Woodland Park School District Re-2
                         BOARD OF EDUCATION                           
Regular Board Meeting – May 12, 2010

CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by President Rick Wetzel at 7:02 p.m. with the following members present: Bill Blackburn, Rob Hunt, Archie Neil, Amy Nieman, and Mr. Wetzel.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION Blackburn, second Nieman, to approve the agenda.  MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Hunt, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel.

HIGH SCHOOL STUCO REPORT
STUCO representative Bethany Carrillo reported Prom which was held at the City Auditorium was a great success.  Upcoming events are the STUCO new officers retreat; Tea & Capping; Graduation; and July 27 – 31 several STUCO members will attend a national conference in Utah to present WPHS Drive Smart and prevention program.

ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR REPORT
Activities Director Brian Gustafson reported spring sports have concluded with the exception of Track & Field with one more opportunity this weekend to qualify for State; the Athletes & Activities Participants of the Year were presented to:  Activities Female:  Katy Lindquist, Activities Male:  James Miller, Athlete Female:  Tessie Koziol, Athlete Male:  Lee Stunkard, Activities Support of the Year:  Staff Member Lisa Snyder; Seven student-athletes have signed letters of intent to play collegiate athletics:  Ryan Cannella, Baseball – Colorado Northwestern CC, Laura Daily, Track & Field – Oklahoma Baptist University, Ashley DeNio, Soccer – Spring Arbor University, Jerid Huggins, Baseball – Northeastern Junior College, Kira Roberts, Volleyball – Southern Nazarene University, Greg Martinez, Basketball – Hastings College, Taylor Watters, Baseball – Colorado Northwestern CC; WPHS SOS Club collected 18,060 pounds of unwanted electronics.

FORENSICS NATIONAL QUALIFIERS PRESENTATION
On behalf of Forensics Coach Terri Jett, Mr. Gustafson read a statement to the Board of Education.  Mr. Gustafson introduced James Miller and Mike Taylor who presented a portion of their program they will perform at nationals which will be held in Kansas City.  Board President Rick Wetzel thanked them for their outstanding performances and wished them well at Nationals.

HONORS PROGRAM PRESENTATION
High School Teacher Debbie Brannon informed the Board of Education an Honors Program Committee was created last fall which is comprised of various teachers and counselors.  Mrs. Brannon gave a PowerPoint presentation highlighted the program and distributed information to the board.  This program will be available to the 2010-2011 freshman class.  Superintendent Arseneau thanked them for all their hard work.

CONSENT CALENDAR/Blanket Motion
MOTION Nieman, second Blackburn, to accept administrative recommendation and approve action on the following items:

 VI.a.           Minutes – Board Meetings April 14 and 28, 2010.

 VI.b.1.         Personnel – New Contract – Classified:  David Taylor, GES Night Custodian, effective 4/8/10 through 6/30/10 only; Leave of Absence – Certified:  Sarah Kaka, HS Social Science, Maternity Leave of Absence Request from approximately 8/23/10 through 12/17/10 (First Semester) of the 2010-2011 school year; Transfers – Classified:  Mary MacIver, SES Attendance Secretary to SES Building Secretary, effective 2010-11 school year; Kate Quaderer, SES Paraeducator/Media Assistant to SES Attendance Secretary, effective 2010-11 school year; Joyce Rucker, Alternative Education Secretary to HS Counseling Secretary, effective 4/12/10.

 VI.c.2.         Personnel – Resignations – Certified:  James Frazier, HS Science Teacher, resignation effective end of 2009-10 school year contract; John Thompson, 7th Grade Math, resignation effective May 28, 2010; Resignations – Classified:  April Achord, MS Special Education Paraeducator, resignation effective May 28, 2010 (not returning from Maternity Leave); Carrol Hatfield, HS .4 FTE ISs Paraeducator, resignation effective April 30, 2010; Shawna Boller, MS .64 FTE Paraeducator, resignation effective May 27, 2010; Leroy McCarthy, HS Night Custodian, resignation effective May 1, 2010. Co-Curricular:  Laura-Lee Barron, Asst. Boys Golf Coach; Jim Frazier, Student Council Co-Sponsor/SOS Club Co-Sponsor; Retirements – Classified:  Sheryl Kelley, HS Paraeducator, retirement effective end of 2009-10 school year contract.

