UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR MEETING – NOVEMBER 9, 2009 – 7:37 PM – CLASSROOM “A”
The Regular Meeting of the Corsica Board of Education was held on Monday, November 9, 2009 – 7:37 p.m. in Classroom A of the high school.
Board Members Present: Jeremy Wright, Vice President; Bob Bamberg, Richard Muilenburg, Jason Lagge, Nicole Bamberg, Garry Bultje
Members Absent: Don Oakland
Officers Present: Vern DeGeest, Superintendent; Scott Muckey, Secondary Principal and Merna Bye, Business Manager.
Guest Present: Kris VanZee, Globe Reporter.
Vice President Wright called the meeting to order at 7:37 p.m. and a quorum was present.
Motion by Bob Bamberg seconded by Bultje to approve the agenda with the additions as presented. Carried.
Motion by Bultje seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve the October 12, 2009 Regular Meeting Minutes and the October 20, 2009 Special Meeting Minutes. Carried.
Motion by Nicole Bamberg seconded by Lagge to approve the October 2009 Financial Statement. Carried.
Motion by Bob Bamberg seconded by Lagge to approve the October 2009 Trust and Agency Report with a beginning balance of $19,570.21 disbursements of $10,706.10 receipts of $5,626.80 for an ending balance of $14,490.91. Motion carried.
Motion by Lagge seconded by Muilenburg to approve the November 2009 listing of bills as presented. Motion carried.
Motion by Lagge seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve the October 2009 Mid-Central Co-op minutes. Carried.
ASBSD Delegate
Assembly
Vice-President Wright appointed Nicole Bamberg to be the delegate to represent the Corsica School Board at the ASBSD Delegate Assembly.
(Regular Meeting Minutes – November 9, 2009 – Page 1)
School Bus Discussion
Information was presented to the board on the application of School Bus Stimulus second round grant money. A requirement of the School Bus Stimulus Funds is that the district must insure that the replaced school bus is permanently disabled or scrapped. After discussion, the board’s decision was to keep the current fleet of buses and in the future consider the purchase of a smaller bus.
South Dakota Schools
Coalition Special Appropriation
Motion by Bultje that
South Dakota Schools
Coalition Resolution #199
Whereas in 2005 an adequacy
study was commissioned to examine education funding for school children
throughout the State of
Whereas the study has confirmed that
the State of
Whereas our neighboring states of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota have recently invested hundreds of millions of dollars of additional money into their education funding systems in order to adequately prepare their students for the challenges of competing in a global economy;
Whereas it is imperative that we do everything that is necessary to protect the constitutional rights of the children within our district to an adequately funded public education;
Now Be It Resolved that a special appropriation of $1,500.00 shall be made to the South Dakota Coalition of Schools so that the Coalition may utilize all necessary efforts to ensure that the constitutional rights of the children within our district are being protected.
Motion by Bultje seconded by Nicole Bamberg to adopt the
above resolution – UPON ROLL CALL VOTE – Aye- Bob Bamberg, Muilenburg, Lagge,
Nicole Bamberg, Bultje, Wright. (
Corsica/Stickney
Co-op Committee Meeting
A very positive report was given by the co-op committee with the football co-op and both schools are looking forward to continued efforts in the future. The co-op committee will meet following boy’s basketball season.
The Joint School Committee met with the Armour Joint School Committee and had another very positive report with the shared staff and the transporting of students between the two schools. This committee will meet again at the beginning of the new year.
Entrance Sign to
Football/Track Field
Two designs, from Intense Design, were presented for the board to review. Some suggestions were discussed for the back of the sign and will be presented at a later meeting.
(Regular Meeting Minutes – November 9, 2009 – Page 2)
Teen Safe
Driving-Support for Athletics
Principal Muckey presented to the board some information on the Teen Safe Driving Initiative for American Family Insurance. Each school that is selected to participate in this sponsorship opportunity will receive $900.00 to support athletics in exchange for AFI advertising at the local basketball games. Although this is a great concept the majority of the board members felt they did not want to participate in this program as it would conflict with the local business’s.
Others
Other items discussed were the high school graduation requirements as of 11-02-09, progress on the school parking lot, high school baseball and resurfacing of the track.
Adjourn
There being no further business, at 8:55 p.m., motion by Bob Bamberg to adjourn. Seconded by Nicole Bamberg and carried. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 12 o’clock noon at the high school.
ATTEST:
JEREMY WRIGHT – VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
MERNA BYE – BUSINESS MANAGER –
(Regular Meeting Minutes – November 9, 2009 – Page 3)