RUSH COUNTY SCHOOLS                                                          Regular School Board Meeting

June 7, 2011

 

Call to Order            A Regular Meeting of the Board of School Trustees of Rush County

                        Schools was held at the Administrative Offices on June 7, 2011 at

                        7:00 p.m.  The meeting was called to order by President Dr. Sickbert.

Members present were Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Carter, Mr. Barada, Mrs. Jackson,

Mr. Scott, and Mr. Slaton.

                                    (See Exhibit Number 1 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

S.A.D.D. Report       Faith Mock and Judy Hatfield presented the S.A.D.D. Report for the year.  Mrs. Mock has been the sponsor for 25 years.  They have implemented several programs including Project Ignition, the Tomorrow Starts Tonight campaign,  S.O.S. (Safety Over Socializing), and Keep It a Safe Spring Break.  They are in partnership with State Farm Insurance who sponsor them with a grant which allows them to proceed with their campaigns.  They were named the Top Ten National School in the nation and won the S.A.D.D. Chapter of the Year in 2010.  Also present were students Hannah Augsberger, Shelby Dance, Taylor Mock and Taylor Martindale who explained their campaigns and also showed a power-point presentation which highlighted their year and events.  Mrs. Hatfield also announced the S.A.D.D. Team was named one of the top five groups of Indiana high schools and were awarded $500 for their efforts in the “Tomorrow Starts Tonight” campaign for prom.

                                                (See Exhibit Number 2 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

2010-2011                      Dr. Williams summarized the enrollment report for the 2011-2012 school year. 

Enrollment Figures  He stated the ADM is down by 59 and the state funding is provided by ADM.  He said transfers have been approved and we only had a couple of dropouts. At this time, RES would have 3 sections, and Mays and Milroy would have 1 section of Kindergarten. He stated they hope to have more students enroll, especially kindergarten students for the 2011-2012 school year.

                                            (See Exhibit Number 3 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

Dr. Scott Stevens      A corporation-wide behavioral plan is now required by the State of Indiana,

Behavior Plan          House Act 1419.  Dr. Stevens, the administrators, and community

members have been working diligently to create the “Discipline-Wide Evidenced Based Plan For Improving Behavior and Discipline Within Schools.”  They were provided seven guidelines with district –wide goals to improve on during the 2011-2012 school year.  The plan must be submitted to the State by

June 30, 2011.

            (See Exhibit Number 4 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

Approval of              Mr. Barada made a motion to approve the Behavior Plan and the motion was

Behavior Plan          seconded by Mrs. Jackson and all members voted aye.

                                    (See Exhibit Number 5 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

 

 

Consent Items           Mr. Barada made a motion that the Consent Items consisting of Minutes

of Previous Meeting, Personnel, Out-of-State/Overnight Field Trip, and Claims/Payroll be approved.  Mrs. Carter seconded the motion, and all members voted aye.

                                    (See Exhibit Number 6 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

Approval of          Mr. Wilson made a motion to approve the second reading of the policy handbook

2nd Reading of         revisions.  Mr. Barada seconded the motion, and all members voted aye.

the Policy                         (See Exhibit Number 7 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

Handbook Revisions

           

Federal Programs/   Mrs. Jackson made a motion to give authority for RCS to apply for all

Grants                      2011-2012 Federal Programs/Grants for which RCS qualify as requested

                        by Dr. Williams.  Mr. Slaton seconded the motion, and all members

                        voted aye.

                                    (See Exhibit Number 8 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

Approval to sell        Mr. Barada made a motion to give authority to RCS to sell three buses at 

surplus buses-          auction and recycle technology items.  Mr. Barada made a motion and it

recycle                     seconded by Mrs. Jackson, and all members voted aye.

technology items                 (See Exhibit Number 9 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

Advertise for             Mr. Barada made a motion to give authority for RCS to advertise for

Bids/Quotes              milk, petroleum products, and cafeteria items for 2011-2012 as requested

by Dr. Williams.  Mrs. Jackson seconded the motion, and all members voted

aye.

            (See Exhibit Number 10 in the June 7, 2011 Minute File)

 

Important Dates       School Board Work Session – June 15, 2011 – 4:00 p.m.

Regular Board Meeting – July 5, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

                                                                                   

Comments                Board members’ comments were heard at this time.

                        Administrators’ comments were heard at this time.

 

Adjournment            Mr. Barada made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and it was seconded by Mrs.                           

Carter.  The regular meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.

 

Executive Session     An executive session was held for discussion with respect to

I.C.5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(9), I.C.5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(2)(A).

The Board certifies that no other items were discussed in executive session that adjourned at 9:49 p.m.

 

______________________________                       ____________________________

Dr. Steve Sickbert, President                                      Jane Carter, Member

 

_______________________________                      _____________________________

Paul W. Barada, Vice-president                                 Larry Scott, Member

 

_______________________________                      _____________________________

Anita L. Jackson, Secretary                                        Jeff Slaton, Member              

 

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                                                                                    John Wilson, Member