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11KDErENVERT SCHOOL DISTRICT 1217 YEiiOOIKA PUBLIC SCItWLS 56G0 Lywwood boulevard Mound. Minnesota 55364 REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, October 9. 1964 (Minutes to be approved November 12. ii:!! PITINDAfKEI The regular meeting of the School Board was railed tc order LOCATIOR at 8 05 p in in the Lecture Hall of the Westonka Coamaunity Center by William 6obiirsch. Chairman. in attendance were- Goblirsch, Hallowell, Chelberg, Haefele, Pitsch and Tuttle. Ritchie had an excused absence Other persons attending were Erwin Stevenson - Superintendent, principals. supervisors, teacher union rep, Main-huroman CPA reps, teachers. non -certified staff, Distrirt P.R. Coordinator, students and parents to be recognired in the meeting and connunity members. ' OrEN Chairman GoblirSch thanked the audience for coming and asked DISCUSSIOR if anyone wished to address the board. MWHS music teacher, Hotvet announced that the Pop Singers would be featured on P M. Maga,ine, uCCO televissor, on October 11 at S'00 p.m. lie is very pr+ud of them and thinks thtS will give our district a very positiie lift. Goblirsch congratulated them. Goblirsch wived agenda item Ila to follow Item 14. M :^, two persons from Main-Hurdman were in attendance. Goblirsch announced that due to Mr. Ritchie's absence, he he,. requested that agenda Item Ila lie removed from the age.:'- •nd that it will be addressed another tier_. Chelberg presented a new agenda item Ila to be out in its f lace. She handed out a copy to ti,e board regarding advanced placement courses of college level work for a limited number of MWHS students. M,hu!ES C,eiberq awed and Tuttle seconded the motion to approve APVROVID the a.)nutes of the September 10. 1984 regular board meeting. With no discussion, ail memoers present voted in favor or this motio, ILME The Pciicy Committee noted that one agenda Item of this ft evening was related to the Policy ManaNl which was worked on by the committee. The Personnel Committee noted the contract agreement for Recreational Actly+ties Coordinator was being Presented at this time She also noted that the final two negotiations contracts will hipefuily be presented at the next hoard meeting. 0 Simi, fir Tuttle reported on the "A Legislative Meeting held at Robbinsdale. She was very impressed with the professional way it was operated, however. she noted that our district has much finer facilities for board meetings than they did. She noted a tanner they had behind the table as well as life-size photos of students on the walls that were very impressive. They had a smaller room yet they used microphones. She said the main topics included 'Comparable Worth'. 'Retaining our Management Rights' and John Burger spoke about trying to avoid teacher strikes. Also Burger noted the main upcoming legislative issues which will be TAX REFORM with Education being second. Burger warred individual school districts not to lobby on their own but go through our state associations. He said this will be a very active year for the legislature. Hallowell reported that she had attended the AMSD and ECSU worksi-op by Madeline Hunter and said they were very worthwhile. Pitsch reported that he had attended the Region 6AA meeting. The association has made so much money from hockey that they are not charging any membership dues. liaefele reported for the CURRICULUM COMMITTEE and iiscussed the PER committee, saying parents of students not attending public schools should be involved. He reported that the Curriculum Committee would be meeting on Thursday of this week. TREASURER'S Chelberq moved and Tuttle seconded the motion to approve 14 PORI the current financial documents and Treasurer s Report* as noted in agenda item 13. Pttsch noted a correction for check 139773 which should be $2612.52 for Adler Soorting Goods. Pitsch also noted that an air compressor at the high school blew, So this is what the check to Owens Service was for. Tuttle asked about the large athletic purchases for Sporting goods and Pitsch explained that all purchases are within the budget anu the yearly purchases are usually made in the fall and kept in the district supply. Tuttle asked about other checks and what they were for. After final discussion, a roll call vote was taken with all members present voting 'Aye'. 19AS MERIT Mr. Thostenson welcomed the two National Merit Scholarship SCHOLARSIIiP qualifiers along with their parents. lie commended the students COMPETITION Peter Volley and Tindall Sellnow for their high achievements. Chairman Goblirsch presented certificates and the board congratulated them. 1983-84 Clerk Chelberg moved and Pitsch seconded the motion to AUDI1 REPORT approve the 1983-84 Audit Report. it was duly noted that this agenda item f10 is Inserted after item /a. Accounting Supervisor, Sandra Schmidt, introduced Jerry Pohl and Andy Hansen. CPA's from Main-Hurdman who conducted the audit report this year for our school district. Pitsch recoimnended that anyone with questions ask tnr auditors. Tuttle asked the auditors about the conarentS relating to Food Services. The auditors said that soar of the comments are some of the some problems as before, but the Asst. Superintendent believes that we have done all that we can do. z