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Columbia Community Unit School District No. 4 Board of Education met October 19.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

Present: Absent:

Karen Anderson

Tammy Hines

John Long

Scott Middelkamp

Greg O’Connor

Brad Roessler

Randy Simmonds

Dr. Gina Segobiano, Superintendent

Dr. Beth Horner, Assistant Superintendent

Mrs. Angie Huels, Columbia High School Assistant Principal

I. Call to Order/ Roll Call. President Roessler called the Budget Hearing to order at 7:00 p.m. in the District Office Board Room.

Visitor(s) Present. Visitor(s) present: Merry Rhoades, Rachel Mathews and Sean McGowan

II. Welcome Visitors/ Public Comments. President Roessler welcomed the public.

Dr. Segobiano reported on the following current events:

• The District hosted the Southwestern Division Dinner

meeting on October 4th. Dr. Segobiano thanked the board members who attended.

• Congratulations to Angie Barnett, a second grade teacher at Parkview, for being awarded the Emerson Electric Excellence in Education Teaching Award. Mrs. Barnett will be attending an awards ceremony in the near future.

• April Becherer has been heavily involved with a pilot project through Teachers Pay Teachers. This project was covered recently by the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Dr. Segobiano thanked April for all of her hard work on this project.

• Dr. Segobiano shared photos of activities and projects by the special education students and teachers. Among them were pictures of the stand-up chairs purchased by the PTA, Flight Crew, Early Childhood and Mrs. Pickett’s science class.

• National Walk to School Day was October 4th at the Middle school. Rachel Mathews was in the audience, and reported there was a lot of participation.

III. Correspondence Correspondence was passed around to the Board members.

Approve Consent Agenda (Items IV. and V.)

IV. Minutes and Finance. Motion to approve the following consent agenda items (Item IV. Minutes and Finance and Item V. Personnel

Items), as presented and as amended, by Superintendent Segobiano:

A. Approval of Minutes –

1. Open Session(s)

a. Regular Meeting – September 25, 2017

2. Executive Session(s) –

a. Regular Meeting – September 25, 2017

B. Approve Bookkeeper’s Financial Position/Treasurer’s Reports

C. Approve Budget Report – September 30, 2017

D. Approve Expenditures – October, 2017

E. Activity Fund Balance Report – September 30, 2017

V. Personnel Items

Accept Resignations. A. Accept Resignation(s) –

1. Carla Edwards, Paraprofessional

Employ Educational Support Personnel. B. Employ Educational Support Personnel –

1. Amy Vollmer, Paraprofessional

Employ Certificated Personnel. C. Employ Certificated Personnel – None

Approve Temporary Disability Leave(s). D. Approve Temporary Disability Leave(s) –

1. Kelly Hoffman, Bus Driver (10/19/17-11/21/17)

Approve Extra-Curricular Appointments. E. Approve Extra Curricular Assignments –

1. Amanda Bedard, JV Softball Coach

2. Carey Burton, CHS Assistant Scholar Bowl Coach

Approve Non- Certified Class Advancements. F. Approve Non-Certified Class Advancements –

1. Dawn Geske, Class I to Class II Bus Driver

Declare Vacancy(s). G. Declare Vacancy(s) – None

Motion To Approve Consent Agenda

Motion to approve consent agenda (Item IV. Minutes and Finance and Item V. Personnel Items), as presented and as amended, made by Scott Middelkamp, seconded by John Long.

On a roll call vote:

Anderson-Aye, Hines-Aye, Long-Aye, Middelkamp-Aye, O’Connor-Aye, Roessler-Aye, Simmonds-Aye. The motion carried, 7-Aye, 0-Absent, 0-Nay

VI. Communications – Reports and Presentations

A. Board Committee Reports – None

B. Administrative Reports – The Board reviewed the following administrative reports:

1. Enrollment Report

2. Principals Reports – Included in Board Packet

Mrs. Angie Huels, Columbia High School Assistant Principal, was in attendance and reported on the following:

• Homecoming Week was very successful and tons of fun. Friday, which is Game Day, was a half day of school, so students went directly to the gym upon arrival and spent the morning playing games. There was a lot of positive feedback regarding the half day schedule.

• Megan LeBlanc and Nick Bahr were named Wendy’s High School Heisman School Winners. Congratulations on a very prestigious award!

• A change has been made to the Student Spotlight award. Rather than giving the student a plaque, a letter and $30 gift card to a local restaurant is mailed to the parents. That way the student can celebrate the award as a family event.

• NHS tutoring is going well!

• Fall sports are wrapping up.

