Pattonsburg R-2 held its regular board meeting on Wednesday, April 15.
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Bills in the amount of $165,674.76 were approved for payment.
Mrs. Dunagan and the R-2 band received a I rating at district contest..Ashley Cameron, clarinet solo, Rachel Hopkins, drum solo, and the drum ensemble also received I ratings and compete at state. Travis Lowrey and Chase Conover were selected for Class I-A Academic All State Basketball.
Mrs. Brady was awarded a School Improvement Grant for the elementary in the amount of $15,000.
During administrative reports, Mr. Silkett reported attendance for March at 94.74%.
High School calendar of events includes: April 25 – Prom; May 4 – FFA Awards Night; May 5 – HDC Track Meet; May 7 – Academic Awards Night; May 12 – Athletic Awards Night; May 14 – Senior Tea (1:40 p.m.), Spring Concert (7 p.m.); May 17 – Graduation – 2 p.m.; May 18-22 – Senior Trip to St. Louis; May 19 – Last day of school, 11:30 a.m. dismissal.
Mrs. Brady’s reported attendance for March at 94.36 %. Elementary calendar of events includes: Field Day – May 1; Bike-A-Thon with proceeds to go to Morgan Warner – May 6; Zoo Field Trip – May 15.
The board approved adoption of the state model of the Special Education Compliance Plan for the 2009-2010 school year.
The board approved the cooping agreement with North Daviess for junior high boys basketball for the 2009-2010 school year. A motion carried to dissolve the high school boys’ basketball cooping agreement with North Daviess for the 2009-2010 school year as they will have enough boys for a team for next year. Pattonsburg will still continue to coop with North Daviess for high school boys’ softball.
Pattonsburg will continue to stay with MARCIT Insurance for the 2009-2010 school year.
All buses passed inspections (100%) on March 31. Benny Sprague prepared the buses for these inspections.
The board entered into executive session to consider personnel. After returning to open session the board approved renewal of classified staff.
The board approved the hiring of Leslie Griswold, fourth grade teacher, Jessica Wyatt, fifth grade teacher, and Amy Mefford, high school English teacher
Resignations were accepted from Kati Atchison, high school English, Nicholas White, junior high math, Kristin Yates, fifth grade, and Larry Henggeler, technical coordinator.
New board members were sworn in. Tracy Parton and Patti Hartley took the Oath of Office.
The board was reorganized with the following officers elected: president – Craig Lambert; vice-president – Eugene Thatcher; secretary – Lincoln Cornett; and treasurer – Patti Hartley
Next board meeting is at 8 p.m. on May 18.
The board held its regular March meeting on the 17th. Bills were approved in the amount of $159,277.70
The board gave approval of transfer of funds to Fund 3 from Fund 1 in the amount of $73,577.86
The program evaluation for Professional Development was approved.
The revised substitute teacher list was approved.
FBLA contest participants Chase Conover, personal finance, and Justin, Scott, and Chase Conover, banking financial systems teams, were recognized for their performance in District FBLA. All will continue on to state competition.
Mr. Silkett reported attendance for February at 94.33 %
Mrs. Brady reported February attendance at 95.17%
Elementary calendar of events was reviewed.
Joe Gall of Humphrey, Farrington, and McClain were retained as the district’s attorney for 2009-2010.
The board gave approval to renew CD with BTC Bank for six months.
Summer school will be for 10 days from May 21-June 4 (no summer school on May 25, Memorial Day)
Budget amendments were approved.
Mr. Silkett presented information on Lumen Software. The board approved the purchase of this software to replace the school’s current student information system.
Mrs. Cornett discussed the proposed salary changes for certified and non-certified employees. She discussed costs associated with a base increase of up to $250 to $26,000, allowing movement for years of experience and increased education hours, which would be up to a 2.3% increase for non-certified employees and employees not on the salary schedule.
The board gave approval to allow new participants on Level I of the Career Ladder, contingent upon state funding.
The board entered executive session to consider personnel.
After returning to open session, the board offered certified personnel contracts and offered a contract for high school principal to Chris Hodge.
The board accepted the resignation of Marjorie Humes, fourth grade teacher.