DISCUSSION ITEMS
Physical Facilities – Phil Williams
Phil Williams distributed a building schedule to
Board. He reported that Desert Hills High School would still have
items that are not completed on time. He mentioned that great
reports have been received on the new high school from individuals in
northern Utah. Sunrise Ridge Intermediate School shouldn’t
have any problems. The Preschools have no problems except the
Washington location. The Maintenance Building should be done
before the planned date. Phil mentioned that remodel information
is also included on the schedule. Phil said that work is still
being done on the Hurricane Elementary project. He said there
have been problems with drainage, traffic issues, changes on roads,
water loop, etc. Phil said that bidding for the job has been
postponed until the issues are resolved. He is concerned that the
school will not be ready to open next summer due to the problems.
Safety Sign Policy – Lyle Cox
Tammara Robinson reviewed the Safety Sign
Policy. It is recommended that the signs be posted on our
property giving law enforcement authorization to search vehicles.
The signs and policy notify individuals that the District and schools
support the searches in the event of suspicious activity.
08-09 Fee Schedule
Brent pointed out the online schedule fee being included on the new schedule.
School Technology – Charlie Roberts
Technology & Media – Charlie Roberts
(Agenda Item from Work Session)
Charlie Roberts reviewed the technology summary given to the
Board. He would like to see sound systems added to the
classrooms. He pointed out that students would be able to hear
what is going on much better. Charlie asked for the Board to
support including sound systems in classrooms. He also mentioned
wireless internet being put in schools. Charlie said that the
District has been trying different options. He said a report has
been given to Brent Bills on the findings. He said the cost would
be $60,000 to put wireless connectivity in the schools, and would
prefer to put it in the new schools before they even open. A
public and a private system are being put in each school.
Filtering is included on the public system. Cisco Solution, Meru
Networks and Xirrus are big systems. Xirrus is the system Charlie
would recommend due to its ease to maintain and support. Brent
Bills said we would like the support of the Board to include wireless
in all new schools rather than retrofit later. Charlie would like
the sound system included for new schools as well, especially in
elementary and intermediate schools. The sound system has a
wireless mike that the teacher wears. The Board will discuss
these requests in the next meeting.
Charlie also asked to change the lab aides from 17.5 hours to 29 hours
a week. He said the labs are currently under utilized. When
the aides are not there, the labs are not used. He suggested that
aides could be taught some of the curriculum. He said it would
cost $140,000 a year to increase the aides in 23 schools from part time
to full time.
Charlie reviewed the process the District has gone through in changing
over to PowerSchool. Due to some of the problems, technology is
slightly behind on scheduling. He said it should still be ready
for the new school year. Charlie reported that Pearson will not
be moving our data. He said that it is a process we can take care
of and feels it may actually be safer for us to take care of
anyway. Charlie reported on some of the expenses for configuring
data. He said some help will be needed with the load balancer and
the cost will be about $60,000.
Brent Bills again mentioned that we have had a lot of problems with
Pearson throughout the implementation process. He said that
District technology personnel are working hard to make the process work.
Charlie pointed out that we have made a commitment for several years,
and technology is doing all they can to make it work. The Board
would like to keep updated on any major problems that come up.
Brent mentioned that documentation is being kept on all issues and
conversations.
INFORMATION ITEMS
WCSD Team of the Year Selection
Sherri Wilson stated that 57 teams applied for
the Washington County School District Team of the Year. She said
that ten finalist were selected by the committee. A video has
been produced using comments from the ten finalist teams.
Marshall Topham will be using the video in trainings. Sherri
reported that the Fine Arts team from Fossil Ridge Intermediate School
was selected as Washington County School District Team of the Year.
ACTION ITEMS
Priority Projects
Brent Bills said that these are Vocational projects.
Member Seegmiller presented a motion to approve the Vocational priority
projects. Member Morris seconded the motion that passed
unanimously.
Policies:
4100 Graduation Policy
2920 Student Enrollment Policy
1432 Educator Evaluation Policy
Member Christiansen
presented a motion to approve the Policies as they are written.
Member Gubler seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
Elementary Planning Time
Member Seegmiller presented a motion to retain for one more year the
Friday early out for elementary schools and authorized the District to
study all issues such as transportation and boundaries with the intent
to eliminate the early out after next year. Member Christiansen
seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
Building Official Designation
Phil Williams said that the state requires each
district to have a Building Official who is to be accountable for
assuring life safety issues. With his retirement, Phil
recommended that Brian Yergensen be appointed to fill the
position. Phil said that this is a separate designation from the
Physical Facilities Director position. Phil stated that Brian has
all the credentials needed for the Building Official designation and
would function similar to a building inspector.
Brent Bills and Craig Hammer reviewed the plan to separate Phil’s
current job into two positions. One individual would be over the
Physical Facilities and one over Maintenance.
Member Christiansen presented a motion to appoint Brian Yergensen as
the Building Official for the School District. Member Seegmiller
seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
08-09 Fee Schedule
Brent clarified that the scheduling fee is for all students whether they use the service or not.
Member Christiansen presented a motion to approve the 08-09 Fee
Schedule striking the online verbiage used on the scheduling fee.
Member Hesson seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
RECOGNITIONS
Larry Stephenson, CTE Director - 2008 UACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator of the Year
Ferron Holt, Fine Arts Coordinator – UHSAA Utah and Region Music Educator Award for Excellence
Randi Hunt, Dixie Downs Elementary - UMEA Utah Outstanding Elementary Music Educator of the Year
Mike Carr, Dixie Downs Elementary – AAA School Safety Patrol Advisor of the Year
(Awards presented at schools)
Superintendent’s Award for Excellence Dave Frei, Teacher, Santa Clara Elementary
Christine Beasley, Spec. Ed. Aide, Santa Clara
Elementary
Jody Lawman, Spec. Ed. Aide,
Santa Clara Elementary
Cathy Kleiner,
Spec. Ed. Aide, Santa Clara Elementary
Jan Caplin,
Spec. Ed. Aide, Santa Clara Elementary
Kamie Truman,
Elem. Prep. TA, Diamond Valley Elem.
Tonya Leavitt,
Teacher, Diamond Valley Elementary
Volunteer of the Month
Larry Garland, Santa Clara Elementary
Donna Geer,
Diamond Valley Elementary
REPORTS:
Superintendent
Board
Travis Christiansen said that he would not be
able to attend the conference in Orlando as planned. Brent Bills
will give travel information to the Board members attending.
Associations
Kathleen Wagner, WCEA, thanked the Board for
listening to the concerns of the teachers on early out and for
postponing the change for a year to allow for better planning.
She encouraged the Board to maintain dialog with teachers on options
presented for future elementary planning time. She expressed
disappointment with the legislative funding for next year. She
pointed out that there will be some legislative concerns again next
year. She asked the Board to support Carmen Snow and
Maureen Booth and mentioned that Terry Moore also filed to run.
She pointed out that the neighborhood caucuses next week would be
crucial.
Allen Frei, AFT, thanked the Board
for their support of the Classified Employee of the Year
award. Allen reported that Calleen Durfee at Diamond Valley
Elementary had been selected for this year. He expressed
appreciation to Craig Seegmiller, Kelly Blake, and Superintendent Rose
for being at the award presentation. He also mentioned concerns
with political issues and hopes to get more members involved.