• PSAT testing was last week and went very smoothly.

3. Directors’ – CMT, Food Service, and Special Education

4. Assistant Superintendent’s Report –

a. PLC/Curriculum Development. Dr. Horner reported that the administrators and teachers utilize Wednesday early dismissal time to work on curricular initiatives, assessment analysis, collaboration and articulation across content areas and grade levels. In addition, the half day School Improvement Meeting in September proved to be extremely beneficial to have a solid block of time to truly dig deeper in horizontal and vertical articulation. Good PLC goals came from the meetings. There will be two more in November. High School is working on four to five proposals for new courses next year. Dr. Segobiano received a copy of an email from a high school math teacher to Dr. Castelli thanking her for the good leadership and productive PLC meetings. Teachers submit minutes to the building principals who in turn provide feedback. There is never enough time devoted to professional and curricular development. Therefore, the board may be asked for considering two more half day school improvement days next year – one in the fall and one in the spring.

5. Superintendent’s Report –

a. FOIA Requests. The district has responded to the following Freedom of Information Act request: American Watchdogs Inc. requested copies of all debt and payment schedules for the district and a copy of the Superintendent’s contract and compensation.

b. Parent Outreach Programs. Several staff members spearheaded a parent outreach program addressing executive functioning skills focusing on homework and time management. Over 40 parents attended which shows a huge interest in the topic. Special thanks to Ali Bluell, Heidi Donald, Kate Randle, Jeanne Goacher, Courtney Castelli, and Rosemary Leingang for organizing this event. In addition, the teachers at Eagleview offered a parent RTI night on September 28th which focused on effective strategies parents can do at home to support reading.

c. Technology Purchases. The district continues to move forward with advancing our infrastructure and technology access to all staff and students throughout the district. Dr. Landgraf provided a four year “Technology Purchases, Accomplishments, and Upgrades” to demonstrate the commitment of using technology but keeping within financial boundaries. The 21st Century learning moves from a text based traditional approach to learning to a technology driven instructional program. We will be adding a firewall and switches at a 40% discount through the federal ERate funding. We continue to balance our instructional resources across the content areas. Trent Mehaffey and Dr. Landgraf are doing a great job with ensuring all systems are functioning and access is available daily.

VII. Items for Action

Motion to Approve the Speech Pathologist

A. Motion was made by Randy Simmonds and seconded by Karen Anderson to approve the Speech Pathologist Evaluation Tool as presented. Evaluation Tool

Upon a voice vote, Motion Carried 7-Aye, 0-Absent, 0-Nay

Motion to Approve the Law Firm of Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan Jackstadt, P.C. To Provide Legal Services to the District

B. Motion was made by Tammy Hines and seconded by Greg O’Connor to approve the law firm of Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C. to provide legal services to the district.

On a roll call vote:

Hines-Aye, Long-Aye, Middelkamp-Aye, O’Connor-Aye, Roessler-Aye, Simmonds-Aye, Anderson-Aye. The motion carried, 7-Aye, 0-Absent, 0-Nay

VIII. Discussion Items- A. Facility Projects.

1. Concession Stand/Rest Room – Mike Schneider, of Quadrant Design, was not in attendance, as originally planned. Dr. Segobiano will invite him to attend the November board meeting to answer any questions the board may have.

2. CHS Parking Lot – The CHS parking lot looks great and is being utilized every day.

3. Turf Field – This is the sixth season for the turf field. The turf will be needing preventative maintenance soon. The warranty ends in two years, so Dr. Segobiano has contacted AstroTurf to come out and give their opinion on the current condition.

IX. Board President’s Prerogative. None

X. Closed Session7:38 p.m. It was moved by Karen Anderson, seconded by Tammy Hines to enter Closed Session for (1) the purposes of employment or dismissal of employees, appointment, compensation, discipline, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity, and (2) the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

On a roll call vote:

Long-Aye, Middelkamp-Aye, O’Connor-Aye, Roessler-Aye, Simmonds-Aye, Anderson-Aye, Hines-Aye. The motion carried, 7-Aye, 0-Absent, 0-Nay

Open Meeting Reconvened -11:09 p.m. President Roessler reconvened the meeting to Open Session in the District Board Room at 11:09 p.m.

XI. Action as a Result of Closed Session. No action was taken as a result of Closed Session.

XII. Adjourn - 11:09 p.m. With no further business to come before the Board, it was moved by Greg O’Connor, seconded by Randy Simmonds, to adjourn the meeting. President Roessler adjourned the meeting at 11:09 p.m.

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