Board Minutes - 2022.02.21

Graettinger-Terril Board of Education
Regular Board Minutes
February 21, 2022

The Graettinger-Terril Board of Directors held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:  Kevin Jensen, Jeremiah DePyper, Mat Hanson, Shamus Currans, Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Elementary Principal/Curriculum Chris Myers, MS/HS Principal, Jeremy Simington, and Board Secretary Angie Woods.  Absent SBO Alyssa Enderson.  All votes are unanimous unless otherwise noted.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

1.  Call to Order- President Jensen at 5:30 p.m. in Terril, Iowa
2. Determine a Quorum- President Jensen at 5:30 p.m.
3. Adopt Agenda- Motion to adopt the agenda by DePyper, seconded by Hanson.  Motion carried.
4. Welcome/Patron
5. Approval of Minutes- Motion by Fairchild to approve the January 17, 2022 minutes.  Seconded by Hanson.  Motion carried.
6. Bills and Claims- Motion by Hanson to approve the Bills and Claims for January, seconded by DePyper.  Motion Carried.
7. Financial Reports- Financial were reviewed by the Board.
   7.11  GT Activity Clean up- Motion by DePyper to approve the GT activity accounts, seconded by Hanson.  Motion carried.
8. OLD BUSINESS
   8.11  BonFire Marketing Report- Myers and Simington presented the BonFire report.
9. NEW BUSINESS
   9.11  Activity Calendar-Motion by Fairchild to approve the March 2022 Board Calendar, seconded by Currans.  Motion carried.
   9.12  Open Enrollment- Fairchild moved to approve the following Open Enrollments:  KS-5^th, KS-5^th to Estherville, RV-1^st and BV-3^rd Okoboji, and JG-KG to GT.  Seconded by DePyper.  Motion carried.
   9.13  Master Calendar- Public Hearing opened at 6:30 and closed at 6:33. Currans moved to approve the 2022-2023 Master Calendar, seconded by Hanson.  Motion carried.
   9.14  Summer Lunch Program- Fairchild moved to approve the continuation of the summer lunch program, seconded by DePyper.  Motion carried.
   9.15  Summer Projects- Board discussed ideas for summer projects.
   9.16  Sealed bids- Currans moved to approve the sealed bid of $1202 for the 2001 International Bus, seconded by Fairchild.  Motion carried.
   9.17  Elementary Principal Hire- Fairchild moved to approve the hire of Michelle TeGrootenhuis ($78,000) for the Elementary Principal with contract to start July 1, 2022.  Seconded by DePyper.  Motion carried.
   9.18  Board Policy Review- Fairchild moved to approve the 2^nd reading of the 400 board policy series.  Seconded by Currans.  Motion carried.  Fairchild moved to approve the 1^st reading of the 900 board policy series, seconded by DePyper.  Motion carried.
10. PERSONNEL
    10.11  Resignations- DePyper moved to approve the following resignations:  Cody Petersen(custodian), Joan Clark (Para), Ashley DeMoss(Human Resources), Laura Fairchild(Library Associate), and Malissa Jeffrey(Science Teacher).  Seconded by Currans.  Motion carried.
11. COMMITTEE REPORT- Jensen shared what was discussed at the sharing committee meeting.
12. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT-
    12.11  Lewis- Superintendent-No report
    12.12  Simington-MS/HS Principal- Report was shared with the board.
    12.13  Myers-Elementary Principal/Curriculum-Report was shared with the board.
13. BOARD COMMENTS- Board asked if we have cameras in all our school busses.
14. CLOSED SESSION-Superintendent review.  Currans moved to go into closed session at 8:22 p.m. for Superintendent review per Code 21.5(1)(a). closed session to review or discuss records which are required or authorized by the state or federal law to be kept confidential, seconded by Hanson.  Roll call all yes, Currans, DePyper, Jensen, Fairchild, and Hanson.  Motion carried.

Fairchild moved to go out of closed session at 8:40 p.m.  Seconded by Currans.  Roll call all yes, Currans, DePyper, Jensen, Fairchild, and Hanson.  Motion carried.

15. Adjoin- Motion by Fairchild and seconded by Currans to adjourn at 8:40 p.m.  Motion carried.

Joint Board meeting Monday, March 7^th at 6:00 p.m. in Ruthven.

Regular Board meeting is Monday, March 21^st at 5:30 in Graettinger.

 

_______________________________                      _______________________________                     
Kevin Jensen, Board President                                        Angie Woods, Board Secretary