October 2009 Hearing/Regular Meeting Board Minutes
MINUTES OF HEARING/REGULAR MEETING
OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
C & M COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT – OCTOBER 12, 2009
CALL TO ORDER: President Gary Dinkla read the mission statement of
the C & M Community School District and called the hearing to
order at 4:00 p.m. in the superintendent’s office in Massena.
ROLL CALL: Directors Present: Gary Dinkla, Sean South, Todd McKee,
Jennifer Holste
Absent: Rob Ticknor
Superintendent: Steve Pelzer
Secretary: Linda Edwards
Visitor: Sandy Booker
PROPERTY BIDS: The district received only one bid for the
Cumberland building and no bids for the vacant lot. Ryan South
submitted a bid for $5,010 for the school building. The intended
use indicated was a construction/body shop. This will be acted on
in the regular meeting. A motion to adjourn the hearing was made by
Sean South, seconded by Jennifer Holste. Motion carried
unanimously, voice vote 3-0.
President Dinkla closed the hearing at 4:02, called the regular
meeting to order, and welcomed the visitor.
AGENDA: Motion by Holste, seconded by South, to approve the agenda.
Voice vote, motion carried 3-0.
MINUTES, BILLS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Adding a bill to Michele
Williams for nursing services, Holste moved, seconded by South, to
approve the minutes of the September 21st board meeting, bills, and
financial statements. Voice vote, motion carried 3-0.
COMMUNICATIONS: A thank you was received from the Man and
Environment class to the board for allowing them the opportunity to
go on their overnight camping trip.
Todd McKee arrived at 4:04.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: Many state reports are due at this time. Mr. Pelzer and Linda have been working to complete these by the deadlines. The head count for certified enrollment is up approximately five or six students and the weighted enrollment is significantly higher.
NWEA testing has presented some difficulties with the wireless and
the laptops. NWEA hopes to have the testing available as web-based
next year. ITBS testing will be the second week in November.
Professional development on Friday will center on Iowa Core
Curriculum.
DISCUSSION ITEMS: Reorganization was a topic of discussion. Gary
Dinkla would like to see a joint board meeting held before the
first of the year. Mr. Pelzer would like to schedule a meeting of
the SIAC committee within the next month. It was discussed that
public meetings need to be held in both districts.
The recent 10% across the board cut set by the governor was also
discussed. The amount cut for C & M is $94,298. Mr. Pelzer and
Linda participated in a webinar with Larry Sigel this morning. The
cut does not affect our spending authority but will definitely
affect cash reserves. We have levied cash reserves heavily the last
three years to build it up. We will have enough cash reserves to
backfill cuts to teacher quality and Phase II monies.
PROPERTY BIDS: After discussion, Todd McKee moved, seconded by
Jennifer Holste, to accept the bid from Ryan South of $5,010 for
the building property. No bids were received on the adjacent lot.
Mr. Pelzer will explore options for the sale of the lot. Motion
passed unanimously on a voice vote 4-0.
SET HEARING TO UPDATE ACCEPTABLE USE/INTERNET POLICY: The
district’s acceptable use/internet policy needs to be updated to
meet USAC’s requirements. The hearing will be held before the next
regular board meeting, November 16th at 4 p.m. in the
superintendent’s office in Massena. Motion to set the date and time
was made by McKee, seconded by South. Voice vote, motion passed
unanimously 4-0.
BOARD POLICY 605.6 INTERNET SAFETY: Changes were made to Board
Policy 605.6 Internet Safety “Appropriate Use of Technology”
exhibit adding the sentence: Students are not allowed unauthorized
access to personal information or take part in any activities such
as “hacking’ under any circumstances as prohibited by law. Motion
to adopt the proposed changes and to waive the second reading of
the policy was made by Holste, seconded by South. Voice vote,
motion carried unanimously 4-0.
JOINT SIAC COMMITTEE: The Board approved the following list of
members of the School Improvement Advisory Committee: Mr./Mrs.
David Christensen, Mr./Mrs. Richard Chester, Mr./Mrs. Matt Gettler,
Mr./Mrs. Pat Erickson, Mr./Mrs. Curt Jahde, Mr./Mrs. Bill Hosfelt,
Mr./Mrs. Chuck Kinzie, Karen Thomsen, Mr./Mrs. Jim Mailander,
Mr./Mrs. Rod Sothman, Mr./Mrs. Scott McAfee, Mr./Mrs. Dan
Ankenbauer, Mr./Mrs. Shane Smith, Mr./Mrs. Kevin McCunn, Mr./Mrs.
Doug Steele, Mr./Mrs. Dan Winther, Phyllis Nichols, Peg Wheatley,
Dean Downer, Grace Kopp, Larry Hunt, Rob Ticknor, Gary Dinkla,
Julie Williamson, Gerald Wessels, John Brazell, Dominic Giegerich,
Steve Pelzer, Logan Dinkla, Cole McAfee, Alex McAfee, Dayton Amdor,
and Sawyer Hansen. A motion to approve the list for the joint SIAC
committee was made by Holste, seconded by South. Voice vote, motion
carried unanimously 4-0.
BOARD REPORTS: None.
ADJOURNMENT: A motion to adjourn was made by McKee, seconded by
South. Voice vote, motion carried unanimously 4-0. President Dinkla
adjourned the meeting at 4:40 p.m.
(signed) Gary Dinkla, Board President
(signed) Linda Edwards, Board Secretary
