MINUTES
OF MEETING
MOORESVILLE CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL CORPORATION
A
regular meeting of the Board of School Trustees of the Mooresville Consolidated
School Corporation was held in the
Mr.
Freeman led the board members and the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The
Chairman asked if the board members had read the minutes of March 8, 2005. Noting that all members had read the minutes
the Chairman asked if there were any additions or corrections to the
minutes. There being no additions or
corrections to the minutes and upon motion by Mrs. Viles and seconded by Mr.
Wright the minutes were approved. Motion
carried 4-0.
The
Board Members then examined the claims that were submitted for payment. After
due consideration and upon motion by Mr. R. Davis and seconded by Mrs. Viles
the following claims were approved for payment:
Payroll –
March 18 and April 1, 2005
Claim Nos:
6974 & 7057
Warrant Nos:
50824-51146 DD# 38337-38630
51151-51481 DD# 38633-38926
Vendors –
April 12, 2005
Claim Nos:
6974-7222
Warrant Nos: #1 -1137-1171
#2 -10900-11257
Motion
carried 4-0.
Mr.
Freeman stated that the lease agreement that the school corporation has with
the Community Foundation for the Academy Building that the lease between the school
corporation and the Jr. Basketball Leagues for the use of Newby Gym both need
to be renewed. These are both five year
leases (4-15-06 to 4-15-2010) with a payment of $1.00/year. There is a protection clause in the lease of
90 days in the case the board would see the need of the buildings for the
corporation. Mr. Freeman recommended the
renewal of both leases. Mr. Wright made
a motion to renew the leases for the Foundation and the Jr. Basketball Leagues,
seconded by Mr. R. Davis. Motion carried 4-0.
Mr.
Ward stated that they have completed the textbook adoption process and are
presenting their recommendations to the board in the areas of Science K-12 and
Health 7-12. They are recommending for science Scott Foresman at the 1-6 level,
Glencoe McGraw/Hill for 7-8 and a variety of textbooks at the high school
level. In the area of health they are recommending Glencoe McGraw/Hill for 7-8
and grade 10. Mr. Ward stated he will
bring the recommendation for the other grades in Health at the May
meeting. Mrs. Viles made a motion to
accept the recommendation for the textbooks, seconded by Mr. R. Davis. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Ward stated that he is asking for a textbook waiver for the Biology II
course. They want to use a textbook that
is also used for an AP course. This is
not on the list of state recommended books but we can use the book if we apply
for a waiver. Mr. Wright made a motion
to approve applying for the waiver for the textbook, seconded by Mr. R.
Davis. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Freeman stated that the 6th grade classes at Newby Elementary would
like permission to take their annual trip to
Mr.
Ward stated that he had distributed the Curriculum Standards to the board
members so they were able to look over them before tonight’s meeting. This year covers the areas of Art, Music,
Career and Technology, Ag., Business, etc.
He stated that we are aligning with the state standards and not making
too many local standard changes. Mr. Ward stated that the Advanced PE classes
at the H.S. and M.S. do not have individual standards at the state level so we
are currently writing our own and he will bring those to the board at the May
meeting. Mr. Wright made a motion to
approve the curriculum standards, seconded by Mr. R. Davis. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Turner stated that we have received a donation from Target in the amount of
$564.53 for the H.S. student activity Fund.
Mrs. Viles made a motion to accept the donation, seconded by Mr. R.
Davis. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Ward stated that this is our annual request for permission to apply for Federal
and State grants throughout the coming year.
This also covers Title grants.
Mr. R. Davis made a motion to give permission to apply for Federal and
State grants, seconded by Mrs. Viles. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Freeman stated that the board received a packet in their folders this evening
of the summer camps that will be offered this year for our students. These are camps that are put on by the
different coaches, mainly for the younger students. These are basically the
same camps that we have offered the past several years. Mr. Wright made a motion to approve the summer
camps, seconded by Mr. R. Davis. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Freeman is asking permission to send a letter of support for the
Mr.
