MINUTES
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Washington County School District
121 W Tabernacle, St. George, Utah  84770
August 10, 2010
4:00 p.m.

A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Washington County School District was held after due, legal, and timely notice being given to all members and interested parties.  Board President Kelly Blake called the meeting to order and welcomed all visitors.  Board members present were Wendell Gubler, Craig Seegmiller, Carole Morris, Laura Hesson, Travis Christiansen, and Wes Christiansen.  Staff members present were Superintendent Max H. Rose and Business Administrator Brent Bills.

OPEN MEETING – 4:00 p.m.
   Board President Welcome – Kelly Blake
   Pledge of Allegiance – Member W. Christiansen
   Reverence – Member Hesson
 
CONSENT AGENDA
A.    Minutes:
       1.  June 8, 2010
B.    Purchases over $10,000
C.    Personnel Items
Brent Bills said that the elementary reading program needed to be paid for up front so ARRA funds were used.  The elementary schools will be paying it back over the next three years.
Member T. Christiansen presented a motion to approve the Consent Agenda items A through C.  Member Hesson seconded the motion that passed unanimously.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOARD ACTION ITEMS
No comments were given.

BOARD ACTION ITEMS
A.  Budget Hearing:
      1. 2010-2011 Final Adopted Budget (A copy of the budget is available at www.washk12.org)
Brent Bills said the adopted budget would need to be approved with the tax rates.  The only changes from the June meeting were the tax rates.  Our rate is .007893.  No Truth in Taxation will be required.  Brent Bills explained that the law changed allowing us to be held harmless and use the new certified tax rate and post tax rate.  Following this year, we will only be able to use the certified tax rate.  He also mentioned that collections for delinquent taxes increased this year.

Member Seegmiller presented a motion to approve the 2010-2011 Final Adopted Budget as presented including the Technology E-rate in the Technology Plan and budget.  Member T. Christiansen seconded the motion that passed unanimously.

DISCUSSION ITEMS
CTE Student Organizations
Dave Gardner gave the annual report on student organizations.  He said it has been a banner year for students who placed in nationals.  He appreciates the support of the Board. 

NIMS Policy Adoption (National Incident Management System)
LuAnne Forrest said the District has been working on the emergency plan for the past couple of years.  She mentioned that a group attended the Emergency Management Institute and came back with a hefty action plan, which includes deadlines and specific responsibilities.  She said that the information they received includes the need to formally adopt the NIMS policy.  The benefits of adopting the NIMS policy include access to financial assistance and resources for training.  The USOE planning is based on NIMS.  Board members were given a copy of the NIMS Implementation Activities Checklist.  Kelly Blake asked that LuAnne bring the verbiage change next month for the Board to review.  Travis Christiansen suggested that it should include NIMS or subsequent program.  LuAnne Forrest said whether the policy is adopted or not, we need to train our staff in the NIMS or ICS structure.  The Department of Education has provided us with guidelines as well.  Online courses are available for training.  She proposed that we accept the guidelines for training key personnel.  She suggested that each principal select a key person and submit the name to superintendent.  LuAnne Forrest also said that all cities, the county, and first responders are participating with NIMS.  Kelly Blake asked her to bring recommendations from the debriefing on how to set up each school.  He said that implementation would be an administrative issue.  Policy recommendations should be brought back for Board approval.

LuAnne Forrest mentioned that a debriefing on the emergency exercise would be held on August 19th.

INFORMATION AND REPORTS     
District Recognitions and Awards:
           
Reports:
Superintendent
Superintendent Max Rose commented on the new Board stand.  He said that one of the schools was able to benefit from the old platform.  He expressed appreciation for Mel Ashcraft, Jeremy Cox and Dave Webster who did most of the work and deserve the praise.

Superintendent Max Rose reported that Marybeth Fuller wrote two Safe and Drug Free program grants, which we were awarded.  We were the only district to receive both grants.  The program will bring in a total of $2.4 million and will run for the next three years.

Board
Wes Christiansen said he received a letter stating that we would solve a lot of problems having parental approval for students to join clubs.  Marshall Topham said it was not part of the policy.

Association
No comments were given.

PTA/PTO/Community Council
No comments were given.
               
PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD – 3 min. each
No comments were given.

ADJOURNMENT