 VI.c.           Board Governance Policies GP-1, GP-4

 VI.d.           2010-2011 Student Fees

MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Hunt, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel.

ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
Superintendent Arseneau informed the Board of Education that a new administrative policy JLCDA, Students with Food Allergies, has been added as a Colorado Law requirement. 

PRELIMINARY 2010-2011 BUDGET & SCHEDULING OF BUDGET WORK SESSION
Supervisor of Finance Ron Billings distributed the preliminary 2010-2011 budget to the Board of Education for their review and the board acknowledged receipt of the preliminary budget and to hold the budget work session at the regular board meeting in June.

COMMON START TIME
Superintendent Arseneau distributed a draft version of what the start and end times may look like for the 2010-2011 school year.  The exact times will not be known until the consolidated stops are configured and the routes are driven.

RESOLUTION TO REFINANCE BOND PAYMENTS
David Bell and Kimberley Crawford of Sherman & Howard, LLC presented the resolution (Addendum A) to the Board of Education for approval.  MOTION Neil, second Hunt, to approve the resolution to refinance the bond payments as presented.  MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Hunt, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel.

WPEA REPORT
WPEA Representative Lois DeVaux shared since Senate Bill 191 passed the board and administration will need to establish guidelines of effectiveness; a WPEA general meeting for members and non-members will be held on Friday, May 14.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Superintendent Arseneau recognized and thanked the Woodland Park School District Re-2 teachers and staff for a wonderful year. It has not been an easy year with all of the state budget turmoil and district budget cuts.  Our teachers and staff have worked hard and kept our students as their number one priority.

Superintendent Arseneau reviewed dates for the board to mark on their calendars: Retirement Celebration – Thursday, May 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the HS Commons; State of the District Address – Thursday, May 20 at 4:30 p.m. in the HS Auditorium; 2+2+3 – Monday May 24 from noon to 5:00 in
the board room; Intern/Sponsor Breakfast – Wednesday, May 26 from 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. in the board room; High School Graduation – Friday, May 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Pikes Peak Center Auditorium; Meet & Confer – Wednesday, June 2 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the board room; School Board Meeting – Wednesday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the board room; Ute Pass BOCES meeting – Tuesday, June 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the board room.

Superintendent Arseneau distributed a memo from the CDE Public School Finance Unit.  The District’s ADE was received and found to be excellent.  Vody Herrmann commended our finance department for a job well done.

Superintendent Arseneau distributed a CASB legal update summarizing the Attorney General’s open records request.  Our district is one of several who have received this request and School Attorney Kelly Dude has been working with the Attorney General’s office to give us an extension to gather the requested information.

Superintendent Arseneau shared the hot issue at the State Legislature is SB 191 – Educator Effectiveness Bill and distributed information on the current status of the bill from Ruth Aponte.

Superintendent Arseneau reported to the Board of Education that a total of 119 students are enrolled in Home-Based Education Programs. 

LIGHTING PROJECT UPDATE
Discussion took place on the lighting project and which direction to go.  Supervisor of Finance Ron Billings reviewed the comparison chart of costs and services between Honeywell and Nunn Construction to do our lighting project.  Mr. Billings also shared the district could obtain a line of credit from either of our local banks at a very low percentage rate. MOTION Neil, second Blackburn, to pursue obtaining a line of credit.  MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel; Voting No – Hunt.  MOTION Nieman, second Neil, to engage Nunn Construction to bid the lighting contract for a fee of $2,000.00; MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Hunt, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel.
Once the lighting project is completed the board would like to see a quarterly report of kilowatt savings.

EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION Blackburn, second Nieman, to adjourn to executive session at 8:31 p.m. for a personnel and student matter pursuant to C.R.S. §24-6-402(4)(f)(h).  MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Hunt, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel.

MOTION Blackburn, second Nieman, to come out of Executive Session at 9:12 p.m.

ADJOURN
MOTION Hunt, second Neil, to adjourn the meeting at 9:13 p.m.  MOTION CARRIED; Voting Aye – Blackburn, Hunt, Neil, Nieman, Wetzel.

                                                                                    Attest:

                                                                                    Secretary, Board of Education

                                                                                    President, Board of Education

ADDENDUM A