OFFICIAL BOARD PROCEEDINGS

FREDERICK AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT #6-2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The regular board meeting of the Board of Education of the Frederick Area School District #6-2 was called to order at 6:59 p.m. by Chairman, Lance Podoll with board members Jeff Forsting, Richard Schlosser, Eric Sumption and Dennis Walworth Jr. present. Also present were C.E.O./Secondary Principal, Randy Barondeau; Elementary Principal, Ann Hegge; Business Manager, Lynn Delzer; Technical Coordinator, Cynthia Rall; Teachers, Kelly Duxbury and Sarah Sumption, and Patron, Joleen Christianson.

The meeting began with all present reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

Action 10-041 Motion by Forsting and seconded by Walworth to approve the agenda.

All aye, carried.

No additional education reimbursements were submitted.

The financial report for the month of August 2009 was presented as follows:

GENERAL CAPITAL SPECIAL PENSION LUNCH IMPRESS

OUTLAY EDUCATION FUNDS

The bills for the Frederick Area School District were presented.

SEPTEMBER 2009 EXPENDITURES

GENERAL FUND

84.25 AMERIPRIDE LINEN SUPPLY CO. INC SERV

187.63 BONN EXPRESS VEHICLE GAS

138.81 CARSON DELLOSA SUPPLIES

67.91 CENEX - ELLENDALE VEHICLE GAS

469.92 CENGAGE LEARNING SUPPLIES

383.32 CENTURY BUSINESS PRODUCTS, INC COPIER MAINT

1,045.91 CHADS ELECTRIC INC. MAINT SERV

97.02 CHAIR SLIPPERS MAINT SUPPLIES

258.66 CLASSROOM DIRECT SUPPLIES

348.51 COMMUNITY STORE SUPPLIES

21.74 CWD-ABERDEEN FFVP FRUIT

253.00 DAKOTA 2000 LICENSES

57.56 DAKOTA DUST-TEX, INC. MAINT SERV

20.00 DAKOTA ELECTRONICS MO SERV

488.57 DELZER REPAIR VEHICLE REPAIRS

450.00 DUXBURY, KELLY EDUCATION REIMB

90.15 ELLENDALE IMPLEMENT, INC MAINT SUPPLIES

276.75 ELLENDALE TRUE VALUE MAINT SUPPLIES

1,732.29 FREDERICK ACTIVITY FUND UTILITIES/PERDIEM

135.10 GROTON INDEPENDENT, INC BOARD PROCEEDINGS

2,281.48 HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS SUPPLIES

50.00 HEDDERMAN, TRISTA FALL CONF FEE

1,592.00 HUB AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL MO FEE

327.23 JAMES VALLEY COOP. TELE. CO. TELEPHONE

738.99 MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING MAINT SUPPLIES

295.22 McGRAW HILL COMPANIES SUPPLIES

13,831.09 MID STATES SCHOOL BUS, INC BUSING

360.00 NCS PEARSON, INC TITLE IID-LICENSE

47.42 NORTH CENTRAL FARMERS ELEVATOR VEHICLE GAS

28.87 OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO SUPPLIES

128.00 SCHOOL SPECIALTY SUPPLIES

337.00 SD HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION FEES

153.56 TOWN OF FREDERICK UTILITIES

26,777.96 GENERAL FUND TOTAL

CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND

12,780.00 BYTESPEED LLC COMPUTERS

1,438.92 CENGAGE LEARNING ACCOUNTING TEXTBOOKS

49.10 FOLLET EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BUSINESS MATH TEXTBOOK

4,590.94 FREDERICK ACTIVITY FUND LOAN PYMT/CALCULATORS

1,415.10 GLENCOE/MCGRAW HILL ORDER DEPT SPEECH TEXTBOOKS

939.00 HUB AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL MO FEE

168.39 McGRAW HILL COMPANIES ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS

172.32 OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO WHITEBOARD

883.61 TEL SERV COMMUNICATIONS, INC INTERCOM

22,437.38 CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND TOTAL

SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND

110.75 AVERA ST LUKES PT SERV

