PV Board Minutes 7.19.04

MEMBERS PRESENT: Regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Debbie Dayman. Members present: Barsness, Dayman, Kaminski, Messman, O'Hara, Schurr. Absent: Hoffmann. Also present: Jim Spelhaug, Cyndy Behrer, Christine Smith, and Tammy Rogers.

AGENDA APPROVED: Motion by Barsness, second by Messman that the Agenda be approved as presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

COMMUNICATIONS: President Dayman welcomed visitors to the meeting.

The Board offered its sympathy to the family of Lindsay Suhl.

Cyndy Behrer thanked Pleasant Valley Junior High Principal Brian Strusz, Steve Patterson, Sue Slavens, and Linda Noble for making the junior high available for students to gather to remember Lindsay. She also congratulated the PVCHS Boys Baseball team for their fine season and the PVCHS Girls Softball team for capturing a share of the MAC conference title.

Dr. Spelhaug congratulated and thanked Janice Erling, who is retiring at the end of the 2004-05 school year as a first grade teacher at Bridgeview Elementary, for her years of service to the children of the district. Mrs. Erling will have completed 37 years of service to education all at Pleasant Valley Schools.

CONSENT AGENDA: Motion by Barsness, second by Schurr that the Consent Agenda be approved as presented. All Ayes. Motion carried. The Consent Agenda consists of the following: approval of the minutes of the July 6, 2004, regular board meeting; the resignation and request for early retirement of Janice Erling, first grade teacher at Bridgeview who has completed 37 years in education (effective at the conclusion of the 2004-05 school year) all at Pleasant Valley Schools; the regular employment of Carol Hunt as a special education aide at Pleasant View; and the probationary employment of Diane Barroso as a food service worker at PVJH, Karen Brown as a building secretary/teacher aide at Bridgeview, Gwen Oosting as a food service worker at PVCHS, and Lisa

Tickner as a Title I teacher aide at Bridgeview, all for the 2004-05 school year.

EXPENSES APPROVED: Motion by Barsness, second by Kaminski that General Fund warrants be issued in the total amount of $136,738.72 in payment of invoices presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by Messman, second by Barsness that Nutrition Fund warrants be issued in the total amount of $1,658.99 in payment of invoices presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by O'Hara, second by Schurr that Elementary/Junior High Activity Fund warrants be issued in the total amount of $1,193.48 in payment of invoices presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by Schurr, second by O'Hara that High School Activity Fund warrants be issued in the total amount of $26,182.09 in payment of invoices presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

Motion by Kaminski, second by Schurr that PPEL Fund warrants be issued in the total amount of $69,970.14 in payment of invoices presented. All ayes. Motion carried.

SCHOOL TO WORK REPORT: Tammy Rogers provided an update on the School-to-Work program. This is a shared program with the Pleasant Valley and Bettendorf Schools, along with the Bettendorf and LeClaire Chambers of Commerce. Recent additions to the program include the Excellence in Teaching Institute and the Health Occupations Academy.

Motion by O'Hara, second by Schurr that the Board approve the school to work report as presented. Roll call vote. Ayes - O'Hara, Schurr, Barsness, Dayman, Kaminski, Messman. Nays - none. Motion carried.

COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ACTION PLANS: During the spring semester, the district's Comprehensive School Improvement Team, comprised of faculty, parents, and community members, met on multiple occasions to review district progress and determine the course of school improvement during the next five years (2004-2009). As a result of those meetings and the efforts of that group, the CSIP team submitted a number of action plans for the Board's consideration. Cyndy Behrer and Dr. Spelhaug reviewed the proposed action plans with the Board. The approved plans will become a part of the school improvement documentation sent to the state. The four broad goals are as follows: 1) Improve literacy for all students K-12; 2) Improve math skills for all students K-12; 3) Improve science skills for all students K-12; 4) Improve the learning environment for all students K-12. There are a number of key components and action steps which support each goal.

Motion by Messman, second by Kaminski that the Board approve the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan action plans as presented. Roll call vote. Ayes - Messman, O'Hara, Schurr, Barsness, Dayman, Kaminski. Nays - none. Motion carried.

