January 12 Board Minutes (4:30 Study Session)
by Veryle Winter
January 16, 2009
NORFOLK
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board
of Education Study Session
January
12, 2009 04:30PM
Central
Office Board Room
Attendance
Taken at 4:30 P.M.
Present
Board Members:
Joel
Carlson ((present but not officially sworn in)
Paul Cazabon
Clark Froehlich
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek
Julee Pfeil
Alfredo
Ramirez
Absent
Board Members:
1. Call to Order
At 4:30
p.m. President Krivohlavek called the meeting to order and stated
that the Open Meetings Act was posted on the wall.
2. Declaration of a Legal Meeting
Brad
Krivohlavek, President, declared a legal meeting of the Board of
Education.
3.
Reports and Discussion Items
3.1.
Board Committee Assignments
New
board committee assignments were made. A revised copy of the
assignments will be placed in the official minutes.
(Copy
of Board Committee Assignments) – Exhibit A
3.1.a.
Board Meeting Calendar
Dr.
Uhing shared a copy of the Board Meeting Calendar for the ensuing
year. A copy will be placed in the official
minutes.
(Copy
of Board Meeting Calendar) – Exhibit B
3.2.
State of the Schools Report
Mr.
Hastings discussed the State of the Schools Report. He will
be sharing information at the
7:30
p.m. meeting also.
3.3.
Attendance Centers and Google Earth Tool
Mr.
Waite, Associate Superintendent for Business, shared information on
attendance centers and the use of the Google Earth Tool. This
is a good way to examine boundaries within our district.
3.4.
School Calendar for 2009-2010
Mr.
Hastings, Director of Teaching and Learning, reviewed an initial
"draft" version of the school calendar for 2009-2010. The
board reviewed the calendar.
3.5.
Budget Items
Mr.
Waite, Associate Superintendent of Business Services, provided
information regarding preparation for budget
development.
Mr.
Waite reviewed a proposal to repair the operating system for the
heating system at the Middle School. The project is estimated
to cost approximately $62,000 with Phases I and II to begin in the
next two weeks. Phase III will be carried out later.
Arrangements will be made working with staff to provide as little
disruption to the buildings as possible, but because some work
needs to be done in individual rooms there will be some issues to
work through. The “brain” of the system that controls
everything is dead and cannot be repaired.
Dr.
Uhing stated her concerns about the budget and the fact that we are
facing less funding from state aid.
Discussion
of programs and what can be cut will be included in future budget
development.
3.6.
Community Meetings Update
Dr.
Uhing, Superintendent, shared that Community Meetings will be held
with discussion related to the use of our facilities. More
information will be shared at the 7:30 meeting.
3.7.
Staff Appreciation Day
The
board discussed Staff Appreciation Day. It was decided to
continue with the same format as last year.
3.8.
Policy Review
Tabled
this item due to lack of time.
4.
Action Items
5.
Minutes of Meetings
Minutes
of meetings held throughout the month were available for
review.
6.
Other
7.
Adjournment
Brad
Krivohlavek, President, declared the meeting adjourned at 7:15
p.m.
_____________________________________
Superintendent
