LESLIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, November 9, 2009
7:00 p.m. – Leslie High School Board Room
The regular meeting of the Board of CALL MEETING
Education and Leslie Public Schools,
Ingham and Jackson Counties, Michigan,
was called to order by President
Sherrell at 7:00 p.m.
Members present: Randy Sherrell
Tim Carroll
Mary Crowl
Adrienne Bigg
Eric Isham
Members absent: None
Administrator(s)
present: Corey Netzley, Superintendent
Others: John Stewart Jennifer Shuster
Marie Stock Daniel Laird
Bruce Barbour Deann Maynard
Scott Powers Kristen Hawkins
Rachel Matthews Margaret Butski Casey Sterle John Denney
Tamara Dodge Troy James
Rick Samulak Stephanie Denczek
Carol Franz John Ghere
Barb Ghere Mary Riehl
Erica Willard Jean Maiville
Stacy Swann
Pledge of Allegiance given.
COMMENTS AND/CONCERNS OF CITIZENS PRESENT:
Mary Riehl, 4420 Crain Rd., Onondaga
asked the Board to look into professional
development days.
Deann Maynard, 4747 Jackson Rd. Leslie,
urged the Board not to renew the
negotiators contract and to discontinue
the use of EAG.
CONSENT AGENDA:
Moved by T. Carroll, supported by A. Bigg
to amend the Consent Agenda to add
A.1. Election of Vice President and
Secretary. Vote: ayes 5, nays 0,
absent 0. Motion carried.
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Moved by T. Carroll, supported by M. Crowl CONSENT AGENDA
that the Board of Education approve the
amended November 9, 2009 agenda; minutes of
October 12, 2009 regular meeting;
the bills in the amount of $1,251.520.55.
Vote: ayes 5, nays 0, absent 0. Motion carried.
CORRESPONDENCE:
School Law Notes; Ingham Intermediate
School District minutes; Letter from
ISD/Pupil Accounting Auditor; The
Blackhawk Flyer; Notice of Budget
Reduction; Agenda/Bus Driver Meeting
10/12/09; Apology Letter; and newspaper
articles were distributed as informational
items.
INFORMATIONAL REPORTS:
Audit Report
School auditor Ron Harris (Harris Group)
summarized this year’s clean audit report.
The fully documented unqualified audit is
part of Board record.
2) Student Achievement Update
Director of Curriculum, Instruction
and Special Education Bruce Barbour
said a second special education meeting
for K-12 teachers was held on Nov. 10.
The subject was standards based IEP’s.
3) Building and Grounds Meeting Follow-up
Facility/Transportation Director
Troy James said the bidding of middle school
video cameras has begun. The former
superintendent’s office has a broken water
valve. Two red tags were received during
recent bus inspections and were taken care
of within a day. Bids have gone out for
two new buses.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
1) Enrollment Numbers
Enrollment as of Oct. 30, 2009 is 1,386.
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403(b) Employee Retirement
Investment Session
An informational session will be
held on Tuesday, November 17 at 3:30 PM
for all interested staff.
3) H1N1 Update
The Ingham County Health Department’s
H1N1 clinic is confirmed for November 23.
It is for students and community members
in the at-risk category. Middle and high
school students will be vaccinated from
noon – 3:00 PM with the elementary students
and at-risk community members from 4-7 PM.
Michigan Dept. of Education
Dropout Challenge
This is background information for review.
Supt. Netzley will report on the specifics of
what the data collection has revealed for
our own at-risk student population.
5) Labor Negotiator Contract
This is an action item later in
the agenda.
Board Seat Appointments/
Election of Vice President, Secretary
Discussion ensued regarding advertising
and timelines for appointing temporary
board members. An action item is later in
the agenda to elect a Vice President and
Secretary.
7) Celebration of Education
This is a reminder of the Nov. 18th
celebration. The Leslie High School
Jazz Band will be performing at this
event.
8) Status Report
Supt. Netzley gave a status report
on a high school student.