IASB LEGISLATIVE ACTION PRIORITIES: The Board discussed and agreed on the following five legislative priorities to be submitted to the Iowa Association of School Boards:

1. Setting allowable growth at a rate that encourages continuous school improvement and reflects actual cost increases experienced by school districts, 2. Continuation or renewal of the statewide financial commitment including but not limited to: a) early childhood initiatives, including reading instruction/class size, b) community empowerment areas for instruction of preschool children, c) Excellence in Education program, Phases I, and II, d) school infrastructure grants through the Vision Iowa program, e) state technology grants of at least $30 million for school districts, f) Student Achievement and Teacher quality funds sufficient to maintain or grow the program, 3. Full state funding to implement quality professional development to improve student learning through each school district's Career Development Plan. 4. Opposes state cuts to AEA budgets due to increases in federal AEA funding. 5. Supports the federal commitment to fund 40 percent of the costs of educating students with disabilities, and demands that the federal government fulfill that commitment by increasing funding a minimum of 8 percent per year until the 40 percent figure is achieved.

Motion by O'Hara, second by Barsness that the Board approve the following five Legislative Action Priorities: #5, 6, 16, 32, and 29. Roll call vote. O'Hara, Schurr, Barsness, Dayman, Kaminski, Messman. Nays - none. Motion carried.

APPOINT LEGISLATIVE ACTION NETWORK (LAN) REPRESENTATIVE AND DELEGATES TO THE IASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY: The Iowa Association of School Boards requested that the Board select its Legislative network representative and a delegate and alternate to the IASB Delegate Assembly at the same meeting that the Legislative Action Priorities are approved.

Motion by Schurr, second by O'Hara that the Board appoint Director Messman as IASB Legislative Representative and Directors Messman and Barsness as delegate and alternate to the IASB Delegate Assembly. Roll call vote. Ayes - Schurr, Barsness, Dayman, Kaminski, Messman, O'Hara. Nays - none. Motion carried.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC & WELLNESS ADDITION CHANGE ORDERS #8 AND #10: Dr. Spelhaug explained that change order #8 involves moving electrical lines and the ground junction box that control the outside parking lot lights. A combination of floor elevation and where it would be located on the original plans (right in the middle of the wellness room floor) make this work necessary. Change order #10 involves dry walling the existing east, west, and south walls of the music practice areas. It was originally thought they would be plaster patched but the work was too extensive to be aestheti cally acceptable.

Motion by Barsness, second by Messman that the Board approve Change Orders #8 and #10 to the high school music and wellness additions in the total amount of $4,967.00. Roll call vote. Ayes-Barsness, Dayman, Kaminski, Messman, O'Hara, Schurr.

Nays - none. Motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

Back to School Night

HS Registration August 9, 2004 9:00 AM-3:00 PM August 10, 2004 9:00 AM-6:45 PM August 11, 2004 9:00 AM-3:00 PM Junior High August 11, 2004 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Elementary August 11, 2004 4:00 PM-7:00 PM

First Day of School Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Employment Opportunities

* Substitute Teachers, Nurses & Educational Aides - Contact Kelly Hatler at (563) 332-5550 or email hatlerk@pleasval.k12.ia.us

* Substitute Food Service Workers - Contact Joanne Noble at (563) 332-5550 or email noblejoanne@pleasval.k12.ia.us

* Substitute School Bus Drivers & Custodians - Contact Ray LaFrentz at (563)332-4949 or email LaFrentzRay@pleasval.k12.ia.us

District applications are available at www.pleasval.k12.ia.us

Relay for Life Teen Dance for Junior High Students &PVCHS Freshman Parent chaperones provided. Families and students welcome. Wednesday, August 4, 6-9 p.m. - PVCHS Cafeteria. Admission $5.

A team of PV parents has formed and will participate in the relay starting at 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 13 - 7:00 a.m. Sat. August 14 at the BHS track in memory of Lindsay Suhl, PVHS freshman, who lost her battle with cancer on July 9, 2004, and Jayne Andreesen, PVJH 7th grader, who is undergoing treatment at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Questions - Call Janice Foley - 332-4661 or Nancy Cornfield - 332-3560

Open Enrolling Kindergarten Students

Students entering Kindergarten for the 2004-05 school year have the opportunity to request open enrollment until Friday, September 17, 2004. For further details, call 332-5550.

Pleasant Valley Schools Foundation Alumni Data Base If you are an alumnus of Pleasant Valley Community Schools, we'd like to hear from you. We are developing an alumni data base and will make this available for class reunions. Please let us know your address and phone number and year of graduation so you can be kept informed of your class events. Call (563)332-5550 or e-mail harveychris@pleasval.k12.ia.us. **CLASS REUNION INFORMATION** Class of 1994 10 Year Reunion August 14, 2004, 6 PM Celebration Belle Cruise Line Contact Nikki Boehl at Boehln@pleasval.k12.ia.us or (563)940-1728 or

Brett Zemba at brettzemba@insightbb.com

Next Board Meeting Monday, August 2, 2004 7:00 PM

Belmont Administration Center