School Board Minutes Feb 7th
Posted by Cheri Evans in School Board Notices Sunday, 1 April 2012 21:04
ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
February 7, 2012
The Arbon School Board met on February 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry, Robin Claunch and clerk, Cheri Evans.
The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the agenda. Â The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the minutes. Â The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve them. The total M & O expenses for the month of February was $20,864.74. The school received $692.50 from the State Department, $1,825.12 from property taxes, $60.00 dividend from State Insurance Fund, $10,000.00 from REAP funds and $11.05 from interest on investments. Â The school M & O balance is $80,602.45. The Plant Facility received $.393 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $33,423.81. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the financial statement.
Robin will talk to speech therapist, David Brainard, and ask him to retest and evaluate the students to see if they qualify at the State Departments level for speech service. Â The board may need to look into state funding for the next school year.
The teacher’s salary schedule needs to be updated to really reflect what the teachers are being paid.  Jason will work on.  The school board needs to let Chris Steinlicht, Power County Clerk, know by March 16th if they plan on having a supplemental levy election on May 15th.  With the legislature still in session, unfreezing the teacher’s salary schedule and not knowing exactly what the funding will be the motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason for the need for a supplemental levy in the amount of $30,000.00 for one year for the purpose of paying all lawful expenses of maintaining and operating the District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013.
The board reviewed, discussed and made some changes to a bus analysis Jake had prepared to help with preparing the bus driver contracts that end at the end of this school year.  Cheri will get a copy to the bus drivers so they can review it before March’s meeting.  A list of minor and major repairs for the Fitch bus was gone over.  Juli is still working on getting the cost together.
The next meeting will be held on March 13, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Â The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Â The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.