BUCHANAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOVEMBER 20, 2017 REGULAR MEETING BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
| CALL TO ORDER | President, Dr. Harvey Burnett, opened the meeting at 6:02 pm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROLL CALL | PRESENT: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth,
S. Tobler & H. Burnett |
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| ABSENT: C. Lee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OTHERS PRESENT : Mr. Timothy J. Donahue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADOPTION OF AGENDA
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MOTION BY Member S. Tobler, SECONDED BY Member R. Writer the
agenda for the regular meeting of November 20, 2017 be adopted as written. ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED |
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| RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
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K. Falkenstein, K. Hurlbutt, and M. Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMMUNITY DIALOGUE/CITIZENS CONCERNS | Matt Young offered comments in support of the current football coaching staff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INFORMATION/REPORTS & NEW BUSINESS
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Superintendent Donahue discussed strategic goals, his establishment of a
dress code committee that has met for their first meeting in November; second meeting to take place in December. He further discussed serving Thanksgiving meals at Moccasin and bid the District Thanksgiving well wishes. |
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| SUPERINTENDENT /DEPARTMENT REPORTS
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Transportation, Ottawa, Moccasin, Technology, Food Service,
Buchanan Virtual, Business Office, BMS, and BHS submitted October 2017 updates respectively. |
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| MEETING MINUTES
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MOTION BY Member D. Wentworth, SECONDED BY Member R. Writer, The
minutes of the regular meeting of October 16th and special meeting of October 26th, 2017 be adopted as written. ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED |
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| WARRANTS | MOTION by J. DeVlaminck, SECONDED by D. Wentworth,
The Board of Education approve the payment of payroll of $864,312.06 and the payment of expenditures of $300,025.02 for invoices from the General Fund and the payment of payroll of $16,404.20 and the payment of expenditures of $113,498.90 for invoices from the School Service Fund. ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED |
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| DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART | MOTION BY Member R. Writer, SECONDED BY Member S. Tobler,
The Buchanan Board of Education approves the revised District Organizational Chart for the 2017-18 School year as submitted by Superintendent, Timothy J. Donahue. ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED |
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| CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) – RECOMMENDED MICHIGAN MERIT CURRICULUM CREDIT 2017-18
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MOTION BY Member D. Wentworth, SECONDED BY Member K. Laesch,
The Buchanan Board of Education approves the recommendations as submitted by Executive Director of Academic Services, Mrs. Karla Hurlbutt, to accept the recommended Michigan Merit Curriculum Credits for the listed CTE programs 2017-18:
ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED
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| BOARD POLICIES – FIRST READING
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MOTION BY Member H. Burnett, SECONDED BY Member K. Laesch,
The Buchanan Board of Education approves the first reading of the following NEOLA – volume 32, NO. 1; new, revised, and or deleted policies:
ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED
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| EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS
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MOTION BY Member R. Writer, SECONDED BY Member K. Laesch,
The Buchanan Board of Education approves the recommendations as submitted by transportation supervisor Mrs. Angie Portt and Ottawa Elementary Principal Mrs. Karin Falkenstein to hire the following employees for the 2017-18 school year within the referenced capacities:
Transportation: Jeremy Lane – Substitute Bus Driver Deanna Karpinski – Bus Driver Ann Kenyon – Bus Driver Ottawa Elementary: Denall Miller – Intervention Facilitator ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED
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| 2017-18 EXTRA-CURRICULA & ATHLETIC UPDATES
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MOTION BY Member J. DeVlaminck, SECONDED BY Member K. Laesch,
The Buchanan Board of Education approves the extra-curricular & athletic updates for 2017-18 as presented below:
ROLL CALL VOTE: K. Laesch, R. Writer, J. DeVlaminck, D. Wentworth, S. Tobler & H. Burnett NAYS: None MOTION ADOPTED
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| QUESTIONS & COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS | – Dialogue regarding the Buchanan Community Schools Band performing
at Disney – Trustee, Dennis Wentworth discussed the MASB Annual Leadership Conference that he recently attended – Thanksgiving wishes to the District on behalf of the Board of Education |
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| NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING |
Monday, December 18, 6pm @ Buchanan High School
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| ADJOURNMENT | 6:45 pm |
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