student the Stanley
County Schools will accept from two to three students starting
this current school year.
Fravel moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the proposal to increase the maximum number of foreign
exchange students in the Stanley County Schools from two to
three students per year. All
voted aye.
Fravel moved, seconded by Moisan, to
approve the proposed amendments to the school board policy
handbook for the 2002-2003 school year.
All voted aye.
Moisan moved, seconded by Norman, to
approve the elementary teacher handbook as amended for the
2002-2003 school year. All
voted aye.
Moisan moved, seconded by Norman, to
approve the elementary student handbook as amended for the
2002-2003 school year. All
voted aye.
Fravel moved, seconded by Moisan, to
approve the middle/high school teacher handbook as amended for
the 2002-2003 school year.
All voted aye.
Moisan moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the middle/high school student handbook as amended for
the 2002-2003 school year.
All voted aye.
Norman moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
designate 315 student lockers as surplus property and require
this equipment to be sold at an auction or if not sold the
equipment will be destroyed pursuant to SDCL 6-13-1.
All voted aye.
Business Manager Kevin Merscheim
presented the amended fiscal year 2002-2003 budget for the
board’s approval.
Moisan moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION #1-2003 – Let it be
resolved, that the school board of the Stanley County School
District #57-1, after duly considering the budget and its
changes thereto, be published in accordance with SDCL 13-11-2,
hereby approves and adopts its proposed budget and changes
thereto, to be its annual budget for the fiscal year July 1,
2002, through June 30, 2003.
The adopted annual budget is as follows:
General Fund
$3,117,014.06
Opt Out Amount
0
Total General Fund Request
$3,117,014.06
Capital Outlay Fund
287,203.51
TAX LEVY REQUEST
Special Education Fund
$1.35/per $1,000 of total valuation
Pension Fund
$0.30/per
$1,000 of total valuation
All voted aye.
Bucholz moved, seconded by Norman, to
adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION #2-2003 - Let it be
resolved, that the school board of the Stanley County School
District #57-1, after duly considering the budget and its
changes thereto, be published in accordance with SDCL 13-11-2,
hereby approves and adopts its proposed budget and changes
thereto, to be its annual budget for the fiscal year July 1,
2002, through June 30, 2003.
The certified annual budget levy is as follows:
TAX LEVY REQUEST
General Fund
$1,172,934.44
Opt Out Amount
0
Total General Fund Request
$1,172,934.44
Capital Outlay Fund
224,812.56
Special Education Fund
$1.35/per $1,000 of total valuation
Pension Fund
$0.30/per $1,000 of total valuation
All voted aye.
Norman moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
approve the Emergency School Bus Pact through Associated School
Boards of South Dakota for the 2002-2003 school year.
All voted aye.
Superintendent Larry Jaske reported
information about the new No Child Left Behind Act and
the compliance notice to parents.
The damaged sections of the wood floor in the Parkview
building are scheduled to be replaced starting on August 19
pending the insurance approval. The gym will be closed for approximately one month for these
repairs. New
student lockers for the middle/high school have been ordered and
are expected on September 1.
The school will be asking for help from the state
women’s prison to install these lockers. The annual Associated
School Boards of South Dakota Convention will be held in Pierre
on August 15 and 16, 2002.
Educational assistants training will be held at the St.
John’s Catholic Church on August 20.
The Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader training
course will be held next week with forty-nine teachers to
attend. The school
staff in-service will be August 26 and will include training for
the staff on how to work with prison inmates.
The school open house will be August 27 from 6:30 P.M. to
7:30 P.M. The Under
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture will be visiting the
schools on August 29 with a student assembly to be presented
after a tour of the buildings.
The Board announced the regular
October Board meeting will be at the Orton School on Tuesday,
October 15, 2002 at 5:30 P.M.
Moisan moved, seconded by Bucholz, to
go into Executive Session according to SDCL 1-25-2 at 9 P.M. for
personnel reasons. All
voted aye.
President Gary Johnson declared the
Board out of Executive Session at 9:18 P.M.
Moisan
moved, seconded by Bucholz, to adjourn at 9:19 P.M. All voted aye.