June 8, 2015 Board of Education Meeting
President Binns called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Brandon Williams led the board and guests in the pledge of allegiance.
Joseph Skye made a motion to approve the agenda as printed. Brandon Williams seconded. Carried 5-0.
Brandon Williams made a motion to approve the consent agenda which included approval of the payment of bills, approval of minutes of the May 11th and May 26th, 2015 board meetings and treasurer’s report as printed. Mary Kirkpatrick seconded. Carried 5-0.
President Binns introduced Kenny Boeckman who will serve as Lincoln Elementary Principal for 2015-16. Mr. Boeckman introduced his wife and children to the board and gave them some background on his experience.
Josh Sweaney arrived and was present for the remainder of the meeting.
President Binns presented resignations from Shelby Romines as Head Softball Coach and Arthur Commons as Cross Country Track Coach. Brandon Williams made a motion to accept the resignations of Shelby Romines and Arthur Commons as presented. Joseph Skye seconded. Carried 6-0.
Superintendent David Pendergraft requested the board to grant permission to the Superintendent and Clerk to close out the 2014-15 fiscal year and to make transfers as needed. Mary Kirkpatrick made a motion to grant permission to the Superintendent and Clerk to close out the 2014-15 fiscal year and make transfers as needed. Brandon Williams seconded. Carried 6-0.
Superintendent Pendergraft gave an update on the legislative finance bill to the board.
Robert Womack, Central Principal, reported that summer school is going well and that summer maintenance projects are underway in his building.
Jason Walker, MS Principal, reported that the close of the school year was successful and they had a good awards assembly. Mr. Walker reported that six students failed classes and those students have had the opportunity for recovery classes since January. He reported that a couple of students have now completed those recovery classes. He also reported that the recovery classes have proved to be an incentive for MS students to work harder during the regular school year so they do not have to take recovery classes.
Cory White, HS Principal reported that the students who went to Costa Rica have returned and they had a very successful trip. He also reported that Angela Yarbrough is teaching four courses for Labette Community College at the high school this summer and those classes began today. He extended his congratulations to Coach Mercer, his staff and the HS baseball team for placing third in State Baseball competition. He also reported that several students have received individual honors and they are as follows:
Baseball CNC All-League:
1st team: Craig Karnes, Brendan Skye
2nd team: Cody Rowe
Honorable Mention: Nate Miller
Baseball All-State:
1st team: Brendan Skye
2nd team: Craig Karnes, Cody Rowe
KABC All-State Baseball game: Brendan Skye
Softball CNC All-League:
2nd team: Sarah Spencer
Honorable Mention: Hailey Humphrey
In addition, Coach Chris Mercer was named as CNC League Coach of the Year.
The board extended their congratulations to all the students and coaches for representing Baxter Springs well and for their individual honors.
Daymon McCorkle, Director of Maintenance gave an update to the board on summer projects that the maintenance and custodial crew are working on throughout the district.
Mr. McCorkle also presented bids for a roofing project at Lincoln School. Bids received were:
Midwest Coating - $24,906.75
Giesler Roofing - $27,690.00
Ryan Roofing - $30,000.00
Daymon McCorkle recommended accepting the bid of Midwest Coating for the Lincoln School roof project. Chuck Sweeton made a motion to accept the recommendation of Daymon McCorkle to approve the bid of Midwest Coating for the roofing project at Lincoln School. Mary Kirkpatrick seconded. Carried 6-0.
Josh Sweaney made a motion to enter into executive session to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interests of those individuals to be discussed and to discuss negotiations in order to protect the public interest in negotiating a fair and equitable contract and that we return to open session in this room after a 30 minute period of time. This session shall include the board, Superintendent and administrators as needed. Brandon Williams seconded. Carried 6-0.
6:27 p.m. Enter executive session.
6:57 p.m. Resume regular session.
Joseph Skye made a motion to enter into executive session to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interests of those individuals to be discussed and that we return to open session in this room after a 15 minute period of time. This session shall include the board, Superintendent and administrators as needed. Mary Kirkpatrick seconded. Carried 6-0.
6:58 p.m. Enter executive session.
7:13 p.m. Resume regular session.
Joseph Skye made a motion to enter into executive session to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interests of those individuals to be discussed and that we return to open session in this room after a 5 minute period of time. This session shall include the board, Superintendent and administrators as needed. Chuck Sweeton seconded. Carried 6-0.
7:15 p.m. Enter executive session.
7:20 p.m. Resume regular session.
Jason Walker made a recommendation to hire Tammy Porter as MS 7th & 8th grade English teacher and MS cheerleading coach for 2015-16. Brandon Williams made a motion to accept the recommendation of Jason Walker to hire Tammy Porter as MS English and cheerleading coach for 2015-16. Mary Kirkpatrick seconded. Carried 6-0.
David Pendergraft made a recommendation to re-hire all classified staff in each building for 2015-16. Brandon Williams made a motion to accept the recommendation of David Pendergraft to re-hire all classified staff in each building for 2015-16. Joseph Skye seconded. Carried 6-0.
Josh Sweaney made a motion to adjourn. Brandon Williams seconded. Carried 6-0.
7:23 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Vicki Bradley, Clerk/Board of Education
DeAnne Binns, President/Board of Education