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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD �� 1 OF ORONO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 278 OCT 2 5(Q88 HELD ON OCTOBER 10, 1988 The regular meeting of the School Board of Orono Independent-'School_pistrict No. 1 278 was held on Monday, October 10, 1988. - 1 Present: Dave McKown James Franklin Thomas Mich Don Anderson John Maresh William Fenholt Kitty Crosby Lucie Taylor UPON MOTION by Lucie Taylor, seconded by Jim Franklin, the consent agenda was approved as follows: - approved the minutes of the September 26, 1988 regular meeting; - approved the minutes of th- September 26, 1988 Board workshop; - approved the following variance request: Greg Van Buren, grade 10, to attend Delano Schools; - approved the appointment of Kirsten Peterson as half-time math/reading teacher for the intermediate school; - approved the appointment of Tamara Ejorkedal as a 10 hour a week gifted liaison teacher for the elementary schools; - author zed administration to accept the bid from Bob Ryan Ford in the amount of 514,837 for one handicapped van; - 3pproved the bills as covereJ by vouchers 060704 through 060833 (059972 tnrough 060703 held for manual check ) and 060153 through 060255. Dr. Mich reported that Bill Fenholt and �ucie Taylor would be attending the Orono City Council meeting tonight for final approval of the land purchase; that he appreciated the efforts of students and staff who make homecoming week so successful; that 140 employees contributed nearly $5,000 to the United Way Campaign which is an increase over last year's contributions; that Mike Preble, Schumann Elementary teacher, has been accepted into a "Science Is Elementary" elementary science teacher improvement project which involves his participation in classes every other Monday night from October, 1988 through March, 1989; that October 10 - 14 is Fire Prevention Week and both elementary schools will have a visit from the fire departments; that during the week of October 3 - 7 the ungraded classrooms each spent a day at the old Cahill School in Edina which depicts classes as they were 100 years ago; that on September 29 the Illusion Theatre presented to Schumann Elementary and the Intermediate School their "Touch" program; that Orono Primary School will have the Pacer Puppet Theatre later in the year regarding their personal body safety program; that he will be teaching The Elements of Effective Instruction for faculty beginning on October 18 and the Board is we;come to attend; that the MSBA Annual Convention will be held on January 19 - 21, 1989 at the St. Paul Civic Center; that the district is in the process of complying with the compulsory attendance law which requires information from non-public schools as well as from parents who are providing instruction in home schools; that he will be speakir- in the Humanities class at the high school on Friday, October 14; that Don P 9 has placed the order for the two computer labs, one for each of the element schools and they should be in use within six weeks. Dave McKown briefly reported on the TIES Annual Meeting which was held on Wednesday, October 5.