The Board of Trustees of the Oak Hill United School Corporation met in the Administration Office on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.  All Board Members were present.  Also present were Superintendent James W. Smith, Business Manager Jill Morphew, Recording Secretary Norma Sweeten, Joel Martin, Mike Keaffaber, Valree Kinch, Bill Bishop, Terry Renbarger, Ruth Davies, Sue Mills, Teresa Shafer, and Patti Lehman.  Representing the news media were Donna Burchick of the Oak Hill Times, Casey Mallady of the Peru Tribune, and Mike Duncan of WBAT Radio.              

1.         CALL TO ORDER

Mr. Middlesworth, President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.   

2.         MOMENT OF REFLECTION

            Mr. Joel Martin opened the meeting with reflection and prayer.

 

3.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

            Mr. Middlesworth led the Pledge of Allegiance.

4.          MINUTES APPROVED

By consensus, the minutes of the regular meeting and the Executive Session of September 12, 2006, were approved as submitted.

5.         PERSONNEL

Mr. Smith made the following personnel recommendations for Board consideration:

NAME	BUILDING	POSITION	ACTION
Jill Morphew	Administration	Business Manager	Resignation
Jim McWhirt	High School	Varsity Softball Coach	Resignation

 

            Motion to Approve:                       Kent L. Sumpter

            Second:                                              Kevin Pearson

            Vote:                                                  7 Ayes 0 Nays

6.         CONTINUING BUSINESS

A.  There was no continuing business.

7.         NEW BUSINESS

A.  Consideration of Permission to Apply to Indiana Bond Bank

Business Manager Jill Morphew stated that it is necessary to borrow for cash flow needs between property tax draws.  She asked the Board for permission to borrow from the Indiana Bond Bank for the 2007 cash flow needs.

Motion to Approve:          Ryan Smith

Second:                                Scott Dubois

Vote:                                     7 Ayes 0 Nays

B.  Consideration of Out-of-State Field Trip

Mr. Smith explained that the Sixth Grade classes would like to go on their annual trip to Chicago on May 4^th. 

Motion to Approve:        Ryan Smith

Second:                              Kent L. Sumpter

Vote:                                   7 Ayes 0 Nays

C.  Consideration of Fundraising Requests

Mr. Smith said that there were two fundraising requests.  The first was from the Sixth Grade classes to hold its annual “Read-a-thon” in January to finance the Chicago trip.  The other request was for the High School FFA to hold their annual “Toy Show” in February.

Motion to Approve:          Kevin Pearson

Second:                                Dana Biggs

Vote:                                     7 Ayes 0 Nays

D.  Consideration of 2006-07 Support Staff Assignments

Mr. Smith noted that since the ADM numbers were now reported and the support staff has been arranged in the most effective and efficient configuration, he recommended that the Board approve the support staff assignments.

Motion to Approve:          Dana Biggs

Second:                                Ryan Smith

Vote:                                     7 Ayes 0 Nays

E.  Consideration of Project Change Orders

Mr. Smith reported that there are several changes in the original construction specifications that need to be addressed.  After summarizing these changes, Mr. Smith asked the Board to consider their approval.  He noted that none of these changes will increase the cost of the project.

Motion to Approve:            Dana Biggs

Second:                                  Scott Dubois

Vote:                                       7 Ayes 0 Nays

8.         CLAIMS

The Board considered regular claims # 392 through #548, lunch and textbook rental claims #957 through #981, and lunch payroll checks #6842 through #6899.

Motion to Approve:      Steve Fagan

Second:                            Ryan Smith

Vote:                                 7 Ayes 0 Nays

9.         ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS

Mr. Smith presented the updated enrollment numbers for each of the school buildings.  Overall, Oak Hill has an enrollment increase of 35 students from last year.

10.       CELEBRATIONS

Building/Administrator	Event
Sweetser Elementary School Mike Keaffaber, Principal	·        Praised Jenny Lamkin on organizing this year’s National Anthem Project.  Students sang the Star Spangled Banner on Sept. 14 on the anniversary of the writing of the poem. ·        Praised the “Live Action” Jim Mitchell presentation of writing traits. ·        Praised Maria Huntley on the pinwheel project to celebrate International World Peace Day on Sept. 21st. ·        Praised Jill Morphew and wished her great luck at Mississinewa.
High School Joel Martin, Principal	·        Praised four teachers in the great work they are doing: Susan Smith and the debate she had in her class, Dan Brauchler for having a guest attorney in his business law class, Tim Wright for the student presentations, and Tom Rademaker for the excellent way he explained the time zones in his earth science class. ·        Praised Bill Bishop for the managing of ISTEP and GUE testing. ·        Praised Jill Morphew and appreciated her work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Services Bill Bishop, Director	·        Praised Jill Morphew for carrying the school system through some difficult times and wished her best of luck. ·        Praised everyone involved with the smooth administration of ISTEP. ·        Praised Judy Brown and Sharon Reiff on their service to students.
Converse Elementary Valree, Kinch, Principal	·        Praised the two cross country meets that Converse had and the winners:  first graders, Reid Newhouse and Zoey Salter and second graders Jesse Clement and Caitlyn Schulte. ·        Praised Maria Huntley for the pinwheels for peace project. ·        Praised Jill Morphew for her service to Oak Hill. ·        Praised first grader Taylor Volmer on being highlighted for an act of the character trait, Responsibility.
Swayzee Elementary Terry Renbarger, Principal	·        Praised Braelyn Martin for being the Swayzee Elementary representative for the community foundation for grant proposals. ·        Praised students and teachers and everyone for their cooperation during the school’s water problems.  He also thanked Wayne Carmack for all his extra work. ·        Praised the fall sports and Ben Mann, Tracy Petro, and Lori VanSkyock. ·        Praised Jill Morphew.  Oak Hill could not have had a better business manager.
Administration James Smith, Superintendent	·        Praised Brenda Finicle and Stephanie Andrews for their care and concern of a first grade student according to the praises of her mother. ·        Praised the ISBA/IAPSS Fall Conference in Indianapolis that he and Scott Dubois attended stating that it was the best group of sessions ever.
School Board Scott Dubois, Member	·        Praised the opportunity to attend the ISBA/IAPSS conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.       ADJOURNMENT   

            The meeting was adjourned at 7:42 p.m.. 

12.       EXECUTIVE SESSION

    Following the regular meeting, the Board met in Executive Session according to I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b) (9).