REGULAR BOARD MEETING                                                                                 November 20, 2007

A regular meeting of the School Board of Independent School District No. 518, Worthington, Minnesota, was held at the Worthington High School Media Center, 1211 Clary Street, Worthington, Minnesota on November 20, 2007, at 5:15 p.m.

The following were present:  BOARD MEMBERS - Joel Lorenz, Lori Dudley, Lowell Nystrom, Steve Schnieder, Bob Jirele, Linden Olson, Brad Shaffer

ADMINISTRATORS - John Landgaard, Superintendent, Dave Skog, Director of Management Services

Correspondence and Recognition: The board recognized the following staff and students: Maggie Kraemer as a presenter at the MN Educational Media Organization 2007 Fall Conference; Jody Madsen, Marcia Liapis and Pat Henkels will be presenting at the MN Middle School Conference on November 29 & 30^th in Minneapolis; Prairie Elementary School’s Veterans Day Program; trailer donation made to the Trojan marching band by Jaycox Implement, Nickel and Associates Insurance Agency, Avalon Beauty Academy, Johnson Builders and Realty, and First State Bank Southwest.

1.      Motion by Member Nystrom, seconded by Member Olson and unanimously passed to approve the Consent Agenda for the November 20, 2007, School Board meeting with the removal of 4.2.4. resignation of the assistant wrestling coach.

2.      Motion by Member Olson, seconded by Member Jirele and unanimously passed to approve the Main Agenda for the November 20, 2007, School Board meeting.

3.      Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Lorenz and unanimously passed to approve the minutes of the October 16, 2007, Regular School Board meeting.

4.      Motion by Member Lorenz, seconded by Member Jirele and unanimously passed to approve the action of the items on the Consent Agenda as amended as follows:

4.1         Financial Reports -

A.     Approved Investments Matured and Purchased

B.     Approved Wire Transfers

                  C.   Approved Claims and Accounts for November 20, 2007, as per Board Check Register

D.     Approved District Imprest Cash Account and Community Education Imprest Cash Account for October 2007.

E.      Reviewed the Middle School, High School, Prairie Elementary and the Area Learning Center Activity Accounts for October 2007.

4.2.1.        Approved termination of Mayra Lowry as Class I ELL Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective October 11, 2007.

4.2.2.        Approved resignation of John Singler as Head 8^th Grade Boys’ Basketball Coach at the Middle School effective August 28, 2007.

4.2.3.        Approved resignation of Dee Olson as ABE Teacher with Community Education effective September 1, 2007.

4.2.4.        Approved resignation of Pam Fleming as Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary School effective October 22, 2007.

4.3.1.        Approved employment of Rosemari Kroll as ABE Teacher with Community Education effective October 3, 2007.

4.3.2.        Approved employment of Scott Calvin as co-assistant Boys’ Hockey Coach with the High School effective October 29, 2007.

4.3.3.        Approved employment of Doug Mead as co-assistant Boys’ Hockey Coach with the High School effective October 29, 2007.

4.3.4.        Approved employment of Jill Lara as Class I ELL Paraprofessional at the Middle School effective November 7, 2007.

4.3.5.        Approved employment of Mary Kay Hansen as Paraprofessional at Prairie Elementary School effective November 9, 2007.

4.4        The board approved the following donations for the month of October 2007:  Soccer concessions donated funds for the soccer teams, Kemps to Prairie Elementary from the bottle caps program, and a donation of a trailer from a WAMBO fundraiser donation to the School District’s marching band program.

4.5        Approved the elimination of the following 1000 series policies (Residential Program:  1001 Infection Control; 1002 Consumer Grievance/Complaint policy; 1003 Consumer Records; 1004 Consumer Rights Policy; 1005 Consumer Satisfaction Evaluation; 1006 Data Privacy; 1007 Psychotropic Medication Monitoring Policy; 1008 Internal Reporting Procedure for all Suspected Maltreatment; 1009 Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults Reporting Procedure; 1010 Service Initiation Admission; 1011 Service Suspension; 1012 Safe Transportation; 1013 Employee Reimbursement Policy; 1014 Behavior Management; 1015 Infection Control/Sanitary Practices; 1016 Incident Reporting; 1017 Maltreatment of Minors Reporting Procedure; and 1018 Service Termination or Demission.

4.6        Approved an employee’s request for sick leave (due to pregnancy) from February 19, 2008, through April 1, 2008.

4.7        Approved an out of town travel request for Jon Loy to attend the 61^st Annual Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, December 18-21, 2007.

5.       Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Lorenz and unanimously passed to approve the Staff Development Goals as presented.

6.       Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Olson and unanimously passed to approve first reading of Policy 511 Student Fundraising and Policy 641 Student Acceleration to Higher-Level Athletic Activities.

7.       Motion by Member Lorenz, seconded by Member Nystrom and unanimously passed to approve an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Prairie Elementary restoration project.

8.       Motion by Member Shaffer, seconded by Member Nystrom and unanimously passed to approve payment of 5 assessments in the amount of $19,812.44 and payment in full of a new assessment for paving work on Tower Street in the amount of $11,704.16.

9.       Motion by Member Olson, seconded by Member Lorenz and unanimously passed to approve new copier lease agreement for District Administration building with Xerox.

10.   Motion by Member Jirele, seconded by Member Shaffer and unanimously passed to approve a resignation of Kami Van Sickle, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher, pending appropriate replacement of the position.

11.   Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Lorenz and unanimously passed to approve a marching band trip to Chicago to march in the Thanksgiving Day parade in 2008.

12.   Motion by Member Dudley, seconded by Member Lorenz and unanimously passed to approve a Behavior Intervention Specialist position at the High School.

The Board further discussed and reviewed the following matters: Investments and financial status; reports on: Superintendent’s Report – Mr. Landgaard reported the following:  Service Coop ballots; legislative platform; NCA accreditation self assessment; pay equity comparison report; National Community Education convention in Minneapolis December 3-9, 2007.  Instructional Committee Report – Mrs. Dudley reported Mr. Jerry Fiola gave a report on the truancy officer position.  Operations Committee Report.  Mr. Olson reported the committee discussed the following: the soccer field was graded; storage buildings are in process of being built; and there was a proposal of a rain garden project at the Middle School.  Nobles County Integration Collaborative Report – Mr. Schnieder reported the committee approved several mini grants;  an 8^th grade retreat is scheduled on exploring prejudice at MN West Fine Arts building; and teaching parents forever workshop, November 28, 2007, 8-4 p.m. at NCIC.  Technology Committee Report – Mr. Olson reported the committee discussed the technology disaster plan; what content needed to be barred on the new internet filter; and short and long range plan for technology.  Other Business – Mr. Olson reported the staff development plan was approved and the Staff Development Committee is discussing how best to implement the plan for next year.

Mr. Landgaard gave a negotiation update.  A negotiations meeting is scheduled for November 28, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. at the District Office and a mediation meeting is scheduled for December 11, 2007, at 12 noon at the District Office.

Meeting adjourned at 5:50 p.m.

                                                                        Linden Olson, Clerk

                                                                        Lisa Ahrenstorff, Deputy Clerk