The North Daviess R-3 Board of Education carried a motion to offer half time (not to exceed 550 hours) contract for $30,000 to Julie Kirby for 2007-08 during their regular board meeting held Jan. 15 at Coffey.
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The financial statement was presented by Ms. Kirby. Bills were paid as presented.
The board was reminded of filing deadlines for the April election.
The auditor’s report was accepted.
During long-range planning, the board discussed sports offerings, junior high exploratory classes, and student clubs of high schools in our area in an effort to compare these courses to those offered at North Daviess.
Ms. Kirby presented paper copies of the district’s annual report card. Patrons may view the report card in the superintendent’s office or at www.dese.mo.gov.
Ms. Kirby presented information to the board about a MARE benefit available without extra charges: TIPS, a purchasing cooperative.
The board carried a motion to adopt a resolution joining with The Interlocal Purchasing System and to appoint Julie Kirby to act on the board’s behalf in business with the purchasing cooperative.
Ms. Kirby presented a draft of the school calendar for the 2007-08 school term. Suggested changes were made and the calendar will be presented again at the February meeting.
During administrative reports, Ms. Weldon reported that 20 students were on the honor roll and they would be celebrating with a banana split party. The school-wide science fair will be held on Feb. 15 in the high school gym.
Ms. Kirby informed the board of the insurance coverage amounts for the buildings. Replacement costs for the elementary school would be $2.289 million with contents of $271,113. Replacement costs for the high school would be $1.922 million with the contents valued at $249,681. The agriculture shop is a separate building and the recent improvements have brought its replacement value to $125,478 with the contents insured for $35,362.
The board went into executive session pursuant to employee matters.
Next board meeting was set for Monday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. at Coffey lunch room.
The above are un approved minutes. Board members present at the Jan. 15 meeting were David Iddings, Jason Lewis, Chris Nelson, P.J. Burnett, Debbie Ray and Beverly Hunter. Board member absent was Doug Baker. Also present were Superintendent Julie Kirby, Board Secretary Beverly Hunter, Kristi Weldon, Becky Morris, and Bobbie Pyles.