221.49 FREDERICK ACTIVITY FUND SPED PERDIEM

555.00 GWEN HAWLEY HOLINKA OT SERV

46.50 HOLIDAY INN SPED LODGING

70.28 PEARSON EDUCATION SPED SUPPLIES

1,004.02 SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND TOTAL

FOOD SERVICE

181.00 ABERDEEN AMERICAN NEWS, INC HELP WANTED ADV-COOK

133.55 AMERIPRIDE LINEN SUPPLY CO. INC SERV

360.00 AVERA PACE YR SERV

279.19 BERNARD FOOD INDUSTRIES, INC. FOOD

1,923.81 CWD-ABERDEEN FOOD/SUPPLIES

92.71 EARTHGRAINS COMPANY FOOD

19.44 KESSLER'S GROCERY FOOD/SUPPLIES

2,989.70 FOOD SERVICE FUND TOTAL

Action 10-042 Motion by Schlosser and seconded by Sumption to approve the minutes

of the August 10, 2009 meeting, the financial reports, and bills of the

Frederick Area School District. All aye, carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

Action 10-043 Motion by Schlosser and seconded by Forsting to approve the

Philosophy section of the policy manual. All aye, carried.

An update on the playground was given. The rain needs to stop so that the area can dry

out. Additional dirt will be needed. Gravel/slate will be obtained for back of school and

for the football field driveway.

At 7:04 p.m. Patrons Thersia Cox and Tami Nickelson joined the meeting.

An update was given on the Odyssey program. Four students are currently using it and

it is going well.

An update was given on the library consolidation. Information was recently obtained

from the library in which the board did not have time to review; therefore Sumption

suggested to table this until the next meeting. Other board members agreed.

At 7:15 p.m. Patrons Thersia Cox and Tami Nickelson and Technical Coordinator, Cynthia Rall left the meeting.

Action 10-044 Resolution by Forsting and seconded by Schlosser as follows:

LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the School Board of the Frederick Area

School District #6-2, after duly considering the proposed budget and its

changes thereto, to be published in accordance with SDCL 13-11-2

hereby approves and adopts its final budget and changes thereto, to be its

annual budget for fiscal year July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

On roll call vote, all aye. Resolution passed.

Action 10-045 Resolution by Forsting and seconded by Schlosser as follows:

LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the annual budget levy request for the

Frederick Area School District #6-2 is as follows: General Fund: Opt

Out Amount = $150,000 and general levy $322,745 or maximum

allowable levy whichever is greater. Capital Outlay Fund: $311,685

or $3.00/per $1000 of total valuation. Special Education Fund:

$93,506 or .90/per $1000 of total valuation. Pension Fund:

$31,169 or $.30/per $1000 of total valuation. On roll call vote, all aye.

Resolution passed.

NEW BUSINESS:

Discussion was held on thank you and congratulations. A complete listing can be found

in the school newsletter.

Action 10-046 Motion by Walworth and seconded by Schlosser to appoint Teacher

Assistant Teams for 2009-2010 as follows: Elementary-Janel Bergan,

Janice Ellefson, Ann Hegge, Paula Tschosik, and Angela Keller and

Junior High & High School-Randy Barondeau, Janelle Barondeau,

Jacklyn Brokaw, Lynnette Hertel, Sarah Sumption and Angela Keller.

All aye, carried.

Action 10-047 Motion by Schlosser and seconded by Forsting to approve the open

enrollment for 1 4th grade student. All aye, carried.

At 7:33 p.m. Technical Coordinator Cynthia Rall rejoined the meeting.