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9) Deficit Districts
Discussion ensued regarding the
responsibilities and consequences involved
with having a deficit budget.
10) Goal Update
Progress on goals was distributed
to Board members.
BOARD DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION:
Moved by M. Crowl, supported by A. Bigg VICE PRESIDENT
to nominate Tim Carroll for Vice President. ELECTION
Vote: ayes 4, nays 0, absent 0,
abstention 1 (T. Carroll). Motion carried.
Moved by M. Crowl, supported by A. Bigg
to close nominations for the office of
Vice President and cast a unanimous vote
for Tim Carroll. Vote: ayes 4, nays 0,
absent 0, abstention 1 (T. Carroll).
Motion carried.
Moved by M. Crowl, supported by T. Carroll SECRETARY
to nominate Adrienne Bigg for Secretary. ELECTION
Vote: ayes 4, nays 0, absent 0,
abstention 1. Motion carried.
Moved by M. Crowl, supported by E. Isham
to close nominations for the office of
Secretary and cast a unanimous vote
for Adrienne Bigg. Vote: ayes 4, nays 0,
absent 0, abstention 1 (A. Bigg).
Motion carried.
Moved by E. Isham, supported by A. Bigg APPROVE SECTION
that the Board of Education adopt the 125 PLAN DOCUMENT
Section 125 Plan changes as presented FLEXIBLE SPENDING
and discussed at the October 12, 2009 ACCOUNT
Board meeting and give authority to
Supt. Corey Netzley to executive an
agreement with a third party administrator.
Vote: ayes 5, nays 0, absent 0.
Motion carried.
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Moved by T. Carroll, supported by M. Crowl APPROVE
that the Board of Education approve the PURCHASING CARDS
implementation of Purchasing Cards to be
utilized by staff at Leslie Public Schools
as presented and discussed at the Oct. 12,
2009 Board meeting. Vote: ayes 5, nays 0,
absent 0. Motion carried.
Moved by E. Isham to table Labor Relations
Contract. Motion failed for lack of support.
Moved by T. Carroll, supported by M. Crowl LABOR RELATIONS
that the Board of Education approve a CONTRACT
three-year fixed cost contract with Labor
Relations Services to provide labor negotiations
services in the amount of $7,500 per year
plus mileage. Vote: ayes 4, nays 1 (E. Isham),
absent 0. Motion carried.
Moved by M. Crowl, supported by A. Bigg CHANGES TO
that the Board of Education approve changes POLICY #1170 -
to Policy #1170 as outlined in Enclosure #4. BOARD POSITION
Vote: ayes 5, nays 0, absent 0. VACANCIES
Motion carried.
Moved by A. Bigg, supported by E. Isham HIRE JV
to hire Lori Dey as JV Competitive Cheerleading COMPETITIVE
Coach per the recommendation of Athletic Director CHEERLEADING
Matt Johns. Vote: ayes 5, nays 0, absent 0. COACH
Motion carried.
Moved by T. Carroll, supported by A. Bigg HIRE MIDDLE
to hire Taylor Raymond as Middle School SCHOOL
Cheerleading Coach per the recommendation CHEERLEADING
of Athletic Director Matt Johns. Vote: ayes 5, COACH
nays 0, absent 0. Motion carried.
Moved by T. Carroll, supported by A. Bigg CLOSED SESSION
to convene into closed session pursuant to
Subsection 8 (b) of the Michigan Open
Meetings Act for the purpose of discussing
a student issue and Subsection 8 (h) for
the purpose of discussing attorney-client
confidential communication. Vote: ayes 5,
nays 0, absent 0. Motion carried.
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The Board entered Closed Session at 8:59 p.m.
Moved by T. Carroll, supported by M. Crowl OPEN SESSION
that the Board of Education re-enter regular
session at 9:47 p.m. Vote: ayes 5, nays 0,
absent 0. Motion carried.
President Sherrell adjourned the meeting at 9:57 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Respectfully submitted,
Adrienne Bigg, Secretary
Leslie Public Schools