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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF ORONO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 278 HELD ON NOVEMBER 10, 1986 The regular meeting of the School Board of Orono Independent School District No. 278 was held on Monday, November 10, 1986. Present: Dave McKown James Franklin Thomas Mich Don Anderson John Maresh William Fenholt Kitty Crosby Lucie Taylor UPON MOTION by Kitty Crosby, seconded by John Maresh, the consent agenda was approved as follows: - approved the minutes of the October 27, 1986 regular meeting; - approved variance requests for Angel and Jay Johnson to attend Wayzata Schools for the remainder of the 1986-87 school year; - appproved variance requests for Alison Muller and Stephen Floe to attend Orono Schools for the remainder of the 1986-87 school year; - approved Treasurer's Reports for July, August and September, 1986; - approved the bills as covered by vouchers 053831 through 053879 and 052889 through 053212. Dr. Mich reported that the Minnesota School Boards Association Convention will be held on January 18, 19 and 20 and those Board members interested in attending should notify the District Office; that Juanita Havill, children's author, will be working with grade 3 on November 18; that he will be participating in a National Association cf School Educators Seminar in January at Park City, Utah; that the National School Board Association Convention will be held April 4 - 7, 1987 and the District Office should be contacted if Board members are planning to attend; that Orono Schools received an Energy Investment Award and a letter from the Governor in recognition of the energy conservation measures that have been implemented; that the Industrial Arts teachers will be at the December 8 Board meeting as a continuance of a request last year regarding future plans for this departmert; that there was an excellent turnout and an exciting program last Monday night, November 3, honoring the girls' tennis conference cham- pionship and the boys' conference and sectional title in football. Dr. Mich stated that the football team has made a special contribution to the community this year as an activity such as this serves as a catalyst for the school district and people are able to focus positively on the district. For these reasons, Dr. Mich expressed thanks to the football team and coach, Steve Fedie, for their contribution in this area. He extended congratulations to Steve Fedie on being named metro "Coach of the Year" by Channel 11. Dr. Mich reminded the Board of the HTC meeting on November 20, 1986, for the purpose of discussion regarding HTC's service in the western suburbs. Dr. Mich reported that Saturday marked the beginning of solicitations for the Orono Education Fund; that he wanted to pay tribute to the PIONEER for the excellent article regarding goal setting and long-range planning of the School Board; that school conferences are in process; that thanks are in order to the mayors/representatives of the various communities for cosigning the proclama- tion for American Education Week.