An update regarding the NCLB report was given by Ms. Hegge. Administration/teachers will receive specific information concerning the annual Frederick Area School District and schools (Frederick Elementary, Frederick Junior High, Frederick High School) and compile the informational reports and assessment/accountability information for all students. Subgroups reported will include All Students, Ethnicity, Students with Disabilities, Limited English Proficiency, Economically Disadvantaged, Gender, Migrant with all subgroups reported unless the N count is too small. The reports will be disseminated to all stakeholders through the following procedures: presented at the first possible school board meeting after the information is available; availability of reports documented in published minutes; availability of reports linked to the school website; a link to the state assessment website will be added to the school website; and print copies available at the district administration offices for any interested patrons. Each parent in the district will receive a print copy of the district information and individual schools their child(ren) attend. A complete assessment report and the report will be posted on a bulletin board in the main lobby of our K-12 school building. A complete assessment report and the report will be posted at various community locations. Articles in the district newsletter that is distributed to community members and available in local businesses for all stakeholders so that they are aware that paper copies of the test results are available at the school and the location of the state website. Individual student reports/test scores will be distributed to parents in September. All postings and reports will list the state website link https://nclb.ddncampus.net/nclb/index.html and the school website at http://www.frederickarea.k12.sd.us/.

Action 10-048 Motion by Forsting and seconded by Walworth to approve the NCLB

report as presented. All aye, carried.

Discussion was held in regards to ASBSD region meetings to be held in our area on Oct

6th in Webster and Oct 7th in Miller.

Discussion was held on the next section of the policy manual-Civil Rights. Revisions

were made and Board will review and approve next meeting.

Action 10-049 Motion by Forsting and seconded by Sumption to approve surplusing

2 wrestling mats and 2 wrestling mat carriers at a value of $250.00 and 1

computer desk at a value of $10.00. All aye, carried.

Action 10-050 Motion by Schlosser and seconded by Sumption to approve the Titan

Coop reconciliation for year 2008-2009 as presented (Leola School

District owes Frederick Area School District $8245.26.) All aye, carried.

Action 10-051 Motion by Forsting and seconded by Schlosser to approve vocational

students of having 2 study halls per day and to change student handbook

accordingly. All aye, carried.

At 7:51 p.m. Teacher Sarah Sumption left the meeting.

Action 10-052 Motion by Walworth & seconded by Sumption to approve the H1N1 flu

Policy and to incorporate it in the student communicable disease

guidelines as listed in the Health Section of the policy manual. All aye,

carried.

Richard Schlosser reported that the Hub Area Technical school has received the bids

back on the student built house. Menards got the house building materials bid. A

donation was received from Kathy Heupel for the Gary Heupel scholarship.

Action 10-053 At 8:02 p.m. with a motion by Schlosser and seconded by Forsting to

go into executive session for personnel, student, and legal matters. All

aye, carried.

Action 10-054 At 8:20 p.m. Chairman, Podoll declared the Frederick Area Board of

Education out of executive session.

Action 10-055 Motion by Schlosser and seconded by Walworth to offer and accept the

coaching contract for the coop to Leesa Christenson for Head Volleyball.

All aye, carried.

Action 10-056 Motion by Forsting and seconded by Sumption to offer and accept the

employment agreement for Karen Daniels as a cook. All aye,

carried.

Action 10-057 Motion by Schlosser and seconded by Walworth to offer and accept

revised teaching contracts to Justin Downes from BS to BS+24 and Kelly

Duxbury from BS+24 to MS and to offer and accept a revised

employment agreement to Janet Burkhardt for additional janitorial hours.

All aye, carried.

Further discussion was held on the library consolidation to include the decision that board

members Schlosser and Sumption along with CEO/Secondary Principal Barondeau will

attend the next library board meeting to be held on September 28th at 7 p.m. in Frederick.

Action 10-058 At 8:36 p.m. with no further business and with a motion by Forsting and

seconded by Schlosser for adjournment. All aye, carried.

Lance Podoll

Chairman

Lynn R Delzer

Business Manager