ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

November 11, 2014

The Arbon School Board me on November 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams Melinda Campbell and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry, Robin Claunch and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve the agenda after one addition. The motion was moved by Melinda and seconded by Jake to approve the minutes.  The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Melinda to approve them . The total M & O expenses for the month of November is $24,828.70. The school received $692.50 from the State Department and $9.13 from interest on investments. The school M & O balance is $125,748.20. The Plant Facility received and $2.61 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,611.00. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the financial statement.

The Christmas Program will be on December 18th at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.  The board will try and get the stage up the evening of December 1st.  The lottery scratch is on November 18th at 4:00 p.m. at ISU.  Melinda will contact Jason Bransford on doing the teacher observations.  The school’s teacher evaluation plan needs some revisions.  Melinda will take care of this.

The 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school audit have been completed.  Jason will pick them up on Thursday. Ryan Robinson, our auditor, recommended us doing an audit every year; Idaho Code 67-450B requires public entities that have budgets over $250,000 to do annual audits. The board made the decision to have them done annually.  Cheri opened a school account for the monies from the fund raisers.  It will require two signatures on the check.  She will find out if the school can be the beneficiary.

Modern Roofing has completed the new rain gutters.  We have not received a bill from them yet.  The board agreed to have Evans Pumps replace the heat tape in the gutters and put some in the valleys.  Jared and Steve Lusk are still going to put up the new basketball boards.

The next meeting will be held on December 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Approved 12-16-2014

ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

December 16, 2014

I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

II. CONSENT AGENDA

A. MINUTES

B. BILLS

C. FINANCIAL

III. TEACHERS

A. SCHOOL PROGRAM – DEC. 18TH/11:00 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

A. 2012-2013 & 2013-2014 AUDIT

B. NEW BUS /FITCH ROUTE

V. OLD BUSINESS

A. TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN/REVISIONS

ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
October 8, 2014

The Arbon School Board me on October 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. members Melinda Campbell and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve the agenda. The motion was moved by Melinda and seconded by Jake to approve the minutes. The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve them . The total M & O expenses for the month of October is $26,039.36. The school received $5,064.38 from REAP Funds and $9.10 from interest on investments. The school M & O balance is $149,875.27. The Plant Facility received and $2.60 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,608.39. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve the financial statement.

The Fun Run/Walk had 78 participants and raised $475. The basketball back boards will be delivered on October 20th.

The annual report was gone over, approved and signed. The Thin Clients have not been working correctly since the beginning of school. Jacob donated three Chrome Bases for Debbie’s class to tryout to see if they are able to do everything she needs them to do. Her class has used them for most of a week and feel they will do what she needs. Her only concern is the secure browser for the ISAT testing from the State Department of Education this spring. The Board gave approval to order nine Chrome Books and three more Chrome Bases. Debbie will contact Jacob to go ahead and order and to check into the secure browser concern. The Chrome Bases will go in Robin’s class.

Shawn Lish looked over the rain gutter repair project on the school building. He thinks it will entail more than he wants to tackle. Jake asked Kade if he would like to contact someone and oversee the project. Kade has contacted Modern Roofing and they came out and looked at the project with a bid of approximately $2,200.

The next meeting will be held on November 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

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ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

October 7, 2014

I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

II. CONSENT AGENDA

A. MINUTES

B. BILLS

C. FINANCIAL

III. TEACHERS

A. FUN RUN – $475

IV. NEW BUSINESS

V. OLD BUSINESS

A. REAP FUNDS

B. BASKETBALL BOARDS

C. BUILDING/RAIN GUTTERS

ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

August 12, 2014

The Arbon School Board me on August 12, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. members Melinda Campbell and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve the agenda after one addition. The motion was moved by Melinda and seconded by Jake to approve the minutes.  The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve them after one addition. The total M & O expenses for the month of August is $24,465.95. The school received $9,197.74 from the State Department, $185.00 refund from Lee Pesky Learning Center, $315.05 from property taxes and $8.70 from interest on investments. The school M & O balance is $76,502.76. The Plant Facility received and $2.48 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,603.37. The motion was moved by Melinda and seconded by Jake to approve the financial statement.

Robin, Debbie and Cheri attended an ISEE Boot Camp on August 11th.  Important information they learned was:

a.  Student Data Security

b.  5th grade will still have to take the ISAT science test

c.  SBAC will now be called ISAT-II

The county L-2 form was gone over and accepted.  The board approved the bus routes for the 2014-2015 school year.  Juli Fitch would like a master key for the school to be able to get in the building to have access to the busing files.  The board gave approval.  Kade Lusk has been hired for the custodian position.

Steve Lusk  gave an update on the playground  project.  It’s complete except for crack sealing, basketball  back boards, fence and painting. Crack sealing to be done on August 25th at 6:00 p.m.  Jared Lusk is willing to put up the basketball back boards and is looking into pricing the back boards.  The fence will be done before school starts. We’ll try and find someone looking for a senior project to do the painting.  Our fund raising account had $10,129.47 the project cost $12,305.33 plus whatever the crack sealant costs.

Shawn Lish is working on getting an estimate on repairing the rain gutters on the building.

The Strategic Plan was finalized and approved.  Debbie Curry’s teaching contract was discussed and amended.  She was given a $2,000.00 increase for duties above teaching that she does.

The next meeting will be held on September 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

approved 09-09-2014

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