The Board of Trustees of the Oak Hill United School Corporation met at the Administration Office in Mier on Tuesday, September 8, 2009.  All Board Members were present.  Also present were Superintendent Joel Martin, Business Manager Debra Smith, Recording Secretary Norma Sweeten, Nijaul Drollinger, Valree Kinch, Patti Lehman, Deb St. Clair, Tom Biggs, and Steve Cranor.  Representing the media was Donna Burchick of the Oak Hill Times.

REGULAR SESSION

1.         CALL TO ORDER
            Mr. Dana Biggs, President, called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M.

2.         MOMENT OF REFLECTION

            Kevin Pearson opened the meeting with reflection and prayer.

3.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
            Mr. Biggs led the Pledge of Allegiance.

4.         CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES

By consensus, the minutes of the regular meeting and executive session of August 25, 2009, were approved.

5.         PERSONNEL

Mr. Martin made the following personnel recommendations for Board

consideration: 

NAME	SCHOOL	POSITION	ACTION
Angela Dennis	JH/HS	Food Service Worker	Resignation
Crystal Brown	JH/HS	Food Service Worker	Appointment
Kristi Carmichael	Sweetser Elementary	Instructional Assistant	Appointment
Robert Galloway	Converse Elementary	Head Custodian	Appointment
Kristine Miller	Converse Elementary	Title One Teacher (1/2 days)	Appointment
Aimey Williams	Swayzee Elementary	Custodian	Appointment

            Motion to Approve:         Doug Daugherty

            Second:                          Kent L. Sumpter

            Vote:                               7 Ayes 0 Nays  

6.         CONTINUING BUSINESS

A.  Public Hearing for 2010 Budget, Bus Replacement Plan and Capital Projects Plan

Mr. Martin stated that this was the public hearing for the 2010 budget, bus replacement plan and capital projects plan.  No comments were heard from the audience, and Board action would be requested at the next Board meeting.

7.         NEW BUSINESS
A.  Consideration of Fundraising Requests      

            Mr. Martin noted that there were several fundraising requests.  The Oak Hill Youth Football requested to sell T-Shirts September 9^th -18^th.  The Music Department would like to sell Pizza Man items from September 21^st through October 5^th.              The Elementary PTO requested four fundraisers:  Market Day throughout the school year, Otis Spunkmeyer/Red Apple items September 24^th –October 12^th, an Auction and Potato Bake on March 15^th, and Cookbook sales March 29^th through April 23^rd.  A question was asked and a discussion followed.

            Motion to Approve:        Doug Daugherty

            Second:                         Kevin Pearson

            Vote:                              7 Ayes 0 Nays      

            B.  Consideration of Board Policy Revisions

            Mr. Martin explained that tonight would be the first reading of the Board Policy Revisions, and Board action would be requested at the September 22^nd meeting.  NEOLA had suggested revisions of policies 1521, 3121, 4121, and 8121 concerning personal background checks, and these revisions will make Oak Hill policies accurate with the current practice and the law.  Mr. Martin addressed a question.

8.         CLAIMS

            A motion was made to accept regular claims #213 through #313.

Motion to Approve:                Doug Daugherty

Second:                                 Kent L. Sumpter

Vote:                                       7 Ayes 0 Nays

9.         ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS

            A.  Special Education Program Report

Special Services Coordinator Deb St. Clair reported on some of the new endeavors of the special education students.  She also reported that there are currently 218 students in the special education program.

            B.  Business Manager’s Report and Announcements

      Deb Smith said that she had nothing to report.

C.  Superintendent’s Report and Announcements

Mr. Martin made the following announcements:

v  He gave the Board members current enrollment fact sheets and stated that Oak Hill enrollment has an increase of 65 students.

v  He and School Nurse Brenda Finicle plan to attend a meeting on September 16^th with the Grant County Health Department concerning the H1N1 virus.

v  On September 15^th ISTEP test results will be released.

v  Discussions continue concerning the Parent-Teacher conferences and Professional Development. 

10.       CELEBRATIONS

BUILDING/ADMINISTRATOR	EVENT
Sweetser Elementary Nijaul Drollinger, Principal	Praised Grace and Garrett Geller for showing respect. Praised Teresa Shafer and Dean Sparling for helping Patti Lehman learn the grading system.
Converse Elementary Valree Kinch, Principal	Praised Ashlyn Douglas and Benjamin Jones for showing acts of respect. Praised School Nurse Brenda Finicle for addressing the issue of lice.

      

 

 

 

 

11.      ADJOURNMENT

                   The meeting was adjourned at 6:39 P.M.  

12.       ADJOURMENT TO BOARD WORK SESSION FOR GOAL DEVELOPMENT 

13.       EXECUTIVE SESSION  

The Board met in Executive Session according to Indiana Code 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b) (2) and (9).