West Central Reporter

Carthage Elementary School District 317 Board met July 24.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

The regular meeting of the Carthage E.S.D. #317 Board of Education was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Board President Brent Ufkes.

Roll Call: Trish Markley/absent; Amy Graham/present; Brent Ufkes/present; Luke Burling/absent; Robert Menn/present; Andrea Jones/present; Brandon Gooding/present.

Additional agenda items: None

Recognition of individuals wishing to speak on stated agenda items: None

Administrative Reports – Mrs. Hardy reviewed her report and noted we are expecting a fully licensed social worker two days a week next year and a social worker with a BA the other three days/week.

Mr. Butcher reviewed his reported and noted we had 40 students sign up for baseball.

Mrs. Snowden reviewed his report and noted that the health department has a grant for emergency preparedness and would like to do a tornado drill where students are actually taken to the designed locations and parents are called to pick them up as if there was an actual tornado.

It was moved by Mrs. Graham and seconded by Mr. Gooding to approve the consent agenda as presented. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

August Meeting Time / Building Tour - The August meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a tour of the buildings, starting at the middle school.

School Board Convention - Reservations were presented for review.

Preliminary Budget - The preliminary budget was reviewed and discussed. An updated version will be available next month.

It was moved by Mr. Menn and seconded by Mrs. Graham to approve the low bread bid from Bimbo Bakeries for the 2019-2020 school year. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mrs. Graham and seconded by Mr. Menn to approve the low escalator milk bid from Prairie Farms for the 2019-2020 school year. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mr. Ufkes and seconded by Mrs. Graham to approve the low garbage disposal bid from Area Disposal for the 2019-2020 school year. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mr. Menn and seconded by Mrs. Graham to approve the low firm fuel bid from West Central FS for the 2019-2020 school year. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mr. Menn and seconded by Mrs. Graham to enter into executive session at 7:16 p.m. for the purpose of discussing personnel. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mrs. Graham and seconded by Mr. Ufkes to exit executive session at 7:30 p.m. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mr. Menn and seconded by Mr. Ufkes to approve the coaching staff for 2019-20 as presented. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mrs. Graham and seconded by Mr. Menn to approve the resignation of Virginia Hurwitz as district treasurer. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mrs. Graham and seconded by Mrs. Jones to approve the employment of Amy Shirey as 7-8th grade Language Arts teacher at the certified contract rate beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mr. Ufkes and seconded by Mrs. Graham to approve the employment of Ashlyn Henderson as a paraprofessional according the pay scale stated in the contract between Carthage Elementary School District #317 and the Service Employee’s International Union Local Number 73. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mr. Ufkes and seconded by Mrs. Jones to approve the employment of Brandy Williams as a paraprofessional according to the pay scale stated in the contract between Carthage Elementary School District #317 and the Service Employee’s International Union Local Number 73, pending completion of paraprofessional certification. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

It was moved by Mrs. Graham and seconded by Mr. Menn to adjourn the meeting at 7:33 p.m. Roll Call: Mrs. Markley/absent; Mrs. Graham/yes; Mr. Ufkes/yes; Mr. Burling/absent; Mr. Menn/yes; Mrs. Jones/yes; Mr. Gooding/yes. Motion carried 5-0.

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