Freeman presented a list of personnel items:
Retirements: Annetta Moore –
Northwood Teacher; Nina Langley, Neil Armstrong teacher; Carole Stout,
Northwood teacher and Eleanor Witt, H.S. Food Service worker. Resignations:
Merle Mann, H.S. Custodian, Aaron Thomas, H.S. English Teacher & Coach,
Kori Valbert, Spec. Ed. Aide, Waverly, Larry Bischoff, Bus Mechanic and Dana
Anderson H.S. Boys Soccer Coach. Leave
Requests for 2005-06 School Year – Mandy Chitwood, (Maternity)Waverly; Amy
Coffey,(Sabbatical) North Madison; Emily Ehrgott, (Sabbatical), Waverly; Lisa
Sumpter (Sabbatical) North Madison; Rochelle Kuntz (Maternity) Waverly; Joslyn
Roberson, (Sabbatical), Northwood; Vicki
Hunter, medical leave the remainder of this school year and Londa Soladine is
requesting leave the first 9 weeks of 2005-06.
The board receive middle school coaching updates in their packets and
there are lay coach contracts to be signed.
Mr. R. Davis made a motion to approve the above personnel items,
seconded by Mr. Wright. Motion carried
5-0.
Mr.
Turner stated that the board would need to accept the $10,000 that the high
school students received for winning the Project Ignition communication
program. Mr. D. Davis made a motion to
accept the money, seconded by Mrs. Viles. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Turner shared with the board that since the 2005 tax bills were beginning to
come out people might be asking why the school portion would be
increasing. He reminded them that with
the current formula passed by the legislature our corporation’s had to raise
more than $600,000 locally because the formula called for a reduction in the
state share. He further stated that
currently both versions of the formula proposed for the next two years will
require our corporation to have to raise all new money and additional money to
make up for reductions from state support.
In short the legislature thru the formula proposals will be requiring
local property taxes to continue to increase due to state financial woes. He reminded the board that they have no
choice in this since the formula is set by the legislature.
Mr.
Turner stated that we have looked at all our bond issues to see if there was an
area where we could help save the corporation money. The 1997 bond issue which involved the High
School/Waverly/Northwood can be refinanced.
By refinancing with the interest rates now we could possibly get
$140,000 back to use on capital expenditures and could receive $60,000 in
future payment reductions. The bond was
financed at rates at approximately 4.4 to 5.5% and the rates now are approximately
3-5% over the life of the bond. Mr.
Freeman stated that they feel this is a good process and a way to save the
corporation some money.
Mr.
Steve Harris presented a resolution to the board for their approval which
stated that there is still 10.3 million owed on the bonds and the Mooresville
School Building Corporation would need to take steps to start the refinancing
process. He stated they would use Ice
Miller as Bond Counsel and Hillyard Lyons as the underwriter and the Bank of
New York. He also stated the resolution
would authorize the officers of the corporation to sign any other forms to
complete this process. This would still
be paid off in 2017. Mr. D. Davis made a
motion to approve the resolution, seconded by Mr. Wright. Motion carried 5-0.
Mr.
Freeman stated that at a previous meeting we honored 5 students from
Mooresville schools that were up for two Lilly Scholarships. Both scholarships were awarded to
Mr.
Freeman reminded the board that April 14-15 is Kindergarten Round-up in our
elementary schools. April 22 is a snow
day and will be no school for students and staff. May 2 is the Top Twenty Banquet and May 3 is
the Employee Appreciation Dinner. May 7
is the Prom and May 9 is a Snow day with no school for students and staff. May 10th is the next board
meeting.
The
board discussed changing the times of the board meetings back to 6:30 p.m. Mr. Wright made a motion to change the board
meeting times from 7:00 to 6:30 p.m., seconded by Mr. R. Davis. Motion carried 5-0.
There
being no further business to come before the board and upon motion by Mrs.
Viles and seconded by Mr. Wright the meeting was adjourned. Motion carried 5-0.
Attest:
Respectfully submitted,
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Vice-President
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